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Watchers of the sky / directed & produced by Edet Belzberg ; produced by Amelia Green-Dove, Kerry Propper ; a Propeller Films production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lemkin, Raphael, 1900-1959.
- Lemkin, Raphael.
- Genocide--History--20th century.
- Genocide.
- Lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Problem from hell
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- With his provocative question, "why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?" Raphael Lemkin changed the course of history. An extraordinary testament to one man's perseverance, the Sundance award-winning film Watchers of the Sky examines the life and legacy of the Polish-Jewish lawyer and linguist who coined the term genocide. Before Lemkin, the notion of accountability for war crimes was virtually non-existent. After experiencing the barbarity of the Holocaust firsthand, he devoted his life to convincing the international community that there must be legal retribution for mass atrocities targeted at minorities. An impassioned visionary, Lemkin confronted world apathy in a tireless battle for justice, setting the stage for the creation of the International Criminal Court. Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Problem From Hell, this multi-faceted documentary interweaves Raphael Lemkin's struggle with the courageous efforts of four individuals keeping his legacy alive: Luis Moreno Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the ICC; Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Ben Ferencz, a former Nuremberg prosecutor still tenaciously lobbying the UN for peace, and Rwandan Emmanuel Uwurukundo, UN Refugee Agency Field Director in Chad. Alternating live interviews with rare archival footage and striking animation, Watchers of the Sky illuminates the compassion and bravery of these humanitarians and powerfully demonstrates the ability of global activism to give a voice to the silent victims of genocide.
- Participant:
- Samantha Power, Benjamin Ferencz, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Emmanuel Uwurukundo, Raphael Lemkin.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 13, 2017).
- Won 2016 Cinema for Peace Awards, Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
- Won 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival In Spirit for Freedom Award, Best Documentary
- Won 2014 Sundance Film Festival Editing Award, Documentary
- Won 2014 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Documentary
- OCLC:
- 933550693
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