changing the world through art
Join us and help educate, engage and facilitate discussion in our communities around local and word-wide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artists.
what we do
OUR PROGRAMS
The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival
Educating and engage our communities around human rights and social justice through the work of filmmakers.
The North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
A traveling art exhibition that travels throughout the state of North Dakota to promote human rights and social justice.

The Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival
Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender lived experiences through the visions of innovative filmmakers.
The North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival
Highlying the interdependence and connectedness between environmental rights and human rights.
home. The Homelessness Crisis in North Dakota
A multi-part limited series documenting the homelessness crisis in North Dakota, and the organizations and individuals fighting to end it.

those among us: the human rights champions of north dakota
A contemporary history project documenting North Dakota’s human rights and social justice warriors.
What Drives Us
OUR MISSION
The Human Family is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) founded to change our communities through art. The mission of The Human Family is to educate, engage and facilitate discussion around local and word-wide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artists.
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LATEST NEWS
OYATE Receives 2022 Audience Choice Award
OYATE was selected by the audience of the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival for the Audience Choice Award for 2022.
Katie Christensen and Kristie Wolff join Human Voices
Katie Christensen and Kristie Wolff join Human Voices to talk about the film THE 8TH and to discuss their work protecting reproductive rights.
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis joins Human Voices
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis joins Human Voices to talk about her experimental short, The Tree, which has its regional premiere at NDERFF2.