Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Nov. 16-18 November 15, 2007

Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, Nov. 16-18

MARDA LOOP JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL

www.justicefilmfestival.ca

see hope in action… see injustice…let's respond

november 16-18 2007

first christian reformed church auditorium

3818 – 14a st. sw, calgary

free event, non denominational



Friday Nov. 16

7:00 pm CHINA BLUE

Journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers

Conversation Leader: Michael Smith, Me to We [Responsible Style].



9:10 pm THE POWER OF COMMUNITY

How Cuba survived peak oil, transitioned to lower energy

Conversation Leader: Marlow D. Currie, Shell Canada Energy



Saturday Nov. 17

1:00 MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES

Exploring the aesthetic, and environmental dimensions of globalization



2:40 KILOWATT OURS

From your light switch the energy source

Conversation Leaders: Greg Powell and Kasia Sell, Pembina Institute



4:00 FINDING DAWN

Missing native women in Canada…demand change

Conversation Leader: Theresa Ducharme, Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)



7:00 MASIZAKHE: LET US BUILD TOGETHER Alberta Premiere

The arts building one another up in South Africa

Followed by AMARA IJO, Nigerian-Canadian dance



Sunday Nov. 18

1:00 MARTYR STREET Calgary Premiere

The roots of violence on Martyr Street, West Bank…following children's lives

Conversation Leaders: Rabbi Howard and Imam Dr. Bedeir



3:15 RYAN'S WELL Family Film

A young Ontario boy's determination raises funds to build wells in Uganda

Conversation Leaders: Michelle Speight, Calgary Board of Education and Erin Wilkins, CAUSE Canada



4:30 SWITCH OFF Calgary Premiere

The Mapuche people of the Chilean Andes face a dam

Conversation Leader: Victor Gavilan, Committee for the Support of Mapuche People



NGO Village

On site all weekend. More than 20 groups that make a difference. Volunteer opportunities. Fair trade vendors.



Sponsors

Sobeys, Ellergodt Designs, My Favourite Ice Cream Shop, Masters Gallery, Ptarmigan Oil and Gas, Maxwell Westview Realty, First Church

Official Website: http://www.justicefilmfestival.ca