“Don’t watch the film and consume their pain. Don’t let it stop there. How dare we ask them to carry this burden … We have to stand up. None of this ‘I saw the movie. It was wonderful.’ … What...
Read More
Uncategorized Archives - Come Hell or High Water
Working Films is coordinating an Environmental Justice Film Tour (February 10–12) that features screenings and discussions of Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek at North Carolina colleges and universities. The events will connect faculty, students and…
Reilly Morse joined Rose Johnson, Derrick Evans and Leslie Fields at the Nov. 22 screening and discussion of Come Hell or High Water at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. "In this particular situation the community organizing efforts and the legal...
Read More
“For me, the fight for environmental justice is personal. Everyone, regardless of your race, color, income or where you live, work, play, or pray, deserves to breathe clean air and work in a healthy environment free from environmental hazards.” —…
I posted this 2005 email on my Facebook page today and then thought I would share it here. The documentary that took me another eight years to make is airing again tomorrow night on WORLD Channel stations. And until Sept. 24 you can find...
Read More
From the Come Hell or High Water newsletter – please read & subscribe. Dear friends, I’m delighted to tell you Rose Johnson has been named the first recipient of the Sierra Club’s Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award. Rose is an important voice in Come Hell…
In late June, civil rights movement veterans, scholars and young activists will gather in Jackson to continue the legacy of Mississippi's historic 1964 "Freedom Summer" – when young people from across the nation joined civil rights workers in Mississippi to...
Read More
At last! Come Hell or High Water will air tonight on WORLD Channel’s series America Reframed (8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT). The broadcast will be followed by a half-hour discussion between series host Natasha Del Toro,…
