Riots, Rebellions and Anti-Colonial formations
Panel discussion and film screenings
Date & Time
Sunday May 26
3-9PM
Location
Innis Town Hall
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave
Toronto
Accessibility
Innis College is accessible on the main floor, including Town Hall. There are four dedicated spaces for assistive mobility devices at the rear of Town Hall, and the theatre has power-assisted doors for full access. Assistive-listening devices are also available. An accessible gender-neutral washroom is located on the third floor of the east wing. Please direct any accessibility inquiries to rentals.innis@utoronto.ca.
Join us for a day long event including film screenings and informed discussions reflecting on riots, rebellions and anti-colonial formations.
In response to the screenings of Battle of Algiers (1966) and La Haine (1995), Esmat Elhalaby and Mathieu Rigouste will provide commentary on the films and explore facets of resistance to, and the wide reaching impacts of, French colonial violence. Considering the important role of South-South solidarity, they will take up historic and contemporary exchanges that led to movement building against empire. Moderated by Esery Mondesir.
Schedule
3-5PM: Battle of Algiers (1966)
5-6:30PM Panel discussion
7-9PM: La Haine (1995)
Esmat Elhalaby is a historian of the transnational Middle East and South Asia.
Mathieu Rigouste is an independent researcher and the author of The Enemy Within: A Colonial and Military Genealogy of Security Directives in Contemporary France.
Light refreshments served.
Esery Mondesir is a Haitian-born video artist and filmmaker. He was a high school teacher and a labour organizer before receiving an MFA in film and video production from York University (Toronto) in 2017. Mondesir draws from personal and collective memory, official archives, vernacular records, and the Everyday to generate a reading of our society from its margins. Made in collaboration with fellow members of the Haitian diaspora in Havana, Cuba and Tijuana, Mexico, his latest films have been exhibited in art galleries and film festivals worldwide, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, the Open City Festival in London, UK, the Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Mondesir is Assistant Professor at OCAD University in Toronto.