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Convictions: Prisoners of Conscience
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directed by Robert Richter, 1929-; produced by Robert Richter, 1929-, Richter Productions (New York, NY: Richter Productions, 2004), 22 mins
Profiles some of the 200 civil disobedience activists who collectively have spent more than 80 years in federal prison for their nonviolent actions to close the School of the Americas.
directed by Robert Richter, 1929-; produced by Robert Richter, 1929-, Richter Productions (New York, NY: Richter Productions, 2004), 22 mins
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Crossing the Line
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directed by Robert Richter, 1929- and Avram Ludwig, 1962-; produced by Robert Richter, 1929- and Avram Ludwig, 1962-, Richter Productions (New York, NY: Richter Productions, 1999), 24 mins
The grassroots campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA), with Martin Sheen and 7,000 others.
directed by Robert Richter, 1929- and Avram Ludwig, 1962-; produced by Robert Richter, 1929- and Avram Ludwig, 1962-, Richter Productions (New York, NY: Richter Productions, 1999), 24 mins
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Finding Mercy
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directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the inde...
directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
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Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh
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written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of...
written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
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Red Lines
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directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, of...
directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
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This is Life with Lisa Ling, The Patriot Movement
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directed by Courtney Hutchens and Taimi Arvidson, fl. 2010; presented by Lisa Ling, 1973-; produced by Sam Lacroix, Courtney Hutchens and Taimi Arvidson, fl. 2010, in This is Life with Lisa Ling (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 42 mins
As the divide between right and left reaches new heights, one group is taking an extreme approach to politics: The Patriot Movement. Lisa embeds with a militia deep in the Arizona desert preparing for threats foreign and domestic and meets the family of a man who became a martyr for the movement.
directed by Courtney Hutchens and Taimi Arvidson, fl. 2010; presented by Lisa Ling, 1973-; produced by Sam Lacroix, Courtney Hutchens and Taimi Arvidson, fl. 2010, in This is Life with Lisa Ling (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2017), 42 mins
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