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Wednesday February 6

Filmmaker(s): Susan Youssef
Year: 2011 / 78m

“We have a right to love… We have a right to be happy even if people around us go hungry and are dying. To lose these things would be to completely give in to the occupation.

— Layla, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territories

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

Filmmaker(s): Beth and George Gage
Year: 2012 / 73m

Bidder 70 tells the story of Tim DeChristopher and his stunning act of civil disobedience in a time of global climate chaos.

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

Filmmaker(s): Annie Goldson
Year: 2011 / 99m

Through New Zealander Rob Hamill's story of his brother's death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, Brother Number One explores how the regime and its followers killed nearly 2 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.

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