The Human Rights Video Project is a national library project created to increase the public's awareness of human rights issues through the medium of documentary films. To that end, we have curated a collection of 12 documentary films on human rights issues. The project also encourages collaborations between public libraries and human rights advocacy organizations to present film screenings and discussion programs. The project was developed by National Video Resources in partnership with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. Major funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

        

Yarko and Faraj. Photo: Meagan Shapiro.

     

Promises
Through the stories of seven children living in diverse areas of Israel/Palestine, the filmmakers interweave the complex political and geographic history of this region of the Middle East. The film was shot between 1997-2000, a time of relative peace, but the statements and feelings of the children are perhaps more poignant in the light of the current situation.

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Thematic Programing
The Human Rights Video Project provides resources for organizations that wish to create effective discussion programs around human rights issues through documentary film screenings. These five essays suggest how to use the Human Rights Video Collection to present programs on specific human rights issues.

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Women’s Rights

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Children’s Rights

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Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

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Refugee Rights and Related Issues

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Arms, Conflict and International
Humanitarian Law

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Essays
� Introduction: Because We’re All Global Citizens Now
� Globalizing the Local: Towards a Global Understanding In Promoting Human Rights
� Talk About Talks: Facilitating Difficult Discussions
� Moving Pictures, Moving Mountains: Using Video in Advocacy Campaigns
� Sustaining the Public Sphere in Libraries
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