Human Rights Docs

SDFF Alum Wins AFI Grand Jury Short ‘Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa’ as Supreme Court Passes New Women’s Health Restrictions

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Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa by SDFF alums Barbara and Mike Attie and Janet Goldwater won the AFI Docs 2020 Grand Jury Short Award  and is shortlisted in IDA’s Best Short category. This documents an abortion helpline in Philadelphia, through which counselors field urgent calls from who people seek to end a pregnancy, but can’t afford […]

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SDFF 2019 Selection, The Silence of Others, Garners Two Emmys

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Tuesday night at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards, SDFF 2019 Official Selection, The Silence of Others, won two Emmys. Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar garnered one Emmy for Best Documentary and a second for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary.  The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship

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