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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
CONTACT: Russell Guerrero
Jan. 18, 2008
Trinity University to Screen Films from Human Rights Watch Film Festival
SAN ANTONIO – Trinity University will host a screening of three films from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. The films, to be shown over three nights, will begin at 7 p.m. in Trinity’s Science Lecture Hall. The screenings are free and open to the public.
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Cocalero |
Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Cocalero (Argentina). The film traces the rise of controversial Bolivian President Evo Morales, an outspoken critic of the United States. The story follows his presidential campaign as he moves from union meetings in the Andes and Amazon to formal fundraising dinners and mass rallies in cities. The film is in Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles. The film will be followed by a talk back session led by Robert Huesca, professor of communication.
Wednesday, Feb. 6 – Hot
House (Israel). The film explores the experiences, motivations, and
mindsets of the 9,000 Palestinians who are imprisoned on “security” charges
in Israeli jails, which have functioned as incubators for leadership in
groups such as Fatah and Hamas. The film is in English, Hebrew, and Arabic
with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a talk back
session guided by Naomi Shihab Nye, a poet of Palestinian descent as well as
a Trinity alumna.
Thursday, Feb. 7 –
Everything’s Cool (United States). The film is a toxic comedy that
chronicles the struggles between two groups of global warming messengers:
prominent climatologists and journalists versus public relations officers
from the oil industry. The film will be followed by a talk back session led
by Heather Sullivan, associate professor of modern languages and
literatures.
The Human
Rights Watch International Film Festival has become a leading venue for
distinguished fiction, documentary, and animated films and videos with a
distinctive human rights theme. The works featured help to put a human face
on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the
human spirit and intellect to prevail.
For more information, contact Professor Huesca at 210-999-8169.
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