Friday Film Night: "Stop the Sweeps"
Fri, Feb 28
|Kelowna Unitarians
Recorded over 18 months, the film shows the battle to end street sweeps, the formation of the Hastings Tent City and the beginnings of its decampment, with footage documenting forced evictions filmed up to January 2023.
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Kelowna Unitarians, 1310 Bertram St, Kelowna, BC V1Y 2E8, Canada
About the event
Join to learn about the City/Bylaw/Police led displacement of unhoused folks on Hastings St, how similar tactics are used by officials in Kelowna, and how to organize our communities to fight back.
This event is free, however donations are encouraged (recommended $10). All donations will go to Kelowna Unitarians and Unhoused Solidarity Collective Okanagan (USCO).
About the Film
Recorded over 18 months, the film shows the battle to end street sweeps, the formation of the Hastings Tent City and the beginnings of its decampment, with footage documenting forced evictions filmed up to January 2023.
The documentary contains on-the-fly interviews with residents of Hastings Tent City and the Downtown Eastside, activists, City of Vancouver workers, Vancouver Police officers and includes a brief interaction with Mayor Ken Sim. It also documents decampments, rallies, press conferences and police violence, including footage from the August 9th police riot, and illustrates some of what led…