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Tickets On Sale March 8th
Read More: Tickets On Sale March 8thThe 2018 festival is on the horizon! Tickets will be on sale beginning Thursday March 8th, 2018 on the Lincoln Center ticketing site. This year’s program, which takes place from April 5th-April 14th, 2018, will feature a variety of films from a total of 6 different continents. Films from the…
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2018 Kickoff and Tapping Party
Read More: 2018 Kickoff and Tapping PartyWe are so excited for the 2018 ACT Human Rights Film Festival, so we are kicking things off early. Our 2018 festival kickoff party will take place on Tuesday March 20th from 7pm-9pm at Odell Brewing Co. This FREE event will feature the release of Odell Brewing Co.’s 2018 Screening…
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Human Flow Screening at The Lyric
Read More: Human Flow Screening at The LyricACT will host its Lyric kickoff on Tuesday March 27th, 2018 at 6:30p.m. with a screening of Ai Weiwei’s 2017 film, Human Flow, followed by a Q&A with a guest to be determined and moderated by Dr. Scott Diffrient. Tickets are $12, $3 of which will go to Rams for…
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CSU Hosts Human Trafficking Symposium
Read More: CSU Hosts Human Trafficking SymposiumColorado State University will hold Northern Colorado’s first annual Human Trafficking Symposium at the Lory Student Center on Thursday February 22nd, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 5p.m. The event is a collaboration between A Face to Reframe, Free Our Girls, Rescue: Freedom, and the CSU College of Business. The symposium,…
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ACT Hiring Technical and Theater Manager Positions
Read More: ACT Hiring Technical and Theater Manager PositionsJoin 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.…
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Read More: Universal Declaration of Human RightsEleanor 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…
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Catch Up with Cedric Tchante
Read More: Catch Up with Cedric TchanteCedric 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…
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Films On Our Radar
Read More: Films On Our RadarThe 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…
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ACT Reacts to Newsom
Read More: ACT Reacts to NewsomOn 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…
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A Complete Guide to Streaming the Films You Saw at ACT 2017
Read More: A Complete Guide to Streaming the Films You Saw at ACT 2017If 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…