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Over seventy submissions from all over the
world for the second UNAFF were carefully reviewed and we chose
these twenty six films which deal with human rights and other topics
related to UN issues. The documentaries showcase topics from Canada,
Israel, Italy, Eritrea, Columbia, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Indonesia,
Uganda, China, Russia and the United States.
- A
Father, A Son, A Holy Ghost (Zelimir Gvardiol)
- American
Gypsy (Jasmine Dellal)
- Between
Worlds (Shawn Hainsworth)
- Borders
(Eran Riklis, Nurit Kedar)
- Cancer
In Two Voices (Lucy Massie Phenix)
- Cape
Divided (Lance Larson)
- Crossroads
(Charles Smith, Ginew Benton, Weyham Smith, Andrew Cuffee)
- From
Chechnya To Chernobyl (Slawomir Grunberg)
- Fury
For The Sound (Shelley Wine)
- Genghis
Blues (Adrian and Roko Belic)
- Ground
Zero/Sacred Ground (Karen Aqua)
- Han
Chee - Sweet Potato (Jean Cheng )
- In
The Company Of Fear (Velcrow Ripper, Jill Sharpe)
- Missing
In Tibet (Dan Griffin, Robin Garthwait)
- One
Girl Against The Mafia (Marco Amenta, Florent Marcie)
- Riding
The Tiger (John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson)
- Regret
To Inform (Bartbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole, Lucy Massie Phenix)
- Round
Eyes In The Middle Kingdom (Ronald Levaco)
- The
Akha Way (Sharon Hainsfurther)
- The
Double Life Of Ernesto GomezGomez (Gary Weimberg, Catherine
Ryan)
- Undesirables
(Marianna Yarovskaya)
- Voices
Of Cabrini (Ronit Bezalel)
- Welcome
To Womanhood (Charlotte Metcalf, Jenny Richards)
- What
Does A Person Deserve (Ken Kimmelman)
- Winter
Soldier (Winter Film Collective, Lucy Massie Phenix)
- White
Hotel (Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang)
This
year's special program includes a tribute to the well known documentary
editor, director and producer Lucy Massie Phenix who has been working
for 30 years in furthering this creative field. Three films that
she worked on will play during the festival: "Winter Soldier" (1971),
film made about and with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, prize
winner at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, largely ignored
during the Vietnam War by American press and distributors; "Cancer
in two voices" (1993), a documentary videotape of the experience
of the lesbian couple, one with breast cancer and her partner, before
death; "Regret to Inform" (1999), portrayal of Vietnamese and American
widows of the Vietnam war, film nominated for this year an Academy
Award for Best Feature Documentary, winner of the Indie Spirit Award
and award-winner at the Sundance Film Festival.
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