Cinema Politica presents: Food Coop - Montreal premiere!

Join Cinema Politica Concordia for the Montreal premiere of Food Coop, a film taking us deep into the belly of one America’s oldest co-operative food supermarkets – with a healthy dose of insight and wit!

This screening is in collaboration with Transform/er Montreal, a social and solidarity entrepreneurship celebration and conference that brings together dynamic forces of social and economic transformation in Montreal. Representatives from Transform/er Montreal will be joining us for a post-film discussion.

Food Coop is co-presented by Sustainability Action Fund Concordia. Admission is by donation basis ($5-10 suggested). The venue is wheelchair accessible.


FOOD COOP
Tom Boothe / France / 2016 / 97 ' / English / s.t. French

In the middle of an economic crisis, in the shadow of Wall Street, an institution that represents a less well-known American tradition is booming: The Park Slope Food Coop, a co-operative supermarket where all 16,000 members work 3 hours per month to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices. Inspiring as much hatred as enthusiasm, this co-op founded in 1973 is probably the best-implemented socialist experience in the United States.