International Children's Rights Documentary Film Series


Posted on 11-12-2009	Translate this page

The International Children’s Rights Film Festival is a festival of documentary films, presented jointly by UNICEF and partners around the world to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Screenings will be held in several countries from November through December 2009. This unique collection of over 20 documentaries presents the stories and voices of children and young people, spotlighting how the world has succeeded – or failed – in the effort to ensure their fundamental rights.

Besides depicting such difficult challenges, the films also celebrate children, young people and families who are determined to transform their lives and communities. UNICEF and its worldwide partners, country offices and National Committees – as well as the participating filmmakers and universities, and other supporters of the International Children’s Rights Film Festival – are committed to making the principles of the Convention real for all the world’s children.

In New York City, film screenings will be held at The New School on Nov 4, 18, 19 Fordham University on Nov. 11 and the City University of New York on Nov 13th.

New York Screenings
4 November: The Devil’s Miner
6:30 p.m. Bolivia, 2004 • 82 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Directors: Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu

11 November: Boys of Baraka
7:30 p.m. United States, Kenya, 2005 • 85 minutes, English with English subtitles
Directors: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Fordham University, Keating Hall Auditorium
441 East Fordham Road
East Fordham Road and 3rd Ave, Bronx, NY
RSVP: iped@fordham.edu

13 November: A Kind of Childhood
6:00 p.m. Bangladesh, 2005 • 51 minutes, Bengali with English subtitles
Directors: Catherine Masud and Tareque Masud
The CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium
365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th Street)
RSVP: unhistory@gc.cuny.edu

18 November Children of Leningradsky
6:30 p.m. Russian Federation, 2004 • 35 minutes, Russian with English subtitles
Director: Hanna Polak
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu

19 November Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams of a Kite
6:00 p.m. Cambodia, 2000 • 25 minutes, Khmer with English subtitles
Director: Duco Tellegen
The New School
66 West 12th Street, Room 404 (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu