Focus on International Justice

This year’s festival includes five films, which tackle critical questions on the experiences of transitional justice and international law, and how to best promote human rights in the wake of man-made disasters.

All screenings at the Film Society of Lincon Center Water Reade Theater
165 West 65th Street, upper level (Between Broadway and Amsterdam)

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IMPUNITY + Q&A;
Presented in association with Cinema Tropical, Committee to Protect Journalists and International Center for Transitional Justice.

In 2005, Colombia started gathering evidence about the horrific violence being carried out by illegal paramilitias. Through a series of these testimonies, footage of paramilitary crimes, and interviews with victims and experts, the brutal history of paramilitary violence comes to light.


Wednesday June 22, 6:30 pm | Invite friends
Thursday June 23, 9:00 pm | Invite friends
Friday June 24, 4:00 pm | Invite friends

LA TOMA (THE SIEGE) + Q&A;
Presented in association with Cinema Tropical and El Museo del Barrio.

When the wife of Carlos Rodriguez said goodbye to her husband as he left for work at the Palace of Justice on November 6, 1985 – she never imagined the next time she would see him would be on a video tape decades later, being escorted by Colombian soldiers at gunpoint out of the building. La Toma deftly captures the inconceivable story of the siege of Bogota’s Palace of Justice, home to Colombia’s Supreme Court.

Tuesday June 28, 8:45 pm | Invite friends
Wednesday June 29, 6:30 pm | Invite friends
Thursday June 30, 4:00 pm | Invite friends

THE TEAM + Q&A;
Presented in association with African Film Festival Inc., Margaret Mead Film Festival and National Black Programming Consortium.

Can one TV show save a nation? Calm has returned to Kenya after the deadly postelection violence of 2007, but persistent discrimination among ethnic groups has left
the country a powder keg that could easily reignite. Patrick Reed’s remarkable film brings us behind the scenes of an innovative television series which aims to ease tribal tensions and set the stage for open dialogue and understanding.

Monday June 21, 6:30 pm | Invite friends
Tuesday June 22, 9:00 pm | Invite friends
Wednesday June 23, 4:00 pm | Invite friends

YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH - 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTANAMO
Presented in association with New York Civil Liberties Union, and WITNESS.

You Don’t Like the Truth – 4 Days Inside Guantanamo is a shocking documentary based on security camera footage from an encounter in Guantanamo Bay between a team of Canadian intelligence agents and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, then a 16- year-old detainee. This unique depiction of Omar Khadr’s interrogation offers an unusual
insight into a world where “the truth” itself is often negotiated.

Friday June 24, 6:30 pm | Invite friends

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