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DESCRIPTION:THE DAVID & GOLIATH OF OIL: ‘JUSTICIA NOW!’ TELLS THE STORY OF A 
 COURAGEOUS PEOPLE CALLED LOS AFECTADOS (THE AFFECTED ONES) WHO ARE TAKING 
 ON CHEVRONTEXACO IN THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN 
 HISTORY.\n\nFeaturing appearances by PABLO FAJARDO, DARYL HANNAH, STUART 
 TOWNSEND\n\nIN PERSON: FILMMAKERS & KEY FILM CHARACTERS.\n\n‘Justicia 
 Now!’ is a documentary about ChevronTexaco's toxic legacy in the Northern 
 Ecuadorian region of the Amazon rainforest - and a courageous group of 
 people called Los Afectados (The Affected Ones) who are seeking justice for 
 the ensuing cancer, sickness and death in the largest environmental class 
 action lawsuit in history.\n\n“I was there.  I witnessed the Big Oil 
 crimes these multinational oil companies are committing on human life and 
 the environment! Seeing is believing and in this day of media and 
 technology, it is our responsibility to shed light on these issues through 
 our work. ‘Justicia Now’ is doing just that!” said Q’Orianka 
 Kilcher, actress and Amazon Watch Youth Ambassador.\n\nFrom 1964 to 1992, 
 in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, ChevronTexaco has intentionally dumped 18 billion 
 gallons of toxic waste (over 3 times the amount of oil spilled in the Exxon 
 Valdez disaster) in an area the size of Rhode Island that was home to six 
 indigenous tribes, one of which is now extinct. For those who remain, water 
 supplies are completely contaminated and serious health issues such as 
 cancer, leukemia, birth defects and skin disease run rampant, affecting 
 every family. \n\n‘Justicia Now!’ takes the viewer to the heart of the 
 battle in Ecuador to meet the people waging this epic lawsuit - one of the 
 largest environmental lawsuits in history - brewing between Los Afectados 
 (The Affected Ones, a group of 30,000 settlers and indigenous people) and 
 ChevronTexaco's army of international lawyers whose attitude towards this 
 has been a combination of strong-armed intimidation and complete denial. 
 ‘Justicia Now!’ follows Pablo Fajardo (2008 CNN Hero Award Winner), a 
 humble unassuming man born the same year Texaco came to Ecuador, who put 
 himself through law school and now leads his community to hold 
 ChevronTexaco accountable despite facing death threats, his brother being 
 murdered (mistaken for Pablo) and his office containing over 80,000 court 
 documents being burglarized.  Is this big business or organized crime? It's 
 time for action, it's time for Justicia Now!\n\nMofilms is an Bay Area 
 independent media organization dedicated to making solution oriented 
 documentaries about social and environmental issues. We make current, hard 
 hitting, and informative films that are distributed immediately for FREE, 
 in order to inform the global public about topics largely ignored by 
 conventional mass media. We use cutting edge technology to make our films 
 available to be downloaded for free from the web so any of the 1 billion 
 and growing members of the global public who have internet access can view 
 our films.\n\nMofilms’ free flowing distribution method delivers the 
 content on demand, 24 hours a day 365 days a year, The result is rapid 
 global dissemination of high quality, conscious content, giving people the 
 opportunity to act on a current situation and not view it later from a 
 historical perspective when it is too late to act. \n\nTo date our 
 distribution successes include having over 100,000 individual downloads of 
 our films from over 130 countries. More info at www.JusticiaNow.org  or 
 www.mofilms.org \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/02/18490180.php
SUMMARY:San Francisco Premiere of "Justice Now!"
LOCATION:The Roxie Theater,\n3117 16th St.,\nSan Francisco.\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/02/18490180.php
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