Overview
The Australia-wide Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is the only cultural event devoted exclusively to exploring humanitarian issues through creative media. The not-for-profit event will be showing at the Chauvel Cinema in from May 29 to June 1, and Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away for the opening night film, Buffalo Girls.
The heartening feature-length doco about two girls embroiled in Thailand's 30,000 child boxing tournaments shows the exploitation of the children involved, plus the adults - even their own family members - who take pleasure in watching the so-called sport, betting on the gory outcomes.
The livelihoods of the girls are at stake as their tiny fists, elbows, knees and feet fly through the air, forced to fight one another in pursuit of prize money. Is this exploitation, empowerment or economic necessity? See the film and judge for yourself.
Concrete Playground has five double passes for the opening night to give away. To get your hands on tickets, make sure you are subscribed to Concrete Playground, then email your name and postal address to hello@concreteplayground.com.au