Thursday, September 18 - 19, 23 - 25
at the Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
For the first time in its 21 year history, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is coming to San Diego. The 2010 Human Rights Watch Film Festival is the world’s foremost showcase for films with a distinctive human rights theme and creates a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference.
Please see Museum of Photographic Arts website for additional information: www.mopa.org
Photo: Rose Mapendo and her daughter Nangabire reunited.
From Pushing the Elephant. Courtesy of Arts Engine.
Films to be Screened at the Festival:
YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE
Saturday, September 18, 2010 / 11 am
Followed by Q&A with Two of the Young Filmmakers
Youth Producing Change presents stories from teen filmmakers across the globe as they turn the camera on their own lives and invite audiences to experience the world as they do every day.
MOUNTAINS AND CLOUDS
Saturday, September 18, 2010 / 1 pm
Followed by Q&A with the Filmmakers
With unprecedented access to some of the most powerful members of the US Congress, Mountains and Clouds revisits a seminal moment in the push for immigration reform, with implications for the immigration battle currently brewing for the Obama administration and Congress.
PUSHING THE ELEPHANT
Sunday, September 19, 2010 / 6 pm
The story of Rose Mapendo, who was separated during the conflict from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Through the story of their reunion, we come to understand the excruciating decisions Rose made in order to survive and the complex difficulties Nangabire faces as a refugee in the US.
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
Thursday, September 23, 2010 / 6 pm
Follow filmmaker Thet Sambath as he uncovers terrifying personal explanations for the Cambodian genocide by allowing the perpetrators to speak for themselves.
CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN
Friday, September 24, 2010 / 6 pm
Drawing from nearly 300 hours of vérité footage shot between 2005 and 2008, Camp Victory, Afghanistan skillfully explores the reality of building a functioning Afghan military.
IRAN: VOICES OF THE UNHEARD
Saturday, September 25, 2010 / 1 pm
The untold story of Iranian secularists through three fascinating characters-each from a distinct social, economic and educational background but all sharing a love for their motherland and a need for a country free from political repression and theocracy.
Ticket Information: Single screening tickets for the 2010 Human Rights Watch Film Festival are $5 for MoPA Members, $8 for students and $10 for the general public. Single screening tickets may be bought at the door the night of the event. Festival passes are available for purchase and cover admission to all six festival films. Festival passes are $20 for MoPA Members and $55 for the general public. Festival passes may be purchased online at www.mopa.org.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is made possible by a gift from an anonymous donor. For more information on donating or sponsoring the Human Rights Watch Film Festival at MoPA, please contact Jana Holsenback.
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