Tales from Planet Earth

Standing Rock. Idle No More. The Landless Worker's Movement. Across the globe, new alliances and collective actions are rising up in the struggle for the rights and sovereignty of local peoples to determine their own futures. Our 2017 festival showcases stories that inform, challenge, and inspire us to rethink relationships to land in an era when greed, corruption, and resource demands are threatening the livelihoods, sovereignty, and self-determination of communities throughout the world. The festival features 16 films and visits by activists and filmmakers working to protect indigenous rights around the world.

FULL LINEUP: Films at UW Union South-Marquee unless noted

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

7:00PM - Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival: Land is Life : A Conversation. Join internationally renowned activist Winona LaDuke for a keynote talk followed by a roundtable discussion with Native American leaders from Wisconsin working to protect indigenous land and resource rights.

8:30PM - Crossing the Line (2016)

8:35PM - Gathering the Pieces (2017)

8:41PM - Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock (2017): Standing Rock. For more than a year, this effort to protect water sources from the Keystone Access Pipeline has become an international flashpoint for indigenous rights groups everywhere. Experience this empowering movement through first-person eyewitness footage from the front lines.  

11:00PM - Tales After Dark: District 9 (2009) 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4

7:00PM - When Two Worlds Collide (2015)

7 pm: Arc of Justice/Dark Exodus (2016/1985) dir. Mark Lipman, Helen S. Cohen; dir. Iverson White (50 min. and Q+A): African American farmers have long faced violence both real and systemic in their quest to hold onto their land. Activist Savi Horne and filmmaker Iverson White will discuss the history of this struggle following the screening of these landmark short films.  (Cinematheque)

9:00PM - Water Warriors (2017)

9 pm - Tribe (work in progress) 60 min., color, Digital File, U.S., Portuguese with English subtitles. Director: Sabrina McCormick. Filmmaker scheduled to be in attendance with Q+A. (Cinematheque)

9:27PM - 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice (2016)

11:00PM - Tales After Dark: Starship Troopers (1997)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5

1:00PM - Lifting Nets (2017)

1 pm - Land of Shade (2015). (Cinematheque)

1:05PM - A Good Day to Die (2010)

3:00PM - Mele Murals (2016)

3 pm: Charlie's Country (2013) 108 min., color, DCP, Australia, English and Aboriginal with English Subtitles (Cinematheque)

5:00PM - The Land Beneath Our Feet (2016)

7:00PM - The Opposition (2016)