THU, JAN 30 / 8:30 pm
Directed by Atelier national du Manitoba
(Walter Forsberg, Matthew Rankin, Mike Maryniuk)
2006, Canada, 65 min
Peppered with action-packed cameos by Winnipeg All-Stars Dale Hawerchuk, Burton Cummings, Teemu Selanne, Billy Van and the man who sent the Jets straight into the jaws of death by throwing a cataclysmic box of popcorn onto the ice in Game 6 of the 1990 playoff series, Death by Popcorn follows the ill-fated Jets through their many travails with arch-enemies Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, soul-crushing NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and many other agents of Winnipeg annihilation.
PLAYS WITH
Fahrenheit 7-Eleven / Directed by Walter Forsberg, 2010, Canada,
14 min / On a fateful night in 1985, Burton Cummings entered a 7-Eleven, and left bloodied and battered, scorning his hometown as ‘Negativipeg’.
Negativipeg / Directed by Matthew Rankin, 2010, Canada, 15 min / Negativipeg tells the story of Rory Lepine, who shot to Herostratic fame in 1985 when he attacked Winnipeg rock legend Burton Cummings with a beer bottle in a North End 7-Eleven.
