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2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival presents social justice stories to stream online
Documentaries on social justice, including stories of incarcerated women, cultural identity, police violence, inclusive education, and government cover-ups, are in the spotlight at the 2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, presented digitally beginning Wednesday, May 19.
The festival, now in its 32nd year, will screen 10 feature films digitally through May 27, and will also host free online discussions with the filmmakers and subjects, as well as with researchers and advocates from Human Rights Watch.
Feature films
The following are descriptions and trailers for the festival s 10 features, only some of which have been previewed at press time:
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HomeFront: âUnderground Railroadâ delivers, starring roles for Angelina Jolie and Amy Adams, plus a comic from Dorchester goes big
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated May 14, 2021, 8:30 a.m.
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Thuso Mbedu as Cora in The Underground Railroad. Kyle Kaplan/Amazon Studios
Welcome once again to HomeFront, where what would normally be a pre-Memorial Day weekend lull is a steady hum of activity as the three-dimensional world opens up a little bit more with each passing day.
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âThe Underground Railroadâ traces âthe long, fraught journey of a woman, a people, and a country,â writes the Globeâs Ty Burr. In the hands of Barry Jenkins (âMoonlightâ), the âtransfixingâ 10-episode adaptation of Colson Whiteheadâs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel isnât perfectly paced â âthe middle sections . sag like a country bridgeâ â but at its best, âit exerts a dramatic force that p
Looking at this yearâs Human Rights Watch Film Festival
By Peter Keough Globe Correspondent,Updated May 13, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
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A scene from In the Same Breath. Human Rights Watch Film Festival
If the past is any indication, there will likely never be a shortage of iniquities and hardships to be covered in the
Human Rights Watch Film Festival (May 19-27). This yearâs topics include the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Wuhan, and Chinaâs politicization of the virus; and the toxic appeal of ISIS and what happened to teenage girls it lured from middle-class homes to join the jihad in Syria.