Educational Media Reviews Online

A Trip Down Market Street: 1905/2005

2005, DVD, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by MX Entertainment

Subjects: American Studies, Area Studies, Film Studies, History, Photography, Urban Studies, Media Studies
Date Entered:12/12/06

A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance

2010, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Palomino Productions, PO Box 8565, Berkeley, CA 94707; 510-236-3257
Produced by Eve A. Ma

Subjects: African-American Studies, Dance, Music, Multicultural Studies, South American Studies
Date Entered:03/04/11

Butterflies & Bulldozers: David Schooley, Fred Smith, and the Fight for San Bruno Mountain

2010, DVD, color, 61 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Ann Dunsky, Steve Dunsky, Keith Moreau, Sam Ellis Moreau, David L. Brown

Subjects: Environmental Studies, Area Studies, American Studies, Urban Studies
Date Entered:11/18/10

Crude Impact

2006, DVD, color, 3 hrs. 33 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Jennifer Jandak Wood and Joanne Shen

Subjects: Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, History, International Relations, Transportation, Technology
Date Entered:07/31/09

Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong

2009, DVD, color, 87 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Massimilian and Nina Breeder

Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Geography, Photography, Storytelling, Transportation, Travel & Tourism
Date Entered:05/26/10

Dynamic Painting by San Base

2009, DVD, color, 100 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by San Base Studio, Inc.

Subjects: Animation, Art, Media Studies, Music, Technology
Date Entered:05/26/10

Einstein Tonight

2004, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Producer n/a

Subjects: Biography, Drama, Ethics, History, Philosophy, Science, Storytelling, World War II
Date Entered:03/19/09

Expedition Earthscope

2006, DVD, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Earth Images Foundation

Subjects: Animation, evolution, Geography, History, Science
Date Entered:04/25/08

Folk Songs

2007, DVD, color, 13 min.
Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 119, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3A8; 416-588-0725
Produced by LeAnn Erickson

Subjects: Area Studies, Biography, European Studies, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:12/05/08

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home

2008, DVD, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Garbageman Productions, Inc., 632 College St., Suite 2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 1B4; 416-738-9163
Produced by Take Action Films

Subjects: Biography, Canadian Studies, Environmental Studies, Food, Humor, Parenting
Date Entered:12/05/08

Geologic Journey

2007, DVD, color, 260 min., 2 discs
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by NSERC/CRSNG

Subjects: Canadian Studies, Geography, Photography, Geology, Science
Date Entered:07/02/10

Google's Deep Impact

2007, DVD, color, 49 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by NHK

Subjects: Business, Computer Industry, Communication, Computer Science, Management, Popular Culture, Technology
Date Entered:11/20/07

Henry Miller

1969, DVD, b&w, 58 min
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Le Sel de la Semaine

Subjects: Biography, Literature, Storytelling, Writing
Date Entered:05/26/10

I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

2007, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by H2O Newsreel and Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Jennifer Needleman and Joshua Asen

Subjects: Area Studies, African Studies, Dance, Multicultural Studies, Music, Popular Culture, Storytelling
Date Entered:11/18/09

Journey to Space: Moon Landing: Apollo 11 and NASA: the First 25 Years

2010, DVD, color and b&w;
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Producer n/a

Subjects: American Studies, History, International Relations, Science, Space, Technology
Date Entered:07/02/10

Kamp Katrina

2007, DVD, color, 73 min.
Distributed by Carnivalesque Films, 203.417.3136 or 347.282.6132
Produced by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon

Subjects: American Studies, Area Studies, Drama, Humor, Human Rights, Sociology, Storytelling, Psychology, Biography
Date Entered:03/07/08

Life With Principle: Thoreau's Voice in our Time

2006, DVD, color, 56 min. + bonus material
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Melvyn Hopper

Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Literature, Philosophy
Date Entered:07/31/09

Marina Abramovic: 7 Easy Pieces

2010, DVD, color, 93 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Producer n/a

Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography, Dance, Drama, Media Studies, Museums, Popular Culture, Theater
Date Entered:10/07/10

Meet Tame Iti (Tuhoe, Maori): Meet the Prick

2008, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by Golem Productions

Subjects: Anthropology, Biography, Area Studies, Ethics, History, Human Rights, Multicultural Studies, Postcolonialism, Sociology, Storytelling
Date Entered:01/29/09

Nero's Golden House

2001, DVD, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 1614 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Producer n/a

Subjects: Animation, architecture, European Studies, History, Biography
Date Entered:05/29/09

Nosferatu: Resurrecting F.W. Murnau's Masterpiece

2007, DVD, color and b&w; 94 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany

Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture
Date Entered:06/27/11

Our Beaches and Plastic

2010, DVD, color, 22 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media Inc., 3450 Slade Run Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336
Produced by Red Willow Films

Subjects: Environmental Studies, Media Studies
Date Entered:11/18/10

Paris 1919

2008, DVD, color, 94 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by National Film Board of Canada

Subjects: European Studies, American Studies, History, Military Studies, International Relations
Date Entered:02/05/10

Primo Levi's Journey

2007, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Rossofuoco

Subjects: Biography, European Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Literature, Travel and Tourism, Storytelling, World War II, Writing
Date Entered:01/14/08

Quarantaine

2009, DVD, color, 48 min.
Distributed by CineFete, 1586 Fleury St. East, Suite 210, Montreal, Canada H2C 156; 800-858-2183
Produced by Mouvement Perpetuel Production

Subjects: Aging, Dance, Music, Storytelling
Date Entered:03/04/11

Recalling Orange County

2006, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mylene Moreno

Subjects: American Studies, Area Studies, Multicultural Studies, Journalism
Date Entered:12/12/06

