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2005 Series
October
5-November 3
Human Rights Film Series
Free screenings and discussion
6:00 p.m. each Wednesday, Washington College of Law room 603, and
Thursday at the Mary Graydon Center in Wechsler Theatre.
Our human rights film series showcases
films that show how film and video can make a difference for human
rights. Discussions with expert speakers follow all screenings.
 October
5 and 6
State of Fear
By Paco de Onís, Pam Yates and Peter Kinoy (Photo
by Vera Lentz)
Local premiere! Filmmakers present!
A gripping and beautifully-crafted story of the creation of President
Alberto Fujimori's terror state in Peru, with lessons for a world
grappling with the problem of stability in the face of terror. The
feature-length documentary, by the celebrated filmmakers of When
the Mountains Tremble, shows how the Shining Path guerrilla
movement led to military occupation and government corruption in
the name of protection from terrorists. Filmmakers Paco
de Onís and Peter Kinoy will be present to discuss the film!
 October
19 and 20
Videoletters
By Katarina Rejger and Eric van den Broek
Whether it's a young man looking for his lost childhood friend or
a mother looking for her children's graves, these short TV programs
show the reconciling power of storytelling across borders. Dutch
filmmakers worked in the Balkans with former friends and neighbors,
who were separated as a result of war. Videoletters reunited
them, and dramatically-charged half-hour TV shows told the world
about them. The TV series has created waves in the ex-Yugoslavia,
where five national TV stations unprecedentedly agreed to air them
simultaneously and where talk shows, internet kiosks and a bus tour
of rural areas extended the storytelling. Join the discussion
afterwards with Professor
Julie Mertus, an expert on human rights
and the Balkans, and possibly with a member of the Videoletters
team!
Read the Balkans Background
Information Sheet prepared by the WCL
Go>>
 October
26 and 27
Sometimes in April
Written and directed by Raoul Peck
In April, 1994 in Rwanda, nearly one million people were massacred
over one hundred days by Hutu nationalists trying to exert power
over their countrymen, the Tutsis. The fiction film, Sometimes in
April, focuses on the consequences of this atrocity on two Hutu
Brothers, one reluctantly in the military, and the other a nationalist
radio personality. By jumping back and forth between the present
and 1994, this chilling drama explores both the extent of human
brutality, and courage under overwhelming pressure, as well as the
West’s lack of action while the genocide was taking place.
Read the Rwanda Background
Information Sheet prepared by the WCL
Go>>
 November
2 and 3
Witness’ collection Human Rights in Burma and the book launch
of Video For Change
Meet WITNESS representatives!
WITNESS is the pioneering nonprofit that uses video for social change,
links film and video to the Internet, and that has changed how human
rights activists think about film and video! This collection of
short videos showcases the best of WITNESS’s latest strategies,
and shows what’s happening under Than Shwe and the SPDC’s
brutal military dictatorship in Burma:
Entrenched Abuse: Forced Labor in Burma
No Place to Go: Internally Displaced People in Burma
Always on the Run: Internally Displaced People in Karen State
Voices from the Salween Damn
From Prison to Frontline: Portering for SPDC Troops
And, on November 3rd:
After the screening, we’ll celebrate the publishing of Video
for Change, WITNESS’s book for activists on making video for
human rights and social justice. WITNESS has distilled their hard-won
knowledge in a handbook designed for advocates who are looking for
the most effective way to make their own media. This handbook tells
you everything from how to stay safe in dangerous situations to
how to distribute your video to audiences who can act. Read
more>>
Sam Gregory, from WITNESS and the editor of Video For
Change, will be present for the reception and celebration. A free
copy of the book will be raffled at the event!
The Human Rights Film Series is organized
in partnership with Washington
College of Law's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
Center
for Global Peace, Office
of the University Chaplain, and
International
Peace and Conflict Resolution Program.
Are you interested in holding your own
Human Rights Film Series?
Check out National
Video Resources' Human Rights Video Project>>
Also, Human
Rights Watch Traveling Festival>>
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