Get informed, join the debate, get involved! We will be at the Stevenson-Hunt Rooms of the Central Library.
Extracting the Earth is a 3 day free film series that will examine the impact of Canadian extractive industries on the communities where they operate, here and in Latin America. Our intention is to educate and inform the public, as well as to foster discussion on the many aspects related to extraction such as: First Nations rights; environmental and health impacts on the affected communities; human and labour rights; social and economic aspects, including the corporate social responsibility of these multinational corporations. It will be the first time in London that a 3 day film festival is dedicated entirely to these topics.
Dates: November 15, 16 and 17th, 2013
Place: Public Central Library, Stevenson-Hunt rooms
FREE ADMISSION
REFRESHMENTS
MUSIC
INFORMATION TABLES
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Sponsors: Council of Canadians (London Chapter), Heart-Links, King's Centre for Social Concern, Latin American-Canadian Solidarity Association (LACASA), Root Cellar Organic Cafe, and Seeds of Hope.
Day 1- Friday, November 15th, 6:00-10 pm Focus on Guatemala
• Introduction and analysis by Grahame Russell of Rights Action via Skype.
• London premiere of Gold Fever: feature film on the impact of open pit gold mining in Guatemala and the role of Canadian mining giant Goldcorp.
Discussion
Refreshment break
• Short film on the eviction of a Mayan peasant community in El Estor, Guatemala, and Defensora (trailer).
Presentation by professor Lorraine McNeil, Fanshawe College, about the pending court cases in Ontario against Hudbay Minerals, the company linked to the events depicted in the films.
Discussion
Day 2- Saturday, November 16th, 5:30- 9:00 pm Focus on Peru and Mexico
• Accountability Gap: a short film on the conflict in Durango, Mexico, with Canadian mining company Excellon. Presentation by Esla Arismendi on the work done by the NGO ProDesc and the Steelworkers of Canada;
• In the Heart of Conga: feature film on the Conga gold mine in Cajamarca, Peru;
Refreshment break
• Kañaris: shorts on Canadian mining company Candente in Lambayeque, Peru.
Discussion via Skype with Gustavo Gorretti, renowned Peruvian journalist, and the public.
Day 3- Sunday, November 17th, 1:00-5:00 pm Focus on Canada
• H2Oil: feature film on the impact of tar sands extraction on the Athabasca First Nations communities;
• Shattered Ground: feature film on hydraulic fracking in Canada and the US, narrated by David Suzuki.
Presentation on fracking by Gary Brown, environmentalist, and discussion with the public.
Refreshment break
• Panel discussion with CBC journalist Karin Wells, Jamie Kneen of Mining Watch Canada (TBC), a First Nations spokesperson (TBC) and a legal expert (TBC).
Q&A session
Acknowledgements and conclusion
or email: lacasa.london@gmail.com
Some resources:
- Petitions: http://londoncouncilofcanadians.ca/ETEpetitions.pdf
- Complete list: http://londoncouncilofcanadians.ca/ETEresources.pdf
- Rights Action: http://www.rightsaction.org/
- Mining Watch: http://www.miningwatch.ca/
- Council of Canadians: http://canadians.org/
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