Event

Movie screening: "Tickling Giants"

Friday, October 27, 2017 18:00to21:00

Education Building Room 129, 3700 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 1Y2, CA

Price:

Free

Please join PGSS Equity & Diversity and the Subcommittee for Racialized and Ethnic Persons on Friday, October 27th, 2017 at McGill University Jack Cram Auditorium (Education 129) at 6:00pm for a special screening of Tickling Giants.

This screening is free and open to the public. RSVP to save your seat!

About the film:

In the midst of the Egyptian Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef creates the satirical show, "Al Bernameg," which quickly becomes the most viewed television program in the Middle East, with 30 million viewers per episode. But, in a country where free speech is not settled law, his show becomes as controversial as it is popular. Despite increasing danger, Bassem employs comedy, not violence, to comment on hypocrisy in media, politics, and religion. Tickling Giants follows the "Al Bernameg" team as they discover democracy is not easily won.