Think Vancouver: On the Homefront

Think Vancouver: On the Homefront The Vancouver Museum is partnering with CBC, The Georgia Straight and the Vancouver Public Library to present two-weeks of cross-media community discussion called Think Vancouver

Think Vancouver: On the Homefront will explore aspects of what "home" means in the Lower Mainland and beyond. CBC's Current Affairs, News, Drama and Music departments are joining forces to present, inform, question, and engage Vancouverites with different aspects of home.

Join us at the Museum for a trip through Vancouver's formative years or get out into the city on one of our many excursions. The Museum will host special Think Vancouver programming including tours, excursions and film screenings that promise to give unique perspectives of the "homefront".

Vancouver Stories at the Vancouver Museum
Wednesday, February 4, 7pm & 9:30 pm

Join us for a free evening of fascinating films about Vancouver - people, places and passions - courtesy of the National Film Board.

Screening One at 7:00 pm:

v Burns Bog: A Road Runs Through It - The secrets of one of the world's most precious, and threatened, ecosystems. (24:15)

v Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story - The remarkable tale of the passion and spirit of the Asahi baseball team. (50:47)

v Joe - The animated celebration of the life of Vancouver legend Joe Fortes. (8:51)

v A Tribe of One - One woman's quest to embrace her roots when she discovers she's of First Nations descent. (38:49)

Total running time: 122 minutes

Screening Two at 9:30 pm:

v Obaachan's Garden - An intensely personal reflection of Japanese-Canadian history. (94:13)

v Letters From Home - A startling family secret begins an extraordinary personal journey. (45:01)

Total running time: 139 minutes

VANCOUVER MUSEUM
1100 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6J 3J9 Tel. 604.736.4431
www.vanmuseum.bc.ca
http://www.vancouver.cbc.ca/thinkvancouver/