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Productions Cazabon Newsletter Issue #1
Hill Times
Articles on Third World Canada
TO star
Maclean’s
The Globe and Mail
Third World Canada launches in 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3 Suicides leave 8 siblings orphaned in a First Nations community struggling with 3rd World conditions.
SAVE THE DATE – 3rd World Canada PREMIERE Sept. 30, 2010! Tickets on sale June 2010. The Rotary Club of Toronto is proudly co-funding the premiere at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and we are so thankful. To find out more about The Rotary Club of Toronto, click here.
We are currently seeking a second sponsor for the premiere event. Any thoughts or leads would be much appreciated. (Budget & proposal available in PDF)
Please also send your ideas on who should be attending this event – invitations will be sent out in just a few weeks! Any ‘A’ list people or organizations to suggest? Any ‘A’ list you could personally invite?
ORDER THE FILM & GUIDE BEFORE THE PREMIERE
To order online, Click here.
3rd World Canada is taking its premiere to the world stage! Look for us coming to a continent near you with screenings in July in Australia, September in Canada and November at the South Africa International Film Festival. 3rd World Canada is taking its’ premiere to the world stage! ! Preview a 5-minute clip of the film that has youth and communities across Canada and the world connecting to create a reconciliation and justice movement – click here
To learn more about the upcoming premiere in Australia at the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) Conference, click here.
After a preview screening of 3rd World Canada at a youth & policy at a YOUCAN conference in Edmonton, AB a youth action group was formed to meet the overwhelming interest of youths to show the film and get involved in reconciliation projects in their schools. Over 200 youths have joined the 3rd World Canada – Youth Action Group in its first few days. Ottawa youths now meet every week and are helping with the preparation of the premiere, the reconciliation action kits and the viewer guide.
Interested in making a difference in First Nations reconciliation issues?
Join our 3rd World Canada – Youth Action Group on Facebook!
Former homeless Dad to travel with nominated film to Yorkton Film Festival
One father’s struggle to hang on to his kids while living in a homeless shelter
The newly produced Family on the Edge is nominated for Best Short Film at the Yorkton Film Festival. If the film wins, Steve, the father from the film, will deliver the acceptance speech. We are fundraising to cover flight costs to send Steve to Saskatchewan for the Festival by donating all DVD sales from the film for the months of May and June.
Please support this initiative: buy a copy of the film and accompanying guide that show homlessness and families at risk in a whole new light! Click here.
To view a 5-minute clip of the film, click here.
click here.
Letters to a Street Child film part of keynote presentations
Andrée Cazabon traveled to Abbotsford, B.C. and Oakville, Ontario to screen her autobiographical film, Letters to a Street Child and to present on youth gang issues at two conferences for law enforcers and community groups in April:
Youth-at-Risk: Working in Street and Gang Culture Conference – Oakville
http://www.livingrock.ca/programs/gps/gpsflyerboth.pdf
Youth-at-Risk: Working in Street and Gang Culture Conference – Oakville
http://www.livingrock.ca/programs/gps/gpsflyerboth.pdf
2010 Fraser Valley Youth Justice Conference – Abbotsford, B.C.
http://www.fvcjc.ca/?q=node/69
Listen to the podcast of the interview with Andrée from Vancouver Co-op Radio – Stark Rave
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/stark-raven
Honouring Mother’s in Shelters – Happy Mother’s Day from Productions Cazabon!
Staff & volunteers assembled flowers for 13 mothers at a Native family shelter in Ottawa. Fleeing violence with children is not an easy choice for mothers and we wanted to bring them some cheers and honour their courage on Mother’s Day. Perhaps an idea you can share at your office?
Andrée Cazabon featured in Chatelaine’s April 2010 issue
Gemini-nominated filmmaker Andrée Cazabon, No Quick Fix, was featured in an article in Chatelaine’s April 2010 issue ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting an 11-year-old’ about the impact Canada’s child-welfare system can have on children. Click here to read the article online at www.chatelaine.com