Human Rights Film Festival - NY June 2008

Just found this festival in NY in June 2008. Human Rights Film Festival - Mark your calendar!

As I prepare for my trip to Cambodia in November 2007, I was just thinking how to best capture the images and stories about child trafficking issues and promote awareness of this worldwide epidemic. I video taped a bit on my trip to Cambodia in 2006, but haven't done anything with it. This festival might just give me the inspiration I need to actually take my filming seriously. Overall, the festival sounds like a great platform for sharing ideas and learning about human rights issues around the world.


About the Human Rights Film Festival

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, we showcase the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. The works we feature 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. We seek to empower everyone with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a very real difference.