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Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2021
Unapologetic Unapologetic
Unapologetic and The Return: Life After ISIS
200 Meters (Country: Palestine; Year: 2020; Director: Ameen Nayfeh; Writer: Ameen Nayfeh; Stars: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Lana Zreik, Gassan Abbas, Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Lana Zreik, Gassan Abbas)
A man from the West Bank finds himself taking the smuggling route to Israel to be with his family.
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Apart (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jennifer Redfearn)
In a midwestern US state caught between the opioid epidemic and rising incarceration of women, three unforgettable mothers - Tomika, Lydia, and Amanda - prepare to rejoin their families after years of separation.
Daughter Of A Lost Bird (Year: 2021; Director: Brooke Pepion Swaney)
Kendra Mylenchuk Potter was adopted into a white family and raised with no knowledge of her Native parentage. This film documents Kendra on her journey as a new mother to discover her Native identity.
Forget Me Not (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Olivier Bernier)
A family's fight for their son's right to an inclusive education.
In The Same Breath (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Nanfu Wang)
How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover-ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party? An essential narrative of first-hand accounts of the coronavirus, and a revelatory examination of how propaganda and patriotism shaped the outbreak’s course – both in China and in the US.
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200 Meters 200 Meters
200 Meters and In The Same Breath
A Once And Future Peace (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar)
In Seattle, communities are working to break the cycle of incarceration. A promising new restorative justice program based on Indigenous peace-making circles aims to bring healing to families and communities while reforming the justice system.
The Return: Life After ISIS (Country: Spain, UK; Director: Alba Sotorra Clua; Stars: Shamima Begum, Hoda Muthana)
A documentary about women who left their countries to join ISIS and their fight for repatriation.
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Tacheles -The Heart Of The Matter (Endlich Tacheles) (Country: Germany; Year: 2020; Director: Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm; Writer: Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm)
Documentary film about a young man who wants to retell the story of the Holocaust for his own generation and creates a game that opens old family wounds.
Unapologetic (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Ashley O'Shay)
Fed up with misdeeds committed by Chicago law enforcement and a political system unwilling to hold anyone accountable, two millennial Black women take action.
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Under Siege (Country: Colombia; Year: 2020; Director: Sjoerd van Grootheest, Irene Vélez-Torres)
In November 2016, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the office of President Juan Manuel Santos signed the Colombian peace deal... this film exposes the reality behind the politics.
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