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I Was There - Stories of Women in Conflict Zones

Eve-Lyne — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:40:51 -0500

"I Was There - Stories of Women in Conflict Zones"
Screening and discussion

Montreal Human Rights Film Festival

Come and listen to these women who have shared their unique story with the Montreal Life Stories project. They are from Colombia, Rwanda, Haiti and Cambodia. They have lived in conflict zones. This short film is a tribute to their stories.

Panelists will launch the discussion and answer your questions.

Monday, March 15th 2010, 7-9pm
Simon-Bolivar Cultural Centre
394 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West
(Place-des-Arts metro station)

Free admission - Welcome to all!

Reflections on a Playback Theatre Performance, by Lynsey Grosfield

Eve-Lyne — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:15:16 -0500

“I’m sinking in the quicksand of my thought”

I just completed my first formal activity as an intern for the Montreal Life Stories Project, filming a small-scale “Playback Theatre” event at Concordia University. This was to serve as an introduction to my future work with the Oral History and Performance working group, in which I will be interviewing Montreal artists who utilize their mode of expression to convey their experiences of displacement: either as refugees, immigrants, or survivors of violence or genocide (or possibly all of the above).

CongoDrama - 2nd series of performances

Eve-Lyne — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:51:26 -0500

Written and directed by Ally Ntumba, artist in residence 2009-2010

February 27 and 28, 7pm
William Hingston Centre (419 St-Roch, metro Parc)
Tickets: 10$

"As author, director and artistic director of the MOYO Collective, Ally Ntumba collects and interprets personal stories of members of the Congolese community with the objective of conceiving a performance with a wide scope incorporating theater, dance and music.

CongoDrama and Montreal Life Stories in Quartier Libre

Eve-Lyne — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:53:58 -0500

Université de Montréal's Quartier Libre newspaper has published an article about Ally Ntumba and his play, CongoDrama.

Special Playback Theatre Performance in Response to the displacement created by the recent earthquake in Haiti

Eve-Lyne — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:51:50 -0500

Our Living Histories Theatre Ensemble has been developing forms of collective storytelling and performance using playback theatre amongst other forms. Playback Theatre is a performative approach to community conversations in which audience members share experiences and witness as their stories are reflected back to them through theatre. Some come to listen and some to tell.

A new life for unique stories

Eve-Lyne — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:29:23 -0500

Life Stories Montreal and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC) are pleased to announce that close to 500 Holocaust survivor interviews have recently been digitized.

Since the 1990s, the MHMC has recorded, mostly via VHS support, the life stories of hundreds of Holocaust survivors, as many in English as in French, as in Hebrew and Yiddish. Thanks to collaboration with the Life Stories Montreal project, these interviews have been transferred to a digital format, ensuring their long term conservation as well as a greater accessibility and new possibilities for dissemination.

Some feedback on our radio piece

Afsaneh Hojabri — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:28:51 -0500

The broadcasted version of the “Stories of Iranian-Montrealers about Iran’s post election uprising” radio documentary has been up on the web as of January 2nd, on the Citizenshift website and on our Life Stories Montreal website.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI

curaweb — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:28:16 -0500

I know that I speak for everyone in the Life Stories project when I say
that our thoughts are with the Haitian people during this very difficult
time. Haiti has endured so much already. More than anyone should have to.
The City of Montreal has a deep connection to Haiti, as does our project.
The project’s Haitian Working Group is recording the stories of resistance
and loss from the years of the Duvalier dictatorship. In 2009, the project
organized a film festival and exhibit on that paid tribute to those who
paid for their resistance with their freedom or their lives. Each film was

My Bitter-Sweet Radio Experience!

curaweb — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:03:04 -0500

by Afsaneh Hojabri

In her recent blog entry “radio works so far” posted on 12/03/09, Caroline Kunzle provided insightful reflections and raised important points, especially with regards to ethics of representations when it comes to radio production. She made a very important distinction between producing oral history interviews and producing oral history interviews for radio where one has much less control over the final presentation of the story. It is in the light of this valid observation that I would like to reflect on my first and only radio experience.

JOB OFFER: GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Eve-Lyne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:22 -0500

JOB OFFER: GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PART TIME)

Working under the supervision of Associate Professor Tim Schwab of the Oral History and Performance working group.
Salary is $18 per hour to a maximum of $1500 (approximately 80 hours) January 2010 to April 2010.
Working hours and schedule are flexible.

TASKS: