THRiFT Project
Talks in Human Rights in Film & Television
The THRiFT Project is a passion project that explores contemporary challenges to human rights through the lens of film and television.
One of the most fundamental principles of law is that it should be understandable to the people it applies to. Yet conversations about human rights are too often confined to academics and lawyers.
THRiFT aims to open those conversations to a wider audience, bringing together perspectives from artists, academics, practitioners, critics, and anyone interested in how film and television reflect, challenge, and shape our understanding of human rights.
As the project grows, these ideas will be unpacked through video essays, a biannual zine, written pieces, events, the odd podcast or two, and whatever other forms the occasion might invite.
The project will be organised into thematic seasons, beginning with its inaugural theme: “The Game Showification of Human Rights”.
Season One
The Game Show-ification of Human Rights
Individuals accepting great risks for human entertainment are entwined with human history. Autonomy over our mind and body is the most fundamental human right, but is there a limit to this autonomy?
Reality TV scandals, accidental deaths, and dystopian depictions in cinema all suggest that there may be.
This season will explore these tensions through a series of themes spanning the historical to the contemporary. law, asking what happens when the lines between consent, risk, and entertainment begin to blur.
Zine
This will be our spin on a traditional journal, whilst also paying homage to one of the pillars of art communities: the zine.
Most importantly, the intended audience is everyone. Through contributions from artists, academics, and everyone in between, we will try to make these gargantuan topics a wee bit more bite-sized.
There will also be a small physical print run of each issue, alongside a freely accessible online version.
First Issue Coming in Early 2027.
Contact
More information here is coming soon. Including ways you can support us.
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