Sunday, November 9
Seattle Art Museum

2:00PM
THE KILLING FIELDS
Special Archive Presentation

4:00PM
SUSPINO: A CRY FOR ROMA
Hosted by filmmaker Gillian Darling Kovanic. Q&A to follow the screening.

6:00PM
THE DAY MY GOD DIED
Special Closing Night Program:
Hosted by filmmaker Andrew Levine. Features Q&A with Congressman Jim McDermott and the filmmaker.

Closing Night Reception

8:00PM
Artists for Amnesty Closing Night Reception at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant.
Reception is open to full-festival pass-holders, otherwise by invitation only.

THE KILLING FIELDS

Director: Roland Joffé
1984. UK. 141 min. English Warner Bros.
2:00 PM

The Amnesty International Film Festival is proud to present this special archive presentation of Roland Joffé's Academy Award Winning film. THE KILLING FIELDS is a stunning historical drama based on actual events, and though nearly 20 years old, remains just as relevant-if not more so-today.

Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

SUSPINO: A CRY FOR ROMA

Director: Gillian Darling Kovanic
2003. Canada. 72 min. Romanes, Romanian and Italian with English subtitles
4 :00 PM

SUSPINO: A CRY FOR ROMA takes an unflinching look at the persecution that continues to plague Europe's largest and most vilified minority. With the fall of communism and rise of right-wing nationalism, the Roma (or "Gypsies" as they are pejoratively called) have become scapegoats for Eastern Europe's nascent democracies. Because of violent conflicts and discrimination, tens of thousands of Eastern European Roma are fleeing their countries. The film focuses on Romania where Europe's largest concentration of Roma are considered 'public enemies', and Italy, where the Roma are classified as nomads and relegated to living in camps. Here they are denied basic human rights available to refugees and foreign residents.

Filmmakers/Distributors Contact Information:
Bullfrog Films
video@bullfrogfilms.com

THE DAY MY GOD DIED

Director: Andrew Levine
2002. USA. 70 min. English
6:00PM

Narrated by Tim Robbins and Winona Ryder, this powerful documentary takes us into the underworld of the child sex slave trade. The film tells the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by what is now becoming the world's fastest growing black market. The film also provides actual footage from the brothels of Bombay, known even to the tourists as "The Cages, " captured with "spy camera" technology. We are also introduced to the heroes of the movement who are trying to abolish child sex slavery and who urge us to remember that "these are all our daughters."

Hosted by filmmaker Andrew Levine.
Q&A featuring Congressman Jim McDermott and filmmaker Andrew Levine will follow.

Filmmakers/Distributors Contact Information:
Andrews Levine
Levine@xmission.com
www.thedaymygoddied.com