We're
excited to announce a Virtual Film Festival this
September to celebrate the International Day of
Peace! Leading up to Peace Day on September 21,
we're hosting a special online film fest to expose the
impact of militarism around the world and the power of
nonviolence. Get your
ticket!
The festival will span 3 weekends —
Saturday, September 4, September 11, and September 18 —
covering a multitude of themes, from colonial violence
in Canada and military base pollution in Washington
State, to a coup d’état in Haiti and nonviolent
peacekeeping in Bougainville. Each film screening will
be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the directors
and special guests to explore the topics covered in the
films and how to take action. Join
us!
What:
International Day of Peace: Virtual Film
Festival
When: Saturday, September
4, September 11, and September 18 from 3:00pm-5:00pm
Eastern Daylight Time
How to join:
Register here.
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friends!
Film Fest
Schedule:
- September 4 @ 3:00pm Eastern Time:
INVASION & PLANE TRUTHS + Q&A with special
guests to be announced. INVASION tells the
story of the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint
and the larger Wet'suwet'en Nation standing up to the
Canadian government and corporations who continue
colonial violence against Indigenous people. PLANE
TRUTHS exposes the human, environmental, and economic
impacts of the Navy base on Whidbey Island, WA.
- September 11 @ 3:00pm Eastern Time: HAITI
BETRAYED + Q&A with director ELAINE BRIERE and
special guests. HAITI BETRAYED reveals how
Canada colluded with the United States and France to
topple the democratically elected government of Haiti.
Seven years in the making, Brière’s film meticulously
reconstructs Canada’s role in the coup d’état of
February 29, 2004, the immediate bloody aftermath and
the manipulated elections that followed.
- September 18 @ 3:00pm Eastern Time:
SOLDIERS WITHOUT GUNS + Q&A with director WILL
WATSON, WBW New Zealand chapter coordinator LIZ
REMMERSWAAL, and special guests. SOLDIERS
WITHOUT GUNS looks at the fascinating story of how the
Bougainville civil war ended due to the NZ led
‘Operation Bel Isi’. After 10 years of war, 14 failed
peace agreements and 20,000 people dead, New Zealand
stepped in with an unorthodox yet unprecedented style
of peacekeeping. The NZ Defence landed in the warzone
without weapons, in a determined effort to unite the
people in peace. Instead of guns, they took guitars,
cultural understanding and women’s empowerment.
RSVP to reserve your spot for the
film festival!
Plus, don't forget to wear your
blue peace scarf during the festival. The blue scarf is
often worn on the International Day of Peace to
symbolize our interconnectedness under one blue sky. Learn more about the blue scarf movement
and get your scarf here.
Thank you to our
generous sponsors, Bullfrog Films and Womanhood & International Relations
Podcast, for making this event possible!
For
a world beyond war,
Greta Zarro
Organizing
Director
World BEYOND War
gr...@worldbeyondwar.org
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and affiliated organizations advocating for the
abolition of the institution of war.
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