UN Agencies and diplomatic missions perform the I #ZeroDiscrimination International Film Exhibition
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Brasilia, 4 December 2014 - To celebrate the World AIDS Day (01/12) and the Human Rights Day (10/12) an unprecedented initiative was initiated yesterday in Brasilia: the I #ZeroDiscrimination International Film Exhibition.
The initiative is coordinated by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Brazil and is a result of a partnership between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and 12 diplomatic missions based in Brasilia: Chile, European Union, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, USA and the United Kingdom.
The exhibition takes place between 1 and 10 December and has ten films and documentaries from nine different countries, aiming to promote the reflection through art about different forms of discrimination and human rights violation.
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In addition to the films, the exposition has also two photo exhibitions. The exhibition " The freedom to look" reveals the daily life of the Porto Alegre's prisons through the eyes of the prison inmates and staff. It is the result of a project by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the European Union Delegation in Brazil. The project aims to develop a training methodology and awareness on human rights in the prison system. The idea is to use images that portray vulnerable situations related to the promotion and/or the violation of human rights in the daily life of prisons in order to promote a discussion on the subject, focusing on gender issues, violence and health. The exhibition can be visited from 1 to 10 December at the Casa Thomas Jefferson in the Asa Sul, Brasilia.
The exhibition " TRANS[ver]", by the photographer Fábio Rebelo, can be visited in the French Alliance in the Asa Sul, Brasilia, from 1 to 10 December. The photos portray transvestites and transsexuals and their changes in the body, clothing and way of acting, as a way of naturally expressing that they are also people with rights and deserve to be seen and treated with respect.