8th annual
Bellingham
Human Rights Film Festival
February 21- March 1, 2008

[details]Thursday, Feb. 21
War Dance –7:00 and 9:30 pm at the Pickford Cinema - 105 minutes

All below showing at the Fairhaven College Auditorium at 7:00 pm

[details] Friday, Feb. 22 - A Little Bit of So Much Truth - "Un Poquito de tanta verdad"
[details] Saturday, Feb. 23 - Occupation 101
[details] Sunday, Feb. 24 - Our Land Our Life
[details] Monday, Feb. 25 - Salud
[details] Tuesday, Feb. 26 - De Nadie
[details] Wednesday, Feb. 27 - USA vs Al Arian

[details] Thursday, Feb. 28 - A Killer Bargain and Dreams Die Hard
[details] Friday, Feb. 29 - The Big Sellout
[details] Saturday, March 1 - Soldiers of Conscience
[details] Matinees:March 1st  - see list below

Thursday, Feb. 21
War Dance –7:00 and 9:30 pm at the Pickford Cinema - 105 minutes

Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival. The war stole everything, except their music.

Community Involvement: Amnesty International; Sehome Students for Global Awareness, Power of Hope

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All other films (below) are SHOWING at 7pm
Fairhaven College Auditorium

Friday, Feb. 22
A Little Bit of So Much Truth - "Un Poquito de tanta verdad"
90 minutes--

An unprecedented media phenomenon emerges when tens of thousands of Oaxacans take over 14 radio and one TV station to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.

Community Involvement: Reclaim the Media, MEChA

Facilitator: John Tuxil, Assistant Professor at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies

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Saturday, Feb. 23
Occupation 101--
85 min.

A comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.

Community Involvement: Voices for Middle East Peace—

Facilitator: Amineh Ayyad, Palestinian-American grad student at the University of Washington and
Barbara Rofkar, Voices for Middle East Peace & Lecturer at WWU

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Sunday, Feb. 24
Our Land Our Life -- 75 minutes

The story of the struggle and courage of two Western Shoshone women to hold onto their land, environment and resources.

Community Involvement: People for Puget Sound, ReSources

Facilitator: Shelly Vendiola, Community Alliance & Peacemaking Project

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Monday, Feb. 25
Salud - 90min

¡Salud! hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of 30,000 international medical students in Cuba—including nearly 100 from the USA.

Community Involvement: United for National Health Care

Facilitator: Chris Lindberg, United for National Health Care

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Tuesday, Feb. 26
De Nadie --84 minutes

The story of several Central American refugees during their perilous 2500 mile journey through Mexico to the U.S. where they put their last money, dignity, health and life on the line.

Community Involvement: Community to Community

Facilitator: James Loucky, Professor of Anthropology, WWU

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Wednesday, Feb. 27
USA vs Al Arian – 99minutes

A disturbing film that follows the arrest of Sami Al-Arian, an Arab-American university professor accused of supporting a terrorist organization abroad.
Community Involvement: WHRTF, ACLU

Facilitator: Amin Odeh, Arab-American Community Coalition of Washington State

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Thursday, Feb. 28
A Killer Bargain and Dreams Die Hard – 57 and 24 minutes

"Killer Bargain" highlights the plight of textile workers and cotton growers in India that provide goods for western markets, whose prices don’t reflect the actual human and environmental costs associated with their production in the developing world .

‘Dreams Die Hard’ highlights individual cases of slave labor in the United States. The people portrayed manage to escape their bosses and join the movement to free others around the world.

Community Involvement: Free the Slaves, Jobs with Justice, WWU World Injustice Awareness Club

Facilitator: Steven Trinkus

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Friday, Feb. 29
The Big Sellout -- 94 minutes

Citing examples in four countries, the film dramatically demonstrates how the implementation of current economic policies of the IMF and World Bank create disastrous consequences for millions of ordinary people around the globe.

Community Involvement: Sustainable Connections; Sustainable Bellingham

Facilitator: Kathleen Saunders, Lecturer in Anthropology, WWU

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Saturday, March 1
Soldiers of Conscience ---- 86 min.

From West Point grads to drill sergeants, from Abu Ghraib interrogators to low ranking reservists-mechanics, soldiers in the US army today reveal their deepest moral concerns about what they are asked to do in war.

Community Involvement: IVAW; Whatcom Peace and Justice Center

Facilitator: Doug Connor, Veteran of the Iraq War

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Matinees - Saturday, March 1
LOCATION: Fairhaven College Auditorium

Noon: Tambogrande-- 85 minutes

Proud fruit growers choose mangoes over gold in an epic tale of a Peruvian community that bravely confronts the power and wealth of the global mining industry; and of ordinary people rising to heroic deeds in times of great crisis.

1:45: My Daughter the Terrorist – 60 minutes

In this intimate and personal portrait we join two young female elite soldiers of the Tamil Black Tigers, trained for the ultimate mission.

3:00: Independent Intervention —75 minutes

Focusing on the human costs of war, media experts contrast corporate-controlled media coverage of the invasion of Iraq with independent media reports of the brutal realities on the ground. Features Amy Goodman and other alternative reporters.

4:30: Lumo –72 minutes

The agonies of war torn Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. Lumo is the story of a young Congolese woman on an uncertain path to recovery at a unique hospital for rape survivors.

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