Stanford's Division of International, Comparative and Area Studies (ICA) will present six films from around the world on Wednesday nights, beginning this week, from 7-9 P.M. in Room 002 of Building 200 (History Corner). The theme will be the politics of food and water, and will feature an introduction and post-show discussion. The first film, Today's Special, is a foodie comedy about a young Manhattan chef rediscovering his Indian heritage through food. This festival is free and open to the public.

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a new interactive database: Who Owns the News Media. According to its site, the database

uses a tab format to house specific data related to all companies, and to companies within the main sectors of media including newspapers, online, network, cable and local TV, magazines, radio and ethnic media....The goal of Who Owns the News Media was to create a tool that aggregated comparative information on the companies that own news media properties.

"Camera as Witness - China, Iran, Vietnam, USA - Dialogue Through Culture"

A series of films on human rights begins this Thursday with "Sing China!" The other documentaries will be shown on July 19 ("Our Summer in Tehran") and August 2 ("A Dream in Hanoi"), all in Annenberg Auditorium in the Cummings Art Building at 7:00 PM. The festival is part of the Stanford Summer Human Rights Program.

Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, will be delivering a keynote address on Wednesday night at 7:00 PM in Hewlett Teaching Center, Auditorium 200. The ICC is the first permanent treaty-based, international criminal court, created to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Stanford libraries have several works by Ms. Bensouda.