How to Change the World in Short or Feature Length:
A Collection of Activist Films

Note from curator Sarah Friedland

"How to Change the World In Short or Feature Length" showcases films and filmmakers that not only promote social justice, but that actively work for redemption, change and resolution. The films I have chosen explore a wide array of themes. I looked for films that express an unusual relationship with their subject matter, either through the involvement of the subject in the filmmaking process or by a true devotion to accuracy in their rendering.

I wanted to include films that were important as cinema, but that also played essential roles in larger struggles. I believe that all of the films included in this festival will not just stop at being films, but will go on to spark much-needed dialogue, and, in some cases, will be integral parts of courtroom battles and grassroots movements."


Señorita Extraviada

Saturday, 12:30, Screening Room

Señorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman, is a feature documentary that tells the story of the over 370 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Directed by Lourdes Portillo.
Corrections

Saturday, 2:00, Screening Room

The Corrections Documentary Project began in 1998 with Corrections, a feature documentary on the privatization of U.S. prisons.
Little Voices

Saturday, 3:20, Screening Room

Little Voices uses computer animation and traditional documentary techniques to tell the stories of children displaced in Colombia. Presented by editor Hamid Saidji.
Action! Media Literacy and Production

Saturday, 4:00-5:15, Screening Room

Representatives from several organizations focusing on media literacy for urban youth will present short films created and produced in their programs.
Ford Transit

Saturday, 5:15, Screening Room

This narrative feature produced in Palestine won the 2003 HRWIFF Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.


Endurance

Sunday, 11:00-12:30, Event Space

Challenging Seattle's vagrancy laws, which target homeless youth by making it illegal to sit or stand still on the street, artists Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry filmed 26 homeless young people standing for an hour each on the same square of sidewalk in performances dedicated to individual victims of gun violence.
La Memoria Es Vaga (Memory is Lazy)

Sunday, 12:30, Screening Room

This feature documentary tells the story of Spain's largest monument, El Valle de los Caidos, built by political prisoners under Franco. Presented by the filmmaker, Katie Halper.
The Take

Sunday, 2:00, Screening Room

The Take, by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis, documents an extraordinary instance of local workers constructing real alternatives to corporate capitalism in Argentina.