The 10th annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival will run through Sunday in Fort Collins. The festival aims to show films that address human rights situations all over the world. KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz says he finds three films in the festival exceptionally touching.

KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Colorado roads can be dangerous for bicyclists. Advocates say one way to keep cyclists safer is to require technology be installed in all new motor vehicles that could automatically detect and avoid bicyclists on the road. We explore the promise – and the limitations – of this emerging technology, on today’s In The NoCo.
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A new documentary celebrates the career of an extraordinary competitive runner. Libby James, a Fort Collins athlete, has an impressive array of race performances under her belt – many of which she achieved after the age of 40. We talk about her legacy in the field of women’s running, on today’s In The NoCo.
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Patients in Colorado who suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression will soon have a new treatment option. They can take part in therapy sessions led by licensed providers... using psychedelic mushrooms. We hear how it works from a doctor who’s offered this type of therapy for years, today on In The NoCo.
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Democrats in the Colorado legislature introduced two bills that would add protections for transgender people in schools and the courts, despite Republican opposition.
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The Sundance Film Festival — its leaders having decided last week to move the world-renowned event from Utah to Boulder — will make Colorado the epicenter of the movie universe for a week and half each winter for a decade beginning in 2027.
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Many rural counties are short on dentists, and if they lose water fluoridation, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.
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Justice Necessary offering grants to schools to supply pads, tampons and dispensers to meet requirements of legislation.
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Thousands of students in Colorado live in areas with underperforming schools known as “education deserts.†One state lawmaker wants to make it easier for charter schools to open in these areas – but the idea wouldn’t be without controversy. We’ll hear about it on today’s In The NoCo.
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The proposal would give each park superintendent the authority to decide where micromobility devices can go. Some public lands groups worry they'll be permitted in environmentally-sensitive areas.
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A new scientific analysis shows the U.S. is generating more electricity from wind and solar than ever before, and several states in the Mountain West are helping lead the charge. However, the future growth of wind and solar is uncertain.
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Since a new law shuttered the state’s only procedural abortion clinic, its patients were referred to Colorado, Utah and Montana.
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In recent decades, wildfires have gotten larger and more intense, and community-destroying blazes are an increasingly common occurrence. But new research looking at centuries of wildfires shows that compared with fires in the 19th and earlier centuries, today’s blazes pale in comparison – at least in terms of size.
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A U.S. District judge said it was “not hard to imagine†that some horses and burros went to slaughter in his ruling that led to the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to shut down the adoption program.
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New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, a growing trend in the Mountain West region.
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