The theme of this year’s One World international festival of human rights documentaries, which runs from March 3–12 in Prague, is work, with many of the films selected looking at various aspects of the universal subject of labour. The opening film is Miners Shot Down, in which director Rehad Desai returns to the events of August 2012 when a strike by thousands of miners in South Africa demanding better wages was followed by the worst massacre in the country since the end of apartheid.
The festival – which is this year being held for the 16th time – will present a total of 106 documentaries (including six world premieres) from 54 countries. After Prague, One World will travel on in reduced form to 33 other Czech cities and towns and to Brussels.
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'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer', photo: archive of One World
One of the most popular films at the recent One World festival of human
rights documentaries in Prague was Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. The story of
the trial of three members of Pussy Riot for attempting to perform a
protest song at a Moscow cathedral, it draws on interviews with their
relatives and other members of the collective to create a vivid portrait of
the controversial Russian group. More...
'The Lost Signal of Democracy', photo: archive of One World
Among the 100-plus films being screened at Prague’s One World festival of
human rights documentaries is The Lost Signal of Democracy. It explores
what happened last June when, a couple of years after the country’s
financial meltdown, the Greek government shut down public broadcaster ERT
overnight. More...
'God Loves Uganda', photo: archive of One World
Among the highlights of this year’s One World festival of human rights
documentaries is God Loves Uganda, a gripping film revealing how right-wing
Christians – including LGBT opponent Scott Lively – campaigned
successfully for anti-gay legislation in the African state. More...
'Pirating Pirates', photo: archive of One World
The Czech-produced Pirating Pirates, which premieres on Friday at Prague’s One World festival of human rights documentaries, looks at why some Somalis began raiding foreign vessels in the mid-1990s. But the film also has a fresh twist, as its makers find themselves struggling to establish the bona fides of locals claiming to be pirates and charging for interviews. More...
'Web Junkies', photo: archive of One World
Web Junkies, currently screening at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague, is a startling portrait of how China deals with teens hooked on online games. Indeed, it was the first country to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder and has set up 400 treatment centres. More...
'Miners Shot Down', photo: archive of One World
The One World festival of human rights documentaries opened in Prague on
Monday night with the world premiere of Miners Shot Down. A disturbing
film, it maps a police massacre of striking workers at the Marikana mine in
South Africa in 2012 that left 34 people dead. More...
Hana Kulhánková, photo: Kristýna Maková
The 2014 One World festival of human rights documentaries, which gets underway in Prague on Monday, will showcase over 100 films from more than 50 states around the world. The theme of the 16th edition of the festival is work. Ahead of the curtain raiser, the director of One World, Hana Kulhánková, explained why the organisers chose that subject – and shared some tips as to what films to catch. More...
Sapiyat Magomedova, photo: One World Festival Press Service
The Homo Homini prize for human rights advocacy, which is presented by the NGO People in Need during the One World documentary film festival, will go to Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer in Dagestan who represents victims of human rights abuse. More...
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