8th Annual International Film Festival – Day 3 | USF

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The 8th annual International Film Festival at USF takes place on February 18, 19, and 20 and will include films focusing on Ecuador, Haiti,  South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and the U.S., as well as other countries and regions in a couple of documentaries that illustrate the scope of global poverty and the crimes against humanity that prompted the formation of the International Criminal Court. [Full Film Schedule]

For the second year, the festival offers a selection of shorts produced by USF students. In addition to the screenings, we are delighted to present a musical performance by Kalbass Kreyol, A Bay Area’s Haitian Band

Admission to each of the films and the concert is free and open to the general public. As with past editions, our goals are to promote awareness and discussion of global human rights issues and explore challenges to human rights in specific locations.

Saturday, 2/20

1:00 PM

The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court, 2009, 95 min., USA, Filmmaker(s): Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis, and Peter Kinoy
A selection from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival

3:00 PM
TAPOLOGO, 2008, 88 min., South Africa/Spain, Filmmaker(s): Gabriela Gutierrez Dewar and Sally Gutierrez Dewarl
Freedom Park squatter camp, situated in the Northwest province, accommodates a migrant workforce that mines the world’s largest single source of platinum.

5:00 PM
Like a Man on Earth (Come un Uomo Sulla Terra), 2008, 60 min., Italy, Filmmaker(s): Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Riccardo Biadene

Come un uomo sulla terra/Like a Man on Earth is a journey of pain and dignity, in which Ethiopian refugee Dagmawi Yimer, with the collaboration of Italian filmmakers Andrea Segre and Riccardo Diabene, documents harrowing human suffering and denounces a tragic political and humanitarian situation.

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