This is the fundraising trailer for ‘Voices of the River’, a film about the importance of the Nanaimo River watershed. This film will become part of the educational foundation of a new Nanaimo River stewardship initiative.

This film explores the historic and contemporary uses and values of the Nanaimo River, including aquatic fish habitat, terrestrial wildlife habitat, traditional and contemporary First Nations uses, industrial activities such as logging and mining, water quality and quantity for drinking and irrigation, commercial fisheries, and recreational activities such as fishing, hunting and water sports.

If you would like to support the completion of this project you can donate through paypal

or make a tax deductible donation through the TLC, The Land Conservancy of BC
Donors who make a contribution of $50 or more will be recognized in the credits and will receive a copy of the finished DVD. Donors can also dedicate a tribute to someone else or gift a name in the credits. For sponsorship recognition for larger donations information please contact paul@manlymedia.com

Here are a couple of samples of the PSA’s we’ve been working on.

Olympic and X Games Gold Medal champion snowboarder Maelle Ricker steps up to Be The Change for The Land Conservancy (TLC).

Arthur Vickers’ “Be the Change” video at Sansum Point in the Cowichan Valley.

It’s time to demand a full legislative ban on all oil tankers on Canada’s west coast.

Pamela Anderson says No Tanks

Pamela and I both grew up in the same small town on Vancouver Island and learned to swim at the same beach. We didn’t know each other as children but we both share the same concern that future generations should have the same opportunities we had as children to enjoy all that nature has to offer on this beautiful coast.

No Tanks Vancouver - Oil Tanker ban BC

This second 2 minute video  No Tanks Vancouver - Oil Tanker ban BC explains in more detail how Vancouver quietly became the west coast tar sands shipping port. It explains how dangerous this shipping route is and the implication of a spill (which is a matter of when not if). Exporting crude oil is not only environmentally hazardous it also exports valuable jobs and undermines Canadian energy security.

As is my usual mode of operation, this is a volunteer effort. If you would like to contribute to this effort please donate at www.manlymedia.com My next short videos will be about CETA the Canada European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement. Here’s a sample video featuring CEP president Dave Coles speaking about CETA in Ottawa.

Please donate to this ongoing work, all contributions are greatly appreciated.

98 Minutes, Released August 2010

Produced and Directed By: Paul Manly

Documentation of the live event, June 25th at Massey Hall in Toronto on the eve of the G20 Summit. Produced in association with Smart Change, the Council of Canadians and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union.

This event was documented and edited for the Smart Change - Cable Access Coalition project. The Cable Access Coalition encourages individuals and organizations across Canada to regain access to their ‘community access’ cable stations. The Shout Out for Global Justice was produced to create content to help people realize how easy it is to have access to this community broadcast outlet by giving them a program they could submit. The Shout for Global Justice features powerful speakers who outline the reasons why all citizens should oppose the G20 and it’s elitist corporate agenda. This is information that is valuable to all Canadians.

We are producing a second program from the G20 which consists of short news segments and reflections on the People Summit, the G20, the protests and the attack on civil liberties that saw the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. It features footage and stories produced by The Real News network, the Toronto Video Activist collective, Rabble.tv, the Vancouver Media Coop, Velcrow Ripper and Press for Truth.

Order a personal home use or community cable broadcast copy of the Shout Out for Global Justice DVD. Suggested donation of $2o (plus taxes, shipping and handling - $25.40) via credit card and paypal or by sending a cheque or money order for $25.00 to box 1093 Stn. A Nanaimo BC V9R 6E7 with a return address and we’ll mail you a DVD.

Or make a donation to the Cable Access Coalition and we’ll send you the broadcast version DVD of the Shout Out for Global Justice that you can ask your local “community access” cable station to broadcast.

You, Me and the SPP

Produced by: Paul Manly and Manly Media Ltd.

Paul Manly’s  latest film ‘You, Me, and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule’ is finished and the DVD is now available.  A big thank you to everyone who supported this production.

For additional SPP related videos including the infamous SQ police provocateur footage visit the CanadiansNanaimo channel on youtube.

