UNAFF 2021 will be held over eleven days, October 21-31, and will present
60 documentaries created by 64% women directors and producers, from all over the world. One of the oldest documentary film festivals in the US, this year’s United Nations Association Film Festival will spotlight current events from across the globe, including Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, UK, US and Yemen.
Additional topics include:
The longest US war – 20 years in Afghanistan;
Barbara Lee
,
a steadfast voice for human rights, peace and economic and racial justice in the US Congress
; decades of Cuba’s isolation; behind the coup in Iran in 1953;
how
Jimmy
Carter's selfless leadership and moral integrity ultimately cost him the presidency
;
climate change
and wildfires;
mental health and sports
; the first woman conductor and music director of a major symphony;
the first all-women band to release an LP with a major record label
;
illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons; criminal justice reforms;
rare insight into the ways information is controlle
d;
refugee
r
esettlement
p
rogram
;
homelessness
and pandemic;
hunger-stricken children
in Yemen
;
young victims of the war against the Islamic State
;
a gay immigrant
from China
during th
e
pandemic
;
bringing basic healthcare to people in the developing world
;
connecting the brain of a paralyzed man to a computer
;
creativity and disabi
lity;
and
legendary 9
9
-year-old
African American
park ranger
Betty Reid Soskin's
inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America’s story
.
