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CAMERA AS WITNESS
Presents
24 United Nations Association Film Festival
th
October 21-31, 2021
Stanford University • Palo Alto
East Palo Alto • San Francisco
unaff.org
proudly supports UNAFF and
congratulates the festival on 24 years of
promoting the highest quality documentaries
24 YEARS OF PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH Founder and Executive
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING Director
Jasmina Bojic
UNAFF (UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL) CELEBRATES
GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARIES WITH 60 FILMS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE
Honorary Committee
THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD.
Joan Baez
4 WORLD PREMIERES AND 20 US PREMIERES TO BE SCREENED OCTOBER 21-31 Alec Baldwin
WITH THE THEME “MOVING FORWARD”. OVER 40 FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Jeff Bridges
THROUGHOUT THE IN-PERSON FESTIVAL. Peter Coyote
After having a virtual festival last year because of COVID-19, we are happy to be back in-person. Considering Lolita Davidovich
the safety of our community of paramount importance, we are requiring all attendees, guests, panelists, William Draper III
staff and volunteers to be fully vaccinated or tested and wear masks at all times. Additionally, we will scan
temperatures at the door, provide sanitizers and spare masks, while moving all our receptions outdoors.
Danny Glover
Daryl Hannah
Established in 1998 to honor the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UNAFF has Gale Anne Hurd
grown and earned the respect of audiences and filmmakers alike for its fearless independence and integrity,
in the process becoming one of the oldest purely documentary film festivals in the US. In addition to provid- Susan Sarandon
ing early outlets for films, many of which later went on to win major awards and accolades, including John Savage
Academy Awards, UNAFF prides itself in creating a community forum for discovery and dialogue about
different cultures, issues and solutions. Erika Szanto
Ted Turner
This year’s theme MOVING FORWARD continues our two-decade-long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our
readiness to resume resolute strides towards lasting solutions. Barbara Trent
Zucchero
In its eleven days this year’s UNAFF will present documentaries spotlighting current events from all over the globe, from Afghanistan, Brazil and Cuba
to Iran, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, the US and Yemen. Some of the topics covered by the films include: The longest US war – 20 years in Afghanistan;
Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for human rights, peace and economic and racial justice in the US Congress; decades of Cuba’s isolation; behind the Advisory Board
coup in Iran in 1953; how Jimmy Carter’s selfless leadership and moral integrity ultimately cost him the presidency; climate change and wildfires; Patrick Burt
mental health and sports; the first woman conductor and music director of a major symphony; the first all-women band to release an LP with a major
record label; illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons; criminal justice reforms; rare insight into the ways information is controlled; refugee resettle- Catherine King
ment program; homelessness and pandemic; hunger-stricken children in Yemen; young victims of the war against the Islamic State; a gay immigrant Priscilla Connelly
from China during the pandemic; bringing basic healthcare to people in the developing world; connecting the brain of a paralyzed man to a com-
puter; creativity and disability; and legendary 100-year-old African American park ranger Betty Reid Soskin’s inspiring life, work and urgent mission Juliette Feeney-Timsit
to restore critical missing chapters of America’s story. Bob Filice
UNAFF is committed not only to presenting films, but also providing opportunities for audience members to engage in ongoing dialogue about the
Dianne Griffin
subjects at hand. In addition to 40 filmmakers available for Q&A, six FREE panel discussions will take place during the course of the festival present- Ronny Hamed-Troyansky
ing issues such as crossing borders, reforming criminal justice, youth action for climate, mental health and sports, censorship and press, technology Seth Horvitz
and our planet.
Kameel Khan
UNAFF’s mission has expanded to broad, year-round programs that augment its reach. In addition to the annual film festival, UNAFF organizes panel Cathy Keys
discussions, initiates programs that engage children, students, seniors, veterans, hosts a traveling festival which keeps the films alive well beyond
their initial festival showings and opens its doors to documentary film students and researchers. Dawn Kwan
Linda Lopez-Otero
This year’s UNAFF Visionary Award will be presented to two people: unique public servant, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and legendary singer,
songwriter, musician and activist, Harry Belafonte, recognizing their life-long unwavering commitment to human rights, and their leadership, Mary Jane Marcus
persistence, and vision, which inspired several generations to promote economic, racial and social justice, peace and move us forward to a better Betty Meissner
and more just society.
Misha Milojkovic
We are convinced that the 60 films our jury has selected for you among our 600 submissions will offer you excitement, exhilaration, answers to many Relja Penezic
questions, and pose even more new ones, while shrinking the world and allowing you to embrace it by MOVING FORWARD. We thank you all for David Rock
your encouragement in these surreal times and with your support we hope to continue UNAFF and its programs throughout 2022, when we will
celebrate the 25th UNAFF Anniversary. Jacque Rupp
Chris Scheerder
Stay well and creative.
Maggie Wilde
Helen Young
Jasmina Bojic
Patience Young
Founder and Executive Director
UNAFF & UNAFF Traveling Film Festival
Recipient of the UNESCO Fellini Medal
OPENING FILMS A-Z
5:30 PM Opening Night Reception
Sponsored by Adelante Coffee and Judy’s Breadsticks
Music by POTENTIAL Jazz Ensemble
TOC 6:00 PM Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor, Tom DuBois
Welcome 1
AGAINST THE CURRENT AULCIE BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Opening & Closing Nights 2
Films A–Z 3–9 SCREENINGS DIR: Daunnette Moniz-Reyome
PROD: Evan Mascagni, Holly Carter
DIR/PROD: Dani Menkin
EXEC. PROD: Nancy Spielberg
DIR: Abby Ginzberg
PROD: Joslyn Rose Lyons, Shola Lynch
Schedule 10–11 6:30 PM HUNGER WARD (Yemen, 40 min) 17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the In the summer of 1976, Aulcie Perry was spotted by a scout Representative Barbara Lee is a steadfast voice for hu-
Omaha Native American reservation in Nebraska, has for Maccabi Tel Aviv while playing basketball in Harlem, and man rights, peace and economic and racial justice in the
Print Sources 14–15 7:20 PM GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN (Afghanistan/US, 59 min) grown up hearing stories of substance abuse, depres- was signed immediately. Just a year later, Perry, who took US Congress who cut her teeth as a volunteer for the
Sponsors 16 8:30 PM BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER (US, 82 min) sion, and suicide. She has thrived, becoming an activist the Israeli basketball team to their first European champi- Black Panther Party and was the lone vote in opposition
who has appeared in Teen Vogue and spoken at the U.N. onship, started dating supermodel Tami Ben Ami, convert- to the broad authorization of military force following the
Tickets 17 about Native American issues. She shares her family’s ed to Judaism, and became one of Israel’s biggest athletes. September 11th attacks. The film not only introduces the
Special Thanks 18 journey to retain the sacred rituals and values of their cul- But not all was well behind the scenes, as he descended to public to Barbara Lee but to many others such as Senator
ture and the ways in which her community is healing gen- drugs and jail time, before finally finding redemption - all Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 erational trauma and mental health issues with strength
and dignity.
this while searching for his biological daughter.
