Free Film & Conversation Night!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Marda Loop Justice Film Festival presents justREEL Film Nights:
Saving Mes Aynak
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
River Park Church Auditorium - 3818 14A Street SW, Calgary, AB
Free Admission
Free Film & Conversation Night! Western Canadian Premiere!
justREEL is a bi-monthly feature length documentary series. Now in its tenth year, justREEL runs from September to May.
Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins.
2014 | 60min | English w/ subtitles | USA | Director: Brent E. Huffman | Producer: Xiaoli Zhou & Zak Piper
(CalgaryMovies.com Everyday Activist Review >)
Conversation Leaders:
Join the post-show conversation with local and international artists and experts.
NICHOLAS DAVID | ARCHAEOLOGIST
Nicholas David is an Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. He directed a major program of archaeological and ethnographic research in Central Africa from 1984 to 2008, and was involved in inscription of the Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) on the UNESCO World Heritage list. He is actively engaged in the work of the Boko Haram Victims Relief non-profit corporation.
CHRIS SHANK | BIOLOGIST
Chris Shank is a wildlife biologist living in Cochrane. He was the Provincial Biodiversity Specialist for Alberta Fish and Wildlife and, since the 1970s, has worked off and on with the United Nations and the Wildlife Conservation Society on nature conservation projects in Afghanistan. The latest projects have been creation of Afghanistan's first national park, developing management plans for Afghan wildlife reserves, and, closer to home, assessing risks of Alberta’s biodiversity to climate change.
About MLJFF
The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival uses the medium of film to show recent high quality documentaries in order to draw attention to serious local & global issues. We hope audiences watch a film, stay for the discussion, and visit with local non-government groups and fair trade vendors that will be onsite.
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