Pawtucket Rising is a 2008 documentary film directed and produced by Jason Caminiti.
The film tells the decade-long story of how the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island revitalized itself and became known as "Rhode Island's Creative Community."
Synopsis
Using first hand discussions with the primary proponents of the revitilazation of Pawtucket, the film shows a community coming together behind the arts. The film shows new uses for historic mills, now being used as artists work and living spaces. An historic national guard armory is saved from decades of decay by a small theater company called the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theater. Alongside the Gamm Theater, is a new arts centric high school called the Jacqueline Walsh High School for the Performing Arts. Pawtucket has also brought in other arts organizations from the Providence area, like the Foundry Artists Association. When the owners of the Foundry in Providence wanted to convert their building to living space, the working artists were displaced. They were invited to Pawtucket, and have been exhibiting once a year for two weeks near the holiday season.
Vues de l'Est, réalisé en 2003, donnait la parole à des enfants du quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, des enfants étiquetés comme perdants avant même d'avoir poussé leur premier cri et qui doivent se battre plus que d'autres pour se faire une place au soleil. Sept ans plus tard, L'Est pour toujours prend la mesure du temps qui a passé et des traces qu'il a laissées. Il s'attache à la vie de ces enfants devenus grands, à leurs réflexions, à leurs rêves. L'Est est-il un frein ou bien s'il peut devenir une une force ?
The documentary opens with scenes of the violence at the event, depicting fighting between protesters and Jewish students attempting to enter the venue. This is followed by an interview with student Samir Elitrosh, a leader of the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights and the leader of anti-Israel violence who was later suspended. It also features interviews with Concordia's Hillel president Yoni Petel and Concordia rector Frederick Lowy, and concludes with a discussion of what it sees as the growing trend of anti-Israel activities on North American campuses.