DOCUMENT 1: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival UGC, 7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow
TODAY, Monday 22nd September, 6.00pm � 10.00pm Day Tickets �5 / �2.50, free to asylum seekers 6.00pm � 8.00pm, Cinema 17 ��Mixed Programme�� WIRE BURNERS David Scott, 30mins, Scotland. Wireburners features the �midgie rakers� of Glasgow who rummage through everything from building sites to bins in search of their prize � wire. They trudge through the streets, dragging their booty towards the city's scrap merchants to exchange for hard cash. For all of them it's a way of life; for some it's a way of funding their addiction to drugs or alcohol. This documentary gives a precious insight into the lives of three midgie rakers who see a few skips and pieces of wire as a stepping stone to the future. WIPE-OUT Zuzana Piussi, 22mins, Slovakia, English Subtitles. Piussi's documentary follows armed police making undercover raids in clubs and businesses in Slovakia. SIMON JONES � KILLED BY CASUALISATION Simon Jones Memorial Campaign, 25mins, England. Simon Jones was killed on 24th of April, on his first day as a casual worker. He was sent by Brighton employment agency Personnel Selection to work at a South Coast dock owned by Euromin to do a highly dangerous and skilled job for which he had no training or experience. Within two hours of starting work Simon was dead, his head crushed by a crane grab another victim of our growing casual labour economy. �No matter how many times I see it, this video remains one of the most powerful pieces of film-making I've ever seen� Libby Brooks, The Guardian. 8.00pm � 10.00pm, Cinema 17 ��Sudan Programme and shorts�� BENJAMIN & HIS BROTHER Arthur Howes, 88 mins. Years of ethnic conflict and civil war in Sudan have created a generation of young men known as "The Lost Boys" who have spent more years in refugee camps than in their home communities. This intimate film recounts the story of William and Benjamin Deng, brothers joined in a struggle of a seemingly never ending exile. The brothers are separated when one is accepted into a US re settlement programme while the other remains at a Kenyan Refugee camp. WELCOME TO DOVER Beth Armstrong, 26mins. The Berishas, a family of Kosovan refugees, smuggled themselves in to Dover. Arriving in the back of a lorry to escape war and prejudice, they find themselves up against new forms of hostility. Welcome to Dover follows their search for relatives missing in the NATO bombing and their struggle to assimilate. It is the story of a family pulling together to survive in a strange land and shows life as a refugee. THE REAL VISION 20/20, LAND IS LIFE Tony Gosling, 14 mins The Real Vision 20/20 gives a voice to the farmers in the state of Andhra Pradesh who are in receipt of funds intended to aid and develop agriculture in India. These funds are provided by The Department of Trade and Industry under the name of Vision 20/20. This film documents the lives of Indian Farmers and the disastrous impact upon the rural population of the State of Andhra Pradesh. The film raises questions in Britain about the moral integrity of our government�s support for this project. http://www.variant.org.uk/Doc1/Doc1.html ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
