INSTRCC presents a film screening of Rex Vs. Singh at UBC

18 Mar

REX VERSUS SINGH FILM SCREENING

with Director, Ali Kazimi

MARCH 26, 2009

6-8 pm

Victoria Learning Theatre in the Irving K. Barber Learning Center at UBC

THIS EVENT IS COMPLETELY FREE!!!

Please come join us for a special screening of Rex Vs. Singh, a 30-minute film which centers on a 1915 trial where two South Asian mill-workers were entrapped by undercover police, accused of sodomy and sent to trial. Themes of homophobia, racism, and corruption are prevalent throughout this 30-minute film. Immediately following the screening, there will be a panel discussion withBrent Ingram, a local historian whose research inspired the film, UNBC Professor Dave Sangha, and one of the directors of Rex Vs. Singh and who is also a film professor at York University, Ali Kazimi.

FACEBOOK EVENT FOR REX VS. SINGH

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