We are nearing the end of the semester, and our big project for the year is coming along great. In one month we'll be hosting a human rights film festival downtown at Cine. Over the next month we will be providing a set of actions, available each week, that directly correspond with the movies. We will also be going into high gear for the festival itself, so come join us to take part in this exciting event.
Our current roster of movies are all relatively new releases, some are very new. Almost all have won major awards at festivals like Tribeca, Sundance, and Cannes:
Trouble the Water - Powerful documentary about Katrina survivors from New Orleans...very well done, and not to be missed! Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell - Multiple award-wining documentary about a peaceful women's protest movement in Liberia. Winner of Best Documentary 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
Letter to Anna - Very moving documentary about the prominent Russian human rights journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the recipient the Amnesty International's 2001 Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Politkovskaya, who was often at the forefront of recording human rights abuses by the Russian military in Chechnya, was assassinated in 2006 in the elevator of her apartment building; her murder(s) remain at large.
Were the World Mine - Musical comedy take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream that is funny, but also touches on many of the issues facing the LGBT community today. Another multiple award winner. [waiting on confirmation]
Favela Rising - Winner of 36 international awards, including Best Documentary at the Sydney, Leeds, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, and Sao Paolo International Film Festivals. FR follows the story of Anderson Sá, a former drug gang member, who turned to music to turn his community around. [waiting on confirmation]
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More announcements:
- Thursday March 24th the Roosevelt Institution is hosting an exceptional event. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch, a former Guantanamo Bay military prosecutor, will be in Athens to describe his experience at the military base in Cuba. This is a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about a topic that Amnesty has worked hard on for years. 7pm in Journalism 106.
- The Indian Student Association is hosting a week of events. The list is in the picture below:
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