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A Song for Ourselves

2009, DVD, color and b&w;, 35 min
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Karen Ishizuka

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Multicultural Studies, Popular Culture
Date Entered:06/17/10


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Audrey Hepburn Remembered

1993, 2008, DVD, color, 103 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Gene Jean Feldman and Suzette Winter

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies, Popular Culture, Theater
Date Entered:08/14/08


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Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice

2006, DVD, color and b&, 72 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Catherine Pancake

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Appalachian Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:03/20/07


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Burning the Future: Coal in America

2008, DVD , color, 120 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by David Novack, Alexis Zoullas

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Appalachian Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies
Date Entered:09/09/09


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El Charango

2006, DVD, color, 23 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by 2pEpps Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Anthropology, Music, History
Date Entered:01/22/08


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Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars

2007, DVD, color, 34 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Cara Carney

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Environmental Studies
Date Entered:09/03/09


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Lumo

2007, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III

Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, History, Health Sciences, Women's Studies
Date Entered:07/15/09


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Middle of Everywhere: The Abortion Debate from America’s Heartland

2008, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Betrand Faivre

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Political Science, History, Popular Culture
Date Entered:10/21/10


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Otello: From the Royal Opera House

1992, 2008, DVD, color, 146 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by BBC/Royal Opera House

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Opera, Theater
Date Entered:08/08/11


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Out of Europe

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 55 min.
Distributed by SISU Home Entertainment
Produced by Richard Lerner

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jewish Studies, European Studies, History
Date Entered:10/21/10


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Pray the Devil Back to Hell

2008, DVD, color, 60 min. and 72 min. versions
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by Abigail E. Disney

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, History, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:01/12/10


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Return to the Land of Wonders

2004, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Maysoon Pachachi

Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, History, Political Science, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:07/26/07


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Riviera Cocktail

2006, DVD, color and b&w, 97 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Wolfgang Frei

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Photography, Popular Culture
Date Entered:09/03/08


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Silent Messengers

2005, DVD, color, 93 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Terry Greenlaw (Picture Plant) Annette Clarke (NFB)

Recommended

Subjects: Native American Studies, Canadian Studies, Art
Date Entered:12/20/06


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The Clay Bird (Matir Moina)

2002, DVD, color, 89 min.
Distributed by Milestone Films & Video, PO Box 128, Harrington Park, NJ 07640-0128; 800-603-1104
Produced by Catherine Masud

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Asian Studies, Religious Studies, History, Film Studies
Date Entered:12/12/06


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The Electricity Fairy

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 52 min.
Distributed by Appalshop, Inc., 91 Madison Avenue, Whitesburg, KY 41858; 606-633-0108
Produced by Appalshop

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Appalachian Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies
Date Entered:01/07/11


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The Merchant of Venice: A New Perspective

2009, DVD , color, 133min. + 44 min. of bonus material
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Jessica Crawford

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Theater, Drama, Literature, Shakespeare
Date Entered:07/15/09


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The Prize of the Pole. A Film by Staffan Julen

2006, DVD, color and b & w, 78 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Haslund film/Eden film

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Native American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, History
Date Entered:12/03/07


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The Refugees of the Blue Planet

2005, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Monique and Marcel Simard (Productions Virage) Yves Bisaitlon (NFB)

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies, Geography, Canadian Studies
Date Entered:04/25/08


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The Tsarina’s Slippers: From the Royal Opera House

2009, DVD, color, 143 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by BBC/Royal Opera House

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Opera, Theater
Date Entered:01/31/11


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Unveiled Views: Muslim Women Artists Speak Out

2009, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Safo Films and Alba Sotorra

Recommended

Subjects: Women's Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:10/21/10


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Visions: True Stories of Spiritualism, Secret Societies and Murder

2007, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Ad Hoc Productions, PO Box 40805, Rochester, NY 14604; 800-648-8909
Produced by Michael Keene

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, History, Religious Studies, Western New York
Date Entered:11/25/08


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What Remains of Us

2004, DVD, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 1614 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
A film by Francois Prevost and Hugo Latulippe with the participation of Kalsng Dolma

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Religious Studies
Date Entered:03/06/09


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When a Woman Sings

2004, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Producer n/a

Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Women's Studies
Date Entered:07/28/06