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11.00 - 13.00
Le Caporal épinglé
1962
Comedy / Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
90 minutes
“An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the French border.”
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13:00 - 14:00
Anti Slavery Talk
Gemma Wolfes talking from Anti-Slavery International, an organisation that works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world. This talk will be followed by a short documentary of Gemma’s choice.
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14:00 - 15:45
Born into Brothels
2005
Documentary / Musical & Performing Arts / Special Interest
Director: Ross Kauffman & Zana Briski
85 minutes
“This film is a portrait of a group of unforgettable children in Calcutta's red light district. Feisty, resilient and wickedly funny, they are the children of prostitutes. Trying to evade a doomed future, they embark on a transformational journey with New York-based photographer Zana Briski, who teaches them how to take pictures with cameras she provides. This humorous and heartfelt story portrays the power of art and the courage of those willing to change their own lives.”
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15:45 – 17.00
El Problema- Testimony of the Saharawi People
2010
Documentary / Spanish with English sub-titles
Director: Pablo Vidal and Jordi Ferrer
84 minutes
Producer Sairi Rose and Danielle Smith the director of Human Rights charity Sandblast will be talking followed by the showing of the film El Problema – The Problem. "... featuring testimonies and documents gathered over four and a half years in Western Sahara – clandestine images, given the Moroccan authorities’ prohibition of filming in the area. The documentary film highlights how all physical expressions of Saharawi identity are forbidden and even the use of the name Western Sahara or the word referendum is a “problem”. El Problema is the winner of the Amnesty International Prize at the San Sebastian film festival in 2010, Human Rights Human Wrongs Film Festival in Oslo 2010, and the First Prize at FISAHARA 2010 International Sahara Film Festival."
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17:00 - 19:00
Panorama: A Good Kicking
2007
Documentary
Reporter: Paul Kenyon
30 minutes
Award-winning Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon will be talking along with showing his Panorama film: A Good Kicking in which he investigates "the events of September 2003 in Basra, when several Iraqi civilians were abused while in British custody. One of them, Baha Moussa, died. He had 93 separate injuries on his body.“
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19:00 - 21:00
Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo
2009
Documentary
Director: Polly Nash, Andy Worthington
74 minutes
Please join us for this screening of Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo, a documentary focussing on the stories of three detainees, one of whom will be discussing his experience with everyone at Roehampton Human Rights Film Festival, Omar Deghayes. Polly Nash and Andy Worthington the director and writer will also be here to discuss the making of this insightful documentary.
Click here for further information on Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo and to watch the trailer.
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21:00 - 23:00
Green Zone
2010
Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul Greengrass
115 minutes
Our finale film at Roehampton human rights festival will be Green zone, “following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his men are charged with finding the so-called weapons of mass destruction, whose existence justified American involvement, according to the Pentagon and their man in Baghdad, Poundsgate. Veteran CIA operative Marty tells Miller that there are no weapons, it is a deception to allow the Americans to take over the country and install a puppet leader.”
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