3 Generations

Yazidi Remembrance Day 2022

Today we remember the Yazidi Genocide which took place in August of 2014. Thousands of Yazidi women and girls were forced into sexual slavery and thousands of Yazidi men were killed. We are honoured to hear and share the harrowing story of Lamiya, a Yazidi survivor. Hear their stories. #3generations #yazidigenocide #yazidipeople #nadiasintiative #abrahamproject #remebrance #womensrights #womenstories

Summer Solstice Blessing with Puma Quispè, Shaman and Community Leader in Chinchero, Peru

Join us for a conversation and solstice blessing with Puma Quispè and learn about how you can support our efforts to help rebuild Puma's community after Covid.

Summer Solstice with Puma Quispè, Shaman and Community Leader in Chinchero

Join 3G and Puma Quispè, community leader and teacher in Chinchero, Peru, for a special solstice message.

Last night, we celebrated the wonderful winners of our Second Annual Youth Video Contest. Thank you to everyone who submitted, as well as to our panel of judges. You can watch the ceremony, including 3 of the winning films, below.

Today is the day we honor and remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Boys and 2 Spirit people. The wearing of a Red Dress is a reminder of those lost and the on-going epidemic. There are still many stories to told, heard and shared. #reddressday #mmiw #mmiwg2s #nomorestoelnsisters

Have you submitted your short film to our video contest yet? Take a peek at some of the submissions from last year 👀 We're excited to see what you come up with this time around. Visit www.3generations.org for more information. #filmfestival #youngfilmmakers #documentary #film #3generations #3genfilm #videocontest

On International Day of Education we invite all young filmmakers to get creative and enter 3 Generations Second Annual Video Contest. Education has changed, a lot, over the last 70 years or so and we are excited to see the work of 16 to 26 year olds who want to influence the world with their camera (or cell phone). More info in link In bio and via the QR code in our video. Enter on FilmFreeway. There are cash prizes, an online Festival this year and a jury of industry professionals. The contest is open to entrants from across the globe. #internationaldayofeducation #3generations #3genfilms #filmmaking #youngfilmmakers #unitednations #unicef #youthcontest #filmfreeway

Human Trafficking Awareness Day anchors the observation of Human Trafficking Month. It’s a day to recognize both how prevalent trafficking is today in this country, and also its historical roots. At 3 Generations we have focused our work on sex trafficking. We see how this crime connects many of our issues: from the Holocaust to MMIWG to Yazidi refugees from the Syrian Civil War to young boys on the streets of major US cities today. There is so much work still to do. “A typical john is like a rapist” “A lot of these girls are very broken and traumatized…defense attorneys try to discredit them.” “Dachau had its own brothels…” #humantrafficking #sextraffickingawareness #humantraffickingawarenessday #humanrights #toolsofwar #mmiwg #mmiw #dachauconcentrationcamp #3generations #3genfilms #tricked #trickedfilm

Our newest film: A Kaddish For Selim - will have its World Premiere on January 13th at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center as an official selection of the 2022 New York Jewish Film Festival. A Kaddish for Selim Jane Wells, USA, 2021, 15 min. English World Premiere Composed of century-old photographs and letters, Jane Wells’s A Kaddish for Selim tells the story of her uncle, a young British Jew forced to change his name in order to enlist in the army. This haunting short film honors the memories of those who relinquished first their names and then their lives in defense of their adopted homelands. Screenings at 1pm and 7pm with Q & A. Tickets in link in bio. We hope to see you there. #walterreadetheater #3generations #3genfilms #nyjff2022 #menemshafilms #janewells #akaddishforselim #worldwar1 #firstworldwar #jewishsoldiers #gallipoli

New Year's Day Livestream

New Year's Blessing Ceremony

As this challenging year comes to a close, we want to thank everyone who has followed, shared their story, donated to, worked for, contributed, listened, viewed, commented, challenged and supported 3 Generations. This work is always a team and community effort, but the last year or two has reminded us how deeply grateful we are for ours. Wishing everyone a Happier New Year. #happynewyear2022 #equality #3generations #3genfilms #documentary #socialjustice #humanrights #environmentaljustice

Please join us for a Renewal Ceremony to welcome 2022, LIVE FROM PERU, at 2pm EST on Jan 1st. Community leader, healer, Shaman, Puma Quispé will join @nadiazl and @sholgate61 to welcome what is promised to be an epic year. Send us your intentions via DM or in the comments and Puma will add them to the Ceremony. Blessings and creativity will flow. RSVP (it’s free) to Eventbrite, in Link In Bio or find us on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

What happened at Wounded Knee on December 29th 1890 was once called a “battle” rather than the Massacre it truly was. How we use words is vital to how we understand history, to getting to the truth of what happened in the past and how we explain things to subsequent generations. Dawn Bjoraker, a Lakota Sioux, friend of and advisor to 3 Generations, has pointed out, more than once, that the responsibility for learning accurate history lays with each of us. We agree: it is not up to survivors of oppression, colonization or attempted Genocide to teach us, it’s up to us all to learn. This is true whether we are talking about the Massacre at Wounded Knee or the Holocaust. If we care we must learn. #woundedknee #massacreofwoundedknee #lakota #lakotasioux #nativeamerican #nativeamericanhistory #colonialtrauma #colonialhistory #learnhistory

Short documentary films have been the backbone of our work at 3 Generations over the last 13 years. We love making them, screening them and meeting other short filmmakers along the way. We believe shorts don’t get the recognition they deserve so we are delighted to celebrate NATIONAL SHORT FILM DAY and invite you to sample some of ours. In addition we are thrilled that our newest short — A Kaddish for Selim — will have its World Premiere on January 13th at the Walter Reade Theater at the Lincoln Center as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival. Link to buy tickets in our bio. Please support shorts. They have a real impact: they tell vital stories. #nationalshortfilmday #shortfilms #shortdocumentary #shortdoc #3generations #3genfilms #walterreadetheater #lincolncenter #newyorkjewishfilmfestival #nyjff #nyjff2022 #akaddishforselim #jewishmuseum

