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Julian Bond
directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; produced by Soledad Liendo, fl. 2000-2017 and Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-, Heritage Film Project (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 34 mins
This enlightening portrait joins African American social activist Julian Bond as he traces his roots back to slavery. A leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Julian Bond was among the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leader of the 1963 March on Washington, and a Georgia legislator for tw...
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directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; produced by Soledad Liendo, fl. 2000-2017 and Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-, Heritage Film Project (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 34 mins
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This enlightening portrait joins African American social activist Julian Bond as he traces his roots back to slavery. A leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Julian Bond was among the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leader of the 1963 March on Washington, and a Georgia legislator for twenty years. Now in his seventies, Bond recalls the experience of growing up in the segregated south, where his parents’ belief in har...
This enlightening portrait joins African American social activist Julian Bond as he traces his roots back to slavery. A leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Julian Bond was among the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leader of the 1963 March on Washington, and a Georgia legislator for twenty years. Now in his seventies, Bond recalls the experience of growing up in the segregated south, where his parents’ belief in hard work and education lifted the family out of what he describes as an apartheid system. An erudite, well-spoken man, audiences visit his classroom at the University of Virginia where he shares with a new generation the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Movement. Julian Bond’s recollections chronicle several turbulent decades of American history, as society was evolving to allow more opportunity to African Americans. An essential documentary for African American Studies, American History, and Sociology courses. College Adult High School Junior High School
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Field of Study
Black History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Soledad Liendo, fl. 2000-2017, Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-, Heritage Film Project
Author / Creator
Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Race and culture, Race relations, Civil rights, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Black Studies, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Jung Sai: Chinese Americans
directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Saul Rubin, fl. 1974 and Elaine Attias, 1928- (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1977), 29 mins
A young Chinese American journalist seeks her ethnic origins by traveling through the West Coast Chinese community interviewing people on the coolie labor immigrations, work in railroads and mines, and contributions made by Chinese to American culture.
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directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Saul Rubin, fl. 1974 and Elaine Attias, 1928- (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1977), 29 mins
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A young Chinese American journalist seeks her ethnic origins by traveling through the West Coast Chinese community interviewing people on the coolie labor immigrations, work in railroads and mines, and contributions made by Chinese to American culture.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Saul Rubin, fl. 1974, Elaine Attias, 1928-
Author / Creator
Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Speaker / Narrator
Connie Young Yu, 1941-
Person Discussed
Connie Young Yu, 1941-
Topic / Theme
China and its Borders, Labor force, Immigrant life, Immigrant populations, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Chinese, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1977 American Film Foundation
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Law Not War: Ben Ferencz's Fight for Justice: A Man Can Make a Difference
directed by Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015 (Monoduo Films, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nure...
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directed by Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015 (Monoduo Films, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
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Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nuremberg, Benjamin Ferencz relives his memories of the famous trials through intimate interviews, which are interwoven with historic film...
Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nuremberg, Benjamin Ferencz relives his memories of the famous trials through intimate interviews, which are interwoven with historic film footage and statements from other international leaders in the field. Ferencz’s life is defined by his remarkable journey from a poor, immigrant family in Hell’s Kitchen, New York through Harvard Law School, to become Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials at the age of 27. At an age when most people’s careers have not even begun, Ferencz was prosecuting the Einsatzgruppen, the group of Nazi soldiers who were known as death squads, and who were responsible for mass killings that took place during the Holocaust. After the Nuremberg Trials, Ferencz became a tireless fighter for the ideals that they represented. He devoted his life to the principle that war crimes should be prosecuted, and he worked relentlessly for the ICC to actualize that, despite the fact that the political climate during the Cold War was not favourable to his position. Ferencz still travels the world today, 70 years after the Nuremberg Trials, seeking both peace and justice for those who commit war crimes. 70 years later, his struggle is as relevant now as it was in 1945. As Ferencz himself says, “We have to turn to law instead of war. Or else we will destroy the whole world.”
