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Silence is Gold
April 01, 2014
Join Cinema Politica at the Bloor for this Toronto premiere screening co-presented with the National Film Board of Canada, the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, Protest Barrick and POV Magazine. Guest speakers, including Sakura Saunders, will be in attendance.
Silence is Gold /Julien Fréchette / CA / 2012 / 77 ' / French / S.T. English
Does free speech still exist in the age of the almighty mega-corporation?
What are the limits to freedom of speech? Can we put a price on our spoken and written words? Following the 2008 release of the book Noir Canada, author Alain Deneault, his co-writers and his publisher, grappled with these questions - at great personal expense - after being sued for defamation in Quebec and Ontario courts by two large Canadian mining companies. Deneault and his publisher fought back, becoming entangled in a seemingly never-ending spiral of judicial proceedings. Silence Is Gold is a thriller of a documentary that tells their story, set against the backdrop of the Canadian justice system. We follow the complex procedural twists and turns, eagerly anticipating a resolution that is repeatedly delayed.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Venue: The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
Location: 506 Bloor St W Toronto, ON
Categories: Politics & Political Organizations
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