Fourth Annual

 

Social Justice Film Festival

White Rock/ South Surrey

  “To raise social justice awareness in the Peninsula”

 

February 21, 22  & 23,  2008

 

Thursday 7 PM;  Friday 7 PM

Saturday  9 AM to 9 PM

 

Locations:

·         First United Church

       (Centre & Buena Vista)

·         Salvation Army

        (Best & Roper)

White Rock

 

Tickets available at First United Church, & at the door: 

$15 weekend.  $5 for youth and low income. 

$10 Saturday   $7 single film   

For more information call: 604-542-0304

www.firstunitedchurchwhiterock.com

 

 

 

Welcome to the “Social Justice Film Festival” - featuring Canadian and International films on peace, justice and the environment.  Films this year will include these plus others:

 

“Fight for True Farming” NFB, Director: Eve Lamont 2005  Crop and animal farmers in North America offer solutions to the social and environmental scourges of factory farming.  A film of grim lucidity but also irrepressible hope.

 

“Toxic Trespass: How safe are your children?”  NFB Fiilmaker: Barri Cohen 2007  An investigation into the effects of the chemical soup around us.

 

“Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs”  Producer: Ronit Ridberg  2006 a film that pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain.

 

“49 Megawwatts” Bryan Smith, 2007  an activist kayaking film reveals how the province of British Columbia is leasing its rivers to private power companies in order to meet the growing demand for energy.

 

“Affluenza”  PBS Bullfrog films, 1997  Diagnoses the “disease” of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living”

 

“Jesus Camp”  Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady 2006  a first ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America’s political future.  (Academy Award Nominated Best Documentary Feature)

 

 

In Addition:

·          Information Tables: from local groups such as Council of Canadians, Atira, South Fraser Women’s Services, Kairos,  Sierra Club, …...

·          Social Justice book exchange:  Bring a book.  Buy a book.

 

·          Saturday Lunch:  prepared by Crescent Beach Community Services as a fund raiser—at reasonable prices.

·          Coffee, Tea, Juice and light snacks also available.

 

 

 

For more Information contact:

First United Church

15385 Semiahmoo Avenue

White Rock, British Columbia

604-531-4850

firstuc@telus.net

www.firstunitedchurchwhiterock.com