Seven films, three nights, ten million stories.
Featuring award-winning documentaries exploring the courage, plight and triumph
of refugee journeys to new lives
Watch. Think. Discuss.
Emily Griffith Technical College
1250 Welton St.
Denver, Colorado
Room 123, Media Center
This event, in conjunction with World Refugee Day, is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, June 14: Overseas: Creating refugee crises
4:00 p.m.
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
(2009) Not Rated
84 minutes
The crushing oppression of the Burmese government ignites a passion for justice and truth among a group of covert journalists intent on getting Burma’s story to the outside world. This Academy Award-nominated docudrama charts the risks these reporters face as they struggle to reveal the upheaval and persecution inflicted on citizens under intense militaristic rule.
5:30 p.m.
Crossing Midnight
(2009) Not Rated
29 minutes
Set on the border of Thailand and Eastern Burma, this is the story of a remarkable community of refugees living on the run and working against incredible odds to help their own. A unique portrait of resilience, courage and hope.
6:30 p.m.
Sand and Sorrow
Not Rated
94 minutes
Offered unparalleled access inside Darfur, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Paul Freedman joins a contingent of African Union peacekeeping forces as a tragic, violent, complex and disturbing chapter in human history unfolds, and the reasons a resolution may be years away become evident.
Wednesday, June 15: Transitions and memories
4:00 p.m.
Rain in a Dry Land
2007 Not Rated
82 minutes
What is the distance from an African refugee camp to an American life? After more than a decade in a camp in Kenya, two Somali Bantu families tell a story of 21st-century culture shock and a daunting learning curve in this uncommon portrait of human persistence in the face of social disorder and change.
6:00 p.m.
War Dance
2008 TVMA (PG-13)
107 minutes
Around the world, children have been the greatest victims of war and conflict. In northern Uganda, war has stolen their homes, their parents, and their childhood. After years of surviving the unthinkable, the redemptive power of music and dance gives these children a chance to show what true heart can achieve as they step onto a stage and turn a lifetime of trauma into the performance of a lifetime.
Thursday, June 16 A new home, a new reality
4:00 p.m.
God Grew Tired of Us
2006 Rated PG
89 minutes
Orphaned by a tumultuous civil war, three “Lost Boys” from Sudan struggle to build fulfilling new lives in an often disorienting America where the biggest challenges may be holding onto the friends and family they have left behind.
6:00 p.m.
Welcome to Shelbyville
2010 Not Rated
70 minutes
In the heart of the American South, a small town grapples with rapid change, newcomers, and issues of immigrant integration. The film asks the question, "Who belongs here?" and captures the complexity of multiple cultures mixing and clashing as lives intertwine against the backdrop of a crumbling economy and history-making events.
7:45 p.m.
Crossing Midnight
2009 Not Rated
29 minutes
See Tuesday, June 14 listing for film description.
