Human Rights Film Festival: Dispatch #1—Janet Goldwater on Rosita, Sign of the Times
Screening at this year’s edition of the Human Rights Film Festival (Wellington May 9-16; Christchurch May 16-20), Rosita documents the aftermath of a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl’s rape, her subsequent pregnancy, and the fight by her Costa Rican parents to gain approval for a “therapeutic” abortion in a country where termination is illegal. HELEN SIMS asked co-director Janet Goldwater to shed further light on Rosita’s plight via email....[Read More]ALSO SCREENING: Belated recognised as an Official Language of New Zealand last year, Sign of the Times documents the deaf and sign language community’s constant forge for that recognition. BRANNAVAN GNANALINGAM looked at its significance....[Read More]
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