Minorities

Equal Access: Integrated Education for Romani Children in Bulgaria.

WITNESS Archive — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:01:17 -0700

Running Time: 16 Minutes.

Throughout Central and Eastern Europe, racially-based segregation denies thousands of Romani children equal academic opportunity as they attend substandard schools in Romani ghettos. In the year 2000, Romani activists from the Bulgarian town of Vidin spearheaded the first initiative for educational desegregation in Europe.

Rights On The Line: Vigilantes at the Border

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:12:14 -0700

Running Time: 25 Minutes

RIGHTS ON THE LINE: VIGILANTES AT THE BORDER exposes the ugly anti-immigrant politics that lurk behind the Minuteman Project - and shows the continuum between official border militarization and vigilante action. This video was shot by human rights activists and residents of border communities. It tells the story of border tensions from the point of view of those affected and reveals the underlying motivations of the vigilantes through interviews and disturbing footage of their nighttime patrols.

Entrenched Abuse: Forced Labor in Burma (Excerpts)

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:58:28 -0700

Running Time: 2 Minutes, 15 Seconds.

US Campaign for Burma

Ms. Foundation for Women

msfoundationforwomen — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08:23 -0700

Founded in 1973, the Ms. Foundation for Women is the first and leading women’s fund and the foundation engaged across the United States to build women’s collective power to ignite change. The Ms. Foundation delivers strategic grants, capacity building and leadership development to organizations at local, state, Tribal and national levels working for policy change and culture change across the broad areas of women’s health, economic justice, ending violence and building democracy.

A Loud Color

festival@artsengine.net — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:10:04 -0700

Louis Harding takes a tour of his neighborhood in post-Katrina New Orleans, recounting the contributions of notable African Americans to New Orleans culture and the long road ahead.

Something's Moving

festival@artsengine.net — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:13:13 -0700

Survivors of a U.S. boarding school for the Lakota are breaking the chain of trauma in order to heal their spirits, their community and the country.

A Nomad's Life

festival@artsengine.net — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:13 -0700

A young Tibetan family questions whether their nomadic traditions can survive against the challenges of a rapidly modernizing world.

Entrenched Abuse : Forced Labor in Burma

WITNESS Archive — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:10:45 -0700

Running Time: 10:49
"Entrenched Abuse: Forced Labor in Burma" is a product of the video documentation and advocacy work of Burma Issues, a WITNESS partner based in Thailand. Produced by WITNESS in collaboration with Burma Issues, the video documents use of forced labor in three different areas in 2003 and offers an insight into the impossible choices facing ordinary civilians of all ethnicities under the military dictatorship in Burma.
©2004 , Burma Issues / Witness .

Policing the Police : Northern Ireland's Marching Season (Excerpts)

WITNESS Archive — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:42:02 -0700

Running Time: 8 min.

Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out

Sanamacha's Story

WITNESS Archive — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:43:39 -0700

Running Time 10:23

Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out