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and from September 19th to the 28th at Cinema Noveau at the V&A Waterfront
in Cape Town, the 3 Continents Film Festival will showcase films dealing
with a range of themes including: transitional justice, reconciliation,
racism, women's empowerment, HIV/AIDS, socio-economic rights, xenophobia,
migration and communal divisions.  A number of visiting filmmakers will be
in attendance during the festival and will be available for Q&A sessions
after screenings.

Besides the 20 days of screenings in Johannesburg and Cape Town, the 3
Continents Film Festival will embark on a wide-scale road show traveling to
rural areas, townships and universities around the country.  In early
September, as part of a lead-in to the festival, and again during the first
week of October, the festival will visit various tertiary institutions in
order to expose students to a variety of cinematic expression on socially
important themes from different cultural contexts.

The 3 Continents Film Festival is made possible by the financial support of
a number of organizations including - the Atlantic Philanthropists, the
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Foundation for Human Rights, the
National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the Gauteng Film Office (GFO).
Further, cooperating partners assisting LHR, SACOD and Uhuru Productions to
implement the festival include: the Film Resources Unit (FRU) and the South
African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

The 3 Continents Film Festival will hit South African shores far and wide
during the months of September and October with the message that film and
video that is socially relevant can also entertain and serve as a vital
mechanism for transferring messages around the democratic values of human
dignity, equality and freedom.

For information contact:
Karam Jeet Singh
3 Continents Film Festival Coordinator
Lawyers for Human Rights
Karam at lhr.org.za
(073) 204 1297