One Small Step

A video montage that exposes contemporary human rights issues and encourages others to take a stand against them.
WARNING: Contains graphic images that may be disturbing for some viewers.

Created By Sandra Shtabnaya (2020)
Created For DGST 395: Applied Digital Studies, Fall 2018
Created With
Format Video
Keywords
  • Human Rights Movement
  • Photojournalism
  • World History
Music
  • (0:16-0:46) "The Lie in Leinster Gardens"
  • (0:47-1:54) "Redbeard"
  • (1:55-4:01) "The East Wind"
David Arnold and Michael Price. Sherlock Series 3 Soundtrack. Hartswood Films. 2014.
License CC-BY 4.0

Description

One Small Step is a video montage exploring instances of human rights violations worldwide. It compiles both iconic and little-known contemporary images of human suffering, poverty, war and mutilation, juxtaposed with hopeful photographs of protests, human rights activists and humanitarians working to correct human injustices. The video serves to demonstrate that ordinary individuals have the power and responsibility to make a difference in the lives of the oppressed, downtrodden and less fortunate. All they need do is take one small step.

Images

All 54 images in the following gallery are ordered according to their appearance within the video. For more detailed image citations, click on the PDF below.

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Lost shoe and glasses
Unknown source.
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Beijing, China, 4 June 1989. Source.
Mutilation from Cambodia Land Mines
Chris Colbourne. Cambodia, 2009. Source.
Great Calcutta Killing
Margaret Bourke-White. Bengal, India, 16 Aug. 1946. Source.
A grief stricken American infantryman
Haktong-ni, Korea, 28 Aug. 1950. Source.
Violence Against Women during Partition of India
Margaret Bourke-White. 1947. Source.
Woman and children crouch in muddy canal
Horst Faas. Bao Trai, Vietnam, 1 Jan. 1966. Source.
A little girl comforts her doll
Stringer. London, 1 Jan. 1940. Source.
A pregnant girl at a refugee camp
Raghu Rai. Bangladesh, India, 1971. Source.
US Marine and Japanese Child
Tinian, Japan. 1944. Source.
Woman and children huddling in snow
Carl Mydans. Finland, 1940. Source.
Soldier holding dying infant
W. Eugene Smith. Saipan, Japan, June 1944. Source.
Blindfolded prisoner
David Epstein. Thuong Duc, Vietnam, 23 Jan. 1967. Source.
Bodies heaped in closet
Dario Mitidieri. Beijing, 4 June 1989. Source.
Soldier kicking dead civilians
Ron Haviv. Bijeljina, Bosnia. Apr. 1992. Source.
Tibetan nun dragged by police
Saurabh Das. Katmandu, Nepal, 30 Mar. 2008. Source.
Woman mutilated from acid attack
Emilio Morenatti. Aug. 7, 2010. Source.
Bodies piled in mass grave
George Rodger. Bergen-Belson, Germany, Apr. 1945. Source.
Blood covered protestor
Beijing, 4 June 1989. Source.
Mourner at memorial
Larry Powell. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, DC. Source.
Vietnam War Protest
DC, 15 Nov. 1969. Source.
Child at a rally
Tsering Dorje. Tibet, 1966. Source.
Mothers protest missing children
Eduardo Di Baia. Argentina, 30 Apr. 1977. AP. Source.
Wall Street protestor
Jonathan Anauch. Wall Street, New York, Sep. 2011. Source.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Julian Wasser. Source.
Sanitation workers stand up for rights
Joshua Rashaad McFadden. Memphis, Tennessee, 29 Mar. 1968. Source.
African American wins gold medal
Paul Chinn. Los Angeles, 1984. Source.
Protestor for women's rights
Will Winter. Vancouver, Canada, 15 Oct. 2011. Source.
Protest for Cuban rights
Dean Musgrove. Echo Park, CA, 14 Apr. 1980. Source.
Mother Teresa with children
Calogero Cascio. Source.
Lech Walesa
Gdansk, Poland, 14 Aug. 1980. Source.
Fall of Berlin Wall
Tom Stoddart. Berlin, Germany, 10 Nov. 1989. Source.
Woman offers soldiers flower
Marc Riboud. Pentagon, DC, 21 Oct. 1967. Source.
Man opposes tanks
Jeff Widener. Beijing, China, 5 June, 1989. Source.
Russian president stands on top of tank
Daine-Lu Hovasse. Moscow, Russia, 19 Aug. 1991. Source.
Muslims feel Srebrenica
Nick Sharp. Potocari, Bosnia. 14 July, 1995. Source.
Mandela freed from prison
Greg English. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 Feb. 1990 Source.
Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns
Adam Dean. Aungban, Myanmar. 1 Mar. 2012. Source.
Malala opens library
Rui Vieira. Birmingham, UK, 9 Mar. 2013. Source.
Poor children rise up
India. Source.
Aldrin walks on the moon
Neil Armstrong. 20 July, 1969. Source.
Muslim woman votes
Lai Seng Sin. Pekan, Malaysia, 5 May 2013. Source.
Japanese protestors unite
Chris McGrath. Hong Kong, China, 30 Sep. 2014. Source.
Soldier gives child water
Mike Buytas. Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, 19 Oct. 2005. Source.
Acid attack protestors
Sourav Karmakar. Mar. 2014. Source.
Child holds sign
John Moore. Manama, Bahrain, 21 Feb. 2011. Source.
Student protestor demands peace
Jorge Silva. Venezuela, 15 Feb. 2014. Source.
Egyptian anti-government protest
Ramy Youssry. Alexandria, Egypt, 2013. Source.
Vigil for Tiananmen Square Massacre
Andrew Ross. 2008. Source.
African child stands triumphant
Giovanni Turco. South Sudan, 3 Feb. 2011. Source.
Protestor for Irish independence
Aram Tahhan. Source.
Children learn about the world
Supriya Biswas. India, 2015. Source.
United Nations flags
Aotearoa. UN Headquarters, New York. Source.
International Space Station overlooking Earth
International Space Station, 30 Nov. 2009. Source.