(72 min) Israel/US
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, CNN commentator Van Jones,
actor Danny Glover and author Alice Walker.
CLOSING
(31 min) US S16 THU OCT 28 5:10 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST. (82 min) US
S04 SAT OCT 23 2:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S01 THU OCT 21 8:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
SCREENING
6:30 PM A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH (Spain, 14 min)
6:50 PM SOLUTIONS (Denmark/US, 110 min)
BELLY OF THE BEAST THE BROTHERS (LOS HERMANOS) CARTERLAND
9:00 PM Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Reception DIR: Erika Cohn DIR: Marcia Jarmel, Ken Schneider DIR/PROD: Jim Pattiz & Will Pattiz
Sponsored by Coupa Cafe and Hobee’s PROD: Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta PROD: Marcia Jarmel, Ken Schneider, Eréndira Olivera In their feature film debut, Carterland, the Pattiz Brothers
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pia- examine the tragic, yet inspiring story of America’s most
Music by the Potential Jazz Ensemble discover a pattern of illegal sterilizations in California’s nist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a misunderstood president. While leading the nation through
women’s prisons, they wage a near-impossible battle half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York a series of unprecedented crises, Jimmy Carter also con-
against the Department of Corrections. With a growing and Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous fronted climate change and championed social justice at
team of investigators inside prison working with col- first performances together, film offers a nuanced, often star- home and abroad. This groundbreaking film draws on ar-
leagues on the outside, they uncover a series of statewide tling view of estranged nations through the lens of music chival footage, experts, and insiders to reveal how Carter’s
crimes - from inadequate health care to sexual assault and family. Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score, selfless leadership and moral integrity ultimately cost him
to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of composed by Cuban Aldo López-Gavilán, performed with the presidency.
color. his American brother, Ilmar, and with guest appearances by (122 min) US
(82 min) US maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet. S19 FRI OCT 29 9:00 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST.
S10 MON OCT 25 6:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (84 min) Cuba/US
S15 WED OCT 27 7:00 PM SF - ROXIE THEATER
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A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE THE CONDUCTOR COUP 53 FOR THE LEFT HAND FRENEMIES FROM THESE HANDS
DIR/PROD: Harrison Thane, Matt Thane DIR: Bernadette Wegenstein DIR: Taghi Amirani DIR: Gordon Quinn, Leslie Simmer DIR/PROD: Mirella Martinelli DIR/PROD: Wayne Holloway
A documentary tells the story of Braidwood during our PROD: Annette Porter PROD: Taghi Amirani, Ahmad Kiarostami, Paul Zaentz PROD: Howard Reich, Diane Quon, Gordon Quinn For almost 60 years it has been painfully difficult for U.S. This is a story about the project focused on training Syrian ref-
2019-2020 Black Summer. It shows the unsung heroes - the Despite being told girls can’t do that and being repeated- The roots of Iran’s volatile relationship with America and At age 5, Norman Malone discovered he was a natural at citizens to travel to Cuba. Decades of economic isolation ugees and local Lebanese in the craft of conservation stone-
RFS brigades, our community radio station, the mozzies, ly rejected by the establishment of classical music, Marin Britain has never been so forensically and dramatically ex- the piano. Tragically, when Norman turned 10, his father have worn out the island and the morale of Cubans who masonry, equipping them with skills to improve their liveli-
those feeding our firefighters, the neighbors lending a Alsop persisted and never let go of her dream of becom- posed. The 16mm footage and documents not only allow attacked him with a hammer to the head, leaving him still resist to keep their sovereignty. Can any economy sur- hoods and to restore their heritage post-conflict. They walked
hand and we show our recovery. How our town is rebound- ing a conductor. She was the first (and only) conductor to the filmmakers to tell the story of the overthrow of the Ira- paralyzed on his right side. Undaunted, Malone began a vive such an all-encompassing blockade? The UN has voted through the door of the training centre having never picked
ing from its greatest existential threat, tackling mental receive a MacArthur Award. Marin became the first female nian government in unprecedented detail but also leads to lifelong quest to reclaim his place at the piano, mastering almost thirty times for the embargo to be lifted. The embar- up a chisel before, six months later, they gained an accredited
health and working together. to be appointed as music director of a major symphony, explosive revelations about dark secrets buried for 67 years. the most difficult music ever written for left hand alone go is a human rights issue that affects 11.4 million Cubans qualification, made friendships that will last a lifetime, and
(23 min) Australia the first female music director of the São Paulo Symphony Working with Ralph Fiennes to help bring the lost material – and never telling anyone of his deepening virtuosity. living in Cuba, 1.5 million Cuban Americans in Florida and now have hope for the future.
S08 SUN OCT 24 2:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK Orchestra and the first woman to conduct the BBC’s ‘Last to life, what begins as a historical documentary about four Nearly 70 years after his tragic attack, Malone launches a 340,000 in other U.S. states whose families remain in Cuba. (18 min) Lebanon/Syria/UK
Night of the Proms’. In 2020, Marin became the first wom- days in August 1953 turns into a live investigation, taking triumphant concert career. (86 min) Cuba/US S04 SAT OCT 23 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
an ever appointed as Chief Conductor of the Vienna Radio the filmmakers into uncharted cinematic waters. (74 min) US S18 FRI OCT 29 4:00 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST.
Symphony Orchestra. (119 min) Iran/UK/US S05 SAT OCT 23 6:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
(90 min) US S18 FRI OCT 29 5:40 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST.
S21 SAT OCT 30 7:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
COVISIONS: QUARANTINE DIARY DICKTATORSHIP FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK FULL PICTURE GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUNDED
DIR: Yesica Prado DIR: Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi DIR: Bobbi Jo Hart DIR: Jacob Reed DIR/PROD: Julian Sher DIR/PROD: Annie Leclair
PROD: Marcia Jarmel PROD: Marco Visalberghi PROD: Bobbi Jo Hart, Robbie Hart PROD: Jacob Reed, Santina Muha, Elizabeth Reichelt, Stephen The West invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to topple the Tali- In painting and dance, Marie-Hélène, a respected figure on
Yesica lost her housing in San Francisco while she was a Donald Trump won the White House despite his openly mi- Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Fili- Sanow ban regime with promises of democracy, freedom and the Canadian contemporary art scene, finds an outlet for
graduate student. She came to the Berkeley Marina and sogynist and chauvinistic stands. The sexual abuses against pina-American sisters got together with other teenage Actress, comedian, and activist, Santina Muha, has been in a women’s rights. It was a disaster. Hundreds of thousands her creativity and her resilient spirit, after losing both her
joined a community of vehicular residents already re- women of Harvey Weinstein showed that also Hollywood girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band wheelchair since she was six years old. With meetings, hang- of people were killed. Corruption and abuse are endemic. legs as a child. The arrival of her daughters sparks a new
siding there. They created a network of support for one has a huge sexism problem and the scandal created a would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny, the outs, and classes happening virtually due to the Coronavi- As a young and idealistic war correspondent, Graeme sense of freedom, pushing herself to let go self-censorship
another, showing the empathy, resilience, and kindness worldwide outcry on social media where women under first all-women band to release an LP with a major record rus quarantine, she’s experiencing something new: choosing Smith followed the troops into battle in Afghanistan. Now and to fully bloom.