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Biography, Documentary
Author / Creator
Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Monoduo Films
Speaker / Narrator
Ben Ferencz, 1920-
Person Discussed
Ben Ferencz, 1920-
Topic / Theme
Holocaust (1933-1945), German, Jewish, War crimes tribunals, Immigrant life, Survivors, Nazism, Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1949, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Life on the Line
produced by Cactus Media (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 32 mins
Every year thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala leave their families and homes in Central America in their attempt to make a life for themselves in "El Norte" (the U.S.). Staking everything they own on a one-way trip to the promised land, they encounter police abuse, robbery, extortion, r...
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produced by Cactus Media (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 32 mins
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Every year thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala leave their families and homes in Central America in their attempt to make a life for themselves in "El Norte" (the U.S.). Staking everything they own on a one-way trip to the promised land, they encounter police abuse, robbery, extortion, rape and even murder at the hands of Mexicans. Ironically, Mexicans face similar hardships when they try to enter the U.S. illegally. Th...
Every year thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala leave their families and homes in Central America in their attempt to make a life for themselves in "El Norte" (the U.S.). Staking everything they own on a one-way trip to the promised land, they encounter police abuse, robbery, extortion, rape and even murder at the hands of Mexicans. Ironically, Mexicans face similar hardships when they try to enter the U.S. illegally. This powerful documentary tells the stories of the desperate Central American men, women and children who put their lives on the line for a dream they can never be sure to reach. As they journey north through Tabasco and Veracruz, traveling along the tracks of the train known as "The Beast, these migrants are treated not as human beings but as a profitable industry. Cristina, a Honduran woman, had left her daughter behind in the hope of finding a job in the U.S. that would let her send money back to her family. She got stopped at the border, when Mexican authorities wouldn't let her leave until she could pay the "coyotes" (people smugglers). She finally made it to Houston, where she started working. Since the film was made, the trains leaving Chiapas for the north were suspended and thousands of migrants were stranded in Chiapas without food or money. Military forces and police dealt with the situation by means of massive deportations and human rights violations. College Adult
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Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cactus Media
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Immigrant life, Immigration and emigration, Sociology, Law, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Like a Man on Earth
directed by Dagmawi Yimer, 1977- and Andrea Segre, 1976-; produced by Andrea Segre, 1976-, Alessandro Triulzi, 1941- and Marco Carsetti, fl. 2010, ZaLab and Asinitas Onlus (Padua, Veneto: ZaLab, 2008), 1 hour 1 mins
A journey of pain and dignity, through which Dagmawi Yimer manages to give voice to the almost impossible memory of human suffering, compared to which Italy and Europe have responsibilities that they could not stay much longer hidden. "Like a man on earth" gathers for the first time the direct voice of African mig...
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directed by Dagmawi Yimer, 1977- and Andrea Segre, 1976-; produced by Andrea Segre, 1976-, Alessandro Triulzi, 1941- and Marco Carsetti, fl. 2010, ZaLab and Asinitas Onlus (Padua, Veneto: ZaLab, 2008), 1 hour 1 mins
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A journey of pain and dignity, through which Dagmawi Yimer manages to give voice to the almost impossible memory of human suffering, compared to which Italy and Europe have responsibilities that they could not stay much longer hidden. "Like a man on earth" gathers for the first time the direct voice of African migrants on the ways in which Libya is operating the control of migratory flows from Africa , on behalf of and with funding from Italy and...