“Manly has created an extremely thorough introduction to a set of issues that will increasingly affect every Canadian. As the film progressed, I was shocked at my own ignorance about the SPP and TILMA and their implications and I am indebted to this film for the research and revelations it presents.”
Mark Achbar – Manufacturing Consent, The Corporation

Order a personal use copy of the DVD $25 (plus taxes, shipping and handling) via credit card and paypal or by sending a cheque or money order for $31.25 to box 1093 Stn. A Nanaimo BC V9R 6E7 with a return address and we’ll mail you a DVD.

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We ‘re still raising funds to help promote the film and create a version with French subtitles and close captions. Donations are gladly accepted.

The national, ‘You, Me and the SPP’ victory (?) tour starts October 1st with a screening on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. I’ll keep posting the screening dates until the tour is full.

For a full list of tour screening dates visit

http://www.youmespp.com/screenings/

There will be more screenings to announce soon. Watch for a screening in your community soon or purchase a copy of the DVD and host your own screening.

Film Description

‘You, Me, and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule’

What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault on democracy and infringements on citizens’ rights have in common? The Security Prosperity Partnership.

‘You, Me, and the S.P.P: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule’ is a feature length documentary which exposes the latest manifestation of a corporatist agenda that is undermining the democratic authority of the citizens of North America. Two processes,  the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) are rapidly eroding and eliminating standards, civil liberties, regulatory systems and institutions put in place over generations through the democratic process. Proponents of the SPP and TILMA say that they are needed to keep trade flowing, opponents say these agreements not only undermine the democratic authority of citizens they threaten the sovereignty of the three nations through the integration of military, security structures and regulatory regimes.

Here are a few quotes from the film.

“… after the shock of Sept 11 … that crisis was expertly manipulated by our political leaders to push through a range of policies they actually had wanted to push through before Sept 11, but didn’t have the political conditions that made that possible.”
Naomi Klein, Canadian award-winning journalist, author

“…if we go along with the Americans on their military, on their human rights, on their Patriot Act, on immigration and refugee policy, on energy, on all kinds of regulations over pesticides or whatever, then they will allow us access to their markets.”
Gordon Laxer, Director, The Parkland Institute, Alberta

“… what the SPP really represents is a parallel government, so that the important decisions are either made outside of parliament and outside of legislatures or they make it impossible for those kinds of decisions to be made in those legislative bodies, so that democracy is slowly being gutted.”
Murray Dobbin, Canadian author, journalist

“The ultimate goal, quite obviously, is to create such tight integration that effectively we only have one North American political, security, military and economic place - that there really are no differentials between this country and the country next door.”
Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair, Global Politics and International Law, UBC

“The SPP is a dumbing down, a reducing of quality of life, a reducing of standards, and there is absolutely no indication in any of the documents we’ve been able to obtain through hard pushing through access to information, and through diligent work, not a single indication that we’re looking for a higher standard anywhere.”
Peter Julian, NDP International Trade Critic

You, Me and the SPP

Paul Manly’s  latest film ‘You, Me, and the S.P.P: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule’ is almost ready for a  full release. There are preview screenings in the following communities on the following dates.

Duncan - At the Duncan Garage, February 23rd, for 2 screenings 7pm and 9:30

Saskatoon  -  March 1st, 7:00pm, Neatby Timlin Theatre,Room 241 – Arts Building, U of S Campus

Prince Albert Saskatchewan  - March 4th, 7pm at Union Centre 107 - 8th St. East

Regina Saskatchewan - March 5th, 7:30 at the the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (Albert and College St.)

Saltspring Island - Our Island Our World Film Festival March 7th (time TBA)

There will be more screenings to announce soon. The DVD should be ready to release in late March.

Pre-order a personal copy of the DVD
donate $25 (plus shipping and handling) and we’ll send a copy when the DVD version is completed.

FUNDING SUPPORT

Individuals
Get your name in the credits and a DVD - donate $50 or more

Organizations
Get your organizations name in the credits and a DVD - donate $200 or more.

Local Organizations
$500 or more gets your organizations logo in the credits.

Provincial Organizations
$2000 or more gets your organizations logo in the credits.

National Organizations
$4000 or more gets your organizations logo in the credits.

*Please be sure to indicate donation amount after you click on paypal button above. Thank you for your support! * You can also send a cheque or money order payable to Manly Media Ltd, Box 1093 Stn A Nanaimo BC V9R 6E7. For further information contact Paul at 604 506-7651 or paul@manlymedia.com

Watch the summary documentary “Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule - part one - Ten Reasons to Oppose the SPP and TILMA”.

