Summary:

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the CRC, UNICEF is organising an international children's rights documentary film festival which will include films from Bolivia, the US, Kenya, Bangladesh, Russia, Cambodia and more.

http://www.crin.org/docs/NYCFilmFlyer.pdf

On 3 November, UNICEF launches the first International Children’s Rights Documentary Film Festival in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the child. The festival is one of a number of UNICEF activities around the world marking ratification of the Convention by the United Nations General Assembly in November 1989.

The festival features a unique collection of more than 20documentaries that focus on a range of issues that affect childrenglobally. Through the lives and voices of children and young people, the films reveal their struggles and triumphs.

UNICEF offices and National Committees are screening selected documentaries in partnership with academic institutions, civil society and national media outlets. Target audiences include UN development partners, academic professionals, social workers, students, non-governmental organizations and the general public.

All events are free admission.

Screenings are being held in 16 countries – Canada, Croatia, Fiji, Guinea, Hungary, India, Macedonia, Maldives, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Spain, United States and Zambia. Films and dates vary by country.

The International Children’s Rights Documentary Film festival will be launched at UNICEF headquarters in New York with a special (by invitation only) screening of the new film Redlight (Cambodia, 2009) followed by a panel and audience discussion on child trafficking and exploitation.

Additional UNICEF screenings will take place at the Danny Kaye Centre; 16 November - Trench Town: The Forgotten Land (Jamaica, 2007); 17 November – Walking the Path of Unity, (Senegal, 2009).

These screenings are open to UN staff and partners by invitation only.

Open admission screenings are also planned at three universities in New York City.

4 November, 6:30 pm

The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th floor, (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu
http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=37091
Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival
Film screening and Q&A: The Devil’s Miner
Bolivia, 2004 • 82 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles

11 November, 7:30 pm
Fordham University, Keating Hall Auditorium
441 East Fordham Road
East Fordham Road and 3rd Ave, Bronx, NY
RSVP: iped@fordham.edu
http://www.alumni.fordham.edu/calendar/detail.aspx?ID=1236
Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival
Film screening and Q&A: Boys of Baraka
Directors: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
US, Kenya, 2005 • 85 minutes, English with English subtitles

13 November, 6 pm
The CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium
365 Fifth Avenue, (between 34th & 35th Streets)
RSVP: unhistory@gc.cuny.edu
Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival
Film screening and Q&A: A Kind of Childhood
Bangladesh, 2005 • 51 minutes, Bengali with English subtitles

18 November, 6:30
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th floor, (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu
http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=37091
Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival
Film screening and Q&A: Children of Leningradsky
Russia, 2004 • 35 minutes, Russian with English subtitles

19 November, 6 pm
The New School
66 West 12th Street, Room 404, (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu
http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=37091
Children's Rights Documentary Film Festival
Film screening and Q&A: Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams of a Kite
Cambodia, 2000 • 25 minutes, Khmer with English subtitles

Previous UN event items

• 19/10/2009: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2009: Non-discrimination
• 08/10/2009: COMITÉ DE LOS DERECHOS DEL NIÑO: Celebración del XX Aniversario de la Convención sobre los DDNN- Dignidad, Desarrollo y Diálogo
• 14/09/2009: Human Rights Council Session 12
• 14/09/2009: CONSEJO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS: 12° período de sesiones
• 14/09/2009: 12ème session du Conseil des Droits de l'Homme

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