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THE LOST BOYS

5.11.2003

(Sudanin pojat Amerikassa)

Moses was one of the thousands of Sudanese men who fled the civil war and managed to arrive in the United States where he faced an unreal world where all the dreams can not come true.

Director: Clive Gordon
October Films, UK, 2002

CROSSING THE BORDER

5.11.2003

(Yli rajan)

A documentary about two Somalian refugee journalists who lived over ten years in Finland. The film follows them on their journey to a refugee camp in Kenya to look for their friends, to meet their own people and discover their identity.

Director: Pentti Turunen
Zen City Communications, Finland, 2002
FST/Yhteistuotannot

IS THE GRASS GREENER?

12.11.2003

(Onko ruoho vihreämpää?)

A documentary about an Ingrian man Leo and his daughter Ljuba who got the permission to move to Finland. The documentary describes their life, hopes and difficulties in the new hometown of Hamina.

Director: Sanna Liinamaa
Jaakko Ilkka Productions Oy, Finland, 2003

THE LITTLE PRINCE'S RAP AGAINST THE WICKED SOULS

12.11.2003

(Pikku-prinssin rap)

The 21-year-old Helinho, also known as the Little Prince, is accused of 65 murders. Garnizé is a 26-year-old activist and musician. Both men are trying to find ways to survive in the violent city of Camaragib in Brazil: one with guns and the other with drums.

Directors: Paulo Caldas and Marcelo Luna
Raccord Producoes, Brazil, 2000

A TEXAS MURDERER

19.11.2003

(Murha Teksasissa)

James Byrd Junior died in 1998, because he was black and dragged behind a car in a city called Jasper, in Texas. Three young, white men were behind this crime. The film got and Oscar nomination and it follows the trial as well as the life in the divided city.

Directors: Whitney Dow and Marco Williams
Two tone productions Inc, USA, 2002

STRANGE FRUIT

19.11.2003

(Uusi outo hedelmä)

A documentary about the song that became an anthem of the anti-lynching movement and was performed by dozens of artists. Billy Holiday's interpretation of it in 1958 in London, sent shivers down the spines of the listeners.

Director: Joel Katz
Oniera Films, USA, 2002

SCOTTSBORO

26.11.2003

(Scottsboro - oikeusmurha)

In Scottsboro trial, nine black boys were accused of the rape of two, white girls. The court of Alabama sentenced the boys to death, which created a civil movement against judicial murder and changed Alabama for good.

Directors: Daniel Anker and Frances McDormand

GHOSTS OF ATTICA

26.11.2003

(Attica - vankilatarina)

The prison uprising in Attica culminated in bloodbath in the 1970's. The documentary follows the riot from moment to moment and recounts the long, still ongoing battle of the inmates and the guards for compensations. The film shows disturbing, never before seen footage about the events.

Director: Brad Lichtenstein
PBS, USA, 2001