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The Voice Of Iran: Mohammed Reza Shajarian
[Feature] - Vancity Theatre Screenings
(Denmark, 2003, 97 min)
Directed By: Christian Braad Thomsen

Mohammad Reza Shajarian is probably the most important world music singer alive. More info & Tickets »
Santouri (The Music Man)
[Feature] - Vancity Theatre Screenings
(Iran, 2007, 106 min)
Directed By: Dariush Mehrjui

Following a fine series of mostly conventionally made films about women, Dariush Mehrjui’s latest, Santouri (The Music Man), shows that he’s absorbed the influences of the youngsters in its story about Ali (Bahram Radan), a popular singer-songwriter and player of the santoor (an ancient stringed instrument played with two small mallets) and the emotional and physical price he pays for his heroin addiction. More info & Tickets »
Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing
[Feature] - The Street and the Forgotten Woman
(Canada, 2008, 90 min)
Directed By: Nettie Wild
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  Bevel Up

Nettie Wild’s Bevel Up explores a key question facing healthcare providers across this country—how can a nurse or outreach worker deliver effective and compassionate health care to people who use drugs? More info & Tickets »
1900
[Feature] - Vancity Theatre Screenings
(Italy, France, Germany, 1976, 315 min)
Directed By: Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci’s massive epic, a history of Italy from 1900 to 1945 as reflected through the friendship of two men across class lines, is one of the most fascinating, if little seen, of his films. More info & Tickets »
Arguing the World
[Feature] - Vancity Theatre Screenings
(USA, 1998, 106 min)
Directed By: Joseph Dorman

Arguing the World creates a vivid picture of intellectual life in the 20th century. More info & Tickets »