justice film festival SCHEDULE

Film Festival screenings take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center - room 114

Friday, February 22
9:00 PM           FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT With Michael Gungor’s The Crowd, The Critic, and The Muse
10:00 PM - Midnight     VIP PREMIERE PARTY Sponsored by: Arts Aftercare (Open to Director level only) At Vox Populi featuring a gallery viewing, complimentary food and beverages, and the opportunity to interact with Michael Gungor and other film festival VIPs
SATURday, February 23
	9:30 PM   Not Today  + Q&A with filmmakers following film Dir. Jon Van Dyke 105-min. Not Today is the story of one man’s journey to redemption set against the backdrop of human slavery in India. (India)
SUNday, February 24
	9:00 AM Ru: Water is Life Dir. Shawn Small 19-min. Ru: Water is Life spends a day in the life of remarkable 12 year-old girl, Jina Teji, and illustrates the tremendous need for clean water sources in countless villages around the world. (Southern Sudan)
	9:25 AM Lost & Found Dir. Sandy Cummings 59-min. Lost & Found takes viewers on a journey between faith and fate in a beautiful and surprising partnership between a group of orphans in Uganda and hardcore inmate-artists in an Oregon penitentiary. (Uganda/United States)
	10:30 AM While Women Weep Dir. Nikole Lim 30-min. While Women Weep follows Genes, Eunice, and Grace, three incredible women in Kenya whose lives are dedicated to inspiring and empowering others to live freely in hope despite war, famine, disease, and poverty. (Kenya)
	11:10 AM Becoming Sons and Daughters Dir. M.D. Neely 53-min. Becoming Sons and Daughters shares the stories of ordinary people overcoming their struggles and hurts to invest in a generation of fatherless kids. (United States)
	12:10 PM The SOLD Project: Thailand Dir. Laura Adams 13-min. The SOLD Project: Thailand is a collection of short films raising awareness about child prostitution in Thailand through the story of Cat, SOLD's first scholarship recipient and the inspiration for all SOLD’s prevention programs. (Thailand)
	12:25 PM         This is My Normal Dir. Justin Narducci 41-min. This Is My Normal explores two primary questions: “What is poverty?” and “What is normal for the world’s poor?” through the eyes of those living in Mathare Valley, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya. (Kenya)
	1:15 PM Nefarious: Merchant of Souls* Dir. Benjamin Nolot 96-min. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends in modern sex slavery. (Worldwide)
	3:00 PM Stay: Migration to Mexico Dir. Laura Elizabeth Pohl 10-min. Stay: Migration to Mexico reveals the root of why people leave their home countries--to escape poverty--and shows that investing in rural areas can help reduce the pressure to migrate. (Mexico/United States)
	3:15 PM The Road We Know Dir. Suzanne Taylor 88-min. The Road We Know follows a small group of college students from Botswana as they challenge conventional wisdom about AIDS in Africa to save their generation. (Botswana)
	4:50 PM   Girl Rising: Azmera of Ethiopia from 10x10's Girl Rising in association with CNN Films Dir. Richard E. Robbins, Academy Award-nominated 10-min. Girl Rising: Azmera of Ethiopia spotlights the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change a girl featuring the voice of three time Meryl Streep and original music from Academy Award-winner Rachel Portman (Emma), in collaboration with four time Grammy Award-winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King). (ETHIOPIA)
	5:10 PM Rape for Profit* Dir. Eric Esau 86-min. Rape for Profit illuminates and explores the reality of sex trafficking and its root causes by following the stories of the victims, those who victimize, and the ones trying to combat it. (Seattle, WA)
	6:45 PM  I AM Dir. Tom Shadyac 77-min. “We started by asking what’s wrong with the world, and ended up discovering what’s right with it.” –Director Tom Shadyac, Four-time People’s Choice Award winner (Liar, Liar, The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty) (Worldwide)
	8:05 PM   *PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE* 3801 Lancaster* Dir. David Altrogge 21-min. 3801 Lancaster tells the story of Kermit Gosnell and the Women’s Medical Society, the Philadelphia abortion clinic that made headlines when it was discovered that Gosnell and his untrained staff had killed women and children. (Philadelphia, PA)
	8:35 PM My Village, My Lobster Dir. Joshua Wolff 60-min. My Village, My Lobster is the powerful story of the indigenous Miskito lobster divers who risk their lives diving for the region’s most lucrative resource – the Caribbean spiny lobster, the vast majority of which ends up in the United States. (Nicaragua)
	9:50 PM Trade of Innocents Dir. Christopher Bessette 93-min. In Trade of Innocents, starring Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) andDermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), parallel story lines intertwine and unfold twists against the backdrop of the dangerous human trafficking world, in a story of struggle, life, hope and redemption. (Cambodia)

 

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*Due to difficult subject matter and authentic storytelling, this film includes content for mature audiences