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A Word to the Wise

2017, DVD , color, 27 min., English, French and Spanish subtitles
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Gangway Media

Not Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Ethics, Melanesia
Date Entered:10/05/18


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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 91 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Nancy Buirski

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Dance, Ballet, Polio, Disability
Date Entered:02/25/14


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Aurelio: Rebel with a Cause

2014, DVD , color and b&w, 38 min., with 50 min. of extras
Distributed by Facets DVD
Produced by Kert Vander Meulen, Henry Vargas, Camilo Vila

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:05/05/16


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Bach and Friends

2010, DVD, color, 206 min., 2 discs, Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese
Distributed by Michael Lawrence Films, 6708 Danville Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21222
Produced by Michael R. Lawrence

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:03/29/10


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BAM 150

2012, DVD , color and b&w, 86 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Glen Loser and Michael Sládek

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Brooklyn, History
Date Entered:12/06/13


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Baobabs: Between Land and Sea

2015, DVD , color, 56 min., French and Malagasy with English narration and subtitles in Albanian, English, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Lakobe Production

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Trees, Madagascar, Anthropology
Date Entered:11/30/16


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Becoming Traviata (La Traviata et nous)

2012, DVD , color, 112 min.; in French with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Philippe Martin

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Opera
Date Entered:12/06/13


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Carry the Tune: Musical Journeys After High School

2014, DVD, color, 68 min. plus extras
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 2305 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 101, Portland OR 97214; 503-232-5345
Produced by Paul Trapkus

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Education
Date Entered:07/01/15


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Chopin’s Afterlife: A Documentary

2005, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Ophra Yerushalmi

Recommended

Subjects: Music, European Studies
Date Entered:07/11/08


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Climate Blueprint

2013, DVD , color, 52 min., Closed Captioned
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Ruth Chao, Alphonse de lad Puente (Intuitive Productions and Somadrome)

Recommended

Subjects: Climate Change, United Nations
Date Entered:12/08/15


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Conduct! Every Movement Counts

2016, DVD , color, 84 min., English and German with English subtitles
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Hubertus Siegert

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:10/10/17


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Denial

2016, DVD, color, 92 and 57 min. versions
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Derek Hallquist

Recommended

Subjects: Gender Identity, Climate Change
Date Entered:02/26/18


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Escape from Luanda

2007; DVD release 2008, DVD, color, 72 min., Portuguese with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Music, African Studies, Africa, Angola
Date Entered:05/15/09


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Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony

2013, DVD , color, 78 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by Kerry Candaele, et al.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Human Rights
Date Entered:03/27/18


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George Crumb: “Bad Dog”

2009, DVD, color and b&w, 66 min.
Distributed by Bridge Records, Inc., 200 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801
Produced by Becky Starobin

Not Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:02/22/10


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Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys

2018, DVD , color, 87 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by David Abel and Andy Lamb

Recommended

Subjects: Wildlife Conservation, Culture, Environmentalism
Date Entered:10/05/18


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Hearts of the Dulcimer

2013, DVD , color, 55 min. plus 40 min. of extras
Distributed by Dulcimuse
Produced by Patricia Delich & Wayne Jiang

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music, Folk Music
Date Entered:08/21/14


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How to Write a Banjo Concerto

2014, DVD, color, 96 min.
Distributed by Argot Pictures
Produced by Béla Fleck

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:04/07/15


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In Search of Beethoven

2009, DVD, color, 139 min. Extras on Disc 2: about 100 min.; Mainly in English, with subtitles where appropriate. Subtitled for speakers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:05/10/10


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In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey

2012, DVD, color, 57 min. plus bonus features
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Tamarak Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:03/14/14


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In Search of Haydn

2011, DVD, color, 102 min.; 50 min. of extras; Mainly in English with subtitles where appropriate. Subtitles also available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by Phil Grabsky

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:06/04/12


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In Search of Mozart

2006, 2009, DVD, color, 128 min. Mainly in English, with subtitles where appropriate. Subtitled for speakers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:01/12/10


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Joaquín Achúcarro: 50 Years On and Joaquín Achúcarro in Concert

