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Thursday June 13

Filmmaker(s): Sebastian Junger
Year: 2013 / 79m

Photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington was always searching for the humanity within armed conflict, as evidenced in his award-winning body of work.

Screening followed by discussion with Sebastian Junger, Director; James Brabazon, Producer and Cinematographer; and Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies Director, Human Rights Watch. Moderated by Carroll Bogert, Deputy Executive Director for External Relations, Human Rights Watch
Presenting with: 
An HBO Documentary Film
6:00 PM

Friday June 14

Filmmaker(s): Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic
Year: 2012 / 87m

In September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, revealing what happened and why.

Panel to follow
Presenting with: 
The Fledgling Fund, www.thefledglingfund.org; Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), www.ifp.org and The National Lawyers Guild, www.nlg.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Freida Mock
Year: 2013 / 84m

On October 11, 1991, a poised young law professor sent shock waves through the nation as she sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee intrepidly testifying to the lewd behavior of a Supreme Court nominee.

Screening followed by discussion with Freida Mock, Oscar-Winning Filmmaker and Special Guest
Presenting with: 
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE), www.ggenyc.org, Hollaback!, www.hollaback.org and Ms. Foundation for Women, forwomen.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Kim Longinotto
Year: 2013 / 90m

Like many other women in rural South Asia, Salma, a young Muslim girl in India, was forced into seclusion once she reached puberty. She was forbidden by her family to study and pushed into marriage. Words were Salma's salvation.

Presenting with: 
Breakthrough, www.breakthrough.tv; Girls Not Brides, www.girlsnotbrides.org and Indo American Arts Council, Inc. www.iaac.us
9:45 PM

Saturday June 15

Filmmaker(s): Kim Longinotto
Year: 2013 / 90m

Like many other women in rural South Asia, Salma, a young Muslim girl in India, was forced into seclusion once she reached puberty. She was forbidden by her family to study and pushed into marriage. Words were Salma's salvation.

Presenting with: 
Breakthrough, www.breakthrough.tv; Girls Not Brides, www.girlsnotbrides.org and Indo American Arts Council, Inc., www.iaac.us
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Lisa Biagiotti, Duy Linh Tu and Joe Lindquist
Year: 2012 / 72m

deepsouth explores the rural American South and the people who inhabit its most distant corners. Beneath layers of history, poverty, and now soaring HIV infections, four Americans redefine traditional Southern values to create their own solutions to survive.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers and film subjects Monica Johnson, Cedric Sturdevant and Kathie Hiers
Presenting with: 
Housing Works, www.housingworks.org and Latino Commission on AIDS, www.latinoaids.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic
Year: 2012 / 87m

In September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, revealing what happened and why.

Panel to follow screening
Presenting with: 
The Fledgling Fund, www.thefledglingfund.org; Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), www.ifp.org and The National Lawyers Guild, www.nlg.org
9:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Harry Freeland
Year: 2012 / 84m

Filmed over six years, In the Shadow of the Sun tells the story of two men with albinism in Tanzania pursuing their dreams in the face of virulent prejudice.

Presenting with: 
Presented with: African Film Festival, Inc., www.africanfilmny.org, African Services Committee, www.africanservices.org and Margaret Mead Film Festival www.amnh.org
9:15 PM

Sunday June 16

Filmmaker(s): Harry Freeland
Year: 2012 / 84m

Filmed over six years, In the Shadow of the Sun tells the story of two men with albinism in Tanzania pursuing their dreams in the face of virulent prejudice.

Presenting with: 
African Film Festival, Inc., www.africanfilmny.org, African Services Committee, www.africanservices.org and Margaret Mead Film Festival www.amnh.org
6:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Al Reinert
Year: 2013 / 92m

In 1986, Michael Morton's wife Christine was brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael was convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, he had years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate.

Q&A to follow with filmmaker and film subject Michael Morton
Presenting with: 
Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org and Open Society Foundations, www.opensocietyfoundations.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Nagieb Khaja
Year: 2012 / 88m

Alternating between the participants' scenes of daily life and Nagieb's own experiences, My Afghanistan depicts a country where civilians are the greatest victims of the war, and Afghans struggle to live in the constant shadow of violence.

Presenting with: 
Alwan for the Arts, www.alwanforthearts.org, Center for Civilians in Conflict, www.civiliansinconflict.org and The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, www.dartcenter.org
8:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Karima Zoubir
Year: 2012 / 59m

With enthusiastic musicians and ornate wedding parties setting the stage, we meet Khadija, a Moroccan divorcee who works as a camerawoman at weddings in Casablanca. As the film unfolds, Khadija talks candidly about the issues she faces and the competing forces at play in the lives of women in Morocco and beyond.

