Global Peace Film Festival 2008

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Short Documentaries
Rwanda. 14 years after the genocide that took away the lives of more than 800.000 people. Can victims and killers live together? Is education important in a society that has lived through a genocide? May a genocide happen again? Do we, as individuals, have any responsibility?
Feature Documentaries
Force Provision is a straight-forward documentary on the commercial provision of defense and security services as they relates to policy, peacekeeping, military institutions, public consent of foreign engagements and necessary responsible oversight. Bringing in twenty minds that have furthered the discourse on the privatization of defense services, this film presents a nuanced and faceted perspective on the historical, current, and future uses of non-State actors in military endeavors.
Short Narratives
During the conflict in the Balkans, a young soldier is forced to choose between his own life and the life of an old friend.
Feature Documentaries
When tragedy strikes Carmen’s nine-years-old daughter, Carla, Carmen is forced to make the dangerous and illegal journey to New York City where she could earn enough money to support her ailing daughter back in Bolivia. When, after six years, congress proposes 'amnesty' legislation allowing Carmen and Carla to be reunited again, Carmen must choose between staying and fighting for the American dream, or be home as promised for Carla's quinceañera. Told through an intimate cinema-verite narrative, her unforgettable story is woven into the current immigration debate in the United States, putting a human face on this timely and controversial issue.
Short Narratives
Working during Memorial Day on the construction of the separation wall, two surveyors are unaware of the different segments of Israel’s absurd reality surrounding them.
Feature Documentaries
Israel. State or army? In October, 2000, the Second Intifada erupted. Intending to re-negotiate with the Palestinians, the government ordered restraint. The army, however, violated one cease-fire agreement after the other. Presenting face-to-face interviews with government ministers, army personnel, and leading journalists, this film, for the first time, reveals exactly how Israel got itself into a war it never declared.
Feature Documentaries
The models that exist for how and why our government classifies a document as being "secret" are unknown to most Americans. To many in the intelligence community, the need for this system is essential to fight terrorism. But is this level of secrecy impeding national security or helping it? Secrecy, a powerful film by Robb Moss and Peter Galison, examines the complexities of our government's obsession with secrecy and its effects. Secrecy takes us into the dark shadows of this process, shedding light on the implications behind classifying a document as secret -- and also asking who polices the state's ability to do so.
Feature Documentaries
A soldier, returning home from Iraq, protests the war by walking the length of his home state, Utah, the reddest state in the nation. During this 500-mile peace walk, he endures sleet, snow, government intimidation, stereotypes, and blisters. But along the way, his patriotism is renewed as he meets like-minded people from across the country who join him in his quest, and while not bringing immediate peace to Iraq, they at least bring peace to him.
Feature Narratives
Vanaja, the 15 year-old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman, goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the landlady's son returns from the U.S., what begins as innocent sexual chemistry turns ugly, ending in the rape of a minor. Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than ancient fort walls, the film explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age.
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