Echoes of OW in DC: Celebrating Human Rights Through Film

March 25 – March 28 2009

 

Avalon Theatre (5612 Connecticut Avenue, Washington DC 20015)

Goethe Institut (812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718)

 

Partner: Nomads Land and Nomads Land Consulting

 

For the second time already, People in Need in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the US presents “Echoes” of the One World Human Rights Film Festival in Washington, DC. The event features 7 films presenting some of the highlights of this year´s festival edition.

Opening with the US avant-premiere of Jana´s Sevcikova´s outstanding documentary Gyumri presented by the director herself, the selected films will tackle such intriguing themes as 21st Century Dissidents: China, Russia (We, In the Holy Fire of Revolution), Iraq (Life after the Fall), International Justice (The Reckoning), Power of the Powerless – Central European Legacy ( The Power of the Powerless) and Minorities (On a Tightrope).

All screenings will include introductions or discussions with special guests.

Czech Republic/2008/68 min.

Introduced by Ambassador of the Czech Republic Petr Kolář and Igor Blazevic, founder and director of the One World. Followed by Q&A with director Jana Ševčíková.

Netherlands/2008/113 min

in Russian with English Subtitles

 

Czech Republic, USA/2007/75 min.

Followed by Q&A with Šimon Pánek, director of People in Need and student leader of the Velvet Revolution

 

 

USA/2009/100 min.

Canada/Norway/2006/71 min.

 

UK, Iraq/2008/155 min.

 

 

Admission to the screenings at the Goethe-Institut are free to the public.

For reservations, please email: CZECH_EVENTS@YAHOO.COM .

For additional questions, please call (202) 274 9105.

For Gyumri and opening night ticket reservation, please visit WWW.THEAVALON.ORG . Tickets also can be purchased at the cinema box office during box office hours.