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Dance of the Severed Head
directed by Ajay Dubey, fl. 2009; presented by Karma Wangchuk; produced by Shubhra Ghosh, fl. 2013 (London, England: TVF International, 2015), 51 mins
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The spectacular 250 year old Gajon Folk Festival in Kurmun, India, culminates in a controversial dance with a decayed human head. For the first time ever, Karma Wangchuk, a filmmaker from Bhutan, has been granted access behind the scenes to find out more about this mysterious ritual. In honour of Lord Shiva, Gajon...
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directed by Ajay Dubey, fl. 2009; presented by Karma Wangchuk; produced by Shubhra Ghosh, fl. 2013 (London, England: TVF International, 2015), 51 mins
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The spectacular 250 year old Gajon Folk Festival in Kurmun, India, culminates in a controversial dance with a decayed human head. For the first time ever, Karma Wangchuk, a filmmaker from Bhutan, has been granted access behind the scenes to find out more about this mysterious ritual. In honour of Lord Shiva, Gajon Sanyasis, or local farmers turned monks, perform various tantric rituals which have been passed down over the generations, including t...
The spectacular 250 year old Gajon Folk Festival in Kurmun, India, culminates in a controversial dance with a decayed human head. For the first time ever, Karma Wangchuk, a filmmaker from Bhutan, has been granted access behind the scenes to find out more about this mysterious ritual. In honour of Lord Shiva, Gajon Sanyasis, or local farmers turned monks, perform various tantric rituals which have been passed down over the generations, including the dance of the severed head. Karma lives with the local villagers and gains the trust of the local priest to investigate the origins of the dance, and its significance to the people of Kurmun today. Can the festival continue in its current form any longer, or should the worshipping of the severed head be banned?
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karma Wangchuk, Shubhra Ghosh, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Ajay Dubey, fl. 2009, Karma Wangchuk
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
TVF International
Topic / Theme
Hindu
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 TVF International
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Dancing with the Devil
directed by Jon Blair, 1950-; produced by Douglas Engle, fl. 2010, Tom Philips, fl. 2010 and Jon Blair, 1950-, Jon Blair Film Company (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2010), 1 hour
OSCAR and Emmy awarded director Jon Blair offers us an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth; a gripping film with unprecedented access to some of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted men, together with the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them. Three men stalk the gloomy back - all...
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directed by Jon Blair, 1950-; produced by Douglas Engle, fl. 2010, Tom Philips, fl. 2010 and Jon Blair, 1950-, Jon Blair Film Company (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2010), 1 hour
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OSCAR and Emmy awarded director Jon Blair offers us an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth; a gripping film with unprecedented access to some of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted men, together with the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them. Three men stalk the gloomy back - alleys of the city's notorious slums. There are Spiderman, a 28 - year - old drug lord, Inspector Leonardo Torres, a muscle - bound cop fr...
OSCAR and Emmy awarded director Jon Blair offers us an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth; a gripping film with unprecedented access to some of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted men, together with the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them. Three men stalk the gloomy back - alleys of the city's notorious slums. There are Spiderman, a 28 - year - old drug lord, Inspector Leonardo Torres, a muscle - bound cop from Rio's drug squad and Pastor Dione, an evangelical preacher intent on ending the city's drug conflict.
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Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Douglas Engle, fl. 2010, Tom Philips, fl. 2010, Jon Blair, 1950-, Jon Blair Film Company
Author / Creator
Jon Blair, 1950-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
First Hand Films
Topic / Theme
Poverty, Illegal drugs, Cliques and gangs, Organized crime
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Film Platform
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Discovering Dominga
directed by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002; produced by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 57 mins
This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film f...
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directed by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002; produced by Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 57 mins
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This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film follows her remarkable journey of transformation and discovery as she returns to Guatemala in search of her heritage and ultimately join...
