Human Rights Watch Film Festival
September 18 - 19, 23 - 25, 2010
Single Screening Tickets: $5 MoPA Members, $8 Students, $10 General. Single screening tickets are available at the door.
Festival Pass: $20 MoPA Members, $55 General. Festival passes cover admission to all festival films. To purchase your festival pass, click here.

Saturday, September 18, 11:00 am
ADDED: Sunday, September 19, 11:00 am
Youth Producing Change
Youth Producing Change portrays human rights crises from the perspectives of youth worldwide. Two of these young filmmakers will be present at the screening.

Followed by Q&A with filmmakers Cody Marshall & Aaron Turner (I Want My Parents Back).

Saturday, September 18, 1:00 pm
ADDED: Sunday, September 19, 1:00 pm
Mountains & Clouds
Mountains and Clouds revisits a seminal moment in the push for immigration reform, with implications for the immigration battle currently brewing for the Obama administration and Congress.

Followed by Q&A with filmmakers Michael Camerini & Shari Robertson.

Sunday, September 19, 6:00 pm
Pushing the Elephant
Congolese Rose Mapendo was separated during the conflict from her daughter, Nangabire. Through the story of their reunion, we come to understand the excruciating decisions Rose made in order to survive and the complex difficulties Nangabire faces as a refugee in the US.

Thursday, September 23, 6:00 pm
Enemies of the People
Follow filmmaker Thet Sambath as he uncovers terrifying personal explanations for the Cambodian genocide by allowing the perpetrators to speak for themselves.

Friday, September 24, 6:00 pm
Camp Victory Afghanistan
Drawing from nearly 300 hours of vérité footage shot between 2005 and 2008, Camp Victory, Afghanistan skillfully explores the reality of building a functioning Afghan military.

Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Carol Dysinger and documentary subject, Colonel Michael Shute.

Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm
Iran: Voices of the Unheard
The untold story of Iranian secularists through three characters—each from a distinct social, economic and educational background but all sharing a need for a country free from political repression and theocracy.

Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Davoud Germifard.

Special thanks to our community partners: the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the San Diego World Affairs Council, the Sofia Hotel and the United Nations Association of San Diego.

Gallery Talk & Book Signing
with Jerry Uelsmann + Maggie Taylor
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10:00 am
Free to MoPA Members, $4 Students, $6 General

Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor will discuss the creative process and the differing ways in which they work. The darkroom still serves as Jerry's primary visual laboratory, while Maggie works on a computer with Photoshop. A book signing will follow the gallery talk.

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Creating Realities: Digital & Analog Processes of Image Manipulation
Saturdays, October 2, 9, & 16
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$160 MoPA Members, $210 General +$40 Materials Fee

Inspired by the New Realities: Jerry Uelsmann + Maggie Taylor exhibition, learn techniques employed by Uelsmann and Taylor to create their images while you explore City College’s new photography facilities.

MEXICAN FILM CLASSICS
El Evangelio De Las Maravillas | The Gospel of Wonder (1998)
Thursday, October 14
7:00 pm
Free to MoPA Members, $4 Students, $5 General

Awaiting the second coming of Christ, the religious community "New Jerusalem" live isolated in the mountains of Mexico in a world where a love of imagery from Hollywood biblical epics influences dress and life.

Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Arturo Ripstein.

POP Thursdays:
The Labyrinth
Thursday, October 21
Doors open at 7:00 pm, film begins at 8:00 pm
Free to MoPA Members, $6 Students, $8 General
To purchase tickets, click here.

POP Thursdays at MoPA is proud to present a screening of The Labyrinth, a British-American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas and designed by Jim Fround. Created with a masterful combination of puppetry and human performances, The Labyrinth follows Sarah Williams, played by Jennifer Connelly, on a quest through an otherworldly maze to rescue her younger brother Toby. This cult classic features David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King, as well as fantastical creatures that Sarah encounters along her journey.