Human rights film festivals: activism in context
London:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2015), xiii, 248 pp., bibliogr. p.221-238, filmogr. p.239-242
ISBN 978-1-137-45424-9 (ebook)
"This book explores how human rights developed as a language located in history, space and time, and how the festivals continue with this tradition by adapting it for local audiences. The tensions produced by human rights' search for universality and the located-ness of the festivals are explored in detail through two case studies: one located in Buenos Aires, South America; the other in New York, North America, which was the first human rights film festival worldwide." (Back cover)
Contents
I. FRAMINGS, 1
1 Human Rights: From Universalism to Internationalism, 15
2 Film Festivals: Activism and the Gaze, 31
II. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DERECHOS HUMANOS, BUENOS AIRES, 49
3 Context 1997-2003: History and Politics, 58
4 The Festival 1997 to 2003: From the Desaparecidos to Neoliberalism, 73
5 Context 2004-14: Postdictatorship, Postneoliberalism, and New Argentine Cinema, 85
6 The Festival 2004-14: The "Other" and Cosmopolitan Visions, 102
III. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, 123
7 Context: From the Cold War to The Yes Men, 132
8 The Festival: Presences: Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, 148
9 Context: From Latin America to Political Documentary in the United States, 164
10 The Festival: Absence: Latin America, 177
CONCLUSIONS
Films and Human Rights, 203
Film Festivals, Audiences, and Human Rights, 208
Universalism and Film Festivals, 214
1 Human Rights: From Universalism to Internationalism, 15
2 Film Festivals: Activism and the Gaze, 31
II. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DERECHOS HUMANOS, BUENOS AIRES, 49
3 Context 1997-2003: History and Politics, 58
4 The Festival 1997 to 2003: From the Desaparecidos to Neoliberalism, 73
5 Context 2004-14: Postdictatorship, Postneoliberalism, and New Argentine Cinema, 85
6 The Festival 2004-14: The "Other" and Cosmopolitan Visions, 102
III. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, 123
7 Context: From the Cold War to The Yes Men, 132
8 The Festival: Presences: Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, 148
9 Context: From Latin America to Political Documentary in the United States, 164
10 The Festival: Absence: Latin America, 177
CONCLUSIONS
Films and Human Rights, 203
Film Festivals, Audiences, and Human Rights, 208
Universalism and Film Festivals, 214
