15th International Film Festival presented by the local United Nations Association
Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 pm Friday, November 7 at 7:00 pm Saturday, November 8 at 5:00 pm
at the beautiful and historic GOLDEN STATE THEATRE 417 Alvarado Street in Monterey
12 excellent, issues-oriented international documentary films will be featured
Admission: just $10 per session of 4 films, FREE for all full-time students with ID
Cash only, at the door, open seating
Doors open one hour before each session
Film Descriptions:
Rape in the Fields (53 minutes) “This is a story about what many women go through to keep those jobs and food on the table.” Ladino was an 18-year veteran of the fields of Monterey County when one day her Anthony Smith Co. supervisor took her to a remote location and sexually assaulted her. Like many undocumented workers, she feared for her job and kept her mouth shut.
Karama Has No Walls ( 26 minutes) ‘Karama has no walls’ an Oscar-nominated short documentary, is set amidst Yemen’s 2011 uprising. The film illustrates the nature of the Yemeni revolution in stark contrast to the gross violations of human rights.
Queen of the Sun (82 minutes) What are the bees telling us? Is a profound alternative look at the global bee crisis from award-winning filmmaker Taggart Siegel.
Underwater Dreams (85 minutes) Underwater Dreams is a documentary film about how the high school sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robots.
American Arab (60 minutes) The film follows the personal story of Alshaibi’s life in post-9/11 America & concentrates on sensitive issues pertaining to race & identity.
Age of Aluminum (52 minutes) Aluminum is everywhere – not only in soda cans but also in foods, cosmetics, and many medications, including most vaccinations.
Trashed (68 minutes) The extent and effects of the global waste problem, around the world tainted by pollution. The beauty of our planet from space forms a violent contrast to the scenes of human detritus across the globe – vast landscapes covered in tons of rubbish, rivers barely visible under a tide of plastic.
Not My Life (68 minutes) Not My Life is the first film to depict the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited, every day, through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, domestic servitude, begging, sex tourism, sexual violence, and child soldiering.
Sand Wars (74 minutes) Most of us think of sand as a complimentary ingredient of any beach vacation. Yet those seemingly insignificant grains of silica surround our daily lives. Every house, skyscraper and glass building, every bridge, airport and sidewalk in our modern society depends on sand. We use it to manufacture optical fiber, cell phone components and computer chips. We find it in our toothpaste, powdered foods and even in our glass of wine, including the glass.