Saturday, February 27th morning session
9:00 am We Call Them Intruders 56 min
Cinécoop Productions 2015 Filmmakers: Susi Porter-Bopp & Tamara Herman
How well do you know your money? Two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their investments to Canadian mines in Eastern and Southern Africa. If you live and work in Canada, chances are you’re connected to Canadian mining companies, whether you know it or not, through your savings, taxes, Canada Pension Plan contributions, RRSPs and other investments. We Call Them Intruders is a documentary that travels from Canada to Africa and back again to unearth the stories behind some of the continent’s largest Canadian-owned mining projects. The film brings viewers on a journey, taking a hard look at why communities, governments and corporations are so often pitted against each other in an explosive battle over extracting the Earth’s riches.
10 minute break
10:05 am Hishuk-ish t’sawalk (Everything Is One) 15 min.
9:00 am We Call Them Intruders 56 min
Cinécoop Productions 2015 Filmmakers: Susi Porter-Bopp & Tamara Herman
How well do you know your money? Two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their investments to Canadian mines in Eastern and Southern Africa. If you live and work in Canada, chances are you’re connected to Canadian mining companies, whether you know it or not, through your savings, taxes, Canada Pension Plan contributions, RRSPs and other investments. We Call Them Intruders is a documentary that travels from Canada to Africa and back again to unearth the stories behind some of the continent’s largest Canadian-owned mining projects. The film brings viewers on a journey, taking a hard look at why communities, governments and corporations are so often pitted against each other in an explosive battle over extracting the Earth’s riches.
10 minute break
10:05 am Hishuk-ish t’sawalk (Everything Is One) 15 min.
2013 Writer/Producer: Drew Burke Filming/Editing: Mark Wyatt
Our coast is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but decades of destructive logging, mining and development practices have left vast expanses of our rainforest in need of a helping hand. Many wildlife species have become endangered and the wild salmon runs that once teemed with life are struggling to survive. This is a beautiful and insightful film about the Central West Coast Forest Society’s work to restore forest and stream ecosystems in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory. Traditional knowledge of local First Nations Elders is key to the success of these projects.
10:30 am Food Chains 86 min.
Our coast is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but decades of destructive logging, mining and development practices have left vast expanses of our rainforest in need of a helping hand. Many wildlife species have become endangered and the wild salmon runs that once teemed with life are struggling to survive. This is a beautiful and insightful film about the Central West Coast Forest Society’s work to restore forest and stream ecosystems in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory. Traditional knowledge of local First Nations Elders is key to the success of these projects.
10:30 am Food Chains 86 min.
2015
www.foodchainsfilm.com
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft and sexual harassment to modern-day slavery. This exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain, supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low, but desperately poor people are willing to put up with almost anything to keep their jobs. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm workers in the US.
www.foodchainsfilm.com
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Farm labour has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the most vulnerable people. Exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft and sexual harassment to modern-day slavery. This exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain, supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low, but desperately poor people are willing to put up with almost anything to keep their jobs. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm workers in the US.