present even in the face of precarious living. the #MeToo started to describe their daily experiences with label. Despite releasing 5 critically-acclaimed albums over when (or if) to disclose her disability. Shot entirely over video he returns to a place that gave him nightmares to see if (7 min) Canada
(7 min) US sexism. Intellectuals, feminists, activists, Democrats and 5 years, touring with famed bands from SLADE to CHICA- chat, Santina meets strangers without mentioning her wheel- there is hope for peace. S12 TUE OCT 26 3:30 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR.
S15 WED OCT 27 6:45 PM SF - ROXIE THEATER even some Republicans are asking themselves: how can GO and amassing a dedicated fan base of music legends chair. Will this cause them to focus more on what they have in (59 min) Afghanistan/US
this be possible? There is a place in the world that could including David Bowie, Fanny’s groundbreaking impact common than their differences? S01 THU OCT 21 7:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
have the answers to that question. It’s Italy! in music was written out of history... until bandmates re- (12 min) US
(90 min) Italy unite 50 years later with a new rock record deal. S12 TUE OCT 26 3:50 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR.
S03 FRI OCT 22 8:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (92 min) Canada/US
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FATHER OF THE CYBORGS THE FIRST STEP A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH HELLO, DICTATOR. ORBÁN, THE EU AND THE A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA HUNGER WARD
DIR: David Burke DIR: Brandon Kramer DIR/PROD: David Regos RULE OF LAW DIR/PROD: George Gage, Beth Gage DIR: Skye Fitzgerald
PROD: David Burke Seán Ó Cualáin PROD: Lance Kramer This Western environmental documentary is set in the DIR: Michael Wech In 2016, during the world’s largest refugee crisis since PROD: Michael Scheuerman, Skye Fitzgerald
Famed neurologist Phil Kennedy made global headlines in the Van Jones, a Black progressive activist known for calling Tabernas Desert in Spain, Europe’s only desert. Known for PROD: Leopold Hoesch WWII, the conservative state of Nebraska, welcomed more Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding
late 90’s for connecting the brain of a paralyzed man to a com- Donald Trump’s election a white lash live on primetime TV, being the backdrop of many famous Western films, sadly, It is a struggle about power and billions. Since the summer of refugees than any state in the U.S. They welcomed wom- centers in Yemen, the Academy Nominated HUNGER WARD
puter. He was compared to Alexander Graham Bell in The Wash- controversially crossing party lines to win bipartisan support the area is being trashed. But now, with the help of some 2020, the majority of the EU states have been fighting to make en and families tortured by war; one Nebraskan worked documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart
ington Post and became known as ‘The Father of the Cyborgs.’ for criminal justice reform and the response to the addiction locals, an English ex-pat is forming a posse and taking the granting of EU funds conditional. Only those who abide by 10 years to rescue the Afghan interpreter who’d saved his the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten
Then in 2014, he traveled to Belize to implant his own brain to crisis. Van’s journey building bridges in a time of extreme po- things into his own hands. Literally. the rule of law should receive funds in the future. Hungarian company’s lives. In the next four years, the Trump admin- war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsade-
unlock the mystery of speech for locked-in patients. But now, larization takes him deep into the messy drama of the Trump (14 min) Spain Prime Minister Viktor Orban is vehemently opposed. For good istration reduced the number of refugees from Obama’s eq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hun-
the controversial inventor is concerned that the field he helped administration, internal divisions within both parties, and S24 SUN OCT 31 6:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK reasons? The European community of values is struggling over ceiling of 110,000 to an all-time low of 15,000. President ger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.
pioneer may lead to unintended consequences in a future the lives of activists fighting on the frontlines for their com- its position. For months. With his blackmailing veto, Orban Biden has agreed to accept 125,000 in fiscal year 2022. (40 min) Yemen
where technology and human brains combine. munities. Activists try to move forward with criminal justice plunges into a deep crisis, in which Chancellor Merkel finally (69 min) US S01 THU OCT 21 6:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
(76 min) Ireland/US reforms but meet resistance from other parties. mediates. Is it appeasement with the autocrat? A search for S04 SAT OCT 23 3:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
S13 TUE OCT 26 7:00 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR. (90 min) US clues throughout Europe.
S11 MON OCT 25 9:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (89 min) Germany/Hungary
S20 SAT OCT 30 2:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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I AM BELMAYA I AM GEN Z IN A WHOLE NEW WAY LION ON THE MAT THE LIST MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK STORY
DIR: Sue Carpenter DIR: Liz Smith DIR: Jonathan Fisher DIR/PROD: Asali Echols DIR/PROD: Vishakha Gupta DIR: Paul Michael Angell
CoDIR: Belmaya Nepali PROD: Chantelle De Carvalho PROD: George Carrano The story follows Mai Nguyen as she trains for a Jiu Jitsu The National Register of Citizens or NRC is unique to As- PROD: Paul Michael Angell, Douglas Blush, Victor Buhler,
PROD: Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird, Bettina Kadoorie Through expert interviews and the web lens of Generation Probation has evolved from a way to avoid prison to a match. We witness how she mentally and physically pre- sam and is meant to identify those accused of being il- Vladimir V Daniel
A tale of rebellion, courage and hope in patriarchal Nepal. Si- Z, the documentary explores how the digital revolution is sanction actually feeding mass incarceration. Equipped pares, balancing the demands of regular life — job, being a legal immigrants. To be included in the list, each of the Stan Brock was an errant British adventurer who fled pub-
lenced and subjugated all her life, uneducated Belmaya takes impacting our society, our brains and mental health, how with a new form of artistic expression that has let them single mother — with training. As we gradually learn more 32 million applicants had to provide government issued lic school and boarded a ship bound for British Guiana,
up the movie camera to tell her story. Spanning 14 years, Sue the forces driving it are working against humanity and see themselves in a whole new way, hundreds of American about her past, we understand her commitment to mar- documents to prove that they or their ancestors came where he went on to become a vaquero: a barefoot Ama-
Carpenter and Belmaya Nepali‘s feature-length documentary have put us on a dangerous trajectory that has huge rami- people of color ensnared in this dominant criminal justice tial arts as a way to recover from the trauma of her abusive to India before Bangladesh’s war of independence from zonian cowboy. He was later discovered by a TV producer
follows Belmaya’s transformational journey as she stands up fications for this first generation growing up with mobile sanction set out to blaze a whole new way to reform. As in childhood and ex-husband. The film is a story of resilience, Pakistan in March of 1971. But the four-year long process who brought him to the US and turned him into an ana-
to her husband and society, and reclaims her voice through digital technology. so many areas of American life, POC would pioneer an ap- strength, and finding solace in unexpected places. of creating the list was marred with errors and has left conda-wrestling wildlife TV star, featuring weekly on Mu-
filmmaking. (101 min) UK/US proach that many others could benefit from. (16 min) US members of the same family standing on two sides of the tual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. However, in 1985 sold ev-
(82 min) Nepal/UK S08 SUN OCT 24 4:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (31 min) US S03 FRI OCT 22 7:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK citizenship line. erything he owned and founded a small charity with the
S09 SUN OCT 24 8:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S11 MON OCT 25 8:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (18 min) India aim of bringing basic healthcare to people in the develop-
S04 SAT OCT 23 1:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK ing world, vowing never to take a salary for his efforts.
