Human rights film festivals
Subtitle: activism in context
By: Sonia M. Tascón, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781137454232
Subjects: Human rights film festivals; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 239-242.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Human rights: from universalism to internationalism; title: Film festivals: activism and the gaze; title: Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos, Buenos Aires. Context 1997-2003: history and politics; title: The festival 1997-2003: from the desaparecidos to neoliberalism; title: Context 2004-2014: post-dictatorship, post-neoliberalism and new Argentine cinema; title: The festival 2004-2014: the "other" and cosmopolitan visions; title: Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York; title: Context: from the Cold War to the Yes men; title: The festival: presences: Eastern Europe, Middle East and United States; title: Context: from Latin America to political documentary in the United States; title: The festival: absence: Latin America; title: Conclusions. Films and human rights; title: Film festivals, audiences and human rights; title: Universalism and film festivals.