Safe Haven
Year: 2019 | 15 min
Genre: Narrative Short
Language(s): English
Directed by: Edson Da Conceicao
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Two innocent orphans, Maiky and Alice, are trying to survive in a world overrun by war. It seems they will never be able to escape the war but still they hold on to hope.
Solitary Confinement
Year: 2019 | 2 min
Genre: Animation/Experimental
Language(s): English
Directed by: Raquel Salvatella de Prada
Country of Origin: Spain
Solitary Confinement is a visual representation on an excerpt from prisoner Chris McBride’s letter to the newspaper Indy Week dated on July 4th 2012. This piece attempts to visually communicate, in less than 2 minutes, the amount of time a prisoner spends in a very small confinement, the minuscule amount of time spent outside the cell and the psychological impact this can have.
The relevant excerpt from the letter can be found in the article What life is like in solitary confinement at North Carolina’s Central Prison by Billy Ball, dated on October 21st, 2012.
Honey Bee
Year: 2019 | 88 min
Genre: Narrative Feature
Language(s): English
Directed by: Rama Ra
Country of Origin: Canada
“Honey Bee” follows the journey of quick-witted Natalie “Honey Bee” Sorensen, an underage truck stop prostitute trapped in a human trafficking ring and controlled by her pimp-boyfriend until she is transplanted into foster care in remote Northern Ontario and forced to confront her identity.
Discussion:
Human Trafficking in North Dakota
Maria Berlin, Executive Director of Hispanics Have a Voice Too, Tara Bjornson, Assistant Director of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center, Brandi Jude, Executive Director of Invisible Innocence, and James Falcon will have a discussion about the human and labour trafficking crisis currently happening in North Dakota.
The mission of the North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival is to educate, engage, and facilitate discussion around local and worldwide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artists. The festival is a non-partisan event, and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. 2019 is the third year for the festival.
In 2019, the North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival will take place in four major cities in North Dakota. The official dates of the festival are: afternoon and evening sessions on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 in Bismarck at the Heritage Center and State Museum; afternoon and evening sessions on Tuesday, November 5 at the historic Empire Theater; afternoon and evening sessions on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8 at the historic Fargo Theatre; and closing on Tuesday, November 12 in Minot for an evening screening at the historic Oak Park Theater.
The 2019 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival is made possible through the generosity of Final Draft, iPitch.tv, and through partnerships with Chamber Six Media, J&S Productions, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, the NDSU Memorial Gallery, the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition.
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