Human Rights Film Series
2008-2009 Human Rights Film Series: A Cinematic Exploration through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(All films will be shown at 4:00 PM in the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center in support of human rights classes on campus.)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Article 22: Dignity/Cultural and Social Rights
Film: The Three Rooms of Melancholia (2005)
Reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russian and in Chechnya.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Article 3: Life, Liberty and Security
Film: Persepolis (2007)
A young woman comes of age during Iran’s Islamic revolution. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Article 19: Freedom of Expression
Film: Committing Poetry in Times of War (2007)
Chronicles the suspension and firing of a teacher who stood up his students’ freedom of expression.
For more information about the film series and other human rights events at UConn, go to http://www.humanrights.uconn.edu
Human Rights Film Collection
Human Rights Film Collection at UConn
Approximately 400 films relating to a variety of human rights themes, including genocide, access to food and water, issues of gender and sexuality, education, labor, and poverty. (Films are located on Level 3 of Homer Babbidge Library.)
Human Rights Film Research Guides
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