UNAFF TRAVELING FILM FESTIVAL
Established ten years ago at Stanford University by Jasmina Bojic, Founder and Executive Director, UNAFF (a project of the UNA Mid-Peninsula Chapter) is a non-competitive festival that screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection, racism, homelessness, disease control, universal education, war and peace. UNAFF offers a unique opportunity to view extraordinary documentaries, to become familiar with global and local Issues, and to acquire a better understanding of the means to address these issues.
UNAFF'S website is: www.unaff.org
2007 FILMS
THE MAN WHO SAVED A MILLION BRAINS {26') Director/Producer Kate Riedl (Australia/Tibet) The Man Who Saved a Million Brains looks al the work of Professor Cres Easlman, a world-renowned endocnnologisl, who has spent the past twenty years fighting Iodine Deficiency Disorder in the remotest parts of Tibet This is a story of a doctors crusade To save children from a destructive disease. The cure is effective, cheap and simple - but is the message getting through?
BYSTANDER (321) Director/Producer John ReiHy (USA) Why have there been so many bystanders to genocide and war crimes? Bystander portrays three individuals who intervened to thwart the mass murder of innocent victims as the crimes were unfolding, and frames these portraits with riveting psychological experiments that demonstrate the scarcity of moral courage.
THE SHAPE OF WATER {70') Director/Producer Kum-Kum Bhavnani (Brazil/lndia/lsrael/Palestine/Senegal/USA) In an intimate encounter with five very different
women in Brazil. India, Jerusalem, and Senegal, narrated by Susan Sarandon, The Shape of Water offers a close look at the far-reaching and vibrant alternatives crafted by these women in response to environmental degradation, archaic traditions, lack of economic independence, and war The documentary weaves together the daily life stories of Khady , Bilkusben, Oraiza, Dona Antonia, and Gila who, through candor and humor, infuse their communities with a passion for change.
MALARIA: KILLER NUMBER ONE (20') Director/Producer IRIN films (Ethiopia/Kenya)
Malaria claims three million lives every year worldwide, most of them in countries south of the Sahara. Among the places hardest hit is Ethiopia. Here malaria can wipe out the lives of hundreds of thousands of villagers, mainly women and children, in a single epidemic period
THE TSUNAMI GENERATION (52rJ Director/Producer Folke Ryden (Germany/Indonesia) This js the untold story of Aceh province in the wake of the tsunami disaster in which 200,000 people perished and half a million became homeless. In the ensuing turmoil, the Indonesian government, religious organizations, and the GAM guerrillas all aspired to gain in some respect from the new situation with promises of rebuilding Aceh On December 26, 2004, the killer tsunami changed everything. Having suffered through one of the worst natural disasters in living memory, remnants of families are waiting for a place to stay and a life to live They are the Tsunami Generation. A generation of people with a glimpse of hope in their eyes, despite the overwhelming struggle that remains to get life back to normal.
