Freedom Film Festival Program

Join us every evening of  the Right2Know Camp Out for Openness at 19h00 for a FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL hosted in partnership with the Tri Continental Film Festival.

MONDAY: Cointelpro 101 (56 min)

In 1971, an American leftist activist group broke into the offices of the FBI and discovered classified documents proving illegal operations carried as part of the Counter Intelligence Program or COINTELPRO including acts of state violence, false arrests and brazen assassinations to undermine legitimate organized dissent.

TUESDAY: Ai Weiwei – Never Sorry (91 min)

Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Ai is a dissident for the digital age who expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. He inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.

WEDNESDAY: Bitter Seeds (88 min)

Every 30 minutes a farmer in India kills himself in despair. Billet Seeds tells the story of a village at the centre of the suicide epidemic, a farmer and his family who struggle to keep their land, and a teenage girl who makes her first steps to become a journalist and tell the world about the crisis. Courtesy of www.teddybearfilms.com

THURSDAY: Man on Ground (88min)

During a visit to Johannesburg, Ade – a successful London broker – discovers that his brother Femi has disappeared. He embarks on a search that forces him to confront his own relationship to his estranged brother. When xenophobic violence erupts he takes refuge at the office of Femi’s boss where he a terrible secret is unravelled.

FRIDAY:  Five Broken Cameras (90 min)

Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera to film the early years of his new born child. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist. Emad films the strugglle. Through daily arrests and night raids one camera after another is shot at or smashed. Each broken camera has a story to tell.

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