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Three Native American tribes along the Klamath river in northern California are some of the few tribes left to have kept many of their cultural and social traditions alive. One main element of these traditions involves Pacific salmon that return from the ocean for their final journey to the Klamath river where now four large hydroelectric dams block their path. One hundred years ago up to a million salmon would return, it has now reduced to a few thousand. With access to both the protesters and the dam owners, the film follows the tribes’ fight against one multi-national corporation for the removal of the dams, what would be the largest dam removal project in history.
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 08
Human Rights Award, Kosovo.
“The film does an excellent job of putting a human face on a complicated issue. [...] Where director Ben Kempas really scores is with the candid interviews with the PacifiCorp staff.” – Film Threat Magazine.
www.upstreambattle.com
POVERTY OF JUSTICE
This documentary will screen alongside ‘Upstream Battle’.
Poverty is an affront to human dignity and the world’s worst human rights crisis. It exists in all countries, developed or developing, and is likely to worsen withn climate change and economic recession. Poverty is a human rights issue and Amnesty will be holding to account those responsible for the abuses that
drive poverty.
Poverty of Justice, a brand new documentary from Amnesty International, tells the stories of three communities.
Director: Lisle Turner
17 mins
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Germany / 2008 / 97mins / Director: Ben Kempas / Preview Production
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