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Showing 1 - 10 of 514 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Human Rights
Abortion Helpline
At the Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors field nonstop calls from women and teens who are seeking to end a pregnancy but can’t afford to, illustrating how economic stigma and cruel laws determine who has access to abortion in America.
Women Make Movies | 2020 | 13 minutes
Absences
ABSENCES, by award winning filmmaker Tatiana Huezo (The Tiniest Place), exposes the ever-intensifying phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Mexico and the ways it affects women.
Women Make Movies | 2015 | 26 minutes
Adriana's Pact
As her family’s worst nightmare unfolds on screen, the director tries to disproof accounts of her aunt’s role as an agent of Pinochet’s secret police. But… who is telling the truth?
Pragda Films | 2017 | 96 minutes
After Spring
Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to fight for democracy in the country where they found refuge.
Pragda Films | 2021 | 83 minutes
After the Rape
After Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani woman, was gang-raped by order of her tribal council as punishment for her younger brother’s alleged relationship with a woman from another clan, she speaks out, fights for justice in the Pakistani courts, starts two schools for girls in her village and a crisis center for abused women.
Women Make Movies | 2008 | 58 minutes
Agustin's Newspaper
Journalism students at the University of Chile embark on an investigation of El Mercurio, the oldest newspaper in Chile.
Icarus Films | 2008 | 80 minutes
Al Helm
An African American gospel choir goes to Palestine to sing in a Palestinian play about Martin Luther King, Jr.. becoming witnesses to life under occupation.
Clarity Films | 2014 | 92 minutes
Alias Ruby Blade
An action-packed documentary which chronicles the tumultuous birth of a new nation in East Timor through a never-before-seen perspective. Kirsty Sword, a young Australian activist, aspired to be a documentary filmmaker, but instead she became a revolutionary.
Collective Eye Films | 2013 | 78 minutes
Alice Júnior
Alice Júnior is a celebration of rebellious youth that offers the potential for future generations to rethink outdated perspectives of gender, sexuality, and differences as a whole.
Pragda Films | 2019 | 87 minutes
All Different, All Equal
Examines progress in women's rights globally.
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 24 minutes