(96 min) UK/US
S13 TUE OCT 26 8:30 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY IRAQ’S LOST GENERATION ISRAEL-PALESTINE: A SWISS MAN IN THE MEET THE CENSORS MIND/GAME: THE UNQUIET JOURNEY OF NANMIN
DIR: Carolyn Jones DIR: Anne Poiret EYE OF THE STORM DIR: Håvard Fossum CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW DIR/PROD: Adam Shaw
PROD: Paula Silver, Bonnie Greenberg, Lisa C. Frank, PROD: Estelle Mauriac DIR: Xavier Nicol PROD: Ingvil Giske DIR/PROD: Rick Goldsmith Each year, thousands of refugees from around the world
Terrence D. Sykes There are believed to be some one hundred thousand PROD: Anne-Frederique Widmann, Jean-Philippe Ceppi From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and a A compelling story of basketball phenom Chamique seek asylum in Japan, but only 0.1% of applicants are ac-
All of our country’s biggest public health challenges—from children that have been fending for themselves since the Abuse of power, nepotism, management issues, and hav- South Sudan military headquarters, to conversations with an Holdsclaw, who was the greatest women’s basketball cepted. Nanmin portrays life as an asylum seeker in Japan,
COVID-19 to the opioid crisis to gun violence to behavioral battle against ISIS. From orphans in the streets of Mosul ing an affair with a colleague. These are the accusations Iranian Ayatollah and Chinese news editors. The filmmakers player the world had ever seen: seven consecutive cham- focusing on the secretive migrant detention centers and
health and lack of insurance—collide in emergency de- to the children of ISIS, whose families had pledged alle- that last year forced Swiss national, Pierre Krähenbühl, follow the daily working lives of the censors. With remarkable pionships from high school through college, moves and harsh parole system in interviews with activists, lawyers,
partments. Nearly half of all medical care in the U.S. is de- giance to the caliphate. Since their existence is not legally to resign from his post of Commissioner General of the access to a secretive world, we get a rare insight into the ways flair comparable to the best men’s players, the “female and refugees.
livered in E.D.s and nurses are on the frontlines of that care, recognized, they have no I.D., and therefore no access to UNRWA, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees. information is controlled, from the Communist Party in Beijing Michael Jordan.” But inside, something was not right. (20 min) Japan/US
addressing our physical and emotional needs and sending education, medical care, or food assistance. How can we But are they truth or fabrication? What is he really guilty of? to the corridors of power in Washington. Hearing the word Six years into her career as a pro with the Washington S04 SAT OCT 23 2:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
us back out into the world. help them to find a place in society, so that they do not Looking at previously unseen documents, Temps Présent censorship makes us cringe, but is it a misunderstood idea? If Mystics, Chamique left the team under a cloud. She was
(81 min) US become a threat to the international community? picks up the trail of this scandal, detecting more than a there’s one thing the censors have in common, it’s that they’re suffering from both clinical depression and the shame of
S22 SUN OCT 31 1:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (52 min) Iraq/Syria/US whiff of geopolitical score-settling. all convinced they’re working for a good cause. her illness, hidden by a mask that she had worn for years.
S17 THU OCT 28 8:20 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST. (53 min) Israel/Palestine (100 min) China/Germany/Iran/Norway/South Sudan/Sweden/US (56 min) US
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THE LAST MEAL THE LEAF LIFE AND LIFE NO TIME TO WASTE: THE URGENT MISSION OLEG OUTSWING
DIR: Marcus McKenzie, Daniel Principe DIR/PROD: Will Zang DIR: NC Heikin OF BETTY REID SOSKIN DIR: Nadia Tass DIR/PROD: Samar Minallah Khan
PROD: Marcus McKenzie, Daniel Principe, Danielle Tinker It is a personal, poetic, documentary about director Will PROD: Nicole London, Jessica Wolfson, Marcia Jarmel DIR/PROD: Carl Bidleman PROD: Joan Borsten On the outskirts of Islamabad, a coach teaches a team
Capital punishment simmers in a boiling pot of controver- J. Zang’s experience as both a filmmaker and a gay im- A journey that musician Reggie Austin takes to redeem Film celebrates legendary 100-year-old park ranger Bet- Oleg Vidov was well-known throughout eastern Europe, of unlikely players, their families, and a community how
sy. Amidst the political and religious debate surrounding migrant during this pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic his life following a murder conviction 40 years ago. With ty Reid Soskin’s inspiring life, work and urgent mission as the first Soviet movie star to appear in a western film, playing Cricket can change lives. The girls overcome their
the issue one thing sets tongues wagging more than the changed and destroyed everything in daily life, including surprising honesty and depth, the film looks at Austin’s to restore critical missing chapters of America’s story. It and for his mega-hit Soviet movies. As a young man he fears and anxiety and find strength in something as sim-
others - what do the condemned eat before their execu- filmmaking. Jobs in the art and film communities may not effect on his fellow inmates and efforts to reconnect with shows a young Black woman in a WWII segregated union married into the family of USSR Secretary General Leonid ple as Cricket. It is a story of how standing up for girls and
tion? Narrated by Hugh Ross film presents a banquet of be available for months or years. Will is part of the San his family questioning parole and sentencing practices hall, through her multi-faced career as a singer, activist, Brezhnev’s inner circle, but found himself politically out of their passions is the most honorable thing a man can do.
death row inmates’ final feasts and through them shines Francisco’s filmmaking community and is experiencing through his story. Ultimately, the film reveals the steep mother, legislative representative and park planner to her favor when his vengeful ex-wife arranged to black-list him In Cricket, an out-swing delivery is the one that ‘moves
a light on our understanding of the individuals and the in- this dilemma. As an immigrant from China, he struggles and dangerous hill ex-prisoners must climb upon release present public role. At the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home from the Soviet film industry’s A-list and branded with the away’ from the line of its bowling. It has the risk of being
stitutions meting out capital punishment. financially as a filmmaker in the U.S. At the same time, he to free themselves and create a positive future. It is a story Front National Historical Park, Betty illuminates the invis- dreaded assignation nevyezdnoy which means unexport- declared a wide-ball but it can also change the game.
