Film - Keep Believing, with No Reservations and Peacekeeper

N.Y. PREMIERE

Keep Believing
Wouter de Kuijper
The Netherlands, India | 2017 | 52 min

In the presence of filmmaker Wouter de Kuijper

Frans Baartmans left his home in The Netherlands in 1979 to live in India amongst the Dalits in the slums of Nagwa, Varanasi. The Dalits belong to most discriminated group of people in the world and are also known as “untouchables”. Being born a Dalit means you are born without a voice and excluded from society and all basic human rights. Together with this community, Frans is fighting the powers that be on a daily basis, aiming for equality, acknowledgement and dignity. The right to exist.

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Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eaf9d

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N.Y. PREMIERE

No Reservations
Trevor Carroll
Canada | 2017 | 11 min 4 s

French with English subtitles

Written and directed by Trevor Carroll, NO RESERVATIONS is political satire inspired by true-life events, giving a hypothetical look at what life would be like if the roles in Standing Rock were reversed. Protests erupt as an upper-middle class Caucasian neighborhood attempts to thwart the construction of a pipeline from an Indigenous Corporation.

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Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eacwa

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Peacekeeper

Nicholas Markart & Tyler Knutt
USA | 2017 | 13 min

Native Americans from Standing Rock speak out on the pipeline, the repetition of history, and their roles as water-protectors in a struggle for modern sovereignty.

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Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x671cf8

Check out the Festival Trailer here.