The 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Green Celebrity Death! Who was Tim Hetherington, the Oscar nominee killed in Lybia in 2011? [Apr. 24] Tim Hetherington was born in Liverpool, UK, on December 5, 1970. He originally studied literature at Oxford University, but he went back to school to get a degree in photojournalism. He had been living in New York, and had been sharing his time there with time in London. He maintained dual citizenship. He contributed regularly to Vanity Fair magazine, for which much of his photojournalism work in Afghanistan was done. Over the course of his career, Tim Hetherington, a green celebrity player behind the camera, became active in humanitarian circles, using his skills with still frame photography and video camera equipment to capture the social and political impact that war had on regions abroad, including Afghanistan, Liberia, and most recently in Libya, where he was killed by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade, fired by Qaddafi forces. Tim Hetherington...
- 4/24/2011
- by Helium
- Green Celebrity
An outstanding photojournalist and film-maker, he defined a generation of reportage
The photographer and film-maker Tim Hetherington, who has been killed at the age of 40 while covering the escalating violence in Misrata, Libya, was a leading light of his profession. The canon of work he bequeaths defines a generation of reportage.
His eye and ability for capturing on film some of the most disturbing events of the past decade was as relentless as it was unsurpassed. With a great sense of self-deprecation and humanity, Hetherington was driven repeatedly to explore the ragged, violent margins of society to bring back portraits of people profoundly affected by conflict.
Never an end in itself, for Hetherington the purpose of working in war was to understand better the lives of the civilians and soldiers caught up in it. Fundamentally a humanitarian, he worked not only for news organisations and magazines, but for human rights organisations,...
The photographer and film-maker Tim Hetherington, who has been killed at the age of 40 while covering the escalating violence in Misrata, Libya, was a leading light of his profession. The canon of work he bequeaths defines a generation of reportage.
His eye and ability for capturing on film some of the most disturbing events of the past decade was as relentless as it was unsurpassed. With a great sense of self-deprecation and humanity, Hetherington was driven repeatedly to explore the ragged, violent margins of society to bring back portraits of people profoundly affected by conflict.
Never an end in itself, for Hetherington the purpose of working in war was to understand better the lives of the civilians and soldiers caught up in it. Fundamentally a humanitarian, he worked not only for news organisations and magazines, but for human rights organisations,...
- 4/22/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Tim Hetherington
Tim Hetherington who co-directed Restrepo was killed while covering the Libyan conflict on Wednesday. Hetherington was an award winning photographer and documentary filmmaker who was covering the conflict at Libya for a photo agency.
He co-produced and co-directed Restrepo with Sebastian Junger in 2010. The documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy award. Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.
Hetherington has reported on conflict and human rights issues for more than ten years. His coverage of the 2003 Liberian civil war resulted in the film Liberia: an Uncivil War and his work on the Chad / Darfur border in 2006 appeared in the documentary The Devil Came on Horseback.
Tim Hetherington who co-directed Restrepo was killed while covering the Libyan conflict on Wednesday. Hetherington was an award winning photographer and documentary filmmaker who was covering the conflict at Libya for a photo agency.
He co-produced and co-directed Restrepo with Sebastian Junger in 2010. The documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy award. Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.
Hetherington has reported on conflict and human rights issues for more than ten years. His coverage of the 2003 Liberian civil war resulted in the film Liberia: an Uncivil War and his work on the Chad / Darfur border in 2006 appeared in the documentary The Devil Came on Horseback.
- 4/21/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I was saddened today to learn Oscar nominee Tim Hetherington, the British Dp, photographer and co-director of last year's Oscar-nominated documentary, Restrepo, was killed while filming in Libya earlier today.
One of my first pieces here at Rope of Silicon caused a bit of a sensation when I questioned whether viewers of Restrepo really understood the meaning behind the film. But I never question Hetherington's fine work. He was a photographer who went into the danger zone so viewers here in the Us and around the world could see what was really going on in the world. That's what he was doing when he was killed in Misurata, the rebel held Libyan town that has been shelled for days by Muammar Gaddafi's troops.
