The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) and Make Poverty History are excited to announce the renewal of their partnership for 2011!
HRAFF, now coming in to its fourth year, is a vibrant and multifaceted annual event that utilises film, art, music, theatre, forums and much more to create discussion, awareness and positive outcomes on human rights issues facing people in Australia and around the world. In 2011 the Festival will take place from May 12 – May 22 in Melbourne before satellite events in Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Byron Bay and Alice Springs.
Make Poverty History has been an avid supporter of HRAFF for the past three years and in 2011 are delighted to be presenting the powerful and thought provoking film “I Was Worth 50 Sheep” at the Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
For more information on the Festival and to purchase your tickets please see www.hraff.org.au.
I Was Worth 50 Sheep
- Melbourne: ACMI, 7:00pm, Thursday 19th May
- Sydney: Dendy Newtown, 5:30pm, Sunday 5th June
- Perth: Luna Cinema Paradiso, 5:00pm, Sunday 12th June
Australian Premiere
Nima Sarvestani / Afghanistan/Sweden (Pashtoo and Dari with English sub.) / 2010 / 72min / Doco
When she was 10 years old, Sabere was sold to a 55-year-old member of the Taliban. For six years she suffered until she eventually found a way to escape, ending up in a women shelter, a sanctuary for Sabere and others like her. The film follows Sabere’s courageous attempts to divorce her husband and return home to her family but as Sabere’s situation slowly improves it becomes clear that her sister, who has been sold for 50 sheep, may suffer the same fate. The film provides an intimate and moving account of the plight of a poverty stricken family trying to both protect their daughter and survive.
Awards and Selections
- Official Selection: One World Film Festival Prague 2011 Winner: Best Swedish Documentary, Göteborg International Film Festival 2011
- Official Selection: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2010
