Cinema Politica presents: The Price of Peace + Thomas Waugh book launch!

Join Cinema Politica Concordia on Monday, February 27 for a pair of films about anti-colonial resistance! The Price of Peace - an arresting portrait of Tūhoe activist Tame Iti and other Māori activists accused of terrorism in New Zealand - will be preceeded by the classic Joris Ivens international solidarity short Indonesia Calling.

This event also marks the Montreal launch of Concordia professor and Cinema Politica board member Thomas Waugh's critically-acclaimed new book "The Conscience of Cinema: The Works of Joris Ivens 1912-1989." You're also welcome to join us for a pre-screening gathering from 5:30-6:30PM at the Hive Café Solidarity Co-op (Hall mezzanine), where refreshments will be served.

Admission is by donation basis ($5-10 suggested). The venue is wheelchair accessible.


The Price of Peace
Kim Webby / New Zealand / 2015 / 82 ' / English

Through the story of the trial of the ‘Urewera Four’ and its aftermath, THE PRICE OF PEACE presents an enlightening and moving portrait of Tūhoe activist, artist and kaumātua Tame Iti. Director Kim Webby outlines the perils of surveillance in her account of the trial, in which Iti and three others were accused of plotting terrorist activities after an alleged paramilitary training camp was discovered by police in the Urewera in 2007.

Indonesia Calling
Joris Ivens / Australia / 1946 / 19 ' / English

World War II is over in Southeast Asia. The colonial powers are trying to reclaim their wealthy empires, with Dutch ships returning to Indonesia with arms and soldiers. But Indonesian republican exiles in Australia have other ideas, as do Sydney and Brisbane waterfront strikers and filmmaker Joris Ivens with his circle of red artists. A pioneering zero-budget documentary of postcolonial solidarity.