About the Film

Manly starts the film with random interviews on the street with two questions “Have your heard about the SPP, the Security Prosperity Partnership?” and “Have you heard about TILMA the Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement?” None of the people he asks have heard anything about these two agreements and so his next question is why not? Unable to obtain interviews with any government ministers responsible for these agreements or with any other proponents, Manly sets out to find out what all the silence is about and what these agreements will mean to the citizens of Canada.

‘You, Me, and the S.P.P: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule‘ is a feature length documentary which exposes the corporatist agenda that is currently undermining the democratic authority of the citizens of North America. Two processes, the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) are rapidly eroding and eliminating standards, civil liberties, regulatory systems and institutions put in place over generations through the democratic process.

Told through interviews with various experts who oppose this agenda and through the experiences of ordinary citizens who are feeling the effects of its implementation ‘You, Me and the SPP’ lays out the breadth and depth of the SPP and TILMA and outlines what we as citizens can do to stop it.

Manly decided to premiere the film in Nanaimo first, because the local community has provided him with the bulk of the financial and moral support needed to complete this project. He said he could not and would not have produced this film without the amazing support he received here.

This premiere screening is sponsored by the Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee of the VIU Faculty Association, the VIU Students Union and the Nanaimo Global Film Festival. Admission is by donation, all proceeds will go towards the promotional budget to help get this film out to as wide an audience as possible. There will be a special preview screening for VIU students on February 5th in the afternoon in 356/109, 2:30-4:30pm.

The preview version of ‘You, Me and the SPP’ is also scheduled to screen at the World Community Film Festival in Courtenay on February 7th and in Vancouver on February 14th It will also screen in Nanaimo again at the Nanaimo Global Film Festival on the weekend of March 20th.

In late spring I started working on a documentary about TILMA (the Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement) and the SPP (the Security Prosperity Partnership). The documentary focuses on how these trade deals are being negotiated in secret under the guidance of the largest corporations in North America but without involvement from civil society, the labour and environmental movement, first nations or opposition parties. These agreements are being conducted without legislative or parliamentary oversight or debate and are being implemented through a regulatory process instead.

The SPP and TILMA threaten our democratic process in Canada, they are a race to the bottom in terms of harmonizing standards and deregulating corporate activity in this country, the USA and Mexico. I urge you to find out more by reading some of the excellent material available at the Council of Canadians national website www.canadians.org

By now many of you may be aware of the Youtube video I posted after Dave Coles of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers union confronted Agent Provocateurs at the SPP protest in Montebello.
You can see all the videos I posted on Youtube.com on the CanadiansNanaimo channel. If you would like to help us produce this important documentary please visit Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule and make a contribution.

Yours in the never ending struggle for Peace and democracy.
Paul Manly

“…a surprise hit at the Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival.” Globe and Mail Tom Hawthorn

“Sombrio is a heartfelt, beautifully photographed slice of subculture.” Victoria Times Colonist Michael D. Reid

Click Here to see the Trailer:
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Now available on DVD - purchase it here.

Or you can send a cheque or money order for $30 (includes taxes and shipping) to Box 1093 Stn. A, Nanaimo B.C., V9R 2B2 with a return address and we’ll mail you a DVD.
For educational purchases with classroom public performance rights, please contact Vtape at wandav@vtape.org or 416 351-1317

A preview screening of Sombrio was held in Port Renfrew Saturday January 28th for the people in the documentary and thier friends and family. Sombrio officially premiered January 29 2006 at the Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival where it sold out was held over and sold out again.

The newest documentary by Manly Media, Sombrio tells the story about the eviction of a diverse community of surfers and squatters that existed on the West Coast of Vancouver Island for more than thirty years.

“If we have a right to life we have a right to living space… I wasn’t born with dollars in my pocket. I shouldn’t have to chase the big buck all my life just for a place to live.” Barbara Oke.

“Ghandi said ‘live simply so others may simply live’ that’s a good quote for me… I’m living simple” David

“Wonderful work. Sombrio needs to be seen by a whole lot of people. ” CBC Radio Paul Vasey - On the Island.

“…a fascinating look at the final days of the shacks and squatters at Sombrio Beach. Interesting, informative…” Monday Magazine John Threlfall.