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October 2020
Social Justice Film Festival 2020
Transform: Another World is Possible Join filmmakers, film lovers, and activists around the world to celebrate the mission of social justice in film for the 9th Social Justice Film Festival, screening virtually from October 1 - 11, 2020. Featuring an exciting lineup of short and feature-length films as well as filmmaker panels and discussions, tickets to the Social Justice Film Festival are available from Northwest Film Forum. For more information about the Social Festival Film Festival and Institute, and to…
Find out more »Prisoner Justice – Live Panel with the Filmmakers of ‘Since I Been Down’
In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children considered irredeemable super-predators to prison for life without parole. Influenced by the national drug war frenzy, escalating crime, and gang activity, during the fear-based political policies of the 1980’s and ‘90’s, Tacoma, Washington sacrificed some of its most vulnerable children. Join filmmakers, incarceration rights rights activists, and incarcerated citzens for a discussion of the film “Since I Been Down,” which spotlights Kimonti Carter and a wide group of…
Find out more »Voting Matters Live Panel
Voter suppression is a growing threat to the 2020 election. Now, amidst a global health crisis, the cruel weaponization of vote-by-mail restrictions has turned the constitutional right to vote into a choice between life and death. Join filmmakers, voting rights activists, and civil liberties advocates for a discussion of the film Suppress 2020: The Fight to Vote, and the urgency of action against the calculated, unconstitutional and racist attacks intended to suppress the right to vote in America. To learn…
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