Director Elizabeth Chatelain to attend Human Rights Film Festival
Director elizabeth chatelain to attend human rights film festival Director Elizabeth Chatelain will attend the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film festival in Fargo, North Dakota. Her film "Sundogs" will have its North Dakota premiere on Thursday, November 15 at the...
What You Need To Know About This Year’s North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival
A What You Need to Know about this year's North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival By Oscar De Leon. This story was originally printed on The Skrive on November 15, 2018. The original story can be found online here. The second annual North Dakota Human Rights Film...
Panel on homelessness in North Dakota to take place after premiere of “Home.”
Panel on homelessness in north dakota to take place after premiere of "home." FARGO, N.D. (November 15, 2018) - Following the premiere of the first episode of "Home. The Homelessness Crisis in North Dakota" at the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival, a panel...
Q&A with “Rehoming” Actress Julie Sheppard
Q&A with "Rehoming" Actress Julie Sheppard By Meredith Williams Julie Sheppard is know for playing "powerhouse" roles, and her role in the Canadian short narrative "Rehoming" is no different. "Rehoming," which premieres during the afternoon screenings of the North...
Q&A with “Dodging Bullets” Co-Director Bob Trench
Q&A with "Dodging Bullets" Co-Director Bob Trench By Meredith Williams Four years ago, Bob Trench started work on a film about chronic disease management in America. However, his research and interviews took him down a different path. While discussing the...
Silent Witness Initiative opens as part of Human Rights Film Festival
Silent Witness Initiative Opens as part of Human Rights Film Festival FARGO, N.D. (November 9, 2018) - As part of the The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival, a public exhibition of the Silent Witness Initiative has opened at businesses and restaurants throughout...
Film festival hopes to spark conversation about human rights
A Film festival hopes to spark conversation about human rights By Kelly Doles. This story was originally aired in Grand Forks on WDAZ on November 8, 2018. The original story can be found online here. GRAND FORKS — A film festival is hoping to spark conversation about...
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Award Winners Announced
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Award Winners Announced FARGO, N.D. (November 8, 2018) - The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Jury is proud to announce the award winners for the second annual film festival. Five films are being recognized and...
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Opening Night
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Opening NightFARGO, N.D. (November 8, 2018) - 2018 The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival opens Thursday, November 8 at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. 10 unique films will screen throughout the...
Ifrah Esse to Moderate Immigrant and Refugee Experience Panel Discussion
Ifrah Esse to moderate Immigrant and Refugee Panel Discussion Ifrah Esse will moderate the panel discussion "The Immigrant and Refugee Experience" on Thursday, November 8, at the Empire Arts Center during the 2018 The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival. In the...
Reggie Tarr joins Immigrant and Refugee Experience Panel Discussion
Reggie Tarr joins Immigrant and Refugee Panel DiscussionReggie Tarr, Resettlement Coordinator for Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, will join the panel discussion "The Immigrant and Refugee Experience" on Thursday, November 8, at the Empire Arts Center during...
Cynthia Shabb joins Immigrant and Refugee Experience Panel Discussion
Cynthia Shabb joins Immigrant and Refugee Panel Discussion Cynthia Shabb, executive director of the Global Friends Coalition will join the panel discussion "The Immigrant and Refugee Experience" on Thursday, November 8, at the Empire Arts Center during the 2018 The...
Jaylani Hussein joins Immigrant and Refugee Experience Panel Discussion
Jaylani Hussein joins immigrant and Refugee Panel DiscussionJaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), will join the panel discussion "The Immigrant and Refugee Experience" on Thursday, November...
Call for Submissions for 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
Call for Submissions for 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival FARGO, N.D. (October 18, 2018) - Submissions are being accepted for the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival. 2D, 3D and Live Performance artists with works relating to human rights, civil...
Documentary on Native American trauma to make North Dakota premiere
Documentary on Native American trauma to make North Dakota premiereThis story was originally published in the Bismarck Tribune and the Grand Forks Herald on October 18, 2018. The original story can be found online via the Bismarck Tribune here and the Grand Forks...
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Screening Lineup Announced
2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival Screening Lineup Announced FARGO, N.D. (October 18, 2018) - The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival is proud to announce the list of human rights and social justice films scheduled to screen at the second annual...
