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A La Calle Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez being arrested during an anti-regime protest in the documentary 'A La Calle' (To The Street). The makers of "A La Calle," debuting in Miami this week, hope the film inspires Venezuelans and the diaspora to keep their struggling pro-democracy movement alive. One of the timeliest movies at this week’s Miami Film Festival – "A La Calle," or To The Street – is a documentary about Venezuela’s pro-democracy movement and its crushing humanitarian crisis. The film may be not only topical but a tonic of sorts since it arrives in South Fl...

It is a new way of life for us with the pandemic. The past year has been a nightmare for all of us. However, in the word of entertainment, we have been thrown some bonuses. A case in point is the 18th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada, led by new festival chairs and McGill alumni) Nick de Pencier and Montreal-born Jennifer Baichwal For the first time since its inception, the entire festival will be available to stream for free across all of Canada, taking place from Feb 18 to 22. Beginning with the opening night film A La Calle, a ground-level look at ordinary Venezuelans fightin...

A La Calle, directed by Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo, shows the extraordinary efforts of ordinary Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy from the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. The preview includes pre-recorded contributions from the film directors and Tamara Taraciuk Broner, acting deputy Americas director and Venezuela expert at Human Rights Watch. Finally, Human Rights Watch and OUTtv will present the Netherlands premiere of the documentary film I Am Samuel, an intimate portrait of a queer Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love, and safety and questioning the con...