The Revue Cinema is proud to host a free community screening of the documentary Jajo’s Secret about the internment of Ukrainians by the Canadian government during World War One, told through the personal story of filmmaker James Motluk (Life Under Mike, Whose University Is It?).
A few years after James Motluk’s Grandfather passed away, his family made a shocking discovery; a certificate of parole issued to his grandfather by the Sault Ste. Marie Police in 1918. This documentary begins with that discovery and traces Motluk¹s personal journey as he investigates how his grandfather came to be paroled. Along the way, he not only discovers the truth about his grandfather but learns the story of how thousands of Ukrainians were imprisoned by the Canadian government during World War One.
Q & A with the director of the film following the screening
You are invited to watch the live launch of the very first online GLOBAL MUSEUM ON COMMUNISM!
Join us on the Internet for this historic event by clicking on the link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/csedwdw on Tuesday June 16, 2009 starting at 19:30 (7:30 PM) North American Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05.00). The event will be recorded for viewing on the same web site afterward. After Tuesday, you will be able to visit the museum by clicking on the web address http://www.globalmuseumoncommunism.org.
The journey for Vasyl Popadiuk from Ukraine to Toronto has been one of musical adventure, starting at Kiev’s Lysenko school for gifted children at the tender age of 7, and continuing at Ukraine’s national Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music from age 18. Vasyl Popadiuk’s father, himself a renowned composer and pan flute player, dreamt of his son following in his footsteps as a flutist but at the age of four Vasyl Jr chose to play the piano. By age six he had discovered and fallen in love with the violin – an outcome predicted by a stranger before his birth – that love has remained steadfast through the years.
Famous Ukrainian violinist