This unforgettably dramatic and powerful documentary relates the extraordinary story of a young Iowa housewife who discovers she is a survivor of one of the most horrific massacres in Guatemalan history, committed in 1982 against Maya Indian villagers who resisted a dam project funded by the World Bank. The film follows her remarkable journey of transformation and discovery as she returns to Guatemala in search of her heritage and ultimately joins efforts to bring the perpetrators of the massacre to justice and to promote peace and reconciliation in her native country.Dominga Sic Ruiz was nine years old when, during the bloody Guatemalan civil war, she escaped while paramilitary and army forces murdered her mother and 76 other women and 107 children in the Maya village of Rio Negro. She was eventually adopted and grew up in small-town America, where she became a "normal" teenager named Denese and later married. She buried her past so deeply it became transformed in adulthood into doubts and nightmares, until events brought her to face the truth.Beautifully photographed in Iowa and amid the stunning landscapes of the Guatemalan highlands, the film follows her emotional reconnection with lost relatives, with a rich indigenous culture, and with the violent history in which her beloved adopted country -- the United States -- played a sinister role. Dominga joins the Maya community in the dangerous effort to demand the exhumation of a clandestine mass grave, and later provides testimony in a landmark genocide case, thus becoming part of a global grassroots struggle for justice and human rights."Discovering Dominga" is a compelling and inspiring story that will engage student interest and provoke reflection and discussion in a wide variety of courses in Latin American studies, cultural anthropology, Third World studies, human rights, women's studies, American history and studies, and sociology. It was produced and directed by Patricia Flynn and co-produced by Mary Jo McConahay for the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with KQED with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002, Jaguar House Films
Author / Creator
Patricia Flynn, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Civil war, Peace processes, Criminal justice, Survivors, Guatemalans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 Berkeley Media
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Dubai. Drilling for Art
directed by Christian Schidlowski; produced by Volker Ulrich, fl. 1991, Kanguruh Film, ARTE and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (London, England: TVF International, 2009), 52 mins
If your country has no cultural history, can you simply buy one? The ruling family of Dubai certainly thinks so – and has ordered everything under the sun to make the desert bloom. With exclusive access, Drilling For Art goes behind the scenes of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority which has launched an ambitio...
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directed by Christian Schidlowski; produced by Volker Ulrich, fl. 1991, Kanguruh Film, ARTE and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (London, England: TVF International, 2009), 52 mins
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If your country has no cultural history, can you simply buy one? The ruling family of Dubai certainly thinks so – and has ordered everything under the sun to make the desert bloom. With exclusive access, Drilling For Art goes behind the scenes of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority which has launched an ambitious plan to create the entire culture of the state from scratch. It investigates Dubai’s brand-new opera houses, museums and art galle...
If your country has no cultural history, can you simply buy one? The ruling family of Dubai certainly thinks so – and has ordered everything under the sun to make the desert bloom. With exclusive access, Drilling For Art goes behind the scenes of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority which has launched an ambitious plan to create the entire culture of the state from scratch. It investigates Dubai’s brand-new opera houses, museums and art galleries, and talks to the consultants who are responsible for the flourishing of culture in the wealthiest 4,114 km² of sand in the world. Is this drive for culture purely a drive to become a major financial player in the fast growing global commodity that is art? And will the ripples of the economic downturn reach as far this oil-rich Emirate?
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Volker Ulrich, fl. 1991, Kanguruh Film, ARTE, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)
Author / Creator
Christian Schidlowski
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
TVF International
Person Discussed
Philipp Maier, fl. 1985, Michael Schindhelm, 1960-, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 1949-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Economic conditions, Economic development, Cultural goals, Anthropology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 TVF International
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EARTH +5
produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 2 mins
UN Establishing shot
TV crews zoom out to UN
Flags zoom out to UN 2 takes
Skyscrapers to UN
Cars coming out of UN
TV Camera zoom out to UN
Delegates arriving, police
Protester being escorted
Crews waiting outside police van
Press room
Exhibition booths:
Rainforest alliance (Smart wood)
Zero Emissions
Community Ene...
