Videos on Global Conditions

The 10 conditions of love an activist defies China's power in her homeland 2009

Jeff Daniels, John Lewis, Dennis Smith, Rebiya Kadeer, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Arcimedia (Firm), Common Room Productions (Firm), and Filmakers Library, inc

"The 10 Conditions of Love follows the personal and political struggle of Rebiya Kadeer, the most galvanizing leader of the Uyghur people in 60 years. The Uyghur are China's Muslim minority. From poverty to wealth, protest to imprisonment, Rebiya now lives in exile in the United States. Here she is quickly gaining influential friends and media coverage to help her campaign for her people's human rights. As a result, her children are in prison in China This is a story about the ruthless oppression of 20-million people; of Super Power politicking; and of the pain of a deeply loving family torn violently apart"--IMD. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

MEDIA 10-1723

 

Alfred Hitchcock's The birds c2000

Evan Hunter, Alfred Hitchcock, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Daphne Du Maurier, Universal Pictures Company, and Universal Pictures (Firm)

When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds. 1 videodisc (2 hr.)

MEDIA 10-1710

 

Amandla! a revolution in four part harmony 2003, c2002

Desireé Markgraaff, Lee Hirsh, Sherry Simpson Dean, Vusi Mahlasela, Jeremy Cronin, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba , Sophie Mgcina, Dolly Rathebe, Sifiso Ntuli, Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Kwela Productions (Firm), Bomb Films (Firm), Home Box Office (Firm), Cinemax Documentary Films (Firm), Ford Foundation, South African Broadcasting Corporation, and Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)

Tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. Specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years. Focuses on the struggle's spiritural dimension named for the Xhosa word for "power". An uplifting story of human courage, resolve and triumph. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

DANA 43, 10-609

 

Aprisionados por promessas a escravidaao rural contempor?anea no Brasil = Bound by promises : contemporary slavery in rural Brazil c2006

Beatriz Affonso, Tamaryn Nelson, Xavier Plassat, Center for Justice and International Law, Catholic Church, Comissaao Pastoral da Terra (Brazil), and Witness (Organization)

Every year, more than 25,000 workers are enslaved by landowners in rural Brazil, mostly in the Amazon region. "Bound by Promises" tells the story of men who set out in search of work and are taken to isolated ranches in the Amazon, only to find that they have been lured into debt bondage. Forced to do backbreaking work and live in overcrowded shacks with no running water, armed guards remind the workers that those who try to run away may be killed. With no way out, they toil in the hope of buying back their freedom. 1 videodisc (17 min.)

MEDIA 10-1919

 

Behind the veil Afghan women under fundamentalism : a documentary c2003

Ricardo Lobo, Jojo Sydenham, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

"This gripping program describes the massive human rights abuses that have been escalating since the withdrawal of the Soviet forces, as seen through the eyes of women who have survived years of rampant gender and religious intolerance."--Container. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-215

 

Call + response 2008

Justin Dillon Stevens, Julia Ormond, Cornel West, Ashley Judd, Daryl Hannah, Talib Kweli, Matisyahu, Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, and Fair Trade Pictures

"Call + response is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world's 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. Call + response goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2007, slave traders made more money than Google, NIke and Starbucks combined ..."--callandresponse.com. 1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2847

 

Confronting the truth c2006

Steve York, Sheldon Smith, Joseph Wiedenmayer, York Zimmerman Inc, United States Institute of Peace, and International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Shows how countries which have experienced massive human rights violations have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions, and documents the work of these commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor, and Morocco. 1 videodisc (73 min.)

MEDIA 10-1953

 

The drilling fields 2008?

Poonam Sharma, Glenn Ellis, Kay Bishop, Cathy Tyson, Catma Films (Firm), Channel Four (Great Britain), and Witness Films, Inc

Shows the disputes between Shell Oil, the Nigerian military government, and the indigenous Ogoni people over land rights and oil pollution caused by Shell Oil drillings in the Ogoni's ancestral lands.  Shows activist Ken Saro-Wiwa's attempts to bring worldwide attention to the Ogoni's plight. 1 videodisc (50 min.)

MEDIA 10-2258

 

A family gathering 2006?

Lise Yasui, Katherine Kline, Ann Tegnell, Long Bow Group, and Center for Asian American Media

Lise Yasui, a third-generation Japanese-American woman, searches for her family history and for understanding of their internment. Focuses on her grandfather Masuo Yasui of Hood River Valley, Oregon, who, after living in the United States for thirty years, was arrested by the FBI as a potentially dangerous alien five days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. 1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.)