2009, DVD, color, 42 min. and 53 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Angela Alvarez Rilla for Opus Arte

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:07/08/11


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Landfill Harmonic

2015, DVD, color, 84 min., In Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by Tugg, Inc., 855-321-8844
Produced by Julinana Peñaranda-Loftus and Jorge Maldonado

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Music Education, Recycling, Sociology
Date Entered:01/18/17


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Materia Wood

2015, VHS, color and b&w, 55 min., Italian with English subtitles
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Directed by Paola Castriota

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Violin Making, Wood Sculpture, Trees, Musical Instruments
Date Entered:11/30/16


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Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America

2013, DVD , color, 93 min., Spanish, French, and Portuguese with English subtitles
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Cinema 7 Films

Not Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:05/27/14


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Music for Mandela

2012, DVD, color, 81 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Ken Frith

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music, South Africa
Date Entered:03/06/17


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Nature’s Orchestra: Sounds of Our Changing Planet

2015, DVD, color, 24 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Stephen Most with Lobitos Creek Ranch, Synergy Media, Swilss Reel Films

Recommended

Subjects: Natural History
Date Entered:03/22/16


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Oyster

2017, DVD, color, 80 mins
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Pat Fiske

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Australia; Ecology; Ethnography; Fisheries; Marine Science; Oyster Farming
Date Entered:11/15/19


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Red Ice: Global Warming Has Triggered the Red Alarm in the Poles

2014, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Intuitive Productions and Somadrome

Not Recommended

Subjects: Climate Change
Date Entered:01/06/16


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Sax Country: The Music of the Central Andes

2007; Released 2008, DVD, color, 70 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Sonia Goldenberg

Not Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Music, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:05/07/09


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Serenade for Haiti

2016, DVD, color, 70 min. Haitian Creole & French with English subtitles
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Owsley Brown, Anne Flatté, Christy McGill

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:07/30/18


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Singing Paris: The City of Lights in 20th-Century French Music

2009, DVD, color and b&w, 52 min., in French with optional English subtitles
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Alain Lavalle

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music, European Studies
Date Entered:11/12/10


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Speak the Music: Robert Mann and the Mysteries of Chamber Music

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 58 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Allan Miller

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:02/20/14


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Synesthesia

2015, DVD, color, 17 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by John Christou, Aisling Chin-Yee, Alexandre Domingue

Recommended

Subjects: Brain, Neuroscience, Aesthetics
Date Entered:08/15/17


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Talent Has Hunger

2015, DVD , color, 83 min., plus extras
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Josh Aronson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Education
Date Entered:11/22/16


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Thank You for the Rain

2017, DVD, color, 87 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Hugh Hartford

Recommended

Subjects: Climate Change, Africa
Date Entered:03/01/18


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The Cloud Forest (BOSQUE DE NIEBLA)

2017, Streaming, 90 mins
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Bambú Audiovisual, Cacerola Films, Viento del Norte Cine

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Cooperatives; Ethnography; Farming; Mexico
Date Entered:02/10/20


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The New Fire

2018, DVD, color, 84 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by David Schumacher, Derek Wieshahn, Yuanyuan Chen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Engineering, Science, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Energy, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Climate Change, International Relations
Date Entered:12/11/18


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The Paris Opera

2016, DVD, color, 106 min., French with English subtitles
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Business, Opera, Ballet
Date Entered:10/10/17


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The Woman and the Glacier

2016, DVD, color and b&w, 59 min., In Lithuanian and Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Radvile Sumile

Recommended

Subjects: Earth Sciences, Climate Change, Design
Date Entered:09/21/18


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This May Be the Last Time

2014, DVD , 93 min., color and b&w
Distributed by Bond/360, 42 Bond Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10012 212.354.2650
Produced by Matt Leach and Cristina D. King

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Native Americans, Christianity, Anthropology
Date Entered:10/15/15


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Wild Plants

2016, DVD , color, 108 min. In English, French, and German with English subtitles where needed
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Joëlle Bertossa, Close Up Films and Nicole Leykauf, Leykauf Film

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Cooperative agriculture, Wildlife conservation
Date Entered:08/15/17