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Jamendo Search (available on creative commons):

Josepha by Carlos & Miguel (guitar instrumental)

Les amants velours

Sebastien – Homeworks Vol.1 (The road to nowhere)

Frozen Silence – Childhood

CAEROU – world instrumental electronic

Gorilles de montagnes

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August 13, 2009 videoforchange Leave a comment

“Never again”: The Permanent Anti-Genocide Movement

Reference: Genocide Intervention Network

Description: After the Holocaust, world leaders proclaimed, “Never Again!” Then: Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and now Darfur, where more than 400,000 have been killed.

“STAND against Genocide”

Reference: STAND and http://www.giantideas.com
Description: STAND, A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, is part of the Genocide Intervention Network. It is the fastest growing student anti-genocide coalition in the world and is active in working to prevent genocide worldwide, particularly in Darfur.

“Ryan Gosling & John Prendergast of ENOUGH – End Genocide & Change History”

Reference: ENOUGHProject
Description: Actor Ryan Gosling & ENOUGH! Co-Founder John Prendergast discuss how you can get involved and end genocide. ENOUGH was born out of frustration and hope. We ran out of patience with the world’s shameful lack of progress in combating terrible horrors. We knew there were many examples of successful conflict resolution processes throughout Africa, but the lessons weren’t widely known. We found confidence in the growing number of Americans who are demanding more aggressive, more successful solutions. And we have faith that we can end genocide and crimes against humanity once and for all.

“The Fierce Urgency of NOW! Take Action to Stop Genocide”

Reference: ANCAgrassroots
Description: Inspired by the fierce urgency of now, we have the best chance in a generation to end the cycle of genocide to be part of a growing grassroots movement that will stop Sudans ongoing slaughter in Darfur, reject Turkeys denial of the Armenian Genocide, and recommit our nation to the noble and necessary cause of a future without genocide.

Featured here is President Obama’s pledge to stop the killing in Darfur and recognize the Armenian Genocide — as part of the ongoing effort to end the cycle of genocide.

Watch the Video and TAKE ACTION!

ENOUGH: Ask the Candidates

Reference: ENOUGHproject

Description: The ENOUGH Project, with the Genocide Intervention Network and STAND, bring you a video about what’s going on in Darfur and what you can do to help.

“Highlights from the Genocide Prevention Task Force Report, Release Press Conference”

Reference: US Institute of Peace

Description: The Genocide Prevention Task Force released its final report on December 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C. The report makes the case for why genocide and mass atrocities threaten core American values and national interests, and how the U.S. government can prevent these crimes in the future. Jointly convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The American Academy of Diplomacy, and the United States Institute of Peace, the Task Force began its work last November with the goal of generating concrete recommendations to enhance the U.S. governments capacity to recognize and respond to emerging threats of genocide and mass atrocities. The report provides 34 recommendations, starting with the need for high-level attention, standing institutional mechanisms, and strong international partnerships to respond to potential genocidal situations when they arise; it lays out a comprehensive approach, recommending improved early warning mechanisms, early action to prevent crises, timely diplomatic responses to emerging crises, greater preparedness to employ military options, and action to strengthen global norms and institutions.

“A Movie For The President”

Description: This is a response to the USHMM contest. It is a short movie showing all the past genocides leading up to Darfur, the genocide of our time. I made this movie to promote awareness of the situation and to hopefully inspire the president as well as others to do something about it.

BOSNIA

“Genocide – Srebrenica (Never Again) – GenocideRap.com”

Reference: GenocideRap.com

DARFUR

“Darfur ‘The 2009 Genocide Prevention Video Contest'”

Description: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Honorable Mention Video Contest. What advice would you give the next U.S. President on preventing and responding to threats of genocide and related crimes against humanity?

24 Hours for Darfur

Reference: 24hoursfordarfur

Description: 24 Hours for Darfur is a global video advocacy campaign collecting 24 hours of personal video appeals demanding an end to the genocide in Darfur.

“Smallest Witnesses”

Reference: http://bit.ly/bSrNc.

Description: During a 2005 mission to Darfurian refugee camps in Chad, two Human Rights Watch researchers gave children paper and crayons while their families were being interviewed. Unprompted, the children drew scenes of devastation: pictures of their villages being attacked by “Janjaweed,” bombings by Sudanese government forces, the shootings, the rapes, the burning of entire villages, and the flight to Chad. The children, from seven refugee camps, insisted the drawings be shared with the rest of the world.

In Smallest Witnesses: The Crisis in Darfur Through Children’s Eyes, participants discussed the images created by the children, and the impact the crisis has had on its youngest victims. The program featured Jemera Rone, Sudan Researcher, Human Rights Watch; Olivier Bercault, Emergencies Researcher, Human Rights Watch; Dr. Annie Sparrow, Third Millennium Fellow, Harvard University Researcher, Human Rights Watch; and moderator Jerry Fowler, Staff Director, Committee on Conscience, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

“In Dafur, My Camera was not nearly enough”

Reference: Learn more about Mr. Steidle’s experience as a witness to the crisis in Darfur at http://bit.ly/3sSXGc.

Description: Former Marine Brian Steidle was in Sudan’s Darfur region in September 2004 as one of three U.S. military observers for the African Union. In his position as an unarmed military observer in Darfur, Steidle found himself becoming a witness to the destruction of civilians. Mr. Steidle did not have much in the way of equipment with him as an AU monitor, but he had a camera, and he took hundreds and hundreds of photographs.

When Mr. Steidle returned to the United States from Darfur in early 2005, he began to speak out using his photographs.

