Amnesty International Film Festival

Rossland Secondary School Amnesty International Club is hosting a film festival showing films regarding human rights. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Location: Miner's Hall, Rossland, BC
Time: Sunday, February 7, 6:00 to 10:00 pm
Cost: By donation
Contact: Michelle Spencer, mrosespencer@hotmail.com

Films:

Our Land My People. The Lubicon Cree of northern Alberta tell the story of their long struggle to defend their culture. Three decades of intensive oil and gas development have caused massive environmental destruction, driving this hunting and trapping society into extreme poverty. But the Lubicon have never given up hope. They continue to work to preserve their way of life for future generations. 11 minutes.

Justicia Now! This film reveals Chevron Texaco’s toxic legacy in the Northern Ecuadorian region of the Amazon rainforest and introduces viewers to a courageous group of people called Los Afectados (The Affected Ones) who are seeking justice for sickness and death in the largest environmental class action lawsuit in history. Featuring appearances by Daryl Hannah and Stuart Townsend. 31 minutes.

The Devil’s Bargain: A Journey into the Small Arms Trade. Small arms are the real weapons of mass destruction, killing more than half a million people a year, spreading like a disease and destabilizing entire regions. From France to South Africa, Bosnia, Moldova, the United States and Canada, The Devil’s Bargain examines ways in which guns slip from legal to illicit markets. From dealers, to pilots, to end-users, to the victims, we discover a largely unregulated trade in what has become the globalization of death. 89 minutes.

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. Planting trees for fuel, shade, and food is not something anyone would imagine as the first step toward winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet with that simple act Wangari Maathai, a woman born in rural Kenya, started down the path that reclaimed her country’s land from 100 years of deforestation, provided new sources of food and income to rural communities, gave powerless women a vital political role in their country and helped bring down Kenya’s twenty-four-year dictatorship. 80 minutes.