Waltz with Bashir
“WALTZ WITH BASHIR plays out as one of the most profoundly explosive animated documentaries I have ever seen, and is clearly one of the best pictures of the year.”
- New York Observer
The Devil’s Miner
Living in poverty with their mother in the mountains of Bolivia, 14-year-old Basilio and his 12-year-old brother, Bernardino, work long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines, braving deadly conditions to earn enough money to attend school.
Black Gold
In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry, Black Gold traces one man’s fight for a fair price.
Iron Ladies of Liberia
After 14 years of a brutal civil war, Liberia elects its first female president—Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, nicknamed the Iron Lady.
Afghanistan Unveiled
Filmed by the first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this uncompromising film reveals the effects of the Taliban’s repressive rule and U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign on Afghan women.
Taking Root
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.
Garbage Warrior
GARBAGE WARRIOR tells the story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living.
Shadya
Seventeen-year-old Shadya Zoabi is a world champion in karate, but in her traditional Muslim village in northern Israel, suceeding on her own terms is no easy feat. SHADYA is the coming-of-age story of a young Israeli Arab woman struggling to balance her dreams with tradition and cultural expectations.
Bridge Over the Wadi
For the first time in Israel, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decide to establish a bi-national, bi-lingual grade school in the Wadi Ara village. BRIDGE OVER THE WADI follows the school’s first year and the fragile attempts to create an environment of co-existence against the backdrop of a complicated reality.
ABC Colombia
Through the eyes of children, ABC COLOMBIA explores the realities that nurture and perpetuate violence in a rural community controlled by paramilitary forces.
GFSC2009
Coinciding with the 450th anniversary of the University of Geneva, the Geneva Forum on Social Change presents its inaugural program on documentary film and international public affairs; a trans-Atlantic event organized by the University’s International Organizations MBA (IOMBA) program in collaboration with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Global Hope Network (GHNI), the U.S. Mission to Geneva and with the support of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Center).
The Forum aims to:
- Provide a platform for a unique discussion of the complex social, political and economic challenges presented by some of today’s leading documentary films.
- Build capacity and awareness of the strategic use of film as a tool in public policy and public affairs.
- Promote cross-cultural dialogue on issues related to security and stability, sustainable development and social responsibility.
- Engage future leaders and encourage interchange, dialogue and action.
A unique combination of cutting edge documentary films, workshops, panels and featured speakers, the Geneva Forum on Social Change will explore the convergence of themes presented in the films with applications for public policy and public affairs. Films representing nine countries profile the pressing global issues of gender equity, poverty, trade, security, environment and development.
The Forum will provide an excellent opportunity for professionals working with international and non-governmental organizations, members of the diplomatic corps, researchers, military service and governmental members, educators, students and their families. Cross-sector dialogue, collaborative partnerships and coordinated mission efforts are among the anticipated outcomes of this inaugural Geneva Forum.
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