Marda Loop Justice Film Festival presents justREEL Film Nights:

Shadow World

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
River Park Church - 3818 14a St SW, Calgary, AB
FREE Admission

justREEL is a bi-monthly feature length documentary series. Now in its eleventh year, justREEL runs from September to May. 

“In reality SHADOW WORLD is not about some small time illegal arms dealers, but about big corporations involving players at the highest levels of government.” Statement by the Director, Johan Grimonprez

Synopsis: SHADOW WORLD is a cinematic documentary that reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade - the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Through the insights of whistleblowers, investigators, prosecutors, military and industry insiders SHADOW WORLD reveals how the international trade in weapons – with the complicity of governments, their militaries and intelligence agencies, defense contractors, arms dealers and agents – fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracies and creates widespread suffering.

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Conversation Leader:  

Dr. Pablo Policzer - Dr. Pablo Policzer is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary. A Chilean by birth, his work specializes in Latin American Politics, with a special interest in the overlaps between democracy and authoritarianism, and between human rights and security issues broadly understood. His book The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009) was named a 2009 “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice Magazine, and won the award for best book in Comparative Politics from the Canadian Association of Political Science in 2010. In 2016, he was named a finalist for Immigrant Services Calgary’s Immigrant of Distinction Lifetime Achievement award.

Dr. David Jay Bercuson - David Bercuson specializes in Canadian military and diplomatic history and Canadian defence policy. He is the Director of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and Director of International Programs at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. He is also Director of Programs of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Institute, a Calgary-based think tank. He has published on a wide range of topics specializing in modern Canadian politics, Canadian defence and foreign policy and Canadian military history. His latest book is Our Finest Hour: Canada Fights the Second World War which was published in October, 2015. 

About Marda Loop Justice Film Festival

The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival uses the medium of film to show recent high quality documentaries in order to draw attention to serious local & global issues. We hope audiences watch a film, stay for the discussion, and visit with local non-government groups and fair trade vendors that will be onsite.

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