Q&A with filmmaker Karima Zoubir
Presenting with: 
Alwan for the Arts, www.alwanforthearts.org, Equality Now, www.equalitynow.org, The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, www.iranhumanrights.org and New York Women in Film and Television, www.nywift.org
9:15 PM

Monday June 17

Filmmaker(s): Nagieb Khaja
Year: 2012 / 88m

Alternating between the participants' scenes of daily life and Nagieb's own experiences, My Afghanistan depicts a country where civilians are the greatest victims of the war, and Afghans struggle to live in the constant shadow of violence.

Presenting with: 
Alwan for the Arts, www.alwanforthearts.org, Center for Civilians in Conflict, www.civiliansinconflict.org and The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, www.dartcenter.org
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Lisa Biagiotti, Duy Linh Tu and Joe Lindquist
Year: 2012 / 72m

deepsouth explores the rural American South and the people who inhabit its most distant corners. Beneath layers of history, poverty, and now soaring HIV infections, four Americans redefine traditional Southern values to create their own solutions to survive.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers and film subjects Monica Johnson and Cedric Sturdevant
Presenting with: 
Housing Works, www.housingworks.org and Latino Commission on AIDS, www.latinoaids.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin
Year: 2013 / 86,

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin as president of Russia. The vote followed months of mass protests that challenged Putin's rule.

An HBO Documentary Film
Presenting with: 
Harriman Institute, www.harriman.columbia.edu and Tribeca Film Festival, www.tribecafilm.com
9:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Srdjan Dragojevic
Year: 2012 / 115m

Srdjan Dragojevic's The Parade takes a comedic look at Serbia through the lens of one group's fight to hold a Gay Pride parade in Belgrade.

Presenting with: 
Presented in association with the Global Film Initiative, www.globalfilm.org and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), www.iglhrc.org
9:15 PM

Tuesday June 18

Filmmaker(s): Karima Zoubir
Year: 2012 / 59m

With enthusiastic musicians and ornate wedding parties setting the stage, we meet Khadija, a Moroccan divorcee who works as a camerawoman at weddings in Casablanca. As the film unfolds, Khadija talks candidly about the issues she faces and the competing forces at play in the lives of women in Morocco and beyond.

Q&A with filmmaker Karima Zoubir
Presenting with: 
Alwan for the Arts, www.alwanforthearts.org, Equality Now, www.equalitynow.org, The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, www.iranhumanrights.org and New York Women in Film and Television, www.nywift.org
6:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin
Year: 2013 / 86,

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin as president of Russia. The vote followed months of mass protests that challenged Putin's rule.

An HBO Documentary Film
Presenting with: 
Harriman Institute, www.harriman.columbia.edu and Tribeca Film Festival, www.tribecafilm.com
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Al Reinert
Year: 2013 / 92m

In 1986, Michael Morton's wife Christine was brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael was convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, he had years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate.

Discussion to follow with filmmaker and film subject
Presenting with: 
Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org and Open Society Foundations, www.opensocietyfoundations.org
8:45 PM
Filmmaker(s): Joshua Oppenheimer
Year: 2012 / 122m

A true cinematic experiment, The Act of Killing explores a chapter of Indonesia's history in a way bound to stir debate—by enlisting a group of former killers, including Indonesian paramilitary leader Anwar Congo, to re-enact their lives in the style of the films they love.

Presenting with: 
Asian Cinevision, producer of the 36th Asian American International Film Festival (July 24-August 3, 2013), www.asiancinevision.org
9:30 PM

Wednesday June 19

Filmmaker(s): Raoul Peck
Year: 2012 / 100m

Award-winning Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a two-year journey inside the challenging, contradictory, and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti.

Festival Centerpiece
Presenting with: 
Margaret Mead Film Festival, www.amnh.org and Tribeca Film Festival, www.tribecafilm.com
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Yoruba Richen
Year: 2013 / 82m

The New Black tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in light of the marriage equality movement and the fight over civil rights.

Presenting with: 
Freedom to Marry, www.freedomtomarry.org and LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, www.lgbtfaithleadersofafricandescent.com
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Srdjan Dragojevic
Year: 2012 / 115m

Srdjan Dragojevic's The Parade takes a comedic look at Serbia through the lens of one group's fight to hold a Gay Pride parade in Belgrade.

