Human Rights Film Festival

Our next screening of the Human Rights Film Festival will take place on December 10th @ 6pm at Central Penn College. This is a FREE Event, open to the public.

An interactive virtual discussion will follow the screening of Gas Station or The Pigeons of Lahore with the filmmaker Dr. Thomas Sideris and partnering organizations to elaborate on the root causes of the increasing forced displacement, UNHCR’s global trends, and the resilience of refugees in this challenging journey.

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Date

Dec 10 2024
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Time

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Central Penn College

Location

Central Penn College
600 Valley Rd, Summerdale, PA 17093, United States
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Speaker

  • Dr. Thomas Sideris Dr. Thomas Sideris Journalist & Filmmaker
    Dr. Thomas Sideris
    Dr. Thomas Sideris
    Journalist & Filmmaker

    He studied Political Science and Public Administration at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Mass Media, and attended directing courses at the Stavrakos School. He holds a master’s degree in Human Geography from the University of the Aegean. He earned his doctorate in Human Geography from Harokopio University.
    Some of his specific research fields include Body and Space in Cinema, Spatial Representations, and Identity Formation. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Routes of Identity: Vulnerable Bodies, Fluid Spatial Realities, and Conditions of Entrapment: Urban enclaves, hubs, and shelters for patients, refugees, migrants, and urban nomads.”
    Scientific and Other Affiliations

    He is a member of the International Academy of Social Sciences, based in Florida, USA. He is an advisory member of the Journalists and Writers Foundation, a global partner of the UN, based in New York.
    Work and Awards

    He works in the information sector of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) and is the creator of thematic cycles of radio documentaries, placing particular emphasis on human rights advocacy, especially for refugees and migrants. He has produced radio documentaries against racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism and is the producer of over 40 radio documentaries focused on the Holocaust, featuring oral testimonies from Greece and other European countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Hungary.

    In May 2021, he received the Torch Award from the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and became the first non-American citizen to be honored with this award.

    He was awarded an honorary distinction In 2018 from the Athanasios Botsis Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism.

    He was honored by the Austrian organization ALBERT SCHWEITZER, a global partner of the UN, for his journalistic work on the program “UNGUARDED CROSSING.” The rationale for the award states that he has done “excellent work in making known through the media the atrocities against humanity” and “directing public attention to refugee issues.”

    He has received more than 40 awards and honors for his documentaries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.