Human Rights & Abuses

Free Schapelle Corby: Australia Facing Corruption Crisis (2012)
Schapelle Corby is an Australian who, on a trip to Bali, had 4.2kg of marijuana planted in her bag (making it heavier than it was at check in). She got 20 years in jail for the trumped up charges. In the bigger picture, her case highlights the corruption of the Austrlian government. See expendable.tv

Submission Part 1 by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2004)
This 10-minute film written by Ayann Hirsi Ali and directed by Theo van Gogh depicts the abuse and control of women by Islamic societies. van Gogh was subsequently murdered by a Muslim fanatic and the film remains unreleased.

Amazing Speech by War Veteran (Dec 2009)
Mike Prysner is an unusual soldier, one who has remembered his humanity. He describes how racism is used by governments to send the working class to war, to kill other poor people, all in the interest of the ruling classes. The tyranny is at home.

Why Empathy? (Jan 2009)
A teacher shares her experience of using empathy to make connection with a student in the Ku Klux Klan, and bridge the gap between him and the other students in the class.

Human Trafficking in Colorado (2007)
Most people believe that slavery was abolished nearly two hundred years ago. But then most people live in complete ignorance of the sex trafficking and literal slavery that is rampant in Western "developed" democracies.

Cutting Edge: The Child Sex Trade (Channel 4, May 07)
Powerful documentary on Romanian child trafficking, made by British filmmaker Andrew Smith and Romanian reporter Liviu Tipurita. The British paedophile Tom Peters, exposed in the film, remains at large.