Join us for the Second Annual Critical Animal Studies Fall Film Series at Brock! Everyone is welcome to attend (community members included). Admission is by donation. Each film screening will be followed by an open forum discussion and FREE vegan snacks will be provided.
See the film lineup and details below:
THE COVE
Directed by Louie Psihoyos
Thursday, September 23rd, 7:00 p.m.
The Cove tells the amazing story of how a group of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret.
SKIN TRADE
Directed by Shannon Keith
Thursday, October 7th, 7:00 p.m.
Skin Trade takes you on a journey from the birth of the fur industry as fashion through the current trends, misconceptions, and lies perpetrated upon unknowing consumers. Voices from the underground, celebrities, historians, native americans, activists, designers, fashion icons and experts weigh in on the current use of of fur as fashion, which inevitably begs the question, “Why are animals still being killed for fashion?
KILLER OF SHEEP
Directed by Charles Burnett
Thursday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m.
Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.
YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS
Directed by Curt Johnson
Thursday, October 28th, 7:00 p.m.
This film takes an in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI’s recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.
BOLD NATIVE
Directed by Denis Hennelly
Thursday, November 4th, 7:00 p.m.
Bold Native is a fiction feature film. Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted by the United States government for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.
EARTHLINGS
Directed by Shaun Monson
Thursday, November 18th, 7:00 p.m.
Earthlings is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, Earthlings is nicknamed “the Vegan maker” for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs.
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