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Title:
SAAG Cinema presents Wiebo’s War
When:
Wed, Oct 26
Where:
Lethbridge
Category:
Alternative

Description

 Time: 8-10 p.m.

Cover: $5 / film; $3.00 / film (members)

Please note that SAAG Cinema will be held in a new location: Cité des Prairies | Société du centre francophone de Lethbridge 2401 6 Avenue S

Wiebo's War is the story of a Christian Community at war with the oil and gas industry. Wiebo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a series of pipeline bombings. The bombings echo a campaign of sabotage he waged against the gas industry 10 years ago ... barricading roads, blowing up wells, and culminating in the unsolved death of a 16-year-old girl on his family's farm.

The Ludwig family live in northern Alberta, in the heart of Canada's oilpatch. They came 25 years ago, wanting to live more closely according to their Christian beliefs, according to scripture. They built their community in the wilderness with their own hands, not knowing that it lay on top of one of the largest undeveloped fields of natural gas on the continent. Other people take whatever buyout is on offer, and make an accommodation with the oil and gas industry. Wiebo and his family - after years of trying to deal with the industry, politicians and the media - went to war.

The community is self-sufficient in food and energy, but isolated. Apart from Wiebo and his wife Mamie, there are 5 married couples, seven unmarried adults, and 38 grandchildren, many entering their teenaged years. They are security conscious, aware that they are being watched, open to the outside world, but guarded. And they believe that those who don't share their beliefs, like filmmaker David York, are living in terrible darkness.

Venue

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Venue:
Cité des Prairies | Société du centre francophone
Street:
2104, 6th avenue s. (not 2401)
ZIP:
T1J 1C3
City:
Lethbridge
State:
Ab
Country:
Country: ca

Description

Cité des Prairies | Société du centre francophone de Lethbridge   2104, 6th avenue s. (not 2401)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cit%C3%A9-des-Prairies-Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-du-centre-francophone-de-Lethbridge/141675845898957?sk=info

La Cité des Prairies a pour mission de contribuer à la création d’un espace d’expression française en partenariat avec tout autre organisme oeuvrant pour le fait français. Les points forts de cette mission incluent la gestion d’un centre communautaire et culturel, d’en assurer la stabilité financière et cohésion des parties prenantes, et d’agir sur des projets autour du livre, la lecture et l’apprentissage du français. 

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