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Video Advocacy Example: Rwandan Women Tell Stories of Genocide’s Legacies
In Rwanda, between April and June of 1994, an estimated 800,000 Tutsis were killed in the span of just 100 days. Years after the brutal genocide, Intended Consequences revisits the country, asking the difficult question, how does a woman care for her child when it's the son or daughter of the man who raped her?
WITNESS
August 6, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: Amnesty International’s Campaign for the Arms Trade Treaty
More than 740,000 people die every year as a result of armed conflict. Who fuels these conflicts? Which nations provide the arms and munitions that enable dictators, gangs, and human rights abusers to kill, rape, torture, and forcefully evict innocent civilians?
WITNESS
July 26, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: Cultivating Compassion and Support for Iraqi Refugees
Last spring I interned for Righteous Pictures (RP) a film and new media production company that operates with two arms: content creation, which includes the creation and production of both feature and short films, and content engagement to enhance the overall impact of film projects.
WITNESS
July 24, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: Waste and Recycling Workers’ Rights in Los Angeles
Every American produces garbage. The issue of what happens to this waste is relevant to all of us. Before watching this video, it had never occurred to me that waste plant workers in the U.S. are encountering human rights abuses on a daily basis.
WITNESS
June 26, 2012
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Behind-the-Scenes of Our 20th Anniversary Video
The challenge: Make a video that encapsulates WITNESS and its work empowering human rights defenders to use video since 1992, set against a backdrop of global events from the last 20 years.
Yvonne Ng
June 22, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: Hope for Intravenous Drug Users In Russia
The Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF) is the only organization providing needle exchange for drug users in Moscow. Their mission is to promote and develop humane drug policy based on tolerance, protection of health, dignity and human rights.
WITNESS
June 14, 2012
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Anatomy of a Good Advocacy Video
At WITNESS, we rotate facilitators at our weekly staff meetings. If assigned as facilitator, the person is responsible for doing some research and sharing a current advocacy video of interest.
WITNESS
May 10, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: New Voices in Sex Workers’ Rights Activism
As advances in technology democratize the media field, its makers are becoming more and more diverse, presenting a prime opportunity for traditional advocates to become facilitators and traditional “victims” to become actors in advocacy scenarios.
WITNESS
March 27, 2012
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Colombian Filmmaker Flees After Video of Violent Eviction Goes Viral
A video depicting the violent forced eviction of nearly 600 people on the banks of Colombia’s Magdalena River has gone viral, eliciting a huge response from viewers around the world, including the President of Colombia (who was obliged to respond to the video publicly and defend the actions of the police force).
Jackie Zammuto
March 1, 2012
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Vote for “My Asian Americana” for White House Video Challenge
Did you know the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is calling for video submissions? The aim is to explore stories from people who impact their communities through dreams, experiences and dedication.
WITNESS
February 29, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: LGBT and Transgender Awareness in the Anglican Church
This video is an example by activists to bring an under-represented "voice" to the discussion of human sexuality to a group of leaders charged with making decisions on a global scale.
WITNESS
February 15, 2012
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Video Advocacy Example: Civic Media How To’s
On Sunday December 11, 2011 The New York Times published an extensive article illustrating the role of livestream technologies in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The following day, seventeen mediamakers, including members of the Global Revolution livestream team were arrested.
WITNESS
January 26, 2012
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١٠ نصائح لتصوير المظاهرات والإعتقالات والإشتباكات
هذه المدونة هي الأولى في سلسلة من المدونات في اللغة العربية تهدف إلى تبادل ما لدينا من المواد التدريبية مع الجمهور المتحدث باللغة العربية (انظر إلى المدونة الأساسية في أهم ١٠ نصائح في التصوير و الذي كتبه زميلي كريس مايكل).ل
Raja Althaibani
December 28, 2011
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16 Days: Personal Stories and Video Used In Global Campaign To End Gender-Based Violence
Over the past few weeks, we've featured several guest posts during the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence to highlight the use of video and technology by activists and organizations around the globe in the fight against gender-based violence.
Rose Anderson
December 9, 2011
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Educator, Filmmaker, and Activist Nuala Cabral Takes On Street Harrassment
A few weeks ago I was fortunate to sit in a dark room with the inspirational and multifaceted collection of voices that make up the Media that Matters Film Festival. Showcasing its 11th premiere this year, Arts Engine’s annual screening curates diverse independent films and shorts which jump start thought, conversation, and action – a celebration of video for change in its many shapes and sizes.
WITNESS
December 5, 2011
