Through a Compassionate Lens: How Filmmakers Frame Human Rights



Synopsis

Saturday, April 7 – 6:30 p.m.

The Lyric

Free

Join ACT Programming Director Scott Diffrient in this intimate conversation with a handful of this year’s filmmakers and subjects. Diffrient will engage participants in a series of questions that explore the ethics, challenges, inspiration, and techniques involved in making, and being the focus of, documentary films that cover a range of human rights issues. 

Filmmakers

Louai Haffar, A Memory in Khaki

Patrick Hamm, Freedom For The Wolf

Diane Quon, Minding The Gap

Keire Johnson, Minding The Gap

2018 Films

69 Minutes of 86 Days Anote’s Ark Chega De Fiu Fiu Complicit Crime + Punishment Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas Freedom For The Wolf Mama Colonel Memory in Khaki Minding The Gap Nowhere To Hide Other Side of Everything, The RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World Student Film Competition Selections Through a Compassionate Lens: How Filmmakers Frame Human Rights