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June 12 - 17: New York Premiere of CAMP VICTORIA, AFGHANISTAN at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Come join us for the New York premiere of Camp Victoria, Afghanistan!

Drawing from nearly 300 hours of vérité footage shot between 2005 and 2008, Camp Victory, Afghanistan skillfully explores the reality of building a functioning Afghan military. Filmmaker Carol Dysinger achieves a remarkable intimacy in telling the story of several US National Guardsmen stationed in Herat, Afghanistan, and the Afghan officers they are assigned to mentor. Although the United States has poured military aid into Afghanistan, money alone does not produce security—people do. Frustrations are evident, as are moments of humor, as the film vividly exposes the difficulties faced by men from two very different worlds as they attempt to understand and work together effectively in this monumental endeavor.

Discussion with filmmaker and film subject Colonel (R) Michael Shute following screenings on June 12 and June 13

SCREENINGS:

Saturday, June 12th, 9:30pm
Sunday, June 13, 7:30pm
Thursday, June 17, 4:00pm

The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater,
165 West 65th Street, upper level (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
212 875 5601

Presented in association with New York Women in Film & Television, www.nywift.org and Overseas Press Club, www.opcofamerica.org

Starts	June 12 2010
Ends / Deadline	June 17 2010
Homepage	http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/camp-victory-afghanistan
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Issues	Human Rights, International, Middle East, U.S./Foreign Relations, Media, Politics/Government, Peace/War