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Title:	Gallery 1C03 & The UWSA present "The Coca-Cola Case"
Description:	Together, as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and The UWSA will present the controversial film "The Coca-Cola Case" on Tuesday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. in The University of Winnipeg's Manitoba Boardroom (2nd floor of Manitoba Hall, Room 2M70). "The Coca-Cola Case" (2009, Argus Films/National Film Board of Canada) has garnered much media attention over the last two months and we are pleased to offer the first public screening of this film in Winnipeg. As Cinema Politica organizers have pointed out, this is a film that Coca-Cola wants to hide. "The Coca-Cola Case" begins with U.S. lawyers Daniel Kovalik and Terry Collingsworth as well as activist Ray Rogers investigating, at the instigation of union leaders in Columbia, Guatemala and Turkey, the hundreds of trade union murders associated with bottling plants for the corporate behemoth Coke. The Argus Films/NFB film, directed by German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia, documents their pursuit for justice and accountability for alleged human rights and labour abuses committed by Coca-Cola bottling plants, particularly in Colombia and Guatemala. The film's co-directors, Gutierrez and Garcia, deny Coke's claims of defamation and breach of confidentiality. According to Gutierrez from previous interviews, everything in the film has been proven and is publicly available. For more information about "The Coca-Cola Case", please visit: stopkillercoke.org or www.facebook.com/thecocacolacase. For more information about the Cinema Politica network, please visit www.cinemapolitica.org. Cinema Politica films at The University of Winnipeg are selected by students affiliated with the UWSA’s on-campus service groups. "The Coca Cola Case" has been programmed by students working with the UWSA’s Foodbank program. "The Coca-Cola Case" is our sixth and final screening of the 2009-10 academic season. Stay tuned, as we hope to be back with more great screenings in the fall of 2010! All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome from across the campus, and across the city. Our screenings will always be free, but donations to offset costs are welcome. Gallery 1C03 and the UWSA wish to extend thanks to Cinema Politica for making it possible for us to participate in this network. We are collectively grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative.
Sponsor:	Gallery 1C03 & UWSA
When:	March 23, 2010, Daily, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where:	Manitoba Boardroom (2nd floor of Manitoba Hall, Room 2M70) The University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada Map
Contact:	Jennifer Gibson j.gibson@uwinnipeg.ca 786-9253 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/artgallery-index
RSVP:	not required
Category:	Other

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