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Six Primrose is an award-winning feature-length documentary film about the power of food to build community.
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Six Primrose
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WATCH THE TRAILER
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watch the film
Community Groups & Educational Institutions
The film is available through McIntyre Media, along with an academic study guide and community engagement toolkit.
Click here to purchase Six Primrose
The film is available through McIntyre Media, along with an academic study guide and community engagement toolkit.
Click here to purchase Six Primrose
"Six Primrose gave me a feeling of optimism, and how community
and social movements are an effective means of organizing
especially on the issue of poverty and food insecurity.”
- audience member
We acknowledge the support of Aviva Foundation, NS Culture Innovation Fund, Support4Culture, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
"This place turned my life around."
THE FILMMAKERS
JOHN HILLIS
Director | Producer | Editor
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HANNAH MINZLOFF
Impact Producer
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MARK FLOWERDEW
Composer
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photo credits left to right: ©2018 Adrian Schaap, ©2018 Sherry Devanney MacVicar , Mark Flowerdew, ©2018 Yuliana Puspitosari
"Six Primrose is a testament to the power food has to build health,
community, and hope, and the power documentary filmmakers have
to raise awareness of important issues and mobilize people to action."
– Nick Saul, President and CEO, Community Food Centres Canada
SHARE THE FILM WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
Hosting a screening of Six Primrose is a great way to bring your stakeholders together
to learn about what you’re doing to create positive change in your community.
It gives existing & potential donors, staff, and volunteers something to be really excited about,
and can inspire prospects, champions, and community members to get involved.
to learn about what you’re doing to create positive change in your community.
It gives existing & potential donors, staff, and volunteers something to be really excited about,
and can inspire prospects, champions, and community members to get involved.
INSPIRE YOUR COMMUNITY
Six Primrose was translated into Inuktitut for a screening at the Qajuqturvik Food Centre in Nunavut.
COMPLEMENT YOUR PROGRAMS
The Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals screened the film at their annual conference to advocate for access to good food for all.
ENGAGE YOUR STAFF
The Hunger Coalition in Idaho used the film to inspire their staff and key stakeholders.
STRENGTHEN YOUR MESSAGE
Community Food Centres Canada launched a national screening campaign in more than 15 cities
to garner support to establish new food centres, and as a platform to advocate for policy change.
Six Primrose was translated into Inuktitut for a screening at the Qajuqturvik Food Centre in Nunavut.
COMPLEMENT YOUR PROGRAMS
The Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals screened the film at their annual conference to advocate for access to good food for all.
ENGAGE YOUR STAFF
The Hunger Coalition in Idaho used the film to inspire their staff and key stakeholders.
STRENGTHEN YOUR MESSAGE
Community Food Centres Canada launched a national screening campaign in more than 15 cities
to garner support to establish new food centres, and as a platform to advocate for policy change.
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Six Primrose Screening Kit
available through McIntyre Media The Six Primrose Screening Kit is an easy-to-use resource that includes everything you'll need for planning, promoting, and hosting your community screening:
and community development & health, inspiring actions and collaborations to make healthy, affordable food available for all. |
in the media
HOW CAN I HELP?
It's people like you who make change possible.
The North Grove* is a vibrant space where people come to grow, cook, share, and advocate for good food for all.
The Community Food Centre opened in its doors in 2015 in a former Sobeys store on Primrose Street, in a neighbourhood where gathering spaces and services were few and far between, whose residents face significant challenges such as poverty, social isolation, and lack of access to healthy food.
Since then, community members, volunteers, and staff have created a welcoming, dignified space where friends come to meet to enjoy a delicious meal together, kids learn how to choose and prepare good food, neighbours gather in the kitchen and garden to share food cultures and learn new skills, and people look out and care for each other. For many, it has become a second home.
The North Grove was created through a partnership between the Dartmouth Family Centre, an organization with deep roots in the neighbourhood, and Community Food Centres Canada, a national nonprofit that's building Community Food Centres across the country. These centres strive to improve the health and well-being of people who are struggling with poverty and food insecurity by offering programs that increase access to healthy food, build food skills, improve physical and mental health, reduce social isolation, and mobilize people to advocate for their communities.
* formerly the Darmouth North Community Food Centre
The Community Food Centre opened in its doors in 2015 in a former Sobeys store on Primrose Street, in a neighbourhood where gathering spaces and services were few and far between, whose residents face significant challenges such as poverty, social isolation, and lack of access to healthy food.
Since then, community members, volunteers, and staff have created a welcoming, dignified space where friends come to meet to enjoy a delicious meal together, kids learn how to choose and prepare good food, neighbours gather in the kitchen and garden to share food cultures and learn new skills, and people look out and care for each other. For many, it has become a second home.
The North Grove was created through a partnership between the Dartmouth Family Centre, an organization with deep roots in the neighbourhood, and Community Food Centres Canada, a national nonprofit that's building Community Food Centres across the country. These centres strive to improve the health and well-being of people who are struggling with poverty and food insecurity by offering programs that increase access to healthy food, build food skills, improve physical and mental health, reduce social isolation, and mobilize people to advocate for their communities.
* formerly the Darmouth North Community Food Centre
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