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Uyghurs in Pakistan & Repression
Full title: Uyghurs Who Fled China Now Face Repression in Pakistan
The US has officially designated the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown of Uyghur Muslims as genocide. But suppression of Uyghur people doesn’t stop at China’s border - Beijing’s ongoing “One Belt One Road” project threatens Uyghurs in neighboring countries like Pakistan.
22 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 11, 4 pm
Brent Huffman
Under Threat
The Polish President died in an air crash in Russia (2010). The reason stated: pilot error. However testimonies at the prosecutor's office and technical findings deliver some surprising information and tell another story. Archival footage documenting the first few minutes after the crash, obtained from secret services, will see the light of day for the first time.
57 min. | POLAND | Documentary Feature
PSCC April 11, 2:30 pm
Ewa Stankiewicz
Virtual Voice
Suzi doll is an ego-warrior, marching to the algorithms of social media. She is lit by temporary outrage. A trending indignation. A passion that is fashion. A politics of the popular. Her activism is abstract. Her help is hypothetical. We know many girls like Suzi, and many times we are her: vacuous virtual voices, echoing injustices.
7 min.| SUDAN | Documentary Short
PSCC April 9, 1:30 pm
Suzannah Mirghani
Yupiit: Eye Of Both Worlds
In a remote village in Alaska, local singer/songwriter Byron Nicholai engages a new generation of Yupik natives using rap and beatboxing. Retelling traditional stories, he is helping young people forge a stronger connection to their cultural heritage and values, including music and dance, subsistence hunting, and protection of the environment. These lessons are now passed down by Nicholai.
28 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 4 pm
Stephanie Alton