Today is International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. A good day to talk about vaccines and health equity across the globe. Conspiracy theorists and opportunists have created an environment in which many who could have vaccines refuse them. At the cost of better universal global health. Meanwhile those who are begging for vaccines cannot access them because first world countries haven’t reached herd immunity yet and are fighting with said conspiracy theorists. An endless cycle of stupidity and tragedy. We know, we all have areas of stubbornness, blind spots, hypocrisies. All of us. But the science and the facts and common sense tell us that getting vaccines saves lives. Refusing them is cruel, selfish and borderline murderous. The ripple effect of each act of individual refusal has become a tsunami: look up how many new cases of Covid there were yesterday: it’s insane. #covid_19 #pandemic #epidemicpreparedness #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #ᴠaccineequity #conspiracytheories #omicron #3generations #3genfilms #humanrights

The solstice: meaning the (day) the sun stops. In winter we observe it as the shortest day. But it is also the day of beginning, of transformation, of shaking off the past, of moving forward. Take it from our favorite community leader and shaman from Chinchero, Peru. Puma Quispé. This year he has seen his community rocked by Covid:19, access to tourism cut off, cultural traditions threatened with loss due to illness among elders and yet…he teaches a message of hope and love. Bravo Puma. If you connect with his message be sure to join us on Jan 1st for a New Year’s blessing (at 2pm EST). Link in bio. #solstice #wintersolstice2021 #chinchero #shaman #peru #3generations #3genfilms #renewal #newyear2022 #december21st #december212021

9 years ago, 20 innocent children and 6 adults were senselessly murdered in what is meant to be a place of sanctuary and safety. Since then there has been no tangible progress in preventing access to guns for those who should not be using them. If we are to protect children, teachers, parents, schools, places of worship, shopping malls, baseball fields and our homes we must actually create stricter gun laws. The facts are known. The truth is evident. The lives are lost. It is so beyond time. It’s a travesty. It’s shameful. It’s America. It’s that pesky 2nd Amendment: used and abused by a minority to tyrannize the majority. May their sacrifice never be forgotten. #sandyhook #neverforgotten #newtown #momsdemandaction #sandyhookpromise #sandyhookelementary #guncontrol #endgunviolence #gunsafety #gunlaws #2ndamendment #massshootings

It has been 2 years since the first cluster of COVID-19 cases were identified in WuHan. Since then over 5.3 million people have died from the virus. Vaccine access and vaccine equity are the solution. At 3 Generations we have been supporting access for Indigenous elders in Peru 🇵🇪 for the last 14 months. There are so many communities that need help now. #covid_19 #covidvacccine #covid19italia #covid19peru #covidanniversary #vaccineequity #vaccineaccess #3generations #wuhanchina #december12th #december12 #humanrightsday

Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world today, December 10th, to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The United Nations has announced that the theme of Human Rights Day 2021 is “equality”. It has taken the theme from Article 1 of the UDHR, which says: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. 3 Generations has been making films and videos about critical human rights issues for over a decade. In honor of Human Rights Day we share this video, as it highlights some of the heartbreaking stories we have told over the last 10 years. #humanrights #udhr #unitednations #3generations #3genfilms #humanrightsday

Today is The International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, and in solidarity we remember The Rwandan Genocide of 1994. 3 Generations is grateful to all of the Rwandan survivors featured in this video, who honored us with their stories. We first visited and filmed the commemorations in 2006. To this day Rwandan memorials continue and survivors still bury their loved ones as they are identified at various sites across the nation. Today we honor and remember the victims of the Rwandan Genocide. #rwandangenocide #3generations #remembrance #insolidarity #victimsofgenocide

On December 5 1984, Glenn Ford was was wrongfully convicted of murder. After spending 29 years on death row for a crime he did not commit, he was exonerated without state compensation. Our award-winning documentary short A System of Justice follows Glenn Fords life after his release and examines the devastating human consequences of the broken criminal justice system in the United States. #3generations #3genfilms #asystemofjustice #glennford #criminaljustice

3 Generations wishes you all a Happy Festival of Lights and the clarity they represent. We hope for empathy for all: light love and wisdom. #hanukkah2021 #chanukah #maccabeats #happyhanukkah

On Thanksgiving, many Native Americans are forced to confront a revisionist version of their history as well as the knowledge that many of their ancestors were killed in the quest to create the great North American nations of today. It's time to decolonize Thanksgiving and learn more about the full histories of the US and Canada. This Thanksgiving celebrate and remember those whose land you occupy. #thanksgiving2021 #decolonize #decolonizeyourthanksgiving #nativeamerican #nativelands #stolenlands #history #landrecognition #thanksgiving

Here are some stand out moments from the compelling conversation between our Founder Jane Wells and LeAndra Nephin @umonhon_proud on November 1st! This livestream was in honor of Native American Heritage month. Let’s keep the conversation going and amplify Native narratives. #nativeamericanheritagemonth #3generations #mentalhealthawareness #nativewellness

Today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. There are more migrants and refugees than ever before and the level of anti-migrant sentiment has grown with it. The migrant crisis at the US border and the Afghan refugee crisis are becoming common occurences these days. At 3 Generations we continue to raise awareness about the refugee situation. We believe that all people deserve to live without fear of poverty or violence. To learn more about our work please visit our website, 3generations.org #worldmigrantandrefugeeday #refugees #migrants #3generations #humanrights

Yazidi Genocide Anniversary Livestream