Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
22nd Annual
Festival History | BHRFF 2015
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After Innocence
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Shows the situations of wrongfully convicted men freed by DNA evidence after decades in prison. 90 min.
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Cesar's Last Fast
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Reveals the private sacrifice and spiritual conviction behind Cesar Chavez's struggle for humane conditions for farmworkers. 96 min.
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Don't Look Down on Me
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Demonstrates how people in New York City react to someone different from them. 10 min.
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The E-Team
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Human Rights Watch Emergency Team investigates atrocities in Syria and Libya while informing media and governments. 88 min.
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From the Sky
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Vividly depicts the impact of drone strikes on Arab civilians exploring the roots of extremism. 18 min.
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Gold Fever
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Tragic and inspiring, Gold Fever witnesses the arrival of Canadian Goldcorp Inc. in a remote Guatemalan village. 55 min.
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The High Cost of Deporting Parents
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Raises questions of the true cost of deportation when a deportee's U.S. citizen family now relies on welfare to get by. 25 min.
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Homeless in Bellingham
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Shorts on local homelessness locally. 20 min.
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Leschi
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Tells the story of Leschi, chief of the Nisqually Native American tribe. 22 min.
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A Meal a Month
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Critiques how the assumed fish consumption rate in Washington affects us all, especially indigenous communities. 9 min.
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Momenta
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Examines the proposed coal exports in the Pacific Northwest and the potential for a clean energy future. 38 min.
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BPL; WWU
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The Most Dangerous Man in America
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The story, relevant to today's news of national security leaks, of Daniel Ellsberg, a high level Pentagon official who leaked secret documents about the Vietnam War. 94 min. |
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No Land, No Food, No Life
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Explores sustainable small scale agriculture and the urgent call for an end to corporate global land grabs. 75 min.
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Plastic Paradise
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Many voices shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption on wildlife in the Midway Atoll of the Pacific Ocean, as well as ourselves. 57 min.
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BPL
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Return of the River
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The removal of the Elwha River dams captures the complex relationship between communities and the environment that sustains them. 72 min.
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BPL
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Silenced
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Profiles 3 national security whistleblowers and describes their ordeals for questioning U.S. policy. 103 min.
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Smile, and the World Will Smile Back
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Home video of Israeli soldiers during a routine night search of a family in Hebron. 20 min.
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WWU
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The Throwaways
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Courageously explores the most pressing racial justice issues of our time: the mass incarceration and police profiling of poor people of color. 62 min.
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The Totem Pole Journey
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Lummi tribal leaders travel with a healing totem pole to bring the message of our shared responsibilitytoward each other and as keepers of Mother Earth. 56 min.
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BPL; WWU
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Triple Divide
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Investigates fracking in Pennsylvania where 3 watersheds provide water to millions of people. 90 min.
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BPL
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Utopia
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Explores the tragic experiences of aboriginal first Australians in modern Australia. 112 min.
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WWU
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Where Should the Birds Fly
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Reveals the strength, hope, and humanity of people in Gaza amidst Israel's 2009 bombing. 58 min.
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WWU
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Why We Fight
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Traces the history of the military industrial complex from Dwight Eisenhower to the present. 98 min.
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WWU
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The Wisdom to Survive
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Examines the challenges that climate change poses and discusses meaningful action that can be taken by individuals and communities. 56 min.
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BPL
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