Global Currents

Presented by Give Volunteers

BUY TICKETS

Friday, October 25, 2019
2:30 PM
SIFF Film Center
*This screening may not be suitable for all ages.

ADULT: $13 | YOUTH: $12 | GROUP: $11

Borders, billionaires, foreign-born babies, rehabilitation, and the right to bear arms. The rights we are given and responsibilities we face as global citizens are brought into focus by these 5 documentaries illuminating personal perspectives of those on the frontlines of progress. The events are current and the tides of change are rising. Lean in and join the conversation!

Featured

The Patriotic Millionaire

Jackson C Davis - 23
New York

Stephen Prince is a multi-millionaire who made his fortune as the CEO of National Business Products, a company that manufactures plastic gift cards. Unlike most millionaires, however, he is calling to reform the tax code and make the wealthy pay their fair share.

Global Currents

American National

Gabriel Knoos-Newton - 22, Jack Belisle - 21
California

A look at the effects of being unable to get US citizenship from the perspective of some key individuals in Salt Lake City's large American Samoan population.

Global Currents

Rainbow Mothers

Elle Luan - 24, Guoxiu Jiang - 24, John Baxter - 24
New York

A Chinese lesbian couple's fight to become wife and wife, mama and mommy in a country where both wishes are deemed illegal.

Global Currents

Parkland: Stories from the Survivors

Lucca Vieira - 16, Carolina Rapp - 18, Miguel Batista - 17
Florida

A year after the fatal shooting at their high school in Parkland, Florida, five Stoneman Douglas High School students share their experiences during that fateful day, and how it impacted their lives.

Global Currents

Unharnessed

Eveline Levin - 21
New York

Documenting the connection between human and horse, "Unharnessed" explores a unique rehabilitation program for youth who are survivors of or are at risk of sex trafficking.

Global Currents

BUY TICKETS