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TEACHING 7000 STUDENTS ABOUT 
HUMAN RIGHTS

The school year has begun and our project, Ask Why? Docs, is back in Danish cinemas. 7000 students aged 13 to 17 from all parts of Denmark are going to see three human rights-focused documentary films during the coming months. According to UNICEF findings, 55% of Danish youth knows little to nothing about human rights. Ask Why? Docs ensures that the students are educated on the subject, by engaging them outside of the traditional classroom. Each film we show is followed by a Q&A with an expert, whose story is directly related to the topic of the film. This works to fully engage the students and allows them to reflect and ask questions immediately after watching a film. We are currently working to expand this project outside of Denmark. Read more about the project here.

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DOCUMENTARIES
AIRING NOW

Season 7 of  WHY STORIES is now showing on BBC World News to a weekly audience of 364 million people in over 200 countries and territories. One of the films is 'We Hold the Line' featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. See whats in the new season here.

REACHING RUSSIAN
SPEAKERS

In an effort to provide Russian speakers with human rights focused content, we've created a Russian Youtube Channel. It has accumulated 250.000 views across 9 countries. Visit the channel here.

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Best Documentaries to Watch in 2024

June 19, 2024

Need help finding your next favourite documentary? Below is a list of our best documentaries about human rights issues, that are available to watch on our YouTube channel right away. 

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'Selling Children': Stories from the 160 Million Child Labourers

June 4, 2024

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As Climate Misinformation Spreads, WHY PLASTIC? Documentaries Expose the Myths and Realities of Plastic Waste

May 29, 2024

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Best Documentaries to Watch in 2024

Need help finding your next favourite documentary? Below is a list of our best documentaries about human rights issues, that are available to watch on our YouTube channel right away. 

'Selling Children': Stories from the 160 Million Child Labourers

As Climate Misinformation Spreads, WHY PLASTIC? Documentaries Expose the Myths and Realities of Plastic Waste

BBC, DR & SVT Now on Board as Broadcast Partners for Upcoming Why Freedom? Campaign

Is YouTube Burying our Human Rights Content?

The Storm Lake Times: How a Family Run Paper is Keeping Local Journalism Alive in the U.S

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Film of the Month

Selling Children

Pankaj Johar

In India, the world’s largest democracy, millions of vulnerable children are bought and sold, given only what they need to survive another day. In this film, we follow the lives of children who have been denied a childhood and an education to work in mica mines, pick tea leaves at plantations, work as domestic helpers and be sold as brides.
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