WITNESS Film Festival

6 p.m. In the Science Building, Room 12a

WITNESS: See it. Film It. Change It.

Learn about the amazing NGO allowing people to speak truth to power for themselves.
5 minutes

Never Underestimate Your Power

Illustrates how through video we can all be a power for truth and justice
1 minute

On the Frontlines: Child Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where civil war has taken more than four million lives, children as young as six are routinely recruited by militia and taught to kill. It is estimated that children, most between 8 and 15 years old, make up 60% of combatants in the region.
14:52 minutes

A Duty to Protect: Justice for Child Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Duty to Protect tells the stories of Mafille and January, two girls recruited into the military at thirteen and ten years of age. This unique video looks at the effects of recruitment and use of child soldiers on their families and the broader community, concluding that the people of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo wish for peace and justice in their region.
14 minutes

Darfur Destroyed

Darfur Destroyed documents the devastation, gives voice to the refugees and calls for further intervention to end the genocide.
6 minutes

Obsession

Howard Gordon, Executive Producer of TV’s “24” looks at radical Islam’s war against the West

Ticket Information
Free

Event Sponsor
Political Science, Maui Campus

More Information
Joshua Cooper, 808-542-7204, joshua@hawaii.edu, http://humanrightshawaii.org

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