Blinken OSA Archivum
HU OSA 392 Video recordings of WITNESS
BookIconFonds Description
Context
Hierarchy
Statistics
Identity Statement
Title
Video recordings of WITNESS
Identity Statement
Date(s)
1996 - 2004
Identity Statement
Description Level
Fonds
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (estimated)
6 Archival boxes 242 DVD-ROMs
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (processed)
243 DVD-ROM, 2.43 linear meters
Context
Name of creator(s)
Witness, Inc.
Context
Archival history
In 2005, WITNESS (New York) has deposited a selection of 242 DVDs, approximately 200 hours of documentary and raw footage recordings at Blinken OSA Archives to be available for academic and research purposes within the institution. Witness uses video and online technologies to disclose human rights violations around the world (www.witness.org).
Content and structure
Scope and content (abstract)
WITNESS was founded in 1992 by musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation as a project of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First). WITNESS uses video and online technologies to disclose human rights violations around the world. This collection contains video recordings of WITNESS partners as well as 52 documentary films produced by WITNESS. The WITNESS Partners collection contains footage from various partners and partner organizations such as Jimmy Briggs, The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Congo, Institute of Human Rights and Development in Africa, The Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan, Arab Association for Human Rights, and various others. The collection includes raw footage of refugee camps, mass graves, exhumation procedures, media briefings, interviews, etc. The WITNESS documentary collection consists of documentary, training and promotional films uncovering human rights violations and promoting worldwide protection of human rights.
Content and structure
Accruals
Not Expected
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing access
Not Restricted
Conditions of access and use
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
DVD ROMs
Description Control
Archivist's note
Processed by Zsuzsa Zádori and Anna Kövecsi, 2005 - 2008.
Blinken OSA Archivum at Central European University
  • Opening Hours:
    Monday-Friday 10AM-5:45PM
  • Telephone:
    +36-1-327-3250
  • Address:
    H-1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.
  • E-mail:
    info@osaarchivum.org
HU OSA 392 Video recordings of WITNESS
BookIconFonds Description
Context
Hierarchy
Statistics
Identity Statement
Title
Video recordings of WITNESS
Identity Statement
Date(s)
1996 - 2004
Identity Statement
Description Level
Fonds
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (estimated)
6 Archival boxes 242 DVD-ROMs
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (processed)
243 DVD-ROM, 2.43 linear meters
Context
Name of creator(s)
Witness, Inc.
Context
Archival history
In 2005, WITNESS (New York) has deposited a selection of 242 DVDs, approximately 200 hours of documentary and raw footage recordings at Blinken OSA Archives to be available for academic and research purposes within the institution. Witness uses video and online technologies to disclose human rights violations around the world (www.witness.org).
Content and structure
Scope and content (abstract)
WITNESS was founded in 1992 by musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation as a project of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First). WITNESS uses video and online technologies to disclose human rights violations around the world. This collection contains video recordings of WITNESS partners as well as 52 documentary films produced by WITNESS. The WITNESS Partners collection contains footage from various partners and partner organizations such as Jimmy Briggs, The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Congo, Institute of Human Rights and Development in Africa, The Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan, Arab Association for Human Rights, and various others. The collection includes raw footage of refugee camps, mass graves, exhumation procedures, media briefings, interviews, etc. The WITNESS documentary collection consists of documentary, training and promotional films uncovering human rights violations and promoting worldwide protection of human rights.
Content and structure
Accruals
Not Expected
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing access
Not Restricted
Conditions of access and use
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
DVD ROMs
Description Control
Archivist's note
Processed by Zsuzsa Zádori and Anna Kövecsi, 2005 - 2008.
Blinken OSA Archivum at Central European University
  • Opening Hours:
    Monday-Friday 10AM-5:45PM
  • Telephone:
    +36-1-327-3250
  • Address:
    H-1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.
  • E-mail:
    info@osaarchivum.org