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DESCRIPTION:Maria Luisa Mendonça is co-director of the Social Network for Justice and 
 Human Rights (Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos) in Brazil and 
 edits its annual report on human rights.  She was one of the founders of 
 the World Social Forum and is currently a member of its Organizing 
 Committee.  Mendonça also participates in the Land Research Action Network 
 and the Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform, and also works as a journalist 
 and filmmaker.  Mendonça will speak on the polemical context of ethanol 
 production in Brazil and show her latest film, Sugar Slaves, a 25-minute 
 documentary about the violations of basic rights of sugarcane workers and 
 the environmental impacts of extensive sugarcane monoculture. \n\n“A 
 powerful documentary film on the subject of manual sugarcane cutting in 
 Brazil...There is nobody more grateful than I for this testimony and for 
 María Luisa's presentation." – Fidel Castro, May 15, 2007\n\n$5-$10 
 donation at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds\n\nCo-sponsored 
 by Amazon Watch, Brazil Strategy Network, The Center for Political 
 Education, Food First, Friends of the MST, Global Exchange, International 
 Rivers Network, and Rainforest Action Network\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/13/18427204.php
SUMMARY:Sugar Slaves: An evening with Brazilian filmmaker Maria Luisa Mendonça
LOCATION:Global Exchange Conference Room (Wheelchair accessible)\n2017 Mission 
 Street, Second Floor\nSan Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/13/18427204.php
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