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(0)Dawn Engle
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Adolfo Perez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years, as seen through the eyes of one man -- world famous artist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel. From his humble birth in Argentina to an indigenous mother and immigrant father, to his work exposing the "dirty war" being waged by military dictatorships across Latin America, to his time as a "disappeared" and tortured...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a young mother living in Northern Ireland fifty years ago, as her country teetered on the brink of civil war. The film tells the tale of a quiet revolution, requiring tremendous courage, that began when three little children were killed. Hundreds of thousands of people - mainly women - rose up to demand that their country change, and then took the concrete action necessary to create that change, themselves. With never-before-seen...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example.. OSCAR ARIAS: WITHOUT A SHOT FIRED is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Children of the Light is the first film to tell the life story of Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, one of the fathers of modern day South Africa. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen interviews, Children of the Light is a personal look into the legacy of one of the greatest peacemakers of our time. Desmond Tutu describes his personal South African journey; the film is narrated by his daughter, Naomi Tutu. Searing images...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
'Mayan Renaissance' is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Mayan civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, five hundred years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future, in Guatemala and throughout Central America. This elegant, beautiful, and thought provoking film shares their vision for the future, their call for a long-foretold renaissance of Mayan culture...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now the film, UNTIL WE ARE FREE, tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government out to destroy her, her family, and her mission: to bring justice to the people and the country she loves. Best known in this country as...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Many years ago, a little boy was born in Tibet, and he was chosen to become the 14th Dalai Lama. But the little boy had a secret, locked inside his heart. In the new film, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST, the Dalai Lama tells this unknown story about his lifelong journey into the world of science and technology, and how the world has changed as a result. With extensive, rare, never before seen footage, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST tells the very human story...
