Waking the Sleeping Giant

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
The Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library - University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB
Admission by Donation | FREE for Students w/ ID

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution is the story of the attempt to build a 21st century progressive movement in the United States. Five remarkable individuals wrestle with persistent racial injustice, growing economic inequality, and the corrupting influence of money in politics against the backdrop of an extraordinary 2016 presidential race.

From the presidential campaign trail with Senator Bernie Sanders to a local race in the failing economy of rural West Virginia, from a mass sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps to racially charged police commission hearings in Los Angeles, Waking the Sleeping Giant makes sense of this moment in American politics, probing widespread discontent during the 2016 election cycle, Donald Trump’s dramatic electoral victory, and the challenges ahead for those building a re-energized progressive movement.

Some press Reviews for “Waking the Sleeping Giant”:

An “incendiary new film” – Movie-Blogger.com

The filmmakers invite us to see the people in this film “as an arm, maybe a little toe, of the rousing giant, joining unionists, Black Lives Matter activists, academics, environmentalists, LGBTQ advocates, the quite religious and the not religious, all manner of just plain decent hard-working people, red staters, blue staters, rural dweller and urbanites, and yes, one or two quoted members of the liberal media, in channeling [the] anger into a politics of inclusivity.” – The Tyee

“Giant seriously rouses when it looks at Black Lives Matter or the story of West Virginian Sabrina Shrader.” – Georgia Strait

A film by film by Jacob Smith, Jon D. Erickson and Kathryn Goldman.

30 minutes of Q&A via Skype with Jacob Smith to follow the screening.

All seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early.

Free for students with ID and community by donation ($5.00 – $10.00 suggested)

All proceeds go towards the Campus Food Bank.

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