When & where?
- vrijdag, March 26, 2010 - 19:30
Filmhuis Den Haag zaal 6
- zaterdag, March 27, 2010 - 12:30
Filmhuis Den Haag zaal 1
- dinsdag, March 30, 2010 - 16:00
Filmhuis Den Haag zaal 2
Talkshows & debates
Women in White - Panel discussion
vrijdag, March 26, 2010 - 19:30
Panel discussion with director Gry Winther and Simone Remijnse, IKV Pax Christi. VARA presenter Simone Weimans will moderate the panel.
Women in White - Q&A Gry Winther
zaterdag, March 27, 2010 - 12:30
The film will be followed by a Q&A with director Gry Winther. Moderator is journalist Arend Hulshof.
Women in White
Gry Winther
Dutch premiere
From the moment he came to power in 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuba with an iron fist. A system of informants and secret police ensured that dissidents were given no chance to voice their views. When, in March 2003, all eyes were directed at the invasion of Iraq, seventy-five journalists, writers and human rights activists were arrested. They received prison sentences of 20 to 30 years. Two weeks later, the wives, sisters and daughters of the prisoners decided to come together to pray for their loved ones. Since then, Las Damas de Blanco, or the women in white, walk silently through the streets of Havana. Their actions are not without success: twenty men have been released since they began. In 2005, the European Parliament awarded the women a peace prize - an award they could not accept because the Cuban government did not allow it. Although the regime keeps a close eye on the women, they continue on with their silent protest. For the first time, these women share their stories with the world in the documentary 'Women in White'.
Cuba, United States, Spain 2009, 52 min.
Documentary, Video, Colour
Spoken language: Spanish, English
Subtitles: Engels
Official website: http://www.nordicworld.tv/catalogue/1191/program/program/null
Awards: Norwegian Award for Cinematography 2009
Productions:
Zwart Arbeid
anne@zwartarbeid.com
+47 69 32 22 33
http://www.zwartarbeid.nowww.zwartarbeid.com
World sales:
Nordic World
Espen Husby
maritha.flakstad@biovisjon.no
+47 90866845
http://www.nordicworld.tv
