Honor Universal Human Rights Month this December by screening POV films that uncover human rights violations—and show the global efforts to rectify these wrongs. These films are available for free from the POV Lending Library for community or classroom screenings. Sign up in the POV Community Network to borrow these (and many more) films!
Visit our Educators Page for access to standards-aligned lesson plans and streaming clips for use in the classroom. POV films span a range of topics from war and genocide to human trafficking and criminal justice. Here are some recommended titles:
Last Men in Aleppo follows the White Helmets, a group of volunteer rescue workers in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as they navigate the daily life and daily horrors of a city beseiged by war. Screen the Film | Download the Discussion Guide | Explore the Lesson Plan | Check out the Reading List
The Storm Makers recounts in harrowing detail the desperation and greed responsible for churning thousands of young Cambodian women through the human trafficking underworld. Screen the Film | Download the Discussion Guide | Explore the Lesson Plan | Check out the Reading List
Herman’s House brings to life the dream home of Herman Wallace, a man imprisoned for over 40 years in a 6-foot-by-9-foot cell, just as it brings to bear the failings of the justice system that left him there. Screen the Film | Download the Discussion Guide | Explore the Lesson Plan | Check out the Reading List
The Judge and the General, a man and his country come to terms with their grisly past as a criminal case against an ex-dictator reveals the judge’s own hand in the General’s bloody coup. Screen the Film | Download the Discussion Guide | Explore the Lesson Plan | Check out the Reading List
Enemies of the People, in which investigative journalist Thet Sambath tracks down those responsible for Khmer Rouge, the infamous mass murder of almost two million Cambodians in the 1970s, and reckons with his own losses in the process. Screen the Film | Download the Discussion Guide | Explore the Lesson Plan | Check out the Reading List
Visit our local events calendar for a full list of events happening across the country and join our Community Network to host a screening of your own! Got a question or an idea? Follow POV’s Community Engagement and Education department on Twitter @povengage and we’ll help you find the right resources for your goals.
