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	HU OSA 392-1
Fonds 392:	Video recordings of WITNESS
Subfonds 1:	Activist films

Date(s) 1996-2004

Extent and medium 52 DVD-ROM, 0.52 linear meters

Name of creator(s) WITNESS and its partners

Scope and content

The WITNESS activist films collection consists of 51 documentaries, training and promotional films uncovering violations of human rights and promoting worldwide protection thereof. The collection includes documentaries addressing various human rights issues such as workers’ rights in Asia, youth criminalization in the USA, refugees fleeing armed conflict in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Rwanda among others.

Two renowned WITNESS training videos are of special interest: Video for Change, which is available in three languages (English, French and Spanish), and Tips & Techniques, a training video that provides an introduction to the basic skills of shooting video, including lighting, focus, sound, and framing an image.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 392-1-1 Documentary films and promotional videos, 1996-2004

Conditions governing access Open to researchers

Language/scripts of material

Albanian, Arabic, English, French, Krio, Manipuri, Spanish, Tagalog

Physical characteristics and technical requirements DVD ROMs

Existence and location of originals

• www.witness.org

Related units of description

• HU OSA 350 Records of the International Monitor Institute, 1980-2002
• HU OSA 350-1 Europe, 1990-2001
• HU OSA 350-3 Africa, 1990-2000
• HU OSA 350-1-1 Balkan Archive, 1990-2001
• HU OSA 350-3-1 Rwanda, 1990-1996

Note

Keywords: Human rights
USA
Central America
Asia
Africa
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Rwanda
Former Yugoslavia
Middle East
Advocacy
Training
Workers’ rights
Detention
Mass murder
Rape
Indigenous rights
Refugees
Police violence

Date(s) of descriptions

System of arrangement and preliminary processing by Zsuzsa Zádori 2005; processed and described by Anna Kövecsi, April 2008.
Online version updated 19 April 2012