A journey of pain and dignity, through which Dagmawi Yimer manages to give voice to the almost impossible memory of human suffering, compared to which Italy and Europe have responsibilities that they could not stay much longer hidden. "Like a man on earth" gathers for the first time the direct voice of African migrants on the ways in which Libya is operating the control of migratory flows from Africa , on behalf of and with funding from Italy and Europe. Dag was studying Law in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Due to the strong political repression in his country he has decided to emigrate. In the winter of 2005 has crossed by land the desert between Sudan and Libya. In Libya, however, he came across a series of mishaps related not only to the violence of smugglers who run the trip to the Mediterranean , but also to the oppression and violence suffered by the Libyan police, responsible for indiscriminate arrests and mass deportations.Survived the Libyan trap, Dag managed to arrive by sea in Italy, in Rome, where he began to attend the school of Italian Asinitas Onlus, a meeting place for many African immigrants.Here he learned not only the Italian but also the video-documentary language. So he decided to collect the memories of his peers on the terrible journey through Libya, and to try to break the incomprehensible silence about what happened in the North African country. The documentary is part of a project of Archives of Migrants Memories involving Asinitas, ZaLab and AAMOD.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrea Segre, 1976-, Alessandro Triulzi, 1941-, Marco Carsetti, fl. 2010, ZaLab, Asinitas Onlus, Dagmawi Yimer, 1977-
Author / Creator
Dagmawi Yimer, 1977-, Andrea Segre, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
ZaLab
Speaker / Narrator
Dagmawi Yimer, 1977-
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Refugees, Immigration and emigration, Sociology, Italians, Ethiopians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Looking for Victoria: An Argentine Story
directed by Ton Vriens (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 1 hour
Victoria, a young Argentine woman, set out to find the truth about her parents who disappeared in 1978 during the military dictatorship. She was 18 months old at the time. Painful questions emerge: Were her parents terrorists? Did her father suffer more because he was Jewish? Why did they leave her behind when the...
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directed by Ton Vriens (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 1 hour
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Victoria, a young Argentine woman, set out to find the truth about her parents who disappeared in 1978 during the military dictatorship. She was 18 months old at the time. Painful questions emerge: Were her parents terrorists? Did her father suffer more because he was Jewish? Why did they leave her behind when they all could have fled the country? With Argentina on the brink of social chaos today, Victoria finds herself facing the same difficult...
Victoria, a young Argentine woman, set out to find the truth about her parents who disappeared in 1978 during the military dictatorship. She was 18 months old at the time. Painful questions emerge: Were her parents terrorists? Did her father suffer more because he was Jewish? Why did they leave her behind when they all could have fled the country? With Argentina on the brink of social chaos today, Victoria finds herself facing the same difficult choices her parents had to make: to emigrate, or stay and fight for change College Adult
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Ton Vriens
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Argentina’s Dirty War (1969-1983), Family, Disappeared persons, Argentine Dirty War, 1976-1983, Politics & Policy, Post Conflict Support, Transitional Justice, Religion & Philosophy, Argentines
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Lt. Watada: A Matter of Conscience
directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; presented by Martin Sheen, 1940-; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Chanlim Films (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2010), 1 hour 3 mins
Lt. Watada tells a David and Goliath story about a young army officer willing to face court-martial and eight years in prison rather than be a party to war crimes. Lt. Watada is the first military officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq and to speak out that the war is illegal and a violation of his oath to the Consti...
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directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; presented by Martin Sheen, 1940-; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Chanlim Films (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2010), 1 hour 3 mins
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Lt. Watada tells a David and Goliath story about a young army officer willing to face court-martial and eight years in prison rather than be a party to war crimes. Lt. Watada is the first military officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq and to speak out that the war is illegal and a violation of his oath to the Constitution. The film is a cliffhanger as it dramatizes what it means for a lone soldier to publicly challenge Presidential war policy in or...
Lt. Watada tells a David and Goliath story about a young army officer willing to face court-martial and eight years in prison rather than be a party to war crimes. Lt. Watada is the first military officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq and to speak out that the war is illegal and a violation of his oath to the Constitution. The film is a cliffhanger as it dramatizes what it means for a lone soldier to publicly challenge Presidential war policy in order to fulfill his duty as an officer, to follow the rule of law and to honor his Oath.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Chanlim Films
Author / Creator
Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Martin Sheen, 1940-
Date Published / Released
2009, 2010
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Person Discussed
Ehren Watada, 1978-
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Government policy, Soldiers, Military service, Courts-martial, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Maid in Lebanon
directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Cheryl Uys-Allie, fl. 2007, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2007), 25 mins
Maid in Lebanon' is about the thousands of Asian women who leave their homes to work as housemaids in the Arab World, in the hope of securing a better economic future. Yet, since their experiences are hidden behind closed doors, little is known of the fears, struggles and abuses they face while working abroad. Tra...