MEDIA 10-1259

 

A force more powerful 2000

Ben Kingsley, Peter Ackerman, Steve York, and York Zimmerman Inc

Episode 1 in this series is about the move for desegregation in Nashville, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and Gandhi's campaign for full independence in India. Episode 2 looks at Danish resistance to German occupation, the solidarity movement in Poland and Chilean resistance to General Pinochet. 2 videodiscs (videodisc) (154 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2288

 

Global partnerships 2003, 2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

This program interviews North American and European volunteers and the people in developing countries who are receiving their humanitarian and political assistance. By living together and sharing cultural experiences, both volunteers and aid recipients are helping to bring into clearer perspective their mutual concerns about human rights violations and exploitation of the environment. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-260

 

Human traffic past & present This documentary records the themes and outcomes of a Conference on Human Trafficking hosted by Duke University between October 13-15 2011. The organizers brought together an eclectic and impressive group of leading artists, scholars, policy-makers and activists for an intimate weekend of discussion and presentation that aimed to tease out some of the themes as well as the fallacies and myths that underlie this troubling topic. 1 videodisc (33 min.)

MEDIA 10-4960

 

I thought I was seeing convicts 2000

Harun Farocki, Cathy Lee Crane, Art Institute of Chicago, Video Data Bank, and Harun Farocki Filmproduktion

An inquiry into means of surveillance cameras and control, with sometimes lethal results, at a maximum-security prison in Corcoran, California. 1 videodisc (25 min.)

MEDIA 10-2107

 

Justice for sale 2011

Femke van Velzen, Ilse van Velzen, Nynke Douma, Claudine Tsongo, Masamba Masamba, IFproductions (Firm), and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"Follows Claudine, a young and courageous human rights lawyer, in her struggle against injustice and widespread impunity in Congo. She investigates the case of Masamba, a soldier who was convicted of rape, and discovers that his trial was corrupt and unfair. He was jailed without any concrete evidence. In Claudine's journey to obtain justice, she uncovers a system where the basic principles of law are virtually ignored. Masamba's trial also raises questions about the financial support that the international community and NGOs offer to the Congolese judicial system. Is it creating a justice that's for sale? And if so, who pays the price?"--Women Make Movies web site. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

MEDIA 10-4144

 

Missing lives disappearances and impunity in the North Caucasus 2007

1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2521

 

The other Mexico the sub-commander Marcos is back 2008

Francesca Nava, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico), Oyibo Productions (Firm), Telemaco (Firm), and Choices, Inc

Explores the growing popularity of the Zapatista movement and its leader known as "Subcomandante Marcos", who has given a voice to the nation's poor and indigenous people during the controversial 2006 Presidential election.  With gripping footage of police violence and in-depth interviews, this video explores the growing political and socioeconomic crisis which will have far reaching effects for both Latin America and beyond. 1 videodisc (52 min) :

MEDIA 10-2768

 

Plachushchee solnetise vlieiianie voiny na zhizn? gornykh sel v Chechne 2007

Ekaterina Sokireiianskaeiia, Violeta Krasnich, Zarema Mukusheva, Witness (Organization), and Memorial (Society)

Tells the story of people from the Chechen mountainous village of Zumsoy and their struggle to preserve cultural identity and traditions in the context of military raids and enforced disappearances by the federal army, attacks by guerilla fighters, and subsequent displacement. By helping to articulate the voices of Zumsoy villagers in the public and policy spheres, this documentary calls on local and federal authorities to end impunity for human rights violations and to restore policies for the return of mountain villagers to their ancestral homes. 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1819

 

Rightful place c2007

Cemiride (Organization), Witness (Organization), Minority Rights Group International, and Witness Films, Inc

In 1974, the Endorois community were evicted from their land by the Kenyan government to make way for a game reserve and tourist resort. From generation to generation, the community continues to struggle for reparation for their loss and restitution to their land. Yet, their efforts have been met by successive Kenyan governments only with denial, harassment and further eviction with this time to make way for mineral mining. Today, the Endorois community have taken their claim to the highest regional human rights body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, demanding recognition as a distinct indigenous group and asserting their basic human rights. This program tells through the personal stories of members of the Endorois community, of the impact of displacement on individual, identity and community and of the struggle of the Endorois to reclaim their rightful place. 1 videodisc (16 min.)

