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Focus on human right at the East End Film Fes tival

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Thursday 22 April &ndash\; Friday 30 April 2010\n

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The East End Film Festival has a particular commitment to films that tackle the issue of human rights\, p olitics and the conditions that people live under both at home and abroa d. Every year we watch scores of impassioned\, angry\, moving and at tim es distressing films that tackle human rights issues\, and \;we are delighted to be partnering with the Amnesty International Human Rights A ction Centre to present a series of films\, Q&\;As\, discussion and s hort films at the Hoxton Action Centre and other venues that highlight i ssues from across the globe. Highlights include:

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Amnesty International Human Rights Centre\, Thursday 29 April\, 7pm \;

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Introduced by Kate Allen\, Director of Amnes ty International UK\, \;PRESUMED GUILTY \;is a documentary that attempts to exonerate a wrongly convicted man: a young breakdancer and rapper\, sentenced to 20 years in prison for a murder he clearly could not have committed. Shot with a handheld camera by Americ an-based attorney Roberto Hernandez and developed by British filmmaker G eoffrey Smith\, the film exposes Mexico&rsquo\;s unsound legal system.\n

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Rich Mix\, Saturday 24 April\, 8p m

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Taking place on Election Night in 1979\, as Thatcher comes int o power. \;SUS \;is set in a police inte rview room\, where Delroy is being questioned about his recently murdere d wife. He suffers a night of callous humiliation at the hands of two ra cist coppers\, both high on the impending Conservative landslide victory \, and more concerned with the outcome of the election than establishing the truth. Written in 1979 by Barrie Keefe (The Long Good Friday ) and based on a true story\, \;SUS \;(Suspect Under Susp icion) is a powerful cry against institutional racism\, and has clear pa rallels with Stop and Search powers today. \;Following the screen ing there will be a panel discussion\, in association with Liberty\, wit h cast\, crew and guests including Doreen Lawrence\, Stephen Kamlish QC\ , David Akinsanya\, Pennie Quinton and Shami Chakrabarti.

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RIOT\, RACE AND ROCK&rsquo\;N&rsq uo\;ROLL \;is a whole section of the East End Film Festival programme devoted to protest\, politics\, subculture and cultural resis tance and music as grassroots action. This includes \;A RIOT OF OUR OWN\, an exhibition of photographs  \;and artwork d ocumenting the Rock Against Racism movement\, which was originally conce ived as a one-off concert but went on to lead the fight against racism i n the UK. Jerry Dammers (The Specials) will DJ at the exhibition opening . Also features is a screening of a brand new re-edit of \;W HO SHOT THE SHERIFF\, a classic documentary about the famous RA R concert in Victoria Park and the fight against the National Front\, wh ich is followed by an after party with live music from Sam Duckworth and celebrity guests. There will also be a panel discussion about the movem ent&rsquo\;s legacy\, chaired by journalist Mark Steel and featuring Jer ry Dammers\, Gurinda Chadha (Director\, \;Bend It Like Beckham) and Tom Robinson (musician\, radio presenter and activist).

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Rich Mix\, Thurs day 29 April\, 6.15pm

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TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF P UNK ISLAM\, which tells the story of a slew of Islamic punk out fits touring North America and Pakistan in what is becoming a huge grass roots movement\, taking punk to the streets of Lahore. This is followed by DON&rsquo\;T PANIC\, WE&rsquo\;RE ISLAMIC\, a discussion of music as a response to race\, religion and identity in a post 9/11 world with fil mmakers and journalists. \;  \;

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Amnesty International Human Rights Centre\, Sunday 25 April\, 5p m

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A former Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience\, Ngawang Choephel was arrested on charges of espionage by Chinese authorities in 1995. Senten ced to 18 years in prison\, he was released in 2002. For his \;Su ndance Jury Award-winning documentary \;TIBET IN SONG\,< /strong> \;he returned to the land he left at the age of two to capt ure the music of his people before it&rsquo\;s lost in a void of cultura l repression.

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Amnesty In ternational Human Rights Centre\, Sunday 25 April\, 2.30pm

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LONELY PACK\, documents the everyday life of street children in Kathmandu\, Nepal\, as they look for food\, drugs\, and ric h tourists. Shot without any narration\, music or staging\, this is a ha rrowing document of young lives ruled by poverty and violence that nonet heless manage to experience moments of childlike freedom. This film is a lso screening alongside short documentaries portraying a farming communi ty in Peru threatened by a large mining corporation\, and short fiction films highlighting the issues of sex trafficking in the UK and the condi tions imposed by Israel on Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Amnesty International Human Rights Cen tre\, Monday 26 April\, 8.30pm

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THE BORDER\, \;Jaroslav Vojtek&rsquo\;s documentary\, reveals the plight of a village arbitrarily divided between Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine un der Soviet border policy in 1946. Finding themselves having to call to e ach other over a fence in order to maintain social and familial relation ships\, and having to travel 150 miles in order to obtain visas to cross to the other side\, this reveals the absurd effects that Soviet policy had on the people it claimed to protect. Also screening with The Border will be \;EXIT\, a short film documenting the effor ts of ordinary Polish people to flee to the West shortly before the Sovi et Union&rsquo\;s collapse.

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Genesis\, Wednesday 28 April\, 8pm

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LAND GOLD WOMEN\, \;shot on location in Birmingham\, is a drama portraying the struggle of Indian em igrants caught between Eastern and Western cultures. When an Indian univ ersity lecturer discovers that his daughter is in an illicit relationshi p\, he has a difficult decision to make. This Anglo-Indian collaboration bravely tackles the spectre of forced marriage and honour crime. Follow ed by a discussion with the cast and crew.

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Stratford Picturehouse\, Thursday 29 April\, 8.30pm

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ERASING DAVID \;We live in one of t he most intrusive surveillance states in the world. Filmmaker David Bond decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disapp ear\, which is a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pre gnant wife and young child behind\, he is tracked across the database st ate on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy and the loss of it. \;Director David Bond will introduce the film screening in person\, which will be followed by a live link-up Q&\;A.

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This is just a sma ll selection of the human rights and politically orientated films and ev ents being shown at this year&rsquo\;s East London Film Festival. We als o have a whole variety of free events taking place in Spitalfields marke t\, including an outdoor screening of Alfred Hitchcock classic THE LODGE R\, with a live rescore by Minima. There will also be a GIVE &\; TAKE event\, with film screenings and art installations\, where anybody can bring and swap their unwanted items for free\, whether it be their own w ork\, memorabilia\, DVDs\, books\, soundtracks or posters.  \;

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Visit www.eastendfilmfestival.com for more informatio n

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URL:http://london.indymedia.org/events/4628 SUMMARY:East End Film Festival LOCATION:

Various cinemas and venues across the East End of London

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