A religious cleric explains the theology behind Ayatollah Khomeini’s approval of sex-change operations in Iran.
Be Like Othersscreens Friday, February 26th, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
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Last Train Home hit the front page of The New York Times movie section this past Friday. Singled out in a feature by critic Manohla Dargis, the award-winning doc was described as “…beautifully shot, haunting and haunted.”
Read the complete article, Don’t Smirk, Sundance’s Roots Do Show, on The New York Times Website. (Note: Requires subscription)
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Triage director Danis Tanovic talks about his personal experience of war at a post screening press conference during the 4th annual Rome Film Festival. Born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, he studied music, engineering and film there before war broke out in 1992.
He eventually left Sarajevo to study directing at L’Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) in Brussels. No Man’s Land, his first feature, won the Academy Award® for best foreign-language film in 2002.
Triage screens Thursday, February 25th at 7 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
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The Tapologo (“place of rest”) mission was founded by Bishop Kevin Dowling in 1993 to provide dignified care to the ill and dying in Freedom Park, a squatter camp of over 25,000 impoverished inhabitants situated on the outskirts of Rustenburg, South Africa. In 2005, Bishop Dowling was awarded Time Magazine‘s European Hero Award, in recognition for his efforts in raising money to run AIDS prevention programmes.
In this video, Bishop Dowling talks about the establishment of Tapologo and the work of the home care teams that are profiled in the documentary.
Tapologo screens Tuesday, March 2, 7 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
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Director Anne Aghion talks with Carolyn Weaver of Voice of America about her film My Neighbour, My Killer.
My Neighbor, My Killer screens Saturday, February 28th, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
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