The Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival Committee and the Ryerson University Student HRW Film Festival Committee presents a FREE screening of the documentary film, The Dictator Hunter, Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7 PM, Room ENG 103, Engineering Building, Ryerson University, 261-299 Church Street, Toronto. The screening is open to all students, faculty and guests, and will include a short information session after the film.
The Dictator Hunter follows the exploits of Human Rights Watch lawyer, Reed Brody, as he travels through Africa, Europe and the United States on the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former leader of Chad. Habré who is charged with killing thousands of his own countrymen in the 1980s lives in Senegal where Brody is attempting to have him brought to trial or extradited.
“Wonderfully suspenseful” — The Globe & Mail
“The movie places politics in the unstoppable service of humanity” — Toronto Star
For more information about the screening, contact Jasmine Holmes, Ryerson Student Committee Chair (jasmine.holmes@ryerson.ca) or Sarah Memme, Ryerson University, Orientation Coordinator, Faculty of Arts (smemme@arts.ryerson.ca).
Seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
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