Albuquerque Social Justice Film Festival: Sustainability in Action
Student Organizers Of Second Annual Albuquerque Social Justice Film Festival To Explore Sustainability
Contact: Calvin Tribby (505) 350-8297; ctribby@unm.edu/Albuquerque, NM (February 10, 2007) – Several student organizations on UNM campus have organized the Second Annual Albuquerque Social Justice Film Festival to provide positive examples of sustainability in action. This coordinates with the growing national and worldwide movement in response to global climate change and is scheduled at the Guild Cinema for March 2nd, from 6-9pm and March 3rd, from 1-7pm. This event is free and open to the public, though donations are appreciated.
The UNM student organizing groups include the Sustainability Forum, the Fair Trade Initiative, Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility and the Wilderness Alliance. They have collaborated to focus their Second Annual Social Justice Film Festival around the issues of environmental sustainability as well as sustainable building design, fair trade, and local environmental concerns. Student organizers of this year’s festival, “Sustainability in Action,” hope to provide Albuquerque residents with an opportunity to engage in dialogue about issues of current interest to sustainability and the future of the movement. A panel of local sustainability advocates will discuss issues addressed in the films and also take questions from the audience on Saturday, March 3rd from 4:30 to 5:30pm. The panel speakers include: Kris Callori- Co-owner of Environmental Dynamics Inc., an Albuquerque Architecture and Sustainability Consulting Company Ben Luce – Director of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean and Affordable Energy (NMCCAE) Ann Adams - Managing Editor, IN PRACTICE and Director of Educational Products & Outreach, Holistic Management International Steven Archambault - Master's Student in Economics Dept. at UNM The first film on Friday night is the documentary, "The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil". The goals of this film are to give hope to the developed world as it wakes up to the consequences of being hooked on oil, and to lift American's prejudice of Cuba by showing the Cuban people as they are. The filmmakers do this by having the people tell their story on film. This film is a great introduction to the festival and will be followed by two locally made films, Tribe by Choice and Gathering Waters, dealing with co-housing in Santa Fe and the Rio Grande, respectively. Following these two films, the filmmakers will give a description of their work and take questions from the audience. This year’s organizing groups include: The Sustainability Forum is a UNM chartered, student-run organization, working to better inform and engage their community in the acts of creating a truly sustainable community. The Fair Trade Initiative is a UNM chartered, student-run organization, dedicated to expanding the awareness and availability of fair trade products throughout UNM and Albuquerque. Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility is a UNM chartered, student-run organization, providing the UNM community with resources to include social, political and environmental concerns in design decisions. The Wilderness Alliance is a UNM chartered student-run organization with the goal of advocating for the protection, restoration and continued enjoyment of New Mexico’s wilderness for all New Mexicans. URL: http://filmfest.unm.edu/
