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Wednesday February 6
Presenting with:
Arabian Sights Film Festival, DC Palestinian Film and Arts festival and The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)
7:00 PM
Wednesday February 13
Presenting with:
The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University and The Chesapeake Climate Action Network
7:00 PM
Wednesday February 20
Filmmaker(s): Lise Birk Pedersen
Year: 2011 / 85m
Meet Masha, a 19-year-old who grew up in the Putin era, on her journey through the Kremlin-created Nashi youth movement. This coming-of-age tale focuses on Masha's personal political struggle and paints a grim picture of the Russian political climate.
Presenting with:
100Reporters and Reporters Without Borders
7:00 PM
Wednesday February 27
Filmmaker(s): Lieven Corthouts
Year: 2011 / 70m
Lydia is at a turning point in her life. We experience life through Lydia's expressive face and reflective diary entries, her daily routines at the Little Heaven orphanage for children living with HIV, her conversations with other children there, her doctors' appointments, and her exercise, study, and prayer.
Discussion to follow with Joe Amon, Director, Human Rights Watch Health and Human Rights Program
Presenting with:
Plan International USA
7:00 PM
Wednesday March 6
Screening followed by discussion with John Sifton, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Asia Program and Elizabeth Becker, journalist.
Presenting with:
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival and Genocide Prevention Program at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, GMU
7:00 PM



