Environmental Activism at the Just Film Festival
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The Just Film Festival, in cooperation with the Dogwood Initiative, presents a powerful program of Environmental Activism and Film!
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Sponsored by the Dogwood Initiative environmental activism takes on diverse forms in this stream of films, with communities across the globe standing up to forces often much larger than themselves. The incredible cinematography of many of these films underscores just what is at stake, and the stories of people rallying together to make change are inspiring.
Saturday afternoon
Saturday's program begins with Tribal Canoe Journey, a short by powerful film on the revival of an ancient tradition and the connection between culture and place. Reaching Blue combines stunning under water cinematography with an exploration of the connection between climate change, the health of our oceans, and the coastal way of life. In Coastal Tar Sands we are able to explore BC's northern coast from a kayak's perspective on a journey through the "deleted" islands in Enbridge's advertising campaign. We continue the theme of tar sand pipelines with Above All Else, a powerful tale of landowners rallying together to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. DamNation is a dramatic assessment of dams, their impact on our watersheds and the potential for a societal shift in thinking about our role in our ecosystems.Sunday afternoon
On Sunday, hope is fueled by hemp in Bringing it Home, a look at the vast array of sustainable products that come from industrial hemp. In A Dangerous Game we meet communities standing up to corporate greed an environmental destruction in the form of golf. We close with Ady Gasy - The Malagasy Way, a beautiful music-filled celebration of the ingenuity, pride and resourcefulness of a conservationist lifestyle in Madagascar.The Just Film Festival is a co-production of Amnesty International, CoDevelopment Canada, Langara - Continuing Studies, and Village Vancouver, showcasing social justice and environmental documentaries that go to the heart of issues confronting communities here and around the planet.
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