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UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL

In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program (United Nations Association Film Festival), these award-winning films span the world and touch on many of our Silicon Valley Reads topics for 2021. Each Wednesday evening we will offer a live, virtual film discussion with a film representative. We will provide the link to each movie for a week prior to the discussion. Return to 2021 SV Reads events page...

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UNAFF in Libraries Film: Providers
Wednesday, February 03, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Set against the backdrop of the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, Providers follows three healthcare providers in northern New Mexico who work together to connect those who need help, regardless of their ability to pay. Amidst personal struggles that reflect those of their patients, the journeys of the providers unfold as they work to reach rural Americans who would otherwise be left out of the healthcare system.(85 minutes)
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R.A.W. Tuba & Violins of Hope2/10/2021
UNAFF in Libraries Films: R.A.W. Tuba & Violins of Hope
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
R.A.W. TUBA is a documentary about a Baltimore child who experienced intermittent homelessness but went on to become a world-class symphony musician and professor (30 minutes).
Violins of Hope is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody. Violins of Hope - Strings of the Holocaust, features Israeli master violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and his efforts to restore violins from the Holocaust (57 minutes)
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UNAFF in Libraries Film: Lovesick
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
In India, a culture obsessed with marriage but where AIDS is an unspeakable disease, can you find love and companionship if you’re HIV+? Ancient tradition and the new reality HIV collide. Lovesick is the modern love story that results. (74 minutes).
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UNAFF in Libraries Film: Threads and Playing for Change
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Threads (30 minutes) When her husband becomes bedridden, one of Bangladesh’s first women artists decides to earn a living by teaching destitute women to embroider her designs. She never expects that the intricate storytelling art they create would become the prized possessions of art connoisseurs around the world.
Playing for Change: Peace Through Music (82 minutes) This is a feature-length documentary that tells a story of hope, struggle, perseverance and joy. It is the story of an unparalleled international collaboration and the remarkable power of music.
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UNAFF in Libraries Films: We are in the Field and Kifaru
Wednesday, March 03, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Kifaru is a feature-length documentary that follows the lives of two young, Kenyan recruits who join Ol Pejeta Conservancy's rhino caretaker unit—a small group of rangers that protect and care for Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in the world. (81 minutes)
We are In the Field follows Manoj Gautam, a 26-year-old Nepalese man on a passionate quest to protect animals and wildlife from cruelty and extinction. (30 minutes).
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UNAFF in Libraries Film: Soufra
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Soufra follows Mariam as she sets out against all odds to change her fate by launching a successful catering company, “Soufra,” and then expand it into a food truck business with a diverse team of fellow refugee woman who now share this camp as their home. (73 minutes).
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UNAFF in Libraries Film: 4-Wheel Bob
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
4 Wheel Bob tells the story of Bob Coomber, an intrepid adventurer who sets out to be the first wheelchair hiker to cross the 11,845-foot Kearsarge Pass in the Sierra Nevada. (72 minutes).
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UNAFF in Libraries Films: Code Oakland and Barefoot
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Code Oakland examines the evolution of Oakland through the eyes of social entrepreneurs who are determined that youth of color not be left on the sidelines. (22 minutes).
Barefoot is a documentary about a group of indigenous children from Mexico who have been gaining popularity because of their skills on the basketball court. The region that the children come from faces extreme poverty and political turmoil and the kids have found hope through their sport. (40 minutes)
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Day One & Rainbow Children3/31/2021
UNAFF in Libraries Films: Day One & Rainbow Children
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 7:00 PM
In collaboration with the UNAFF in Libraries Program, links to watch each film will be posted the week prior, then join us for a discussion with the director or film expert.
Day One follows a group of teenage refugees from war-torn countries who are enrolled at a unique public school for refugees and immigrants-only in St. Louis, MO, where they are guided through an inspirational program of education, healing, and trauma intervention by devoted educators, some of whom have chosen to relocate to the inner city to support their students. (81 minutes)
Rainbow Children: In a class presentation, 5-year-old Elika, with dual origins, wants to give her classmates the most truthful image of her mother's country, Iran. Meanwhile, she encounters many questions from her classmates. (13 minutes)
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