(18 min) Australia is uncertain about whether he could be his true authentic of the struggle for redemption and hope against near im- ible histories of African Americans and other people of able. The film exposes the culture of corruption of the era, (26 min) Pakistan
S10 MON OCT 25 4:15 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK self, a gay man if he moves back to China. possible odds, accompanied by a soundtrack that comes color challenging us all to move together toward a more the secret life of the political and cultural elites, and traces S02 FRI OCT 22 4:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
(4 min) US straight from Austin’s heart. perfect union. of Vidov’s dramatic escape.
S15 WED OCT 27 6:30 PM SF - ROXIE THEATER (80 min) US (52 min) US (90 min) Russia/US
S10 MON OCT 25 4:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S09 SUN OCT 24 7:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S06 SAT OCT 23 7:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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THE PIANIST FROM RAMALLAH PRESERVING THE HOLOCAUST RESURRECTION! AIRTO MOREIRA & THE TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: GEORGE SELDES THESE MOMENTS THEY KEEP QUIET SO WE MAKE NOISE
DIR: Avida Livny DIR: Jane Wells PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND AND THE AMERICAN PRESS DIR/PROD: Dylan Chant, Nic Kuklinski, Scott Larson DIR/PROD: Marlena Skrobe
PROD: Eitan Evan, Udi Zamberg 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau a dedi- DIR/PROD: Dale Djerassi IR/PROD: Rick Goldsmith
D In 2020, America entered a new era of social justice, and Ex.PROD: Dr. Yoshitaka Ota
Four years in the life of Muhammad Misha Alsheikh, a tal- cated group of young Polish conservators work behind the Two powerful forces in the world of jazz come together in Ex.PROD: Bill Jersey without people on the ground continuing to document In Jenjarom, a small palm plantation town approximate-
ented teenage pianist from Ramallah, who is the son of a scenes at the Memorial (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) this lively film. Airto Moreira, a world renowned percussion- Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press the truth, ongoing injustices would never be brought ly 50 kilometers outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the
Palestinian father and a Russian mother. It takes Misha 3 preserving artifacts that refute Holocaust denial and honor ist from Brazil meets the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz reveals the critical fight newspaper men and women na- to light. The filmmakers follow three photographers as smell of burnt plastic crept across the town every night
hours to get from his house to a piano lesson with Emma, those killed there. In a painstaking and dedicated effort to Band on Mardi Gras morning in New Orleans. The musical tionwide are waging to continue reporting the news, as they capture their unique racial justice movements in the entering the homes of residents, stirring them awake. Af-
his Jewish-Israeli teacher who also came from Russia and never forget, they labor to preserve fragile artifacts that en- alchemy of this meeting reignites the acclaimed musician’s growing threats push local journalism, the lifeblood of de- American Southwest, writing the history that will one day ter months of sleepless nights, a few local residents de-
now lives in Jerusalem, but his dream is bigger than bor- sure the permanence of Holocaust remembrance and honor passion to play and from there they laissez les bons temps mocracy, toward extinction. be our legacy. cided to investigate the source of the smell, forming The
ders. Between checkpoints, auditions and his father’s will those killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau. ruler. This is music as medicine for the soul! (111 min) US (20 min) US Environmental Protection Agency of Kuala Langat.
that he will become a doctor, he tries to fulfill his dream of (11 min) Poland/US (20 min) Brazil/US S20 SAT OCT 30 3:50 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S20 SAT OCT 30 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (12 min) Malaysia/US
becoming a professional pianist - and also stay happy. S17 THU OCT 28 8:00 PM SU - F. SPOGLI INST. S05 SAT OCT 23 5:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S13 TUE OCT 26 6:30 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR.
(60 min) Israel/Palestine
S12 TUE OCT 26 4:20 PM SU - LI KA SHING CTR.
THE RETURN: LIFE AFTER ISIS THE ROAD TO JUSTICE THE SEED TO THE STREET (A LA CALLE) UNBREATHABLE: THE FIGHT FOR HEALTHY AIR UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER
DIR: Alba Sotorra DIR/PROD: Brendan Hall, Kaliya Warren DIR/PROD: Helene Goupil PROD: Nelson G. Navarrete, Maxx Caicedo, Shawna Brake- DIR: Maggie Burnette Stogner DIR: Sonia Kennebeck
PROD: Vesna Cudic, Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras It is a story about a civil rights tour through the Ameri- Guy Clark’s grandfather owned a broom factory in field-Haase, Marcus Cheek, Greg Little PROD: Elizabeth Joy Herzfeldt-Kamprath PROD: Ines Hofmann Kanna, Sonia Kennebec, Abigail Dis-
A unique access portrait of a group of Western women can South as they reckon with our painful history of North Carolina, one of the few Black business owners The remarkable courage of the Venezuelan people as they This is a timely, powerful look at fifty years of the Clean Air Act ney, Wim Wenders
who devoted their young lives to ISIS, but who now want racial injustice. The first, a group of predominantly Black at the time, planted the seed for Clark to start his own unite to restore liberty to their country from the key op- and the challenges we still face to ensure healthy air for every- A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers –
to be given the chance to start over, back home in the middle school students from Chicago, and the second, a business. Clark started his flower stand in 1982, at a position including Leopoldo López to grassroots activist one. Asthma is the number one health issue for children, and this is the story of 25-year-old NSA contractor Reality Win-
West. Among them, probably the most famous British re- group of older Americans who lived through the 1960’s time when the AIDS epidemic took over the Castro. He Nixon Leal. As acting interim President Juan Guaidó works recent research links air pollution to higher cases and deaths ner who disclosed a document about Russian election in-
cruit Shamima Begum, who fled the country when she Civil Rights era. They come face to face with the leaders donated flowers for funeral after funeral and continues to rally international opposition to the Maduro regime, the from COVID-19. Environmental regulations and enforcement terference to the media and became the number one leak
was 15, and Hoda Muthana from USA who incited her fol- and everyday heroes whose courage and perseverance to show his generosity. In 2009, Clark gets evicted and corrupt dictator and his allies tighten their hold over a na- of existing laws are being stripped away when the need for re- target of the Trump administration.
