New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival – Chicken & Egg Pictures https://archive.chickeneggpics.org Thu, 26 May 2022 16:31:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-CElogo_Preferred_Digital-1-32x32.jpg New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival – Chicken & Egg Pictures https://archive.chickeneggpics.org 32 32 The Nest at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/the-nest-at-the-new-york-human-rights-watch-film-festival/ https://archive.chickeneggpics.org/the-nest-at-the-new-york-human-rights-watch-film-festival/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 19:34:00 +0000 https://chickeneggpics.org/?p=10609 The 33rd edition of the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival will feature two Nest-supported films! The festival will run from Friday, May 20 to Thursday, May 26 with both in-person and online screenings.

Midwives

dir. & prod. Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing

prods. Bob Moore, Ulla Lehmann, Mila Aung-Thwin

Still from Midwives

A tale of the complicated relationship between Rohingya and Buddhists in Myanmar, told over five years through the eyes of two midwives from either side of the divide. 

Midwives is a 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee. 

Get your tickets + more info with this link.

The Janes

dirs.  Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes

prods. Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, Jessica Levin

A photograph of 5 women wearing swimsuits and shades, in a sunny day in the '70s.
Still from The Janes

The Janes is the story of an underground network of women in Chicago in the ‘60s and early ‘70s who provided safe, affordable, illegal abortions. 

The Janes is a Project: Hatched 2022 grantee. 

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From the AlumNest

  • Delikado 
    Writer and Executive Producer 2018 Chicken & Egg Award Recipient Laura Nix, dir. Karl Malakunas, prods. Marty Syjuco, Michael Collins, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala

Check out the full line-up with this link. 

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