Events

Event Description:

A statewide televised debate with Chris Bell, Kinky Friedman, Rick Perry, and Carole Strayhorn will happen on Friday, October 6. Details to come as they are available.  Following the debate watch party at the location below, local supporters of David Van Os for Attorney General will meet nearby to plan for David's Oct. 18 visit to Houston and other ways of helping him in our area.

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Event Description:

FILM EVENTS


Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present

Topical Films and Discussions

Free and Open to the Public

All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)

Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098

Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth

Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides

Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman

Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands

[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM


Consumerism and Sustainability

Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza

Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream

Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

[Film Descriptions]


Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico

Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit

Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico

[Film Descriptions]


Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM



Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced

-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site



FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture

Event Contact Name:
Mark Lacy

Event Phone Contact Information:
713.521.3686

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org/film

Event Fee:
Free!