Name: Uoft POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE presents MOVING MOUNTAINS and YES, WE CAN! on 16mm
Start: 2024-12-09T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-09T20:30:00-05:00
Location: John P. Robarts Research Library

Uoft POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE presents MOVING MOUNTAINS and YES, WE CAN! on 16mm

Two shorts on 16mm with an introduction by Rachel E. Beattie co-presented with Media Commons Archive and Cinema Studies Institute
About this Event

POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE presents MOVING MOUNTAINS and YES, WE CAN! on 16mm film with an introduction by Media Commons Archivist Rachel E. Beattie.

Moving Mountains is a 1980 short documentary directed by Laura Sky about the lives of the first women to mine coal in Canada. Yes, We Can! is a 1984 documentary produced by the Canadian Union of Public Employees that traces the experiences of women in the CUPE union.

Join us on Monday, December 9, 2024, 6:30 PM.

Screening Room 3025, the Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, 130 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5.

Admission is free but registration is required because Robarts Library is not open to the general public - no rush tickets are available. All are welcome but non-UofT audience members must have tickets on hand to show to Robarts Library security.

POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE, presented by The Cinema Studies Institute and Media Commons Archives, is a new 16mm screening series highlighting rare gems from the collections. Each screening features an introductory talk discussing the unique aspects of the film and its archival status.