The Reckoning

“Silence has never helped or protected victims. Silence only helps the criminals.” Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, insists that the world must take a stand for justice. Based in The Hague, the ICC is the first permanent international criminal court to try individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. THE RECKONING is the extraordinarily powerful story of the Court’s tumultuous first six years. Filmmaker Pamela Yates and her team not only travel to conflict zones in Sudan, Uganda, Colombia, and the Congo, but also show great debates taking place at the United Nations Security Council and in Court offices. In one major success the Court has managed to seek an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, for perpetrating genocide in Darfur. Peter Kinroy’s outstanding editing gives the film an immediacy that emphasizes the vital nature of the Court’s work. THE RECKONING is the flagship film for a campaign intended to get people everywhere involved in international justice. To that end, Skylight Pictures has set up IJCentral.org, a global social network that acts as a powerful tool, allowing activists and victims to bring perpetrators of horrendous crimes to account. (In English, Acholi, French, Spanish and Swahili with English subtitles) – B.B.

Category	Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition
Producer	Paco de Onís
Cinematography	Melle van Essen
Editing	Peter Kinoy, Dara Kell
Music	Roger C. Miller
Principal Cast	Pamela Yates is the co-founder of Skylight Pictures, a New York City-based multi-media company committed to producing artistic and socially relevant films on issues of human rights. Born in Appalachian Pennsylvania, she ran away to New York at 15 and worked as a photojournalist. While living in Central America she worked as a sound engineer on feature films and commercials. Pamela later studied filmmaking at New York University. She is the recipient of a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Select Filmography	"When the Mountains Tremble" (1983), "Teatro!" (1990), "Takeover" (1991), "Poverty Outlaw" (1997), "Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders" (2002), "State of Fear" (2005), THE RECKONING (2009)
Print Source	Skylight Pictures paco@skylightpictures.com www.skylightpictures.com

People who purchased tickets for
this film also bought:

FilmPhobia
Princess of the Sun
Bitter and Twisted
No One's Son
I'm Gonna Explode

Past Screenings

Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 2:10 PM