Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2021
With an online digital edition in 2021, the 25th UK Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) presents documentaries from around the world of powerful and uplifting stories from those demanding justice, equality, and safety for themselves, their communities, and future generations.
A collection of provocative films about issues that affect us all, providing a platform for individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference.
Taking place March 18th – 26th, see our look at a selection of films featured at this year’s festival…
The 8th is a timely and emotive reminder of the importance of democracy and the power of community (local and global) for mobilising change.
See our feature review >here<.
Screening details here:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/the-8th-12
Filmed over 3 years, Bajo Fuego (Under Siege) is a portrait of people facing a complex crossroads: a government that delays fulfilling what it promised, a family economy in crisis, a state that suppresses mobilization and death threats by armed groups.
A vital film revealing the desperate situation faced by communities in rural areas of Colombia, uncovering the human cost of a failed peace process.
See our feature review >here<.
Screening details here:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/bajo-fuego-under-siege-15
Belly of the Beast explores the modern-day eugenics taking place in California prison systems over the course of seven years, in an intimate and empathetic collaboration with currently and formerly incarcerated people who were targeted by this illegal practice.
See our feature review >here<.
Screening details here:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/belly-of-the-beast-12
When national and international assaults on the press serve as a timely reminder that, as a society, we are nothing without our ability to question our elected officials, A Thousand Cuts follows one journalist and their team in a heated conflict with President Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippine government.
See our feature review >here<.
Screening details here:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/a-thousand-cuts-15
A truly courageous work with a message of hope and optimism, for the perseverance of love over tradition in the LGBTQ+ community in Kenya.
See our feature review >here<.
Screening details here:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/i-am-samuel-15
Find full details of this year’s festival with all films featured here:
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