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DESCRIPTION:1st Annual Downtown Davis Animal Rights Film Festival  FREE award-winning 
 documentaries   FREE vegan treats   FREE animal-rights speakers   Films 
 show at the Varsity Theatre (616 2nd Street) at 7:15pm  Wednesday, December 
 1:  TRIPLE FEATURE  When Pigs Cry  A Viva!USA investigation reveals 
 shocking facts about how most pigs are crammed in disease-ridden, indoor 
 units where they live in their own filth. A cocktail of drugs keeps them 
 alive and forces fast growth.  Viva!USA’s research and investigation of 
 pig farming revealed an industry that is responsible for the imprisonment 
 and death of millions of pigs. Gentle and intelligent animals are kept in 
 crates, during pregnancy and birth, so small that they cannot walk or turn 
 around. Those raised for meat live in filthy, crowded, and disease ridden 
 pens. Those who survive — and many don’t — are killed after 6 months. 
  In addition to this, pig farming is wrecking havoc on the environment via 
 waste lagoons and environmental spills.  "The unspeakable horrors hidden 
 behind the holiday ham are incompatible with the peaceful, life-affirming 
 spirit of the holiday season," said Lauren Ornelas, Director of Viva!USA. 
 "This year, more than ever, the wish for Peace on Earth holds great 
 meaning. The quest for non-violence begins on your plate."   The Witness  
 How does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood 
 become an impassioned animal activist? "The Witness is one man’s truth 
 that cries out for mass exposure... may be the most important and 
 persuasive film about animals ever made." — Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles 
 Times  In the award-winning documentary The Witness, Eddie Lama explains 
 how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a 
 kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals, become 
 a vegetarian, and ultimately, to bring his message of compassion to the 
 streets of New York.  24 film festivals and 9 awards including "1st Place 
 Advocacy/Public Policy" and "Best of Festival"  Montel Williams included a 
 chapter on Eddie Lama, the subject of The Witness, in his book A Dozen Ways 
 to Sunday: Stories of Hope and Courage.  Sponsored by: The Fund for Animals 
   Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping   Trapping is a relic from a 
 less enlightened time when fur was the height of fashion and the lone 
 trapper was an icon of the American West — but the reality is 
 indescribable and indiscriminate animal suffering. This film, by the Animal 
 Protection Institute, makes the case that trapping — whether for profit, 
 recreation, or wildlife management — is unjustified in the 21st century 
 and leaves the viewer with renewed hope that this barbaric practice can be 
 stopped through grassroots activism, increased public education, and 
 changes in public policy.  "CULL OF THE WILD: The Truth Behind Trapping 
 provides important thought and heart provoking information to a world that 
 must act now. Animals and the future are relying upon our passion, 
 compassion, and commitment to end this senseless, destructive history." — 
 Julia Butterfly Hill, Forest Activist  10 film festivals and 6 awards 
 including "Best of Festival/Documentary" and "Merit Award for Conservation 
 Advocacy"  Sponsored by: Animal Protection Institute      \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/29/53053.php
SUMMARY:Animal Rights Film Festival
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre  616 Second St.  Davis CA 95616
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/29/53053.php
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