- Reckoning With Torture: A Call for Citizen Video Participation Last week, director Doug Liman—whose blockbuster features include The Bourne Identity, Fair Game, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Swingers—sent out this call for citizen-shot footage for his next movie, Reckoning With Torture:
- Video Advocacy Example: Police Violence in Puerto Rico This video and the wider investigations and campaign by the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU) demonstrate how the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has been systematically abusing the rights of Puerto Ricans – an issue very much in the U.S.’ backyard, and one that has not received as much attention as it should.
- What We’re Reading+Watching, July 26-30, 2010 This week we’re sharing ‘tweeted’ bits of news discussing copyrights issues, video of residents in China protesting a land seizure, the death of Khale Said possibly being related to the uploading of a video, the ACLU letter to Lindsay Lohan and how video can be contextualized to fit a news networks' needs. The last item is from our Board of Directors, Mallika Dutt, who is the founder and executive director of Breakthrough.
