Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013

For its 29th edition, this annual fest has a two-pronged focus: the efforts of women around the globe to fight against oppression (twelve out of the fest's fifteen films are directed or co-directed by women) and the ways in which governments and corporations control the populace by regulating information. Don’t expect a lot of slapstick and car chases, in other words. All screenings are followed by in-depth Q&A's with filmmakers, film subjects and Human Rights Watch researchers.