Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
2/25/09 to 2/27/09
The annual program presented by the renowned advocacy organization Human Rights Watch showcases eye-opening works by courageous filmmakers worldwide.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
To See If I'm Smiling
Wednesday, February 25 6:30 pmIsraeli women soldiers examine their actions in this powerful exploration of gender and moral responsibility in war. With short Deadly Playground.View DetailsSecrecy
Wednesday, February 25 8:30 pmIf knowledge is power, who should possess it? This doc is “an incisive examination of some of the key issues of our time.”-L.A. TimesView DetailsBehave
Thursday, February 26 6:30 pmMaria Ramos's look at juvenile courts in Brazil. “No overwrought exposé, Behave exerts its power thanks to Ramos's clarity of vision.”-VarietyView DetailsUp the Yangtze
Thursday, February 26 8:30 pmA tour of physical and social terrain about to be transformed by the Three Gorges Dam. “Lucid, beautifully observed.”-Village VoiceView DetailsThe Sari Soldiers
Friday, February 27 6:30 pmFollowing six brave women in Nepal's recent civil war, this beautifully balanced film “gives new meaning to the words courage and resilience.”-N.Y. TimesView DetailsOur Disappeared
Friday, February 27 8:30 pmJuan Mandelbaum and Kathy Sloane in Person. A sensitive, personal memorial to Argentina's disappeared also offers “essential context for what was a vicious civil war.”-Variety. With short Witness to Hiroshima.View Details

