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Orlin Named President of Albanian Film Festival
UC Professor Honored for Work in International Human Rights Education
Written By Keith Henry, PR Intern
Professor Theodore Orlin named honorary president of International Human Rights Film Festival in Albania
Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu
Theodore S. Orlin
Clark Professor of
Human Rights Advocacy
The third annual festival, taking place this week in Tirana, Albania, was organized by the Academy of Film and Multimedia to raise awareness of human rights issues, educate the public, and to encourage debate and collaboration.
Orlin has been actively involved in Albania’s human rights community since 1992, a time when Albania was just emerging from nearly half a century of brutal and repressive communist rule.
The film festival strives to showcase international films that demonstrate the universality of human rights. Past festivals have shown films that highlighted the global dimension of human rights and how all societies must be vigilant to protect and preserve human dignity.
Orlin thinks the festival is a great way to create awareness about human rights. “The arts have served us well to bring rationality and the fundamentals of human dignity to the front of our agendas,” he said.
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