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Vita Activa: The Life of Hannah Arendt (2015)
The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the “Banality of Evil” when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which […]
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The Boy from H2 (2017) and Smile and The World Will Smile Back (2014)
The Boy from H2: 2017, 20 minutes Arabic with English subtitles Smile and the World Smiles Back: 20 minutes Arabic with English subtitles “The Boy from H2” follows 12-year-old Muhammad […]
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Fire at Sea (2016)
Gianfranco Rosi is an Italian documentarian whose previous work has taken him to the Ganges River, the California desert and inside the Mexican drug trade. “Fire at Sea” is the […]
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Broken: The International Court of Justice and Israeli-Palestine (A work in progress)
When the International Court of Justice elevated the Israeli-Palestine conflict to a new level of visibility in 2004, many saw it as turning point in the history both of Palestine […]
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Still Life: Experiences of Palestinian Exile (2007)
The importance of place and memory in preserving a people’s history are crucial to Diana Allan’s illuminating documentary. Still Life examines the role that a series of personal photos that survived […]
Other Human Rights Events at Duke
- Raíces, Rutas, y Ritmos: The Influence of Latin American Music in North Carolina
- Raíces, Rutas, y Ritmos: The Influence of Latin American Music in North Carolina
- Raíces, Rutas, y Ritmos: The Influence of Latin American Music in North Carolina