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Human Rights Watch Film Festival

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HRWFF Review: Judges Under Pressure

  • March 18, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
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The Brexit referendum demonstrated just how little most British people know about the European Union and the power of nationalistic and populist right-wing politics. However, it’s far from perfect and…
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HRWFF Review: On the Divide

  • March 17, 2022
  • Rob Aldam
I can’t be the only one who watches the news coming out of the Southern American States with increasing horror. Slowly but surely, it seems every single law that promotes…
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HRWFF Review: A Thousand Cuts

  • March 18, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
During his election campaign to become President of the Philippines in 2016, Rodrigo Duterte promised to eradicate the drug problem in the country. As mayor of Davao, he removed crime…
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HRWFF Review: Belly of the Beast

  • March 18, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
2020 was a busy year for news, but one of the biggest talking points was the death of George Floyd (one of many) and the Black Lives Matter protests. The…
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HRWFF Review: A La Calle

  • March 17, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
the spectre of Hugo Chavez looms large over Venezuelan society, years after his death. His movement gained huge popularity and he became an almost messianic figure, in and outside of…
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HRWFF Review: The 8th

  • March 15, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Whilst many people in the UK might look on at Ireland with a little jealousy at the moment, the Emerald Isle is by no means perfect. The country is progressive…
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Human Right Watch Film Festival Review: Saf

  • March 19, 2019
  • Rob Aldam
There’s a worrying modern phenomenon which is sweeping through cities around the world. In generations past, the rich had moved to the suburbs leaving the poor to live in fairly…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: The Feeling of Being Watched

  • March 16, 2019
  • Rob Aldam
America, the land of the free, has been a racist and intolerant country from its very inception. One which has thrived and prospered from spilling the blood of others. One…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Screwdriver

  • March 14, 2019
  • Rob Aldam
It has been a theme, throughout history, that the oppressed often look for champions whom they can rally around. Fairly normal people can be elevated into god-like figures as long…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Minding the Gap

  • March 13, 2019
  • Rob Aldam
Today, America finds itself in a strange position as a country riven by conflict. Whilst Donald Trump’s politics and persona are well and truly hideous, his success has highlighted the…
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