In advance of June 26, a global day of solidarity with people affected by drug policies, please join the Open Society Foundations and PBS POV for a reception and dialogue with filmmakers whose movies provide an inside look at a diversity of harmful effects on individuals and communities across the globe under the current drug control regime.
The showcase will include 10-minute clips of each film, which feature a range of perspectives and issues including prison overcrowding, the criminalization of sacred indigenous plants, and violence and poverty in marginalized communities.
Learn more about the June 26 global day of action to promote drug policy reform by visiting supportdontpunish.org.
Speakers
-
-
-
Litay Ortega
Speaker
Litay Ortega is a director and producer of New Perspectives on Salvia Divinorum.
-
Nicholas Spiers
Speaker
Nicholas Spiers is a director and producer of New Perspectives on Salvia Divinorum.
-
István Gábor Takács
Speaker
István Gábor Takács is the director of A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs.
-
German Ramirez
Speaker
German Ramirez is the director of Hayuguas.
-
Justine Nagan
Moderator
Justine Nagan is executive director of American Documentary, Inc. and POV.
Read more
Voices
Sri Lanka Should Think Twice Before Copying Duterte’s Vicious Drug War
While the world moves on, Sri Lanka continues to drift toward the brutal and criminal “war on drugs” policies championed by the Philippines’ strongman. These heinous policies must be abandoned—before it’s too late.
Voices
The Future of Coca Industrialization in Colombia
A new report looks at the coca leaf as a legal agricultural product and presents challenges, opportunities, and parameters for a legal system to expand coca industrialization.
Voices
Q&A: Lawyers on the Margins Find Creative Ways to Help Their Clients—and Each Other
Given worrying recent trends, the need for specialized legal assistance to vulnerable groups continues to grow. But this collaborative network of peers is rising to the challenge.