Women who have been subject to female circumcision voice varying points of view on the practice. This screening is a special fundraiser for Amnesty International. The filmmaker is scheduled to attend this screening.
Vukovar
Told from the perspective of 1995, this is the story of a young family and their friends in Serbia in the early 1990's. The filmmaker is scheduled to attend this screening.
The Concert (Zawrocony)
A Party worker joins the Church, leaving Communism behind and converting from one faith to another.
The Art of Remembrance
Beautiful documentary about the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal. The filmmaker is scheduled to attend this screening.
A Song for Tibet
This lively and touching film follows Tibetan refugees living in exile in Montreal and their struggle to liberate their homeland and preserve their culture.
Canary Season (Sezonat Na Karnarchetata)
Set in the 60's and 70's, a mother recounts her live to her son in order to help him understand why she has not been a good parent.
Timasoara
This film looks as if it were shot with an X-ray machine, a simile which is echoed in the grueling testimonies of people betrayed and exposed by the Bulgarian revolution of 1989.
Locked Up Time
One woman's story of imprisonment which succeeds in capturing the aftermath of East German communism.
In the Name of the Emperor
Lebanon: Bits and Pieces
The first film of this double feature combines graphic footage of the massacre at Nanjing with diaries and interviews from survivors and soldiers. The second uses women's voices to explore the myths and realities of present-day Lebanon. The filmmakers of "In the Name of the Emperor" are scheduled to attend this screening.
The Father, Son and Holy War
This film examines the key to the psychology of violence against "the other."
In a Time of Betrayal
No Nos Tientes
"In a Time of Betrayal" follows a Chilean revolutionary who is captured, turns informant, and joins the security police before switching sides again to testify against the dictatorship. "No Nos Tientes" is the story of the leaders of a student revolution in Guatemala in 1991 and 1992.
A Just War?
School of Assassins
"A Just War" reveals the misdirection by and propagandizing of the US media during the 1991 Gulf War. Reviewed in the las issue of The Washington Free Press, "School of Assassins" documents crimes committed by former students of the US Army's School of the Americas.
The Word "Universe"
Traveling back to West Africa in search of his best friend, the filmmaker discovers a country struggling for a right to live free from violence and war. The filmmaker is scheduled to attend this screening.
The Drilling Fields
The Right to be Nuba
The first film of this double feature is an ironic study of the changes in lifestyle and politics during the struggle over drilling rights between Shell Oil and Nigerian natives. The second looks at the Nuba people, trapped in the middle of Sudan's civil war.
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