Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
22nd Annual
Festival History | BHRFF 2016
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3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
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An investigation into the 2012 shooting by a white man of a black teenager over loud music. 99 min.
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Dirty Gold War
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Investigates the effects of gold mining on the people of Amazonia and the river's ecosystem. 68 min.
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The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code
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Analyzes how U.S. legal treatment of indigenous peoples evolved from Christian conquest doctrine. 60 min.
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El Canto del Colibrí
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Explores the relationships of Latino immigrant fathers and their LGBTQ family members. 53 min.
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FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
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Questions beliefs about disability and normalcy by exploring promising technologies. 61 min.
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Food Chains
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The connection of supermarket chains and farm workers who hunger strike in Immokalee, Florida. 86 min.
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BPL; WWU
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Groundswell Rising
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People from across the political spectrum organize to oppose natural gas fracking. 70 min.
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BPL
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The Hand That Feeds
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Undocumented restaurant workers organize against terrible working conditions. 89 min.
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BPL
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Homeless in Bellingham: Cold, Dirty and Scary
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Looks at issues with camping out long term in the city. 18 min.
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Honor Totem
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The police shooting of Seattle Native carver John T. Williams and his memorial healing totem. 57 min.
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The Hunting Ground
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Exposé of college sexual assaults, their institutional cover-ups, and effects on victims. 104 min.
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WWU
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In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the Occupation
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Video cameras are given to people to record human rights violations. 61 min.
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BPL
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India's Daughter
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The story of the 2012 rape and murder of a medical student on a bus in India, and later public outcry. 63 min.
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WWU
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Kickflips Over Occupation
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Youth talk about the importance of the emerging skateboard scene in Palestine. 23 min.
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Language Healers
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Stories of Native peoples working to revitalize their languages. 41 min.
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BPL; WWU
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Life Is Waiting
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Examines the 40 year struggle by the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara for promised independence. 59 min.
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Nuclear Savage
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Pacific Islanders struggle for survival, dignity, and justice after decades of human radiation experiments. 57 min.
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BPL; WWU
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Overpass Light Brigade
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Art and social justice action in lighted signs. 6 min.
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Paper Tigers
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A Walla Walla school successfully uses a new approach to help "at-risk" students. 103 min.
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Princess Angeline
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The story of Chief Seattle's daughter and the Duwamish tribe's relationship with the city of Seattle. 53 min.
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BPL; WWU
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Silent River
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Effects of pollution from U.S. owned factories on a Mexican river environment. 25 min.
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Tashi and the Monk
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A former monk operates a children's community in Tibet based on love and compassion. 40 min.
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BPL
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The True Cost
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The impact of fashion on people in the production line and on the planet. 92 min.
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BPL; WWU
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We Are All Related Here
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Examines how climate change is dramatically affecting the Yupik people of Alaska. 50 min.
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Who is Dayani Cristal?
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A body in the Arizona desert reveals reasons for immigration to the U.S., and serious risks. 85 min.
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BPL
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