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60 Minutes, Congo Gold
produced by Solly Granatstein, fl. 2001-2016 and Nicole Young, fl. 2009, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2009), 13 mins
Five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a war fueled primarily from gold mined in the country by warlords and smuggled out to be sold on the open market. Scott Pelley reports.
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produced by Solly Granatstein, fl. 2001-2016 and Nicole Young, fl. 2009, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2009), 13 mins
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Five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a war fueled primarily from gold mined in the country by warlords and smuggled out to be sold on the open market. Scott Pelley reports.
Date Written / Recorded
2009-11-29
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Solly Granatstein, fl. 2001-2016, Nicole Young, fl. 2009, Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Scott Pelley, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2009-11-29
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Matt Runci, fl. 2009, Fidel Bafilemba, fl. 2009, John Prendergast, 1963-, Anneke Van Woudenberg, fl. 2002
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Smuggling, Gold, War, Political violence, Gold mines and mining, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, History, Economics, Origins, Congolese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2009 by Columbia Broadcasting System
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731: Two Versions of Hell
produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives t...
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produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
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This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. Th...
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James T. Hong
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World H...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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1971
directed by Tanvir Mokammel, 1955- (Dhaka, Dhaka Division: Tanvir Mokammel, 2011), 3 hours 34 mins
Includes descriptions of violence and sexual assault. This item also contains graphic content.
In the general election of the constituent assembly of Pakistan in December 1970, secular Awami League, led by Bengalee leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won absolute majority. But instead of handing over power to the elected Bengalee representatives, the Pakistan army on 25th March 1971, launched a brutal military cr...
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directed by Tanvir Mokammel, 1955- (Dhaka, Dhaka Division: Tanvir Mokammel, 2011), 3 hours 34 mins
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In the general election of the constituent assembly of Pakistan in December 1970, secular Awami League, led by Bengalee leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won absolute majority. But instead of handing over power to the elected Bengalee representatives, the Pakistan army on 25th March 1971, launched a brutal military crackdown on the Bengalee code named as 'Operation Searchlight'. And since then up to the liberation of Bangladesh in December, for long...
In the general election of the constituent assembly of Pakistan in December 1970, secular Awami League, led by Bengalee leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won absolute majority. But instead of handing over power to the elected Bengalee representatives, the Pakistan army on 25th March 1971, launched a brutal military crackdown on the Bengalee code named as 'Operation Searchlight'. And since then up to the liberation of Bangladesh in December, for long nine months, the marauding Pakistan army perpetrated a genocide in East Pakistan. It is claimed that around three million people were killed, more than two hundred thousand women were raped and about ten million refugees had to flee to India. The Bengalee military and para-military personnel, the youth and the students formed the Freedom Fighters (Muktibahini), who resiliently fought against the Pakistan army and their Islamic collaborators. In December, a full-fledged war broke out between India and Pakistan, and Bangladesh was finally liberated on 16th December as an independent state. Depicting all the main events of the year 1971 Tanvir Mokammel has made a research-based three hour-thirty five minutes (215 minutes) long mega-documentary titled as '1971'. For the people of Bangladesh the year 1971, for its association with the war of independence, has remained a glorious year. But at the same time, as so much carnage happened around, it was also a sad time. The year 1971, for the people of Bangladesh remains, to borrow Charles Dickens' expression— 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times!' For the documentary Tanvir Mokammel shot 250 hours of footage and interviewed 176 individuals including military commanders, freedom fighters, politicians, diplomats, raped women, refugees and survivors from the mass killings.