MEDIA 10-1918

 

Sisters and daughters betrayed the trafficking of women and girls and the fight to end it 1995

Sex trafficking is a global crisis of growing dimensions. Millions of women and young girls have been illegally transported from rural to urban areas and across national borders for the purpose of prostitution. This documentary explores the social and economic forces that drive this lucrative underground trade, and the devastating impact it has on women's lives. 1 videodisc (28 min.)

MEDIA 10-5422

 

A small act 2011

Jennifer Arnold, Patti Lee, Jeffrey Soros, Chris Mburu, Hilde Back, Considered Entertainment (Firm), Cherry Sky Films (Firm), Docurama (Firm), New Video Group, HBO Documentary Films, and Harambee Media (Firm)

"When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She never imagined her quarterly donation of $15 would pave the way for Chris Mburu's journey to Harvard Law School. Years later, Chris has become a United Nations human rights lawyer working to combat genocide and discrimination. He decides to seek out the stranger who dramatically transformed his life and is astonished to learn his benefactor, Hilde, is a Holocaust survivor.". 1 videodisc (88 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3489

 

Taking root the vision of Wangari Maathai c2008

Lisa Merton, Alan Dater, Jim Klein, Mary Lampson, Tom Haneke, Samite, Independent Television Service, and Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy--a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. 1 videodisc (223 min.)

MEDIA 10-2088

 

Tapped c2009

Stephanie Soechtig, Sarah Gibson, Josh David, Jason Lindsey, Michael Walrath, Michelle Walrath, James Wilfong, Dennis J Kucinich, Ruth Caplan, Eugene Brown, Shirley Franklin, Earl Blumenauer, Melissa L Jarrell, Atlas Films, and Bullfrog Films

"Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? ... [T]his timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. From the production of plastic, to the ocean in which so many bottles end up, this...documentary follows the bottled water trail through the communities which are the unwitting chips on the corporate table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this...film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water." -- Container. 1 videodisc (75 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2370

 

Trafficked children as sexual slaves  c2005

Luigi Acquisto, Christopher J Payne, Film Australia Pty Limited, and Filmakers Library, inc

Follows private investigator and former Australian police officer, Chris Payne, as he investigates the trafficking of women and children for prostitution. Haunted by the case of "Nikkie", a young Thai girl found working in a brothel in Sydney, Payne travels to Thailand to find out what has happened to her since her deportation. Through this and another case, "Trafficked" provides insight into the international sex trade. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-1925

 

Tras los pasos de Antaigona antropologaia forense e investigaciones sobre derechos humanos = Following Antigone : forensic anthropology and human rights investigations c2002

Sam Gregory, Mimi Doretti, Matt Aho, Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, and Witness (Organization)

Since 1984, the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) and other similar groups have helped families of human right victims to find, identify and bury the remnants of their loved ones and bring evidence to court. This documentary shows various aspects of the application of forensic sciences to human rights investigations. Using footage recorded by EAAF members in Argentina, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti and East Timor during the past eighteen years, the documentary covers the entire process of investigation, including historical, archaeological, and laboratory methods, testimonies of relatives of the victims, and reburial ceremonies of the remains of their loved ones many years after they died. 1 videodisc (37 min. each)

MEDIA 10-1917

 

Walking the line 2006

Jeremy Levine, Landon Van Soest, Two-Headed Productions, and Filmakers Library, inc

Explores the chaos of the border crisis along the Southern Arizona region as experienced by Mexican migrants, private citizens, vigilantes, and humanitarians. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-1935

 

Water first reaching the millennium development goals c2008

Charles Banda and Bullfrog Films

"Through the inspiring story of Charles Banda - a local fireman turned waterman who has drilled more than 800 wells in his impoverished country of Malawi - Water First conveys the critical role of clean water in addressing all other major global issues from hunger and poverty to women's equality, HIV/AIDS and environmental sustainability. These issues are articulated in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)... Water First shows the vital importance of clean water in meeting all these humanitarian goals." - Container. 1 videodisc (28 min.)

MEDIA 10-2082

 

Water on the table 2010

Liz Marshall, Maude Barlow, Water on the Table Inc, Bullfrog Films, TVOntario, and Knowledge (Firm)

"Water on the Table features Maude Barlow, who is considered 'an international water warrior' for her crusade to have water declared a human right...More than a portrait of an activist, [the film] presents several dramatic opposing arguments. Barlow's critics are policy and economic experts who argue that water is no different than any other resource, and that the best way to protect freshwater is to privatize it." -- Container. 1 videodisc (79, 56 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2378

 

Ways of water human rights, gender, security & environment 2009

Peter H Gleick, Rutgers University, and Libraries

1 videodisc (82 min.)

