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ERI works vigorously to defend the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), which permits victims of international human rights abuses to sue in U.S. courts.

Total Denial- a film by Milena Kaneva - and winner of the 2006 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award is a dramatic and moving documentary which chronicles the personal and political journeys of the groundbreaking human rights lawsuit, Doe v. Unocal, brought by EarthRights International and villagers from Burma against oil giant Unocal. Click here to find out the history of this landmark case.
How can you see the film and take action...easy!
Since 2006 several special event screenings have been held around the world including Washington, D.C.; Boston, MA; Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Crested Butte, CO; Columbus, OH; Eugene, OR; Paris, France; Prague, Czech Republic and London, England. The film has been an official entry for Hot Docs 2006, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2006, and One World 2006 and is the Human Rights Film Festival in New Zealand and South Cinema Film Festival in Netivot, Israel. Click on the city to check out our work in pictures!
We also held a Total Denial House Party event on September 16, 2007 where 55 house parties were held around the world including Hong Kong, London, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Germany, Canada, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic and all across the United States. Also, October and November of 2007 we helped our supporters hold dozens more house parties around the world! Click here for the recording of the conference call Q&A with filmmaker Milena Kaneva and two of the film's protagonists, Ka Hsaw Wa and Katie Redford.