lowers on Twitter to go on drivebys and kill Americans. paved the way for future generations. loses his home of 28 years. tion already crippled by hyperinflation, blocking life-saving newable energy is more urgent than ever. (93 min) US
Universally reviled by the media, these women now tell (30 min) US (30 min) US humanitarian aid and repressing dissent with politically (30 min) US S06 SAT OCT 23 9:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
their stories for the very first time. S09 SUN OCT 24 6:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S22 SUN OCT 31 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK motivated arrests, torture and killings. S08 SUN OCT 24 3:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
(90 min) Spain/Syria/UK (111 min) Venezuela
S02 FRI OCT 22 4:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S23 SUN OCT 31 4:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND SOLUTIONS STRIKE WITH THE BEAT WE HAVE REACHED THE MOMENT YOUTH V GOV ZERO GRAVITY
ISLAM DIR: Pernille Rose Grønkjær DIR/PROD: Sai Kyaw Khaing Director: Anna Rodgers DIR: Christi Cooper IR: Thomas Verrette
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DIR: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen PROD: Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Eva Mulvad, Mikala Krogh Myanmar people have been living under Military rule DIR: Christi Cooper, Liz Smith PROD: Olivia Ahnemann PROD: Haller Rice, Thomas Verrette, Stacy Parks
PROD: Jørgen Lorentzen A group of the world’s leading scientists isolate them- since 1962. On February 1, 2021, Burmese’s military seized PROD: Christi Cooper, Olivia Ahnemann It is a story of America’s youth taking on the world’s most Seen through the wondrous eyes of three young students
In the 1960s, the hippies championed the idea of a sexual selves for 10 days at the renowned Santa Fe Institute. power and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Vic tries to explain to his climate-denying father the im- powerful government. In 2015, twenty one young plain- and their first-time coach, they each take an intimate and
revolution. They received neither Fatwas nor bodyguards. They come from all corners of science representing envi- Kyi and President U Win Myint and elected government pacts of the climate crisis on their own disenfranchised tiffs, ages 8 to 19, filed the lawsuit Juliana vs. United personal journey to space as their team grows from amateur
Today, Seyran Ates - a Turkish - German lawyer, feminist, ronment, economy, democracy, social media, education, members. After the coup, Young Burmese citizens called communities. Adding to this deeply emotional challenge States, asserting a willful violation of their constitution- coders to representing California in the ISS Finals Tourna-
and one of the first female imams in Europe - is fighting status of institutions and artificial technology. Together, the Drum Revolution group came out to the street and is Vic’s concurrent gender transition, shifting their rela- al rights in creating our climate crisis. They are African- ment — the culmination of a summer-long adventure that
for a sexual revolution within Islam. In return, she was they want to start a revolutionary movement: to secure protested the military junta. In response, the junta brutal- tionship from father-daughter to father-son, for which American, Indigenous, white, bi-racial, and LGBTQ, and sees their incredible accomplishment performed by astro-
shot, received fatwas and death threats, and now has to the future of humanity through science by finding the ly crack downed on peaceful protesters. there is no instructional manual. their diversity speaks not only to the impacts of climate nauts in orbit. The competition is called Zero Robotics and
live under constant police protection. Seyran believes the path to a new paradigm. (25 min) Myanmar (34 min) US change, but to the inclusion required if we are to build a is run by the MIT Space Systems Laboratory in collaboration
only way to fight against radical Islam is through Islam, (110 min) Denmark/US S20 SAT OCT 30 1:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK S08 SUN OCT 24 3:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK better and more just future together. with NASA and CASIS.
which is why, in her liberal mosque, there is no gender S24 SUN OCT 31 6:50 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (110 min) US (74 min) US
segregation or exclusion based on sexual orientation. S14 WED OCT 27 3:00 PM EPA COOLEY LANDING S07 SUN OCT 24 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
(55 min) Germany/Norway/Turkey PARK AND EDUCATION CENTER
S03 FRI OCT 22 7:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 10.21 FRIDAY 10.22 SATURDAY 10.23 SUNDAY 10.24 MONDAY 10.25 TUESDAY 10.26
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Stanford University, Stanford Medical School
3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road LKC room 130 (session 12)
LKC room 120 (session 13)
Session 1 Session 2 Session 4 Session 7 UNAFF & Kids Program Session 10
5:30 PM Opening Night Reception 4:00 PM OUTSWING (Pakistan, 26 min) 1:00 PM FROM THESE HANDS (FREE Admission) 4:15 PM THE LAST MEAL (Australia, 18 min) Session 12
sponsored by Adelante Coffee and 4:40 PM THE RETURN: LIFE AFTER ISIS (Lebanon/Syria/UK, 18 min) 1:00 PM ZERO GRAVITY (US, 74 min) 4:40 PM LIFE AND LIFE (US, 80 min) 3:30 PM GROUNDED (Canada, 7 min)
Judy’s Breadsticks (Spain/Syria/UK, 90 min) 1:30 PM THE LIST (India, 18 min) 6:10 PM BELLY OF THE BEAST (US, 82 min) 3:50 PM FULL PICTURE (US, 12 min)
Music by POTENTIAL Jazz Ensemble 2:00 PM NANMIN (Japan, 20 min) Session 8 4:20 PM THE PIANIST FROM RAMALLAH
Session 3 2:30 PM AGAINST THE CURRENT (US, 31 min) 2:30 PM A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE Session 11 (Israel/Palestine, 60 min)
6:00 PM Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor, 7:00 PM LION ON THE MAT (US/Vietnam,16 min) 3:10 PM A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA (Australia, 23 min) 7:40 PM Panel “Reforming Criminal Justice”
Tom DuBois 7:30 PM SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND (US, 69 min) 3:00 PM UNBREATHABLE: THE FIGHT FOR (FREE Admission) Session 13
ISLAM 4:30 PM Panel “Crossing Borders” HEALTHY AIR (US, 30 min) 8:40 PM IN A WHOLE NEW WAY (US, 31 min) 6:30 PM THEY KEEP QUIET SO WE MAKE NOISE
6:30 PM HUNGER WARD (Yemen, 40 min) (Germany/Norway/Turkey, 55 min) (FREE Admission) 3:40 PM WE HAVE REACHED THE MOMENT 9:20 PM THE FIRST STEP (US, 90 min) (Malaysia/US, 12 min)
7:20 PM GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN 8:40 PM DICKTATORSHIP (Italy, 90 min) (US, 34 min) 7:00 PM FATHER OF THE CYBORGS
(Afghanistan/US, 59 min) Session 5 4:30 PM I AM GEN Z (UK/US, 101 min) (Ireland/US, 76 min)
8:30 PM BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO 5:30 PM RESURRECTION! AIRTO MOREIRA & 8:30 PM MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK
POWER (US, 82 min) THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND Session 9 STORY (UK/US, 85 min)
(Brazil/US, 20 min) 6:40 PM THE ROAD TO JUSTICE (US, 30 min)
6:00 PM FOR THE LEFT HAND (US, 70 min) 7:20 PM NO TIME TO WASTE: THE URGENT
MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN
