Human Rights Video Resources
Strategies for locating
Videos | Video/DVD Titles at ASU | Public Performance Rights | Other
Resources
Amnesty International Worldwide Library
Strategies
for Locating Video/DVD at
ASU
An effective way to search for videos in
the ASU Libraries Catalog is using a keyword
search. When doing a search on your topic of interest, be sure to
include the word 'videorecording'. This will limit your results to video
materials. For example:
If you wish to find videos that can be shown in public,
add the phrase "Public Performance Rights" (in quotes).
See also: Tips
for Keyword Searching | Finding
Videos (from ASU West Library
See all ASU
VIDEOS with PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.
Video / DVD
titles available at ASU
Most videos listed below are available
from ASU West library. In some cases, videos may be located in Tempe.
Videos at any ASU library can be requested
or booked by any ASU student.
List includes dozens of feature films available at ASU
West Library. The Tolerance
in Films list was created to aid teachers in the promotion of democracy,
peace, human rights, and tolerance and respect for human rights. The
ASU-West Library owns 27 of the 95 UNESCO titles in video or videodisc
format. See: Holdings
at ASU or Complete
List.
Human Rights
related videos available at ASU West
Listed
below is a short list of films related to human rights available at
ASU West library.
City of dreams
[videorecording] / written & directed by Bruno Sorrentino ; producer,
Gianfranco Norelli ; - 2001 (HV6250.4.W65 C52 2001 VIDEO)
Investigates
the murders of the Women of Juarez, Mexico.
Forsaken
Cries: the Story of Rwanda / Amnesty International USA - 1997 (DT450.435
.F67 1997 VIDEO)
Video
examines the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as a case study in the human rights
challenges of the 21st century. INCLUDES PRINTED
GUIDE
Globalization &
Human Rights - 1999 (HF1359 .G582x 1999 VIDEO)
Documentary
examining the clash between the trend of increasing economic globalization
and international human rights advocacy. Investigates the impact of
foreign economic influence on gold miners in South Africa, the petroleum
industry in Nigeria, the collapse of the economy of Indonesia, child
labor abuses in Thailand and the situation in East Timor. Includes public
performance rights.
Through the Wire
-- 1991 (HV 8738 .T57x 1991 VIDEO)
An
investigation of the treatment of three female prisoners, Susan Rosenberg,
Silvia Baraldini, and Alejandrina Torres, who were sentenced to prison
for non-violent, politically motivated crimes and placed in a controversial
high security unit of a Lexington, Kentucky federal prison from 1986
to 1988. Human rights groups interceded in the prisoners' behalf and
the unit was finally closed down and the prisoners transferred to another
prison. The film includes reports from Amnesty
International.
See search results of "human
rights" and videorecording.
Public Performance Rights for ASU Videos
See all ASU
VIDEOS with PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.
Other
Film Resources and Ideas
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Be sure to limit your searches to video resources. Note: the use of
videorecording as a key word (suggested for ASU searches, above) may
not work in other library catalogs.
Icarus
Films on Human Rights
ASU
Libraries has more than a dozen of these films. Please check the catalog
before ordering. Furthermore, ASU may obtain many of these films via
interlibrary loan or through library purchase given enough notice.
Human
Rights Watch - Annual Film Fesival
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