Visit to the Human Rights Screening

Today we visited the Ritzy cinema to view some Human Rights screening. Most of these were short documentaries, created by young film makers, raising awareness of global issues. We viewed 10 screenings - picked from amongst hundreds - which we showed in Boston, London and other cities. This was an opportunity for young people to bring their views across through visual movements.
Most of these films are about cultural, stereotypical problems or simply the creator's experience in life. Films like, In my Shoe, talks about the creator's experience whilst being homeless. The other film, Thoughts in an Hijab, tells us about an Iranian girl's of wearing the hijab in the western world and how she feels.
Others like, Aquafito, tells us about someone's personal view on bottled water and how she thinks it goes against The Human Right because she feels like not everyone can have access to buying bottled waters. This topic can definitely be argued since there's more than one views. I think that bottled water should be sold because it's just like any other product that not everyone can afford. Also it's useful to carry around when people are and about; even though she can argue that people can carry reusable bottles filled with tap water.
At the end of the viewing, there was a Q&A session with the film maker of Manana Santop and Not a Normal Day. There were questions asked on if their films made a change in other's lives; or how their films affected some of the people that was showed; or if they were able to achieve their goals for creating their films. They gave interesting feedbacks and inspired me to create a film of issues that I feel strongly about, and educated me to progress in the CM course.