Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
22nd Annual
Festival History | BHRFF 2017
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Campesino
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(2016/USA/5min) Extols the value of difficult labor done by migrants in U.S. food production.
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Chau, Beyond the Lines
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(2015/USA/34min) An inspiring story of a Vietnamese boy who achieves his dream to become an artist amidst a challenging disability from Agent Orange. Academy Award Short Documentary nominee.
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Chicano Legacy 40 Años
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(2011/USA/30min) Celebrates Chicano history, culture, and struggle for human rights through art in San Diego and at UCSD.
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BPL
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Death by Design
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(2016/USA/73min) Explores the global environmental and public health consequences resulting from planned obsolescence in the electronic and high tech industries.
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BPL
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Disobedience
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(2016/USA/41min) The increasing global response to fossil fuels and its impact upon the climate is resistance.
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Do Not Resist
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(2016/USA/72min) Critiques the excessive force and militarization of police forces, with Ferguson as an example.
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BPL
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The Journey
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(2016/USA/70min) Follows the dangerous sea journey of a Syrian refugee to safe haven in Europe.
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[email protected] (local refugee aid)
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Just Eat It
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(2016/USA/73min) Creatively explores food waste and food rescue through a lifestyle choice / experiment of a couple in B.C.
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WWU
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Looking For Functional Zero
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(2017/USA/56min) Examines homelessness in Bellingham within the larger context of homelessness in the United States.
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National Bird
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(2016/USA/72min) Three courageous whistleblowers, U.S. military veterans distraught with guilt, expose the controversial, secret use of drone warfare.
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BPL
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The Occupation of the American Mind
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(2016/USA/86min) Aims to explain how the U.S. media shapes public opinion to favor Israel when reporting on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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WWU
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Ode to Lesvos
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(2016/USA/5min) An uplifting story of the humanitarian spirit of the people on the Greek Island of Lesvos in rescuing Syrians from the Aegean Sea.
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Our Future
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(2016/USA/4min) Optimism and a call to action for our planet's future.
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Overburden
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(2015/USA/65min) In the aftermath of a coal mine explosion in an Appalachia community, two strong women band together to take down the coal company.
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BPL
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The Power of the Weak
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(2015/Germany/47min) Describes the Cuban health care and educational system as experienced by Jorgito, born with cerebral palsy in 1993, during Cuba's Special Period.
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WWU
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Red Power Energy
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(2016/USA/57min) From South Dakota to Montana, Native Americans offer thought provoking perspectives on today's controversial energy debate.
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WWU
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Requiem for the American Dream
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(2016/USA/73min) Noam Chomsky discusses income inequality and democracy and how American idealism and the American Dream have been sacrificed.
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WWU
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A River Between Us
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(2014/USA/90min) Examines the conflicts surrounding the Klamath River Basin and the grassroots restoration efforts leading to the landmark 2014 agreement.
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BPL
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Roadmap to Apartheid
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(2012/USA/95min) Delves into the complex Israeli-Palestinian issues through the framework of apartheid as experienced by South Africans in the past and Palestinians today.
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WWU
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Sad Happiness
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(2015/USA/39min) Touches on the emotions caused when a U.S. documented child visits grandparents in Mexico when her undocumented parents cannot.
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WWU
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Sand Wars
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(2013/USA/52min) A surprising investigation into sand, one of the most consumed and now threatened natural resources on the planet due to its high demand.
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BPL
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Sin Pais
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(2010/USA/20min) "Without Country" bears witness to the plight of undocumented workers forcibly separated from their families.
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BPL
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Three to Infinity: Beyond Two Genders
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(2015/USA/43min/84min) A journey into a new gender frontier that redefines gender and challenges the narrow binary of male and female identity.
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BPL (43min); WWU (84min)
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When I See Them, I See Us
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(2016/USA/3min) Leading Black and Palestinian artists and activists affirm solidarity with each other's lives and struggles.
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Women Are the Answer
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(2015/Australia/91min) Women in Kerala, India recognize the need for population control in light of the climate crisis and seek solutions that respect women's rights, status, and health.
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WWU
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