Human rights film festival kicks off
Published on Wed, Feb 16, 2011Read More News
The Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival lineup has been selected for 2011. Twenty documentaries will be presented during the 10-day long festival.
All film showings are 7 p.m. at the Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU, unless otherwise stated.
February 17: “Budrus.” 7 and 9 p.m. at Pickford Film Center. A Palestinian village’s non-violent opposition to Israel’s barrier wall.
February 18: “Crude.” Ecuadorans file a lawsuit against Chevron for contamination of their lands.
February 19: “The Power of the Powerless.” The 1989 Czechoslovakian revolt against the USSR.
February 20 Matinees
Noon: “The World According to Monsanto.” Investigation of practices of Monsanto.
2:15 p.m.: “Orang Rimba.” Corporation threatens indigenous Indonesian forest dwellers.
3 p.m.: “Deep Down.” A community makes a choice when mountaintop coal removal comes.
4:15 p.m.: “Turtle World.” Short animated animal parable about sustainability.
February 20: “Enemies of the People.” Cambodian Khmer Rouge killers talk for the first time.
February 21: “TAPPED.” Describes various effects of the bottled water industry.
February 22: “A Small Act.” A Kenyan scholarship winner later funds a scholarship program.
February 22: “Out in the Silence.” Bellingham High School Library. Small town’s harassment of a gay high school student.
February 23: “Poto Mitan.” Five Haitian women try to survive in the world economy.
February 23: “Papers.” Challenges of undocumented youth turning 18.
February 24: “Other Side of Immigration.” A look at Mexicans’ decisions to come to the U.S. Which Way Home. Immigrant children travel alone by freight trains to U.S.
February 24: “Redlight.” Bellingham Technical College. Working against trafficking of Cambodian children for sex.
February 24: “Out in the Silence.” Sehome High School Theater. Green. Destruction of the Indonesian rain forest for palm oil.
February 25: Redlight.
February 26 Matinees
Noon: “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding.” A resident couple deals with U.S. immigration bureaucracy.
1:45: “A Thousand Suns.” Explores the sustainable worldview of Africa’s Goma people.
2:30: “No Tomorrow.” Considers the many aspects of a capital punishment decision.
All film showings are 7 p.m. at the Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU, unless otherwise stated.
February 17: “Budrus.” 7 and 9 p.m. at Pickford Film Center. A Palestinian village’s non-violent opposition to Israel’s barrier wall.
February 18: “Crude.” Ecuadorans file a lawsuit against Chevron for contamination of their lands.
February 19: “The Power of the Powerless.” The 1989 Czechoslovakian revolt against the USSR.
February 20 Matinees
Noon: “The World According to Monsanto.” Investigation of practices of Monsanto.
2:15 p.m.: “Orang Rimba.” Corporation threatens indigenous Indonesian forest dwellers.
3 p.m.: “Deep Down.” A community makes a choice when mountaintop coal removal comes.
4:15 p.m.: “Turtle World.” Short animated animal parable about sustainability.
February 20: “Enemies of the People.” Cambodian Khmer Rouge killers talk for the first time.
February 21: “TAPPED.” Describes various effects of the bottled water industry.
February 22: “A Small Act.” A Kenyan scholarship winner later funds a scholarship program.
February 22: “Out in the Silence.” Bellingham High School Library. Small town’s harassment of a gay high school student.
February 23: “Poto Mitan.” Five Haitian women try to survive in the world economy.
February 23: “Papers.” Challenges of undocumented youth turning 18.
February 24: “Other Side of Immigration.” A look at Mexicans’ decisions to come to the U.S. Which Way Home. Immigrant children travel alone by freight trains to U.S.
February 24: “Redlight.” Bellingham Technical College. Working against trafficking of Cambodian children for sex.
February 24: “Out in the Silence.” Sehome High School Theater. Green. Destruction of the Indonesian rain forest for palm oil.
February 25: Redlight.
February 26 Matinees
Noon: “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding.” A resident couple deals with U.S. immigration bureaucracy.
1:45: “A Thousand Suns.” Explores the sustainable worldview of Africa’s Goma people.
2:30: “No Tomorrow.” Considers the many aspects of a capital punishment decision.
February 26: “Cultures of Resistance.” World-wide examples of creative resistance to war.