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THE FILMS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16TH, 7:30PM SESSION 1 A journey through the urban reaches of the reconciliation movement. An urban perspective on non-indigenous involvement in the reconcilliation movement in Australia. Through events such as the Sea of Hands< Mardi Gras, Corroboree, the Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk and through the voices of ordinary Australians, this video captures these first unsteady steps on the path to a more harmonious future. Directed by Diana Dacie and Melissa Seelenmeyer 26 minutes.
When Filipino peasants resist converting their ancestral farmland into a golf resort, they face a bloody struggle against developers and their government. Tracking down both armed guerillas and golf boosters, including Tiger Woods, the filmmakers reveal as larger, national battle over land and revolution. A shocking exposure of government and developmental corruption. Directed by Jen Scradie & Matt Devries 39 minutes THE GREAT INDIAN YATRA Part 1 The Taj Mahal Tourism in India is a huge industry, but just who benefits and at what costs? How do the tourists see themselves and what do they see of India? This film in three parts takes a look at 'Indotourism' using popular tourist destinations as case studies, in which a number of social, economic and ultimately political questions are discussed. 24 minutes The Great Indian Yatra Part 2 - Goa A critical look at the effects of the tourist driven 'rave' culture in Goa. 14 minutes Part 3 - Dharamsala 14 minutes Directed by Shweta Kishote and Yask Desai SESSION 2
We are living in an era of globalisation but what does that mean for the average person? Globalisation 101 looks at the impacts of corporate lead globalisation on workers, indigenous people and the environment both locally and globally. It traces the history of transnational organisations such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and charts the origins of third world debt. Directed by Kim Beamish & Alex Kelly 17 minutes SILA ALANGOTOK - Inuit Observations on Climate Change Observations by the Inuvialuit of Sachs Harbour support what has long been predicted - that climate change would be felt first in the Polar Regions. This community's way of life is at risk, an urgent warning of the negative impacts of climate change predicted to occur elsewhere in the world. Directed by Bonnie Dickie and Terry Woolf 14 minutes. GREAT WALL ACROSS THE YANGTZE In 1994 the People's Republic of China ordered the damning of the Yangtze with a massive wall of concrete and steel - a 15 year project that will create the world's largest dam and hydroelectric powerplant. This tells the story of a legendary river facing its greatest challenge, and the huge ecological, social and cultural costs of a project that has been condemned the world over. Directed by Ellen Perry 56 minutes SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17TH, 7:30PM SESSION 3 FIGHT FOR COUNTRY 1998 saw one of the largest Land Rights and environment campaigns Australia has ever seen. The campaign to stop a second uranium mine in Kakadu National Park. This is the story of the Jabiluka Blockade. Directed by Pip Starr 42 minutes WAIT A WHILE In April 2001 the Department of Natural Resource and Environment broke an agreement with conservationists and the Otway's community. There was to be no clearfell logging of contentious coupes in close proximity to cool temperate rain forests during the 2001-logging season. This documentary reveals how this agreement was broken when loggers moved into Ciancio coupe, and the strength of the local community that stoped this area of forest from being clearfelled. Directed by Sam Hoffman 15 minutes SESSION 4 THE MIRACULOUS POISON - The History of DDT When DDT was developed 60 years ago it was seen as a blessing. Today DDT is arguably the most unpopular chemical in the world. Like no other chemical, DDT has proved to the world that progress comes at a price. Even though it has been prohibited for years the most shocking consequences have only just started to appear. Directed by Jakob Gottschau 58 minutes
A five minute animation showing the wonders and the perils of old age in a hi-fi city environment during an encounter with a pushy salesman. Clever animation, an amazing soundtrack, and a message that will leave you smiling. Directed by Ben McGill 5 minutes FOOTSTEPS 2000 was the International Year of Reconciliation. In Sydney 500,000 people walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to support reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. At Lake Eyre in central S.A. indigenous elder Kevin Buzzacott begins a 3060 kilometre walk carrying the Sacred Fire to Sydney. This is a journey through land under huge threat from mining interests and of active reconciliation. Directed by Heidi Douglas. 23 minutes SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 6:30PM SESSION 5 THE SECOND STEP Detailing the amazing feats of courage, determination and pure drive to achieve the seemingly impossible. Environmentalist and adventurer Warren Macdonald loses both his legs in a bush walking accident and against all odds teaches himself to walk again in less than 10 months to fulfil his dream of climbing the treacherous Federation Peak in South West Tasmania. Gary Caganoff, the initiator and coordinator of the Wild Spaces Festival for five years, is able to capture the beauty of this area and the power that this man can summon from his love for nature and a strong belief in will-power, a story bound to touch everyone. (poster version will be shorter). Directed by Gary Caganoff 27 minutes UNDER SOUTHERN SEAS Short, colourful and entertaining, Under Southern Seas is an underwater voyage through realms inhabited by an amazing assortment of aquatic creatures. Directed by Peter Simons 2 minutes EMPTY PROMISES Takes you on a journey into grass roots Papua New Guinea and into the heart of Kakabai land. This is a story of stolen land, broken promises and an industry out of control. It tells of a jungle tribe's struggle to come to terms with big business and government corruption and is also a story of what is occurring throughout PNG. Directed by Suzanne Bates and David Burgess 55 minutes SESSION 6
A Chiapas Media Project that documents the deforestation of Guerrero's Petatląn and Coyuca de Catįlan mountain ranges from the 1950's onwards and the accompanying militarization and repression of Guerrero's rural communities. This documentary tells the story of the Organisation of Campesino Environmentalists (O.C.E) and their struggle to defend their land in the face of a repressive military. By the Chiapas Media Project 18 minutes
FREEDOM FOR FRUIT An innocent tale of human like teddy-bears who find out what society has to offers when there natural habitat can no longer provide them with fruit for there bellies. By Sam Hoffman SWEAT EQUITY Sweat Equity is a collection of urban stories about community gardening activity occurring on the alleys, back lots, freeways and utility corridors of metropolitan Los Angeles. The film documents the collective efforts of urban people of all ages who have taken decisive action in transforming their neighbourhoods from the oppressive realities of urban blight by reclaiming abandoned land. Through their stories we learn the impact urban gardening has upon community, and ourselves By the Metro Farming Film Project 42 minutes. THE RETURN OF THE SACRED KINGFISHER FESTIVAL, CERES 1999 & 2000 In 1993 a thud was heard on a window of a classroom at CERES Community Environment Park in East Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne. Students and teachers went out and discovered a beautiful bird, momentarily stunned by the collision. After many years absence the Sacred kingfisher had returned to nest and breed along the banks of the newly revegetated Merri Creek. This environmental success was something to celebrate, and so the Return of the Sacred Kingfisher Festival was born. These videos tell the story of those festivals. Directed by Pip Starr 24 minutes Check out the Australian Wild Spaces Site at http://www.wildspaces.wild.net.au/films_directors/index.htm NEXT YEAR? Are you interested in making an Eco-Film Festival a regular event in Western Australia? We have been contacted by Eco-Film Fest and Expo San Diego who have expressed an interest in coming to Australia. If you would like to be on such a team, please contact the
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THE FORESTS The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero