- Description:
- DVD - Region free. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1..
color.
fullscreen. sound.
Titles
+ Shoot On Sight
- Alternate Title:
- Shoot On Sight: The Ongoing Military Junta Offensive Against Civilians In Eastern Burma
- Director:
- Burma Issues/Peace Way Foundation; Witness
- Production Co:
- Witness; Burma Issues Film Productions
- Running Time:
- Short. 13 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Burma
- Year:
- 2007
- Language:
- English.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. A documentary about the catastrophic situation in Burma. In 2007, the Burmese government began responding to peaceful protests with violence, while the country’s military junta escalated its attacks against Eastern Burma’s ethnic minorities. This film was made through a collaborative effort between members of the organizations Burma Issues and Witness.
+ Garifunas Holding Ground
- Director:
- Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras; Witness
- Production Co:
- Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras; Witness
- Running Time:
- Short. 11 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Honduras, USA
- Year:
- 2004
- Language:
- English and Garifuna with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. This video was co-produced by a group which is part of the Afro-Indigenous community in Honduras, the Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras (Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras). The Garifuna are descendants of Africans and the indigenous Arawaks and Caribs, maintaining a unique culture within South America. In this video, the communities themselves explain their struggles to protect ancestral lands against multiple threats. Original language title: LUCHA GARIFUNA.
+ Crying Sun [Excerpt]
- Alternate Title:
- Crying Sun: The Impact Of War In The Mountains Of Chechnya
- Director:
- Mukusheva, Zarema
- Production Co:
- Witness; Memorial
- Running Time:
- Short. 4 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Chechnya
- Year:
- 2007
- Language:
- Chechen with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. In Chechen with English subtitles. A documentary telling the story of people from the Chechen mountain 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. This video 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.
+ Equal Access
- Alternate Title:
- Equal Access: Integrated Education For Romani Children In Bulgaria
- Director:
- Organization Drom; Witness
- Production Co:
- Witness
- Running Time:
- Short. 16 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Bulgaria, USA
- Year:
- 2006
- Language:
- Bulgarian with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. Bulgarian with English subtitles. A documentary on the challenges facing efforts to improve the education of Romani children in Bulgaira, and the discrimination and segregation faced by Roma. This film was made through a collaborative effort between members of Organization Drom and Witness.
+ Bound By Promises
- Alternate Title:
- Bound By Promises: Contemporary Slavery In Rural Brazil
- Director:
- Comissao Pastoral da Terra; Center for Justice and International Law; Witness
- Production Co:
- Witness
- Running Time:
- Short. 17 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Brazil, USA
- Year:
- 2006
- Language:
- Portuguese with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. In Portuguese with English subtitles. A documentary chronicling the conditions of some of the approximately 25,000 workers enslaved every year in rural Brazil. These workers are trafficked routinely by middlemen who recruit in towns throughout the north and northeastern states, where poverty and unemployment offer no other choices to make ends meet. These middlemen use promises of jobs to bring these workers to isolated ranches in remote areas where the workers are effectively enslaved. This video was made through a collaborative effort between members of Comissao Pastoral da Terra, Center for Justice and International Law and Witness.
+ Darfur Destroyed
- Director:
- Mariner, Joanne
- Production Co:
- Witness; Human Rights Watch
- Running Time:
- Short. 6 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- USA, Sudan
- Year:
- 2004
- Language:
- Arabic with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Sound. In Arabic with English subtitles. This video presents testimony to the atrocities committed against the civilians of Darfur, including scenes of burned and bombed villages and extensive interviews with the civilian victims of the crisis.
+ Dual Injustice
- Alternate Title:
- Dual Injustice: Feminicide And Torture In Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua
- Director:
- Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos; Witness
- Production Co:
- Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos; Witness
- Running Time:
- Short. 16 minutes
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Mexico, USA
- Year:
- 2005
- Language:
- Spanish with English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. In Spanish with English subtitles. The story of one of more than 400 “feminicide” victimes in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, and her cousin who was tortured to confess to her murder. This video was made through the collaborative efforts of members of Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos and Witness.
+ Awaiting Tomorrow
- Director:
- Association des Jeunes pour le Developpement Integre-Kalandu; Witness
- Production Co:
- Witness
- Running Time:
- Short. 15 minutes
- Country:
- Congo, USA
- Year:
- 2006
- Language:
- English subtitles.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- Sound. With English subtitles. A documentary on the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where over 2.6 million people are living with the disease, with health care available to only the smallest fraction. This video was made in collaboration between members of the Association des Jeunes pour Developpement Integre-Kalandu and Witness.