Barbur presents "Popcorn and Social Justice": a series of meetings on human/animal rights and their representation in cinema.
Initiative and organization: Ginger-Vegetarian Community Center and The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Torture, silencing, extortion, discrimination... A number of directors, in various genres of cinema, coping with the issue of abuses of human and animal rights.
Program of the screenings:
Wednesday, 9.2.2011: "Machuca" (Andrés Wood, Spain, 2004). Short introduction: Paula Kiel, The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Wednesday, 23.2.2011 Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick, USA 2006)
Short introduction: Omer Ginzburg, Anonymous for Animal Rights, on the industrialized farms.
Wednesday, 9.3.2011 Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Spain 2006)
Short introduction: Irit Ballas, Attorney, The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, on the gloom of the interrogation room.
Wednesday, 23.3.2011 Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, Israel 2008)
Short introduction: Michael Warshavsky, Alternative Information Center, on the Lebanon War and the protest movement in Israel
Wednesday, 6.4.2011 McLibel (Franny Armstrong, Britain 2005)
Short introduction: Hagit Ofran, leader of the settlements tracking team in Peace Now movement, on the attempts to silence by slander lawsuits.
Free entrance
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