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War Crimes

• "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
  The Trials of Henry Kissinger

  
  

• Anti-Communist dictator who ruled Chile for 17 years, imprisoning, torturing and "disappearing" more than 3000 of its citizens, following a coupe against Salvador Allende sponsored by the CIA and oredered up by Kissinger.
  The Pinochet Case

• Bowling for Columbine

  "Bowling for Columbine is the most important movie to come out of the United States since the events of Sept. 11. This anatomy of trigger-happy America is by turns funny, harrowing, sad and surreal. I love it." - Brian D. Johnson

  Staring Down the Barrel of A Gun. With Canadian money and Yank moxie, Michael Moore takes aim at the fear and loathing behind America's fetish for firearms

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• Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
  What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate's brother. George W. Bush stole the presidency of the United States... and got away with it.

  "...the movie highlights those on the front lines--from the African-Americans who were turned away from the polling booths for assorted reasons... In one memorable scene the filmmakers freeze-frame a 'protest' against the ballot recount, identifying participants as staff members of Republican elected officials."

  --Elaine Dutka, Los Angeles Times

   

• Al-Sabbar (Cactus)
  Zuhaira Sabbagh, a young Arab woman with an Israeli passport, leads a youth group in Nazareth during her free time. "Armed" with nothing more than cameras, the group searches for ruins of Arab villages that were destroyed by the Israeli army in 1948.

  These investigations provide a way for the youth group to peacefully resist Israeli attempts to erase all traces of a time when the land was home to Palestinians. The group's efforts are met with strong opposition from the Israeli inhabitants. During her investigations, Zuhaira Sabbagh meets Swiss doctor Hans Bernath and his wife who, as delegates of the Red Cross, have witnessed the most important phases of this Middle East conflict
  

• Children of Fire
  Dramatic, bravely filmed...if you closed your eyes you could have been witnessing the Nazi occupation of the Warsaw Ghetto." - Daily Express

  When filmmaker Mai Masri returned to her hometown of Nablus after a fourteen year absence, she discovered a new generation of Palestinian fighters: the children of the Intifada.

  Winner of the Award of Public at the Freminin Pluriel Festival, Children of Fire captures their courageous story on film and paints a daring portrait of the Palestinian uprising.

• Children of Shatila
  Many people first became aware of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon after the shocking and horrific Sabra-Shatila massacre that took place there in 1982. Located in Beirut's "belt of misery," the camp is home to 15,000 Palestinians and Lebanese who share a common experience of displacement, unemployment and poverty. Fifty years after the exile of their grandparents from Palestine, the children of Shatila attempt to come to terms with the reality of being refugees in a camp that has survived massacre, siege and starvation.

  Director Mai Masri focuses on two Palestinian children in the camp: Farah, age 11 and Issa, age 12. When these children are given video cameras, the story of the camp evolves from their personal narratives as they articulate the feelings and hopes of their generation

• NOWHERE TO HIDE
  Produced by Jon Alpert
  28 Min. * High School to Adult

  At the height of the allied aerial bombing of Iraq, newsman Jon Alpert, a long-time contributor to NBC News, shot the only footage of the war's impact not censored by either Iraq or the U.S. Traveling with former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Alpert captured on camera what it was like to be on the ground during the allied bombing. In an often harrowing journey they witnessed widespread civilian casualties and extensive damage to homes, villages and markets, sometimes minutes after it occurred. In dramatic and often graphic scenes, NOWHERE TO HIDE shows a far different reality than what most Americans saw on the nightly news. Although several networks initially expressed strong interest in the footage, all declined to air it, and NBC ended its long affiliation with Alpert, a seven-time Emmy-winner.

  "Horrifying...glimpses at the civilian devastation inflicted by allied bombing." San Jose Mercury News

  "Unrelenting...substantially contradicts administration claims that civilian damage from the American-led bombing campaign was light." Dennis Bernstein, Pacific News Service

• Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
  A 64 minute documentary that explores some of the more controversial questions of the Gulf War. Were all diplomatic means really utilized to try and resolve the issue peacefully? What are the facts behind "Gulf War Syndrome"? And, what are the alternative purposes behind the embargo against Iraq that still persists? The result of two years of investigating, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, narrated by actor John Hurt, uses documents never before seen on television, and interviews with prominent figures such as General Norman Schwarzkopf, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and former UN Iraq Program Director Dennis Halliday, among others, to answer these and other questions.

• Forum on Iraq - Sanctions and the Politics of Weapons Inspections
  John Miglietta, a documentary film maker and activist in New York City, has recently completed a 30- minute video to educate the general public about two of the central issues surrounding US government policy towards Iraq. It features Scott Ritter, former chief weapons inspector for the UN in Iraq, and Dr. Simon Harak, SJ, peace activist and member of Voices in the Wilderness, a US group which defies the US-led sanctions regime by bringing in food and medicines to the Iraqi people. Ritter, a former US Marine intelligence officer, and Harak, a long-time pacifist and Professor of ethics, have been speaking together on college campuses on two of the key issues that the American public needs to understand: the human catastrophe in Iraq brought on by the sanctions and the reality of the Iraqi "threat" via weapons of mass destruction.

• Paying the Price
  A 74 minute (also available in 47-minute version) special report by award-winning British journalist and filmmaker John Pilger. Investigating the effects of sanctions on the people of Iraq, Pilger takes the former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Denis Halliday, back to the crippled country for the first time since he resigned in protest over the sanctions back in September 1998. Together, they reveal an extraordinary portrait of life in a country with a decaying infrastructure and a population that Pilger says is being held hostage to the compliance of Saddam Hussein.

• Greetings from Missle Street
  In the Summer of 2000, members of Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to stop the economic sanctions against Iraq, committed an act of civil disobedience. Facing up to 12 years in jail and fines potentially in excess of $1 million, the delegates went to live in Basra, Iraq with families who survive on the U.N. Oil for Food Program. As the enforced poverty in which Iraqis live shows, the real crime is the effects of 10 years of sanctions and random bombings, imposed primarily by the United States, not going to Iraq to get a clear picture of what’s happening. The Iraqi families involved in the project asked to have their stories told. Greetings From Missile Street is a rare glimpse at a small but exemplary sample of the hardships experienced by Iraqi citizens.

• Videos on War & Peace: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, FORGIVENESS, GULF WAR, GUN/WAR CULTURE, IRAN, IRAQ, PEACE STUDIES, NUCLEAR ISSUES, RWANDA, VIETNAM, VETERANS

• Video & Film Lending Library. American Friends Service Committee.
  No excuse not to see that film. Large catalogue. Get a weekly film viewing in your area.

• People's Video Network - Videos and books available.

• arabfilm.com - Arab Film Distribution
  

• OneWorld TV - Stories available online.

  OneWorld TV is essentially a dialogue space, based on a continuously evolving body of video stories. A departure from traditional TV programmes, OneWorld TV is based on an "open documentary" concept, where stories are collectively built. Using the tools provided you can upload short clips in simple sequences. Other people around the world will add different perspectives, personal testimonies and new evidence to create an interactive exploration of global issues. More.