2020 New Orleans Film Festival

Documentary Shorts 1: Protest

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5 films in package
Standing Above the Clouds
Standing Above the Clouds follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists as they stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the world’s largest telescope.
Invasion: The Unist'ot'en's Fight for Sovereignty
Invasion is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet'suwet'en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people.
Do Not Split
The story of the Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protestors that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
The Day They Took My Father
The Day They Took My Father is the story of a high-school aged DACA recipient who rallies her community and stands up to ICE to free her father from an immigrant detention center.
QA: Shorts - "Protest"

Showing up, being heard, speaking truth to power. From fighting for the protection of indigenous lands and sacred spaces in the South Pacific and in Wet'suwet'en territory, to organized protests in the streets of Hong Kong, to standing up against ICE agents in Texas, the shorts in this block--including STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS, INVASION: THE UNIST’OT’EN’S FIGHT FOR SOVEREIGNTY, DO NOT SPLIT, and THE DAY THEY TOOK MY FATHER--collectively show us what resistance looks like.


Runtime: 69 minutes

Invasion is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet'suwet'en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    18 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Southern US
  • Director
    Michael Toledano, Sam Vinal
  • Producer
    Frank López
  • Cinematographer
    Michael Toledano
  • Editor
    Franklin López
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