In Commemoration of the 60^th Anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Advocates for Human Rights
(celebrating its 25^th anniversary)
and
The Human Rights Center of the University of Minnesota
(celebrating its 20^th anniversary)

present

A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
a documentary film by Emmy Award-Winning director Peter Raymont

December 10, 2008
6:00 p.m. (reception)
7:00-9:30 p.m. (film and discussion)
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
300 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with human rights activists who will tell stories of human rights heroism around the world.

About the Film:
Filmed in the USA, Argentina and Chile in late 2006, A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman, traces this playwright’s life of exile back to Argentina and Chile, where he coincides with the death of former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. According to film critic Stephen Holden of the New York Times, the film  is “A life changing experience…A profile in courage colored with the anxiety of a human rights activist faced with painful moral choices.”

Event Sponsors:
The Advocates for Human Rights, The Human Rights Center of the University of Minnesota, Amnesty International (U of MN—Twin Cities), Amnesty International Legal Support Network, the Human Rights Program (U of MN), Midwest Human Rights Coalition, Global Studies Student Association (U of MN), National Lawyers Guild (U of MN), MN Justice Foundation—Student Chapter, Students for a Free Tibet—MN, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (U of MN).