John,

The Center for Biological Diversity is celebrating our fifth annual virtual Food Justice Film Festival: [link removed] Oct. 24-27. This year's festival will feature four award-winning documentaries exploring the links among the food, environmental, and social justice movements. The festival is completely free and open to the public.

Food justice is environmental justice. Through the free Food Justice Film Festival, we can continue to elevate the conversation around how our unjust food system harms marginalized communities and puts strain on our planet, while giving filmmakers, organizers, activists, and food and farmworkers a space to talk about the incredible work they do.

The week before the festival — starting Oct. 17 — visit the website to watch recorded interviews ([link removed]) with filmmakers, activists, and organizers — including legendary labor leader and American civil rights activist Dolores Huerta and food justice advocate, organizer, and community farmer Karen Washington, who coined the term “food apartheid.”

Sign up now to watch all four films for free during the festival: [link removed]

Once the festival starts on Oct. 24, log in and click the FILMS tab at the top of the page to watch all the films anytime before Oct. 27. [link removed] Note: You do not need any PASS+ codes or passes to watch the films (disregard that section). Each film is free to watch.

Food Justice Film Festival Schedule Oct. 24-27:

Dolores: [link removed]
To celebrate our fifth year, we’re re-featuring the award-winning film Dolores. Dolores Huerta is one of the most important activists in American history. She cofounded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and tirelessly led the fight for civil rights and labor justice alongside him, becoming “one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century”— and she continues the fight to this day. Directed by Peter Bratt.

The Smell of Money: [link removed]
Showcases Elsie Herring and her rural North Carolina community teaming up to fight against generations of environmental, social and racial injustice at the hands of the world’s largest pork company. Directed by Shawn Bannon.

Into the Weeds: [link removed]
Follows groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrochemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer) after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal.

Invisible Valley: [link removed]
Highlights Coachella Valley’s disparity between undocumented farmworkers and wealthy snowbirds, and the environmental and social crises that grow season after season. Directed by Aaron Maurer and Zach McMillan.

For the wild,

Linda Rico
Communications Staff and Food Justice Film Festival Organizer
Center for Biological Diversity

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