“Personal commitment can make a very real difference,” is the message of the Human Rights Watch 2007 International Film Festival. Film has the power to educate and motivate concerned individuals about struggles throughout the world for human rights. These stories will be told at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in February beginning Feb. 5 at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). The films are free and open to the public.

Each week the festival will screen a new film highlighting human rights issues in different regions of the world. The subjects include the bombing of Hiroshima and its implications in the nuclear world of today; the International Criminal Tribunal in Serbia and Croatia; a professor accused of bio-terrorism; and the United State’s response to global warming.

Sponsored by the international studies and political science departments, Denison’s student activities council, the Lilly fund and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, each film’s screening will offer a faculty-led discussion afterward.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Denison Third Annual Human Rights Film Festival screening of “White Light/Black Rain,” 7 p.m., Tues., Feb. 5, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For further information contact Isis Nusair, 740-587-8537.

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Denison Third Annual Human Rights Film Festival screening of “Carla’s List,” 7 p.m., Tues., Feb. 12, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For further information contact Isis Nusair, 740-587-8537.

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Denison Third Annual Human Rights Film Festival screening of “Strange Culture,” 7 p.m., Tues., Feb. 19, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For further information contact Isis Nusair, 740-587-8537.

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Denison Third Annual Human Rights Film Festival screening of “Everything’s Cool,” 7 p.m., Tues., Feb. 26, at Slayter Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For further information contact Isis Nusair, 740-587-8537.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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Barbara Stambaugh

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