Honolulu Human Rights Film Festival
March 2, 6:00pm - 8:00pmMānoa Campus, Dean Hall
Hawai芒鈧劉i Institute for Human Rights along with its community and campus partners invite the public to see four of the most exciting and engaging films covering the imminent and important issues in our islands and the international affairs.
The films selected for the 4th Annual Honolulu Human Rights Film Festival are highlights of the prestigious Human Rights Watch London and New York Festivals that will be premiered on Oahu March 2 芒鈧 3 at the University of Hawai芒鈧劉芒鈧劉i at Manoa Dean Hall at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
The films covering important issues at the United Nations including women's rights, globalization and peace.
芒鈧揜eturn to Homs芒鈧 will kick off the film festival featuring an intimate portrait of a group of young revolutionaries in the city of Homs in Syria. The film won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The second film shown will be 芒鈧揝cheherazade芒鈧劉s Diary芒鈧 focusing on women inmates through a 10-month drama therapy/theater project set up in a prison in Lebanon. The third film is 芒鈧揝epideh: Reaching for the Stars芒鈧 focusing a young Iranian woman daring to dream of a future as an astronaut. The final film is 芒鈧揃ig Men芒鈧 revealing the secretive worlds of both corporations and local communities in Nigeria and Ghana.
Human Rights Watch is one of the world芒鈧劉s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
The film festival is sponsored by Hawai芒鈧劉i Institute for Human Rights, UNA-USA Hawai芒鈧劉i, Amnesty International 芒鈧 USA, Hawai芒鈧劉i Center for Human Rights Research & Action, UH Manoa College of Social Sciences Program for Civic Engagement, UH Hilo International Students Services and Intercultural Education and UH Manoa Ethnic Studies. For more information contact Joshua Cooper at joshuacooperhawaii@gmail.com or 808 542 7204.
Ticket Information
Free and open to public
Event Sponsor
College of Education, Mānoa Campus
More Information
Robert Don Peel, (808) 381-0218, rpeel@hawaii.edu,
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