{"id":21,"date":"2007-08-22T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T15:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsresearch.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/22\/human-rights-film-collection-at-uconn\/"},"modified":"2007-08-22T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2007-08-22T15:33:22","slug":"human-rights-film-collection-at-uconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2007\/08\/22\/human-rights-film-collection-at-uconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Film Collection at UConn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Human Rights Film Collection has been updated and expanded for the new academic year to include almost 400 films.\u00a0 An annotated pdf listing of films <\/a>(55 pages, 429 KB) is now available on the human rights research guide’s film page.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Films are listed in alphabetical order by title and include summary information, call number, format, and location.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the bulk of the films are VHS cassette tapes, but we are continually updating the collection to include more DVDs.\u00a0 Most titles purchased since 2002 are in DVD format.\u00a0 To browse the film collection in person,\u00a0go to the media room on the 3rd floor of Babbidge Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A small sampling of titles from the Human Rights Film Collection:<\/p>\n

The 3\u00a0Rooms of Melancholia\/ <\/em>Millennium Film, a film by Pirjo Honkasalo.\u00a0 2004.\u00a0 DVD.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reveals the psychological devastation the Chechen conflict has inflicted on children.\u00a0 DK 511 .C37 T4 2004\u00a0<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All About Darfur.\u00a0 <\/em>written, produced and directed by Taghreed Elsanhouri.\u00a0 2005.\u00a0 DVD.<\/p>\n

Includes interviews with ordinary Sudanese in outdoor tea shops, markets, refugee camps and living rooms to illuminate the deeply rooted prejudices at the heart of the current ethnic violence.\u00a0 DT 154.6 .A45 2005.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hunger in America\/ <\/em>produced by Martin Carr; written by Peter Davis.\u00a0DVD <\/font><\/p>\n

A researched study of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, focusing\u00a0on communities in Alabama, Arizona, Washington DC and Texas.\u00a0\u00a0There is also\u00a0analysis of US government food programs, including farm subsidies, food stamps, and surplus food.\u00a0 HV 696 .F6 H85<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Torture Question.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Written, produced and directed by Michael Kirk; a Frontline coproduction with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; WGBH Educational Foundation.\u00a0 DVD<\/font><\/p>\n

Episode of the PBS series, Frontline<\/em>, which\u00a0explores decisions made in Washington, D.C. in the immediate aftermath of September 11th which led to policies which allowed for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more films, please see the complete film listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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