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This week//November 14-16, 2006

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Location: The Sanctuary
www.thesanctuaryforindependentmedia.org

Time: 7:00 PM
Suggested Donation: $10, $5 students, seniors & low income

Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival features works that help to
put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate
the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail. Film titles and
screenings dates can be found at http://www.arts.rpi.edu/.

iEAR Presents!, in collaboration with The Sanctuary for Independent Media
(www.thesanctuaryforindependentmedia.org), will present the Human Rights
Watch International Film Festival for three nights November 14, 15 and 16,
2006. Screenings will take place at 7:00 pm each night at The Sanctuary,
3361 Sixth Ave., Troy, NY (at 101st Street where Sixth Ave. turns into
Fifth). Suggested Donation: $10, $5 for students, seniors and low income.
FREE w/RPI ID. For more information visit www.arts.rpi.edu
or call (518) 276-4829.

Since its inception, Human Rights Watch¹s International Film Festival has
embodied the power of film to make a difference. Courageous and committed
filmmakers produce impressive documentary and feature films, which stimulate
passionate conversations about human rights and inspire new generations of
human rights activists. Through the universal language of film, we connect
the experiences of survivors and activists with our own experiences--a
critical step in influencing public opinion and policy makers. A schedule of
events follows:

Wednesday: "Conversations On A Sunday Afternoon" (7 PM screening)

Composed of an artful blend of documentary and dramatic elements, Khalo
Matabane's "Conversations On A Sunday Afternoon" is a revolutionary film for
South Africa--breaking with the hard-hitting historical dramas the country
has turned out lately and charging right into the world of ideas. The
struggle for reconciliation is nudged aside to reveal a country coming to
terms with its new status as a promised land. What does a richer African
nation owe to its poorer neighbors? How does political crisis shape personal
identity? And is the war over now?


Thursday: "Men On The Edge: Fishermen's Diary" (7 PM screening)

A documentary by Israeli filmmakers Avner Faingulernt and Macabit Abramzon
set on an isolated and abandoned beach at the border between Gaza and Israel
where, against all odds, Israeli and Palestinian fishermen lived and fished
together from 1999 to 2003. The Palestinians were teaching the Israelis
ancient fishing techniques transmitted from one generation to the next and
the Israelis, by their presence, were enabling the Palestinians to continue
to fish in Israeli waters. The film intimately and beautifully documents
these four crucial years in the lives of this eclectic group of men from
warring cultures, who are brought together by their shared work and the
natural threats they face each day in the open sea. Ultimately it is not the
harshness of nature that is the greatest obstacle to their work, but the
pressures of politics and the fighting surrounding their enclave.


The Sanctuary For Independent Media is a community media arts center located
in an historic former church in Troy, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening,
production and performance facilities, training in media production and a
meeting space for artists, activists and independent media makers of all
kinds. The Sanctuary is located at 3361 6th Avenue, three doors down from
101st Street in north Troy. Call (518) 272-2390, email
info@TheSanctuaryForIndependentMedia.org, or visit
www.TheSanctuaryForIndependentMedia.org for more information.