Video for Change Archives - Page 12 of 53

Facing an Epidemic: An Interview with ‘Zika, the film’ Director Debora Diniz WITNESS interviews documentarian, Debora Diniz, whose recent film Zika provides an intimate portrayal of women affected by the virus in Brazil. WITNESS July 13, 2016
Four Ways to Save Live Video Broadcasts You shouldn't necessarily rely on the platforms and apps you are using to live stream to save your content, whether you're broadcasting from Facebook or Periscope. We share tips for alternative saving methods. Yvonne Ng July 11, 2016
Images and Metadata Help Counter the Official Narrative in Oaxaca, Mexico Journalists and activists use images and metadata to expose the truth about armed authorities at a deadly protest in Oaxaca, Mexico. Laura Salas July 7, 2016
An International Collaboration Brings Western Sahara into Focus Watching Western Sahara is a collaborative video curation platform created to curate and contextualize eyewitness footage of human rights in the occupied territory of Western Sahara. WITNESS’s Madeleine Bair and FiSahara’s María Carrión explain how and why the collaboration came to be. WITNESS July 5, 2016
Analysis of Eyewitness Video Data Shows Climate of Hatred Toward Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People The WITNESS Media Lab shares initial findings from a new project focused on curating and analyzing data from videos of violent acts against transgender and gender nonconforming people that have been captured and shared for entertainment. WITNESS June 28, 2016
Access to the Internet is a Human Right WITNESS joins a coalition of groups to speak out against state-led internet shutdowns and to demand that governments around the world #KeepItOn. Morgan Hargrave June 27, 2016
How to Film the Police in the U.S. A new tipsheet prepares you to act as an eyewitness to police violence. Good witnessing can de-escalate a situation, help someone confronted by police, and provide valuable documentation for advocacy and justice. Morgan Hargrave June 24, 2016
Curating Eyewitness Videos for Data on Transphobic Violence What do online videos, their views, and comments, tell us about the climate of hate and violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people? WITNESS June 3, 2016
Mexico: Indigenous Community in Júba Wajiín Use Video to Help Stop Mining on Their Land In Mexico, a community triumphs against mining companies seeking to exploit its territory through organizing and a video advocacy strategy. Laura Salas May 26, 2016
Why WITNESS Doesn’t Have a Privacy Policy Why WITNESS is joining on to the That's Not Privacy campaign - an effort encourage companies, nonprofits, and website owners of all stripes to call their privacy policies something a little more accurate. Morgan Hargrave May 13, 2016
Guest Blog: Meet Two Sahrawi Media Activists A dispatch from the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, where media activists traveled to train on human rights documentation. WITNESS April 29, 2016
Video Forces Military to Apologize for Torture in Mexico Thanks to a video circulating online, the Secretary of National Defense in Mexico publicly apologized for an incident of torture for the first time in the nation's history. Jackie Zammuto April 21, 2016
Brazil: Middle School Students take Government to Commission for Violence During Protests Young Brazilian students used video to document police abuse during protests to keep their schools open. Recently, they took their videos and their case to the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights and scored a big win for students across the country. Priscila Néri April 20, 2016
Activist Brahim Saika Dies in Detention & Sahrawis Take to the Streets The death of a Sahrawi activist fuels protests in Western Sahara and southern Morocco, and renews attention to the treatment of Sahrawi political prisoners. WITNESS April 20, 2016
Launching Watching Western Sahara A new project aims to bridge the gap between footage of abuse taken by at-risk activists and the international audiences who can use it. WITNESS April 18, 2016