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Human rights? Yes, of course. Everywhere and for everyone. But... SILENCIO: What happened to the parents of some youngsters in Chile? The parents just disappeared. To find them, the youngsters occupied the Danish Embassy in Santiago, thus forcing the Chilean government to release information. Now in exile in Denmark, the youngsters have re-enacted their experiences in a docu-drama for young people. The French video-magazine on human rights offers several examples of violations of human rights. Using an imaginative studio setting and film clips, the program succeeds in giving the impression of actually being on the scene of dramatic human right cases in Moscow. Warsaw, San Salvador and France. This program was partly filmed in Super 8 for security reasons. The third program –NAMIBIA- is the very first “inside” story from this African country. A black woman gives a report that no Western reporter would be able to match. Human rights in the United Sates? BALLAD OF AN UNSUNG HERO is a bilingual documentary about a Mexican who took part in the Mexican Revolution. He then went to California in the ‘20s, became a pop star, and, reluctantly, a political figure. The next thing he knew, he found himself imprisoned in San Quentin Federal Penitentiary for nine years on false charges and then deported to Mexico.