PRIDE Film Screening / w. Centretown Movies

A Queer Mafia Fam-Friendly Outdoor Film Screening under the stars!!! PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all. (C) CBS Presented by the Queer Mafia and Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Fest. Licensed via Criterion Pictures. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFY0wHpR5o First & Foremost: We would like to acknowledge and honour that all of the work we do is currently being done on unceded Algonquin Territory that was never given up and never surrendered. presented by the Queer Mafia Where? Dundonald Park Somerset & Bay Street, Ottawa ON Movie starts at 9:00pm Suggested donation of $5 (nobody turned away!) Freshly popped popcorn will be available by donation :) All genders welcome because pridin' out is for errbody! +++++ +++++ the Queer Mafia http://thequeermafia.com/ AIDS Committee of Ottawa www.aco-cso.ca +++++ +++++ Accessibility note: ACO is an accessible venue. The washrooms are located on the main floor and are accessible as well. The washrooms at this event will be gender neutral in recognition that so often gender variant, trans, two spirit and women identified people are at greater risk to violence and harassment. The QM hopes to create safer spaces for folks to be who they are and to enjoy their night free from violence and body policing. This includes making a commitment to providing gender-neutral washrooms. "Safer Space Policy": QM collectively strives to create spaces that are free of as many barriers as possible as means to working towards liberation. This means that we are all responsible for creating the spaces we desire, by educating ourselves, each other and ensuring that we are continually engaging in these conversations and creating relationships of support and collective responsibility. While we recognize that no space is exclusively “safe” for anyone, we must collectively work towards mitigating harms. In response to certain experiences that have happened within our spaces, we have decided to remix ground rules to apply to a specific situation in which groups of people come together to make themselves vulnerable: our dance parties. QM works towards recognizing dynamics of power and privilege that exist within society and which have historically oppressed our communities. We believe that these same dynamics and tensions exist within our own communities and we are working continuously towards addressing these tensions and creating supportive spaces. People participating in our events and dance parties are asked to be aware of their language and behaviour and to think about whether these may be harming others. Our spaces are not spaces for explicit or implicit violence, racism, sexism, ageism, transphobia, cissexism, sizeism, fatphobia, sexual harassment, and gender policing, or doing anything to another person without their consent. Acting in a way that disrespects, harms others or undermines these values will not be tolerated. QM reserves the right to assess & manage circumstances and situations in the best interest of our collective vision towards creating ‘liberation’ and ‘safer’ spaces.