PSA/Polish Studies Program Movie Night “Beats of Freedom”

Visually stunning, the award-winning Beats of Freedom is the story of how Polish rock’n’roll helped bring down communism. Directed by Wojciech Słota and Leszek Gnoiński, and narrated by Chris Salewicz (in English, as is the film largely…), the 73-minute documentary contains previously unseen archive footage of the Iron Curtain Polish music scene, much quite shocking; included are extraordinary, hilarious secret police reports on hippies and punks. The most popular cinematically-released documentary in Poland ever, Beats of Freedom encapsulates a vital missing element of world popular culture.

Where: Carr Hall, Room 403. 100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, ON

When: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:00pm – 9:00pm

SPK and PSA Movie Night – “The Way Back”

The Polish Combatants’ Association (SPK) and PSA invite u to a special movie night. We will be showing “The Way Back”, a film centered around a group of prisoners who escape from a Siberian Gulag camp during World War II.

Where: SPK, 206 Beverley Street, Toronto, ON
When: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:00pm – 10:00pm

For more information on the film go to: http://www.thewaybackthemovie.com/