CineKalikasan 1.2

KALIKASAN - PEOPLES NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
924-8756; E-mail: kalikasan.pne@gmail.com

You are cordially invited to CineKalikasan 1.2 Film screenings on environmental issues
April 24, 2007 (Tuesday), 5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and Café
AGCOR Building, 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo),
Quezon City

Program
The Green Guerillas: The Fight for the Philippine Rain Forest
Philippines/Germany/New Zealand, 1995 DV Video, 30 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Rod Prosser
Production companies: Vanguard Films / WDR, Cologne
In 1994, New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser was commissioned by German television to report on the efforts of the underground liberation movement to save the country's rainforest together with the tribal people of southeast Mindanao from the chainsaws of multinational timber corporations. The resulting film is a documentary which pushes the boundaries of the reportage form to present the fight for the environment from the perspective of indigenous revolutionaries.

Sabidong ti Balitok (Toxic Gold)
Philippines, 200
522 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Judy Cariño and Emmanuel Palo, with Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montanosa Relief and Rehabilitation Service (MRRS), Health Action and Information Network (HAIN)
Sabidong Ti Balitok presents the effects of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's operations on the water, earth, air and lives of people living along the Abra River. It tells the story of the fiery people's struggle against environmental destruction, corporate mining and the plunder of the people's resources.

Agos
Philippines, 2003 18 minutes
Directed by Tomas Estrera III The filmmaker's undergraduate thesis at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Agos is a video documentary about the effects of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam project—the largest hydroelectric irrigation project in Asian history and the 12th highest dam of its kind in the world—on the Ibaloi Community and the Agno River in Northern Philippines.

Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project, will be the first in this year's series. While the film screenings are free, the audience is encouraged to give donations for the benefit of the featured filmmakers. Food and drinks may be bought at the café.