Tag Archive for human-rights

Border Politics

Director Judy Rymer Staring Julian Burnside Score 6/6 Review by Tantelize Websdale Border Politics follows human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees metered out by most Western democracies. Seventy years after the world constructed international conventions to ensure the horrors of World War II wouldn’t be…

Border Politics

Director Judy Rymer Staring Julian Burnside Score 5/6 Border Politics follows human rights barrister Julian Burnside as he traverses the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees metered out by most Western democracies. Seventy years after the world constructed international conventions to ensure the horrors of World War II wouldn’t be repeated, Burnside finds it…

After the Apology to Open The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival will open with the ground-breaking documentary After the Apology, which explores the skyrocketing rates of Aboriginal child removal today. After the Apology follows the story of four grandmothers challenging government policies to bring their grandkids home. Their grassroots actions spearhead a national conversation to curb the skyrocketing rates…

Ian Thorpe Wins Australian Human Rights Medal

Ian Thorpe OAM has been awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal for 2012 for his work with Indigenous children in remote communities across Australia. For over a decade, Ian has worked as a passionate advocate for Indigenous people with his Fountain for Youth charity, which works with twenty-one remote communities in the Northern Territory. “When…

Salvation Boulevard

Directed by George Ratliff Staring Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei Rated M Score 6/6 A former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. It seems that Salvation Boulevard, is one of those movies that had a less than…