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The Liu Institute for Global Issues,
International Development Research Network (IDRN)
PRESENTS:
Movie Night on Thursday March 24th
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Film Screening:
Milking the Rhino
March 24, 2011 – 5:30-7:30pm – AERL Building (2202 Main Mall, UBC) Rm 107/108
Photo Credit: Kartempuin Films (http://milkingtherhino.org/index.php)
Milking the Rhino examines the deepening conflict between humans and animals in an ever-shrinking world. It is the first major documentary to explore wildlife conservation from the perspective of people who live with wild animals. Shot in some of the world’s most magnificent locales, Rhino offers complex, intimate portraits of rural Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation: a revolution that is turning poachers into preservationists and local people into the stewards of their land. (Source: http://milkingtherhino.org/index.php)
RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1422489705
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The Liu Institute for Global Issues,
International Development Research Network (IDRN)
PRESENTS:
Movie Night on Monday March 12th
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Film Screening:
Waste Land
March 12, 2012 – 6:30-8:30pm – Liu Institute (6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC) Multi Purpose Room
Photo Credit: (http://www.wastelandmovie.com/)
Synopsis: Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT and COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) and co-directors João Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. (Source: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/)