Session 6 (US, 52 min)
7:40 PM OLEG (Russia/US, 90 min) 8:30 PM I AM BELMAYA (Nepal/UK, 82 min)
9:20 PM UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER
(US, 93 min)
WEDNESDAY 10.27 THURSDAY 10.28 FRIDAY 10.29 SATURDAY 10.30 SUNDAY 10.31
East Palo Alto, Cooley Landing Park and Education Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
Center, 2100 Bay Road International Studies Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street International Studies Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street 3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road
Session 14 Session 16 Session 18 Session 20 Session 22
3:00 PM YOUTH V GOV (US, 110 min) 4:00 PM MIND/GAME: THE UNQUIET JOURNEY 4:00 PM FRENEMIES (Cuba/US, 86 min) 1:00 PM THESE MOMENTS (US, 20 min) 1:00 PM THE SEED (US, 30 min)
4:50 PM Panel “Youth Action for Climate” OF CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW 5:40 PM COUP 53 (Iran, 119 min) 1:30 PM STRIKE WITH THE BEAT 1:40 PM IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (US, 81 min)
(FREE Admission) (US, 56 min) 7:40 PM Panel “From Havana to Tehran – (Myanmar, 25 min)
5:10 PM AULCIE (Israel/US, 72 min) Strained Relations” (FREE Admission) 2:10 PM HELLO, DICTATOR. ORBÁN, THE EU Session 23
San Francisco, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street 6:40 PM Panel “Mental Health and Sports” AND THE RULE OF LAW 3:10 PM ISRAEL-PALESTINE: A SWISS MAN IN
(FREE Admission) Session 19 (German/Hungary, 89 min) THE EYE OF THE STORM
Session 15 9:00 PM CARTERLAND (US, 122 min) 3:50 PM TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: GEORGE (Israel/Palestine, 53 min)
6:30 PM THE LEAF (China/US, 4 min) Session 17 SELDES AND THE AMERICAN PRESS 4:20 PM TO THE STREET (A LA CALLE)
6:45 PM COVISIONS: QUARANTINE DIARY 8:00PM PRESERVING THE HOLOCAUST (US, 111 min) (Venezuela,111 min)
(US, 7 min) (Poland/US, 11 min) 5:30 PM Panel “Telling the Truth about a
7:00 PM THE BROTHERS (LOS HERMANOS) 8:20PM IRAQ’S LOST GENERATION Country” (FREE Admission) Session 24
(Cuba/US, 84 min) (Iraq/Syria/US, 52 min) 6:30 PM A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH (Spain, 14 min)
8:40 PM FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK Session 21 6:50 PM SOLUTIONS (Denmark/US, 110 min)
(Canada/US, 92 min) 7:00 PM THE CONDUCTOR (US, 90 min)
8:40 PM MEET THE CENSORS 9:00PM Awards Ceremony and Closing Night
(China/Germany/Iran/Norway/South Reception sponsored by Coupa Café
Sudan/Sweden/US, 100 min) and Hobee’s
Music by the Potential Jazz Ensemble
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AGAINST THE CURRENT A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH IN CASE OF EMERGENCY NO TIME TO WASTE: THE URGENT STRIKE WITH THE BEAT
w: www.bykids.org w: https://filmfestivalflix.com/ w: https://www.incaseofemergency.film/ MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN w: https://www.youtube.com/user/nams-
arts.stanford.edu e: holly@bykids.org film/a-fistful-of-rubbish/ e: lisa@carolynjones.com w: www.bullfrogfilms.com haimedia/playlists?app=desktop
e: daveinfilm@hotmail.com e: mark@bullfrogfilms.com e: sainamshai@gmail.com
continues throughout the academic year AULCIE IRAQ’S LOST GENERATION
bringing award-winning documentaries, w: https://www.heyjudeproductions. FOR THE LEFT HAND w: http://cineteve.com/en/films/ OLEG TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: GEORGE
filmmakers and speakers to Stanford in com/ w: http://www.normanmalonefilm.com iraqs-lost-generation/ w: https://www.olegvidovfilm.com/ SELDES AND THE AMERICAN PRESS
e: danimenkin@gmail.com e: diane@kartemquin.com e: f.defontainieu@cineteve.fr about-oleg-vidov w: https://kovnocommunications.org/
the classroom and special events. If you
e: joanborsten@gmail.com, nancy@cin- e: rgoldfilm@gmail.com
are interested in having docs through the BELLY OF THE BEAST FRENEMIES ISRAEL-PALESTINE: A SWISS MAN IN THE emacollet.com, phillip@cityprinc.com
CAW Program at your event or in your w: https://www.bellyofthebeastfilm.com/ w: http://MovingImages.pictures EYE OF THE STORM THESE MOMENTS
dorm, please email: info@unaff.org. e: bellyofthebeastllc@gmail.com e: micaglasberg@gmail.com w: www.rts.ch OUTSWING w: https://www.thesemomentsfilm.com/
e: Isabelle.Wehrli@rts.ch w: https://samarminallahkhan.com/ e: chant111@mail.chapman.edu
THE BROTHERS (LOS HERMANOS) FROM THESE HANDS e: samarminallah@yahoo.com
w: http://www.hermanosbrothersfilm. w: www.wmf.org LAST MEAL THEY KEEP QUIET SO WE MAKE NOISE
info e: emma@wmf.org.uk w: http://www.lastmealmovie.com THE PIANIST FROM RAMALLAH w: https://www.theykeepquietfilm.com/
e: marcia@patchworksfilms.net e: marcus@cinemache.com.au w: https://go2films.com/films/ e: marlenaskrobe@gmail.com
FULL PICTURE the-pianist-from-ramallah/
CARTERLAND w: http://www.fullpicturefilm.com THE LEAF e: info@go2films.com TO THE STREET (A LA CALLE)
w: https://carterlandmovie.com/ e: reed.jacob@gmail.com e: Willzangpictures@gmail.com w: http://www.alacallefilm.com
e: jim@morethanjustparks.com PRESERVING THE HOLOCAUST e: shawnabrakefield@gmail.com
GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN LIFE AND LIFE w: http://3generations.org
A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE w: https://javafilms.fr/film/ w: https://lifelifefilm.com/ e: janeiwells@gmail.com TRUTH TO POWER: BARBARA LEE SPEAKS
w: https://www.acommunityunderfire. ghosts-of-afghanistan/ e: lifelifefilm@gmail.com FOR ME
com.au e: olivier@javafilms.tv RESURRECTION! AIRTO MOREIRA & THE w: https://www.truthtopowermovie.com
e: acommunityunderfire@gmail.com LION ON THE MAT PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND e: abbyginzberg@gmail.com
GROUNDED w: https://asa.li/lion-on-the-mat w: https://www.einnews.com/pr_
THE CONDUCTOR e: annie8leclair@gmail.com e: asalirechols@gmail.com news/535467437/ UNBREATHABLE: THE FIGHT FOR HEALTHY
w: http://cargofilm-releasing.com/films/ resurrection-legendary-percussionist-air- AIR
Encouraged by overwhelmingly posi- the-conductor/ HELLO, DICTATOR. ORBÁN, THE EU AND THE THE LIST to-moreira-the-preservation-hall-jazz- w: http://www.unbreathable.org
e: rebeccacellicargofilms@gmail.com RULE OF LAW w: https://www.vishakhagupta.com/ band e: herzfeej@gmail.com
tive response from our audience and w: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/hellodictator e: vishakha.vg.gupta@gmail.com e: djerassicaliforniaoffice@gmail.com
the media, we continue with year COUP 53 e: lilly.solms@broadview.tv UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER
round screenings through our UNAFF w: http://www.coup53.com MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK STORY THE RETURN: LIFE AFTER ISIS w: http://www.codebreakerfilms.com
e: taghi@amiranimedia.com A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA w: https://www.medicinemanstanbrock. w: http://www.albasotorra.com/film/ e: ihk@codebreakerfilms.com
Traveling Film Festival, which has
w: www.bullfrogfilms.com com/ the-return/
taken place in San Francisco, Berkeley, COVISIONS: QUARANTINE DIARY e: mark@bullfrogfilms.com e: medicinemanstanbrock@gmail.com e: ella@metfilm.co.uk WE HAVE REACHED THE MOMENT
Monterey, Santa Cruz, Davis, w: www.patchworkfilms.net w: http://www.barrelmakerproductions.
