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San Francisco Festival

March 7-28 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

 

Film Festival, March 7–28, 2013

Filmmaker(s): Beth and George Gage
Year: 2012 / 73m
March 14

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

(San Francisco Premiere)
Filmmaker(s): Susan Youssef
Year: 2011 / 78m
March 21

“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

Filmmaker(s): Bernardo Ruiz
Year: 2011 / 72m
March 28

Reportero follows veteran reporter Sergio Haro and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana, Mexico-based weekly, as they dauntingly ply their trade in what has become one of the most deadly places in the world to be a journalist.

(San Francisco Premiere)
Filmmaker(s): Mai Iskander
Year: 2012 / 68m
March 7

Defying cultural norms and family expectations, 22-year-old Heba Afify takes to the streets to report on an Egypt in turmoil, using tweets, texts and Facebook posts.