Wednesday 2nd October
6:15pm: Global Justice Sheffield AGM, all welcome.
6:45pm: Refreshments
7:00pm: Film screening, La Buena Vida (The Good Life), with time for questions and discussion up to 9:15 pm.
La Buena Vida: Jairo Fuentes is the young leader of the community of Tamaquito, a village in the forests of northern Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need to survive. For centuries, they’ve hunted in the mountains, foraged for fruit and reared hens, sheep and cattle. But the Wayúu community’s way of life is being destroyed by the El Cerrejón coal mine.
The companies such as Glencore, Anglo American and BHP Billiton, promise the villagers the blessings of progress, but the Wayúu place no value on modern, electrified houses – on the so-called “better life”. Instead, they embark on a fight to save their life in the forest, which soon becomes a fight to survive. La Buena Vida is the story of the Colombian village of Tamaquito, told against a global backdrop of rising energy consumption being driven by the pursuit of growth and affluence.
To be sure of a place for the film screening, email globaljusticesheffield@gmail.com to book.
Venue: Central United Reformed Church, 60 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB
