State of Denial takes an unprecedented look at how the citizens of South Africa are living with the AIDS epidemic, given the climate of confusion and neglect perpetuated by the current administration. The film offers a moving account of a society struggling to overcome the harsh realities of illness, global healthcare inequities, and government paralysis. Intimate conversations capture the unbreakable spirit of a people determined to conduct their lives with dignity, grace, and humor. To provide context to these personal stories, Epstein also secures candid, in-depth interviews with some of the country's most notable politicians, health care professionals, and activists-some of whom are her former colleagues.

Also screens Saturday, May 31, 7:00 pm.

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Danielle Lazar
Lovett Productions
155 Sixth Avenue
NY, NY 10013-1507
(212) 242-8999
fax (212) 242-7347
Danielle@lovettproductions.com

Seen But Not Heard follows the lives of four Mexican women and their families whose undocumented husbands and partners lost their lives in the tragic events of 9/11. Filmed in New York and Mexico, this program traces the personal, social and economic repercussions of this act of terrorism on their lives. From the search and grieving for their loved ones, to their illegal status and uncertain future, the program creates an intimate portrayal of human survival. Seen But Not Heard is a documentary that serves as a platform for the many undocumented individuals who are members of one of the most unrecognized and illegitimate communities in the United States.

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Calogero Salvo
Phone/fax (212) 691-8305
Call4cs@aol.com

The border that runs between Tijuana and San Diego is the most heavily militarized border between "friendly" countries anywhere in the world. Since 1994 when the U.S. instituted Operation Gatekeeper, an average of one person a day has died crossing it. This poignant film puts a human face on a tragedy that occurs daily, as it seeks to give voice to the hardships imposed by heat and thirst and abusive border guards. Featuring first-hand interviews with a border guard, a human rights activist, and a citizen who actually goes into the desert each weekend to provide water for the fugitives, this memorable film is a portrait of people who risk everything to come to "the land of plenty" --- and often lose the gamble.

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Rachel Antell
(510) 658-2123
rachelantell@earthlink.net

In 1978, filmmaker Yulie Cohen Gerstel was wounded in a terrorist attack by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. A stewardess for the Israeli airline El Al, she was hijacked along with other crewmembers on their way to a flight in London. In a remarkable twist of faith, twenty-three years later Gerstel began questioning the causes of violence between Israelis and Palestinians and started to consider helping to release the man who almost killed her, Fahad Mihyi. After working as a photojournalist and visiting the occupied territories along the Gaza Strip, Gerstel came to believe that both Israelis and Palestinians played a role in perpetuating the cycle of hostility and bloodshed. An inspiring story of forgiveness, Gerstel's poignant documentary is a moving testimony of human compassion and a ringing call for peace.

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Women Make Movies
462 Broadway, #500
NY, NY 10013
(212) 925-0606
orders@wmm.com

Every November, thousands of people from across North America gather outside Fort Benning, Georgia in protest over ongoing U.S. military policy. The issue is the controversial U.S. Army School of the Americas, where over 60,000 Latin American soldiers have been trained-among them dictators like Manuel Noriega of Panama and death squad leaders like Roberto D'Aubuisson of El Salvador. Demonstrators denounce the SOA as a "School of Assassins," but Army officials argue that the school has played a crucial role in bringing democracy and stability to Latin America. Informative and provocative, this documentary presents different points of view which illuminate the turbulent reality of Latin America's relationship with the U.S.

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Raven's Call Productions
P.O. Box 410772
San Francisco, CA 94141.0772
415.821.7012

Afghan Massacre tells of the horrific forced journey undertaken by thousands of prisoners who surrendered to Afghan allies of the U.S. military after the siege of Kunduz. Up to 3,000 are said to now lie buried in a mass grave. But was this a simple matter of Afghans killing Afghans? The film presents evidence to argue that American Special Forces may have taken control of the operation, re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert, and stood by as survivors were shot and buried. It also argues that the Pentagon lied to the world in order to cover up its role in the atrocity.

Afghan Massacre was produced over ten months in extremely dangerous circumstances: filmmakers claim that eyewitnesses were threatened and subsequently killed, that the film crew was forced into hiding and one researcher was savagely beaten. Afghan Massacre has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Current Affairs.

Screening will be followed by Q&A with filmmaker Jamie Doran.

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Jeff Healey
acftv
Studio 241
24-28 St Leonards Road
Windsor SL4 3BB
United Kingdom
jeff@acftv.net
www.acftv.net
Tel: +44 (0)1753 842222