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Genocide & Mass Violence

How do nations struggle with mass violence and the rule of law? How do communities work to achieve reconciliation, repair dispossession, and remember those lost? Genocide and mass violence, past and present, raise all of these complex concerns and more.

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Out of the Poison Tree

On the eve of the long-awaited Khmer Rouge trial, an American survivor of the genocide returns to Cambodia hoping to unlock the mystery of her father’s disappearance in 1975.

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Shake Hands with the Devil

This is the story of Lt. General Romeo Dallaire’s frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

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Sometimes in April

This drama focuses on the Rwandan Genocide through the story of two Hutu brothers whose relationship and private lives were forever changed in the midst of the conflict.

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Stitching Truth: Women's Protest Art in Pinochet's Chile

This resource explores the courageous stories of the women in Chile who challenged the silence and terror imposed by Pinochet's dictatorship from 1973–1990.

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Strong at the Broken Places

We see how trauma survivors transform their own lives by transforming the lives of others in this documentary about four people finding common ground in their journey to recovery.

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Talaat and the Limits of Diplomacy

Read American Ambassador Henry Morgenthau’s account of a discussion with Ottoman Interior Minister Talaat about the treatment of Armenians and consider how diplomacy can be used to respond to genocide.

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The Armenian Genocide

The Genocide in Me

In this documentary, Araz Artinian discovers the importance of remembrance and her own personal connection to the cultural heritage passed down from her nationalistic Armenian parents.

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The Hangman

In a small town, a mysterious stranger erects a gallows in the center of town and executes citizens one by one. Who will speak up for the last survivor?

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Threads of Hope

Threads of Hope is the powerful story of a group of Chilean women who banded together in silent protest and dared to defy a dictatorship.

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Totally Unofficial: Raphael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention

This resource challenges students to consider how individuals, groups, and nations can take up Raphael Lemkin’s challenge to eliminate genocide.

 
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War Photographer

James Nachtwey, an award-winning war photographer, has not missed documenting a single war for over twenty years, probably seeing more suffering and dying than anyone else alive.

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Words Matter

Reflect on the power of the words that we attach to people through an Anishinaabe woman’s memory of being called an “Indian” while growing up in Canada (Spanish available).

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