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Human rights heroes

Title
Human rights heroes [videorecording] / produced by Globalvision, Inc.
Publication
Derry, N.H. : Chip Taylor Communications, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Hunter-Gault, Charlayne.
  • Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016.
  • Chip Taylor Communications.
  • Globalvision, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Excerpts from the film "At the edge of conflict," features Chief Wai-Wai of the Waiapi people, who fought for and won land rights for indigenous people in the Amazon jungle of Brazil. Profiles Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, an advocate for indigenous and women's rights. Examines the contributions of journalist Roy Gutman and documentary filmmaker Ademir Kenovic, who have chronicled the war in the former Yugoslavia. Presents a memorial to Veronica Guerin, a journalist killed while covering the war in Ireland. Presents profiles of Richard N'Sanzabagoma, a Rwandan human rights activist and Geoffrey Canada, who defends the rights of children in Harlem, N.Y. Concludes with a converstion with Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Series Statement
Rights and wrongs series
Alternative Title
Heroes of human rights
Subject
  • Wai-wai, Chief
  • Menchú, Rigoberta
  • Gutman, Roy
  • Kenović, Ademir
  • Guerin, Veronica, 1958-1996
  • N'Sanzabagoma, Richard
  • Canada, Geoffrey
  • Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 > Interviews
  • Human rights
  • Human rights workers
Note
  • Title from container.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producers, Rory O'Connor, Danny Schechter ; director, Eulogio L. Ortiz, Jr.
Audience (note)
  • Jr.High-Adult.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Call Number
*UGS-1891
OCLC
45769877
Title
Human rights heroes [videorecording] / produced by Globalvision, Inc.
Imprint
Derry, N.H. : Chip Taylor Communications, 1997.
Series
Rights and wrongs series
System Details
VHS.
Audience
Jr.High-Adult.
Performer
Host, Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Credits
Executive producers, Rory O'Connor, Danny Schechter ; director, Eulogio L. Ortiz, Jr.
Added Author
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne.
Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016.
Chip Taylor Communications.
Globalvision, Inc.
Research Call Number
*UGS-1891 [Video]
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