MOSSVILLE: WHEN GREAT TREES FALLThe short film MATAGI MĀLOHI : STRONG WINDS plays before the feature. <h1><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/8922918c825608bb5f8b3187bf12cf7f.png" width="253" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Watch a film. Get inspired. Make a difference.</h1>Film changes lives. ACTNow inspires film-goers to become educated and respond immediately to certain films and social issues in a positive and proactive way, inviting social and environmental change. Post-film, when you're feeling inspired, participate in hands-on opportunities to become more educated and be a vehicle of change—sign petitions, volunteer, make a donation, and find out ways that YOU can make a difference.

Ain’t no stoppin’ the cancer of big business in this David and Goliath tale. Mossville, Louisiana was once a thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today, it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes. Those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid all this stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land. This film has been generously sponsored by the Haddaway Family Free Live Panel DiscussionJoin us for a free and live panel discussion on Wednesday, September 30th at 7 pm MST. AN UNUSUAL ROUTE: DIALOGUES AROUND SYSTEMIC REPRESENTATIONS Join us for a thoughtful conversation about diversity, inclusion, and equity in America. Are you ready to discuss what equity could look like in America? We invite you to bring your questions for the Q&amp;A and your vulnerability in this discussion.&nbsp; <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/cbff2020/play/5f57e0df26d5960036ecf7a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the Live Panel Discussion and Audience Q&amp;A Here</a> At Crested Butte Film Festival we believe that film can change lives. Every year we strive to create opportunities for participants to learn and have the opportunity to act during the festival. To accompany our panel “An Unusual Route: Dialogues Around Systemic Representations” and the films exploring race in America,&nbsp;<a href="http://cbfilmfest.org/s/Advocacy-List-for-An-Unusual-Route-Panel-copy.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">we’ve developed a list of resources to support your journey toward anti-racism.</a>&nbsp;This is not comprehensive by any means, but we hope this helps. Director BioAlexander Glustrom is an award winning documentary filmmaker who has directed, shot, produced, and edited a wide variety of film projects. His work has ranged from commercial, music, and art videos that have reached hundreds of thousands online, to documentaries that have been featured in film festivals internationally and won more than a dozen awards. He has shot footage that has aired on HBO, CNN, Fusion, NYtimes.com, Great Big Story and Democracy Now. He has also created a number of fundraising videos that have raised tens of thousands of dollars for New Orleans youth programs. Alex was awarded "Filmmaker of the Year" at the 2015 New Orleans Millennial Awards and named as one of New Orleans' "40 under 40 brightest and most innovative young people" by Gambit Magazine.

CBFF presents MOSSVILLE: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL

The short film MATAGI MĀLOHI : STRONG WINDS plays before the feature

Festival Director Jennifer Sfalcin welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival

CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL WELCOME WITH JENNIFER SFALCIN

Festival Director Jennifer Sfalcin welcomes you to the 2020 Crested Butte Film Festival!

MATAGI MĀLOHI : STRONG WINDS ﻿The Pacific Climate Warriors, born out of the low-lying Pacific Islands, are an indigenous and youth-led movement that have been on the front lines of climate change for decades—their rally cry is “we are not drowning, we are fighting.” In their own words "Matagi Mālohi tells the story of our journey to uplift our people and shape a narrative that paints us not as victims of the climate crisis but as the leaders, the healers, the nurturers, the artists, the gardeners, the growers, the seafarers and the navigators we are."

MATAGI MĀLOHI : STRONG WINDS

“We are not drowning, we are fighting,” is the rally cry of The Pacific Climate Warriors, an indigenous and youth-led movement that have been fighting climate change for decades.

<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/b141017eb07611078c18dc1054bcf7c5.png" width="251" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Ain’t no stoppin’ the cancer of big business in this David and Goliath tale. Mossville, Louisiana was once a thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today, it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes. Those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid all this stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land. This film has been generously sponsored by the Haddaway Family Free Live Panel DiscussionJoin us for a free and live panel discussion on Wednesday, September 30th at 7 pm MST. AN UNUSUAL ROUTE: DIALOGUES AROUND SYSTEMIC REPRESENTATIONS Join us for a thoughtful conversation about diversity, inclusion, and equity in America. Are you ready to discuss what equity could look like in America? We invite you to bring your questions for the Q&amp;A and your vulnerability in this discussion.&nbsp; <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/cbff2020/play/5f57e0df26d5960036ecf7a8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the Live Panel Discussion and Audience Q&amp;A Here</a> At Crested Butte Film Festival we believe that film can change lives. Every year we strive to create opportunities for participants to learn and have the opportunity to act during the festival. To accompany our panel “An Unusual Route: Dialogues Around Systemic Representations” and the films exploring race in America, <a href="http://cbfilmfest.org/s/Advocacy-List-for-An-Unusual-Route-Panel-copy.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">we’ve developed a list of resources to support your journey toward anti-racism.</a> This is not comprehensive by any means, but we hope this helps. Director BioAlexander Glustrom is an award winning documentary filmmaker who has directed, shot, produced, and edited a wide variety of film projects. His work has ranged from commercial, music, and art videos that have reached hundreds of thousands online, to documentaries that have been featured in film festivals internationally and won more than a dozen awards. He has shot footage that has aired on HBO, CNN, Fusion, NYtimes.com, Great Big Story and Democracy Now. He has also created a number of fundraising videos that have raised tens of thousands of dollars for New Orleans youth programs. Alex was awarded "Filmmaker of the Year" at the 2015 New Orleans Millennial Awards and named as one of New Orleans' "40 under 40 brightest and most innovative young people" by Gambit Magazine.

MOSSVILLE: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL

Mossville, Louisiana was once a thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today, it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes. Those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid all this stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land.

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It’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone for joining the 10th Annual Crested Butte Film Festival. We loved seeing your photos, hearing which films impacted you, and sharing important conversations together.  Your voice, your presence, your energy, and your festival stories made this year’s event so special. Make sure to follow the Crested Butte Film Festival on Facebook to find out who won this year's Audience Choice Award and visit cbfilmfest.org for more info. Thank you and see you at the 11th Annual fest next year and throughout the year at film events!

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