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).