Calendar – UNA Midpeninsula

UNAFF for Seniors – My Daughter the Terrorist @ Channing House

Sep 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Click for summer UNAFF for Seniors Flyer (PDF)

DIR: Beate Arnestad PROD: Morten Daae (Sri Lanka/Norway/USA, 58 min) This is a rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group. Made by the first foreign film crew to be given access to the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) of Sri Lanka. Two twenty-four-year-old women have been living and fighting side-by-side for seven years as part of LTTE’s elite force, the Black Tigers. The women describe heartbreaking traumas they experienced at the hands of the Sri Lankan army, which led them to join the guerrilla forces. They discuss their readiness to become suicide bombers and their abiding loyalty to the unnamed “Leader”- who they are sure would never harm civilians. NOTE: location for September screening only is Channing House, 1st floor auditorium, 850 Webster St, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

Categories: Partner UNAFF

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Film Screening – The Red Button – Palo Alto Libraries hosts UNAFF @ Rinconada Library, Embarcadero Room

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Sep 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Red Button tells the dramatic story of Stanislaw Petrov, the Russian officer who, in 1983, saved the world from atomic war.

Categories: Palo Alto LibrarIes Partner UNA Midpen UNAFF

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20th UNAFF 2017 — RESPECT (United Nations Association Film Festival) @ Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University

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Oct 19 – Oct 29 all-day

Palo Alto – San Francisco – East Palo Alto – Stanford University

Founded in 1998 by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic, UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) is an international documentary film festival originally established to honor the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 20th UNAFF will be held from October 19-29, 2017 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University. The theme for this year is RESPECT.

UNAFF celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, women’s issues, population, homelessness, racism, children, health, universal education, war and peace. In the past nineteen years, UNAFF has attracted a broad audience from the San Francisco Bay Area with many finding the screenings to be a rare chance to see the state of human rights and culture around the world and at home. UNAFF promotes education, awareness and social change through images, dialogue and action.

For all details including tickets, please visit www.unaff.org !