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COMMUNITY VOICES: FILM SHORTS FROM THE FRONTLINES

Saturday, 13 November 2004
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Organizer: Asian American Resource Workshop

COMMUNITY VOICES: FILM SHORTS FROM THE FRONTLINES
Co-sponsored by Boston Hawaiian Club

Featuring voices from Richmond CA's Laotian Organizing Project, Oakland Chinatown tenants, Waiahole Ditch's Hawaiian taro farmers & residents fighting for community control of waters & more! Community members take matters into their own hands by taking up the camera to tell their own stories about community in this shorts program.

4:30pm Film Shorts Program
Followed by Q&A at 6:30pm with Al Wong (EPA, Boston Hawaiian Club) as well as Food & Performance!

CRIZEL (dir. Aimee Suzara, 2001, 6 min)
A short documentary dedicated to a young victim of the toxic waste left behind by the U.S. military upon vacating the bases in the Philippines.

THERE'S FIRE IN YOUR EYES (dir. mari rose taruc, 2000, 2 min 27 sec)
About environmental justice organizing efforts of Laotian refugee community in Richmond, CA by Asian Pacific Environmental Network – Laotian Organizing Project

ENERGY RANGERS IN SOOT CITY (dir. Pratap Chatterjee, 2002, 13 min)
This Flash animation movie stars "Solar Woman," "Wind Woman," and "Efficiency Man," fighting the menace of the evil Moore power company and its henchman President Curious George and Vice-President Tricky Dick OilSlick. It covers many topics including pollution problems, the energy crisis, corporate profiteering, governmental acquiescence, and political and social activism, in a fun and informative style designed for youth and adult audience.

WE WILL NOT BE MOVED (dir. Ching-In Chen, 2003, 5 min)
Inspired by resistance to the 2003 evictions of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza tenants, this poem-film pairs images of everyday life in Oakland Chinatown with lyrical words

GOLD, GREED & GENOCIDE (dir. Pratap Chatterjee, 2002, 22 min)
A documentary by an Asian American filmmaker in collaboration with the International Indian Treaty Council about the effects of the 1849 gold rush on native peoples and the environment

STOLEN WATERS (dir. Na Maka o ka ' Aina, 1996, 27 min)
Documents the battle over the water in Waiahole Ditch on the island of O'ahu, where taro farmers and long-time residents seek to reclaim the natural stream waters that were taken in the early 1900's by sugar plantations.

Location:
Tufts Jaharis Auditorium in Boston Chinatown (136 Harrison Ave)

Cost: $5, $25 for Festival Pass ($15 for Students), Tufts students w/ID free

Directions: uccps.tufts.edu/storiesfromtheland/directions.htm
Jaharis Auditorium
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111


By local transportaion:

There are several ways to come to Jaharis Hall. Get off either at New England Medical Center Sta. (Orange line), Chinatown Sta.(Orange line), or Boyleston Sta. (Green line) are closest. You can also walk from Downtown Crossing (Red Line).

URL: http://www.aarw.org for Asian American program schedule, www.storiesfromtheland.org for full schedule & info!