The Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018 is at Film Society of Lincoln Center from June 14 – 21, 2018. $10 – $15
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is a New York-based, international non-governmental organization that advocates for human rights around the world.
Human Rights Watch was founded in 1978 to monitor the Soviet Union’s compliance with the Helsinki Accords which sought to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West.
Their model is “naming and shaming” which works even better in today’s social media environment. In fact, we encourage all families at risk of government violence to prepare to document interactions with cell phone video and publish them in social media. We cannot be violent, but we can shame those who are violent and their families.
For more information, visit www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018
The Festival is screening 15 movies about what ails us. Twelve of the films are directed or co-directed by women.
For more information, visit ff.hrw.org or www.filmlinc.org
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018 Opening Night
On Her Shoulders
Alexandria Bombach’s 2018 documentary, about the suffering and courage of the Yazidi people of northern Iraq under ISIS, gets its New York Premiere. The film premiered at Sundance.
On Her Shoulders tells the story of Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi who survived genocide and sexual slavery under ISIS.
Friday, June 15, 2018
Q&A with Alexandria Bombach and Murad Ismael.
Latin Films at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018
This season’s Festival includes movies about the Philippines, Spain and Venezuela.
Women of the Venezuelan Chaos
Margarita Cadenas’ 2017 French documentary about the suffering of Venezuelan women as the country becomes a failed state, gets its New York Premiere.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Francesca Beale Theater
Q&A with director Margarita Cadenas and Tamara Taraciuk Broner
The Cleaners
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck’s 2018 German movie about social media cleaners in the Philippines gets its New York Premiere.
In English and Tagalog with English subtitles
Sunday, June 17 at 8:15 pm
Francesca Beale Theater
Q&A with directors Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck, and UCLA professor Sarah T. Roberts, PhD
The Silence of Others
Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar’s 2018 documentary about Spain’s 1977 amnesty law, the “pact of forgetting,” which blocks legal action for abuse suffered during Franco’s 40-year dictatorship, gets its New York Premiere. Pedro Almodóvar is Executive Producer.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Francesca Beale Theater
Q&A with directors Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar, and film subject Chato Galant
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018 Tickets
Tickets are $15
Students, Seniors & Disabilities: $12
Members: $10
Box Office
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
144 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023
(South side between Amsterdam & Columbus)
Lincoln Center, Manhattan
Phone
(212) 875 – 5232
Online
Visiting Film Society of Lincoln Center
Film Society has two theater complexes across the street from each other on West 65th St.
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
144 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023
(South side between Amsterdam & Columbus)
Lincoln Center, Manhattan
- Francesca Beale Theater is a 140-seat theater.
- Howard Gilman Theater is an 85-seat theater.
- Amphitheater is a 75-capacity theater with a 152″ plasma screen television.
The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center is Film Society’s main box office.
Wining and Dining
You can grab a quick bite or have a glass of wine before your movie at the Indie Food and Wine café.
Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023
(North side between Amsterdam & Columbus)
Lincoln Center, Manhattan
The Walter Reade Theater is a 268-seat theater across the street from the Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center.
Subway
- (1) to 66th St – Lincoln Center
- (A) (C)to 59th St – Columbus Circle
- (B) (D) to 59th St – Columbus Circle
Bus
- Uptown / Downtown: M5, M7, M10, M11 and M104
- Crosstown: M66
Parking
There is an entrance to Lincoln Center’s Parking Garage on 65th St.