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produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 2 mins
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UN Establishing shot
TV crews zoom out to UN
Flags zoom out to UN 2 takes
Skyscrapers to UN
Cars coming out of UN
TV Camera zoom out to UN
Delegates arriving, police
Protester being escorted
Crews waiting outside police van
Press room
Exhibition booths:
Rainforest alliance (Smart wood)
Zero Emissions
Community Energy Options
Solar cooking
Development Alternatives
IDRC
Indigenous Knowledge
Youth
Press conference establishing with Hazel Henderson
M...
UN Establishing shot
TV crews zoom out to UN
Flags zoom out to UN 2 takes
Skyscrapers to UN
Cars coming out of UN
TV Camera zoom out to UN
Delegates arriving, police
Protester being escorted
Crews waiting outside police van
Press room
Exhibition booths:
Rainforest alliance (Smart wood)
Zero Emissions
Community Energy Options
Solar cooking
Development Alternatives
IDRC
Indigenous Knowledge
Youth
Press conference establishing with Hazel Henderson
Maximo T. Kalaw, Jr. - Executive Director, Earth Council
Conference Room 4
Opening of UNDP exhibition -Anders (?)
James Gustave Speth, Administrator (?), UNDP
President of GA- Ambassador (Ismail) Razali
Gustavo Krause, Minister of Environment, Brazil
Jean Chretien - Prime Minister of Canada
Gustavo Krause, Minister of Environment, Brazil, at booth
Chief Bisi Ogunleye – Country Women Association of Nigeria
Bill Clinton, President, USA (end)
Chief Bisi Ogunleye (2)
Bolivian Farmer (Luis Oscar Mamani Ramos?)
Gabrielle Hezekiah question: And What effect does this have on your lives as farmers?
Gabrielle Hezekiah question: Could you tell us the situation of Quinoa farmers in Bolivia?
visuals of booth
Amory B. Lovins - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Research, Rocky Mountain Institute (Director, The Hypercar Center) **provisos on release form
Hazel Henderson
Polynesian musicians and dancers
Conference room 2
Gustave Speth, Administrator (?), UNDP
Clare Short
Jose Maria Figueres Olsen - President of Costa Rica
Cut aways of audience - Jose Maria Figueres Olsen speaking
Jose Maria Figueres Olsen again
Bill Clinton (2)
Jose Maria Figueres Olsen President of Costa Rica (2)
Michael McCoy - Northern Co-Chair, International NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UN/CSD)
Squirrel
Vandana Shiva - Director, Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resource Policy
Ice Sculpture (MELT)
Clare Patey - Artistic Director, MELT (arts project)
Visuals of pieces of ice
Walter Bailey - Sculptor, MELT
Pushing over sculpture and other visuals
Andreana Benitez - Peace Child International (Philippines) (at booth)
Cut aways of publications
Donnalie Edwards - WCC, Antigua youth **provisos on release form
Angela Cropper - World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
Ashok Khosla - ??(water project) take 2
cut aways of project
Ashok Khosla (energy Project)
cut aways of project
Youth Caucus
Youth Caucus (song)
squirrel
Wangari Maathai – Women's Green Belt Movement
Juan Samovia - Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations (get protocol)
Irene Gon - Rescue Mission Planet Earth (Argentina)
Kofi Annan visiting SNDP booth
Benson Obua-Ogwal - All Africa Students Union(Ghanaian Youth) (1)
Audience at Panel on People & Sustainable Development
Onell Arias, Indigenous Peoples Alternatives, Co-ordinator of Indigenous Knowledge Programme for Meso-America
More cutaways of audience
Maria Sega (Canada) (Mari/e Saker??) Canadina Environmental Network Youth Caucus
??(Turkey)
Benson Obua-Ogwal (Ghana)
Press Room
Bill Clinton arriving
Denise O’Brian (US Farmer) (O’Brien? - organic farmer)
Mr. Camara Sierra Leone Youth
Bill Clinton (1)
First link in front UN
Flags and establishing shot of UN
Gabrielle Hezekiah crossing street in NY
Gabrielle Hezekiah exiting subway train
Chief * Oren R. Lyons (?? Nation)
Dr. Wawa A. Ngenge - National Co-ordinator, SDNP Cameroon
Mohamed T. El Ashry - Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Gabrielle Hezekiah reverses
Michael Zammit Cutajar - Executive Secretary, UNFCCC (Convention on Climate Change)
Tuiloma Neroni Slade - Ambasador and Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations
Goodluck Diigbo - National President, National Youth Council of Ogoni People; Chair, Human Caucus of NGO (s) to the UN Comm. on Sustainable Development; Member, Steering Committee, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP); Director, International Affairs & Research, African Services Committee, Inc. (Choose one!)
