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Can Movies Save the World? The Best of the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Daniel Walber
Jun 24, 2013
“Powerful documentary”, “He is a hero not because he accomplishes superhuman feats, but because he insists on his own humanity.”
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Deadly superstition: Harry Freeland's 'In the Shadow of the Sun' exposes plight of African albinos - Maria Garcia
Jun 20, 2013
Freeland’s beautifully rendered tale of hope in the midst of horrific violence and greed.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival:
Jun 19, 2013
I talked with the director of the film, Harry Freeland, earlier this week about the genesis and lengthy process of making the documentary, which mainly follows the lives of two people.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013
Jun 15, 2013
In the Shadow of the Sun is one of the more important documentaries to come along in recent years, as it highlights a major issue that is rarely, if ever, discussed in America: the hunting of
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“Don’t change your culture. Understand your culture.” That challenge is delivered as a stern warning to Coumba (Dior Ka), the first member of her rural Senegalese family to be formally educated, in the spare, moving film “Tall as the Baobab Tree.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013
Jun 12, 2013
In the Shadow of the Sun is a powerful, shattering examination of discrimination and racism in the twenty-first century as well as a testament to the strength and determination of the individu
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What Should Documentaries Do? - Michelle Orange
Jun 12, 2013
Perhaps it was inevitable. One of the 20 films showing at this year's Human Rights Watch Film Festival, a documentary-heavy program of stories of oppression and injustice, critiques nonprofit monoliths and, by extension, the spirit of armchai
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN
Jun 3, 2013
Freeland’s immersion in the topic of albinism has extended beyond the film itself.” “Insight into the strength required to call for change.
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In the Shadow of the Sun is effective in bringing awareness to a horrific infringement of basic human rights in an engaging, sincere and insightful way. It also emphasises the resilience of the human spirit and the powerful will of humanity in th
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN - Sarah Ward
May 20, 2013
Under Freeland’s guidance, the end product is both sensitively rendered and intimately compiled, as driven by the devastating imagery and enlightening viewpoints of both figures as they fight to change their dangerous reality”.
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The independent film, shot by director Harry Freeland, chronicles the life story of Torner and his fight for acceptance of albinos in a country where little is known about the genetic disorder.
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Video - Festival Highlights 2013 - Part 2
May 17, 2013
Featuring interviews with the filmmakers and subjects from GOOD OL' FREDA, FIGHT LIKE SOLDIERS DIE LIKE CHILDRE
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A fascinating new documentary reveals the stigma and danger of Africans born with albinism.
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Last night the One World Media Award for Documentary went to Harry Freeland for his debut film In the Shadow of the Sun. The film triumphed over 5 Broken Cameras and Solar Mamas, the other nominees in this category. These final three were selecte
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In The Shadow of The Sun - John Stuart
Apr 29, 2013
This is a must see film and one of my favourites at Hot Docs with a cause worth getting behind. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
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With his debut feature, director Harry Freeland will truly take the air out of you with this stunning tale of courage that we simply didn’t even know existed
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In The Shadow Of The Sun Film Review - Jennifer Tate
Mar 27, 2013
An eye-opening and awareness-raising film documenting the cruel treatment of albinism in Tanzania, In the Shadow of the Sun is an emotionally gripping and truly harrowing documentary with an inspiring message of courage and s
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In the Shadow of the Sun (2012, Harry Freeland)
Mar 20, 2013
First time director Harry Freeland’s impassioned and emotional documentary about this significant but largely unknown problem.
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The plight of Tanzanian albinos on big screens
Mar 20, 2013
On the idyllic shores of Lake Victoria, three hours from Tanzania mainland, lies Ukerewe Island, home to a large community of people living with albinism, many of whom were abandoned on the island by their families as children.
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In the Shadow of the Sun - Sabine Zetteler
Mar 15, 2013
Guided by Freeland's exceptional capacity for creating truly emotional, unsentimental films, after just 84 minutes you become an important part of their story and their human right to live in peace, just as they are.
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In The Shadow Of The Sun - Amber Wilkinson
Mar 15, 2013
Freeland captures the beauty of Tanzania and uses the landscape as a way of illustrating the isolation and loneliness suffered by those with albinism.
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IDFA Review - Neil Young
Dec 20, 2012
“In the Shadow of the Sun is surely set for a long and rewarding career on both big and small screens. British writer-director-producer Harry Freeland's conscientiously awareness-raising documentary about the problems faced by albinos in east
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This would seem to sit in Sundance's wheelhouse, so it was a surprise not to see it selected for the World Documentary Competition. A black albino man fights against superstition and racism in Tanzania, where albino body parts are thought to
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The audience at IDFA rated it their second favourite out of a possible 305 films - and with just cause. Harry Freeland’s new documentary In The Shadow of the Sun is a phenomenal piece of filmm
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The audience vote was a controversially close tie between 'In the Shadow of the Sun' and the highly awarded music doc 'Searching for Sugar Man'.
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