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10 Years On: Afghanistan & Pakistan

2012, DVD , color, 35 min.
Distributed by KJF Documentaries
Produced by Kathleen Foster

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Geography, History, Human Rights, International Relations, Military Studies
Date Entered:01/22/13


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A Year in Champagne

2014, DVD, color, 122 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Todd Ruppert and David Kennard

Recommended

Subjects: Business, Entrepreneurship, France, Wine Industry, World History
Date Entered:12/01/15


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Art Bastard

2016, DVD , color, 83 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Chris T. Concannon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Art, Art History, Biography, Drawing, Education, Illustration, Journalism, Museum, New York City, Painting, Politics, Political Posters, Popular Culture, Realism, Satire, Social Justice, Visual Art
Date Entered:02/26/18


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Bird in the Room

2016, DVD , color, 67 min.
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Directed by Ari Davidovich

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Acting, Art, Biography, Children’s Literature, Death, Depression, Family Relations, Fame, Folk Music, Hebrew Literature, Marriage, Mental Health, Music, Parenting, Poetry, Popular Culture, Songwriting, Storytelling, Suicide, Tel Aviv, Theater,
Date Entered:02/15/17


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Burden of Peace

2015, DVD, color, 77 mimn.
Distributed by Alexander Street Press, 350 7th Ave/Ste 1100, New York, NY 10001
Produced by Bart Voorsluis, Annemiek Munneke, and Framewerk

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Activism, Central America, Corruption, Crime and Prosecution, Courts, Crimes Against Humanity, Criminality, Dictatorship, Genocide, Government, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Latin America, Law, Mayans, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:03/15/17


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Camille Claudel 1915

2013, DVD , color, 25 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Rachid Boucharab, Jean Brehat, Remi Burah, Veronique Cayla, and Muriel Merlin

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography, Family Relations, France, Artists, Mental Health, Women’s Health
Date Entered:08/06/14


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Django Unchained

2012, DVD , color, 165 min.
Distributed by Weinstein Company
Produced by Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African-American Studies; American Studies; Film Studies; History; Human Rights; Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:02/27/13


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Edison: The Invention of the Movies (1891-1918)

2005, DVD, color and b&w, 4 discs, 3 hrs. each, 730 min. total
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Bret Wood

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies
Date Entered:08/26/11


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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum

2010, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Timothy Sakamoto

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, Art, Biography, Popular Culture
Date Entered:04/22/11


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Hava Nagila: The Movie

2012, , color, 75 min.
Distributed by Katahdin Films, 1516 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; 510.666.0866
Produced by Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain, and Marta Kauffman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Social Activism, African-American Culture, Art, Civil Rights, Dance, European History, Folklore, Judaism History, Jewish Studies, Music, Protest Movements, Race Relations, Religion, Social Movements
Date Entered:07/23/13


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Heart of Sky Heart of Earth

2012, DVD, color, 98 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Eric Black and Frauke Sandig Umbrella Films in co-production with ZDF/3sat

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Activism, Agriculture, Animals, Anthropology, Ecology, Environmentalism, Food, Folklore, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Sociology
Date Entered:02/02/15


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Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

2009, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Llewellyn M. Smith, Vincent Brown, and Christine Herbes-Sommers, A co-production of Vital Pictures and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Executive Producer for ITVS: Sally Jo Fifer

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Education, European Studies, Eugenics, Jewish Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:01/25/10


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Hungry Hearts

1922, DVD, b&w, 84 min., silent with English intertitles
Distributed by National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University, Brandeis University, Lown 102, MS053, Waltham MA 02454; 781-899-7044
Produced by The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Drama, European Studies, Jewish Studies, Literature, Multicultural Studies, Storytelling, Urban Studies
Date Entered:01/22/08


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Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape

2012, DVD, 32 min., color
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by The National Gallery of Art, in conjunction with its exhibition

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History, Biography, European Studies, History, World War I, World War II
Date Entered:11/19/12


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Kale and Kale

2007, DVD , color, 51 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Stephanie Spray

Not Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Asia, Folklore, Hinduism, Music, Nepal, Culture
Date Entered:10/19/15


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Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger

2013, DVD , color, 72 min.
Distributed by Sam Feder
Produced by Sam Feder and Karin Winslow

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Acting, Activism, Gender Identity, Homosexuality, Transgenderism, Sexual Behavior
Date Entered:03/10/16


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Lady Kul El-Arab

2008, DVD, 56 in,, color
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Barak Heymann and Timna Goldstein-Havvav

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Cultural Traditions, Family, Gender Studies, Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:11/19/12


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Making War Horse

2010, DVD, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by National Theatre, Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky, David Sabel, and Toby Coffey

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Animal Behavior, Children’s Literature, History, Military Studies, Theater, World War I
Date Entered:03/14/12


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Miss Navajo

2006, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Billy Luther

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Native American Studies, Multicultural Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:09/29/08


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Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night

2005, DVD, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced and written by Sonali Gulati

