From: HRW Film Festival <filmfe...@hrw.org> Subject: San Francisco Human Rights Watch Film Festival To: "Avnish Jolly" <avnis...@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, 15 March, 2011, 22:55
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Comes to San Francisco
Every Thursday until March 31 at the Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts
Follow filmmaker Thet Sambath as he uncovers terrifying personal explanations for the Cambodian genocide by allowing the perpetrators to speak for themselves. Winner of the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize.
The film presents a political legend, Senator Edward Kennedy, in his final battle for comprehensive immigration reform in the US. With the possibility to reform the US immigration system and legalize some 20 million people living in the shadows, Kennedy is forced to decide how much is he willing to trade for his greatest legacy?
Targeted by prison officials for being members of the Black Panter Party and for fighting against prison conditions, the Angola 3 were convicted of the murder of a prison guard - with no physical evidence and no credible eyewitnesses. February 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of Robert King's release from Angola prison. Discussion with Robert King to follow the screening.