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Film: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Cumberland

Saturday May 04, 2024 at 1:00pm
90 minutes

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In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza (the “Star Wars Kid”) breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so, he also explores our collective experience living in an online world in which we have to make peace with our digital shadows.

2022. 80 min. French with English subtitles. Provided by the National Film Board.

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Dans ce documentaire de Mathieu Fournier portant sur le premier phénomène viral de l’ère numérique, Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence pour la première fois afin de réfléchir à son histoire. Ce faisant, il explore aussi la nôtre : celle d’internautes qui doivent, eux aussi, apprivoiser leur ombre numérique.

2022. 80 min. Français avec sous-titres anglais. Gracieuseté de l’Office national du film.
Film Shorts: From Different Universes

Cumberland

Saturday May 11, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes

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Join us for a program of short animated films by women of Asian descent!

In Flowing Home, two sisters separated by the war between North and South Vietnam are only able to connect through the letters they exchange to relieve their loneliness.

Winds of Spring tells the tender story of a young girl who, driven by the irrepressible need for self-fulfillment, decides to leave the family nest.

In Old Dog, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help and companionship.

In A Prairie Story, a prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis from rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia.

Showa Shinzan tells the story of a young Japanese girl's relationship with her grandfather, a postmaster and amateur geologist.

The Zoo follows the parallel lives of a polar bear cub in a popular city zoo and a Chinese boy who visits him until they’re both in their twilight years.

Surfacing explores the passions of acclaimed musician and songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the groundbreaking Lilith Fair, and her philanthropic work at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.

55 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Film Shorts: Journeys and Passages

Cumberland

Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes

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Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.

In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance

4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.

56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Stay and Play / Jouons à la biblio

Rosemount

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - Jun 29, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
8 sessions remaining

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Join us for Saturday morning fun! There will be stories, self-directed activities and toys for parents/caregivers and young children.

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Joignez-nous pour vous amuser samedi matin. Il y aura des histoires, des activités et des jouets pour les tout-petits et leurs adultes.

Programme portes ouvertes.
Spring Scavenger Hunt / Chasse au trésor du printemps

Cumberland

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - May 12, 2024
10:00am
420 minutes
9 sessions remaining

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Drop in during opening hours from May 1 to May 12 to complete a self-directed scavenger hunt. Ages 3-8.

Passez nous voir entre le1 mai et le 12 mai pendant les heures d’ouverture pour participer à une chasse au trésor. Pour les enfants de 3 à 8 ans.
Chess club / Club d'échec

Elmvale Acres

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
10:30am
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Play and learn about chess. For 6+ years old.

Jouer et apprendre à jouer aux échecs. Pour les 6 ans et plus.
Lego® Party / Ça dé “bloc”

Alta Vista

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - May 25, 2024
10:30am
90 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Building Boom! Show off your architectural creativity with Lego®!

For ages 4-12. Drop-in program.

Archiboum! Architectes en herbes, à vos Lego®!

Pour les 4-12 ans. Inscription non requise.
Game On! | 1,2,3... Au jeu!

Elmvale Acres

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - Jun 08, 2024
2:00pm
120 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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Play card games, board games or video games at the Library.

Viens jouer aux cartes, à des jeux de société ou à des jeux vidéos à la Bibliothèque.
E-Sports

Greenboro

Saturdays, May 04, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
3:00pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Join us for our monthly e-sports tournament where we play PS4 games such as NBA 2K24, FC Sports 24, and Rocket League. Snacks provided.

For kids and teens. Registration beings 30 minutes before the program at the door.

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Rejoignez-nous pour notre tournoi mensuel d'e-sports où nous jouons à des jeux PS4 tels que NBA 2K24, FC Sports 24, et Rocket League. Collations fournies.

Pour les enfants et les adolescents. L'inscription se fait 30 minutes avant le programme à la porte.
NFB Film- Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Sunnyside

Saturday May 04, 2024 at 3:15pm
90 minutes

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Ghyslain Raza, the “Star Wars Kid,” breaks his silence to reflect on our hunger for content and the right to be forgotten in the digital age.

      1 h 19 min. In French with English subtitles.

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Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence afin de réfléchir à notre soif de contenu et au droit à l’oubli à l’ère numérique.



       1 h 19 min. En français avec sous-titres anglais