Save Dates: Native Cali Film Fest & Free Concert DEC. 9/14

From:	SNAG MAGAZINE!
Date:	Nov 21, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject:	Save Dates: Native Cali Film Fest & Free Concert DEC. 9/14
Body:	PLEASE REPOST... SNAG Magazine presents...Native California Film Fest Sunday, Dec. 9 Matinee: 12-2 p.m. Roxie Cinema 3117 16th St., San Francisco $8 admission Directors and activists will be present to discuss films and issues afterwards. All funds raised will go to help SNAG Magazine publish its next issue: Women & Mother Earth. Gold Greed & Genocide / Documentary / 28 min. / Dir. Pratap Chatterjee Details the devastation to California tribes and the land. The Gold Rush of 1849 led to the termination of 119,000 Native Americans in California. The gold miners dug up 12 billion tons of earth and released 7,600 tons of mercury into local rivers and lakes. Ceremony Comes Home / Documentary / 22 min. / Dir. Will Boolittle The Winnemem Wintu Tribe is fighting the U.S. Forest Service for access to one of their sacred sites along the McCloud River, south of Mount Shasta. The film shows a ceremony along the river honoring “coming of age” for young women that sets the tribe’s foundation of existence. Shellmound / Documentary / 21 min. / Dir. Andres Cediel Today, Bay Street in Emeryville is a shopping bonanza. The Emeryville mall replaced a decrepit paint factory that had leaked toxic waste into the Bay. Before that, the site was home to the Muwekma Ohlone, whose ancestors remain buried beneath the mall, under a layer of concrete. With the Strength of Our Ancestors / Documentary / 44 min. / Dir: Kent Russell Shows the beliefs, customs, suffering and survival of three tribes of Northern California – the Wintu, Pit River, and Yana tribes – and their success through giving back to their land, people and the community at large through profits from their Win-River Casino. *** AND DON'T SLIP BAY AREA...