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<h1 class="entry-title">Global Extraction Film Festival</h1>
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datetime="2020-07-16T09:00:38-07:00">July 16, 2020</time></a></span>
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<p>Film festival website: <a
href="http://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">www.caribbeancreativ</a><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/">ity.nl</a></p>
<p>#FocusOnGlobalExtraction #GlobalExtractionAction</p>
<p>The <a
href="https://jamaicans.com/global-extraction-film-festival-2020-curated-by-jamaican-environmental-filmmaker-esther-figueroa/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">First Global
Extraction Film Festival</a>, streaming online from July
16-20, 2020, is FREE to the public worldwide.</p>
<p>Curated by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276697/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Esther Figueroa</a>,
environmental filmmaker based in Jamaica, in collaboration with
<a href="http://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Caribbean Creativity</a> based in
the Netherlands, GEFF 2020 is part of a movement to bring
attention to both long standing and newly evolving threats from
global extraction.</p>
<h2>Twenty Documentary Films (Program One)</h2>
<p><a
href="https://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/events/global-extraction-film-festival-1/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>FOCUS ON GLOBAL
EXTRACTION *</em> GEFF PROGRAM ONE </a>features a selection
of over 20 documentaries focused on all the regions of the
world, with a wide range of topics demonstrating the
all-encompassing and intersectional nature of global extraction
and exploitation. From the military industrial complex and
colonial occupation, to mining, tourism, industrial agriculture,
factory farms, climate crisis, plastics, waste, forests, soil,
forced labor, fossil fuels, smart-technology, and the rights of
nature.</p>
<p>GEFF PROGRAM ONE includes the world premiere of <a
href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/flymetothemoon"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Fly Me To The
Moon</em></a>, Esther Figueroa’s feature documentary about
modernity and the global aluminum industry, as well as many
award winning feature documentaries, such as <a
href="https://www.nuclearsavage.com/filmmaker" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Adam Horowitz</a>’s <a
href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nuclearsavage"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nuclear Savages</em></a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deia_Schlosberg"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deia Schlosberg</a>’s
<a
href="https://indee.tv/screener/view/elcgjUOeWmR9CADrMo5YJ1dOoomSQedh/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Story of
Plastic</em></a>, <a
href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3253001/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephanie Soechtig</a> & <a
href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2930090/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Lindsey</a>’s <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzntuXdE8dY&has_verified=1"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tapped</em></a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franny_Armstrong"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Franny Armstrong</a>’s
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICnSsK-ZHTg"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Drowned Out</em></a>,
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7885289/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Jordon Brown</a>’s <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5qJjNM2Kx0"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stare Into The
Lights My Pretties</em></a>, and <a
href="https://www.annekealakelly.com/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">Anne Keala Kelly</a>’s <a
href="https://vimeo.com/124882949" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Noho Hewa: The Wrongful
Occupation of Hawai’i</em></a>.</p>
<h2>Forty+ Short Films (Program Two)</h2>
<p><a
href="https://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/events/global-extraction-film-festival-2/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>URGENT SHORTS</em>
* GEFF PROGRAM TWO</a> presents an educational overview of why
we should #FocusOnGlobalExtraction and take
#GlobalExtractionAction. A text written by Esther Figueroa is
accompanied by links to almost 40 <em>Urgent Shorts</em>
including testimonials from people impacted by extraction and
exploitation, media produced by grass-roots and international
activist organizations, news outlets and short documentaries.</p>
<p>Accompanying the <em>Urgent Shorts</em> program is a bonus
list by topic of links to 70 extraction related documentaries,
testimonials, news programming and shorts, including extensive
links to media about environmental justice. All media featured
in the <em>URGENT SHORTS</em> * GEFF PROGRAM TWO are publicly
available online and can be accessed at anytime, not just during
GEFF 2020.</p>
<p>Film festival website: <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/">www.caribbeancreativ</a><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.caribbeancreativity.nl/">ity.nl</a></p>
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