The Third World International Film Festival is here to help open people’s eyes by allowing filmmakers to bring their stories forward and educate the masses all over the world about what is happening in third world nations. Bringing out issues of poverty, oppression, extortion along with stories of overcoming these problems and how people live their through their lives, can give us, the viewing audience, insight to their lives and show us the many different views from within the differe...

 THE THIRD WORLD Third world countries, also known as emerging or developing nations, have produced more than half of the world’s films. Unfortunately, a majority of their filmmakers have stayed relatively unknown as western films continued to dominate the film market. But with perseverance and ingenuity, they are finally beginning to get the recognition they deserve. Ted Unarce, an award winning filmmaker, created the Third World Independent Film Festival when he saw a lack of re...