UNAFF Travelling Festival : Chicago

CHILDREN - WHAT HOPE FOR TOMORROW?
UNAFF Traveling Film Festival Chicago and
Columbia College Chicago

WHAT:
Children - What Hope for Tomorrow? A one-day festival of films on children's rights, presented by the United Nations Association Traveling Film Festival Chicago and the Documentary Department of Columbia College Chicago.

Children everywhere represent the best hope for the future, but increasingly they are victims of events and decisions beyond their control. On every continent the personal potential and rights of young people are being eroded - through exploitation, abuse and neglect, and as victims of war, preventable disease and social injustice. The Documentary Department of Columbia College and the United Nations Association Greater Chicago Chapter are joining forces to present a day of exceptional and rarely seen films on the Rights of Children.

The films have been selected as part of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) - an independent project of the not-for-profit United Nations Association.

WHEN:
November 19, 2005 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (schedule below)

WHERE:
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8^th floor

HOW MUCH
Free for Columbia students; all others $10 suggested donation per half-day session

MORE INFO:
Russell Porter 312.344.6732

SCREENING SCHEDULE

Morning Session

9:00 - 10:45

LALEE'S KIN - THE LEGACY OF COTTON Directed by Deborah Dickson, Susan Fromke and Albert Maysles (88 min)

PLUS: VALENTINE 1955 Directed by Susan B. Price (4 min)

10:45 - 11:45

BOMBIES Directed by Jack Silberman (58 min)

11:45 - 1:15
STOLEN CHILDHOODS Directed by Len Morris (85 min)

1:15 - 1:45

COMING TO SAY GOODBYE: STORIES OF AIDS IN AFRICA Directed by John Ankele and Anne Macksoude (30 min)

1:45 - 2:45

A GREAT WONDER: LOST CHILDREN OF SUDAN Directed by Kim Shelton (61 min)

2:45 - 4:00

JUVIES Directed by Leslie Neale (66 min)

4:00 - 5:00

DEAR EUROPE Directed by Ingeborg Beugel and Cees Overgaauw (54 min)

PLUS: SADAKO'S CRANES Directed by Yvette O'Neill (5 min)

About UNAFF

Established eight years ago at Stanford University by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UNAFF screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war and peace.