Social Inc is hosting a Film Recommendation double feature to honor the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims and the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
All Mohawk College students can access this film for free through YouTube and CBC Gem.
This week:
"Has the International Human Rights Movement Failed?"
"Seventy-five years ago, in the shadow of the Second World War, countries put their collective heads together to write a common international moral language. What resulted was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fundamental moral principles each and every human being was entitled to. Since then, enforcement and guaranteeing rights has sometimes been difficult, and consensus has often been hard to find. Critics wonder if human rights complaints too often come from Western mouths, and if the definition "human right" has been expanded to its detriment. Supporters of the movement say there have been major victories and that change is incremental. The Agenda debates whether the international human rights movement has become ineffective."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Has the International Human Rights Movement Failed?" here.
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"Enslaved"
"Samuel L. Jackson, along with a team of investigative journalists and divers, uncovers the hidden history of the transatlantic slave trade."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Enslaved" here. Note: You must have a CBC Gem account to watch this film (accounts are free).