Berkeley Film Showing on Salween Dams in Burma

International Rivers presents...
A film festival celebrating rivers and rights
(Includes a short video on the proposed Salween Dams in Burma)

On Friday March 13 - the eve of the International Day of Action for Rivers - join International Rivers at the Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley, California for a special screening of films that celebrate rivers and shine a spotlight on the global movement to protect them. http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/events

When: Friday March 13, 2009
Where: Gaia Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley
When: Doors open at 6pm; films start at 7pm

Tickets are only $10 at the door. Save $2 if you buy your tickets online!

All proceeds benefit International Rivers' work to protect rivers and human rights around the world. Please show your support.

Seating is limited; call 510 848 1155 ext. 301 for tickets.

Did we mention that your ticket includes beer, wine, soft drinks, and of course popcorn?

Short films will include:

A River's Last Breath (13:58) documents one of the last descents of the Great Bend of the Yangtze River.

Origins of Rivers: Omens of a Crisis (10:41) documents the effects of climate change on the glaciers of the Tibetan. The implications are far-reaching as those glaciers are the source of most of the major river systems in Asia.

Damning the Yin Ta Lai (13:00) offers a rare look at the people and environment that could be flooded by the Weigyi dam in Burma on the Salween River. The short video documents a people threatened with extinction by Salween dams. The video taken in the Salween River area depicts the unique cultural heritage of the Yin Ta Lai ethnic tribe, of whom only 1,000 remain and the biodiversity of pristine rainforests, which will be lost if the Salween dams are built in Burma.

There will be a special private screening of the new documentary, Hasankeyf Waiting Life for supporters of International Rivers.

Hasankeyf Waiting Life (54:00) tells the story of Hasankeyf an ancient village on the Tigris river of over 5,000 mostly Kurdish inhabitants. It is a community that lives under the threat of the building of the Ilisu Dam a dam that if completed would submerge the village under 30 meters of water.

www.hasankeyfwaitinglife.com

Co-sponsored by: Food and Water Watch, Global Exchange, Grey Water Alliance, and the Tuolumne River Trust

For more information about the Salween dam plans in Burma please visit www.salweenwatch.org and www.burmariversnetwork.org