Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

SCHEDULE

Thursday, February 21

• Bidder 70 (PFC) 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm
  University student bids at gas lease auction and goes to jail.
• Silent auction benefiting BHRFF, 6:30-9:00 pm (PFC)
• Refreshments and auction between shows.

Friday, February 22

• Harvest of Empire (WCC) 11:30 am
  Connection of U.S.intervention in Latin America to immigration crisis in U.S.
• Dakota 38 (FCA) 7:00 pm
  Natives remember a massacre of 38 Dakotans with a spiritual healing horse ride across the plains.

Saturday, February 23

• Genetic Roulette (PFC) Matinee 12:00 pm
  Compelling evidence of GMO’s contributing to diseases.
• Harvest of Empire (FCA) 7:00 pm
  Connection of U.S. intervention in Latin America to immigration crisis in U.S.
• Within the Eye of the Storm (FCCB) 7:00 pm 
  An Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lost a child, unite for peace.

Sunday, February 24

• Ocean Frontiers (FCA) Matinee 12:00 pm
  New alliances between unlikely allies in ocean and coastal management.
• On the Line (FCA) Matinee 1:15 pm
  Two men follow the proposed route of a tar sands oil pipeline across wild Canada.
• Peace Out (FCA) Matinee 2:45 pm
  Environmental costs of modern energy demands in British Columbia.
• My Neighbourhood (FCA) 7:00 pm
  Israeli and Palestinian activists protest takeover of a home by settlers.
  
• One Family in Gaza (FCA) 7:30 pm
  The effects of an Israeli attack on one family in Gaza.

Monday, February 25

• Bidder 70 (WCC) 11:30 am
  University student bids at gas lease auction and goes to jail.
• Heist (FCA) 7:00 pm
  Investigation of origin and effects of recent governmental deregulation.
  

Tuesday, February 26

• Peace Out + Trust (WCC) 5:30 pm
  Environmental costs of modern energy demands.
• The Thick Dark Fog (NWIC) 6:00 pm
  Lingering trauma of Indian boarding schools on one man’s life.
• Precious Knowledge & Trust (BHS) 7:00 pm
  Students stand up for Tucson’s Ethnic Studies program.
• The Invisible War (FCA) 7:00 pm
  A disturbing account of sexual assault in the U.S. military.

Wednesday, February 27

• Genetic Roulette (WCC) 11:30 am
  Evidence of GMO’s contributing to diseases.
• Schooling the World (BTC) 12:00 pm
  The often harmful effects of western education on indigenous cultures.
• Dakota 38 (NWIC) 6:00 pm
  Natives remember massacre with a healing horse ride across the plains.
• Precious Knowledge (SHS) 6:30 pm
  Students stand up for Tucson's Ethnic Studies program.
• Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth (FCA) 7:00 pm
  Stories of young Mayans juxtaposed with modern exploitation of earth.

Thursday, February 28

• Heist (WCC) 11:30 am
  Investigation of origin and effects of recent governmental deregulation.
• Precious Knowledge (BTC) 12:00 pm
  Students stand up for Tucson's Ethnic Studies program.
• The Invisible War (BTC) 6:00 pm
  A disturbing account of sexual assault in the U.S. military.
• Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth (NWIC) 6:00 pm
  Stories of young Mayans juxtaposed with modern exploitation of the earth.
• Trust (SHS) 6:30 pm
  Teenaged activists take on environmental issues.
• Delicious Peace in a Coffee Bean (FCCB) 7:00 pm
  Farmers of three faiths unite to form a coffee growers' cooperative in Uganda.
  
• Schooling the World (FCA) 7:00 pm
  The often harmful effects of western education on indigenous cultures.
• Precious Knowledge (FCA) 8:30 pm
  Students become academic warriors for Tucson’s Ethnic Studies program.

Friday, March 1

• Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives (FCA) 7:00 pm
  The environmental effects of recent wars.

Saturday, March 2

• The Thick Dark Fog (FCA) Matinee 12:00 pm
  Lingering trauma of Indian boarding schools on one man’s life.
• The Suffering Grasses (FCA) Matinee 1:45 pm
  Origins and nature of the civil war in Syria.
• War Made Easy (FCA) Matinee 3:00 pm
  Government’s use of propaganda to overcome resistance to war.
• Peacemaker (FCA) 7:00 pm
  B’ham peace activist, Howard Harris.
• Trust (FCA) 7:15 pm
  Teenagers take on environmental issues.
• Honor the Treaties (FCA) 7:45 pm
  Viewing a S.D. Native reservation in through lens of a photographer, who becomes an advocate.
• Poetry of Resilience (FCA) 8:00 pm
  International poets eloquently narrate their experiences of political violence.

Themes - 2013 Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

• ENVIRONMENT: Bidder 70, Genetic Roulette, Ocean Frontiers, On the Line, Peace Out, Trust
• EDUCATION: Precious Knowledge, Schooling the World, The Thick Dark Fog
• INDIGENOUS: Dakota 38, Heart of Sky-Heart of Earth, Honor the Treaties, The Thick Dark Fog
• PALESTINE/ISRAEL: My Neighbourhood, One Family in Gaza, Within the Eye of the Storm
• WAR AND PEACE: Harvest of Empire, Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean, Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives, War Made Easy, Suffering Grasses
• ACTIVISM: Bidder 70, Honor the Treaties, Peacemaker, Poetry of Resilience, Trust