Recommended

Subjects: Business, Labor Studies, Communication, Technology, Asian Studies
Date Entered:09/11/06


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Personally Speaking: A Long Conversation with Stuart Hall

2009, DVD , color, 4 hrs., 18 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089
Produced by Dibb Directions

Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Biography, Education, Multicultural Studies, Political Science, Postcolonial Studies
Date Entered:10/07/10


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Placing the Author: Wordsworth, De Quincey, and Dove Cottage

2012, DVD, color, 20 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Sarah Carr and Jane Dibblin

Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Cultural Studies, English Romantic Poets, European Studies, Geography, History, Literature, Travel and Tourism, Writing
Date Entered:03/15/13


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Praying with Lior

2007, DVD, color, 87 min.
Distsributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Ilana Trachtman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, American Studies, Child Development, Jewish Studies, Disability Studies, Learning Disabilities, Religious Studies
Date Entered:09/03/09


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Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths

2010, DVD, color, 68 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Piksuk Media Inc., the National Film Board of Canada, Joe MacDonald and Charlotte De Wolff

Recommended

Subjects: Animal Behavior; Animal Rights; Anthropology; Asian Studies; Canadian Studies; Environmental Studies; Native American Studies
Date Entered:08/22/12


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Salam Neighbor

2015, DVD , color, 75 min.
Distributed by Tugg, Inc., 855-321-8844
Produced by Salam Darwaza, Mohab Khattab, Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci and Living on One and 1001 Media

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Civil Rights, Civil War, Crimes Against Humanity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Nonprofit Organizations, Refugee Camps, United Nations, War Crimes, World History
Date Entered:07/26/16


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Saving Jamaica Bay

2016, DVD , color, 76 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Daniel Hendrick

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Animal Welfare, Biodiversity, Bird Watching, Birds, Botany, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environmentalism, Fish, Gateway National Recreation Area, Natural Disasters, Salt Marshes, Urban Wildlife Management, Wetlands
Date Entered:02/12/18


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Silences

2006, DVD, color, 22 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by Octavio Warnock-Graham

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, African American Studies, Parenting
Date Entered:02/07/08


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Songhua

2007, DVD, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Doc Alliance Films

Not Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Asia, Geography
Date Entered:01/28/16


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Suitcase of Love and Shame

2013, DVD , color, 70 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Jane Gillooly

Recommended

Subjects: Adultery, Sex
Date Entered:02/02/15


The Land and the Sacred: Nature’s Role in Myth and Religion – A Series of Three Films: Mysteries of the Landscape, Water and its Powers, Animals as Divinities cover image

The Land and the Sacred: Nature’s Role in Myth and Religion – A Series of Three Films: Mysteries of the Landscape, Water and its Powers, Animals as Divinities

2005, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Dominique Robiquet

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Agriculture, Anthropology, Animal Behavior, Art, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Geography, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies, Mythology, Nature, Popular Culture, Religious Studies
Date Entered:03/07/08


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The Last Flight of Petr Ginz

2013, DVD , color, 66 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Stephen H. Cypen and Peter Gilbert

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence; Art; Children’s Literature; Civil Rights, Crimes Against Humanity, Discrimination, European History, History, Human Rights, Jewish Holocaust, War Crimes, World War II, World History
Date Entered:02/14/14


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The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid

2014, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Nicolas Rossier, Baraka Productions and Naashon Zalk Media

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Apartheid, Civil Rights, Crimes Against Humanity, Discrimination, Government, History, Human Rights, Politics, Protest Movements, Racism, South Africa, World History, Violence, War Crimes
Date Entered:08/13/15


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The Price of Sex

2011, DVD , color, 73 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Mimi Chakarova

Highly Recommended

Subjects: European Studies, History, Human Rights, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies, Political Science, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:11/01/11


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The Storytelling Class

2009, DVD, color, 59 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Bullfrog Films

Recommended

Subjects: Urban Studies, Sociology, Multicultural Studies, Education
Date Entered:08/26/11


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The White Meadows

2012, DVD , color, 93 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Mohammad Rasoulof

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Human Rights, Iran, Middle East Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:08/01/13


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They Call Me Muslim: Two Women, Two Choices About Wearing the Hijab

2006, DVD, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Diana Ferrero

Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Religious Studies, European Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:06/27/07


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Tracing Roots

2014, DVD, color, 35 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by Ellen Frankenstein with Delores Churchill

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Archeology, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Basket Weaving, Botany, Crafts, Diversity, Documentaries, Education, Folklore, Native Americans, Native Peoples, Needlework
Date Entered:05/04/15


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Transnational Tradeswomen

2006, DVD, color, 62 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Producer n/a

Recommended

Subjects: Women's Studies, Business, Labor Studies, Asian Studies, Economics
Date Entered:02/23/07


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Unsettled

2007, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Resonance Pictures
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Geography, History, Human Rights, Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies
Date Entered:01/31/11