Film follows farmworker movements from protests to unionization
Surrey Art Gallery is pleased to present the film screening of A Time To Rise in connection with the exhibition Jagdeep Raina: Ghosts In The Fields on Saturday, October 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Surrey, BC – Surrey Art Gallery is pleased to present the film screening of A Time To Rise in connection with the exhibition Jagdeep Raina: Ghosts In The Fields on Saturday, October 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A conversation between labour historian Anushay Malik and Assistant Curator Jas Lally to follow. Admission is free.
A Time To Rise, directed and produced by Anand Patwardhan and Jim Monro, captures the height of the farmworker protests that occurred in the Fraser Valley in the 1980s. The film documents these movements and shares the stories of people who endured exploitive working and living conditions. In parallel to the demonstrations, the film chronicles the activities of the Canadian Farmworkers Union (CFU) as a response to the protests. Made over a period of two years, the film is a testimony to the progress of the farmworker movements and the foundational work the CFU laid for future regulations to be put in place.
The film is in English with subtitles for spoken Punjabi. Some material and language may not be suitable for all children. Film provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
About Anusha Malik
Dr. Anushay Malik is a social historian who works on labour, migration, and global anti-colonial movements. She is interested in the exploration of multiple archival registers to explore how people make meaning from the stories they have access to as well as the stories that power has hidden from their view. Recently, she has delved into public history and co-curated two exhibitions that both employ counter-storytelling as a method to highlight cross-border narratives of migration and resistance that states are not invested in telling. Kaghazi Kashtiyan (Paper Boats) (Indus Valley Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 2023) focuses on Bengali migrants in Pakistan who have been rendered stateless and Truths Not Often Told (Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, Canada 2023–2025) focuses on South Asian migration to Canada. Her courses attempt to involve students in this work by taking them on museum visits and exposing them to curatorial and public history work.
About Surrey Art Gallery
Founded in 1975, Surrey Art Gallery presents contemporary art by local, national, and international artists, including digital and audio art. Recognized for its award-winning programs, the Gallery engages children through to adults in ongoing conversations that affect our lives and provides opportunities to interact with artists and the artistic process. The Gallery is located at 13750 88 Avenue in Surrey on the unceded territories of the Salish Peoples, including the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), and Semiahma (Semiahmoo) nations. Surrey Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges operating funding from the City of Surrey, Province of BC through BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Surrey Art Gallery Association.