A Documentary by KAT ROHRER
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Tomorrow, September 17th, our friends from Equality Now will be having a fundraiser at Cinema Village at 7pm. There will be a Q&A after with Equality Now‘s Taine Bien Aime and Dorchen Leidholdt. Tickets are $20. Come and join us to support their efforts and help us raise some money for the cause.
September 16, 2009
The premiere of Fatal Promises in the SVA Theater in New York yesterday night was very well received by hundreds of guests, some of whom reacted very shocked. Spirited discussions about the harsh realities of modern day slavery were at the center of the reception that followed the screening.
September 14, 2009
New York‘s Cinema Village hosted Fatal Promise‘s official press screening this weekend with director Kat Rohrer and Emma Thompson in attendance. In front of an exclusive crowd, Emma spoke with great passion about her initial involvement with human trafficking.
September 11, 2009
Please check out the interview with Fatal Promises‘ director Kat Rohrer on Indiewire.
September 9, 2009
Tickets are now available on www.cinemavillage.com.
September 4, 2009
Fatal Promises is excited to announce that we will be screening at Cinema Village (22 E. 12th Street) from September 16th-24th 2009.
For showtimes and tickets please visit www.cinemavillage.com.
We have been working hard on organizing special events and panel discussions around our screenings. We are teaming up with NGO‘s and their representatives to bring an extra layer to our screening and to start conversations with our audience about this ever growing problem.
We are proud to announce that Sarah Symons fromt The Emancipation Network will be joining us at our 7pm showing on 9/22. To learn more about The Emancipation Network and the work they are doing, please visit www.madebysurvivors.com.
We are also very proud to be selling special jewelry made by Justice Juels. The proceeds of these special pieces will go to a NGO in Odessa, Ukraine. To see Justice Juels special Anti-Trafficking line please visit: www.justicejuels.com.
Listen to this great new Song about Trafficking by Felicia Alima! „Trade“ will be featured in Fatal Promises. You can buy and download the song at www.myspace.com/tradesong.
NEWS ARCHIV
November 8, 2009
“Journey“ in New York City
As many of our viewers know The Journey and it's curator Emma Thompson are a vital part of our film and helped us to get our message across. As well as Emma Thompson herself being a great supporter and advocate not only for the cause of Human Trafficking but also for Fatal Promises.
Therefore we are very proud to welcome and support The Journey in NYC.
The Journey is an interactive art exhibit consisting of 7 shipping containers, each designed and created by a different artist. Walking through it the viewer gets a better feeling of the journey a person, who has been trafficked goes through. The installation was first put on display in London's Trafalgar Square in 2007 and has since then traveled to Vienna, Austria and now NY.
With the support of Major Bloomberg and the City of New York it has now been put on display at Washington Pl on the east side of Washington Square Park. It will open to the public today at noon and will be open every day from noon to 8pm until Sunday November 16th. It is free of charge. If you are in the New York area, please do come by and check it out. You will never be the same! To find out more about The Journey please visit: www.helenbamber.org
November 10, 2009
European Premiere coming up
“Film is one 
way to make human rights on all levels more comprehensible“, Roland Schmidt, representing one of the partners of the film festival „this human world“, stressed at a press conference in Vienna, Austria, on Monday. The festival will open on 3 December 2009 in Vienna with Fatal Promises. This will be its European premiere. Kat will be there for a Q & A afterwards.
At the press conference Mr. Wegenstein, the founder of and the driving force behind „this human world“ stressed what also is the core issue in Fatal Promises: The films shown confront the sometimes over-used values such as freedom, democracy, justice, brotherhood, peace and responsibility with the harsh realities of ongoing violations of human rights through oppression, coercion, discrimination and disdain. Mr. Wegenstein also pointed out that the festival does not emphasize good or evil, just or injust, perpetrator or victim, but rather the relationship between humans and the underlying causes that lead them to violate basic rights.
The festival will run from 3 December to 13 December 2009 and will show more than 120 films. Tickets: www.thishumanworld.com
November 9, 2009
Due to our upcoming premiere in Austria Fatal Promises has recently be covered in the Austrian Press. To read the articles follow the links below:
November 26, 2009
Fatal Promises coming home to Austria
Leading up to it's European Premiere Fatal Promises has caused quiet a stir in Kat's home town Vienna. The film will be opening this year's Human Rights Film Festival "This Human World" on December 3rd at the Burg Kino, one of Vienna's prime locations and most traditional theaters. Days after the tickets went on sale for opening night and therefore the premiere of Fatal Promises the theater was almost sold out.
The Press in Vienna has also expressed great interest in Fatal Promises early on ever since Johannes Wegenstein, the founder, announced that the film will be opening this years festival. Kat and her mother and co-producer Anneliese have been interviewed by several magazines and newspapers and will be on Austrian Radio Ö3 this weekend.
When asked how Kat feels about showing her film at home she says: "I am very honored that our film is opening the festival and I have to say that it is very fitting for a Human Rights Film Festival, because after all I believe that the exploitation, the abuse and the lack of freedom victims of Human Trafficking experience are three very basic violations of our human rights."
Kat also mentioned that she is very happy that a festival like this exists here in Vienna and she hopes that a lot of people will come out and also see as many films as possible during the festival. "Some of these documentaries will never get a chance to reach the mainstream audience via TV or DVD, so this is a wonderful opportunity for both the audience and the film to see and be seen."
For more information on the festival and were to get tickets please visit: www.thishumanworld.com
