AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL - Seattle
DECEMBER 6-12, 2004
911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER
402 9th Ave N. (new address)
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St.
HARVARD EXIT
807 East Roy at Harvard
The Amnesty International Film Festival is proud to present its 13th annual program in Seattle . This year’s festival features 24 films by talented filmmakers from around the world who work against long odds, short finances, and threatening politics to bring to the screen these powerful stories of human struggle, sacrifice, and triumph. The Amnesty International Film Festival is dedicated to bringing these stories to our communities so that our colleagues, neighbors, and friends can see for themselves the diverse perspectives and many challenges facing people in every part of the world.
Both because of the tremendous global reach of Amnesty International, and because we have focused on building relationships directly with filmmakers, production companies, television stations, and other film festivals around the world, we are able to offer programming that in many cases is not available anywhere else in the U.S. These include documentary films—some feature length and others shorter—fictional films, and occasionally foreign broadcasts that are otherwise inaccessible to U.S. audiences. In addition, we are also proud to screen some of the most noteworthy and celebrated documentary films made here in the U.S. each year, including some that will go on to air on major television networks.
But most importantly, 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, www.amnestyusa.org/filmfest. Help us make art truly work as information activism!
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.