Third Annual Social Justice Film Festival “Sustaining Spirits: The Changing Face of Health Care” program schedule at the University of Maine Farmington:
Tuesday, March 30:
Film
Critical Condition, 7 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? Critical Condition by Roger Weisberg (Waging a Living, POV 2006) puts a human face on the nation’s growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives. Filmed in vérité style, Critical Condition offers a moving and invaluable expose at a time when the nation is debating how to extend health insurance to all Americans.
Thursday, April 1:
Speaker
Gino Nalli will be speaking on the current national health care reform efforts. Nalli is an Assistant Research Professor, Chair ,Health Policy and Management Program and Director, Access and Program Institute for Health Policy at the Muskie School of Public Service. 11:45am – 1pm, at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
“Sustaining Spirits: Surviving in a Changing World” (April 1- April 9)
Thursday, April 1:
Film
We Feed the World, 7 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us.
Tuesday, April 6:
Film
Good Food, 7 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
An intimate look at the farmers, ranchers, and businesses that are creating a more sustainable food system in the Pacific Northwest.
Film
Water First, 8:15 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
Through the inspiring story of Charles Banda, a humble Malawian fireman turned waterman, we see how water is a solution to many of the problems in his impoverished, sub-Saharan country. From hunger and poverty to women’s equality and population control, HIV/AIDS to environmental sustainability, Banda makes it clear that the best way to assist and empower people in developing nations, and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), is by putting water first.
Thursday, April 8:
Film
Power of Community, 7 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis – feeding the population – and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. This film tells the story of the Cuban people’s hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity – through cooperation, conservation, and community.
Film
Made in China, 8:15 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label “Made in China.” This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries in the West. It is inevitably both an elegy for a lost way of life and a grassroots view of what could become the most powerful economic power on earth.
“Sustaining Spirits: Thriving in a Changing World”
Tuesday, Apr. 13:
Speaker
Filmmaker and Artist Shirl Roccapriore will be speaking about the making of ArtSpirit, a documentary on the survival of the artist community in Provincetown MA, 11:45 am -1pm, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF campus
Film
ArtSpirit screening of the documentary film depicting the challenges artists and the artist community in Provincetown MA is facing. Filmmaker Shirl Roccapriore will be available for a short question and answer session and copies of the film will be available for a small donation. All donations from the film go to PAAM (Provincetown Art Association and Museum) for scholarships for young artists to take art workshops or weekend courses. Film starts at 7 pm at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, UMF campus
