The Teaneck International Film Festival has announced a partnership with the Puffin Foundation and PBS/Indie Lens for the presentation of three virtual films via Ovee. These films will be shown at 7:30pm on three Wednesdays: February 8 - Love in the Time of Fentanyl; March 15, Storming Caesars Palace; and April 19, Free Chol Soo Lee. The screenings are free, but advance registration is required.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with PBS/Indie Lens once again, to bring these thought-provoking documentaries to our audience," said TIFF Executive Director Jeremy Lentz. "These films, which will be followed by talkbacks on zoom, offer a unique perspective on important social and cultural issues, and we are grateful for the opportunity to share them with a larger-than-local community that will be able to engage in discussions that follow the screenings."
February 8 - Love in the Time of Fentanyl explores the devastating impact of the opioid crisis in Vancouver, Canada. As fentanyl overdose deaths reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors - a renegade safe injection site that employs current or former drug users. Its staff and volunteers save lives and give hope to a marginalized community, doing whatever it takes to remain open, in this intimate documentary that looks beyond the stigma of injection drug users.
March 15 - Storming Caesars Palace follows the story of Ruby Duncan, who, after losing her job as a hotel worker, co-founded a welfare rights group of ordinary mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for a universal basic income in 1969, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.
April 19 - Free Chol Soo Lee is about a young Korean immigrant who was sentenced to death for a lurid 1973 San Francisco murder, and finally set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction. After 10 years of fighting for his life inside San Quentin, Lee found himself in a new fight to rise to the expectations of the people who believed in him.
For information about the TIFF and to buy tickets for the films, go to: www.teaneckfilmfestival.org. Don't miss out on this opportunity to watch these important and poignant films from the comfort of your own home.
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