Reflections on Smog Town
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I anticipate that most people watching Smog Town as part of Take One Action Film Festival will be non-Chinese viewers. As a Chinese national, I thought it would be useful to present my take on the film – and see how it may differ from yours.

Smog Town
Meng Han | 2019
China, South Korea, Netherlands | 88 min | 12+ years | Chinese (Mandarin) with English subtitles | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF20

In one of China’s most smog-ridden cities, the government’s “Blue Sky War” is in full swing. Though the problem is obvious, solutions are decidedly less so.

Coded Bias
Shalini Kantayya | 2020
United Kingdom, United States | 86 min | 12+ years | English, Chinese (Mandarin) with English subtitles | Closed CaptionsSubtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF20

An utterly compelling wake-up call and a call to action, Coded Bias unmasks Artificial Intelligence by laying bare the racial and gender biases that permeate its algorithms.

Soyalism
Friday 20 September 2019, 8:00pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh

Food production has increasingly become huge business for a handful of giant corporations. How do we re-prioritise workers’ rights, animal welfare and environmental sustainability?

Soyalism + Meal
Wednesday 25 September 2019, 6:00pm
Centre For Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow

Food production has increasingly become huge business for a handful of giant corporations. How do we re-prioritise workers’ rights, animal welfare and environmental sustainability?

Soyalism
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti | 2018
Italy | 65 min | 12+ years | English

Screened as part of TOAFF19

Food production has increasingly become huge business for a handful of giant corporations. How do we re-prioritise workers’ rights, animal welfare and environmental sustainability?