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2001 Series
Nov. 28–30
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Three films were screened by the Center as part
of the festival:
Nazareth
2000
A a documentary about life in an Arab city, shown from the perspective
of two gas station workers.
 Jung
(War): In the Land of the Mujaheddin
A true story of life under the Taliban, as viewed by a heroic international
medical team.
The
Closed Doors
Set in Egypt during the Gulf war, is a fictionalized narrative that
centers on a teenage boy whose confusion between his longings for
his mother and the authoritarian temptations of a local religious
leader push him to embrace fundamentalist ideas.
A public service announcement on the need for
tolerance and understanding after 9/11 called "Hope,"
by AU grad student Osama Al-Zain, was shown before each session.
Human Rights Watch
mobilizes public awareness and action to prevent discrimination,
uphold political freedom, protect individuals from inhumane conduct
in wartime, and bring offenders to justice.
The event was cosponsored by the University Chaplain and Student
Services.
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