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<\/a><\/p>\nAvailable to screen across the America, the 11 films in this year\u2019s festival are truly global in scope, and present an overriding message of hope, from reform of the criminal justice system in the United States to the fight for reproductive rights in Ireland and the re-framing of long-suppressed yet ever powerful indigenous voices in Peru and North America. The Festival is excited to share films that reflect a resounding global rallying cry: The will of the people shall not be ignored.<\/strong><\/p>\n Complete program below.<\/p>\n Tickets, $9 for general public, $8 for IFC Center members. A festival pass, good for all 11 films in the lineup, $70. Access to screenings will be available during the film festival dates of June 11-20, 2020. Audiences also have the opportunity to join free, live online Q&A\u2019s with the filmmakers, Human Rights Watch experts and special guests.<\/p>\n To purchase tickets, for film and Q&A details, and to access program updates, click the individual film titles below or visit https:\/\/www.hrwfilmfestivalstream.org\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n The festival plans to return to IFC Center in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BELLY OF THE BEAST<\/strong> \u2014 Opening Night THE 8TH<\/strong> CODED BIAS<\/strong> DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL<\/strong> FROM HERE<\/strong> GATHER<\/strong> \u2014 Closing Night I AM SAMUEL<\/strong> MAXIMA<\/strong> RADIO SILENCE<\/strong> REUNITED<\/strong> WELCOME TO CHECHYNA<\/strong> THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON<\/strong> shadows a group of brave activists risking their lives to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ campaign in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Courtesy of HBO Documentary Films. Winner, U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing, Sundance Film Festival<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\nDir. Erika Cohn, USA, 2020, documentary, 82 min.
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m. (EDT)
\nA courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California\u2019s women\u2019s prison system, and they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O\u2019Boyle, USA\/Ireland, 2020, documentary, 94 min.
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Friday, June 19, 7pm (EDT)
\nCapturing a crucial moment for women\u2019s rights, The 8th tells the incredible story of how the Republic of Ireland overturned one of the world\u2019s most restrictive laws on abortion.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Shalini Kantayya, USA\/UK\/China\/South Africa, 2020, documentary, 85 min.
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Friday, June 12, 8pm (EDT)
\nWhen MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software misidentifies women and darker-skinned faces, as a woman of color working in a field dominated by white males, she is compelled to investigate further. Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nDir. Ursula Liang, USA, 2020, documentary, 83 min. In English, Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Wednesday, June 17, 8pm (EDT)
\nWhen a Chinese-American police officer kills an innocent, unarmed black man in an unlit stairwell of a New York City housing project on November 20, 2014, communities across the city erupt with demands for legal accountability.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Christina Antonakos-Wallace, USA, 2020, documentary, 89 min. In English, German, Spanish, Punjabi, Romani, Vietnamese with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Sunday, June 14, 8pm (EDT)
\nFrom Here is a hopeful story of Tania, Sonny, Miman, and Akim \u2013 artists and activists based in Berlin and New York whose lives and futures hang in the balance of immigration and integration debates.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Sanjay Rawall, USA, 2020, documentary, 74 min.
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Saturday, June 20, 8pm (EDT)
\nGather celebrates the fruits of the indigenous food sovereignty movement, profiling innovative changemakers in Native American tribes across North America reclaiming their identities after centuries of physical and cultural genocide.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Peter Murimi, Kenya\/Canada\/UK\/USA, 2020, documentary, 69 min. In Swahili, English, Luhya with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Sunday, June 14, 3:30pm (EDT)
\nSamuel grew up on a farm in the Kenyan countryside, where tradition is valued above all else. He moves to Nairobi in search of a new life, where he finds belonging in a community of fellow queer men. Filmed over five years, I Am Samuel is an intimate portrait of a Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love and safety while questioning the concept of conflicting identities.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Claudia Sparrow, USA\/Peru, 2019, documentary, 88 min. In English, Spanish with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Tuesday, June 16, 8pm (EDT)
\nMaxima tells the incredible story of 2016 environmental Goldman Prize winner M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a and her family. The Acu\u00f1as rely solely on the environment for their livelihood, but their land sits directly in the path of a multi-billion-dollar project run by one of the world\u2019s largest gold-mining corporations. Winner Audience Award for a Feature Film, Hot Docs<\/p>\n
\nDir. Juliana Fanjul, Switzerland\/Mexico, 2019, documentary, 79 min. In Spanish with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Saturday, June 14, 4pm (EDT)
\nTo millions of people in Mexico, the incorruptible journalist and news anchor Carmen Aristegui is regarded as the trusted alternative voice to official government spin, fighting daily against deliberate disinformation spread through news sources, government corruption, and the related drugs trade.<\/p>\n
\nDir. Mira Jargil, Denmark\/Sweden, 2020, documentary, 78 min. In English, Danish, Arabic with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A with filmmaker and guests on Saturday, June 20, 3:30pm (EDT)
\nThis is a story of love across borders, and the compromises a family must make when it is torn apart by circumstances beyond its control.<\/p>\n
\nDavid France, USA, 2020, documentary, 107 min. In English, Russian with English subtitles
\nLive online Q&A on Saturday, June 13, 8pm (EDT) with filmmaker David France, author, journalist, & columnist at The New Yorker Masha Gessen, and other guests
\nA searing documentary directed by acclaimed writer and Oscar\u00ae-nominated director David France (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE,<\/p>\n