Annual screening of HIST 4302 documentaries

Annual screening of HIST 4302 documentaries

Categories: General, Lectures and Seminars, Visual Arts | Intended for

Thursday, April 07, 2016

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Add to calendar

100 St Patricks

1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON

Contact Information

Michael Ostroff, 613-520-2828, history@carleton.ca

Registration

No registration required.

Cost

Free

About this Event

Host Organization: History Department
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The students of HIST 4302 – “Canada: Ideas & Culture – Making Documentary History”, will be presenting their final documentaries on April 7th, 2015, at 7:00pm in 100 St. Patrick’s Building.

After the screening there will be a reception with refreshments, sponsored by the History Department.

Documentaries to be screened:

Portrait of Filip Konowal

Mopping Up

Filip Konowal, was a Victoria Cross winner who became a convicted murderer. To many he was a hero turned madman. His life took him from the Great War, to court, to an asylum, and finally to the halls of Parliament Hill.

Student ­Producers: Kyle Begin, Clarissa Fortin, William Teal and Cody Mackay.

Featuring: Lubomyr Luciuk, professor at Royal Military College, specializing in Ukrainian history.

child cycling in front of armoured vehiclesExtraordinary Measures

Pierre Laporte is Dead. James Cross is missing. Under the War Measures Act, 465 people will be arrested and held without charge. Legacy is a documentary that asks the question, who were the kidnap victims?

Student­ Producers: Heather Bradley, Nikki Wiart, Brea Elford and Rory Kyte.

Featuring: Terry Mosher (Aislin), Serge Mongeau, and Andrew Cohen.

Vietnamese Boat People at seaI Did It All For You

They escaped in boats not knowing if they would ever make it to safety. Vietnam didn’t want them, Malaysia didn’t want them and many Canadian cities didn’t want them. This is the story of how Ottawa took in half of Vietnamese Boat People allocated to Canada in 1979.

Student­ Producers: Sabrina Nemis, Amina Egeh, Ryan Pickering, Jenn Ko

Canadian Pacific steam locomotive "1201"Losing Steam
(Working Title)

More than a decade after the railways discontinue the use of steam locomotives, a crew of passionate railroaders struggle to maintain the Canadian Pacific “1201” as an operating symbol of the past.

Student­ Producers: Amanda Gregorio, Ashley Metzger, Kendra Matthews-Gramer and Rian Manson.

Featuring: John Corby, Phil Jago, Paul Bown, Gerald E Gaugl and Kerry Badgley