(United Nations Building, New York, USA)
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Banyan Productions
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1979. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Empire of Dust
directed by Bram Van Paesschen; produced by Bart Van Langendonck, fl. 1996, Savage Film (Paris, Ile-de-France: CAT&Docs, 2011), 55 mins
Two men representing two different cultures meet in the dust of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lao Yang, head of logistics for the Chinese Railway Engineering Company, and Eddy, a Congolese man speaking fluent Mandarin, have just joined an isolated camp with the goal to re - lay a 300km strip of road. However,...
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directed by Bram Van Paesschen; produced by Bart Van Langendonck, fl. 1996, Savage Film (Paris, Ile-de-France: CAT&Docs, 2011), 55 mins
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Two men representing two different cultures meet in the dust of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lao Yang, head of logistics for the Chinese Railway Engineering Company, and Eddy, a Congolese man speaking fluent Mandarin, have just joined an isolated camp with the goal to re - lay a 300km strip of road. However, deliveries of equipment or food haven't arrived and the road works will cease without the construction materials. As Lao Yan learns abo...
Two men representing two different cultures meet in the dust of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lao Yang, head of logistics for the Chinese Railway Engineering Company, and Eddy, a Congolese man speaking fluent Mandarin, have just joined an isolated camp with the goal to re - lay a 300km strip of road. However, deliveries of equipment or food haven't arrived and the road works will cease without the construction materials. As Lao Yan learns about the Congolese way of making deals, both men are forced on a harsh but also absurdly funny journey of misunderstandings.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bart Van Langendonck, fl. 1996, Savage Film, Bram Van Paesschen
Author / Creator
Bram Van Paesschen
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
CAT&Docs
Speaker / Narrator
Bram Van Paesschen
Topic / Theme
Ethnic conflict, Intercultural communication, Congolese, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Film Platform
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Energy, Gender and Agricultural Linkages in Kiribati and Nauru
directed by Aren Baoa, fl. 2011 (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 2009), 18 mins
The documentary looks at the energy, gender and agriculture nexus in Nauru and Kiribati, where there is still a need for collaborative efforts to assist these countries with coordinated energy planning and financing for scaling up of appropriate and affordable renewable energy technologies.
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directed by Aren Baoa, fl. 2011 (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 2009), 18 mins
Description
The documentary looks at the energy, gender and agriculture nexus in Nauru and Kiribati, where there is still a need for collaborative efforts to assist these countries with coordinated energy planning and financing for scaling up of appropriate and affordable renewable energy technologies.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Aren Baoa, fl. 2011, Rita Narayan, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Aren Baoa, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization)
Speaker / Narrator
Rita Narayan, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
Global Indigenous Perspectives, I-Kiribati, Nauruan, Agriculture, Economic development, Gender roles, Energy resources, Politics & Policy, Ecology, Nauruans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
©2009
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Engineering As A Career
produced by Banyan Archive (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1994), 21 mins
Young University Graduate investigates the prospect of Engineering as a career.
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produced by Banyan Archive (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1994), 21 mins
Description
Young University Graduate investigates the prospect of Engineering as a career.
Date Written / Recorded
1994-06
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Banyan Archive
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
Career choice
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Evolution of Violence
directed by Fritz Ofner, 1977-; produced by Oliver Neumann, 1976-, FreibeuterFilm (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 1 hour 20 mins
This video contains images of deceased persons.
