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Program 37
Directors Guild of America • 2:15 p.m. • Theatre 3
 
BEHIND THE HEADLINES (RT: 80 minutes)
The power of non-fiction advocacy media is on full display in this set of works that give voice to the dispossessed. Topics in this arresting trio range from local education issues, a critique of the global assembly line, and a tale of violence against women.

BELMONT HIGH: TRAPPING OUR YOUTH
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Jason Geaga Yap
BELMONT HIGH: TRAPPING OUR YOUTH gives an in-depth look at the dire situation of Belmont High School. Faced with severe overcrowding, the offering and retraction of a new campus has sparked a heated controversy within the surrounding school community. Speaking to larger societal and economic equality issues, the Belmont High School situation has become common knowledge to the surrounding community.
Video, 17 min., color, Documentary
 


SOMETHING BETWEEN HER HANDS
(Cambodia, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Sonya Shah
SOMETHING BETWEEN HER HANDS follows six young Cambodian women who must choose between a life of prostitution or garment work in order to survive. The film is an intimate look into how a history of civil war, poverty and globalization shapes the lives of women in Cambodia today.
Video, 39 min., color, Documentary




 
WHEN THE STORM CAME
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Shilpi Gupta
This Sundance Jury award-winning documentary addresses the use of rape as a “weapon” in the hands of the Indian military in Kashmir.
Video, 24 min., color, Documentary

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