An exhibition of photographs in the Walter Reade Theater’s Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at Lincoln Center. Gallery hours are 2-8 pm daily; free and open to the public.
For nearly 30 years, Human Rights Watch has been on the frontlines of the struggle to defend the human rights of people around the world. We conduct on-site investigations of human rights abuses in some 70 countries worldwide and publish our findings in reports that are known for uncompromising accuracy. We use these reports in high-level policy discussions and in the media to shape the public agenda, shame abusers, and press for change.
Human Rights Watch relies on the power of the media to amplify and project our findings to the widest possible audience. Now, we are making a concerted effort to join forces with some of the most respected and experienced photojournalists in the world in order to broaden the reach and impact of our information.
We partnered with Susan Meiselas to expose the heartbreaking stories of domestic migrant workers in Asia. Tim Hetherington and Kadir van Lohuizen joined Human Rights Watch investigators to help document the spillover of violence from the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, across the border into Chad. Marcus Bleasdale continued to collaborate with Human RightsWatch in Congo, exposing the link between natural resource exploitation and widespread human rights abuse. Robert Nickelsberg joined Human Rights Watch on assignment in Indian Kashmir to reveal the plight of civilians trapped between abusive Indian government forces and armed militant groups backed by the Pakistani government. Abbas documented the abusive conditions faced by construction workers building glittering skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates. Alan Chin photographed former Wal-Mart workers interviewed for our report, Discounting Rights.
The visual work of these photojournalists helped to reveal the human faces behind our reporting and joined our research and advocacy on the web and in hard copy, in public outreach events, and in journalistic publications and broadcast media worldwide. Together, we will continue to work on the frontlines of the human rights struggle so that no government can say “it never happened” or “we didn’t know.”
Join us for this year's Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, June 15 -28 at the Walter Reade Theater, with an array of fiction and nonfiction films that address some of the most pressing issues of our times with a spirit of enlightenment and encouragement. Go to Program Overview for a listing of the films in the Festival .
The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents curated exhibits in the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery at the Walter Reade Theater that either compliment the programming or are film related art shows. Inaugurated in 1991, the space was designed by prestigious architectural firm Davis Brody and named in honor of the Furmans, longtime supporters of the Film Society.
