Cartoonists: Foot Soldiers Of Democracy?(Human Right Documentary Film Festival)

Just like the best political cartoons, the documentary Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy manages to synthesize a vast subject in ways both insightful and, frightfully funny. French director Stéphanie Valloatto weaves together the portraits of 12 cartoonists from countries as varied as China, Burkina Faso, Russia, Palestine, Israel, USA and France. Cartoonists manages to suggest the necessity of a disarming and often hilarious form of journalistic commentary and how a lot of world leaders are so acutely aware of the power cartoonists wield.

*Post-screening discussion with guest