Wide-ranging exploration of how film can inform and reinforce our understanding of human rights, analysing more than 300 human rights films.

Introduction; Part I Feature Films; Chapter 1 Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993); Chapter 2 The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006); Chapter 3 Missing (Costa-Gavras, 1982); Chapter 4 The Official Story (Luis Puenzo, 1985); Chapter 5 The Killing Fields (Roland JoffÃ(c), 1984); Chapter 6 Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994); Chapter 7 Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008); Chapter 8 Precious: Based on the Novel 'œPush'? by Sapphire (Lee Daniels, 2009); Chapter 9 (tie) Sometimes in April (Raoul Peck, 2005) Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004); Chapter 11 Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, 1995); Chapter 12 The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002); Chapter 13 Journey of Hope (Xavier Koller, 1990); Chapter 14 Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969); Chapter 15 Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982); Chapter 16 Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008); Chapter 17 Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008); Chapter 18 Norma Rae (Martin Ritt, 1979); Chapter 19 The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999); Chapter 20 V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005); Chapter 21 A Dry White Season (Euzhan Palcy, 1989); Chapter 22 Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993); Chapter 23 Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005); Chapter 24 To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962); Chapter 25 Days of Glory (Indigÿnes) (Rachid Bouchareb, 2006); Chapter 26 District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009); Chapter 27 Sophie's Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1982); Chapter 28 Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2002); Chapter 29 Omagh (Pete Travis, 2004); Chapter 30 Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005); Chapter 31 Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, 2007); Chapter 32 Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008); Chapter 33 Amazing Grace (Michael Apted, 2006); Chapter 34 Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker, 1988); Chapter 35 The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000); Chapter 36 Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006); Chapter 37 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007); Chapter 38 Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004); Chapter 39 Lilya 4-Ever (Luka