Saratoga, Sonoma, Sebastopol, San e: marcia@patchworkfilms.net HUNGER WARD MEET THE CENSORS THE ROAD TO JUSTICE com
w: http://www.hungerward.org w: https://www.journeyman.tv/features w: https://www.roadtojusticefilm.com/ e: christi@barrelmakerproductions.com
Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt DICKTATORSHIP e: spinfilm@gmail.com e: info@journeyman.tv e: graham@promcreative.nyc
Lake City, Honolulu, Philadelphia, w: https://www.filmitalia.org/en/ YOUTH V GOV
Chicago, Washington DC, New York, film/128135/ I AM BELMAYA MIND/GAME: THE UNQUIET JOURNEY OF THE SEED w: http://www.youthvgovthefilm.com
Burlington, Bellevue, Miami, La e: shoshi@cinephil.com w: http://belmaya.com CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW w: http://www.helenegoupil.com e: oahnemann@me.com
e: sue@tideturner.co.uk w: https://kovnocommunications.org/ e: helenegoupil@gmail.com
Crosse, Fryeburg, Houston, Durham FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK films/ ZERO GRAVITY
at Duke University, New Haven at Yale w: http://www.fannythemovie.com I AM GEN Z mindgame-the-unquiet-journey-of- SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND w: http://zerogravitydoc.com
University, Waukesha at University of e: bobbigotgame@hotmail.com w: http://iamgenzfilm.com chamique-holdsclaw/ ISLAM e: tverrette@skylightcinema.com
Wisconsin, Boston and Cambridge at e: chantelle@cocoandclaude.com e: rgoldfilm@gmail.com w: http://integralfilm.com
FATHER OF THE CYBORGS e: neflor@yahoo.com
Harvard University and international- w: https://cargofilm-releasing.com/films/ IN A WHOLE NEW WAY NANMIN
ly in Paris, Milan, Venice, Belgrade, cyborgs/ w: https://www.facebook.com/ e: abshaw98@gmail.com SOLUTIONS
Montreal, Phnom Penh and Abu e: rebeccacellicargofilms@gmail.com inawholenewway w: http://www.danishdocumentary.com
Dhabi. For more details please check: e: info@seeingforourselves.org e: pernille@danishdocumentary.com
THE FIRST STEP
www.unaff.org w: https://www.meridianhillpictures.com/
(Traveling Film Festival page) e: lance@meridianhillpictures.com
or contact us at info@unaff.org
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GENERAL ADMISSION – $12 PER FILM SESSION (1.5 – 3 hours per session)
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Terri D. Bullock West FESTIVAL PASS – $220
Center for African Studies (all sessions, excludes Opening and Closing Night Receptions)
Lyman Family Fund
Consulate of Brazil SENIOR FESTIVAL PASS (62+) – $60
Mark Jason Kartman Copy Factory (all sessions, excludes Opening and Closing Night Receptions)
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION WITH THE FILMMAKERS AND FILMS – $40
Daily
Crestline
CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION WITH THE FILMMAKERS AND FILMS – $40
Post
Department of Communications
Douce France
Draeger’s Market TICKET PURCHASE
Haas Center for Public Service
STANFORD TICKET OFFICE
McCoy Center for Ethics in Society
Online anytime: https://tickets.stanford.edu/
SILVER MFA Program in Documentary Film
FREE ADMISSION FOR
Hobson Lucas Peet’s Coffee
Family Foundation
ALL STUDENTS WITH VALID ID
Perspectives in Assistive Technology
UNAFF & KIDS PROGRAM – Palo Alto, October 24
Priya Chandraker Safeway, Menlo Park
and Harish Deshmukh
Wanda Kownacki Mitchell Park Community Center 3700 Middlefield Road
Sak n Sak
ALL UNAFF PANELS
Priscilla and Martin Stanford Asian American Activities
German Consulate General
Center
San Francisco Connelly SPECIAL EVENTS
Stanford Center on Poverty and
Inequality OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION WITH THE FILMMAKERS AND FILMS – Palo Alto,
Stanford Continuing Studies October 21, Mitchell Park Community Center 3700 Middlefield Road: $40
Stanford DCI Fellows SAN FRANCISCO Screenings – Roxie Theater, San Francisco 3117 16th Street,
Stanford Film Society October 27: The tickets for this event are $13 per film or $20 for all 4 films.
Stanford Humanities Center
Tickets purchase for Roxie Theatre https://bit.ly/unaffroxie
Stanford MUN
CLOSING NIGHT FILMS, AWARD CEREMONY & Reception – Palo Alto, October 31,
UNAFF is an independent project of Mitchell Park Community Center 3700 Middlefield Road: $40
palo alto Turner Foundation
the UNA-USA, a nonprofit organiza-
UNA Midpeninsula Chapter tion. By making a tax-deductible do- ARRIVE EARLY! First-come, first-served at all events
MEDIA UNA San Francisco Chapter nation to UNAFF you will directly give
Women Make Movies thousands of people a chance to see
these important films that bring our Donations are greatly appreciated!
diverse community together. Please
send your gift (payable to IDA). IDA For more information, please visit www.unaff.org
(International Documentary Associa-
tion) is UNAFF fiscal sponsor. Please
mail the check to UNAFF, P.O.Box
19369, Stanford, CA 94309.
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