Screenings Category
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND and the UK Gender and Development Network including Q&A with Kim Longinotto
This fascinating, often hilarious documentary follows the work of Cameroonian State Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba as they help women fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent. ...more
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND and Oxfam UK
Over the last two years we have been filming an unfolding humanitarian crisis in one small African nation Swaziland, and using this example to ask why, in spite of our incredible agricultural productivity, in spite of the Millennium Goals and a massive UN food aid programme, are we failing to solve the problem of hunger? ...more
Followed by Q&A with Craig McCall
Featuring unique interviews with over twenty of the world's greatest actors, directors and technicians, Cameraman is not only a valuable testimony to British and international cinema history; it's an informative and sometimes humorous one too -- an amazing story about an exceptional life. ...more
Panel Discussion hosted by BOND, Stop AIDS and Save The Children
Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Chris Smith
Followed by a Q&A with Director Chris Smith. A former Los Angeles police officer turned investigative journalist, Michael Ruppert predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter. Drawing from data and news stories he explains his unique interpretation in the face of fierce opposition. ...more
Panel discussion hosted by BOND and Jubilee Debt Campaign
Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Jennifer Arnold
When Swedish teacher Hilde Back decides to sponsor a young, rural Kenyan student she thought little more about it. Years later, out of the blue she hears from Chris Mburu, now a Harvard Graduate and Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations. A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Oliver Englehart
A documentary that follows four ordinary, yet extraordinary, men and women throughout the course of their working days, showing a different side of life in Afghanistan's bustling capital. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director James Rogan
The Trouble with Pirates is a revealing look at how a small group of men in speedboats have come to threaten world trade in the Indian Ocean and the human cost of their actions. ...more
Followed by a Q&A with Director Andy Capper, Associate Producer Stuart Griffiths and Richard Dare, former private in the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Traveling to STANTA training camp in East Anglia which is designed to exactly replicate army strongholds in Afghanistan, the VICE team show the grueling recruitment training process required before soldiers are ready for combat. ...more