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Films – Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Mele’s Story
Source: HERA Housing and Economic Rights Advocates One family’s story of economic hardship and housing discrimination in California.
Time: About 5 minutes
Grade Level: high school – adult
Subject Area: social studies, economics


Mozambique: Protect the Rights of Framers Resettled for Coal Mines
Source: Human Rights Watch, 2013
Many people resettled to make way for Vale and Rio Tinto’s international coal mining operations in Tete province, Mozambique no longer have access to arable land for farming, or other related economic and social rights.
Time: 4:50 minutes
Grade Level: high school – adult


Poor Kids
Source: Frontline and PBS
A powerful glimpse of the economic realities that poor families face in the US, told through the stories of three children: Kaylie, Brittany, and Johnny.
Grade Level: high school – adult
Subject Area: social studies, economics
Time: About 54 minutes


What are economic, social and cultural rights?
Source: ESCR-Net
An overview of economic, social and cultural rights with a specific focus on different groups, and interviews with diverse activists from around the world.
Time: 18 minutes
Grade Level: high school – adult
Subject Area: social studies, economics

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