A film festival, organised by the Human Rights Network of Aotearoa New Zealand, will bring documentaries and dramas to the big screen in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington throughout May and June. Films from around the world will be shown including the radical, entertaining “Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia”, the global street battles of “The Fourth World War”, and the heartfelt independence struggles of people in Burma and across the globe. The festival features some high-profile dramas, topped by British director Ken Loach’s “Bread and Roses” (starring Adrian Brody, lead actor in Peter Jackson’s King Kong), and the newly released, fictional account of the September 11 hijackers, “Hamburg Cell”, produced by New Zealander Finola Dwyer. “The films in our festival tell stories that touch lives and we are delighted to be bringing them to New Zealand audiences,” festival co-director Carol Nelson says. Co-director Boris van Beusekom describes the films as “fresh, raw and real. We’re seeing a global explosion in documentary filmmaking as people take advantage of exciting advances in camera and editing technology, and are now able to document human rights abuses and victories in their own backyard.” The festival is the initiative of the Human Rights Network of Aotearoa New Zealand, an independent, non-partisan, non-government organisation formed in 2000. To view the festival website, CLICK HERE For more information, CLICK HERE