Roots and Branches No. 3

2007, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Palomino Productions, PO Box 8565, Berkeley, CA 94707; 510-236-3257
Produced by Eve A. Ma

Subjects: American Studies, Area Studies, Biography, Multicultural Studies, Urban Studies, Storytelling, Dance
Date Entered:05/29/09

Samuel Lind's Coastal World

2006, DVD, color, 24 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Frances Lausell

Subjects: Area Studies, Art, Biography, Dance, Latin American Studies, Multicultural Studies, Music, Popular Culture
Date Entered:03/19/09

Seville's Story: Choosing to Live Clean

2006, DVD, color, 23 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by ABC News Nightline

Subjects: Biography, Drama, Rehabilitation, Social Sciences, Social Work, Storytelling
Date Entered:04/25/08

Spirits for Sale

2007, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Folke Johansson

Subjects: American Studies, History, Human Rights, Multicultural Studies, Native American Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:01/29/09

Sputnik Declassified

2007, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by WGBH Boston, 125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134; 617-300-2000
Produced by Rushmore DeNooyer and Kirk Wolfinger

Subjects: American Studies, History, International Relations, Military Studies, Science, Technology
Date Entered:03/07/08

SS United States: Lady in Waiting

2008, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by Big Ship Films

Subjects: History, Travel and Tourism
Date Entered:12/05/08

Tales of Sand & Snow

2005, VHS, color, 48 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Yves Bisaillon

Subjects: African Studies, Anthropology, Canadian Studies, Area Studies, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:02/23/07

The Alhambra and the Reign of Queen Isabella of Spain

2006, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Films Media Group

Subjects: Architecture, Area Studies, European Studies, Biography, History
Date Entered:01/11/08

The Cold War

2009, DVD, color, 132 min. on 2 discs
Distributed by Media Rich Learning, 3 Cypress Lane, Chesterton, IN 46304; 773-909-7124
Produced by Media Rich Learning

Subjects: American Studies, History, International Relations, Military Studies, Technology, World War II
Date Entered:09/18/09

The Complete Metropolis

2010, DVD, color and b&W; 140 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany

Subjects: Film Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Science Fiction
Date Entered:06/27/11

The Dark Years: 1929-1939

2008, DVD, color, 2 hrs. 20 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by National Film Board of Canada

Subjects: Animation, Canadian Studies, History, Journalism, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Storytelling, Writing, World War II
Date Entered:09/18/09

The Dreamers of Arnhem Land

2005, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Christopher Walker

Subjects: Australian Studies, Anthropology, Area Studies, Environmental Studies, Human Rights, Postcolonialism
Date Entered:02/23/07

The Last Mountain

2004, DVD, color, 23 min.
Distributed by Fanlight Productions, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Sally Rubin

Subjects: Adolescence, Biography, Death & Dying, Psychology, Storytelling
Date Entered:06/07/07

The Lusitania: "A damned dirty business"

200?, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by A Yellow Production

Subjects: European Studies, History, Military Studies, International Relations
Date Entered:02/05/10

The Map of the Great Explorers (Part I: Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan)

2009, DVD, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media, Inc., 3450 Slade Run Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042; 1-800-342-4336
Produced by Jean Luc Millan, Grand Angle Distribution

The Renaissance: When the World was Reborn

2010, DVD , color, 51 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media Inc., 3450 Slade Run Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336
Produced by Svea Television

Subjects: Art History, European Studies, History, Literature, Philosophy, Science
Date Entered:10/07/10

The Shutka Book of Records

2005, DVD, color, 78 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Aleksandar Manic

Subjects: Drama, Anthropology, European Studies, Humor, Multicultural Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:12/12/06

The Tree of Life: Three Films on Indian Mexico

2006, DVD, color, 91 min.
Distributed by Ethnoscope Film & Video, PO Box 92353, Rochester, NY 14692; 585-442-5247
Producer n/a

Subjects: Area Studies, Central American Studies, Education, Human Rights, Latin American Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonialism, Religious Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:02/23/07

The Universe, Part 1

2009, DVD, color, 21 min.
Distributed by Landmark Media Inc., 3450 Slade Run Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042; 800-342-4336
Produced by Pierre & Lean-Luc Burreau

Subjects: Physics, Science, Technology
Date Entered:10/07/10

Vendetta Song

2006, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by DLI Productions/National Film Board of Canada

Subjects: Biography, Crime, Criminal Justice, Death and Dying, European Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:06/07/07

Visit Wales with Rachel Hicks

2007, DVD , color, 60 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Camrose Media

Subjects: Area Studies, European Studies, History, Photography, Travel and Tourism
Date Entered:03/19/09

When the Moors Ruled Europe

2008, DVD, color, 50 min. and 53 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Channel Four Television/4 Learning

Subjects: Architecture, Area Studies, Art History, European Studies, Geography, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies, Postcolonialism, Religious Studies, Travel and Tourism
Date Entered:07/25/08

Where the Sun Rises

2006, DVD , color, 56 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 1614 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Grace Phan

Subjects: African Studies, Area Studies, Biography, History, Postcolonialism, Storytelling
Date Entered:01/29/09

Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole?

2009, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by BBC Productions

Subjects: Science, Physics
Date Entered:07/02/10

Who's Afraid of Wilhelm Reich? A 21st-Century Reappraisal

2010, DVD , color and b&w, 95 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Autlook Filmsales GMBH Films

Subjects: Biography, Psychology, Ethics
Date Entered:03/04/11