The 2008 Human Rights Day Event
“Human Rights Heroism”

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their respective anniversaries, The Advocates for Human Rights (celebrating its 25th year) and the Human Rights Center of the University of Minnesota (celebrating its 20th year) are hosting a celebration of "Human Rights Heroism" around the world on Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

The film, A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman, by the Emmy Award-Winning director Peter Raymont, will be shown, followed by a panel discussion by human rights activitists from around the world who will tell stories of human rights heroism. There will be a reception at 6:00 p.m. prior to the film screening.

The film will be shown at Coffman Memorial Union Theater, 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN  55455.

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.”