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The Yes Men fix the world c2009

Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Doro Bachrach, Ruth Charny, Laura Nix, Reggie Watts, Yes Men (Activist group), ARTE France, Common Decency, LLC, and Bullfrog Films

The Yes Men again pull off one bold prank after another in an effort to raise political consciousness. Posing as top executives of giant corporations, they lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks. 1 videodisc (87 min.)

MEDIA 10-1995

 

The 10 conditions of love an activist defies China's power in her homeland 2009

Jeff Daniels, John Lewis, Dennis Smith, Rebiya Kadeer, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Arcimedia (Firm), Common Room Productions (Firm), and Filmakers Library, inc

"The 10 Conditions of Love follows the personal and political struggle of Rebiya Kadeer, the most galvanizing leader of the Uyghur people in 60 years. The Uyghur are China's Muslim minority. From poverty to wealth, protest to imprisonment, Rebiya now lives in exile in the United States. Here she is quickly gaining influential friends and media coverage to help her campaign for her people's human rights. As a result, her children are in prison in China This is a story about the ruthless oppression of 20-million people; of Super Power politicking; and of the pain of a deeply loving family torn violently apart"--IMD. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

MEDIA 10-1723

 

About the United Nations human rights 1991

Rita Wolf and Rex Bloomstein

This film deals with the many abuses suffered by children throughout the world and documents the United Nations' efforts to bring about universal standards for human rights through the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1 videocassette (16 min.)

MEDIA 2-1905

 

Afghanistan unveiled Regards D'Afghanes c2003

Brigitte Brault, Florent Milesi, Polly Hyman, Anthropology in Action (Organization), and Women Make Movies (Firm)

In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video journalists and camera operators, traveled to rural regions of Afghanistan to interview their countrywomen. In the span of two months, they met and spoke with women eking out an existence in caves, women risking punishment by daring to appear on film and women whose lives and families had been destroyed by years of bombing and oppression. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-7336

 

Amandla! a revolution in four part harmony 2003, c2002

Desireé Markgraaff, Lee Hirsh, Sherry Simpson Dean, Vusi Mahlasela, Jeremy Cronin, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba , Sophie Mgcina, Dolly Rathebe, Sifiso Ntuli, Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Kwela Productions (Firm), Bomb Films (Firm), Home Box Office (Firm), Cinemax Documentary Films (Firm), Ford Foundation, South African Broadcasting Corporation, and Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)

Tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. Specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years. Focuses on the struggle's spiritural dimension named for the Xhosa word for "power". An uplifting story of human courage, resolve and triumph. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

DANA 43, 10-609

 

Aprisionados por promessas a escravidaao rural contempor?anea no Brasil = Bound by promises : contemporary slavery in rural Brazil c2006

Beatriz Affonso, Tamaryn Nelson, Xavier Plassat, Center for Justice and International Law, Catholic Church, Comissaao Pastoral da Terra (Brazil), and Witness (Organization)

Every year, more than 25,000 workers are enslaved by landowners in rural Brazil, mostly in the Amazon region. "Bound by Promises" tells the story of men who set out in search of work and are taken to isolated ranches in the Amazon, only to find that they have been lured into debt bondage. Forced to do backbreaking work and live in overcrowded shacks with no running water, armed guards remind the workers that those who try to run away may be killed. With no way out, they toil in the hope of buying back their freedom. 1 videodisc (17 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1919

 

Asylum 2003

Sandy McLeod, Gini Reticker, Constant Communications, and Filmakers Library, inc

Upon her father insisting that she undergo a circumcision and then marry an old man, a young woman escapes Ghana for the United States. 1 videocassette (20 min.)

MEDIA 2-6541

 

Behind the veil Afghan women under fundamentalism : a documentary c2003

Ricardo Lobo, Jojo Sydenham, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

"This gripping program describes the massive human rights abuses that have been escalating since the withdrawal of the Soviet forces, as seen through the eyes of women who have survived years of rampant gender and religious intolerance."--Container. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-215

 

Colombia's guerilla war 1999

Jan Thielen

This program combines newsreel and documentary footage of life and death in Colombia's rural districts, cities, and guerrilla camps with interviews to explore the roots and results of the 20th century's longest guerrilla war. Members of Bogota's Institute of Political Studies, the Red Cross, the Church, army officers, guerrillas, politicians, and some of the 1.5 million refugees air their views on the terror and the tragedy of a nation divided. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-5575

 

Confronting the truth c2006

Steve York, Sheldon Smith, Joseph Wiedenmayer, York Zimmerman Inc, United States Institute of Peace, and International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Shows how countries which have experienced massive human rights violations have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions, and documents the work of these commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor, and Morocco. 1 videodisc (73 min.) :

MEDIA 10-1953

 

La cueca sola c2003

Marilú Mallet, Margaux Ouimet, Yves Bisaillon, Films de l'atalante (Firm), National Film Board of Canada, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"On September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile brought Augusto Pinochet to power, and over the next 17 years, thousands of men were taken from their homes never to return. Since that time, Chilean women have danced the country's traditional courtship dance alone. After 30 years in exile, filmmaker Marilu Mallet returns to Santiago to tell the story of five women who suffered under the dictatorship and have emerged as heroes under democracy. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6933

 

The Darklight of dawn 1986

Edgardo Reyes and Gillian Brown

Documentary on military oppression and the human rights situtation in Guatemala. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-3089

 

Death on a friendly border 2001

Rachel Antell

The border that runs between Tijuana and San Diego is the most heavily militarized border between "friendly" countries anywhere in the world. Since the U.S. instituted the "Operation Gatekeeper" policy, an average of one person a day has died crossing the border. This documentary puts a human face on this tragedy. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-6036

 

Democracy University: Volume 43 2002?

Adam Shapiro, Noam Chomsky, David C Korten , Ted Glick, Howard Zinn, and JusticeVision (Organization)

Various lectures and speeches on themes of social justice, democracy, and human rights. 1 videocassette (8 hr., 18 min.)

MEDIA 2-6732

 

Democracy University: Volume 44 2002?

Greg Palast, Adam Shapiro, Ralph Nader, Michael Parenti, Medea Benjamin, Helen Caldicott, and JusticeVision (Organization)

Various lectures and speeches on themes of social justice, democracy, and human rights. 1 videocassette (8 hr., 23 min.)

MEDIA 2-6733

 

Democracy University: Volume 45 2002?

Catherine Austin Fisk, John Judge, Michael E Ruppert, Greg Palast, Ralph Nader, Alberta Lee, Robert Fisk, and JusticeVision (Organization)

Various lectures and speeches on themes of social justice, democracy, and human rights. 1 videocassette (8 hr., 24 min.)

MEDIA 2-6734

 

Democracy University: Volume 49 2003?

Scott Ritter, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Jeff Halper, Phyllis Bennis, and JusticeVision (Organization)

Various lectures and speeches on themes of social justice, democracy, and human rights. 1 videocassette (ca. 8 hr., 25 min.)

MEDIA 2-6735

 

The Devil's dream 1991

Adam Symansky, Carmen García, and Mary Ellen Davis

Social and political conditions in Guatemala are viewed through the eyes of the country's people in these interviews and descriptions. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-2723

 

Dirty secrets Jennifer, Everardo & the CIA in Guatemala 1998

Patricia Goudvis and  Jane Alexander

Follows the efforts of Jennifer Harbury, a middle class American woman, to find the truth about her husband Everardo, a Guatemalan peasant revolutionary who "disappeared" after capture by Guatemalan government forces. Explores the web of cover-ups and lies that hide human rights violations in Guatemala and the involvement of the CIA and other American governmental bodies in this and related events. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-3910

 

Eleanor Roosevelt a restless spirit 1994

Eleanor Roosevelt, Caleb B Stratton, Harry Rasky, Deirdre O'Hearn, Celeste Holm, and Harry Chase

"An outspoken, vibrant first lady is not an invention of the '90s White House. With her own radio program and daily newspaper column, Eleanor Roosevelt championed racial equality, youth employment, and women's rights and gained the admiration of the world ... she remained a figure of world importance and served as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, where she helped draft the International Declaration of Human Rights"--Container. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

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Facing the truth 1999

Bill D Moyers, Gail Pellett, and Desmond Tutu

This program describes the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights violations and to help South Africa in its process of reinvention. 2 videocassettes (120 min.)

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A family gathering 2006?

Lise Yasui, Katherine Kline, Ann Tegnell, Long Bow Group, and Center for Asian American Media

Lise Yasui, a third-generation Japanese-American woman, searches for her family history and for understanding of their internment. Focuses on her grandfather Masuo Yasui of Hood River Valley, Oregon, who, after living in the United States for thirty years, was arrested by the FBI as a potentially dangerous alien five days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. 1 videodisc (ca. 53 min.)

