Shorts Night (YearTime)

Thursday March 26, 2009, 5:30pm & 7:30pm

El Otro Lado (USA/Mexico: 13 mins.)

In 2004 Anne Wallace drove the 200 mile US/Mexico border, crossing back and forth recording interviews. El Otro Lado follows the hypnotic rhythm of an endless wall as voices and sounds of the changing landscape reveal the controversial border fence to be a projection of our fears and desires.

Wild Versus Wall (USA: 20 mins)

This video covers the ecological effects of enforcement and infrastructure in the four states that share boundaries with Mexico.

Producers Web Site: www.arizona.sierraclub.org/Border/borderfilm.asp

Between Bulls and Mosquitoes (USA: 2008, 30 mins.)
Produced here in Missoula, Montana by Emily Crawford and Solmaz Mohadjer

Mountainous, impoverished, and isolated, Tajikistan faces impediments to social progress that can turn natural phenomena into humanitarian disasters. In this region, advancements in Earth sciences hardly translate into practical geohazards awareness for a citizenry that remains largely oblivious to the scientific explanations of seismic events. A local geosciences student travels to the region to investigate how this can be changed.

Producers Web Site: www.BullsAndMosquitoes.info

Special Guests: Film makers Emily Crawford and Solmaz Mohadjer will discuss Between Bulls and Mosquitoes, John Wolverton of the Sierra Club and volunteer with No More Deaths and Frontera de Cristo will discuss the situation on the US-Mexico Border.

Discussions to Follow Each Screening. Please join us.

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