LIYANA Film Screening

Date
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Event Sponsor
WSD Handa Center for Human Rights & Int'l Justice, Stanford Global Studies Division
Location
Geology Corner, Bldg. 320, Room 105, 450 Serra Mall

Join us for a film screening of the award winning, animated film LIYANA, the Handa Center's contribution to the Stanford Global Studies 2018 Summer Film Festival. This year's film festival theme is "Friends & Family:Tales from Near and Far."

Directed by Aaron & Amanda Kopp (Swaziland, 2017), LIYANA tells the story of a Swazi girl who embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers. This animated African tale is born in the imaginations of five orphaned children in Swaziland who collaborate to tell a story of perseverance drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. Their fictional character’s journey is interwoven with poetic and observational documentary scenes to create a genre-defying celebration of collective storytelling.

Director's statement: 

LIYANA is a film that gives our young storytellers the stage. We hope the audience will be enchanted by the children's imaginations in the same way that we are. We believe this film will play a role in deconstructing stereotypes and challenging the prevalent, simplistic narrative of African orphans. LIYANA pays tribute to my childhood in the Kingdom of Swaziland. And at its heart, the film is a meditation on the transformative power of storytelling – an ode to the creative spirit.

The film will be followed by Q&A discussion with Meredith Miller Vostrejs, WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford University.

Learn more about LIYANA here.

See the SGS film festival line up here.

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