Oh I partied hard this Saturday. I was invited by my friend Jason to attend a Hockey night event, but I had already planned a day with a group of friends. I was in downtown from 11:00 AM till 2:00 AM Sunday morning with a group of my friends: a lady ex mortgage broker, and two brothers a Dentist, and a Pharmacist. I was the youngest in the crowd.

I watched 3 movies on the row in Vancouver’s Film Festival and after 10:00 PM we went clubbing on Granvile street.

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Movie These Girls - Image is the property of Productions Jeux d’Ombres

The first movie we saw was “These Girls” - writer and director John Hazlet with 3 hot girls in it: Caroline Dhavernas, Amanda Walsh, and Holly Lewis.

Movie was about these 3 young baby sitter girls in a small town who start an affair with a married guy. They practically forced themselves on the guy ( David Boreanaz named Keith ). Keith had already started an affair with one of the girls, he needed baby sitters, and he was growing pot in his backyard, so girls threatened to report him and then they made a deal to share him pretty much as a sex machine. The most interesting scene was Lisa the most religious and youngest character who wanted to experience sex before being baptized and having to live a long life of celibacy. She later on learns that unlike her teachings the first time is not the best experience ( it takes practice ). Later on in the movie she was convincing Keith’s wife that Bible studies and Baseball practice have kept her way too busy to have a fun summer! They movie had a bitter sweet ending, girls all go either back to school or they got married, and keitch gets it rough in the ending. I don’t want to spoil the movie ( I think I just did ), go and watch it for yourself.

Movie didn’t have much nudity in it it was mainly the script that was very provocative and could capture the audience. I was amazed by the level of details portrait in this movie about how small town people live and think. Having lived in Prince George BC for 4 years, I could tell this movie was incredibly close to what I use to see and hear in Prince George.

Anyhow, the movie was inappropriate, offensive, rude, enough to keep me away from the Hockey night event. I guess beggers cannot be choosie!

The second movie was “Behind the Mirror” which was about a family and their teenage son struggling with the rapidly changing urban culture of India, and power of family ties. Movie was full of symbolism and mataphores, a great production I must say and I really recommend it.

Third Movie was called “Everything Blue:The colour of music” which I rated it as the best movie of the day. An amazing documentary about the origin of “Samba” music and dance in Brazil. The director interviews with prominent entertainers and a number of other people such as a former prostitute in Salvador de Bahia who now was taking care of a group of homeless kids, and nurture them music.

Through a series of interviews movie describes how people who are victims of racism, poverty, hate, and crime seek the solution to peace, joy in Music and Dance. It describes how once Catholic church was trying to strip away the slaves from their roots and culture. Samba was considered evil and it was banned. Musicians and people who would celebrate Samba were being prosecuted. Peasants who’d attend Catholic Church would pretend to abide by the establishments rules, yet in reality they were worshipping their own gods.

Today Samba exists in form of competition among schools and extremely large Parades and carnivals in Brazil celebrating the diversity and their wish to live in peace, and wealth. Once the Parade is over it is like a national disaster, people are depressed for days when they go back to their difficult lives, until the next year, and next parade comes.

Being a Hobbyist Latin dance student I could really appreciate this movie, and the fact that music and dance could be the best spiritual healer for people of all kinds. Music is a language that has no borders and boundaries and can be understood by people of all nations.