Festival:
The 31st Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Dates:
June 11-20 (online)
About:
The NYC edition of this respected event presents eleven documentary features, available online throughout the US.
BELLY OF THE BEAST
Among the lineup’s offerings are the world premiere of Erika Cohn’s
BELLY OF THE BEAST, an exposé of the illegal practice of involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prisons. Other selections include Christina Antonakos-Wallace’s
FROM HERE, which contemplates belonging and identity through the stories of four immigrants in Berlin and NYC; Sanjay Rawal’s
GATHER, about indigenous efforts to reclaim their food sovereignty; Mira Jargil’s
REUNITED, about a Syrian family separated across three countries; Juliana Fanjul’s
RADIO SILENCE, about a crusading Mexican radio journalist who risks her life to fight against fake news and government corruption; and Ursula Liang’s
DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL, about the aftermath of the killing of a black man by a Chinese American police officer.
