BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:OPENING NIGHTThursday\, September 26 @ 7 pm\, Joyce Hergenhan A uditorium\, Newhouse 3Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements(Irene Taylor Brodsky\, USA\, 2019\, 90 min. Captioned in English)Irene Taylor Br odsky builds on her powerful first feature\, Hear and Now\, by delving int o an intergenerational exploration of living with deafness. Brodsky’s son Jonas began losing his hearing as a baby and underwent cochlear-implant su rgery as a toddler. Now 11 years old\, Jonas has adjusted to a world with sound and is learning to play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Brodsky’s pare nts also have cochlear implants\, but unlike Jonas\, the majority of their lives were shaped by silence. While Jonas explores what silence means to him\, his grandfather grapples with a new transition of his own. Buoyed by a perceptive soundscape and luminous animation\, Brodsky astutely capture s the complexity of silence and hearing. Rich archival footage portrays Br odsky’s parents’ reflections on the evolution of deafness while intimate h ome videos reveal Jonas’s hearing transformation. In this deeply personal and moving film\, Brodsky explores the meaning of deafness\, loss\, and th e power of silence as her son discovers his unique voice and her parents c onfront a new chapter of their lives.https://vermilionpictures.com/moonlig htsonata/ \;Friday\, September 27 @ 7 pm\, Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium\ , Newhouse 3Words from a Bear(Jeffrey Palmer\, USA\, 2019\, 85 min. Captio ned in English)When N. Scott Momaday won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize\, it mark ed one of the first major acknowledgments of Native American literature an d the vibrant contemporary culture it described. Now\, Momaday’s transport ive words come to life in this cinematic biography of one of the most cele brated Native American storytellers. In Jeffrey Palmer’s directorial debut \, distinctly expressive animations intersect with stunning footage of the Great Plains as Momaday draws from his Kiowa ancestry and identity to pos e universal questions about how we connect to our origins\, each other\, a nd the earth. In a series of intimate interviews\, Momaday expounds on his life and its many challenges\, while insights from the likes of Joy Harjo \, Robert Redford\, and Jeff and Beau Bridges reveal the impact of his lit erary contributions. Words from a Bear reveals the inspiring beauty of Mom aday’s work while also guiding audiences through the grave historical stru ggles that Native American communities have faced. The result is a profoun d celebration of not only Momaday’s writing and history but also the art o f storytelling itself.Filmmaker will be present to introduce and discuss t he film.https://www.visionmakermedia.org/films/words-bearSaturday\, Septem ber 28 @ 1 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Shaffer Art BuildingEverything Must Fa ll(Rehad Desai\, South Africa\, 2018\, 85 min. Captioned in English)In thi s galvanizing examination of the fight for free higher education\, acclaim ed documentarian Rehad Desai takes his own alma mater as a case study in a growing intersectional global movement. At South Africa’s elite\, ivy-cov ered Wits University\, students chanting “Fees Must Fall” held a rally aga inst steep tuition hikes. The cry became a viral social media hashtag. One protest fueled another. The administration called in more than a thousand armed police. Soon\, a leading institution of nearly 40\,000 students was shut down. Neighboring university students struggling with their own moun ting debt joined the cause\, which become a national movement marked by es calating conflict and violence. Even after their fight has led to three de aths\, 800 arrests and counting\, the students are determined to achieve t ransformational\, intergenerational justice and “decolonized\,” free highe r education\, a message increasingly popular around the world.http://every thingmustfall.co.zaSaturday\, September 28 @ 4 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Sh affer Art BuildingThe Silence of Others(Almudena Carracedo and Robert Baha r\, Spain\, 2018\, 96 min.\, Spanish with English subtitles)The Silence of Others captures the first attempt in 77 years to prosecute crimes of Spai n’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco (1939-1975). In a groundbrea king international court case\, victims of re-education camps\, child abdu ction\, torture\, and extra-judicial killings have come together to break their silence and confront perpetrators who\, unbeknownst to much of the w orld\, have enjoyed impunity for decades. Through the compelling contempor ary story of the case and the personal journeys of several of its plaintif fs\, The Silence of Others explores the shadows the past still casts upon the present in Spain. What happens when a country is forced to reckon with its history after many years of silence? What happens to those who have e ndured – and then dare to break – such silence? Can justice really be done after so long?https://thesilenceofothers.comCLOSING NIGHTSaturday\, Septe mber 28 @ 7 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Shaffer Art BuildingThe Sweet Requiem (Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam\, India/USA\, 2018\, 91 min.\, Tibetan with English subtitles)This bold new work from the directors of the award-winni ng Dreaming Lhasa (2005) is a tale of tragedy\, retribution\, and courage. At age eight\, Dolkar and her father fled their home in Tibet\, escaping Chinese armed forces in an arduous journey across the Himalayas. Now 26\, she lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi\, India\, where an unexpect ed encounter with a man from her past reveals long-suppressed memories\, p ropelling Dolkar on an obsessive search for the truth and a reckoning with complex and shifting challenges of exile. With stunning cinematography an d skillfully subdued tension\, The Sweet Requiem is an unforgettable refle ction on an ongoing but too often forgotten refugee crisis.http://thesweet requiem.comFor more information\, please contact Tula Goenka\, tgoenka@syr .edu. \; DTEND:20190929T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260312T164836Z DTSTART:20190926T230000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SU Human Rights Film Festival UID:RFCALITEM639089165167271971 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

