"The Children of Chabannes," is a 92 minutes documentary film by Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherel about the survival of Jewish children in a home established by a Jewish social service organization in Chabannes in central France, thanks in large part to the people of Chabannes. Gossells, whose father and uncle were two of the 400 children saved, goes back to interview the grown survivors and their former teachers. The film, in French and English with English subtitles, also draws on photographs, letters and journals from the period. It was released by Castle Hill Productions and HBO Signature Double Exposure in New York in June and so far has received eight awards, including film festivals and competitions at Avignon, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Hollywood, and Nantucket. The film will play this fall (2000) in theatres and film festivals around the US and Europe: see http://www.childrenofchabannes.org/screening.htm for more information.

"In Search of Global Justice" is an hour-long video documentary by David Freudberg (Public Radio International) about the origin of international humanitarian law and the emergence of institutions leading to the UN treaty for a permanent International Criminal Court. It features interviews with Benjamin Ferenz (former US Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunal), Walter Cronkite (CBS News), Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (former presiding judge at the International Criminal Tribunal on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia), Kofi Annan (UN Secretary- General), Rhonda Copelon (Director, International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic) and David Scheffer (US State Department Ambassador for War Crimes Issues). This video can be heard free on the web [www.humanmedia.org] through 12/31/00; one can also download a free discussion guide and fact sheet. Cassettes can be purchased for $15 postpaid from Human Media, Box 185, Belmont MA 02478. For credit card purchase, call 1-800-5LISTEN or http://www.humanmedia.org.

"Voices from the Lake" by Michael Hagopian is an 83 minute film telling the story of the 1915 massacres in the Ottoman Empire by a survivor (Hagopian) from Kharpert. The story of Kharpert, spanning an eight month period, is told through diaries, journals and official documents of observers there, including missionaries and Leslie Davis, US Consul there. The film will be available at the end of October 2000 for $39.95; contact Michael Hagopian, President of the Armenian Film Foundation and speak to secretary Anna Marie for orders--(805) 495 0717.