Cinema Series and Panel Discussion: "Netizens"

For April’s Cinema Series event, we are pleased to be working with the following community organizations to host a screening of the 2018 film “Netizens”. Following the film, a panel discussion will take place featuring local experts, discussing both issues raised in the film and other intersections of safety and technology, gender, consent and the law. We would like to extend our thanks to the following for their help and support: Community Justice Initiatives Waterloo Region, Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, Pat the Dog Theatre Creation, Power Shift WR and SHORE Centre.

About “Netizens”

Netizens delves into the lives of three women whose lives have been transformed by online harassment. Through an intimate, vérité approach, Netizens depicts the many forms digital abuse can take: non-consensual pornography, cyber-stalking, threats of violence, privacy invasions, impersonation, character attacks. The film challenges the notion cyber harassment is “only” online, showing the repercussions on targets’ lives: lost jobs, thwarted educations, damaged reputations, offline harassment and stalking, and countless hours devoted to containing attacks against a backdrop of mounting legal fees and psychological distress.

About the Cinema Series

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), is pleased to partner with the Grand River Film Festival, and THEMUSEUM to deliver public film screening events throughout the year.