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All Restrictions End and Final Fitting (Two Films by Reza Haeri)

2009 (All Restrictions End); 2008 (Final Fitting), DVD, color, 64 min. total
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Reza Haeri

Not Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:01/07/11


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Codes of Gender: Identity + Performance in Pop Culture

2008, DVD , color, 74 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089
Produced by Sut Jhally

Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture
Date Entered:03/08/10


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How to be a Woman Vol. 2: Instructions for Proper Female Behavior from Classroom Films of the 1940s - '80s

1955-1982, DVD, color and b&w, 195 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Various Producers

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Educational Films, Women's History, Social Issues
Date Entered:06/27/11


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Immigrant Nation: The Battle for the Dream

2010, DVD, color, 96 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 Esaú Meléndez

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Immigration
Date Entered:09/23/11


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Left in Baghdad

2007, 2010, DVD, color, 12 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Peter Jordan and John Kane

Recommended

Subjects: Health Sciences, Disability Studies, Iraq War Veterans
Date Entered:07/19/11


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Miss Representation

2011, DVD, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Media Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:09/08/11


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Notebooks of Memory

2009, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Anne Aghion Films, PO Box 1528, New York, NY 10276; 212-254-1360
Produced by Anne Aghion

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Africa, Political Science, History, Law, Genocide
Date Entered:06/27/11


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Nourish: 54 Bite-sized Videos About the Story of Your Food

2010, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by WorldLink, The Presidio, 38 Keyes Avenue, Box 17, San Francisco, CA 94129 415-561-2141
Produced by WorldLink

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Food, Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences
Date Entered:10/27/11


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Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up

2009, DVD, color, 67 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 Debra Chasnoff and Sue Chen

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Teacher Training
Date Entered:04/27/10


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Sweatshop Cinderella

2010, DVD, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Suzanne Wasserman

Not Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Biography, Women's Studies, Literature
Date Entered:10/07/10


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The Age of Stupid

2008, DVD, color, 89 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Producer n/a

Not Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies
Date Entered:10/07/10


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The Red Chapel

2011, 2009, DVD, color
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Producer n/a

Not Recommended

Subjects: Disability Studies, Popular Culture, Korea
Date Entered:07/08/11


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The Solitary Life of Cranes

2008, DVD, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Odd Girl Out Productions presents in association with the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, Urban Studies, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:01/25/10


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The World of Buckminster Fuller

2008, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Robert Snyder

Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, Environmental Studies, Physics, Technology, Urban Studies
Date Entered:06/17/10


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Tiger Spirit

2008, DVD, color, 73 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Producer n/a

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Asian American Studies
Date Entered:01/25/10


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War, Love, God, and Madness

2010, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Produced by Mohamed Al-Daradji

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Iraq, War, Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights
Date Entered:04/22/11


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Water on the Table

2010, DVD, color, 56 min./79 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Liz Marshall in association with TVOntario and Knowledge

Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies, Water, Political Science
Date Entered:05/02/11


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Weapon of War

2009, DVD, color, 59 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Ilse Van Velzen

Recommended

Subjects: Women's Studies, African Studies, War
Date Entered:10/12/11


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Which Way Home

2009, DVD, color, 63 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Central American Studies, Latin American Studies, Multicultural Studies, Area Studies
Date Entered:09/20/10


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William S. Burroughs On the Road: Words of Advice

2010, DVD, color, 74 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by by Lars Movin and Steen Moller Rasmussen

Not Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Literature, American Studies, Media Studies
Date Entered:05/26/10