Thursday, November 24, 2011

Reel Awareness Film Festival, Nov 24-27


Starting tonight, Amnesty International Toronto presents the 6th annual Reel Awareness Film Festival - the Amnesty International Toronto Human Rights Film Festival. After a reception, tonight's opening night screening will be of Michael Collins' Give Up Tomorrow. It examines the case of Paco Larranaga, who was accused of killing two Chinese-Filipino sisters in the Philippines.

Other films being screening include Prosecutor by Barry Stevens, about the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo; Ali Samadi Ahadi's The Green Wave about the 2009 Iran election; and Anne Gyrithe Bonne's The Lady of No Fear about Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

Q&As will take place each screening with special guests. There will also be panel discussions and other activities.

Admission is Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) at the door, with a suggested donation of $5.00.

All screenings takes place at the National Film Board Cinema at 150 John Street at the North West corner of Richmond and John.

http://aito.ca/reelawareness/index.html

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Reel Awareness Film Festival schedule

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

6:00 PM
Opening Night Reception

7:30 PM
Give Up Tomorrow


Friday, November 25th, 2011

7:30 PM
Oil on Lubicon Land / Bhopali


Saturday, November 26th, 2011

2:00 PM
Prosecutor

4:00 PM
Chechnya: Who Killed Natasha?

6:15 PM
The Price of Sex

8:00 PM
The Green Wave


Sunday, November 27st, 2011

3:30 PM
Impunity

6:00 PM
Lady of No Fear

7:30 PM
Call + Response


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