American University Announces Start of the 16th Annual Human Rights Film Series
The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law and the American University Center for Media & Social Impact present the 16th Annual Human Rights Film Series.
This fall, the Center will feature four exceptional documentary films that exhibit excellence in filmmaking and explore a broad spectrum of human rights issues under the thematic umbrella of race and justice in America.
Each screening will be followed by a discussion with an expert on the subject, including an award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, who directed "Daisy & Max," and Ted Roach, director of "120 days," a politically-timely chronicle of a 120 days in one's life.
Please see below for more information on the films and screening schedule.
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Oct. 15, 2015 -- Daisy and Max
Al Jazeera America Presents
An exploration of South Central L.A.., the world of gang violence intervention workers, the long shadows of mass incarceration and the lives of Latina and African American women who will risk everything to make their communities just a little safer.
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Oct. 22, 2015 -- 120 Days
An intimate inside look at the lives of one family of undocumented immigrants who have been living and working in the United States illegally for more than 12 years.
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Oct. 29, 2015 -- 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
Participation Media Presents in Association with HBO Documentary Films
The aftermath of the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and trial of Michael Dunn who, in 2012, shot him repeatedly at a Florida gas station for playing his music too loudly.
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Nov. 5, 2015 -- Out in the Night
Four young women reveal how their race, gender identity, and sexuality became criminalized in the mainstream news media and criminal legal system.
All films will be screened at 5:30 p.m. at American University Washington College of Law in Room 602. The film series is free and open to the public.