2009-04-01 / Arts & Entertainment

UMF presents film festival

FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington will present Social Justice Cinema: the Second Annual Farmington Film Festival, an offering of interesting and informative documentary films and expert speakers focused on current social issues. Sponsored by the UMF Culture Committee, the festival events will take place from through April 16 and are free and open to the public.

The film festival schedule follows:

Week One Topic: Inequality & Race / Militarism & Media

"Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North" 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"Tulia Texas" 8:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"Independent Media in Time of War" 11:45 a.m., Thursday, April 2, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" 7 p.m., Thursday, April 2, Thomas Auditorium, UMF Preble Hall

Week Two Topic: The Economic Crisis

"In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Burst" 11:45 a.m., Thursday, April 9, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"Capitalism Hits the Fan" 7 p.m., Thursday, April 9, Thomas Auditorium, UMF Preble Hall

Week Three Topic: The Water Crisis

"Thirst" 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"The Water Front" 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

Speaker Ruth Hill, fluvial geomorphologist, will present "What's up with Water? A Flowing Conversation About the Global Water Crisis." 11:45 a.m., Thursday, April 16, Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center

"Flow" 7 p.m., Thursday, April 16, Thomas Auditorium, UMF Preble Hall

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