MEDIA 10-1259

 

Femmes du Niger entre integrisme et democratie = Women of Niger : between fundamentalism and democracy 1993

Anne-Laure Folly

Focuses on the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on women's rights in Niger and how this clashes with the country's struggle for democracy. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-3880

 

Forsaken cries : the story of Rwanda  1997

Danny Glover

"In 1994, close to one million people were killed...in Rwanda. Documentary examines Rwanda as a case study of the human rights challenge of the 21st century...incorporates historical footage...interviews...analyses"-- Container. 1 videocassette (35 min.)

DANA 827

 

Free trade slaves c1999

Juan Salvat, Stef Soetewey, Peter Breuls, Televisió de Catalunya, Kanakna Documentary (Firm), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Film discusses free trade zones and the accompanying human problems that have arisen with human rights, exploitation of workers and environmental degradation. Filmed on location in Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Mexico and Morocco. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-6692

 

Gaza under siege 2001

Charles Stewart, Di Tatham, and Lucy Briers

This program also examines why the United Nations fails to criticize Israel's aggression and denies Palestinian statehood. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5913

 

The Giant awakes 1998

Examines the potentials of China's newly emerged economic power and looks at the problems associated with China's economic reform. 3 videocassettes (149 min.)

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Global partnerships 2003, 2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

This program interviews North American and European volunteers and the people in developing countries who are receiving their humanitarian and political assistance. By living together and sharing cultural experiences, both volunteers and aid recipients are helping to bring into clearer perspective their mutual concerns about human rights violations and exploitation of the environment. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-260

 

Hanan Ashrawi a woman of her time 1995

Mai Masri

Profiles Hanan Ashrawi, former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization during the Middle East peace talks with Israel, but who later turned down a position in the new government in favor of continuing her efforts on behalf of peace and human rights. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-5598

 

Haunted land Le pays hanté, la palabra desenterrada c2001

Mary Ellen Davis, Productions B'alba, PRIM, Centre d'arts médiatiques (Montréal, Québec), and Cinema Guild

Follows Mateo Pablo's return to Petanac, Guatemala, the site of the July 14, 1982 massacre. 1 videocassette (74 min.)

MEDIA 2-6570

 

Hopes on the horizon 2001

Onyekachi Wambu, Derrick N Ashong, Sheila Curran Bernard, and Jeanette Woods

1 videocassette (115 min)

MEDIA 2-5374

 

Indonesia, one struggle, one change 1997

Maisa Mendonça and Medea Benjamin

Explores the climate of political dissent in Indonesia and East Timor in the mid-1990s and the violent government reaction to this dissent. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5048

 

The Internationale 2000

Peter Miller and Pete Seeger

Using rare archival footage and interviews with historians, musicians and activists, this film tells the story of this 100-year-old anthem of the oppressed and exploited, and celebrates the relationship between music and social change. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5716

 

It happens to us 1972

Amalie R Rothschild,  Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.), Anomaly Films, and New Day Films

Women talk about their abortion experiences and the problems involved in illegal vs. legal medically safe abortions. Presents medical information on current methods, related statistics, and discussion of the contradictions in the morality that produces unwanted pregnancy. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-281

 

Justice pursued 1998

Jeremy Harding, Jane Dibblin, Paul Mitchell, and Michael Stewart

Rwanda, Argentina, East Germany and Bosnia have been the locus for the most heinous acts of the last 20 years. Details torture and murder of thousands of men and women and shows how people are looking for justice for victims. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-5580

 

Ken Saro-Wiwa an African martyr 1996

Ken Saro-Wiwa, Maria Saro-Wiwa, Nathan Sheppard, M Johnston, and Leon Herbert

"Ken Saro-Wiwa, the celebrated Ogoni writer and political activist, was hanged in November 1995 by the Nigerian military dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa had been campaigning for the rights of Nigeria's Ogoni people, who have suffered from decades of resource exploitation by foreign oil companies and oppression by the Nigerian military government. This program tells Saro-Wiwa's story through his own words and those of his wife and features the only in-depth interview he gave before his death"--Container. 1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-3684

 

Life 2004

Luke Gawin, Dick Bower, Television Trust for the Environment, and Bullfrog Films, inc

A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals. In September 2000 world leaders attending the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York took stock of the gross inequalities in human development worldwide, and declared "their collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level." They set out a series of eight goals for halving extreme poverty in the world by 2015, to be known as the Millennium Development Goals. TVE's new series of Life explores what the goals are, why they matter -- and what now are the prospects for achieving the by 2015, in the current geo-political climate and a post 9/11 world. 27 videocassettes (27 min. each)

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Long night's journey into day 2000

