By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica Public Library has been awarded 12 documentary videos through the Human Rights Video Project. Organized by the National Video Resources in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), the project is supported by a major grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
The Human Rights Video Project aims to increase the public’s understanding of the meaning of human rights on the international and domestic levels. The videos include “Behind the Labels” (globalization and labor rights), “Bombies” (land-mines), “Books Not Bars” (prison industry in the U.S.), “Calling the Ghosts” (sexual violence in war), “Every Mother’s Son” (police brutality), “Going to School” (disability rights), “Justice and the Generals” (justice for torture victims), “Life and Debt” (globalization and International Monetary Fund policies), “Long Night’s Journey into Day” (post-apartheid South Africa), “Promises” (Israel/Palestine), “State of Denial” (AIDS in Africa) and “Well-Founded Fear” (U.S. immigration and political asylum).
During the month of November, the documentaries, along with other human rights materials, will be on display and available for checkout at the Temporary Main Library, 1324 Fifth St.
For more information, contact Public Services Librarian Julie MacDonald (310) 434-2644, or e-mail
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 9, 2004. Read the original PDF.