Soleil Ô [Oh, Sun] (Med Hondo, 1970)

Dec

10

Human Rights Day

An optimistic Robert Liensol in the city of lights (via). DPs: François Catonné & Jean-Claude Rahaga.

Celebrating human rights on Human Rights Day: the right to work

“Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”

– Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly

A Mauritanian immigrant (Robert Liensol) too starts anew in Paris. But first, he'll need a job.

فلسطين في العين [Filastin fi al-ayn / Palestine in the Eye] (Mustafa Abu Ali, 1977)

May

28

Amnesty International Day

Palestinian freedom fighters.

Amnesty International Day: someone who fights for human rights

“Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person”

– The Right to Live, the third of the Human Rights

Filmmaker #HaniJawharieh died while working for the #PLO Film Unit, an organisation fighting for the rights of the Palestinian people. His own death in 1976, which he caught on camera, is edited into this documentary.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #AmnestyInternationalDay #MustafaAbuAli #HamadiAlsed #HindJawharieh #YihyaRabah #HumanRights #FreePalestine #Palestine #ShortFilm #documentary #Lebanon #1970s