BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260710T162349EDT-1269NTU9N1@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260710T202349Z DESCRIPTION: \n\nFirst public screening of documentary “Miracles in Modern Medicine” since the 1967 International and Universal Exposition\n\n\n\nFil med in 1966 at the Royal Victoria Hospital\, the Montreal General Hospital \, the Hotel Dieu\, and the Montreal Rehabilitation Institute\, Miracles i n Modern Medicine is a film of six vignettes capturing novel medical inter ventions that represented\, for the era\, the remarkable possibilities of modern technological medicine. The film was viewed by over 2 million visit ors to the ‘Man and His Health’ pavilion of Expo 67.  This screening is fi rst public viewing in Canada in nearly 50 years. \n\nWHAT:            Docu mentary screening\, “Miracles in Modern Medicine” WHEN:            October 1st - 18:00-19:30\n WHERE:         McCord Museum\, 690 Rue Sherbrooke O\, Montréal\n\n*This is a bilingual film screening and commentary with presen tations in both languages.   \n\nAvailable for interviews in English and F rench:\n\nDirector Robert Cordier and Steve Palmer\, historian of medicine .\n\nRobert Cordier\, Director of « Miracles in Modern Medicine «  is  met teur en scène\, cinéaste\, acteur\, poète\, écrivain\, dramaturge\, scénar iste\, traducteur et pédagogue américain\;founder\,Acting International.   Robert Cordier has been at the heart of the avant- garde theatre\, film an d performance art scene in New York since the 1960s and 70s.http://robertc ordier.com/.\n\nSteven Palmer\, Historian of Medicine\, Canada Research Ch air in the History of International Health\, University of Windsor.  Palme r\, rediscovered the film at Library and Archives Canada\, will offer a co mmentary on the Montreal medical community's leadership role in establishi ng the Expo theme pavilions as well as a reconstruction of the 'Man and Hi s Health/L'homme et la santé' pavilion\, and its “Meditheatre” performance space where the film was screened.\n\nProgramme / Information: www.mcgill .ca/ihsp/events\n\nContact: \n\nCynthia Lee\n Relations avec les médias | M edia Relations\n Université 91 | 91t. 514.398.6754cynthi a [dot] lee [at] mcgill [dot] ca\n\n \n\n/newsroom/\n \nhttp://twitter.com/#!/91uMedia\n DTSTART:20151001T220000Z DTEND:20151001T233000Z LOCATION:McCord Museum\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E9\, 690 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Meditheatre: Montreal Medicine at Expo 67 URL:/channels/event/meditheatre-montreal-medicine-expo -67-255728 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR