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Date:
Jun 13 2000 16:42:14 EDT
From:
"MENA Info" <MenaInfo@xxxxxxx>
Subject:
MidEast movies Human Rights Festival


Subj: MidEast movies Human Rights Festival
Date: 6/13/00 11:00:07 AM EST
From: nyc@xxxxxxxxx (Alwan in NYC)
Reply-to: nyc@xxxxxxxxx

The 2000 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

June 14--29, 2000

URL: http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/programs/6-2000/hrw/hrw.htm

Wed June 14: 3:30 Harmed Forces + Borders Israel, 1999,
video, 116m
Wed June 14: 9:15 A Civilized People/CivilisÉes, Lebanon
1999 35mm 97m
Thu June 15: 3:45 A Civilized People / CivilisÉes
Fri June 16: 6:30 A Civilized People / CivilisÉes
Sun June 18: 5:15 Harmed Forces + Borders
Mon June 19: 1 A Civilized People/CivilisÉes
Mon June 19: 6:15 The Lady/Banoo, Dariush Mehrjui, Iran
92-99 35mm 113m
Mon June 19: 8:30 Harmed Forces + Borders
Tue June 20: 1 Harmed Forces + Borders
Tue June 20: 8:30 The Lady / Banoo
Wed June 21: 1 The Lady / Banoo
Fri June 23: 1 The Lady / Banoo
Sat June 24: 1 Good Kurds, Bad Kurds + ICC, US, 2000,
video tot.95m
Mon June 26: 6 Children Of Shatila/Naim/Jahalin, video,
total 99m
Wed June 28: 6 Good Kurds, Bad Kurds + ICC: A Call for
Justice
Wed June 28: 8:45 Children Of Shatila / Naim / Jahalin
Thu June 29: 1 Good Kurds, Bad Kurds + ICC: A Call for
Justice
Thu June 29: 3:30 Children Of Shatila / Naim / Jahalin

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NOTE: "CivilisÉes" on Wed 14 at 9:15, and "Banoo" on Mon 19
at 6:15
and on Tue 20 at 8:30 are likely to sell out. You may
purchase
tickets in advance (at the box office $9 regular, $5 members)

Ticket information:
http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/boxoff/box.htm

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A CIVILIZED PEOPLE / CIVILISÉES (US
Premiere)
Randa Chahal Sabbag, Lebanon, 1999, 97m (35mm, drama)
Filmmaker (winner of the HRWIFF Nestor Almendros award)
present.
Randa Chahal Sabbag was 20 years old when the civil war in

Lebanon began and 40 when it ended. Her experience of that
time
has formed the basis for a powerful and eloquent film.
During
the civil war in Lebanon, many Lebanese fled to
Europe--abandoning their large apartments, their sumptuous

villas, and the servants whom they had imported by the
thousands. This stunning dramatic debut focuses on these
individuals and their stories, weaving together a broad
spectrum of colorful characters to create an unforgettable

tapestry of Lebanon's civil war. Currently, the Lebanese
government has asked Chahal Sabbag to cut 47 minutes of
this
film, claiming that these sections are offensive and
inflammatory. We will show the film in its entirety.
Wed June 14: 9:15
Thurs June 15: 3:45
Fri June 16: 6:30
Mon June 19: 1

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CHILDREN OF SHATILA (NY
Premiere)
Mai Masri, Lebanon, 1998, 50m (video, doc)
Fifty years after the exile of their grandparents from
Palestine, the children of the Shatila camp attempt to
come to
terms with the overwhelming realities of being refugees in
a
place that has survived massacres, sieges and starvation.
Documentary filmmaker Mai Masri focuses on the lives of
two
Palestinian children: Farah, age 11, and Issa, age 12.
Given
video cameras, they express through the lens all the
facets of
their daily lives as well as their history. Their ideas
and
creativity guide the film at every stage. Out of their
personal
narratives evolves the story of the camp as a whole, and
through their images and words, Farah and Issa articulate
the
feelings and hopes of their generation.
Preceded by:
NAIM & WADEE'A (US
Premiere)
Najwa Najjar, 1999, 20m (video, doc)
With beautiful archival footage of Yaffa in the 1930's and

40's, NAIM & WADEE'A explores the social life of an upper
middle class Palestinian couple who were forced in 1948 to

leave their home. Their story and the emotional loss of
home is
recounted in voice-over by their three daughters.
And:
THE JAHALIN (World
Premiere)
Talya Ezrahi and Lewie Kerr, UK, 2000, 29m (video, doc)
A young Israeli woman travels into the West Bank to meet a

Bedouin family who have lived for generations in the
desert
hills around Jerusalem. Through intimate interviews and
striking vérité scenes, she documents their struggle
against
the encroaching Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim: a
struggle
for land and cultural autonomy that has culminated in a
massive
eviction campaign by the government and the gradual
relocation
of the entire tribe to a fenced-in site bordering
Jerusalem's
largest garbage dump.
Mon June 26: 6
Wed June 28: 8:45
Thurs June 29: 3:30

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HARMED FORCES
Irit Gal, Israel, 1999, 56m (video, doc)
In June of 1982, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched
what
was intended to be a brief military campaign in Lebanon,
"Operation Peace for the Galilee." Seventeen years later,
Israel is still sending soldiers to Lebanon. For hundreds
of
former combat soldiers still suffering post-traumatic
stress
disorder (PTSD), the war continues on every day. HARMED
FORCES
offers an intimate, vivid portrait of Ronny and Israel,
ex-paratroopers who never recovered. In their war, the
battlefield was a city, the enemy a civilian population.
The
busy life of Tel-Aviv only brings back the trauma of the
war.
Haunted by the brutal memories and pushed aside by a
society
ashamed of them, Ronny and Israel courageously share their

daily lives and the unforgettable events that would
forever
change their connection to country and family.
Followed by:
BORDERS (NY
Premiere)
Eran Riklis, Israel, 1999, 58m (video, doc)
Arbitrary lines are drawn between countries, designed to
protect, separate and denote the sovereignty of those
nations.
In this riveting documentary, Riklis records several of
the
most emotionally charged stories across the borders of
Israel
and the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
It is
a world of paradoxes--of profiteering, violence, death,
prostitution, love, smuggling and war. BORDERS portrays
poignant personal accounts and testimonials from those
whose
lives have been forever changed by the artificial barriers
of
Israel and its neighbors: the shell-shocked veteran who
visits
the site of his affliction, the "shouting fence" that is
the
meeting point and only form of communication possible for
a
Druze family torn apart by politics, and a mother who lost
her
family and "adopts" a soldier.
Wed June 14: 3:30
Sun June 18: 5:15
Mon June 19: 8:30
Tues June 20: 1

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THE LADY / BANOO (US
Premiere)
Dariush Mehrjui, Iran, 1992/1999, 113m (35mm, drama)
The work of Dariush Mehrjui, subject of a HRWIFF/Film
Society
retrospective in 1998, shows a phenomenal sensitivity for
women's issues, and this film is no exception. Banned in
Iran
for seven years and screening in the US for the first
time, THE
LADY explores a woman discovering herself. Mariam tries to
live
a good life--she prays constantly. But when her husband
leaves
her for another woman, her spirituality takes on an aura
that
reaches out to those around her. A neighboring gardener
and his
pregnant wife, thrown out of their simple home, take
refuge
with Mariam and are soon followed by other troubled
characters.
Some take advantage of her generous spirit; others are
eternally grateful. But in the process of dealing with the

problems of others, she finds herself and her place in the

world. With a poetic sense of social commentary, Mehrjui
captures a story that is repeated throughout history and
across
cultures.
Mon June 19: 6:15
Tues June 20: 8:30
Wed June 21: 1
Fri June 23: 1

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GOOD KURDS, BAD KURDS: NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS (NY
Premiere)
Kevin McKiernan, US, 2000, 79m (video, doc) Filmmaker
present.
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism?
Filmmaker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin
McKiernan
poses this question at the outset of this stirring,
provocative
film lensed by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
It's
all in how you define "good" and "bad": "Good Kurds" are
those
in Iraq; they're Saddam Hussein's victims whom we want to
help.
"Bad Kurds" are those waging an armed insurrection against
US
ally Turkey; they're at the receiving end of U.S. weapons.

McKiernan went to northern Iraq to cover the uprising
against
Saddam. Just a few miles away, no one was covering the
hidden
war in Turkey, so he decided to bring out the story. GOOD
KURDS, BAD KURDS brings sharp clarity to a complicated
history
while providing disturbing insight into both U.S.
immigration
and foreign policy.
Preceded by:
ICC: A Call for Justice
EVC's Youth Organizers Television, US, 2000, 15m (video,
doc)
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Who will
benefit? Why won't America ratify the treaty? Through
archival
footage, spoken word poetry and interviews with survivors
of
torture, advocates and diplomats, the Youth Organizers
crew
explores these and other questions surrounding the ICC.
Sat June 24: 1
Wed June 28: 6
Thurs June 29: 1

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