OPENING NIGHT


Thursday\, S eptember 26 @ 7 pm\, Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium\, Newhouse 3


Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
(Irene Taylor Bro dsky\, USA\, 2019\, 90 min. Captioned in English)
Irene Taylor Brodsky builds on her powerful first feature\, Hear and Now\, by delving into an i ntergenerational exploration of living with deafness. Brodsky’s son Jonas began losing his hearing as a baby and underwent cochlear-implant surgery as a toddler. Now 11 years old\, Jonas has adjusted to a world with sound and is learning to play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Brodsky’s parents al so have cochlear implants\, but unlike Jonas\, the majority of their lives were shaped by silence. While Jonas explores what silence means to him\, his grandfather grapples with a new transition of his own. Buoyed by a per ceptive soundscape and luminous animation\, Brodsky astutely captures the complexity of silence and hearing. Rich archival footage portrays Brodsky’ s parents’ reflections on the evolution of deafness while intimate home vi deos reveal Jonas’s hearing transformation. In this deeply personal and mo ving film\, Brodsky explores the meaning of deafness\, loss\, and the powe r of silence as her son discovers his unique voice and her parents confron t a new chapter of their lives.
https://vermilionpictures.com/moonlight sonata/ \;


Friday\, September 27 @ 7 pm\, Joyce Herge nhan Auditorium\, Newhouse 3


Words from a Bear
(Je ffrey Palmer\, USA\, 2019\, 85 min. Captioned in English)
When N. Scott Momaday won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize\, it marked one of the first major ac knowledgments of Native American literature and the vibrant contemporary c ulture it described. Now\, Momaday’s transportive words come to life in th is cinematic biography of one of the most celebrated Native American story tellers. In Jeffrey Palmer’s directorial debut\, distinctly expressive ani mations intersect with stunning footage of the Great Plains as Momaday dra ws from his Kiowa ancestry and identity to pose universal questions about how we connect to our origins\, each other\, and the earth. In a series of intimate interviews\, Momaday expounds on his life and its many challenge s\, while insights from the likes of Joy Harjo\, Robert Redford\, and Jeff and Beau Bridges reveal the impact of his literary contributions. Words f rom a Bear reveals the inspiring beauty of Momaday’s work while also guidi ng audiences through the grave historical struggles that Native American c ommunities have faced. The result is a profound celebration of not only Mo maday’s writing and history but also the art of storytelling itself.
Fi lmmaker will be present to introduce and discuss the film.
https://www. visionmakermedia.org/films/words-bear


Saturday\, Sept ember 28 @ 1 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Shaffer Art Building


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Everything Must Fall
(Rehad Desai\, South Africa\, 2018\, 85 min. Captioned in English)
In this galvanizing examination of the fight for free higher education\, acclaimed documentarian Rehad Desai takes his own alma mater as a case study in a growing intersectional global movement. A t South Africa’s elite\, ivy-covered Wits University\, students chanting “ Fees Must Fall” held a rally against steep tuition hikes. The cry became a viral social media hashtag. One protest fueled another. The administratio n called in more than a thousand armed police. Soon\, a leading institutio n of nearly 40\,000 students was shut down. Neighboring university student s struggling with their own mounting debt joined the cause\, which become a national movement marked by escalating conflict and violence. Even after their fight has led to three deaths\, 800 arrests and counting\, the stud ents are determined to achieve transformational\, intergenerational justic e and “decolonized\,” free higher education\, a message increasingly popul ar around the world.
http://everythingmustfall.co.za


Saturday\, September 28 @ 4 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Shaffer Art Buildi ng


The Silence of Others
(Almudena Carracedo and R obert Bahar\, Spain\, 2018\, 96 min.\, Spanish with English subtitles)
The Silence of Others captures the first attempt in 77 years to prosecute crimes of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco (1939-1975). I n a groundbreaking international court case\, victims of re-education camp s\, child abduction\, torture\, and extra-judicial killings have come toge ther to break their silence and confront perpetrators who\, unbeknownst to much of the world\, have enjoyed impunity for decades. Through the compel ling contemporary story of the case and the personal journeys of several o f its plaintiffs\, The Silence of Others explores the shadows the past sti ll casts upon the present in Spain. What happens when a country is forced to reckon with its history after many years of silence? What happens to th ose who have endured – and then dare to break – such silence? Can justice really be done after so long?
https://thesilenceofothers.com


CLOSING NIGHT


Saturday\, September 28 @ 7 pm\, Shemin Auditorium\, Shaffer Art Building
The Sweet Requiem
(Rit u Sarin and Tenzing Sonam\, India/USA\, 2018\, 91 min.\, Tibetan with Engl ish subtitles)
This bold new work from the directors of the award-winni ng Dreaming Lhasa (2005) is a tale of tragedy\, retribution\, and courage. At age eight\, Dolkar and her father fled their home in Tibet\, escaping Chinese armed forces in an arduous journey across the Himalayas. Now 26\, she lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi\, India\, where an unexpect ed encounter with a man from her past reveals long-suppressed memories\, p ropelling Dolkar on an obsessive search for the truth and a reckoning with complex and shifting challenges of exile. With stunning cinematography an d skillfully subdued tension\, The Sweet Requiem is an unforgettable refle ction on an ongoing but too often forgotten refugee crisis.
http://thes weetrequiem.com


For more information\, please contact Tul a Goenka\, tgoenka@syr.edu.


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