FILM SCREENING | COMMUNITY CONVERSATION — Public | All Ages | Free
At 2:30PM on Saturday, December 2, there will be a screening of the film Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument, followed by a discussion with director Moira Simpson, the film’s producers, and members of the Women’s Monument Committee.
The screening, at Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College‘s Comox Valley campus, is co-presented by World Community Film, Comox Valley Transition Society, the Women’s Monument Committee, and CVAG. Admission is free, with donations to the Comox Valley Transition Society gratefully accepted.
MARKER OF CHANGE: THE STORY OF THE WOMEN’S MONUMENT
On December 6, 1989, 14 young women at Montréal’s Ecole Polytechnique were systematically murdered solely because they were female. A group of Vancouver feminists set out to create Canada’s first national monument to name and remember the 14 women.
Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument documents a seven-year struggle to create “something loving, something permanent” for all women murdered by men. Violence against women continues to increase, with Indigenous women and girls being the most vulnerable.
Screening: 2PM on Saturday, December 2 at Stan Hagen Theatre
Director: Moira Simpson
Language: English
Country: Canada
Year: 1998
Content Advisory: discussion of gender-based violence
On Wednesday, December 6, the Comox Valley Transition Society will host a vigil on CVAG Plaza at 12PM. Click here to learn more.