Heroes of Human Rights
Description
This episode celebrates the heroes in the fight for human rights. Features include excepts from the documentary "At the Edge of Conflict" about the Waiapi people who fought for and won tribal land rights, and a profile of Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú - an advocate for indigenous and women's rights. Further profiles include Richard N'Sanzabagoma, a human rights activist from Rwanda, and Geoffrey Canada, who defends the rights of children in Harlem. Also, journalist Roy Gutman and filmmaker Ademir Kenovic chronicle the war in the former Yugoslavia, and journalist Veronica Guerin, who was murdered while covering the war in Ireland, is remembered. Finally, a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Elie Wiesel.
Runtime
26 min
Series
Subjects
- Cultural geography (235)
- Peace-building (15)
- Population (248)
- Ethics (196)
- Social movements (245)
- Human rights (174)
- Social ecology (250)
- Collective behavior (206)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c1996
Database
Films on Demand
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