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directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Cheryl Uys-Allie, fl. 2007, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2007), 25 mins
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Maid in Lebanon' is about the thousands of Asian women who leave their homes to work as housemaids in the Arab World, in the hope of securing a better economic future. Yet, since their experiences are hidden behind closed doors, little is known of the fears, struggles and abuses they face while working abroad. Tracing women’s journeys from Sri Lanka to Lebanon, 'Maid in Lebanon' exposes the obscure world of the domestic migrant workers. The few...
Maid in Lebanon' is about the thousands of Asian women who leave their homes to work as housemaids in the Arab World, in the hope of securing a better economic future. Yet, since their experiences are hidden behind closed doors, little is known of the fears, struggles and abuses they face while working abroad. Tracing women’s journeys from Sri Lanka to Lebanon, 'Maid in Lebanon' exposes the obscure world of the domestic migrant workers. The few who succeed and the many who do not. In their own voices, the women in this film reveal cases of torture, rape, physical and mental abuse, and withholding of wages and passports. The documentary explores the questions of why women migrate, why they often return to the Middle East over and over despite the suffering, and why abuses occur.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cheryl Uys-Allie, fl. 2007, Forward Film Productions
Author / Creator
Carol Mansour, 1961-
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Forward Film Productions
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Migration, Domestic workers, Working conditions, Women in workforce, Sociology, Sri Lankan, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2005 Forward Film Production
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Mao's Great Famine
directed by Patrick Cabouat; produced by Arturo Mio, fl. 2009, Radio Television Belge Francophone and DERIVES (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 53 mins
Between 1958 and 1962, China lived through tragedy on an epic scale. The “Great Leap Forward” – conceived by Mao so that China could drive industrial output ahead of Great Britain and achieve autonomy from the might of the neighbouring USSR – led to a catastrophic famine resulting in the death of between 3...
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directed by Patrick Cabouat; produced by Arturo Mio, fl. 2009, Radio Television Belge Francophone and DERIVES (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 53 mins
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Between 1958 and 1962, China lived through tragedy on an epic scale. The “Great Leap Forward” – conceived by Mao so that China could drive industrial output ahead of Great Britain and achieve autonomy from the might of the neighbouring USSR – led to a catastrophic famine resulting in the death of between 36 and 55 million people. Adult College
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Arturo Mio, fl. 2009, Radio Television Belge Francophone, DERIVES
Author / Creator
Patrick Cabouat
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Mao Zedong, 1893-1976
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Famine, Revolutions, War, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Mary Meets Mohammad
directed by Heather Kirkpatrick, fl. 2013 (Hobart, Tasmania: Waratah Films, 2013), 1 hour 20 mins
Australia's first asylum-seeker detention centre in Tasmania opens. Local knitting club member Mary is a pensioner and devout Christian who does not welcome the 400 male asylum seekers from Afghanistan.
Mary unexpectedly finds herself in regular contact with Mohammad, a 26 year old Muslim man, after her knitting c...
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directed by Heather Kirkpatrick, fl. 2013 (Hobart, Tasmania: Waratah Films, 2013), 1 hour 20 mins
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Australia's first asylum-seeker detention centre in Tasmania opens. Local knitting club member Mary is a pensioner and devout Christian who does not welcome the 400 male asylum seekers from Afghanistan.
Mary unexpectedly finds herself in regular contact with Mohammad, a 26 year old Muslim man, after her knitting club donates beanies to the detainees. Mary sheds many of her prior beliefs as her relationship with Mohammad deepens.
Despite this Mary...
Australia's first asylum-seeker detention centre in Tasmania opens. Local knitting club member Mary is a pensioner and devout Christian who does not welcome the 400 male asylum seekers from Afghanistan.
Mary unexpectedly finds herself in regular contact with Mohammad, a 26 year old Muslim man, after her knitting club donates beanies to the detainees. Mary sheds many of her prior beliefs as her relationship with Mohammad deepens.
Despite this Mary remains uncomfortable with Mohammad’s Islamic religion. When knitter Joy, hosts them at her fishing shack for a few days, will a connection of common humanity prevail for Mary and Mohammad?
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Heather Kirkpatrick, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Waratah Films
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Afghan, Immigrant life, Immigration and emigration, Detention centers, Right of asylum, Christianity, Political and Social Movements, Migration and Diaspora, Law, History, Politics & Policy, Afghans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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