Helen Mirren, Deborah Hoffmann, and Frances Reid

Follows four cases over a two-year period that were brought before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which investigates the crimes of apartheid, by bringing together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. In so doing South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication, providing the most definitive record of one of the most ambitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation without precedent in human history. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

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Made in Thailand c1999

Eve-Laure Moros, Linzy Emery, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

A documentary about women factory workers in Thailand and their struggle to organize unions. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

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Mama Awethu! 1993

Bethany Yarrow

"Follows the day to day lives of five black South African women in the townships around Cape Town, revealing the inhuman legacy of the apartheid system"--Container. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

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The man we called Juan Carlos 2000

Heather MacAndrew and David Springbett

Explores the life of Wenceslao Armira, a Mayan farmer from Guatemala. 1 videocassettr (52 min., 30 sec.)

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Memoirs of an everyday war c1986

Gaston Ancelovici, Jaime Barrios, First Run/Icarus Films, and Cinemateca Chilena

Presents the personal stories of four people whose lives reflect the 12-year confrontation between General Augusto Pinochet and many of Chile's citizens. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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New horizons for human rights 1996

James Lurie and Victoria Schultz

"As a result of the passage of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, new standards and definitions are being applied to the area of human rights.  This program explores several different examples of the variety of standards outlined in this declaration including environmental degradation and its affect on public health and indigenous populations demanding the respect of their government."--Container. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

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Nobody listened 1989

Jorge L Gutiérrez Ulla, Nestor Almendros, Geoffrey Carey, and Sondra Lee

In 1987,an organization named the Cuban Human Rights Film Project applied to the Cuban government to make a film about the Cuban justice system. Permission to make the film was denied. The Project made an alternative film consisting of interviews with Cuban political refugees, most of them living now in the United States and most of them former political prisoners from Cuba's infamous prisons. 1 videocassette (117 min.)

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Not for sale 2002

Mark Allen Dworkin, Shelley Hartle, Melissa Young, Vandana Shiva, Anuradha Mittal, and Debra Harry

This documentary explores some little-known aspects of global trade agreements. Patents and other intellectual property rights are expanding what corporations can own and control -- from machines to knowledge and even living creatures. What does this mean for the environment, the food supply and human rights? This film looks at farmers, indigenous people, and global justice activists who oppose patents on life and advocate for a world where life is not a commodity but something to be treasured. 1 videocassette (ca. 32 min.)

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Plachushchee solnetise vlieiianie voiny na zhizn? gornykh sel v Chechne 2007

Ekaterina Sokireiianskaeiia, Violeta Krasnich, Zarema Mukusheva, Witness (Organization), and Memorial (Society)

Tells the story of people from the Chechen mountainous village of Zumsoy and their struggle to preserve cultural identity and traditions in the context of military raids and enforced disappearances by the federal army, attacks by guerilla fighters, and subsequent displacement. By helping to articulate the voices of Zumsoy villagers in the public and policy spheres, this documentary calls on local and federal authorities to end impunity for human rights violations and to restore policies for the return of mountain villagers to their ancestral homes. 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.)

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President Jimmy Carter 1991

Jimmy Carter, Hugh Sidey, and Warren E Burger

The first President elected from the Deep South since the Civil War, President Carter discusses the presidency from the perspective of a Washington outsider who sought to make human rights a centerpiece of his administration. Carter reflects upon the nature of presidential leadership, illustrated by the Camp David accords, the Iran hostage crisis, the Panama Canal Treaty, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the energy crisis. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Prisoners of conscience 200-?

Anand Patwardhan and  First Run/Icarus Films

An early film by India's leading documentary filmmaker, Anand Patwardhan that presents the human rights situation in India during the State of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi from June 1975 to March 1977. 1 videocassette (41 min.)

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A question of rights the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1999

Victoria Schultz, Michael Winship, and Harrison Ford

Explains how the concept of universal human rights came about and how the international community overcame the barriers of language, culture, and Cold War politics to create a set of standards designed to protect the freedom, dignity, and quality of life of people everywhere. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

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Rape is-- 2002

Margaret Lazarus and  Renner Wunderlich

This documentary looks at rape from a global and historical perspective, but focuses mainly on the domestic cultural conditions of this human rights violation. 1 videocassette (34 min.)

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Rigoberta Menchú broken silence 1993

Félix Zurita and Rigoberta Menchú

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú, speaks about her efforts to unite indigenous people, attain rights, fight discrimination, and integrate the Guatemalan parliament with indigenous and non-indigenous people. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

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School of the Americas school of assassins 1994

Robert Richter and Susan Sarandon

Describes the military assistance and training that the United States provides to Latin American countries at the U.S. Army School of the Americas. All too often the graduates of the school have used their training in attacks against their own people. Human rights advocates would like to see the school closed. 1 videocassette (18 min.)

