Equality Now (En), a leading international women’s rights organization that uses the law to protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights, will hold its annual Make Equality Reality Gala on October 11, 2023 in New York City.
Bringing together cultural leaders, philanthropists, artists, and changemakers to celebrate progress toward a more gender-equal world, the evening will honor poet, activist, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Rupi Kaur with the 6th Annual Changemaker Award presented by Gucci Chime for Gender Equality, followed by a special performance by Rupi herself, and feature keynote remarks by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa plus a virtual comedic performance by Amy Schumer. The event will also commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child, which focuses on addressing the challenges girls face and promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
Other expected guests include: journalist, activist and 2022 honoree Gloria Steinem; actress and...
Bringing together cultural leaders, philanthropists, artists, and changemakers to celebrate progress toward a more gender-equal world, the evening will honor poet, activist, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Rupi Kaur with the 6th Annual Changemaker Award presented by Gucci Chime for Gender Equality, followed by a special performance by Rupi herself, and feature keynote remarks by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa plus a virtual comedic performance by Amy Schumer. The event will also commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child, which focuses on addressing the challenges girls face and promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
Other expected guests include: journalist, activist and 2022 honoree Gloria Steinem; actress and...
- 10/10/2023
- Look to the Stars
While the treatment of migrants in Europe keeps getting worse, with refugees in some cases being denied food or even deported, a movie theatre in Berlin has for the past two years opened its doors to the newly arrived. “We took the idea from the ‘suspended coffee’ concept,” says Iris from Moviemento Kino in Kreuzberg, one of Germany’s oldest cinemas. “Suspended coffee” is a Neapolitan tradition whereby customers can pay for an extra coffee that will be offered to whoever comes next that cannot afford it. Similarly, this movie theatre in Berlin has been offering free “karmatickets” to what Iris appropriately refers to as “new Berliners.” Regular customers can purchase them at discounted prices and leave a complementary ticket for the less fortunate that will come after them. The idea was born after the staff at Moviemento received requests from organizations that work with refugees. It was then that...
- 2/1/2019
- MUBI
If you can read the stories of a whole bunch of women pioneers — such as the ones in the book I’m about to discuss — without being at least a little bit annoyed at men in general, frankly there’s something wrong with you.
And you can take “men in general” as expansively as you want, o dudes who insist “man” is always and ever a perfectly good word to mean “humanity.” There’s enough shittiness and negativity in the world for at least two genders.
But damn did every single advance for women come because a woman demanded it, fought for it, and faced down multiple men who insisted that not only shouldn’t she do that, it was physically impossible for her to do it, so she should just go back her knitting and housekeeping.
(And if I hear a single “not all men,” I’m going to smack you so hard.
And you can take “men in general” as expansively as you want, o dudes who insist “man” is always and ever a perfectly good word to mean “humanity.” There’s enough shittiness and negativity in the world for at least two genders.
But damn did every single advance for women come because a woman demanded it, fought for it, and faced down multiple men who insisted that not only shouldn’t she do that, it was physically impossible for her to do it, so she should just go back her knitting and housekeeping.
(And if I hear a single “not all men,” I’m going to smack you so hard.
- 8/11/2018
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
The annual Social Good Summit, a unique gathering of global thought leaders, new media and technology experts, grassroots activists, and influential voices around the globe, today announced the initial roster of speakers for its 2018 edition.
Taking place on September 23 in New York during the United Nations General Assembly week, the Social Good Summit will focus on how technology and innovation can help advance global progress for everyone, everywhere.
As the international community converges on New York each September at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss and tackle issues of global importance, the Social Good Summit showcases the voices and ideas of an international community of concerned citizens. Using the hashtag #2030Now, the summit brings together influential and inspirational experts who are passionate about media and technology as drivers of meaningful change.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
* Uzo Aduba – Emmy winning actress, advocate, and Heifer International Ambassador to Africa
* Sonita Alizadeh...
Taking place on September 23 in New York during the United Nations General Assembly week, the Social Good Summit will focus on how technology and innovation can help advance global progress for everyone, everywhere.
As the international community converges on New York each September at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss and tackle issues of global importance, the Social Good Summit showcases the voices and ideas of an international community of concerned citizens. Using the hashtag #2030Now, the summit brings together influential and inspirational experts who are passionate about media and technology as drivers of meaningful change.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
* Uzo Aduba – Emmy winning actress, advocate, and Heifer International Ambassador to Africa
* Sonita Alizadeh...
- 8/3/2018
- Look to the Stars
Musicians are natural-born documentary subjects: They say outrageous things, they look fabulous doing it, and they might just let you license their music for free (if they like you). Anyone who rises to rock star level fame is either a tortured soul or a creative genius — or, sometimes, both. The challenge in making a music documentary is to rise above mere hagiography and tell a story most fans have never heard before, which can be tricky when you’re dealing with people as obsessively beloved as Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse.
In some cases, the best stories are discovered behind the scenes: the forgotten backup singers, the recluse who discovers his fame decades later, the brother living in the shadows of the rock star. Whether famous or unknown, there is nothing quite as daring as getting on a stage and singing your guts out — and no creative skill as revered...
In some cases, the best stories are discovered behind the scenes: the forgotten backup singers, the recluse who discovers his fame decades later, the brother living in the shadows of the rock star. Whether famous or unknown, there is nothing quite as daring as getting on a stage and singing your guts out — and no creative skill as revered...
