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Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song

September 24, 2011 / Documentary, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Nick Deocampo, Philippines

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1987 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary The third part of Nick Deocampo’s award-winning trilogy of short Super-8 films about life in the eighties under dictator Ferdinand Marcos is, as Deocampo says, “an exercise in low-budget film making. I only had ten rolls of Super-8 film, [...]

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When Fear Reigned

September 22, 2011 / Documentary, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Tom Coffman, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2010 Country: United States Director: Tom Coffman Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary When the Territorial Governor of Hawaii signed the order for martial law after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, islanders believed that it was only for a short time, but it ended up lasting until 1944. Fear [...]

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The First Battle: The Battle for Equality in War-Time Hawaii

September 22, 2011 / Drama, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Tom Coffman, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2007 Country: United States Director: Tom Coffman Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary The First Battle is the previously untold struggle for freedom, equality and full citizenship in America. This struggle was waged unconventionally behind the scenes in Hawaii during the two years leading up to World War II and the [...]

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Lanterns Of Memory

September 17, 2011 / Arabic, Documentary, Human Rights, Jean Chamoun, Lebanon, Movie Trailers

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2009 Country: Lebanon Director: Jean Chamoun Language: Arabic Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary After her husband was kidnapped in 1982 during the civil war in Lebanon, Wada Hilwani gathered together the families of the kidnap victims and formed the Committee for the Families of the Kidnapped and Missing. Decades after the end [...]

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A Poet

September 17, 2011 / Drama, Garin Nugroho, Human Rights, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

In 1965 six generals were killed in Indonesia, and the Communist party was blamed for organizing the conspiracy that led to the deaths. The result: under General Suharto hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned and executed as suspected Communists or Communist sympathizers.

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Barbed Wire

September 13, 2011 / Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Bengali, Drama, Human Rights, India, Movie Trailers

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Kantatar Released: 2005 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an [...]

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Prison and Paradise

July 7, 2011 / Daniel Rudi Haryanto, Documentary, Human Rights, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families.

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Our Time

July 7, 2011 / Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Bengali, Drama, Human Rights, India, Movie Trailers

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Kaal Released: 2007 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Threatened with censor cuts before its release in 2007, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s controversial feature film Kaal (Our Time) explores the disturbing world of human trafficking in India. The film focuses on four women: Itu, Fatima, Soma, and [...]

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