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Seeing is believing handicams, human rights and the news 2002

Katerina Cizek, Peter Wintonick, Francis Miquet, Necessary Illusions (Firm), and First Run/Icarus Films

This video discusses the history of the camdorder and provides a multi-faced window into the power of do-it-yourself filmmaking. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

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Sisters and daughters betrayed the trafficking of women and girls and the fight to end it c1995

Chela Blitt, Lyons Filmer, Global Fund for Women, University of California (System), and Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning

A report on the practice in Southeast Asia of illegally transporting millions of women and young girls from rural to urban areas and across national borders for the purposes of prostitution. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

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State of fear a film 2005

Paco De Onís, Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates , Karen Duffy, Peru, Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, Skylight Pictures (Firm), and New Day Films

The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's official report chronicles the atrocities of both sides during the twenty year war between Abimael Guzman's revolutionary "Shining path" Indian guerrilla movement and the establishment governments. 1 videodisc (94 min.)

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Stolen childhoods c2004

Len Morris, Georgia Morris, Mark Jonathan Harris, Meryl Streep, Galen Films, Romano Productions, and South Carolina Educational Television Network

A feature length documentary on child labor. Filmed in seven countries: Brazil, India, the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, Kenya and Nepal, stolen childhoods examines the cost of child labor to the global community, probes the causes of this complex phenomenon and recommends actions that can be taken to eliminate this human rights violation in our lifetime. 1 videocassette (1 hr, 26 min.)

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Terror and counter-terror can democracy survive? 1995

Julian Pettifer

This program looks at the economic, political, and military pressures on a government menaced by terrorism. The government is Peru's and the terrorists are among the most determined, ruthless, and enigmatic of Latin American insurgents, the Sendero Luminoso. The program show how Sendero, which uses both urban terror and rural guerrilla tactics, has brought Peru's shaky democracy to the point of collapse; and as Sendero has gained in strength, democratic values have been jettisoned as the country is caught in a vicious cycle of terror and counter-terror. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

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This is what democracy looks like 2000

Jill Freidberg, Rick Rowley, Michael Franti, and Susan Sarandon

Composed of film segments shot by over 100 media activists during the 1999 World Trade Organization's Ministerial meeting in Seattle when human rights activists, environmentalists, indigenous people, labor activists, fair trade proponents, people of faith, union workers, farmers, students and teachers from more than 700 organizations took to the streets to protest against the meeting. 1 videocassette (67 min.)

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A tribe of his own the journalism of P. Sainath ; written, produced and directed by Joe Moulins ; produced by Moulins Media 2002

P Sainath, Joe Moulins, Moulins Media, and Bullfrog Films, inc

Looks at the work of journalist  Palagummi Sainath and the article he wrote for The Times of India, detailing living conditions in the ten poorest districts of the country. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

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The Vienna Tribunal 1994

Gerry Rogers and Adam Symansky

Personal stories of women from around the world who testified before a panel of eminent judges at the Global Tribunal on Violations of Women's Rights. This film dramatically captures the abuses women suffer the world over. 1 videocassette (48 min., 13 sec.)

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Ways of water human rights, gender, security & environment 2009

Peter H Gleick, Rutgers University, and Libraries

1 videodisc (82 min.)

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Welcome to North Korea 2001

Peter Tetteroo and Chu-yong Chong

Film shows a regime where 20 million people live in poverty, some on the brink of starvation and disease, while the former dictator Kim II Sung and his son built extravagant monuments to reflect their power. Also looks at efforts at re-unification between the North and South. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

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Zapatista 1998

Marcos, Noam Chomsky, Karen Parker, Pablo Romo, Vivian Stromberg, Medea Benjamin, Marina Patricia Jiminez, Blase Bonpane, Xabier Elorriaga, Zack De La Rocha, Benjamin Eichert, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Elmer Geronimo Pratt, Paul J McNulty, Joulie Wheeler, and Malcolm Sweeney

In 1996, three international filmmakers traveled to the deep Lacandon jungles of Mexico to seek out and interview the leaders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and to examine the peasant uprisings which began in Chiapas, Mexico in 1994. It recounts through a cast of rebel leaders, celebrity narrators and political activists, how a few thousand Mayan peasants have transformed the political culture of Mexico forever. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

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