Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network http://www.hazelfilm.org A non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality and effective use of environmental media Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Sweet Crude Film Crew Detention in Nigeria — Forum at Kane Hall on May 19 http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=50 http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=50#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 16:04:46 +0000 admin http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=50  

Lives and Truth at Stake in the Niger Delta:
A Sweet Crude Forum

The deeper story and larger issues behind the Sweet Crude film crew detention in Nigeria.
 
Monday, May 19th, 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 130, University of Washington
 
In 2007 worldwide: 86 journalists were killed, 887 arrested, 1511 attacked or threatened.
 
If cameras are seized, if journalists are silenced, who will tell the truth about the critical stories of our time? Face down this question and others with the Sweet Crude crew and a panel of international journalists, activists and human rights experts.
 
Tickets $10 / $5 students at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/35133 or at the door.
Doors open 6:30 pm.
 
This event is supported by Amnesty International Puget Sound; Committee to Protect Journalists; Seattle Arts & Lectures; Silverstein Thomas Rice and Associates; UW Center for Global Studies; UW Law, Societies and Justice Program; UW Program on the Environment; UW School of Law; UW Simpson Center for the Humanities.
]]> http://www.hazelfilm.org/?feed=rss2&p=50 2008 “Best of Fest” Announced! http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=49 http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=49#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 05:53:07 +0000 admin http://www.hazelfilm.org/?p=49 The Best of Fest for the 10th annual Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival, held May 1-4 on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, have been announced. Of the 60+ films and shorts screened at the festival, 10 features, three shorts, and two films for a young audience have received "Best of Fest" recognition. The selections are posted on the festival home page.

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