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Audiences in the 1930's might have appreciated this work because of the rights of women suffrage but it totally dismisses the black struggle.
I have yet to see the 1960's remake (or 1950's?) but I would definitely check the remake out for changes in plot and theme because of social change (the predominance of the civil rights movement.)
I loved the book and I still cannot believe that Astrid Lindgren sold the rights to these filmmakers (she later made the same mistake with the animated Pippi Longstocking).
Troma bought the rights to it though they did not produce it.
Along the way, Busey picks up quirky bird rights activist Crispin Glover (as Jules Langdon).
He is well know and respected world wide and fully supports animal rights.
If you are interested, read Tyler's book FREEDOM'S FERMENT, which discusses the international peace movement, woman's rights, and other movements of equal interest in that period - only these did not lead to Civil War.
Who has the video rights?
When MGM acquired the rights to Show Boat for the Arthur Freed unit, no expense was spared in making this one of the most expensive films the studio had ever produced.
It's in the bill of rights and the constitution, their really shouldn't be this much argument about it.
First: It is evil and reprehensible confuse environmentalists who are against the monstrosity of placing a tower of oil extraction off the coast of California that use of their legitimate rights are converted into manifestation of the "bad", confusing its leader with a terrible terrorist who wants to wipe out the United States simply for money.
I enjoyed the early-70s touches (shag carpeting in the bathroom, 8-track cassettes) but realized that -- despite so many advances in gay rights over the years -- it could almost be re-made today and still make sense.
The young boy's father(Lionel Le Blanc)sells the rights to an oil company to drill for oil just behind their cabin home.
For anyone with even a fleeting interest in human rights, this is a difficult movie to watch.
An African expedition intends to collect animals for zooery, which angers animal rights advocate Glenn Morris (as Tarzan).
Britain’s Failed Human Rights RevolutionLONDON – The budget-cutting austerity program of Britain’s new coalition government has been claiming all the headlines, but David Cameron’s cabinet is breaking with its Labour predecessor in another key area as well: human rights.
Indeed, many people mock the very notion of human rights, which is seen as leading to “loony” concessions that favor criminals and terrorists.
The concept of universal human rights is literally foreign – enshrined in the broad-brush principles of the European Convention on Human Rights, whose court sits in Strasbourg.
As Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie Booth, herself a human rights lawyer, lamented, “the majority of people feel that human rights are not relevant to their lives.”
But using the broad brush of “human rights” to resolve such issues trivializes the concept.
After all, what responsible public body wants to be accused of violating human rights?
This has led the popular press to howl that we now live in a costly, bureaucratic, and inefficient “human rights culture” – a charge with profound political resonance.
Paradoxically, some deem human rights to be wholly inefficacious where their recognition is most required.
Many MPs who backed the incorporation of the European human-rights convention into British law came to view formal recognition of human rights as a grave inconvenience when faced with Al Qaeda-inspired terrorism.
In short, having brought rights home, the Blair government ended up trying to hide them under the sofa.
The fact is that any piece of legislation purporting to embody human rights is entirely vulnerable to a political system in which parliament is supreme.
Indeed, even when the cause of human rights is being advanced, the Human Rights Act is now overlooked.
All this and not one mention of “human rights” – an absence that reflects the political sensitivity of human rights in Britain today, and that tacitly acknowledges that when the stakes are high, the Human Rights Act cannot be relied upon.
But the cost of such rigid rules may be high, and their effectiveness, as witnessed by the vagaries of the United States’ record on human rights, is less fool-proof than is sometimes imagined.
So, perhaps in a mature democracy, human rights should be dignified by actions rather than words.
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