Dickens sends this article about video programming from the “St. Petersburg Times. The article talks about one library that received a grant from the Human Rights Video Project from National Video Resources and the problems in using such heavy material for library programs.
Once or twice each month, the library will show one of the films at 6 p.m., then hold discussions about them. I went to a preview Wednesday and saw snippets from each of the documentaries. They aren’t Meet the Fockers. In fact, most of them are pretty much downers. After all, the world can be a pretty nasty place. “I watched all of them (when I was) putting this sneak peek together, and I got pretty emotional,” Ms. Scott said. At one point, she simply had to stop watching. The subject matter ranges from the near-slave labor making clothes for the big-name labels to school bullying to gay rights issues.
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