"Its 28th edition puts that role up-front, having been given the blanket theme "Messages for the Future." Needless to say, the future is looking pretty shaky on numerous fronts at present. But this event's emphasis on nonfiction movies focused on human rights issues around the world more often than not manages to go beyond indictment to provide inspirational models in the past, and activist solutions for present-day woes that threaten our collective tomorrow."
"The 11-day festival features 60 shorts and features, at least half of them directed by women and POC. There are contributions from and/or about Mongolia, Rwanda, Georgia, Iran, Luxembourg, Mali, Turkey, Afghanistan, Congo, Sudan, Cambodia and numerous other countries, not excluding such expected political hotspots as Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Hungary and the US. The program begins this Thurs/16 with the world premiere of Judith Ehrlich's short An Ordinary Insanity, about famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's long campaign against the nuclear threat."
"It plays with Chip Duncan's hour-long Stand Together As One, a look back at the catastrophic famine of the early 1980s in Ethiopia; and Susanne Rostock's feature Following Harry, which pays tribute to the lengthy career and high-profile civil rights activism of singer Belafonte, who passed away two years ago at age 96. These films all play at the Mitchell Park Community Center in Palo Alto."
The United Nations Association Film Festival (Oct. 16-26) centers on the theme "Messages for the Future." The festival runs 11 days and presents 60 shorts and features, with at least half directed by women and people of color. Films come from diverse countries across Africa, Asia and Europe, including Mongolia, Rwanda, Iran, Mali, Turkey, Afghanistan, Congo and Cambodia, and address political hotspots such as Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Hungary and the United States. The program opens with Judith Ehrlich's An Ordinary Insanity about Daniel Ellsberg, paired with Chip Duncan's Stand Together As One and Susanne Rostock's Following Harry. Screenings are held in Palo Alto, other South Bay venues, Stanford and San Francisco's Delancey Screening Room.
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