Evento

Patois Film Festival Opening Night Film: HOT COFFEE

7pm Screening HOT COFFEE Q and A With Director SUSAN SALADOFF and discussion with MONIQUE HARDEN, Co-Director & Attorney, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights preceded by: FAULT LINES: "IN DEEP WATER: A WAY OF LIFE IN PERIL"

HOT COFFEE
Director: Susan Saladoff
Documentary Feature | USA | 88 MIN
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

Preceded by
FAULT LINES: iN DEEP WATER: A WAY OF LIFE IN PERIL"
Director: Mat Skene
Documentary Short | USA | 22 MIN
On the Gulf Coast, it has been widely accepted that the fishing and oil industries can co-exist. In the wake of the Deepwater disaster, the more destructive (and more lucrative) industry may be the last one standing.