TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity will host its fifth annual virtual Food Justice Film Festival Oct. 24 to Oct. 27 featuring four award-winning films and interviews with filmmakers, organizers and activists. This year’s featured films are Dolores, The Smell of Money, Into the Weeds and Invisible Valley. The online festival is free and open to the public.

“The festival gives filmmakers, activists, organizers and food and farmworkers a platform to showcase the work they do every day to fight for food justice,” said Linda Rico, film festival organizer at the Center. “All of these films help audiences understand the connections between food, environmental, racial and social justice movements.”

What: Food Justice Film Festival

When: Oct. 24 to Oct. 27. Returning participants can register here. If you’re new to the festival, sign up here.

Where: FoodJusticeFilmFestival.com

Who: In addition to the films, the festival also features virtual interviews including legendary labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta and food justice advocate and farmer Karen Washington.

The prerecorded interviews are free to watch and available to the public during and after the festival.

Background

Food Justice Film Festival featured films:

Dolores — To celebrate our fifth year, we’re re-featuring the award-winning film Dolores. One of the most important activists in U.S. history, Dolores Huerta cofounded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and tirelessly led the fight for civil rights and labor justice alongside him. She became “one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century” and continues the fight to this day. Directed by Peter Bratt.

The Smell of Money — Showcases Elsie Herring and her rural North Carolina community teaming up to fight against generations of environmental, social and racial injustice at the hands of the world’s largest pork company. Directed by Shawn Bannon.

Into the Weeds — Follows groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrochemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer) after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal.

Invisible Valley — Highlights Coachella Valley’s disparity between undocumented farmworkers and wealthy snowbirds and the environmental and social crises that grow season after season. Directed by Aaron Maurer and Zach McMillan.

For more information, trailers and interviews, visit FoodJusticeFilmFestival.com.