{"id":10293,"date":"2018-04-05T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/?p=10293"},"modified":"2018-04-05T01:59:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:59:12","slug":"cjca-and-gvjcca-celebrate-national-canadian-film-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/cjca-and-gvjcca-celebrate-national-canadian-film-day\/","title":{"rendered":"CJCA and GVJCCA Celebrate National Canadian Film Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CALGARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CJCA is once again participating in National Canadian Film Day. Please come and join us on the weekend of April 14 and 15.<\/p>\n

Calgary Nikkei Cultural & Senior Centre
\n2236-29 Street SW, Calgary<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will be screening two shows this year:<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 14<\/strong>
\n1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
\n“The Whale”
\nThis touching documentary tells the story of a young killer whale, Luna, who gets separated from his family on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, BC.<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 15<\/strong>
\nNoon -3:00 pm
\n“Birth of a Family”
\nFour siblings, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet for the first time in this deeply moving documentary.<\/p>\n

Admission is Free.<\/em><\/p>\n

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VANCOUVER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 18, starting at 6:30pm<\/strong>
\nTonari Gumi, 42 W8th Avenue, #101, Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens\u2019 Association (GVJCCA) and the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) for a free screening. GVJCCA and NAJC are hosting the films, The Breadwinner and Meditation Park, as part of the National Canadian Film Day.<\/p>\n

The Breadwinner<\/i><\/b> is an Academy Award-nominated animated feature about Parvana, an 11 year old girl, who disguises herself as a boy to help her family survive under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.<\/p>\n

Meditation Park<\/i><\/b> is about a Chinese-Canadian family and a journey of self-discovery for the matriarch Maria. Her daughter is played by Sandra Oh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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