{"id":1143,"date":"2010-09-07T11:11:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T15:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2010-09-07T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T15:11:41","slug":"the-2010-2011-human-rights-film-series-at-the-dodd-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2010\/09\/07\/the-2010-2011-human-rights-film-series-at-the-dodd-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2010-2011 Human Rights Film Series at the Dodd Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join the Human Rights Institute, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, and the Center for Latin American\u00a0and Caribbean Studies\u00a0for the opening film of the Human Rights in the Americas Film Series.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/events\/hr_film_series_2010_2011.htm\" target=\"_blank\">More information and the full schedule for the Human Rights Film Series is available on the Dodd Center&#8217;s website.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/restavek_girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1144\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/restavek_girl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Screenshot of a restavek girl from Karen Kramer&#8217;s film, Children of Shadows.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Film: &#8220;Children of Shadows&#8221;<br \/>\nDirected by Karen Kramer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Wednesday, September 15, 2010<br \/>\n4:00 pm, Konover Auditorium<br \/>\nThomas J. Dodd Research Center\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>Filmmaker Karen Kramer, who has recently returned from\u00a0Haiti,\u00a0will join us for a Q &amp; A and reception following the film, moderated by Samuel Martinez, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UConn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">\u00a0In Haiti, many parents are forced by destitution and desperation to give away their children. The children, who may be as young as four years old, then go to live and work for other families as unpaid domestic servants, or slaves. They are known as \u201crestavek\u201d children.\u00a0 <em>C<\/em><em>hildren of Shadows<\/em> follows the children as they go through their daily chores \u2013 the endless cycle of cooking, washing, sweeping, mopping, going to the market, or going to run errands. In heartbreaking interviews, the children speak openly and shyly about the lives they are forced to lead. Their \u201caunts\u201d (adoptive caretakers) speak openly and proudly of the vast mountain of work that \u201ctheir\u201d restavek does for them. The camera goes deep into the countryside to interview the peasant families as to what kind of situation would force them to give away one or more of their children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">The\u00a0event is free and\u00a0open to the public.\u00a0 For more information about this and other events, go to\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/events\/index.htm\">http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/events\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join the Human Rights Institute, the Thomas J. 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