Battle for Justice

Litteraturhuset: The Redemption of General Butt Naked (w/introduction)

The Redemption of General Butt Naked follows Joshua Milton Blahyi aka General Butt Naked,  a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist.

Director:

Strauss, Anastasio

Country:

USA

Length:

85 min

Parkteatret: Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

In 1982 Pamela Yates made the film When the Mountains Tremble about the civil war in Guatemala and about the mass killings of the indigenous people bordering on genocide. 25 years later her film is used as evidence in a case against two former generals and presidents of Guatemala. Pamela picks up the camera and makes a new film about the attempt to bring the former presidents to justice for war crimes.

Debate (in Norwegian) follows directly after the film. Ticket covers both film and debate.

Director:

Pamela Yates

Country:

USA

Length:

103 min

Parkteatret: Er det mulig å skape rettferdighet i Guatemala?

(Debate in Norwegian)

Guatemalas lange borgerkrig (1960-1996) med enorme overgrep mot sivilbefolkningen og et manglende rettsoppgjør i etterkant er et skremmende eksempel på hvordan det går an å slippe unna med forbrytelser på høyde med folkemord. Er det mulig å skape rettferdighet i Guatemala oghar det manglende rettsoppgjøret noe av skylden for den negative sosiale utviklingen landet er i, med mye kriminalitet og et eskalerende voldsnivå?

Litteraturhuset: Silenced Voices: Tales of Sri Lankan Journalists in Exile (Pre-Premiere)

This is a film about freedom of speech. It shows how much some individuals are willing to sacrifice to bring information to light.

The screening will be followed by a q&a with director Beate Arnestad!

Director:

Beate Arnestad

Country:

Norway

Length:

60 min

Litteraturhuset: 5 Broken Cameras

When his fourth son is born, Emad gets his first camera. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For five years Emad films the struggle lead by two of his best friends alongside filming Gibreel grows. 

5 Broken Cameras received the Special Jury Award and the audience award at the international Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam 2011.

Director:

Burnat, Davidi

Country:

Palestine/Israel

Length:

90 min

Parkteatret: Reunion (w/introduction)

Reunion - Ten years after the war is based on Jon Haukelands documentary Before the bombs fell (1999) about a group of Serbian and Albanian students from Kosovo who meet to discuss the situation in Kosovo. Ten days later NATO starts the bombing of Kosovo. In 2010 they meet again and for the first time they see the film about themselves.

The war has left its traces in both camps, but the perceptions of the bombing in 1999 are very different. The difference gets even greater when discussed face to face. Can they look beyond what they have experienced and continue the dialogue they started ten years ago?

The film will be introduced by the director Jon Haukeland

Director:

Jon Haukeland

Country:

Norway

Length:

72 min

Litteraturhuset: Special Flight

Awaiting definite deportation from the Swiss territory, men are jailed at the administrative detention centre Frambois. As their request for asylum has failed, they are ordered to leave, some of them after having spent several years in Switzerland, worked, paid taxes, and started a family.

Director:

Fernand Melger

Country:

Switzerland

Length:

100 min

Parkteatret: The Redemption of General Butt Naked

The Redemption of General Butt Naked follows Joshua Milton Blahyi aka General Butt Naked,  a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist.

Director:

Strauss, Anastasio

Country:

USA

Length:

85 min