Human Rights Watch Film Festival: 2010 Films
Back Home, Tomorrow (Italy) — Documentary — Program Notes
Backyard (Mexico) — Drama — Program Notes
Be Like Others (Iran) — Documentary — Program Notes
Last Train Home (Canada) — Documentary — Program Notes
My Neighbor, My Killer (US) — Documentary — Program Notes
Presumed Guilty (Mexico) — Documentary — Program Notes
Tapologo (South Africa/Spain) — Documentary — Program Notes
The Greatest Silence (US) — Documentary — Program Notes
Triage (Ireland/Spain) — Drama — Program Notes
Welcome (France) — Drama — Program Notes
2010 films
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Back Home, Tomorrow
Director: Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Paolo Santolini Country: Italy Year: 2008 Runtime: 87 minutes Genre: Documentary Screening Times: Friday, March 5, 7:00 PM Synopsis: In Back Home Tomorrow, directors Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Paolo Santolini deftly weave together the stories of two children affected by war during their stays in the caring hands of Italian aid organization … Read more -
Backyard
Backyard (El Traspatio) Director: Carlos Carrera Country: Mexico Year: 2009 Runtime: 122 minutes Genre: Drama Screening Times: Wednesday, March 3, 9:15 p.m. Synopsis: Based on true events, Backyard is a drama that focuses on the hundreds of unsolved murders of women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The film has two main story lines; one follows Blanca … Read more -
Be Like Others
Be Like Others Director: Tanaz Eshaghian Country: USA/Canada/Iran Year: 2008 Runtime: 74 minutes Genre: Documentary Screening Times: Friday, February 26, 9:00 p.m. Rated 14A Synopsis: In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with strict social mores and traditional values, sex-change operations are legal. Over twenty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (religious edict) … Read more