Just Film Festival - Social Justice in Latin America
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The Just Film Festival, in conjunction with CoDevelopment Canada, presents a stunning program of films addressing issues in Latin America!
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Sponsored by CoDevelopment Canada, these films bring us the voices of Latin American communities as they confront major challenges to their livelihoods, lands, and life itself.
Friday Night Feature Presentation
The festival officially opens on Friday night with the BC premiere of Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley, a thrilling account of the 2009 military coup in Honduras, and the subsequent resistance movement in the Aguan Valley. Resistencia tells the story of the coup from the inside, following the group who has carried out the most daring resistance to it: the 2000 farming families who took over the plantations of the most powerful man in the country, with no plans to ever give them back. Filmed over four years, the documentary follows three key members of the farmers' resistance as they build up their new communities on occupied land and agitate for a more democratic state, all while trying to survive the regime's violent response.Saturday afternoon
On Saturday we present a powerful line-up of hard-hitting films from the region. The
Voice of the Seeds brings us the voices of indigenous in Peru as they discuss their relationship with the seeds that feed us and their views on GMOs. Connected by Coffee takes us on a voyage across Central America as coffee roasters learn about the challenges coffee farmers face. Marmato shows what happens when a Canadian mining company comes to Colombia, and the subsequent struggle of the townspeople as gold mining threatens to displace them from their homes. Finally, in Huicholes culture and environmental activism intersect as we learn how mining interests threaten the traditional way of life of the Huicholes, the guardians of the peyote.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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