UNREPENTANT

Louie Lawless (dir.) 105 mins, 2006, original English version with French subtitles

UNREPENTANT chronicles Canada's “dirty secret” - the planned extermination of aboriginal

people in church-run Indian Residential Schools – and a clergyman's struggle to document and make public these crimes. For the first time since its release in New York last November, this ground-breaking film will be screened before audiences in central Canada. www.hiddenfromhistory.org

Le Maître chanteur, 3425 St-Denis, 6:30pm, no cover, voluntary contribution

LOUIS ANDRÉ BOURQUE

Une invitation à la fête des mots, de la musique, de l’intelligence et de l’humour

Native of Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Louis-André has been based in Montreal for a few years.  A singer-songwriter, he has chosen chanson as the language he is privileged to use to communicate with his contemporaries.  Some have compared him to Brassens, an influence he is far from denying.  His texts are as much instantaneous as delirious and  they travel through our society raised by an amusing sarcasm.  He will be accompanied by two musicians overflowing with talent and energy: Jean-Philippe Gilbert on guitar and Pierre-Olivier Ouellet on accordeon.  This is a team that knows how to electrify a room. www.myspace.com/louisandrebourque

Le Maître chanteur, 3425 St-Denis, 9pm, no cover, voluntary contribution