Event Advisory - Codename Sally documentary screening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - On November 28, 2017, PEN Canada presents Codename Sally at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.

Bob Rae and Salman Rushdie. Image credit: Jean Marc DesRochers Photography, 1992 (CNW Group/PEN Canada)

Codename Sally recounts PEN Canada's secret mission to spirit Salman Rushdie onto the stage of the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto after the pronouncement of a fatwa on his life, 25 years ago. Producer/writer Sturla Gunnarsson will join PEN Canada President Richard Stursberg, former Ontario Premier Bob Rae, Executive Publisher and Executive Vice-President of Penguin Random House Canada Louise Dennys, and writer Marian Botsford Fraser for a lively post-screening discussion on the positives and perils of freedom of expression, and the crafting of the film.

All proceeds from ticket sales go directly to PEN's #GivingTuesday fundraising. To donate, click here.

Tickets are $11.50/ $8 for PEN Canada members (available online here).

Can't attend? Follow @PENCanada and #CodenameSally for live coverage of the conversation.

Where:		Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor St West, Toronto
When:		Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 7:30 pm
Who:		Sturla Gunnarsson, producer/writer of Codename Sally Bob Rae, former Ontario Premier Richard Stursberg, current PEN Canada president Louise Dennys, Executive Publisher and VP of Penguin Random House Canada Marian Botsford Fraser, writer and former PEN Canada president

Full event information available at: 
http://pencanada.ca/events/code-name-sally/ 

About PEN Canada
PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers that believe in the power of the written word. Together, we celebrate literature, defend free expression, and aid persecuted writers. www.pencanada.ca

Our thanks to CNW group for sponsoring this announcement

SOURCE PEN Canada

and media tickets: Amy Smith, [email protected], 416 703 8448 ext 2223

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