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THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 , under , , , , , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)


Twenty five years making possible a better world, expanding minds and human rights all over the planet is not a small feast for a festival started by a good few souls in a small NY theater. Every year the festival comes to town like a giant bell, calling out our name. Pay attention! Es contigo!. Is good they do. Then the possibilities that come with it: to become aware...

GETTING REAL WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Thursday, June 13, 2013 , under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)


Is that time of the year for some of us to smell the coffee. To get real. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013 is back in New York with 20 provocative films calling for justice and social change.  Are traditional values and human rights on opposite sides? This year, the festival focuses in the struggle to make sense of this uneasy relationship between...

CONVERSANDO CON BERNARDO RUIZ, DIRECTOR DEL DOCUMENTAL 'REPORTERO'

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Friday, July 20, 2012 , under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)


"No me interesaba una equivalencia falsa con la historia oficial".  Cuanto vale la libertad de expresión? Para muchos periodistas mexicanos - y centroamericanos, turcos, rusos y del mundo - la respuesta ha sido la vida. Más de 40 periodistas han muerto en el vecino país en los últimos años. La historia no es nueva y así lo descubríó el cineasta Bernardo...