AnnualOakland International Film Festival

Join us for the The 22nd Oakland International Film Festival.

Schedule of Events:

6:00pm: 1001 Cuts

1001cuts Explores The Careers Of The Daughters Of Title Ix Through The Experiences Of Surgeons. Social And Cultural Change In The 1970's Allowed For The Opportunity To Train And Be Included Into This High Stakes Professional Environment. This Film Documents The Pervasive Stereotypes And Gender-Based Discrimination That Persist Within Workplaces Designed For, And Still Controlled By Men.

Water For Life

Water For Life explores the collision of water rights, Indigenous beliefs, and resource extraction through the lives of three community leaders in Central and South America. Our protagonists face harassment and death threats as they fight the powerful forces that threaten the environmental, cultural and economic survival of their communities.

8:45pm: Above The Roots - A Documentary Short About A Young Arborist In Oakland California

Collateral

Army veteran Adrián is suffering from PTSD after a decade in the military. An invitation by a journalist friend to share his story leads him to meet Nayeli, a mother searching for her disappeared son. Can two seemingly opposing people find a way to reconsider established ideas of victimization, peace, and justice

Stampila

A middle-aged woman decides to overthrow the powerful oligarch who controls her country. Armed with only her wit and a stolen government stamp, she must outsmart the oligarch's henchmen, evade the secret police, and trick her countrymen into sparking a revolution. Facing off against armed riot police, water cannons, and deep fakes, she must stop the oligarch from stealing the people's money and making her country the poorest in Europe.

Location: Mills College at Northeastern University