Human Rights Film Collection at UConn
Approximately 400 films relating to a variety of human rights themes, including genocide, access to food and water, issues of gender and sexuality, education, labor, and poverty. (Films are located on Level 3 of Homer Babbidge Library.)
Annotated Listing of Human Rights Films at UConn (PDF, Updated December 2007)
Annotated Listing of Human Rights Films at UConn (MS Word Document, Updated December 2007)
2008-2009 Human Rights Film Series: A Cinematic Exploration through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(All films will be shown at 4:00 PM in the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center in support of human rights classes on campus.)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Article 22: Dignity/Cultural and Social Rights
Film: The Three Rooms of Melancholia (2005)
Reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russian and in Chechnya.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Article 3: Life, Liberty and Security
Film: Persepolis (2007)
A young woman comes of age during Iran’s Islamic revolution. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Article 19: Freedom of Expression
Film: Committing Poetry in Times of War (2007)
Chronicles the suspension and firing of a teacher who stood up his students’ freedom of expression.
For more information about the film series and other human rights events at UConn, go to http://www.humanrights.uconn.edu
Resource Guides from the 2007-2008 Film Series
Refugee Issues (Film: Goodbye, Hungaria)
Women, Children and Gender in India (Film: Water)
Prisoners' Rights (Film: The Exonerated)
Marriage Rights (Film: Tying the Knot)
Hurricane Katrina (Film: When the Levees Broke)
Gender and Employment in Iran (Film: Daughters of the Sun)
For more information about the film series and other human rights events at UConn, go to http://www.humanrights.uconn.edu
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The Institute for African American Studies Critical Issues Lecture Series contains recordings of lectures by notable scholars and activists including Angela Davis, Lani Guinier, and Cornel West.
The Women's Center houses over 150 videos relating to issues of gender and sexuality, as well as books, magazines, and journals.
The Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center houses 80 DVDs which can be viewed at the center.
The Asian American Cultural Center contains a small collection of videos which can be viewed at the Center.