- 3/5/2018
- by Jude Dry, Chris O'Falt, Kate Erbland, Steve Greene, Jenna Marotta, Eric Kohn, William Earl, Anne Thompson and Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami set out to make a film about an Afghan refugee performer – and ended up helping her escape
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami does not look like a woman with a saviour complex. Blunt, self-aware and quick to mock her own heroics, she just seems a little too sceptical for a fairy godmother. Yet, during the three years she spent directing her latest documentary, the Iranian film-maker ended up paying $2,000 to “buy” her teenage protagonist’s freedom.
Sonita follows the life of an Afghan refugee in Tehran. She dreams of becoming a famous rapper, but her mother and brother have other plans – to sell her into marriage in Afghanistan. So the 40-year-old director steps in, giving the family cash to delay the marriage. At first reluctantly and then with single-minded determination, Ghaem Maghami directs her subject to safety. By the end, Sonita Alizadeh has travelled to Afghanistan and on to...
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami does not look like a woman with a saviour complex. Blunt, self-aware and quick to mock her own heroics, she just seems a little too sceptical for a fairy godmother. Yet, during the three years she spent directing her latest documentary, the Iranian film-maker ended up paying $2,000 to “buy” her teenage protagonist’s freedom.
Sonita follows the life of an Afghan refugee in Tehran. She dreams of becoming a famous rapper, but her mother and brother have other plans – to sell her into marriage in Afghanistan. So the 40-year-old director steps in, giving the family cash to delay the marriage. At first reluctantly and then with single-minded determination, Ghaem Maghami directs her subject to safety. By the end, Sonita Alizadeh has travelled to Afghanistan and on to...
- 10/24/2016
- by Homa Khaleeli
- The Guardian - Film News
An Afghan teen uses rap to attack the practice of selling daughters into marriage in this powerful documentary
This vivid documentary is about an aspiring teenage rapper from Afghanistan, living in Iran with her sister and young niece. The ferociously talented and independent-minded Sonita Alizadeh wishes that Rihanna and Michael Jackson were her parents, dreams of having a car named Sonata, but most of all, hopes that her raps will help quash the tradition of Afghan parents selling their daughters in arranged marriages. Iranian documentarist Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami captures her subject’s irreverent energy and her vulnerability, while also raising questions about her own role as a film-maker: should she stand back and only observe, or should she shed her professionalism to take a hand in Sonita’s fortunes? The candid intensity of Sonita’s video for protest rap Brides for Sale is harrowing indeed, but it shows you an irrepressible...
This vivid documentary is about an aspiring teenage rapper from Afghanistan, living in Iran with her sister and young niece. The ferociously talented and independent-minded Sonita Alizadeh wishes that Rihanna and Michael Jackson were her parents, dreams of having a car named Sonata, but most of all, hopes that her raps will help quash the tradition of Afghan parents selling their daughters in arranged marriages. Iranian documentarist Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami captures her subject’s irreverent energy and her vulnerability, while also raising questions about her own role as a film-maker: should she stand back and only observe, or should she shed her professionalism to take a hand in Sonita’s fortunes? The candid intensity of Sonita’s video for protest rap Brides for Sale is harrowing indeed, but it shows you an irrepressible...
- 10/23/2016
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Rap music and hip hop activism occupy a powerful place in popular culture. Conscious rappers across the globe have long been using the appeal of their music to communicate a message of empowerment and to spread their stories wide. Beyond the constraints of geography, poverty, prejudice or political oppression. Afghan refugee Sonita Alizadeh, adrift in […]
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- 10/21/2016
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This affecting documentary follows the fortunes of an Afghan teenager living in exile whose family want to sell her into marriage
Like many other 18-year-old girls, spirited Sonita Alizadeh wants to be a star and rap about her life. In her dreams, Michael Jackson and Rihanna are her parents and she’s free to pursue her recording career. In reality, as revealed in this wrenching, delicately told documentary, she’s a refugee from Afghanistan living in exile in Tehran, whose while her family back home are arranging to sell her off in matrimony for $9,000. If she won’t go along with the plan, they will beat her until she does, like the families of so many of her friends at the Tehran centre for refugee girls.
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Like many other 18-year-old girls, spirited Sonita Alizadeh wants to be a star and rap about her life. In her dreams, Michael Jackson and Rihanna are her parents and she’s free to pursue her recording career. In reality, as revealed in this wrenching, delicately told documentary, she’s a refugee from Afghanistan living in exile in Tehran, whose while her family back home are arranging to sell her off in matrimony for $9,000. If she won’t go along with the plan, they will beat her until she does, like the families of so many of her friends at the Tehran centre for refugee girls.
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- 10/20/2016
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
For a film festival to have going on 27 editions in its long and storied history, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is one of the great unsung gems of a year’s film festival calendar. Often times introducing new voices to mass audiences or highlighting some of the truly great and sociologically important works from across the globe, the Hrwff is a truly enthralling example of what a festival can be. Mixing fiction and non-fiction films ranging from domestic meditations on urban life to a documentary about political activism in China, this festival has a deeply political focus and an eye to the experiences of people from all countries.
And this year’s festival is now different. Again in its 27th edition, this year’s slate includes 18 films that will run from June 10-19. Co-presented by both the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the IFC Center, this festival is...
And this year’s festival is now different. Again in its 27th edition, this year’s slate includes 18 films that will run from June 10-19. Co-presented by both the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the IFC Center, this festival is...
- 6/10/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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