Evolution of Violence asks how violence becomes interwoven into the fabric of a society. Profiles and interviews reveal how individual lives are shaped by ongoing atrocities. Journalists wait to report on the next murder victim, a social worker helps the relatives of women who have been killed, former rebels mour...
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directed by Fritz Ofner, 1977-; produced by Oliver Neumann, 1976-, FreibeuterFilm (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 1 hour 20 mins
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Evolution of Violence asks how violence becomes interwoven into the fabric of a society. Profiles and interviews reveal how individual lives are shaped by ongoing atrocities. Journalists wait to report on the next murder victim, a social worker helps the relatives of women who have been killed, former rebels mourn their comrades, and a war criminal has nightmares about all the things he's done. While offering a profile of the ongoing violence in...
Evolution of Violence asks how violence becomes interwoven into the fabric of a society. Profiles and interviews reveal how individual lives are shaped by ongoing atrocities. Journalists wait to report on the next murder victim, a social worker helps the relatives of women who have been killed, former rebels mourn their comrades, and a war criminal has nightmares about all the things he's done. While offering a profile of the ongoing violence in today's society, the film looks to historical events — told through the use of archival footage — from Guatemala's colonial history and place in the global banana trade, to the roots of its 36-year civil war, to try to understand how a culture of violence is created.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fritz Ofner, 1977-, Oliver Neumann, 1976-, FreibeuterFilm
Author / Creator
Fritz Ofner, 1977-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Guatemalan Civil War, 1960-1996, War and Violence
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Freibeuterfilm
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Facing the Future
directed by Leonard A. Lies, 1955-; produced by Dream Catchers Films (Pittsburgh, PA: Dream Catchers Films, 2016), 12 mins
In Uganda, gender violence is a serious, hidden problem as a means of solving domestic disputes, jealousy feuds, business, and political differences. Knives, guns, and physical attacks are the most commonly used weapons, but the most horrific weapon is acid. A hired killer purchases acid for less than {dollar}1.00...
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directed by Leonard A. Lies, 1955-; produced by Dream Catchers Films (Pittsburgh, PA: Dream Catchers Films, 2016), 12 mins
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In Uganda, gender violence is a serious, hidden problem as a means of solving domestic disputes, jealousy feuds, business, and political differences. Knives, guns, and physical attacks are the most commonly used weapons, but the most horrific weapon is acid. A hired killer purchases acid for less than {dollar}1.00 and will throw a bottle of acid onto a person’s face and body with the intent of disfiguring and disabling the victim forever. Repor...
In Uganda, gender violence is a serious, hidden problem as a means of solving domestic disputes, jealousy feuds, business, and political differences. Knives, guns, and physical attacks are the most commonly used weapons, but the most horrific weapon is acid. A hired killer purchases acid for less than {dollar}1.00 and will throw a bottle of acid onto a person’s face and body with the intent of disfiguring and disabling the victim forever. Reported acid attack victims in Uganda number at around five hundred, though thousands are undocumented and remain hidden in their villages outside of public view. Twelve acid attack survivors refused to remain hidden and isolated. Through the encouragement of Hanifa and Ritah, both acid attack survivors, they all met for the first time on June 25, 2014, in a small village in Uganda. This was the first time they removed their scarves, veils, and masks in public and shared their stories of survival and hopes for the future. The film "Facing the Future" captured this momentous day as each survivor bravely faced the camera to tell their story. They talked about their former lives, recalled their brutal attacks, and how they survived the painful journey back to recovery. They also spoke about the reasons behind such brutal attacks. Most of all, the film captures the survivors’ dreams and hopes for their future, and shows their strength and desire to regain their dignity and human rights.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dream Catchers Films
Author / Creator
Leonard A. Lies, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Dream Catchers Films
Topic / Theme
Women's rights, Social activism and activists, Survivors, Gender-based violence
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Louis A Picard / Pauline Greenlick & Dream Catchers Films Inc
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