One World in partnership with the United Nations invites you to the screening of
"Good Fortune" as part of
One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 6:30 p.m. Landon van Soest’s documentary looks at the plight of tens of thousands of Kenya’s inhabitants who are afraid of losing their homes – regardless of whether these homes are in the slums of the poor Kibera quarter in the capital Nairobi, or the aluminium shacks of herdsmen in the Yala Swamp in the west of the country. The stories of Silva, a midwife from Kibera, and Jackson, a farmer and teacher from Yala Swamp, lay bare the battles individuals have to wage against the political machine. Neither of them wants to give up, because their very survival is at stake. Fortune, however, does not smile on everyone...
The film will be followed by a Q & A session with • • •
Simon Panek (Executive Director, People in Need) Jean Bakole (Director, UN Habitat, Brussels) Scott Hudson (Coordinator One World, Brussels)
Moderated by Janos Tisovszky (Deputy Director, UNRIC)
There is no entrance fee, but as places are limited, we kindly ask you to register in advance by sending an e-mail with the subject “Good Fortune” to: cine-onu@unric.org. Please state “Good Fortune” in subject field as we are also registering participants for the CINE-ONU event “The Fixer” of 14 April. NO registration e-mails will be accepted after Monday, 12 April, 5:30pm.
Polak Room, Ground Floor Residence Palace 155 Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 155 Brussels 1040, Metro station Schuman
NB: The film is in English (or subtitled in English) and the debate will be held in English. The film has a runtime of 73 minutes.