From whats_new at nanaimofilmfest.org Fri May 30 12:18:17 2008 From: whats_new at nanaimofilmfest.org (Global Film Festival Nanaimo) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:18:17 -0700 Subject: [FilmFest Nanaimo] Reminder of Michael Moore's Sicko Film tonight Message-ID: <007501c8c289$ea33a3a0$0602a8c0@MAIN> Tonight! See Michael Moore's ''SiCKO' - a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel U.S. health care system contrasted with Canada, Great Britain and France, where all citizens receive free medical benefits Friday May 30 7 pm Bldg 355 Room 203 Malaspina Campus Followed by a brief discussion on the implications of Bill 21 led by Leonard Krog, MLA for Nanaimo This showing is FREE ~ although donations are always welcome. Co-sponsors: Mid Island Health Coalition, Nanaimo Global Film Festival Group, Mid Island Co-op and Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday June 16 1 pm Bldg 355 Room 203 Malaspina Campus ?Salud! spans three continents to look at the movement to make health care a global birthright and probes the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health. Cuba, a poor country, is overcoming its lack of resources to provide universal health care. Its people are among the world's healthiest, Cuba's volunteer corps sends 28,000 health professionals to 68 developing countries, and Cuban medical schools will graduate 100,000 new doctors from developing countries over the next decade. Followed by a brief discussion with Leslie Dickout of the BC Health Coalition This showing is FREE ~ although donations are always welcome Co-sponsors: Mid Island Health Coalition, Nanaimo Global Film Festival Group, Mid Island Co-op and Nanaimo, Duncan & District Labour Council -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nanaimofilmfest.org/pipermail/whats_new_nanaimofilmfest.org/attachments/20080530/a8e670cc/attachment.html