Ashfield's 11th FilmFest

Friday-Saturday, September 15-16, 7pm
Ashfield Town Hall, 412 Main Street, Ashfield, MA

For Ashfield's 11th FilmFest, we are presenting two films.

Friday night, September 15th, we're screening Complicit.

7pm – Ashfield Town Hall.

Shot vérité style in China, Complicit takes the viewer on an intimate journey as we follow teenagers from remote villages, unchanged by time, to the factory floors where our electronics are manufactured. Witness Yi Yeting, a former worker with occupational leukemia, fight for his life and the lives of others as he takes on the world's largest electronics manufacturer, Foxconn, and the world's most profitable company, Apple. With incredible access and undercover footage, Complicit shows the human cost to our wired lives.

“Complicit is a shattering comment on inequality and the forces that work to maintain the unjust status quo." -FilmDoo

Official Selection for the Human Rights Watch Film Festivals in New York, London, Melbourne and Toronto

There will be a panel discussion following the film, moderated by human rights attorney and long time Ashfield Town Moderator Buz Eisenberg. The panel will include the co-director and producer, Heather White, and screenwriter and film editor Christopher Seward.

Filmmaker Heather White is a first-time documentary director. From 2011-2014, she was a Network Fellow at Harvard Universityʼs Edmond Safra Center for Ethics. She is the founder and former Executive Director (1995-2005) of www.verite.org, an award-winning non-profit organization recognized for its groundbreaking leadership in the areas of global supply chain monitoring and factory social audits.

Screenwriter and Film Editor Christopher Seward is an award winning writer, editor and producer with over 20 years of experience. He is best known for his work on the Palme D'or-winning Fahrenheit 9/11, Academy Award-nominated Sicko, Fire in the Blood, and Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. He has worked or consulted on over 30 films and creatively consults for numerous organizations and businesses.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights Attorney Buz Eisenberg has been a trial lawyer since 1980, a professor at Greenfield Community College for the past 20 years, and has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay since 2004. Among the many not-for-profit boards on which he has served, Buz remains President of the International Justice Network; was Director of the Franklin County Bar Advocates, Inc. for 22 years; and continues to serve as the elected Town Moderator of Ashfield, Massachusetts.

Complicit is in English and Mandarin with subtitles.

Saturday night, September 16th, we're showing the traditional Ashfield short films in celebration of our town and community.

The Ashfield Town Band will be playing outside the town hall starting at 6pm. Films will begin at 7 PM at the Ashfield Town Hall.

Tickets

Tickets for both nights can be purchased online for $6.00 (plus a service charge) with a credit card at AshfieldFilmFest.org. A limited number of tickets will also be available for purchase, in person ($6.00 cash or check) at Elmer's, Ashfield Hardware, or Ashfield Nolan's Neighbors store. Tickets will also be sold at the door for each film, depending upon availability. Check the website before you show up to see if a film is sold out. All films will be shown at the Ashfield Town Hall. Seating is general admission.

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