Human Rights Watch Film Festival Kicks Off

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 31, 2023

Today kicks off the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival! We get a festival preview from festival director John Biaggi, and then we deep dive into the film kicking off the Festival with director Steffi Niederzoll. She'll discuss her documentary "Seven Winters in Tehran," about capital punishment against women in Iran. The festival runs through June 11th.

 

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