film fest saturation

went to this small but extremely well-programmed world community traveling film fest (http://www.codev.org/filmfest/films.cfm) here in van-city & saw half a dozen films:

favela rising
bloqueo
broken limbs
a panel on our food & our future
stolen spirits of haida gwaii
oil on ice
call from a coast

b/c i'm sleepy and saturated i'm not going to go into all the details.

stolen spirits of haida gwaii:
tremendously moving film about the repatriation of Haida Gwaii ancestors that had been taken away from their place, land & people in the early 20th century. through the film you see the pain, beauty and strength of these people and their perseverence to keep their culture and heritage alive. beautifully touching.

oil on ice
would be a great double feature with being caribou (http://citizen.nfb.ca)
explores the implications of drilling for oil in the artic national wildlife refuge (http://www.anwr.org/)
environmental, biological (caribou & other wildlife), cultural, and how it affects local communities that have subsisted off the land for centuries (the Gwich'in Athabascan Indainas & Inupiat of the north...) stunning scenery - quite contrary to one of the american congressmen(?) 's opinions of it being not more than a blank white board in aesthetic measurement & a stamp on the congressroom floor in terms of the effects of drilling (HA).

call from a coast
sigh. another REALLY depressing film to end the day with. all about the ridiculous need to create fish farms in places that are naturally abundant w/ fish.. too tired to go into it now.

nighnight.