SF Social & Economic Justice Film Festival: Screening 4

The Mission of the San Francisco Social and Economic Justice Film Festival is to provide a platform for films made by independent filmmakers who are exploring and advocating for social and economic justice. The SEJ film festival will highlight films and videos to encourage change around the world and to promote a global culture of equality.

Screening 4 includes Winds of Change, American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System, Gatekeeping the Bills, and the closing remarks and awards presentation.

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Winds of Change (15 min): The offshore wind industry is expected to grow in coming years, sourcing a global market for renewable energy. The waters off Morro Bay have been sanctioned by The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) as a viable site for offshore wind development, considering the town’s existing electrical transmission capabilities. The introduction of an offshore wind farm would have devastating effects on Morro Bay due to the town’s historic reliance on the fishing industry. This project has the potential to displace fishermen and cause widespread economic harm to the community. Winds of
Change explores the complexities of this case, while giving underrepresented fishermen a voice in the
matter.

American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System (59 min): Today hospital care is too often about money and power than serving the health needs of patients and the community. American Hospitals examines the pernicious incentives driving health care’s astronomical pricing, its monopolistic practices and the pervasive inequities in access and treatment. The film identifies innovative solutions that deserve national attention to restore hospitals to their historic focus on community health at affordable cost.

Gatekeeping the Bills (22 min): This youth-produced film explores how income inequality and the wealth gap affects the quality of living for people of color in New York City.