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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL - Pittsburgh
September 9-17, 2005

Venue

September 9-15
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA15213
Directions

September 16
Carneige Mellon University
Porter Hall 100
Off of Frew Street
Map

September 17
University of Pittsburgh
David Lawrence Hall, room 120
Forbes Ave., near Bigelow
Map

Tickets

Ticket Prices for Melwood Screening Room:
General Admission $7
Student (w/ valid ID) $5

Screenings at Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh are Free!

Sponsors & Links

Festival Sponsors

Schedule at a Glance

Friday, Sept. 9

Saturday, Sept. 10

Sunday, Sept. 11

Monday, Sept. 12

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Thursday, Sept. 15

Friday, Sept. 16

Saturday, Sept. 17

The Films

• Bhopal: The Search for Justice
• Boxers and Ballerinas
• Bullets In The Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story
• Compadre
• The Day the Buffalo Escaped
• Deacon of Death: Looking for Justice in Today's Cambodia
• I Know I'm Not Alone
• Innocent Voices
• Mardi Gras: Made in China
• On The Frontlines: Child Soldiers in The D.R.C.
• Porter (Solo Un Cargador)
• Seoul Train
• State of Fear
• The Swenkas
• War Games

• Film Festival
• Pittsburgh

About the Film Festival

The Amnesty International Film Festival is proud to present its 3rd annual program in Pittsburgh. This year's festival features 15 films, on some of the most important issues facing the global community. Often challenging and inspiring, these real life stories are compelling and powerful and they help us understand what it means to be a citizen of the world today. The festival celebrates the significant contributions made by filmmakers worldwide to the awareness and understanding of human rights issues.

The Amnesty International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing some of the world's best documentary and fiction films related to human rights. Through the art of film, with its unique ability to bring the viewer in touch with raw reality, the Festival strives to expose new audiences to human rights abuses occurring around the globe, including in the United States. Using the resources of Amnesty International, we strive to provide our audiences with concrete opportunities to take action against these abuses.

The Amnesty International Film Festival started in 1991 and now screens annually in Seattle, Salt Lake City, West Hollywood, Pittsburgh and Asheville, NC, as well as on dozens of university and high school campuses around the US, with our Festival On Campus program. This year Amnesty International USA is launching a new venture with National Geographic to start an annual festival in Washington DC.

We hope to offer our communities an opportunity to bare witness to, and to honor our collective struggles for freedom. And should some who attend be moved to action, Amnesty International is ready to help you get involved. For each film being screened, the Amnesty International Film Festival has gathered related news, research and action opportunities, which are available online at our website.

NOTE: The documentary and feature films and videos presented in the festival are individual works of art and journalism, and have not been produced by Amnesty International. The perspectives or opinions presented in these films and videos are not necessarily those of Amnesty International, and Amnesty International has not necessarily researched or verified any specific facts presented in the films.

FILMS HAVE NOT BEEN RATED; SOME FILMS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR VIEWERS YOUNGER THAN 17. DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

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