[GPSCC-chat] FW: Amnesty: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARIES: 15th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival (October 18 - 28)

[Brian Good]

Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:23:46 -0700
From: lvnokwu1 at stanford.edu
To: leslie.nguyen-okwu at stanford.edu
Subject: Amnesty: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARIES: 15th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival (October 18 - 28)
ww.unaff.org/ 

Please join us for the 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF UNAFF


(UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL)


www.unaff.org 


PRESENTING GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARIES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBEOCTOBER 18-28 - WITH THIS YEAR"S THEME, HUMAN DIGNITY 



ON CAMPUS SCREENINGS
FREE ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS***FORWARD WIDELY***


OVER 50 FILMMAKERS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL from Australia and Iran to Russia and 
South Africa with SEVEN WORLD PREMIERES AND TWENTY-FIVE U.S. PREMIERES TO BE SCREENED.




In the eleven days at eleven locations through the Bay Area: Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto, San Jose and 
San Francisco, UNAFF will present more timely stories than ever on a wide range of topics, including renewable energy, 
cyber crime and Internet freedom, interracial marriage and tolerance, looted art, wars in the name of God, torture 
programs and medical ethics, battle for water over oil, human trafficking and modern slavery, and philanthropy and
 social change. UNAFF is committed to not only presenting films but also creating spaces where audience members 
can engage in ongoing dialogue about the topics at hand. Seven FREE PANEL discussions will take place during the
 course of the Festival. 




See 70 documentaries that WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD.




For full PROGRAM, visit www.unaff.org. 


MONDAY OCTOBER 22
XIII SESSION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY: FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, ENCINA HALL, 616 SERRA ST.

4:00 PM CATHERINE THE GREAT (Israel) 5'
co-presented with San Francisco International Women's Film Festival
4:10 PM NOT MY LIFE (Ghana/Nepal/Romania/Uganda/USA) 32'
4:45 PM Panel: "Philanthropy- Filmmaking-Social Change" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Film Aid


XVIII SESSION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY: FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, ENCINA HALL, 616 SERRA ST.

4:00 PM TRANSGENDERS: PAKISTAN'S OPEN SECRET (Pakistan/UK) 54'
co-presented with QuEST
5:00 PM TOKYO WAKA: A CITY POEM (Japan/USA) 63'
6:15 PM Panel "Meet Stanford Filmmakers" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Creativity and Arts and Film & Media Studies Program 

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24
XX SESSION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY: STANFORD MEDICAL SCHOOL (LI KA SHING CENTER BUILDING), 291 CAMPUS DR. (ROOM LK130)

6:00 PM DOCTORS OF THE DARK SIDE (Iraq/USA) 73'
7:15 PM Panel "Do We Still Need Torture?" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Organization for Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
8:15 PM BENEATH THE BLINDFOLD (Colombia/Iraq/Liberia/USA) 80'
co-presented with Department of Psychology 

THURSDAY OCTOBER 25
XXIII SESSION: STANFORD: CANTOR ARTS CENTER, 328 LOMITA DR.

3:40 PM BLANK CANVAS (USA) 3' 
3:50 PM A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE (USA) 4'
co-presented with San Francisco International Women's Film Festival
4:00 PM AXIS OF LIGHT (Algeria/France/Iran/Jordan/Lebanon/Tunisia/UK) 60'
co-presented with Arab Film Festival
5:00 PM Panel "Arts Activism" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts

XXIV SESSION: STANFORD: CANTOR ARTS CENTER, 328 LOMITA DR.

7:00 PM DIFFICULT LOVE (South Africa) 48'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media and Silicon Valley African Film Festival
8:10 PM HERMAN'S HOUSE (Canada/USA) 81' 

FRIDAY OCTOBER 26
XXVI SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM, CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

5:40 PM SACRED STONES (Palestine) 52'
6:40 PM REPORTERO (Mexico/USA) 71'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

XXVII SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

8:30 PM KARAMA HAS NO WALLS (Yemen/UK) 26'
9:10 PM WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM (Afghanistan/USA) 90'

SATURDAY OCTOBER 27
XXVIII SESSION: STANFORD: CANTOR ARTS CENTER, 328 LOMITA DR.

11:15 AM A FLICKER IN ETERNITY (Japan/USA) 26'
11:45 AM PORTRAIT OF WALLY (Austria/USA) 90'
co-presented with Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 
1:15 PM Panel "The Value of Missing Art" (FREE Admission)
2:15 PM THE MEXICAN SUITCASE (France/Mexico/Spain/USA) 90'

XXIX SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM ,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

4:00 PM MRS. JUDO: BE STRONG, BE GENTLE, BE BEAUTIFUL (Japan/USA) 66'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival
5:15 PM WE STILL LIVE HERE (USA) 56'
co-presented with American Indian Film Institute and Department of Native American Studies 

XXX SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM ,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

7:15 PM SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL (USA) 76'
8:40 PM CALL ME KUCHU (Uganda/USA) 87'
co-presented with QuEST
10:10 PM SCARLET ROAD (Australia) 70'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media

SUNDAY OCTOBER 28
XXXI SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM ,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

1:00 PM DON SEVERO DEL PUENTE (Bolivia/Canada) 6'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies
1:15 PM THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (USA) 26'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media
2:00 PM THE LOVING STORY (USA) 78'

XXXII SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM ,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

3:45 PM STATE OF CONTROL (China/India/Nepal/Tibet/USA) 90'
co-presented with 3rd i South Asian Film Festival
5:30 PM SURVIVING PROGRESS (Canada/USA) 86' 

XXXIII SESSION: STANFORD: ANNENBERG AUDITORIUM ,CUMMINGS ART BUILDING, 435 LASUEN MALL

7:00 PM Awards Ceremony
8:30 PM Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble 
sponsored by Garden Court Hotel








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