film festivals
5TH Annual Human Rights Film Festival
October 4 – 6
All films shown in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building
THEME: QUEERING THE FRAME
Thursday, October 4, 7 p.m.
Say Amen! Tagid Amen!
Director: David Deri (65 minutes, 2005, Israel)
Between the Lines — India’s Third Gender
Director: Thomas Wartmann (94 minutes, 2005, Germany)
THEME: INHERITANCE OF OUR PASTS
Friday, October 5, 6 p.m.
Leila Khaled Hijacker
Director: Lina Makboul (58 minutes, 2005, Sweden)
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Director: Peter Raymont (90 minutes, 2004, Canada)
THEME: SUBALTERN STORIES
Saturday, October 6, noon
Inclusion: Makes Everyone Happy
Director: Sahlil Chaturvedi (1 minute, 2005, India)
Mitumba — The Second Hand Road
Director: Rafaelle Brunetti (53 minutes, 2005, Italy)
Bushman’s Secret
Director: Rehad Desai (64 minutes, 2006, South Africa)
THEME: IDEOLOGIES OF THE CITY
Saturday, October 6, 3 p.m.
Froth
Director: Ravinder S. Randhawa (10 minutes, 2006, India)
Q2P
Director: Paromita Vohra (54 minutes, 2006, India)
John and Jane
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia (83 minutes, 2005, India)
THEME: CHILDREN AND INHERITANCE OF OUR PASTS
Saturday, October 6, 6 p.m.
First Lesson in Peace
Director: Yoram Honig (56 minutes, 2005, Israel)
Our America
Director: Kristina Konrad (84 minutes, 2005, Switzerland and Nicaragua)
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Films presented in cooperation with Breatktrough
Judgment at Nuremberg
film screening associated with Dr. King’s lecture on October 11
Monday, October 8
7 p.m., Watson Auditorium
Judgment at Nuremberg, an Academy award-winning film for best picture and selected by The New York Times as one of the 1,000 best pictures of all time, includes performances by Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift and William Shatner, among others. New York Times Film Review
Screening Free Speech Film Festival
October 19 -- 21
All films shown in Newhouse III
Keynote Address: David Rubin
Friday, October 19
6:30 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
The First Amendment Project
A trio of three short films that are thematically connected as examples of free speech challenged by authority.
Friday, October 19
7 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
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Some Assembly Required
Director: John Walter (30 minutes, 2004)
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Fox v. Franken
Director: Chris Hegedus (20 minutes, 2004)
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Poetic License
Director: Mario Van Peebles (24 minutes, 2004)
The ACLU Freedom Files
Three films from the innovative Court TV television series raise provocative issues about religious freedom, student speech and the right to dissent.
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Friday, October 19
7:30 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
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Youth Speak
(27 minutes, 2005) -
Dissent
(28 minutes, 2005) -
Religious Freedom
(29 minutes, 2005)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Director: Milos Foreman (129 minutes, 1996)
Saturday, October 20
2 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
McLibel (2005 release)
Directors: Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach (85 minutes, 2005)
Saturday, October 20
2:30 p.m., Robert Halmi Jr. Screening Room
Free Speech for Sale
Directors: Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes (57 minutes, 1999)
Saturday, October 20
7:00 p.m., Robert Halmi Jr. Screening Room
U.S. vs. John Lennon
Directors: David Leaf and John Scheinfeld (99 minutes, 2006)
Saturday, October 20
7:30 p.m., Robert Halmi Jr. Screening Room
Pledge of Allegiance Blues
Filmmaker: Lisa Seidenberg (72 minutes, 2005)
Sunday, October 21
2 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
The First Amendment Project
See October 19th listing for additional information.
Sunday, October 21
2:30 p.m., Robert Halmi Jr. Screening Room
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Director: Kirby Dick (97 minutes, 2006)
Sunday, October 21
7 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
Fahrenheit 451
Director: Francois Truffaut (112 minutes, 1966)
Sunday, October 21
7:30 p.m., Robert Halmi Jr. Screening Room