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Date Written / Recorded
2011
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Tanvir Mokammel, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Tanvir Mokammel
Topic / Theme
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971), War, Refugees, Genocide, Sexual assault, Soldiers, Bangladesh Liberation War, March 26-December 16, 1971, Partition of Bengal, 1947, History, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Bengali, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011 by Tanvir Mokammel
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Acting Together, Vol. 1: Resistance and Reconciliation in Regions of Violence
edited by Polly Walker, fl. 2000, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, fl. 2000 and Cynthia E. Cohen, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: New Village Press, 2011), 310 page(s)
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should be aware that this content may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
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edited by Polly Walker, fl. 2000, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, fl. 2000 and Cynthia E. Cohen, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: New Village Press, 2011), 310 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Polly Walker, fl. 2000, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, fl. 2000, Cynthia E. Cohen, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
New Village Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Peace, Social conflict, Peace activism and activists, The Arts, Post Conflict Support, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011 Cynthia E. Cohen, Polly O. Walker, and Roberto Gutierrez Varea
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Action Plan for Voluntary Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees
in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR), Box 4, Folder 3066 , 7 page(s)
White House Staff and Office Files - National Security Council - Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs - Schwartz, Eric - Rwanda II, 1994-1996
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in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR), Box 4, Folder 3066 , 7 page(s)
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White House Staff and Office Files - National Security Council - Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs - Schwartz, Eric - Rwanda II, 1994-1996
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Rwandan, Refugee camps, Refugees, Human rights, Genocide victims, Genocide, War, Repatriation, Post Genocide Rwanda, 1994-, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Law, Politics & Policy, International Response, Rwandans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Additional Guidance for Ambassador's June 29 Press Conference
in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (June 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 6 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 1, 1994
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in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (June 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 6 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 1, 1994
Date Written / Recorded
June 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Yugoslav Wars: Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats (1991-1995), Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Humanitarian aid, Genocide, War, Government aid, Military aid, Ethnic conflict, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Diplomacy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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African Studies Series, 90, Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975–1991
written by John Young, 1951-, in African Studies Series, 90 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 1997), 290 page(s)
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections. But only one movement, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) triumphed, liberating Tigray in 1989, and in an ethnic-based coalition whic...
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written by John Young, 1951-, in African Studies Series, 90 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 1997), 290 page(s)
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In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections. But only one movement, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) triumphed, liberating Tigray in 1989, and in an ethnic-based coalition which it dominated, assuming state power in 1991. This is the first chronicle of the history of that struggle, and it is based largely on i...
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections. But only one movement, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) triumphed, liberating Tigray in 1989, and in an ethnic-based coalition which it dominated, assuming state power in 1991. This is the first chronicle of the history of that struggle, and it is based largely on interviews with peasants who formed the core of the Tigrayan revolution and the TPLF leadership. It provides the necessary background to understanding post-1991 political developments in Ethiopia. It also offers an explanation of peasant-based revolution that contrasts with contemporary approaches by Marxists, Skocpol, and in particular the works of Wolf, Paige and Scott, all of whom largely ignore the political considerations and the role of the revolutionary party, which Dr. Young identifies as a critical element in his study.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John Young, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1997, April 2006, 2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
African Studies Series
Topic / Theme
Peasants, Revolutions, History, Politics, Government, Ethiopian Civil War, 1974-1991, Politics & Policy, Ethiopians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1997 Cambridge University Press
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Betty Wood, Professor of History, Oxford University. 2 of 2
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 10 mins
Betty Wood is interviewed about blacks fighting in the American Revolution, blacks leaving the US with the British, Dunmore's Proclamation and the fear of slave rebellion, controlling slaves after Dunmore's Proclamation, the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation.
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 10 mins
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Betty Wood is interviewed about blacks fighting in the American Revolution, blacks leaving the US with the British, Dunmore's Proclamation and the fear of slave rebellion, controlling slaves after Dunmore's Proclamation, the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Betty Wood, fl. 1998, John Murray, 1732-1809
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Militias, War, Freed slaves, Rebellions, Slavery, Revolutions, Dunmore's War, 1774, American Revolution, 1775-1783, War and Violence, Race and Gender, Politics & Policy, History, British, Americans, Africans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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© 1998-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
written by Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009, originally published 2009), 570 page(s)
The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a swee...
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written by Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009, originally published 2009), 570 page(s)
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The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Gérard Prunier, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Genocide, Politics, International relations, Refugees, Economic conditions, War, Post Genocide Rwanda, 1994-, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, History, International Response, Origins, Congolese, Rwandans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011 by Oxford University Press
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Al-Anfal and the Genocide of Iraqi Kurds, 1988
This report, on the Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences website, explains the al-Anfal campaign in 1988, a genocidal military operation led by Saddam Hussein's Ba’athist regime against the ethnic Kurds of northern Iraq.
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This report, on the Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences website, explains the al-Anfal campaign in 1988, a genocidal military operation led by Saddam Hussein's Ba’athist regime against the ethnic Kurds of northern Iraq.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Author / Creator
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Date Published / Released
2013
Topic / Theme
Al-Anfal Campaign (1986-1989), Genocide, Chemical warfare, History, Origins, Kurdish
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