Can anyone recommend a good movie that deals with international indifference to human rights violations?
March 2, 2004 10:59 AM Subscribe
I'm interested in broadening my cinematic horizons. Can anyone recommend a good movie that deals with the theme of international indifference to human rights violations? [more inside]
The best example that comes to mind of the sort of movie I'm thinking of is Missing starring Jack Lemmon. Recommendations of other films will be much appreciated.
The best example that comes to mind of the sort of movie I'm thinking of is Missing starring Jack Lemmon. Recommendations of other films will be much appreciated.
Men with Guns is really great.
posted by blueshammer at 11:09 AM on March 2, 2004
posted by blueshammer at 11:09 AM on March 2, 2004
Come See the Paradise
War Photographer
Salvador
Under Fire
The Mission
The Killing Fields
the first three reels of The Pianist, too
posted by matteo at 11:25 AM on March 2, 2004
War Photographer
Salvador
Under Fire
The Mission
The Killing Fields
the first three reels of The Pianist, too
posted by matteo at 11:25 AM on March 2, 2004
I second Kandahar. Others worth a look:
No Man's Land (dark & funny)
Osama (Playing now. Denby: "miraculous")
The Dancer Upstairs (flawed but worthwhile)
Battle of Algiers ("Satre wrote something.")
Bloody Sunday (terrifc)
There are plenty more, and I'm bound to remember them all as soon as I hit post.
posted by muckster at 11:29 AM on March 2, 2004
No Man's Land (dark & funny)
Osama (Playing now. Denby: "miraculous")
The Dancer Upstairs (flawed but worthwhile)
Battle of Algiers ("Satre wrote something.")
Bloody Sunday (terrifc)
There are plenty more, and I'm bound to remember them all as soon as I hit post.
posted by muckster at 11:29 AM on March 2, 2004
Dirty Pretty Things, while not exactly of the category you're asking for, is about illegal aliens who are exploited in England. (intRAnational violations of human rights?)
posted by callmejay at 11:47 AM on March 2, 2004
posted by callmejay at 11:47 AM on March 2, 2004
Look for an Arab Film Festival in your area. I'm not sure if they're synchronized around the country, but the SF Bay Area festival is in October.
posted by scarabic at 12:10 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by scarabic at 12:10 PM on March 2, 2004
The Arab-American Film Festival in Seattle was just a couple weeks ago, I think, so they're probably not syncronized.
posted by Slimemonster at 12:12 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by Slimemonster at 12:12 PM on March 2, 2004
Maybe No Man's Land? I think I'm getting away from the mark a little with The Terrorist but it might fit in generally with the theme.
posted by jennyb at 12:27 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by jennyb at 12:27 PM on March 2, 2004
I thought The Official Story, a past foreign language Oscar winner, was amazing.
posted by FreezBoy at 1:13 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by FreezBoy at 1:13 PM on March 2, 2004
Human Rights Watch does a film festival every year. More here.
posted by judith at 1:18 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by judith at 1:18 PM on March 2, 2004
I second Midnight Express and Killing Fields, also recommend Brokedown Palace.
posted by iconomy at 1:29 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by iconomy at 1:29 PM on March 2, 2004
Salvador was one of the movies that politicized me, back in the long-ago day when I was waking up to the fact that there was such a thing as politics, and people dying as a result of them. Been a long time since I've seen it (20 years? close, anyway), but I'd recommend it too.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:38 PM on March 2, 2004
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:38 PM on March 2, 2004
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Men with Guns is a great John Sayles classic about Guatemala.
posted by mert at 11:03 AM on March 2, 2004