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Bananas!*
Fredrik Gertten, Sweden
Saturday, May 8th, 2:00 PM, Vancity Theatre
In this gripping documentary, a group of Nicaraguan banana workers take the American food company, Dole, to court over the health effects of the pesticide Nemagon.
A discussion will follow with:
Adriana Paz Ramirez – Justicia for Migrant Workers, BC;
Kirsten Daub (CUPE BC) – Coordinator of Café Ético, a fair trade, organic coffee company |
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The Experimental Eskimos
Barry Greenwald, Canada
Sunday, May 9th, 6:30 PM, Vancity Theatre
Three men are reunited to reflect upon a 1960s social experiment undertaken by the Canadian government, which resulted in them being removed from their families and raised in Ottawa.
A discussion will follow with: Filmmaker Barry Greenwald; Gordon Christie – Director of UBC First Nations Legal Studies;
Peter Ittinuar – Negotiator, Ontario Ministry for Aboriginal Affairs |
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Shelter in Place
Zed Nelson, UK
Monday, May 10th, 3:00 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
A group of citizens in small town Texas take on some of the largest oil refineries in the world as they fight to find their voice and protect their children from the releases of toxic pollutants.
A discussion will follow with: Dr. Penny Gurstein – Director of the School of Community & Regional Planning and the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC |
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Six Miles Deep
Sara Roque, Canada
Tuesday, May 11th, 1:00 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
The behind-the-scenes story of the Six Nations women who led the movement and set the rules for the 2006 peaceful blockade over housing development in Ontario.
A discussion will follow with: Filmmaker Sara Roque;
Sheryl Lightfoot – Assistant Professor in First Nations Studies and Department of Political Science at UBC. |
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Nemesis
Erlend E. Mo, Norway
Wednesday, May 12th, 8:30 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
The shocking rape and murder of two young women, followed by the arrest of a man who spends 19 years in prison, compels a journalist and retired police chief to work to clear his name.
A discussion will follow with:
Tamara Levy – Director of the UBC Law Innocence Project, UBC Faculty of Law |
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Ghosts
Morvary Samaré, Canada
Thursday, May 13th, 1:00 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
Three Arab-Canadian men who were detained and tortured in Syria and Egypt, set out on a caravan to raise awareness about the Canadian government’s complicity in torture.
A discussion will follow with:
David Eby – Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association |
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Sin by Silence
Olivia Klaus, USA
Friday, May 14th, 2:00 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
‘Convicted Women Against Abuse’ is an inmate-initiated group helping imprisoned women to become organized, powerful and free, while battling the California legal system.
A discussion will follow with: Rosa Elena Arteaga – Manager of Direct Services at Battered Women Support Services;
Monica Nijjar – Victim Services Worker at Women Against Violence Against Women; Sarah Rauch – Director of UBC First Nations Legal Clinic and Prisoner Advocate |
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Africa Rising
Paula Heredia, Kenya / Mali / Somalia / Tanzania
Saturday, May 15th, 12:00 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
It is estimated that 6,000 girls are subjected to FGM every day, but in countries across Africa women are leading a grassroots movement to end this human rights violation.
A discussion will follow with:
Mosope Fagbongbe, Legal Scholar, UBC |
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Reclaiming Rights
Brishkay Ahmed, Canada
Saturday, May 15th, 1:30 PM, Pacific Cinémathèque
A team of women lawyers in Afghanistan, navigate the chaotic streets and the justice system in Kabul to defend their clients – women and girls fighting to reclaim legal rights.
A discussion will follow with: Filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed; Mable Elmore – MLA Vancouver-Kensington and Deputy Critic for Children and Family Development; Lauryn Oates – Projects Director for Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Senior Advisor to the Canada Afghanistan Solidarity Committee. |
