SLUMS: CITIES OF TOMORROW Nicolas Reeves Interview with Robert A. Mitchell

The In Light Human Rights Documentary film festival took place March 5 to the 7th in Bloomington Indiana at Indiana University. Of the several films screened one of the highlights was Slums: Cities Of Tomorrow. Over one billion people on this planet live in slums. The film travels to several slums and squats all over the world. India, Turkey, New Jersey and Quebec to name a few. Many times these communities are looked at as the problem.

One of the major ideas in Slums: Cities Of Tomorrow is that we need to work with the people within these developments not against them. As the amount of space and natural resources on this planet continue to diminish we need to reevaluate how we all live together.

Nicolas Reeves is a researcher, artist, curator as well as an architect. He has a BS and a MS in physics from the University of Montreal and a MA in architecture from MIT (Cambridge). I was able to sit down and talk with Nicolas Reeves about the documentary and his ideas.

THE IN LIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL Bloomington, Indiana March 5th to 7th. A Preview.

         Robert A. Mitchell speaks with Alexandra Cotofana the In Light Festival Director

The In Light Human Rights Festival is a mere days away. Nine specially curated films aimed at putting a spotlight at human rights issues will be screening at Indiana University Cinema March 5th to 7th, 2015. Several filmmakers and subjects of the films will be attending. There will be many post-screening Q&As as well as workshops and round tables.

I spoke with Alexandra Cotofana the festival director. We preview the films being screened. This also marks the very first In Light Film Festival and it is no small feat on creating a film  festival from the ground up. Miss Cotofana spoke with me on how the festival was created.