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Join Our Team The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is looking for experienced and dedicated individuals to join the ACT operations team for its 2018 festival. Previous film festival experience required. Please click on the position announcements for full details and contact information. Application materials for both positions due by Feb. 1. Technical Manager You know everything […]
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Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the drafting committee, holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. UN Photo (1949) Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, representatives from all regions of the world drafted the declaration, which was signed during the United […]
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Cedric Tchante of Born This Way Talks Cameroon, LGBTQIA Activism, and Living in California In 2016 the first ACT Human Rights Film Festival screened Born this Way, a film that follows four young gay Cameroonians as they navigate the politics of life in Cameroon where being gay is against the law. Cédric Tchante, whose day-to-day life in Cameroon is […]
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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 and that tell raw stories […]
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On August 19th, 2017, a noose made out of crepe-paper was found in Newsom Hall dormitory. The noose is a reflection of racial violence and a visual symbol of terror that beckons memory of American lynchings of black women and men. Again, we return to James Baldwin’s words: “I’m not interested in anybody’s guilt. Guilt […]
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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 gaps created by the mainstream […]
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What a week! 8 days, 16 films, 15 in-person appearances by filmmakers and subjects, and over 2,300 of you in attendance. We were able to bring together artists, filmmakers, citizens, scholars, advocates, and students for a forum on themes of race and class, women’s rights, access to education, immigration, and LGBTQ issues. A most sincere thanks to […]
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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:
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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 festival around the world. Opening […]
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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, announced today its guest for […]
