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  Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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  On December 10th of 1948, fifty-six members of the United Nations unanimously voted to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For the first time, a global standard against which to measure a nation’s treatment of its citizens would exist. For the first time, a country could be held accountable for the injustices enacted against its people. And for the first time, individuals were guaranteed certain rights simply because they were human.  This clip, from Chuck Olin’s Out of the Silence: […]

• Tools, Weapons, Witnesses (rough cut).

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  A window-dubbed rough cut of a documentary with a working title of Tools, Weapons, Witnesses. The fine cut of this film was released under the title Out of the Silence: Fighting For Human Rights. This version is very similar to the fine cut, except the titles, credits, subtitles, some music, some archive footage, and some narration are missing. The following is the description of the fine cut: Documentary made up of narration, archive footage, and current footage and interviews highlighting the human rights struggles.

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  Image Union, episode 0218: Cost Of Cotton

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  Image Union episode featuring “Cost of Cotton” by Luis Argueta and David Temple. Documentary about the negative impact of cotton farming in Guatemala. The main focus is on the use of dangerous pesticides, specifically DDT