FIRE IN THE BLOOD
Dir: Dylan Mohan Gray
(India/South Africa/Uganda/USA, 84min)
When: Saturday October 26, 5:15 PM
Where: Annenberg Auditorium Cummings Art Building – 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford University
Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to lowcost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back.
SAVING FACE
Dir: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
(Pakistan/USA, 40min)
When: Sunday October 27, 2:10 PM
Where: Annenberg Auditorium Cummings Art Building – 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford University
Every year in Pakistan, many people – the majority of them women – are victimized by brutal acid attacks. Academy Awarded Documentary Short.
The United Nations Association Film Festival runs October 17-27, 2013. For more info on the festival, and to purchase tickets, please visit the UNAFF website.