NDHRFF18 Fargo Friday Evening Schedule
Friday, November 16, 2018 Evening SCREENING | 7:00 - 10:00 PM The Fargo Theatre | Fargo, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students Mni Wiconi: Water is Life Year: 2018 | 3 min Genre: Animation / Experimental Film Language(s): Silent...
NDHRFF18 Fargo Friday Afternoon Schedule
Friday, November 16, 2018 Afternoon SCREENING | 1:00 - 3:30 PM The Fargo Theatre | Fargo, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students The Snag (L'Accroc) Year: 2018 | 8 min Genre: Short Narrative Language(s): French Directed...
NDHRFF18 Fargo Thursday Evening Schedule
Thursday, November 15, 2018 Evening SCREENING | 7:00 - 10:00 PM The Fargo Theatre | Fargo, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students What is the Value of Human Life? Year: 2018 | 4 min Genre: Short Documentary Language(s): English...
NDHRFF18 Bismarck Evening Schedule
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Evening SCREENING | 6:00 - 10:00 PM The Heritage center & State museum | Bismarck, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students What is the Value of Human Life? Year: 2018 | 4 min Genre: Short Documentary...
NDHRFF18 Bismarck Afternoon Schedule
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 AFTERNOON SCREENING | 1:00 - 3:00 PM The Heritage center & State museum | Bismarck, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students A Ferry Tale Year: 2018 | 10 min Genre: Short Narrative...
NDHRFF18 Grand Forks Evening Schedule
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...
NDHRFF18 Grand Forks Afternoon Schedule
Thursday, November 8, 2018 AFTERNOON SCREENING | 1:00 - 4:30 PM The Empire arts center | Grand forks, North Dakota $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $2 seniors and students Unnatural Selection (Inégalité des chances) Year: 2017 | 15 min Genre: Short...
Extended submission rates end on October 3 for #NDHRFF18
EXTENDED Submission rates end OCTOBER 3, 2018 for #NDHFF18. Extended submission rates for filmmakers to the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival is ending in 7 days. Filmmakers should submit their films via FilmFreeway by midnight Wednesday, October 3, 2018 to...
Late submission rates end on September 21 for #NDHRFF18
Late Submission rates end September 21, 2018 for #NDHFF18. Late submission rates for filmmakers to the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival end in 7 days. Submit your film via FilmFreeway by midnight September 21, 2018 to take advantage of these special rates....
“Dodging Bullets” to screen in Bismarck at #NDHRFF18
"Dodging Bullets" to screen in Bismarck at #NDHRFF18 The feature length documentary "Dodging Bullets" will have its North Dakota premiere at the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival. The film will screen in Bismarck, North Dakota on Tuesday,...
“This is Home” to screen in Grand Forks at #NDHRFF18
"This Is Home" to screen in Grand Forks at #NDHRFF18 The feature length documentary "This Is Home" will have its North Dakota premiere at the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival. The film will screen in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday, November 8 at the...
Regular submission rates end on September 7 for #NDHRFF18
Regular Submission rates end September 7, 2018 for #NDHFF18. Regular submission rates for filmmakers to the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival end in 7 days. Submit your film via FilmFreeway by midnight September 7, 2018 to take advantage of regular...
The Arts Partnership Awards NDHRFF18 a City Art Partnership Grant
The Arts Partnership Awards NDHRFF18 a City Art Partnership Grant. The Arts Partnership has awarded the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival a City Arts Partnership (CAP) Grant. CAP Grants support non-profit arts and culture organizations and other non-profits...
Early bird submission rates end on July 6 for #NDHRFF18
Early bird Submission rates end july 6, 2018 for #NDHFF18. Early bird submission rates for filmmakers to the 2018 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival end in 30 days. Submit your film via FilmFreeway by midnight July 6, 2018 to take advantage of these special...
Local Experts Gather to Discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act
FARGO, N.D. (April 9, 2018)– Area experts who work to ensure the protections provided by the Fair Housing Act are gathering at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9 to celebrate the 50thanniversary of the Fair Housing Act...
Royce Schultze joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Royce Schultze has joined The Human Family and the High Plains Fair Housing Center as a panelist at both the Bismarck Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum on April 9. Royce is the Executive...
