One Fine Day. Individual Acts of Courage and Defiance
Description
Idealists thrive on the notion that a single person can change the world-but what basis does it have in reality? Is there room for it in an age of oppression and unrepentant brutality? This film profiles six people from different cultures and religions who, through small nonviolent actions, helped to overcome injustice. Ashin Kovida, a Buddhist monk now living in the U.S., reflects on his leadership of anti-government protests in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Maria Jesus Sanhueza, a young Chilean woman, describes her role in the Penguin Revolution which brought about government funding for education. And Christian Fuhrer, former pastor of the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Germany, recounts the Monday Demonstrations and "Prayers for Peace" that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Equally compelling are former Olympian and Black Power advocate John Carlos, a young Chinese man called Nic who represents the fight against Internet censorship, and an Iraqi girl named Rania Ibrahim whose life was nearly cut short by a suicide vest.
Runtime
52 min
Subjects
- Wealth (179)
- Power (Social sciences) (152)
- World politics (2067)
- Political geography (64)
- Equality (339)
- Racism (548)
- Sex and law (30)
- Social movements (245)
- Political activists (157)
- Sexism (149)
- Collective behavior (206)
- Courage (4)
- Social classes (184)
- Ethnicity (289)
- Comparative government (142)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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