Category: Video

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  WikiLeaks and the War on Whistleblowers

  April 8, 2013 - 

  Three years after WikiLeaks released the video “Collateral Murder,” which documented U.S. troops killing unarmed civilians in Baghdad, whistleblowers face long prison sentences while the politicians and military leaders whose crimes they exposed have gone scot-free.  More

  By Laura Hanna

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  Warehousing African Migrants in Israel

  February 1, 2013 - 

  With approximately 60,000 African refugees now living in Israel, the Knesset has authorized increasingly draconian measures to detain and deport migrants. Artist Nir Evron showcases the architecture of a new detention center near Israel’s border with Egypt.  More

  By Nir Evron

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  Karachi: Cell Phone Videos Tell Stories of Migrant Life

  January 9, 2013 - 

  Roughly 2.5 million migrants live illegally in Karachi—many of whom were considered Pakistanis before partition of the Indian subcontinent. The art collective Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema gathers cell phone videos that tell the stories of the city’s migrants.  More

  By The Tentative Collective

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  War and Peace: Between Bombs and Potatoes in Colombia

  January 8, 2013 - 

  In the nearly 50-year-old civil war between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the indigenous people of Cauca Valley have been caught in the crossfire. Artist Federico Zukerfeld showcases their peaceful struggle for recognition.  More

  By Federico Zukerfeld

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  Freedom from Debt:
  The New American Dream
  

  January 2, 2013 - 

  Millions of American households are in debt to banks, hospitals, credit card companies and student loan providers. In this short film, Strike Debt profiles a typical American family under severe debtor duress.  More

  By Strike Debt