Part of the extensive collection of works by Waubashene artist, Ted Lord, 1905-1979, held by the Huronia Museum. Lord worked in watercolours and linocuts.
Author: Bryan
Film Series Nov. 11 Food, Inc.
Nov. 11 Food, Inc. 7:30 PM
Robert Kenner
94 minutes, USA, NR Cast: Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
Modern techniques in food production pose grave risks to our health and environment. Food, Inc., exposes how unfettered corporations subvert laws and commandeer subsides in the creation of shocking monopolies. Focus on global criminal Monsanto, a corporate monster that has expanded its control over soybeans from 2% of the American market to 90% in the last decade. Monsanto is a modern day evil Goliath crushing small family farm Davids. This film portrays stories of heartbreak and outrage, but the film carefully channels these emotions towards opportunities for activism. Bon appetit!
Director Filmography Robert Kenner began his career in 1971 and is an Emmy- winning American screenwriter, director and producer for both film and television. He has produced a number of documentaries for the National Geographic Society. For PBS he has done The Road to Memphis (2003) for The Blues series and the 2005 Vietnam War documentary, Two Days in October.
Tickets:
Season subscription 5 films $40
individual ticket 1 film $9
Individual tickets are available during the week prior to the film at the Huronia Museum or are sold subjec to availability at the door of the Galaxy Theatre.
New Book Available on Canadians at Battle of Hong Kong, 1941
Published by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association, Beyond the Call is the story of thirty-three members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. These men were sent to Hong Kong as part of “C” Force, the Canadian contingent of 2000 soldiers dispatched to bolster the British colony’s garrison in October, 1941.
Applying the results of four years of in depth research, including interviews with seven surviving Hong Kong Signal Corps veterans, Midland, Ontario author Burke Penny chronicles the lives of the Signallers. We follow them from the days in Canada when they joined up, through their training and trip to Hong Kong, participation in the battle against Japanese forces, their subsequent incarceration in prisoner of war camps, and finally the trip home after the war for the twenty-four who survived. “I wanted the book to focus on the men themselves with the Hong Kong battle and the POW camps as the broader backdrop to their stories,” says Penny. An often forgotten component in previous books about Hong Kong, the impact on the soldiers’ families back in Canada, provides an ongoing counterpoint to the trials faced by the men overseas.
Beyond the Call was officially released on August 14th at the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association national convention in Ottawa. The unveiling of a memorial wall honouring all members of “C” Force took place the following day. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards the costs of the memorial. Beyond the Call is available at http://www.hkvca.ca.
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Beyond the Call: Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Brigade Headquarters, “C” Force, Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945, by D. Burke Penny
Published by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
ISBN 978-0-9733350-1-9
403 pages, trade paperback; $30.00
For information about Beyond the Call, contact:
D. Burke Penny
beyondthecall@rogers.com
Mundys Bay Store has copies for sale
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