Presenting with: 
Global Film Initiative, www.globalfilm.org and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), www.iglhrc.org
9:15 PM
Filmmaker(s): Joshua Oppenheimer
Year: 2012 / 122m

A true cinematic experiment, The Act of Killing explores a chapter of Indonesia's history in a way bound to stir debate—by enlisting a group of former killers, including Indonesian paramilitary leader Anwar Congo, to re-enact their lives in the style of the films they love.

9:15 PM

Thursday June 20

Filmmaker(s): Yoruba Richen
Year: 2013 / 82m

The New Black tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in light of the marriage equality movement and the fight over civil rights.

Presenting with: 
Freedom to Marry, www.freedomtomarry.org and LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, www.lgbtfaithleadersofafricandescent.com
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Raoul Peck
Year: 2012 / 100m

Award-winning Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a two-year journey inside the challenging, contradictory, and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti.

Presenting with: 
Margaret Mead Film Festival, www.amnh.org and Tribeca Film Festival, www.tribecafilm.com
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief
Year: 2012 / 75m

Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. When she is selected for an intriguing programme called the Barefoot College in India, Rafea doesn't need to think twice, and travels to join 30 illiterate women from different countries to train to become solar engineers.

Presenting with: 
Equality Now, www.equalitynow.org and New York Women in Film and Television, www.nywift.org
9:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Marc Wiese
Year: 2012 / 104m

Camp 14 – Total Control Zone is a fascinating portrait of a young man who grew up imprisoned by dehumanizing violence yet still found the will to escape.

Presenting with: 
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, www.survivorsoftorture.org and The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, www.dartcenter.org
9:30 PM

Friday June 21

Filmmaker(s): Marc Wiese
Year: 2012 / 104m

Camp 14 – Total Control Zone is a fascinating portrait of a young man who grew up imprisoned by dehumanizing violence yet still found the will to escape.

Presenting with: 
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, www.survivorsoftorture.org and The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, www.dartcenter.org
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Marco Williams
Year: 2013 / 88m

The Undocumented tells the story of Marcos Hernandez, an undocumented Mexican living and working in Chicago. Marcos came to the United States, crossing through the Sonora Desert in southern Arizona.

Presenting with: 
Cinema Tropical, www.cinematropical.com; El Museo Del Barrio, www.elmuseo.org; and The New York Immigration Coalition, www.thenyic.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullmann
Year: 2012 / 84m

With intimate access to the lives of four young gay Cameroonians, Born This Way steps outside the genre of activist filmmaking and offers a vivid and poetic portrait of day-to-day life in modern Africa.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers and film subject Alice Nkom
Presenting with: 
African Film Festival, Inc., www.africanfilmny.org and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), www.iglhrc.org
9:15 PM

Saturday June 22

Filmmaker(s): Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief
Year: 2012 / 75m

Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. When she is selected for an intriguing programme called the Barefoot College in India, Rafea doesn't need to think twice, and travels to join 30 illiterate women from different countries to train to become solar engineers.

Presenting with: 
Equality Now, www.equalitynow.org and New York Women in Film and Television, www.nywift.org
6:30 PM
Filmmaker(s): Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullmann
Year: 2012 / 84m

With intimate access to the lives of four young gay Cameroonians, Born This Way steps outside the genre of activist filmmaking and offers a vivid and poetic portrait of day-to-day life in modern Africa.

Q&A to follow with filmmakers and film subject Alice Nkom
Presenting with: 
African Film Festival, Inc., www.africanfilmny.org and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), www.iglhrc.org
7:00 PM
Filmmaker(s): Marco Williams
Year: 2013 / 88m

The Undocumented tells the story of Marcos Hernandez, an undocumented Mexican living and working in Chicago. Marcos came to the United States, crossing through the Sonora Desert in southern Arizona.

Presenting with: 
Cinema Tropical, www.cinematropical.com; El Museo Del Barrio, www.elmuseo.org and The New York Immigration Coalition, www.thenyic.org
9:00 PM

Sunday June 23

Filmmaker(s): Jeremy Teicher
Year: 2012 / 82m

Tall as the Baobab Tree poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing on the edge of the modern world fraught with tensions between tradition and modernity.

Closing Night Film & Party, Screening followed by discussion with Jeremy Teicher, Filmmaker and Rona Peligal, Deputy Director, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
Presenting with: 
African Film Festival, Inc., www.africanfilmny.org and Girls Not Brides, www.girlsnotbrides.org
7:00 PM