Learn about lawyer and activist Raphael Lemkin's efforts to make the world recognize mass murder as an international crime.
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Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Genocide Convention)
This film, created in partnership between Propeller Films and Facing History and Ourselves from the feature length film Watchers of the Sky, focuses on lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s efforts to develop an international law.
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This film, from the feature length film 'Watchers of the Sky,' focuses on Raphael Lemkin and some of his personal story as well as what became the focus of his life’s work.
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