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The ACT Human Rights Film Festival Programming Committee has been busy reviewing films for next year’s lineup. Over the course of several months, the committee, comprised of film buffs and scholars, CSU faculty and students, watches and reviews films to curate the festival. Check out three films that we have reviewed…

If you peruse movie showtimes, you aren’t likely to see a showtimes for a film chronicling survivor stories from the 1995 Srebrenica genocide nestled between the too-soon remake of a superhero movie, or a breezy buddy comedy. Independent film houses, like The Lyric here in Fort Collins, serve to fill the…

On Wednesday, April 12, ACT Programming Director Dr. David Scott Diffrient and filmmaker Usama Alshaibi — both faculty in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, were guests on the morning TV show, Colorado & Co. Watch the six minute segment here:  

Five films make their Colorado premiere at ACT ACT Film Festival will host five films making their Colorado premiere at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival in Fort Collins. Three of these films will screen opening weekend. ACT, a curated festival, screens the most recently released films playing at human rights film…

ACT Announces Harry Belafonte at Closing Night Presentation of Magnolia Picture’s I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Belafonte to participate in Q&A session and attend reception following Oscar-nominated documentary at Colorado State University The ACT Human Rights Film Festival (ACT), produced by the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University,…

From the Coloradoan: The Islamic Center in Fort Collins was the target of vandalism early Sunday morning. Windows were shattered, furniture overturned and a Bible was thrown in the prayer room. Rocks were thrown through windows with such force that they scuffed the opposing wall. President of the Islamic Center of…