When it comes to the work Hetherington leaves behind, I'd say Restrepo was just the tip of the iceberg. His best film, in my opinion, was The Devil Came on Horseback,...
One of my first pieces here at Rope of Silicon caused a bit of a sensation when I questioned whether viewers of Restrepo really understood the meaning behind the film. But I never question Hetherington's fine work. He was a photographer who went into the danger zone so viewers here in the Us and around the world could see what was really going on in the world. That's what he was doing when he was killed in Misurata, the rebel held Libyan town that has been shelled for days by Muammar Gaddafi's troops.
When it comes to the work Hetherington leaves behind, I'd say Restrepo was just the tip of the iceberg. His best film, in my opinion, was The Devil Came on Horseback,...
- 4/21/2011
- by Bill Cody
- Rope of Silicon
Celebrity Death! Qaddafi craze killed Oscar nominee Tim Hetherington in Libya? [Apr. 20] Tim Hetherington, who along with Sebastian Junger helped direct the Academy Award nominated documentary Restrepo (2009), a film covering one Platoon in one of the most dangerous areas in Afghanistan, was killed April 20 in Libya, according to TMZ. Hetherington is a trained photojournalist from Liverpool and also is known for his camera work on Liberia: an Uncivil War (2004) and The Devil Came on Horseback (2007). The green celebrity director and photojournalist was covering the conflict in Libya for the Panos photo agency when he came under attack from rocket propelled grenades, according to The last communication over Twitter from Tim Hetherington was on April 19. It read: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of Nato." Tim Hetherington had worked for Vanity Fair magazine, doing much of his work in Afghanistan for the magazine. Vanity Fair...
- 4/21/2011
- by Helium
- Green Celebrity
Photojournalist/Documentarian Hetherington Killed By Bomb In Libya
Tim Hetherington, an award-winning British photojournalist who co-directed the hard-hitting documentary Restrepo, has been killed while filming the ongoing unrest in Libya.
Hetherington was among those caught out by an explosion in Misurata on Wednesday.
As well as co-directing and producing Oscar-nominated Restrepo with Sebastian Junger, Hetherington also directed the documentary short Diary and he was also the credited cinematographer on 2007's The Devil Came on Horseback and 2004 TV documentary Liberia: An Uncivil War.
Hetherington was 41.
At least three other top international photojournalists were injured in the blast, according to local news agencies.
Hetherington was among those caught out by an explosion in Misurata on Wednesday.
As well as co-directing and producing Oscar-nominated Restrepo with Sebastian Junger, Hetherington also directed the documentary short Diary and he was also the credited cinematographer on 2007's The Devil Came on Horseback and 2004 TV documentary Liberia: An Uncivil War.
Hetherington was 41.
At least three other top international photojournalists were injured in the blast, according to local news agencies.
- 4/20/2011
- WENN
We are saddened to report the untimely death of 41-year-old photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, recently nominated for an Academy Award for his feature documentary "Restrepo," which also won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
"Restropo" was a visceral, fly-on-the-wall look at a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, where they are subjected to intense daily fire, all covered from Hetherington's unflinching camera. It takes its name from Private Juan "Doc" Restrepo, the first member of the platoon killed during their deployment.
Like Restropo, Hetherington was also felled while in the line of duty, as CNN reports he was killed in Libya's besieged city of Misrata covering the war-torn area.
This happened several hours ago when a mortar attack by rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) killed Hetherington and at least one other photographer, wounding others.
Hetherington had just Tweeted yesterday: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata.
"Restropo" was a visceral, fly-on-the-wall look at a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, where they are subjected to intense daily fire, all covered from Hetherington's unflinching camera. It takes its name from Private Juan "Doc" Restrepo, the first member of the platoon killed during their deployment.
Like Restropo, Hetherington was also felled while in the line of duty, as CNN reports he was killed in Libya's besieged city of Misrata covering the war-torn area.
This happened several hours ago when a mortar attack by rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) killed Hetherington and at least one other photographer, wounding others.
Hetherington had just Tweeted yesterday: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata.
- 4/20/2011
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
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