Gene Sharp coming to film festival in Oslo.

 

The orga­niza­tion “Human Rights Human Wrongs” is orga­ni­zing a docu­men­tary film fes­ti­val in Oslo, with scre­en­ings at Vika Kino, Park­tea­te­ret and Lit­te­ra­tur­hu­set. The  film fes­ti­val is look­ing to use the docu­men­ta­ries as an infor­ma­tion source, where human rights and non-violent inter­ven­tion will be in focus. This year’s guest of honor is the notable Gene Sharp, he is the world’s pre­mier non vio­lence thin­ker and acti­vist. He will be pre­sen­ting the ope­ning event on the 7th of February where the scre­en­ing of “How to Start a Revo­lu­tion” will take place at Vika Kino. Gene Sharp’s theory on non vio­lent solu­tions in con­flict has become a crea­tive response to the destruc­tive arms trade agenda. This is the main inten­tion for many of the13 docu­men­ta­ries that will be scre­ened during the week. 40 notable speak­ers will also be par­ti­ci­pa­ting to open up for inter­e­s­ting deba­tes and Q&A ses­sions after the docu­men­ta­ries has been shown.