STATE OF FEAR with director Pamela Yates
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With support from The Ford Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Fund and the US Institute of Peace, Skylight Pictures recently released STATE OF FEAR, directed by Pamela Yates. STATE OF FEAR brings a new level of documentary storytelling to an epic tale of one nation's journey through a war on terror. How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy?STATE OF FEAR dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a "war" against terror, a "war" potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain. The film follows events in Peru, yet it serves a as cautionary tale for a nation. Filmmaker Pamela Yates is a director with a breadth of experience in both commercial television and independent documentaries. She is currently directing THE RECKONING, a documentary film and educational initiative about the international Criminal Court. Her credits include PRESUMED GUILTY, a two hour PBS special about public defenders, CAUSE FOR MURDER, commissioned by PBS international series, BROTHERHOOD OF HATE, a study of violent white supremacy, broadcast on the Showtime Networks, and much more. For 25 years, Pamela Yates and Skylight Pictures have been committed to producing artistic, challenging and socially relevant independent documentary films on issues of human rights and the quest for justice. Through the use of film and digital technologies, Yates seeks to engage, educate and increase understanding of human rights amongst the public at large and policy makers, contributing to informed decisions on issues of social change and the public good. Yates will tour the HVPG series along with her filmmaking partner Paco de Onis , producer of STATE OF FEAR, as well as of numerous documentaries for PBS (with Bill Moyers), National Geographic, New York Times Television and MSNBC. De Onis has also created music festivals in South America & the Caribbean and renovated and operated an arts/performance theater in Miami Beach. The two will show STATE OF FEAR and discuss the filmmaking process, the current political state in Peru and other political and socially relevant projects they are involved in. For more info about Skylight Pictures, visit http://www.skylightpictures.com |
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