In commemoration of International Human Rights Day, the Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria (HRJN) has announced that it will hold the first edition of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival on Saturday, 10th of December 2022.
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The event which is to span three days physical and online in Lagos will feature works that have been done to promote human rights and fight injustice.
According to a statement by the Executive Director of HRJN, Kehinde Adegboyega “the goal of the film festival is to showcase local and international cinema, films, fiction, and documentaries that address human rights issues on the continent and across the world.
“The core thematic areas of the film festival are; Forced evictions, inclusive Housing and Urban Development, Police brutality and Justice reform, Digital rights and justice, Gender and reproductive health rights, Freedom of expression, political participation, and the Civic space. This hybrid event will run for 3 days in the month of December. It will feature Question and Answer panel sessions from veteran filmmakers, and masterclasses on scripting, direction, financing, distributing, and producing Human Rights films in Africa.”
Adegboyega while noting that films can help spark conversations and make citizens take action on human rights issues within their society added that the festival will bring together civic organisations that carry out advocacy on human rights and the thematic areas outlined for the first edition.
Human rights remain a concern for developing democracies in countries like Nigeria where citizens still experience police brutality, Gender-based violence, extra-judicial killings, and kidnappings by state and non-state actors, amongst others.
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