THE GROUNDBREAKERS SERIES
 NECESSITIES OF LIFE
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:00pm
MAYFAIR THEATRE, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON
SAW VIDEO GROUNDBREAKERS SERIES: SAW Video continues to explore Aboriginal issues this fall with the presentation of The Necessities of Life, a film from award-winning director Benoît Pilon that uses the 1950s-era tuberculosis epidemic in the far North as its starting point. The spread of the disease forced many Inuit to go to various Canadian cities for treatment. Tvii (Natar Ungalaaq, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) is taken to a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones and faced with a completely alien world, he finds himself unable to communicate with anyone.
The Necessities of Life was Canada's contender for the Best Film in a Foreign Language at the 2008 Oscars and was awarded four 2009 Genie Awards.
In French and Inuktitut with English subtitles.
To see the trailer: www.thenecessitiesoflife-themovie.com
For more Info:
SAW Video 67 rue Nicholas St. Ottawa, ON K1N 7B9 T: (613) 238-7648 www.sawvideo.com
SAW VIDEO wishes to thank its generous donours:
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Groundbreakers Series
A new independent film series in partnership with the newly refurbished Mayfair Theatre.
The Groundbreakers Series features film or video that has contributed to advancing the art of independent image-making.
Previous Screenings
Persepolis
July 29, 2009
Nanook Taxi (1977)
April 29th, 2009
RiP: A remix manifesto
March 27th, 2009
The Exiles
February 25th, 2009
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