Jack Wallace
Human Rights Video Series

The Human Rights Video Project is dedicated to increasing the public´s awareness of human rights issues through the medium of documentary films. The project was created by National Video Resources.

The Human Rights Video Series will be shown during the Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont's annual winter discussion series, which has been dedicated this year to the memory of long-time local area internationalist and founder of the School of International Training, Jack Wallace. The 2005 Jack Wallace Winter Discussion Series is scheduled for Wednesday January 12; January 26; and February 9, at 7:00 PM in the library's meeting room. During this first series the library and council have selected three videos around issues of globalization.

The discussion series is free and open to the public. The following videos will be shown and discussed:

Wednesday, January 12, 2005- Press Release, 7:00 PM, Arthur Westing, World Affairs Council member, will facilitate a discussion on the video, Well-founded Fear. c2000. In English with parts spoken in foreign languages with English subtitles, this video provides a rare glimpse of the U.S. asylum granting process through the perspective of the Immigration and Naturalization asylum officers responsible for reviewing asylum applications.

Wednesday, January 26, 2005- Press Release, 7:00 PM, Charles Curry-Smithson of the School for International Training, will lead participants in a discussion of the video, Life + debt. c2003, which explores the effect of the International Monetary Fund´s policies on developing countries through Jamaica´s experience with the organization.

Wednesday, February 9, 2005- Press Release, 7:00 PM, Allan Vander Meulen, Discussion leader, will facilitate a discussion of the video, Behind the Labels. c2001. 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.