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Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 2007, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the labor union that represents writers in the American television and movie industry, hit an impasse in their contract negotiations with the Studios. At the center of the dispute was jurisdiction over the Internet. Unable to make progress, the WGA called a strike, which brought Hollywood to a halt for 100 Days. Using a blend of ground level strike footage, one-on-one interviews with key industry figures,...
2) The Trial
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In February 2008 twelve Muslim men went on trial in Melbourne on terrorism charges. The trial ran for nine months, heard hundreds of hours of secretly taped conversations and presented 66,000 pages of evidence. With unique access to Greg Barns, one of the key defence barristers, THE TRIAL takes us inside one of the biggest court cases in Australia’s history.. Two of the men, Ezzit Raad and Abdullah Merhi, were charged with being members of a terrorist...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Balancing Act" delves deep into the intricate dance between individual rights, public policy, and the overarching umbrella of national security. In an era marked by global threats, technological surveillance capabilities, and fast-evolving political landscapes, defining the boundary between individual freedoms and collective security becomes a subject of heated debate. This book thoughtfully examines the tension and interplay among these pivotal...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Este libro reúne aportes teóricos sobre derechos sociales en la movilidad humana en la migración internacional, con estudios de caso en Argentina y Chile, desde una perspectiva pluridisciplinaria.
Esta publicación no solo ofrece un riguroso análisis legal del grado de protección y garantía de los derechos sociales para las personas migrantes y refugiadas, sino que invita a una mirada crítica sobre la construcción de estándares diferenciados...
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Language
English
Description
The plight of Eastern Europe's Roma is one of the greatest challenges facing the continent. Largely hidden, this book offers an eye-opening, poignant and intriguing analysis of the diverse problems facing Central and Eastern Europe's gypsy populations, including the largely unacknowledged legacy of the Roma Holocaust.
Engaging with a broad range of issues including racism, stereotyping, and political and economic transition in ex-Communist states,...
Author
Language
English
Description
There is no more compelling and dramatic unfolding story, with more profound international ramifications, than the conflict in the Middle East.
Sharing the Land of Canaan is a critical examination of the core issues of the conflict that dares to put forward a radical but logical solution: that a shared state is the best way to achieve justice and peace for Israelis and Palestinians. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, offers an overview of the issues at stake,...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, THE SARI SOLDIERS is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Swahili
Description
A gripping feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto that examines the practice of female genital mutilation in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the tradition. In this epic work, women speak candidly about the practice and explain its cultural significance within Kenyan society. From gripping testimonials by young women who share the painful aftermath of their trauma to interviews with elderly matriarchs...
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Language
English
Description
Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? The uprisings and revolutions of the twenty-first century have not yet affected the stability of the House of Saud, which remains secretive, highly repressive and propped up by the West.
The Islamic Utopia uses a range of sources including first-hand reporting and recently released WikiLeaks documents to examine Saudi Arabia in the decade after the 9/11 attacks, when King Abdullah's...
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imrpint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An adaptation of U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights in honor of its seventy-fifth anniversary, to remind us that universal rights begin in small places, close to home."--
12) Queer Egypt
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Using innovative masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of two people who identify as queer who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests. Forced to choose between sex work and asylum, Jamal chooses to stay and Laila chooses to go.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Israel's gay Palestinian underground. Persecuted in Palestine and called criminals in Israel, gay Palestinians are the silent victims of the conflict. Louie has been hiding in Tel Aviv for ten years, Abdu was tortured and accused of espionage for his relationships with gay Israelis and Louis was almost killed by his family. Where ever they go they live in fear of discovery. Only in Isreael's gay underground are they at home. Eye opening and revelatory....
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Kurdish
Description
The Yazidi girls were often just teenagers when they were abducted from their villages in the mountains of Kurdistan by fighters of Islamic State. They were converted to Islam by force, were sold as sex slaves for terrorists. Now that the survivors return to their homeland, the question arises if they will manage to start anew. Theatre-maker Hussein tries to help them to find a new life.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning feature documentary that follows a diverse group of resilient survivors who have overcome commercial sexual exploitation of children and are changing the world by ensuring no child is forgotten. The film was honored at the United States Senate, the United State of Women’s Summit, and the United Nations Association USA encouraging policymakers to create and implement laws and policies to combat trafficking. The film won Best Documentary...
16) Tantura
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in 1948. To Israelis, it was the War of Independence, to Palestinians it was 'Al Nakba' - the Catastrophe. Director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers as well as Palestinian residents in an effort to re-examine what happened in Tantura, the location of an alleged, Israeli-perpetrated massacre, and find out why 'Al Nakba' is still a taboo in Israeli society.
17) Esther & The Law
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For decades, Esther Kiobel has fought for justice for her husband, who was one of the nine men executed in 1995 after revolting against Shell's pollution of Ogoniland, Nigeria. Almost 25 years later Esther takes Shell to court in the Netherlands.
19) The Investigator
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1990s, Vladimír Dzuro worked as an investigator for the Hague Tribunal, gathering evidence against war criminals. The film also delves into the International Criminal Court's efforts to combat impunity and prevent future atrocities.
Author
Language
English
Description
On Neoliberal Globalization consists of Jose Maria Sison's writings (articles, speeches, statements, messages and interviews) on the subject from 1972 (before the formal adoption of the neoliberal policy regime) to 2021. They reveal how the policy of neoliberal globalization rationalize the unmitigated greed of the monopoly capitalists. The adoption of neoliberal economy policy has brought imperialist countries to the worst economic and social crisis...
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