In the midst of a global uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, No Visible Trauma examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police brutality. Despite its relatively low crime rates, recent years have seen the Calgary Police Service shoot and kill more people than officers in any other Canadian city, and more than either the New York or Chicago police departments in 2018. Five years in the making, the film unravels the intertwined stories of three individuals who were the victims of extreme violence at the hands of police officers. From the kidnapping and beating of a young immigrant from Ghana, to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a “wellness check”, the film exposes a criminal justice system that fails to hold police officers accountable for their actions.
Directors: Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
Writers: Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
This doc focuses on CalgaryPD but the issues raised are happening across AB, in BC, Mantitoba, Ontario & many more places across Canada. Canadian cops keep getting away with crimes & human rights abuses, daily, in Canada. Systemic racism is still a major problem across the country - no matter how much our governments try to whitewash their PR.
With many people cancelling their streaming service, we want to point out that many of the films in our library stream for free!
They may be on free platforms like Kanopy, or the filmmakers may put them on YouTube or Vimeo. Some filmmakers also offer special free educational licenses or even packages.
The educational game in our collection called "Walden, a game", also offers a free version to educators.
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Partial screenshot of the Journeys in Film Resource Library. It shows entries for: Chasing Ice, Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, Finding Pride, Genius: Albert Einstein, Golden Age Karate, and Meshes of the Afternoon.
In Homo Idioticus, renowned economist, investor, and entrepreneur, Cezary Pietrasik, explores the paradox of human intelligence and irrationality, delving into the roots of this idiocy, from biology to societal norms to systemic flaws, using vivid historical and modern examples to illustrate our follies.
Humans are remarkable beings. We have mastered flight, cracked the genetic code, developed quantum mechanics and democracy, been to the moon, and may soon become a multi-planetary species.
Yet, despite these unparalleled achievements, we can still be...pretty stupid.
Can you believe that:
10% of Americans use their phones during sex
40% of Americans reject the theory of evolution
IQs in developed countries have been declining since 1995
86% of American teens cannot differentiate between fact and opinion
How Queens of the Stone Age brought the Paris Catacombs to life
By Al Newstead
It's been Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme's life-long dream to become the first band to (legally) play in the Paris Catacombs. He wasn't going to let emergency surgery ruin a passion project two decades in the making.
A documentary about a women's prison music program just won a $20k prize
By Stephen A Russell
Songs Inside is a music workshop program working with women in prisons, helping them access creative outlets and find purpose. A documentary telling their story has just won a prize at Sydney Film Festival.
A documentary about a women's prison music program just won a $20k prize
By Stephen A Russell
Songs Inside is a music workshop program working with women in prisons, helping them access creative outlets and find purpose. A documentary telling their story has just won a prize at Sydney Film Festival.
It’s Friday! It’s nearly June! How the heck did that happen?! Here’s our #NewstodonFriday selection of stories from independent newsrooms and a few that caught the Flipboard editorial team’s eye. And while there’s hard-hitting journalism in there (we live in hard-hitting times), there’s more than our usual number of inspiring, positive stories of hope and beauty amidst destruction and oppression.
@timkmak’s team writes about secret apartment concerts in Ukraine.
@TheConversationUS’s story is about “bone music” in Soviet Russia. We’ll end with a Tiny Desk concert from @npr to take you into the weekend. Please follow independent publishers on the open social web, engage with their stories, and donate money if you can. ⤵️
Selena Quintanilla was murdered 30 years ago, but that’s far from the most important part of her story.
@TexasObserver’s Francesca D'Annunzio reviews a new documentary, “Selena y Los Dinos,” which stitches together old camcorder footage, archival interviews with Selena and new conversations with her family members. “As for the woman who murdered Selena in 1995, the film essentially ignores her altogether. The film’s exploration of the loss of Selena’s life focused on the family’s grief and the late singer’s legacy,” writes D’Annunzio.