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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.)

Human Rights Film Collection at UConn 2007-2008 Human Rights Film Series: A Cinematic Exploration through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Full Film Schedule (pdf)

 

Film Resource Guides

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

 

Human Rights Film Collection at UConn Other Film Collections at UConn


The Rainbow Center Library (on the 4th floor of the Student Union) houses over 400 videos and DVDs on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered issues.

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.

 

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