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Summer Cinema highlights

Pigeon Hole Renewal and Cinema Politica light up the sunny season
August 30, 2010
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By Anna Sarkissian

Source: Concordia Journal

Photo by Marie-Josée Gagnon
Photo by Marie-Josée Gagnon

While Joni Mitchell lamented the fact that they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, the folks over at Pigeon Hole Renewal had the opposite idea in mind.

To celebrate the second year of their revamped park in Old Montreal — the former site of Canada’s first multi-storey car garage — films by graduating film production students lit up the outdoor screen in early August.

Students Julie-Christine Parent and François Jaros gathered friends and some films for the night. “We had the occasional car headlights but it added to the fun. It felt like a drive-in. It gets back to the pure love of watching a film. It’s about communion,” Jaros said.

A few weeks earlier on the other side of town, Cinema Politica joined the momentum created by Éco-Quartier Peter McGill’s Neighbourhood on the Move block party. They screened films over the four Saturdays of July on the themes of environment, wellbeing, culture and nutrition.

From 2 to 11 p.m., citizens took over Pierce St. for cultural activities, workshops and entertainment designed to create a gathering space for residents of the area.

For more, search for Pigeon Hole Renewal on Facebook or visit the web site.


– Anna Sarkissian



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