Suggested Videography

Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers
Documentary, 2 hours.

Environmentalists Under Fire: 10 Urgent Cases of Human Rights Abuses
By Amnesty International and the Sierra Club. 21 minutes. As part of the Humanr Rights and the Environment Campaign, the goal of the video project is to shine a light on nations where human rights abuses are being committed against environmental activists and to take action immediately to stop the abuses suffered by environmentalists who are being beaten, harasses, detained, raped, tortured, and murdered.

The Global Economy.
Documentary by Junior Achievement, 1999.

Global Village or Global Pillage?
Documentary by Global Exchange, 2000. 25 minutes.

Globalization and Human Rights
Documentary by Globalvision, 1998. 57 minutes. (see http://www.globalvision.org )

Human Rights: Working for a Better World
NBC News Video, 1993.

Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti: Walt Disney and the Science of Exploitation...
Documentary produced by the National Labor Committee, 1996. What is it like to work in a Haitian facorry sewing Disney children's clothing for export and sale in the U.S.? This video is an investigation into Disney's factories in Haiti where workers earn 7 cents for every pair of Disney pajamas she sews, or one-half of one percent f the sales price of the garment.

Showdown in Seattle
By the Independent Media Center, November 1999. Footage compiled from dozens of independent videographers on the streets of Seattle during the 1999 WTO protests.

Soldier Child
Directed by Neil Abramson and narrated by Danny Glover, 1998. This documentary reveals the story of the kidnapping of 12,000 children from their homes in Northern Uganda to be trained as soldiers in a rebel army in Sudan. It also documents the efforts put forth by the Northern Uganda people for their children who have escaped from the army.

Suffering in Iraq Due to Economic Sanctions
CBS newspiece from "60 Minutes" Program, May 12, 1996. 15 minutes.

This Is What Democracy Looks Like
By the Independent Media Center, 2000. A documentary about the WTO protests in Seattle 1999. Narrated by Susan Sarandon and Michael Franti with footage from hundreds of amateur videographers who filmed the protests from the streets. This is coverage of the historic protest and launch of a global movement from grassroots media-makers.

Welcome to Sarajevo
Feature film by Miramax, 102 minutes. An offbeat band of TV journalists stationed in Sarajevo during the heat of the war report from the front-lines. One of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety in the UK.