Café Cinema
Season 1
Cafe Cinema is a TV show , which analyzes social issues through the eye of International Cinema.
Where to Watch Café Cinema • Season 1
9 Episodes
- Lost Behind the BordersE6
Lost Behind the BordersAt the end of 2012 the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that there were 15.4 million refugees worldwide. Kambiz Shabankare (Film Director), Frank Calvillo (Screenplay Writer and Film Critic), and Kathryn Krastin (Social Issue Activist) discuss this issue through the movie "The Suspended Step of the Stork" by Teodoros Angelopoulos. - Battle of ShameE7
Battle of ShameIntersex is a variation in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, or genitals that do not allow an individual to be distinctly identified as male or female. Some individuals may be raised as a certain sex (male or female) but then identify with another later in life, while others may not identify themselves as either exclusively female or exclusively male. Research has shown that inter-sex people experience the same range of sexual orientations and gender identities as non-inter-sex people. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights defined inter-sex as follows, as part of the Free and Equal campaign, 2013: An inter-sex person is born with sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, and/or chromosome patterns that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This may be apparent at birth or become so later in life. An inter-sex person may identify as male or female or as neither. Intersex status is not about sexual orientation or gender identity: inter-sex people experience the same range of sexual orientations and gender identities as non-inter-sex people. 1 % of live births exhibit some degree of sexual ambiguity. Between 0.1% and 0.2% of live births are ambiguous enough to become the subject of specialist medical attention, including surgery to assign them to a given sex category (i.e., male or female) 20-50% of surgical cases result in a loss of sexual sensation Effects Not having a distinct gender can be very difficult. Often doctors decide the sex of an inter-sex infant immediately after birth based on what they believe a male or a female should look like. These "normalizing" surgeries are damaging to the individual's sexual and emotional well being. One of the biggest problems with this "treatment" is that it becomes a lifelong pattern of secrecy, isolation, shame, and confusion. Adult inter-sex people's stories often resemble that of those who survived childhood sexual abuse: trust violation, lack of honest communication, punishment for asking questions or telling the truth, etc. In some cases, inter-sex people's experiences are exactly like those of child sexual abuse survivors: when they surgically "create" a vagina on a child, the parent-usually the mother-is required to "dilate" the vagina with hard instruments every day for months in order to ensure that the vagina won't close off again. The surgery is not necessarily the most devastating for the individual's self-esteem as it is the repeated exposure for medical observation, when a child is stripped down to nude and placed on the bed while many doctors, nurses, medical students, and others come in and out of the room, touching and poking and laughing to each other. Children who experience this get the distinct sense that there is something terribly wrong with them and are deeply traumatized. In essence, society decides what is male or female. People born inter-sex may experience teasing, stares, awkwardness in situations such as using a public restroom. When somebody does not fit into society's two boxes of "male" or "female" most people have a hard time understanding them, and therefore have a hard time knowing how to act toward them. - When Fallen Angels FlyE8
When Fallen Angels FlyHuman trafficking is the trade in humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or for the extraction of organs or tissues. Trafficking is a profitable industry, representing an estimated $32 billion per year in international trade, half of which ($15.5 billion) is made in industrialized countries, and a third of which ($9.7 billion) is made in Asia. The most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation. Sexual trafficking is forcing a person into a sexual act as a condition of allowing or arranging the migration. The victims of sexual exploitation are mostly women and girls. In 30% of the countries, women make up the largest proportion of traffickers. - Death TradeE9
Death TradeOrgan trafficking is the trade involving inner human organs (heart, liver, kidneys, etc.) for organ transplantation. There is a worldwide shortage of organs available for transplantation, yet commercial trade in human organs is illegal in all countries except Iran. A recent report by Global Financial Integrity estimated that the illegal organ trade generates profits between $600 million and $1.2 billion per year. Children, especially those from poor backgrounds or children with disabilities are often targeted. The Episode Discusses the crime, children organ harvesting, by reviewing the movie Children of the Dark (2008) by Japanese Director Junji Sakamoto.
