Found 67 resources on human rights
human rights
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of human rights. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
(Hate) Machine
More About (Hate) Machine from Director Phil Caron The concept for (Hate) Machine came out of the…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
A Loud Color
More About A Loud Color from Producer & Director Brent Joseph I was asked by Tim Ryan…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
A Nomad’s Life
More About A Nomad’s Life from Director Lynn True A Nomad’s Life was conceived as part of…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal
More About African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal from Director Ben Herson I was inspired to make…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Argentina Turning Around
More About Argentina Turning Around from Director Melissa Young In the 1990s, Argentina embraced globalization. Instead of…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Ashray
More About Ashray from Director Ambika Samartha Ashray, one of the project organizations that makes up the…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Bits and Pieces - a short from Jordan
More about Bits and Pieces from filmmakers Jackie Sawiris and Ben Mandell Bits and Pieces is a…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime
More About By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime from Director Karen Lin By-Standing is the collision…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
CopWatch
Television audiences have become accustomed to the celebration of ruckus police action via the reality TV show,…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Day of Remembrance
More About Day of Remembrance from Director Cynthia Fujikawa Day of Remembrance is a short documentary that…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Dedicated to My Family
More About Dedicated to My Family from youth Director Nicole Sobottke Hello, I’m the filmmaker of Dedicated…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale
Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale is one of several short subjects that appeared in an hour-long Lifetime…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty was directed by Joshua Holst, a life-long student of the environment and human…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Exiled in America
More about Exiled in America from Director Angela Torres Camarena Exiled in America explores immigration United States,…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize
More About Eyes On The Fair Use Of The Prize from Director/Producer Jacob Caggiano Eyes On The…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
Face to Face, produced by Rob Mikuriya, connects the experiences of Japanese-Americans in the early 1940s with…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Fast and Reliable
More About Fast and Reliable from Director, Tom Soper I was a bike messenger when I first…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Hammoudi
More About Hammoudi from Producer Tima Khalil I first read an article on Mohammad’s story in a…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Holla Back Dubai!
Founded in 1991, Global Action Project empowers youth to become agents of change by making powerful, thought-provoking…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Homecoming
More About Homecoming from the Perpich Center for Arts Education Homecoming evolved over four months beginning with…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
More About How Wal-Mart Came To Haslett from Director and Producer Meerkat Media Collective In the fall…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
I Promise Africa
More About I Promise Africa from Director Jerry Henry I went to Kenya in late August of…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
I’m Not a Boy
More About I’m Not a Boy from Producer Listen Up! Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Immersion
More about Immersion from Director Richard Levien Casting was probably the most important part of making Immersion.…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
In the Morning
More About In The Morning from Director Danielle Lurie When a young Turkish woman, Derya, 15, is…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
In Transit
More About In Transit from Directors and Producers Bent Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III and Louis Abelman…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Is My Neighbor Latino?
Is My Neighbor Latino? was produced and directed by Jorge Aguirre and commissioned by Latino Public Broadcasting…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
iThemba
More About iThemba from the Producers, Keefe Murren and Nelson Walker III The iThemba Film Project was…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Knock Knock, Who’s There?
More about Knock Knock, Who’s There? from Breakthrough Part of a larger Bell Bajao or Ring the…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Laptop
More About Laptop from Producer Public Interest In Spring 2000, President Clinton announced a new televised campaign…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Laugh at the Fat Kid
More About Laugh at the Fat Kid from the Director, Kristina Schoentag Laugh at the Fat Kid…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Locusts
More about Locusts from Producer and Performer Invincible Finale and I spent several years developing the song…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Looking Back
More about Looking Back from Director Emile Bokaer I learned about Albert Lewis while reading a newspaper…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Luv Me Latex
In 2001, Visual AIDS partnered with Frame By Frame Fierce to produce Luv Me Latex. Frame By…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Massacre at Murambi
More About Massacre at Murambi from Director & Producer Sam Kauffmann During the genocide in Rwanda in…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Night Visions
More About Night Visions from Director Kathy Huang Since September 11, 2001, over a million Americans have…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
No Escape, Prison Rape
The first federal bill to stop prison rape, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2002, was introduced…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Permission
More About Permission from Producer Public Interest In 2004, MTV invited Public Interest to create 6 spots…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Perversion of Justice
More About Perversion of Justice from Director Melissa Mummert I worked as a chaplain intern at a…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Pizza Surveillance Feature
More About Pizza Surveillance Feature from the American Civil Liberties Union Based loosely on an Internet joke,…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Power Up
More About Power Up from Director & Producer Sverre Fredriksen Power Up is an animated short film…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Rebel
The Lower East Side Girls Club was founded in 1996 to address the egregious lack of services…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Recycle
More About Recycle from Directors and Producers Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner Recycle is a portrait…
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Media That Matters: Good Food
Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border
More About Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border from Producer WITNESS Rights on the Line:…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Seeds of Hope: South Africa
More About Seeds of Hope: South Africa from the Director Sarah Hesterman Seeds of Hope was produced…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Silence Speaks
Silence Speaks provides violence survivors, witnesses, and prevention advocates with the support, skills, and equipment they need…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Something Other Than Other
More About Something Other Than Other from Director Jerry A. Henry Andrea and I started to film…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Something’s Moving
More About Something’s Moving from Director Randy Vasquez Imagine being taken from your family before the age…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Sonic Memorial Project
Shortly after September 11, 2001, NPR’s Lost & Found Sound brought together radio producers, artists, historians, archivists,…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Sovereign Nation / Sovereign Neighbor
More About Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor from Director and Producer Kendall Moore Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor explores the word…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Still Standing
More About Still Standing from Producer EVC Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) In December 2005, the EVC Youth…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Storm
Thomas Brown, Director of Storm, is the founder of The Broken Toy Project a national anti-bullying program.…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Struggling to Survive
More About Struggling to Survive from Producer Appalshop Struggling to Survive was produced during the Summer of…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
System Failure
More About System Failure from Producer WITNESS Juvenile justice in California is a national embarrassment, a statewide…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
The Apollos
More About The Apollos from Director Nick Parker My role in the making of The Apollos was…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
The Children of Birmingham
More About The Children of Birmingham from Kids on the Hill The Children of Birmingham is an…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
The Countdown
More About The Countdown from Director Rene Dongo The Countdown is a collaboration that had been in…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
The Luckiest Nut In The World
More About The Luckiest Nut in the World from Director Emily James I had been reading a…
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Media That Matters: Good Food
The News Is What We Make It
More About The News Is What We Make It from Director Nickey Robare As a second-year student…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
The Next Wave
More about The Next Wave from Director Jennifer Redfearn The Next Wave presents the human face of…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
The Rules of the Game
More About The Rules of the Game from Directors and Producers Garance Burke and Monica Lam Garance…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Tyttonen (The Young Girl)
More About Tyttonen (The Young Girl) from Director Fabian Giessler This is a short movie inspired by…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Vision Test
Wes Kim is the writer/director of Vision Test as well as co-director of the Seattle-based AIVF Salon,…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Water Warriors
More About Water Warriors from Director and Producer Liz Miller Water is quickly becoming the liquid gold…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Why Do White People Have Black Spots?
More about More about Why Do White People Have Black Spots? from Anya Kandel This film is…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Will I Be Next?
More about Will I Be Next? from Director Ralph Rollins Will I Be Next? explores the issue…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
World On Fire
A Message from Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan wrote us this message about her music video and participation…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
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