Thursday 2/18 | OPENING NIGHT! 6:30 & 9:00pm showings

COME CELEBRATE OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION between showings 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. @ Allied Arts in Bellingham.

Murder In The Snow: (2008 / 52 min) Targeting of Tibetan refugees by Chinese soldiers is caught on film by mountaineering teams, creating immediate moral challenges for doing “business as usual.”

Friday 2/19 | 7pm FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM

Jailed for Their Words (2008 / 60 min) What happens when Americans give up liberties in return for the promise of increased security? In a sobering lesson of how easily civil liberties can be lost, we learn the untold story of how dozens were jailed under Montana’s sedition acts during World War I.

The Response (2008 / 30 min) Transcripts of military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay are dramatically depicted in this disturbing version of what occurs in secret, yet in the name of democracy.

Facilitator: Daniel Larner, Professor, Fairhaven College

Saturday 2/20 | 7pm FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM

Red Gold (2008 / 50 min) In Bristol Bay, Alaska, the most abundant sockeye salmon runs in the world are today threatened by proposals to build what could become the largest copper and gold mine in North America. Native and non-native community members and fishermen come together to raise alarm over what this may mean for salmon and humans alike.

River of Renewal (2009 / 55 min) Competing demands for water, food, and energy have pitted farmers, Native Americans, and commercial fishermen against each other in the Klamath Basin in northern California. It takes environmental disaster to bring remarkable consensus to decommission dams and put the health of the river first.

Sunday 2/21 | 2 SHOWS & MATINEE

LUMMI YOUTH ACADEMY: Map

• 6 p.m. | River of Renewal (55 min) - see above for description

FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM MATINEE and EVENING SHOW:

• 12pm The Last Word (2008 / 90 min) Years after a brutal murder in Texas led to the execution of a man who was 17 at the time of the crime, the case was re-opened by individuals determined to seek the truth of his professed innocence. Viewers will be compelled to confront the dilemmas associated with the death penalty and the collective pain associated with executing the innocent. Facilitator: Amnesty International
• 1:45 pm Split Estate (2009 / 75 min) In vast areas of the United States, mining and oil companies have virtually unlimited rights to extract subsurface minerals, including through destructive methods such as “fracking.” Seen through the eyes of homeowners and farmers, this unnerving documentary reveals their complete absence of rights even in the face of horrific consequences for the environment, health, and property values.
• 3:15 pm The Story of Cap & Trade (2009 / 10 min) A much heralded response to global climate change is succinctly explained, and artfully challenged, in this engaging short film.
• 3:30pm Flow, For Love of Water (2008 / 86 min) Scientists, activists and ordinary citizens worldwide respond to the growing privatization of dwindling fresh water supplies, in an unflinching critique of politics, pollution, and the dangerous emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
• 7pm Money Driven Medicine (2009 / 86 min) The current "medical-industrial complex" has turned health care in the U.S. into a profit-hungry system, with billions squandered on unnecessary tests, unproven and unwanted procedures, and overpriced prescription drugs. We can do better. Facilitators: Larry Kalb, Community Health Advocate; Liz Mogford, Asst. Professor (WWU Sociology Dept.); and George Rofkar, MD

Mon 2/22 | 2 shows

LUMMI YOUTH ACADEMY:

• 6pm Children of the Amazon (2008 / 72 min) Decimation of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities continues at an alarming rate. This extraordinary film pairs current images with footage taken when highways first penetrated deep into the forest, revealing powerful impacts on children photographed 15 years earlier as well as profound implications for the entire planet.

FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM:

• 7pm Torturing Democracy (2009 / 90 min) This carefully researched account of the “War on Terror” examines policies on detention and interrogation instituted under the Bush Administration, and largely still in place.

Tues 2/23 | 7pm FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM

Marina of the Zabbaleen (2009 / 70 min) Two billion people live in megacities and slums worldwide, largely invisible to more affluent people. This intimate portrayal of Coptic families in Cairo reveals the harshness of poverty, but also the strengths that children develop in surviving against great odds.

Wed 2/24 | 3 SHOWS

FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM:

• 7pm You, Me and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule (2009 / 91 min) The profound implications of secretive security and economic agreements linking the United States, Canada, and Mexico, are told from a Canadian perspective – providing sobering comparison for considering the future of democracy in the United States. Facilitator: Don Alper, Director of Canadian American Studies and Border Policy Research Institute, WWU

SEHOME HIGH SCHOOL:

• 7pm | Red Gold (50 min) | My Neighbor, My Killer (80 min)

SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL:

• 7pm | Children of the Amazon (72 min) | Murder in the Snow (52 min) see above for description

Thu 2/25 | 3 SHOWS

WWU - ACADEMIC WEST (AW204):

• 4 - 5:30pm | Murder in the Snow (52 min) see above for description
  Facilitator: Luis Benitez, Professional High Altitude Mountaineer & Guide, featured in the film

FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM:

• 7pm | Murder in the Snow (52 min) see above for description
  Facilitator: Luis Benitez, Professional High Altitude Mountaineer & Guide

BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE:

• 7pm | Film TBA (Topic: Human Trafficking)

Fri 2/26 | 7pm FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM

The Reckoning (2009 / 95 min) During the 1990s, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court to respond to crimes against humanity anywhere in the world. The effectiveness of the ICC to prosecute abuses and promote human rights remains in question, in part because the United States is still not a signatory.

Facilitators: Babafemi Akinrinade, Asst. Professor, Fairhaven College, and Kathleen Young, Assoc. Professor (WWU Anthropology Dept.)

Sat 2/27 | MATINEE & 7pm SHOW

FAIRHAVEN AUDITORIUM

• 12pm My Neighbor, My Killer (2009 / 80 min) In 1994, nearly one million people in Rwanda were massacred in less than 100 days. How former neighbors use tribunals to confront unimaginable horrors provides hope and guidance for rebuilding community in the aftermath of violence.
• 1:30pm This Palestinian Life (2009 / 29 min) This intimate portrayal of Palestinian villagers is not an overview of the entire conflict, but rather a remarkable example of the dignity of lives that revolve around sumoud - perseverance through nonviolent resistance.
• 2pm To See If I’m Smiling (2007 / 60 min) As we follow three women soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces during two years of required military service, we witness their changes and increasing doubts as they participate in things they never before imagined.
• 3:15pm The Good Soldier (2009 / 60 min) Veterans of four wars (WW II to Iraq) reflect on their journey from enlistment to combat, speaking courageously of their darkest moments and of the brutal moral dilemmas of what it means to be “a good soldier.” Facilitator: Veterans for Peace
• 7pm Children of the Amazon (2008 / 72 min) Decimation of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities continues at an alarming rate. This extraordinary film pairs current images with footage taken when highways first penetrated deep into the forest, revealing powerful impacts on children photographed 15 years earlier as well as profound implications for the entire planet. Facilitator: Dr. James Loucky, Professor (WWU Anthropology Dept.)