[van-announce] (Under)Mining Justice Film Festival

[maryann at resist.ca]

The other face of Canada’s Mining Corporations

(Under)Mining Justice Film Festival
Films that Dig Deep into Canada’s Growing Reputation as a
Global Extractive Industries Bully

Saturday May 12, 2:00pm - 10:00pm
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia, Coast Salish Territories
Alma Van Dusen, Peter Kaye and Morris J Wosk rooms

Pay what you can (if you can). Donations gratefully accepted, but not
required.

Organized by the Vancouver Mining Justice Alliance

It’s the eve of BC Mining Week. BC’s mining industry leaders will spend
the week wining and dining at gala receptions, awards ceremonies and
community events. In Vancouver, the home to the world’s largest
conglomeration of Mining companies, we will see celebration and charitable
acts.

But in communities affected by Canadian mining projects, there are
increasing reports of environmental devastation, water toxicity and
scarcity, human rights violations, and violent repression--even murder--of
residents who speak out in opposition to extractive projects.

Exactly what is BC Mining Week celebrating?

On May 12, the (Under)Mining Justice Film Festival brings to Vancouver the
voices of those who bear the brunt of the mining bonanza.

The festival profiles speakers from Mining Watch Canada and from
communities in Central America, Colombia, and the Philippines, as well as
a range of films including:

Colombia | Marmato | Mark Grieco
As a Toronto company approaches, a town in the Andes sits atop a gold mine
and at the edge of a precipice.

Tibet | From Nomad to Nobody | Michael Buckley
Why are nomads being forced from their traditional grazing lands into
concrete ghettos?

Canada | The HOLE Story | Richard DesJardins, Robert Monderie
Don’t know much about Canadian mines? Well, mines don’t talk much.
Especially about their history.

El Salvador | Late Night Sunrise | Michael Watts, David McNulty
In the province of Cabañas, resistance to Vancouver-based mining company,
Pacific Rim, comes at a deadly cost.

Central America | El Oro O La Vida (Gold or Life) | Álvaro Revenga
In Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, communities are standing up
against efforts by Canadian transnationals to recolonize their lands.

Ecuador | Under Rich Earth | Malcolm Rogge
Dramatic on the spot coverage as farmers say “No” to Vancouver-based
Copper Mesa corp., and face guns. The shareholders lose. An acclaimed film
with a plot twist.

For schedule and location: http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/