Dr. Margaret Jackson joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Margaret Moore Jackson has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing as a panelist at both the Grand Forks Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place at the Empire Arts Center on April 11, and the Fargo Fair Housing Act Film & Panel...
Lorraine Davis joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Lorraine Shepherd-Davis has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing Center as a panelist for the upcoming Bismarck Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum on April 9. Lorraine is is...
Cheryl Kary joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Cheryl Ann Kary has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing Center as a panelist for the upcoming Bismarck Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum on April 9. Cheryl is the Executive...
Hukun Dabar joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Hukun Dabar has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing as a panelist for the Fargo Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place in Fargo at The Fargo Theatre on April 12. Hukun is one of the Founders and is the Executive Director of the Afro...
Katie Dachtler joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Katie Dachtler has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing as a panelist for the Grand Forks Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place in Grand Forks at the Empire Arts Center on April 11. Katie is employed as an Eligibility Worker by...
Michelle Rydz joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Michelle Rydz has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing Center as a panelist for the upcoming Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussions taking place in Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks. Michelle is the Founder and Executive Director at High Plains...
Dr. Jack Weinstein joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Dr. Jack Weinstein has joined the Human Family and High Plains Housing Center as the moderator for the Grand Forks Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place in Grand Forks, North Dakota at the Empire Arts Center on April 11. Dr. Weinstein is a...
Aruna Seth joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Aruna Seth has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing Center as the moderator for the Bismarck Fair Housing Act Film & Panel Discussion taking place at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck, North Dakota on April 9. A...
Barry Nelson joins Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Barry Nelson has joined the Human Family and High Plains Fair Housing Center as the moderator for the Fair Housing Act Film Screenings and Panel Discussions taking place in Fargo, North Dakota at the The Fargo Theatre on April 12. A self-described community activist,...
State-wide Discussion Series to Celebrate FHAct50
FARGO, N.D. (April 2, 2018)– The Human Familyhas partnered with High Plains Fair Housing Center, the Greater Grand Forks Apartment Association and the North Dakota Human Rights Coalitionto celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, a federal act that...
Exhibit Shows Social Justice Experiences Through Artwork
The following article was aired and posted online on KVRR on February 25, 2018. You can find the original article online here. By Jessie Cohen FARGO, ND — Exhibit shows social justice experiences through artwork - but the artwork at the Human Rights Exhibit at St....
Reflections of Standing Rock Panel Discussion
On Friday, November 17, 2017, after the Fargo premiere of the film "Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock" at the North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival, a group of water protectors reflected on their experiences a year out from the peaceful resistance to the...
Shane Balkowitsch Presentation to Floris White Bull
On Friday, November 17, 2017, after the Fargo premiere of the film "Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock" at the North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival, wet-plate photographer Shane Balkowitsch presented Floris White Bull, "Brave Heart Woman", Hunkpapa Lakota,...
Final Week for the 2017 Human Rights Arts Exhibition
The final week of the 2017 North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival exhibition begins tomorrow at the Spirit Room in downtown Fargo. Daily viewings are free and open to the public. The exhibition displays the work of over 20 artists that encompass both 2D and...
Directors of “Peacekeeper” Accept 2017 Best Student Film
"Peacekeeper", a documentary short featuring Native Americans from Standing Rock who speak out about the Dakota Access Pipeline, the repetition of history and their roles as water-protectors in a struggle for modern sovereignty, was awarded "Best Student Film" by the...
2017 Pencil and Ink Award Winner Jack Sadat
The Pencil and Ink award winner for the 2017 North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival was "Pulse" by Jack Sadat. Sadat accepted his award on Saturday, November 18 at the festival's art reception and awards ceremony which took place at the Spirit Room in...
“Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired” Director Dawn Gifford Engle Accepts 2017 Best Documentary Feature Award
The story of one man trying to stop the proliferation of weapons, worldwide. The story of former president of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oscar Sanchez Arias. Released at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo June 18, 2017 followed by a three...
“Sisak” Director Faraz Anrif Ansari Accepts 2017 Best Narrative Short Award
"Sisak", a first-of-its-kind silent LGBTQ film from India, was awarded "Best Narrative Short Film" by the Jury of the 2017 North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival. Set in the fast-paced environs of the usually bustling Mumbai local train system, the film details a...