Playing This Week at The Paramount Theatre
Conviction
Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society
Friday, October 11 @ 6:30pm
Alarmed By the Rising Numbers of Women in Prison; Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society Presents National Film Board documentary “Conviction”.
Over the past decade there has been a 30% increase in the number of federally sentenced women and a 60% increase in the number of Indigenous female inmates. The greatest increase came from BC where in 2016-17, 47% of women admitted to federal custody were Indigenous – nearly double the percentage 10 years ago. To call attention to this issue, on October 11, 2019, at 6:30 pm Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society in partnership with Addiction Matters Kamloops will be presenting a screening of a Photo Voice Video and the National Film Board documentary, Conviction, at the KFS Paramount Theatre. A panel discussion will follow and will include, a criminal defense lawyer, an addictions specialist, an RCMP officer, a TRU professor, an Indigenous woman and a woman with lived experience.
Please come out and join us for this exciting event. The Screening of Conviction, Photo Voice Video and Panel Discussion are free to attend. A suggested donation of $10 is welcome to support the work of the Elizabeth Fry Society. All funds raised will support the creation of a Women’s Recovery House program.
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Papi Chulo
Friday, October 11 @ 7:15 pm
Saturday, October 12 @ 7:15 pm
After a newly-single TV weatherman is put on leave following an on-air meltdown, he directs his energy into home improvement and hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto to help. Despite a language barrier and having nothing in common, the two men develop an unexpected but profound friendship.
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Red Joan
Thursday Film Series
Saturday, October 12 @ 7:00 pm
Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information - including details on the building of the atomic bomb - to the Soviet government for decades. As the interrogation gets underway, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and her beliefs.
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The Thursday Film Series is back for the 2019 – 2020 Season. This fall, the KFS will feature a lineup of 15 incredible films on Thursday nights at 7pm from September 12 to December 19, 2019.