Mayworks 2021
Schedule
Dialogues Essential Work, but Disposable Workers?
Saturday, May 1, 6:00-8:00PM
Film Money Moves 超时工作 (2019)
Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31
MoneyMoves: 超时工作, A conversation
Thursday, May 13th, 7:30-9:00PM
Visual art & encounters Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities, In partnership with Sur Gallery
Saturday May 1st to Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Join Sur Gallery and Mayworks for the Latin@merica: Embedding Bodies and Localities Online Opening Reception; a live Zoom musical performance with Luis Navarro Del Angel on Thursday, May 6th, 6:00-8:00PM
Film Abra (2018), by Hiba Ali
Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31
Hiba Ali is a panelist at the Organize Amazon! dialogue happening on Saturday, May 15th from 1:00-2:30PM.
Visual art & encounters unpruned tomato vines: A digital exhibition at Mayworks Festival in partnership with Tea Base
Join artists and Tea Base organizers Christie Carrière, Hannia Cheng, Jason Li and Florence Yee for unpruned tomato vines: a conversation
Friday May 28th, 6:30-8:00PM
“SEEKING” by Florence Yee
Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31
History of the Chinatown Anti-Displacement Garden, by Christie Jia Wen Carrière
Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31
Chinatown Anti-Displacement Garden (2021) A Mayworks Premiere, by Hannia Cheng
Tuesday, May 25 – Saturday, May 31
Link available on Tuesday May 25
Film 9to5: The Story of a Movement (2019)
screening: Sunday, May 2 & Tuesday, May 4
post-screening discussion: TBA
Visual art & encounters Museum and Labour History, with Brooke Downey
Thursday, May 4th: Moments from Canadian Cultural Labour Relations
Thursday, May 11th: Labour of Love: Emotional Taxation on the Front-line
Thursday, May 18th: Who Represents Us? Building Solidarity amongst Canadian Cultural Workers
Thursday, May 25th: It’s Only Temporary: Accountability in Precarious Work
Every Thursday throughout May, one essay will be launched and made available for the remainder of the festival.
Visual art & encounters In the Water, with Maggie Flynn
Guided Collaborative Research Session
Wednesday, May 5, 7:00-8:00PM
Performance
Thursday, May 27, 7:00-8:00PM
Music Heebiejabi
Sunday, May 9 – Saturday, May 31
Film Sorry We Missed You (2019), by Ken Loach
Sunday, May 9 – Sunday, May 16
Dialogues MoneyMoves: 超时工作, A conversation
Thursday May 13, 7:30-9:00PM
Dialogues Organize Amazon!
Saturday, May 15, 1:00-2:30PM
Film SICKENING (2020), by Roya Del Sol
Monday, May 17 – Monday, May 31
Link available on Saturday, May 1st
Music Gosford Fire, By Lyrical Flips and Beny Esguerra
Monday, May 17 – Monday, May 31
Join the musicians to learn more about Wheel It Studios and participate in Q&A
Thursday May 20th at 7pm.
Dialogues Looking back, looking forward: Collective organizing in the arts & culture sector
Tuesday, May 25, 6:00-7:30PM
Music Choeur Maha
Tuesday, May 25 – Saturday, May 31
Dialogues unpruned tomato vines: a conversation
Friday, May 28, 6:30-8:00PM
Film The Words We Can’t Speak, by Lindsay McIntyre
Actor Table Read Workshop
Festival audiences are invited to join for the last two hours of the workshop to listen to a final read through, followed by a Q&A with the writer.
Please check back for further details and to register.