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#Chicagogirl brings Syrian activism to SIFF
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How a trip to Ethiopia shattered stereotypes, spurred documentary
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Highlighting Artivism: “Romeo is Bleeding” and “Frame by Frame” at SIFF
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Documentary on A Better L.A. shows potential for A Better Seattle
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Highlighting Artivism: “Romeo is Bleeding” and “Frame by Frame” at SIFF
“Romeo is Bleeding” documents a poet who reworks “Romeo and Juliet” into a story about the ongoing gang war in Richmond, California. (Photo courtesy Seattle International Film Festival.) My two...
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How a trip to Ethiopia shattered stereotypes, spurred documentary
Amen Gibreab (right), director of the film Horeta: The Journey Beyond Culture, enjoys a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony performed by Fanaye Debalke at Gojo Ethiopian Restaurant on Aurora Ave....
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http://youtu.be/R4ev-r6sSSM A new film available to stream this week gives voice to the victims of the hidden world of Seattle child sex trafficking. Seattle journalist Tim Matsui, who has covered...
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#Chicagogirl brings Syrian activism to SIFF
Ala’a Basatneh in her Seattle hotel room. Basatneh and director Joe Piscatella have spent the last seven months screening #ChicagoGirl in Europe. Seattle is its U.S. debut. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)...
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21 must see global films at SIFF
With 447 films from 85 countries, deciding what to see at the Seattle International Film Festival, May 16-June 9, can be daunting. So let us give you a hand! SIFF has some great options for browsing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top 30 global health films to get you inspired
Global health gets a lot of attention in Seattle. But sometimes Hollywood wants a piece of the action too. Film is an emotionally powerful medium. It can help incite action on social problems and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Half the Sky: half humanitarian heroics, half celebrity ego trip
Actress Olivia Wilde hangs at the Umoja Women’s Village in Kenya as part of Half the Sky. (Photo via PBS) Newsflash: being a woman is surreal. Last night I was supposed to be at the gym. So I could...
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SIFF pick resurrects Cambodia’s forgotten film industry
A still from Golden Slumbers of an Cambodian film poster. Inside the gutted remains of a 1000-seat movie theater that now is home to hundreds of squatters, an old woman sits with a baby in her lap and...
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Documentary on A Better L.A. shows potential for A Better Seattle
Former gang members work with A Better LA to foster peace by being a bridge between the community and the police. (Photo by LTO, LLC.) If ever there was a time to find hope in a true story, it is now....
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Highlighting Artivism: “Romeo is Bleeding” and “Frame by Frame” at SIFF
“Romeo is Bleeding” documents a poet who reworks “Romeo and Juliet” into a story about the ongoing gang war in Richmond, California. (Photo courtesy Seattle International Film Festival.) My two...
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