FILM ON GLOBAL SWEATSHOPS AT LIBRARY

The final film in the three-part Human Rights Video Series will be shown on Wednesday, February 9, at 7:00 P.M. In the library´s meeting room. The Human Rights Video Series also coincides with the Windham World Affairs Council´s Jack Wallace Winter Discussion Series.

Behind the Labels was made in 2001 and is 46 minutes long. Lured by false promises women pay high fees to work in garment factories on the pacific island of Saipan. Powerful hidden camera footage, along with the garment workers´ personal stories, offers a rare and unforgettable glimpse into indentured labor and the workings of the global sweatshop.

The video will be facilitated by Allen Vander Meulen, a retired university economist, former pastor of the Centre Congregationalist Church in Brattleboro, and a trustee at Brooks Memorial Library.

The Human Rights Video Project is sponsored by the Brooks Memorial Library and The Windham World Affairs Council and is dedicated to increasing the public´s awareness of human rights issues throught he medium of documentary films. It was made possible with generous grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation.