- Video, Storytelling and Human Rights in Rwanda, 20 Years After the Genocide How video is being used increasingly in Rwanda to discuss human rights issues.
- On #Rwanda20YRS Anniversary, Genocide Survivors Tell Their Own Stories Originally published on the WITNESS Hub blog in 2009 this interview with Voices of Rwanda founder Taylor Krauss speaks to the power of personal testimony and the importance of memory and archives.
- Open Heart: A Short Film About the Importance of Access to Health Care By watching the journey of these brave children and their families, viewers come to understand more deeply the necessity of accessible health care and the importance of second chances. We are honored that Open Heart has been shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination in the Short Documentary category.
- 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?
- New Documentary Film Aims to Prevent Another Genocide Michael Kleiman and Michael Pertnoy co-directed The Last Survivor. To find a screening of the film near you or to host a screening of your own, visit the website for more information.
- It Gets Better: Collective and Individual Voice in Video Advocacy Recently a number of public figures in the USA have added their voices to the "It Gets Better" campaign, which aims to share hopeful messages with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who may be wondering if life will always be bad.
- Non-custodial archiving: U Texas and Kigali Memorial Centre Non-custodial archival practices and the UT Libraries Human Rights Documentation Initiative partnership with the Kigali Memorial Centre
- Archives panel convenes for Rwanda, Yugoslavia tribunals Former ICTY and ICTR prosecutor Richard Goldstone is leading a panel tasked with determining how to ensure future preservation and access for the records of Rwanda and Yugoslavia war crimes tribunals. The archives of both courts comprise – so far – millions of documents and tens of thousands of audio and video recordings. More at: […]
