Thursday, November 8, 2018
evening SCREENING | 6:00 – 10:00 PM
The Empire arts center | Grand forks, North Dakota
$12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students
What is Human?
Year: 2018 | 5 min
Genre: Short Narrative
Language(s): English
Directed by: Jake Bergen
Country of Origin: Canada
Director's Statement
‘What Is Human?’ is one of four short films that are part of The Human Project, a film series that utilizes narrative film, animation, teaching and historical examples to explore culturally relevant questions about what it means to be human.
Are You Volleyball?!
Year: 2017 | 15 min
Genre: Short Narrative
Language(s): Arabic, English
Directed by: Mohammad Bakhshi
Country of Origin: Iran
Director's Statement
Dak’toká Taíno
(I Am Taíno)
Year: 2018 | 13 min
Genre: Short Narrative
Language(s): Spanish
Directed by: Alba Enid García
Country of Origin: United States
Director's Statement
Mrs. Schneider
Year: 2018 | 10 min
Genre: Short Narrative
Language(s): English
Directed by: Michael Matheson Miller
Country of Origin: United States
This Is Home: A Refugee Story
Year: 2018 | 1 hour 31 min
Genre: Feature Documentary
Language(s): English
Directed by: Alexandra Shiva
Country of Origin: United States
After surviving the traumas of war, the families arrive in Baltimore, Maryland and are met with a new set of trials. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must “learn America” – everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles – all in an ever-changing and increasingly hostile political environment. Their goals are completely relatable: find a job, pay the bills, and make a better life for the next generation.
We witness the families’ struggles and triumphs up close through the drama of everyday life. Through intimate access, this cinema vérité film takes a fresh look at the classic American immigration story and challenges us to see past differences to find common ground. “This is Home” goes beyond the statistics, headlines, and political rhetoric to tell deeply personal stories, putting a human face on the global refugee crisis.

Panel Discussion:
The Immigrant and Refugee Experience
Duration: 60 minutes with audience Q&A
The mission of the North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival is to educate, engage, and facilitate discussion around local and world-wide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artist. 2018 is the second year for both the film and art festivals.
In 2018, the film festival will take place in three cities in North Dakota: In Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday, November 8 at the historic Empire Arts Center; in Bismarck, North Dakota on Tuesday, November 13 at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum; and for two nights in Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, November 15 and Friday, November 16 at the historic Fargo Theatre in Fargo, North Dakota.
Tickets to the festival are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and $2 for Seniors and Students.
The 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival is made possible through the generosity of the City of Fargo’s Human Relations Commission, the City of Fargo’s Native American Commission, The Arts Partnership and the Awesome Foundation: Cass Clay, and through partnerships with Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, the NDSU Memorial Gallery, the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition.
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Contact
Phone
1 (701) 205-0248
inquiry@human-family.org
Address
PO Box 9468
Fargo, ND 58106-9468
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