“Darfur from Day One”

Reference: STAND

Description: Get involved in Darfur from Day One. STAND, the Genocide Intervention Network, the Save Darfur Coalition, and ENOUGH are partnering to let the Obama administration know that this time around, the American public expects the President of the United States to do something about Darfur. This new administration has made promises that they will take action on Darfur and genocide — lets help them keep their promises. Visit http://www.standnow.org/campaigns/dfd1 for more information.

Stop the Genocide in Darfur

Reference: politicsTV.com

Description: A six minute video about what you can do to stop the genocide in Darfur.
PoliticsTV has exclusive interviews with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Rabbi David Saperstein and Rev. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals. What this video and then go to savedarfur.org to see how you can help stop the Genocide in Darfur.

“The Promise”

Reference: Danbury Highschool

http://www.dhsthepromise.com/ThePromiseResources.htm#

6 People, 6 Actions

Reference: Take Part

[http://www.takepart.com/lists/6-people-6-actions/11100]

Darfurian Voices

Reference: 24 Hours for Darfur

Description: This video was produced with footage recorded in Chad in May and June 2008 as part of the pilot mission for our Darfurian Voices project. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute.

Footage Resource – non-advocacy videos

August 13, 2009 videoforchange Leave a comment

STAND VIDEOS categorized by country:

http://www.standnow.org/learn/library/videos

BOSNIA

Srebrenica Remembers July 11

Reference: AlJazeera English

Description: Tens of thousands of people have gathered to remember the eight thousand victims of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia in 1995. As part of the commemorations, more than 300 massacre victims, identified from a mass grave, were finally given a proper funeral. Richard Bestic reports.

The War in Bosnia

Reference: youtube username Nalada

Description: Footage of war crimes comitted against bosnian muslims by serbian and croatian armed forces (1992-1995)

DARFUR

It matters that the world knows

Reference: Jagovern143

Description: Little Mattie Stepanek tells us that it matters that the world knows! Bring about awareness of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. (esp. children’s drawings)

Staring Genocide in the Face

Reference: youtube username ushmm

Description: Jerry Fowler, former staff director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience, traveled to Chad in May 2004 to investigate the threat of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. The Committee on Conscience, which guides the museum’s genocide prevention activities, issued a genocide alert for Sudan in July 2004. Fowler interviewed refugees spread over hundreds of miles in eastern Chad. In this photo essay, Fowler comments on his travels through Eastern Chad, the people he met there, and the region’s hopes for the future.

The Darfur Genocide: a Present Reality

Reference: youtube username jesusfreak864

Description: Good footage between 1:12 and 1:30

Day 10 of i-Act 6

Reference: youtube username stopgenocidenow

Description: stillpictures from Darfur

[youtub=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qceSgufeXUY&feature=PlayList&p=B714626A8F4E243A&index=5]

Samantha Power: Responding to Genocide in Darfur

Reference: youtube username facinghistory 76

Description: Samantha Power talks about Darfur

Save Darfur

Reference: youtube username p1ah

Description: Darfur photos

Testimonial of an ex-soldier of the janjaweed

Reference: youtube username fbby

Description: Testimonial

The ONLY American Witness of Genocide in Darfur – Part 2

Reference: youtube username Ks33n

Description: Survivors speaking

Samantha Power at Boston’s Night to Save Darfur

Reference: youtube username worthycauses

Description: Expert

Barack Obama

Reference: 24 hours for Darfur

Description: Obama calls for actions

Voices from Darfur

Reference: savedarfurcoalition, http://www.savedarfur.org

Description: 30 second video – voices

Other useful footage:

Heart of Darfur

Description: The film Heart of Darfur captures the desperation of daily life in remote villages, crowded refugee camps and in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur that is now home to 100,000 refugees and 10,000 U.N. personnel. Heart of Darfur takes a look at the people and places affected by what has been called “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.”

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/heart-of-darfur/full-episode/1632/

MTV-U

Description: Interviews, Survivor Statements

http://www.mtvu.com/video/?id=1525734&vid=77502

http://www.mtvu.com/video/?id=1525734&vid=77503

http://www.mtvu.com/video/?id=1525734&vid=77504

On our Watch

Description: Three years of fighting in Darfur have destroyed hundreds of villages, displaced 2.2 million and led to more than 400,000 deaths. President Bush has accused the government of Sudan of genocide, but the U.S. has taken few concrete actions to stop the fighting. Narrated by Sam Waterston, this documentary tells the story of those who have lost their loved ones to this war, those who are fighting to survive and those who are working to bring peace to the region. It is up to us to tell US policy makers that they can not stand idly by while genocide unfolds. Together we can be a powerful voice for lifesaving action.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1587138622759665645&q=Refugees+International

RWANDA

Rwandan Genocide Project SS11

Reference: youtube username thenonscenekid

Description: compelling genocide pictures of Rwanda

Remembering 1994 Rwanda Genocide Victims – never again

Reference: youtube username gasasira

Description: shocking footage

Ghosts of Rwanda

Reference: Frontline documentation (pbs)

Description: documentary with compelling footage and interviews

Help us – President Clinton ignories cries form Rwanda

Reference: youtube username jvideos8

Description: good footage including Radio Mille collines

Voices of Rwanda

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HOLOCAUST

Memory of the Camps

Description: Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1945, Allied forces liberating Europe found evidence of atrocities which have tortured the world’s conscience ever since. As the troops entered the German concentration camps, they made a systematic film record of what they saw. Work began in the summer of 1945 on the documentary, but the film was left unfinished. FRONTLINE found it stored in a vault of London’s Imperial War Museum and, in 1985, broadcast it for the first time using the title the Imperial War Museum gave it, “Memory of the Camps.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/camp/view/

CAMBODIA

Reference: STAND – http://www.standnow.org/learn/library/videos

Description: Footage of the aftermath of mass atrocities (~ 01:00 – 02:00)