Human Rights Watch Film Festival · 2007
21 films · 21 reviews
Black Gold presents a richly detailed portrait of the coffee industry, all the way from Ethiopia to the barista competitions and fashionable coffee houses of the West.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2006; Director: Marc Francis, Nick Francis; Writer: Lisa Ko, Eric Martin; Stars: Terrence Howard)
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2006; Director: Marcel Schüpback; Writer: Marcel Schüpback)
Days of Glory is a great film, thoroughly deserving of the award attention that it has received.
(Country: France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium; Year: 2006; Director: Rachid Bouchareb; Writer: Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle; Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet)
A powerful and heart-rending call to attention.
(Country: USA; Year: 2007; Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg; Writer: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg; Stars: Brian Steidle) , Official site
Scores heavily as a mood-driven character exploration of the nature of familial love, duty, conflict and its impact on the innocent.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2006; Director: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Writer: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Stars: Don Angel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena, Dagoberto Gama, Octavio Castro, Mario Garibaldi)
By gaining such intimate access to Joya, Mulvad has ample opportunity to show the person behind the politics.
(Country: Denmark, Norway, Finland; Year: 2006; Director: Eva Mulvad)
Kennedy’s film paints a comprehensive picture of incompetence and negligence, coupled with a staggering amount of ‘looking the other way’ by more senior personnel.
(Country: USA; Year: 2007; Director: Rory Kennedy)
Dotan's style is sharp and swift, intercutting multiple testimonies to build, what feels like a comprehensive picture.
(Country: Israel; Year: 2006; Director: Shimon Dotan)
Pity and then guilt are the two dominant emotions that this film elicits.
(Country: India; Year: 2005; Director: Ashim Ahluwalia)
KZ is well balanced, and thought provoking, if at times a bit dry.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Rex Bloomstein)
A chilling, but ultimately uplifting glimpse into the lives of those trapped within the repressive regime of East Germany.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2006; Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Stars: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme)
Powerful and moving.
(Country: USA; Year: 2006; Director: Laura Poitras)
Inspiring and charming.
(Country: Iran; Year: 2006; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Jafar Panahi, Shadmehr Rastin; Stars: Ida Sadeghi, Shayesteh Irani, Safar Samandar, M Kheyrabadi, Mahnaz Zabihi, Golnaz Farmani, Sima Mobarak Shahi, M R Gharadaghi, Nazanin Sedighzadeh, Reza Farhadi, M Kheymeh Kabood)
One of those festival oddities that will attract TV distributors around the world.
(Country: Guatemala; Year: 2006; Director: Chema Rodríguez; Writer: Chema Rodríguez)
Niles and White capture the fear in the faces of the band members - but also their energetic fortitude and willingness to move on from their past suffering.
(Country: USA; Year: 2005; Director: Zach Niles, Banker White; Writer: Jim Bruce, Zach Niles, Banker White; Stars: Efuah Grace Ampomah, Abdul Rahim Kamara, Reuben Koroma, Francis John Langba) , Official site
Horrific, heart-breaking and yet also hopeful, Rosita is a must-see piece of film-making.
(Country: US/Nicaragua/Costa Rica; Year: 2005; Director: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater; Writer: Maria Lopez Vigil)
By contrasting the upbeat tempo and message with images of the squalor many Nigerians face, despite living in oil-rich towns, Ollman paints a bleak picture of corruption breeding corruption.
(Country: Nigeria, US; Year: 2006; Director: Dan Ollman; Stars: Femi Kuti)
It is a privilege to watch this film. It is expertly made and shows humanity at its worst and, more importantly, its best.
(Country: Bulgaria/Italy; Year: 2006; Director: Milena Kaneva)
Visually awesome, panoramic, brilliantly acted and bursting with beautiful poetry and imagery.
(Country: Canada, India; Year: 2005; Director: Deepa Mehta; Writer: Deepa Mehta; Stars: Lisa Ray, Sarala, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe, Hermantha Gamage, Ronica Sajnani, Manorama, Rishma Malik, Seema Biswas, Vidula Javalgekar)
Lawlor and Pollock paint a comprehensive picture of bravery in the face of despair.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Sam Lawlor and Lindsay Pollock)
You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.
(Country: Germany / Italy / Spain / France / Ireland / UK; Year: 2006; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane, Orla Fitzgerald, Siobhan McSweeney, Roger Allam, Frank Bourke)
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