ArgusFest Short Films
Thursday, January 29
7:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver

ArgusFest typically screens feature length films but over the years I’ve collected some really incredible short films. Tonight is dedicated to sharing those films. Most are documentary but there are a few fiction included as well.

FILMS:

American Outrage
Two grandmothers, Carrie Dann and Mary Dann, have been at the forefront of the Western Shoshone Nation’s struggle for land rights and sovereignty for nearly forty years. American Outrage documents their fight against the U.S. government’s unlawful attempts to take over traditional Shoshone land in Nevada, part of 60 millions acres guaranteed to them in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. Over the years the Dann sisters have endured steady harassment from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and they have squared off against international gold mining corporations and the nuclear industry.

Speak Truth to Power
Speak Truth To Power seeks to promote a more just and peaceful world by galvanizing public support for international human rights through cultural, educational, and web-based programs.

Popaganda
A film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English.

The Chinese Wall
A short film about perception and judgement.

A Conversation with Harris
Animated short about a young boy immigrating to America from war-torn Bosnia

Ravens
A father who’s son was killed in war returns the medal awarded to his son.

Voice of a Prophet
An interview with Rick Rescorla, head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, filmed in his office on the 44th floor of the World Trade Center in 1998. A retired Army colonel and veteran of three wars, Rescorla was killed in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, during which he saved the lives of thousands of WTC employees at the cost of his own life.

A Girl Like Me
Interviews with a variety of black girls in high school concerning the standards of beauty imposed on today’s black girls and how this affects their self-image.

Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
A film about women’s right to choice.

Copwatch
Activists take to the streets with video cameras to monitor the Police.

The War of 33: Letters from Beirut
An intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the 2006 war in Lebanon.

Fridays at the Farm
Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decide to join a community supported organic farm.