Andrea Weiss — Director (3)

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U.N. Fever (2008)
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U.N. Fever follows three teams of college students as they prepare to compete in the international Model U.N. competition held annually in New York City. These passionate young people are among our future world leaders. They seek real-life solutions to today's global crises. The film peers into their lives as they undergo the dramas, breakdowns and triumphs of this challenging, life-altering experience. This is a real-life story leaving audiences feeling hopeful about the next generation and its commitment to world peace, human rights and justice.

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Bones of Contention (2017)
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other title: 争论之骨 / 遗骨论战
There are 120,000 vic ms of Franco’s regime bur- ied in the unmarked mass graves that stretch for kilometres alongside Spain’s country roads. One of these vic ms is the world renowned Spanish author Federico García Lorca, who was shot and killed by the fascists during the early days of the Spanish Civil War. The mystery that surrounds the exact loca on of his remains has made him a symbol for those seeking to remember and disclose the hidden stories of gays and lesbians under Franco, people who con nued to be subjected to violent repres- sion long a er the end of the dictatorship. Spain is today one of the most progressive countries when it comes to homosexuality, and yet the na on s ll refuses to account comprehensively for its dark past before a court of law. Andrea Weiss’ sensi ve lm gives a voice to the vic ms from the LGBTIQ* community. Her documentary tells their stories and their struggle for clari ca on, jus ce and human rights as well as their con nued e orts to provide those who were murdered and ‘disappeared’ with a digni ed burial. Impressive archive material doc- uments this repressed history which nds a painful echo in Lorca’s poetry and music.