HAGÅTÑA (PLSR) — Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian, in collaboration with the University of Guam Communication Society, presents the Fanohge Film Series, a series of free screenings to encourage community dialogue, learning, and reflection around several important issues. The series is hosted on campus at the University of Guam and all screenings are free and open to the public. The series covers topics such as environmental justice, racism, colonialism, human rights, and other social issues through the power of visual storytelling including documentaries, dramatic films, animation, news stories, and more.
The third and fourth second events in the series focus of different themes including the experiences of children from Palestine and PFAS contamination and Environmental Justice. The events are hosted at the UOG College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Lecture Hall.
Topic: Palestine’s Children
Saturday, Feb. 17, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., UOG CLASS Lecture Hall
Featuring three documentaries and one short film:
Born in Gaza, Hernan Zin, 2014
Gaza’s war through a child’s eyes, AJ Witness Documentaries, 2023
Flying Paper, Flying Paper Productions, 2014
The Present, Farah Nabulsi, 2020
Topic: PFAS and Environmental Justice
Thursday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m. UOG CLASS Lecture Hall
Featuring the film, Dark Waters, Participant Films, 2019
“We are excited to present films and media that our community might not have access to. We want to encourage people to think and talk about these issues both on campus and in our community,” said Kyra Perez, student and president of UOG Comm Society.
PLSR and UOG Comm Society are collaborating to present Part II of the series to take place in March. For more information, email [email protected]/.
About PLSR
Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian is a direct-action group dedicated to the protection of natural and cultural resources in the areas identified for Department of Defense live-fire training in Guam. For more information, email [email protected]/.
