DEVELOPMENT & PEACE
Development and Peace is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. Website: www.devp.org
REEL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL
The Reel Justice Film Festival is a partnership between Development & Peace (the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada) and The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton’s Bishop Farrell Library & Archives.
Our organizations strive to support social change and provide education around issues of unfair social, political, and economic structures. To learn more or offer support towards actions for change, please visit Development & Peace or the Diocese of Hamilton online.
January 27, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
There’s Something in the Water documents the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures. Canadian filmmaker, actor, and activist Elliot Page reveals a portrait of ecological and social disaster in his home province, where rural areas are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development and your postal code determines your health. Run time: 73 minutes
Film Trailer
Our organizations strive to support social change and provide education around issues of unfair social, political, and economic structures. To learn more or offer support towards actions for change, please visit Development & Peace or the Diocese of Hamilton online.
January 27, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
There’s Something in the Water documents the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures. Canadian filmmaker, actor, and activist Elliot Page reveals a portrait of ecological and social disaster in his home province, where rural areas are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development and your postal code determines your health. Run time: 73 minutes
Film Trailer
February 24, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
After the Storm follows the transformational journey of 550 families as they come together to build the Pope Francis Village, a sustainable resettlement site for coastal communities in Tacloban, Philippines devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. In the aftermath of this natural disaster, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, supporting local organizations, transformed a piece of land into new homes, a new community, and new lives. Run time: 48 minutes
Film Trailer
After the Storm follows the transformational journey of 550 families as they come together to build the Pope Francis Village, a sustainable resettlement site for coastal communities in Tacloban, Philippines devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. In the aftermath of this natural disaster, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, supporting local organizations, transformed a piece of land into new homes, a new community, and new lives. Run time: 48 minutes
Film Trailer
March 24, 2022 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Family Screening
In Over the Hedge, spring has arrived and a family of animals (tortoise, squirrel, porcupines, possums, and a skunk) awake from hibernation to find a tall hedge has cut their forest in half. Where are they going to get their food for next winter? Then RJ, an opportunistic raccoon enters the picture. RJ explains that suburbia is on the other side of the hedge where “humans live to eat, rather than eat to live” and throw away more food then they would ever need. RJ convinces the animal family to go over the hedge to gather food. Run time: 83 minutes
Film Trailer
Family Screening
In Over the Hedge, spring has arrived and a family of animals (tortoise, squirrel, porcupines, possums, and a skunk) awake from hibernation to find a tall hedge has cut their forest in half. Where are they going to get their food for next winter? Then RJ, an opportunistic raccoon enters the picture. RJ explains that suburbia is on the other side of the hedge where “humans live to eat, rather than eat to live” and throw away more food then they would ever need. RJ convinces the animal family to go over the hedge to gather food. Run time: 83 minutes
Film Trailer
April 28, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds. Featuring Vandana Shiva, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew Kimbrell, Winona Laduke, and Rai Patel. Run time: 94 minutes
Film Trailer
Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds. Featuring Vandana Shiva, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew Kimbrell, Winona Laduke, and Rai Patel. Run time: 94 minutes
Film Trailer
May 26, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education. The attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund. Run time: 87 minutes
He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education. The attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund. Run time: 87 minutes
Thank you for putting
People and the Planet First
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A major focus of Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s People and Planet First campaign is advocating for a law that compels Canadian companies to respect the human and environmental rights of local populations in their overseas operations. This fall, acting in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in the Global South, thousands of Canadians signed a petition asking the government to enact such a law.
On behalf of all those who struggle to preserve their land, lives, livelihoods and lifestyles, Development and Peace — Caritas Canada thanks you for your commitment and mobilization. Together, we act in solidarity with the protectors of the Earth. Together, we have the power to change lives. To continue supporting the petition and to keep up the campaign momentum, visit https://devp.org/en |