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#Bars4justice

2016, DVD, color, 9 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Queen Muhammad Ali, Hakeem Khaaliq

Recommended

Subjects: Poetry, Civil Rights
Date Entered:12/12/16


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A Bold Peace

2017, DVD, color, 89 and 57-min. versions
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)

Recommended

Subjects: Government, Political Science, Military, War
Date Entered:02/16/18


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Algorithms-Blind Chess Players of India

2014, DVD, b&w, 100 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Geetha J.

Recommended

Subjects: Special Education
Date Entered:07/08/15


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And Then I Go

2017, DVD, color, 1 hr. 38 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711

Recommended

Subjects: Gun Control, Education, Teachers, School Violence, School Shootings, Bullying
Date Entered:07/23/18


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Anthropocene

2015, DVD , color, 97 min., SDH Captions
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Jenny Richards

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Zoology, Paleontology
Date Entered:07/15/16


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Bluespace

2016, DVD , color, 74 and 54 min versions included
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Ian Cheney

Recommended

Subjects: Aerospace, Future
Date Entered:03/13/17


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Dead Slow Ahead

2015 (2017 US release), DVD, color, 1 hr. 13 min., Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Oceanography
Date Entered:08/28/17


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Death by Design

2016, DVD, color, 73 and 59 min. versions on a single DVD
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Sue Williams

Recommended

Subjects: Capitalism, Computer Industry, Poverty, Ecology, Electronics Industry, Environmental Disasters, Environmentalism, Globalization, Water Pollution
Date Entered:02/07/18


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Exuma

2014, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Rhythm Productions, LLC

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sustainability, Oceanography, Marine Sciences, Photography
Date Entered:12/08/17


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Gambling on Extinction

2015, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Tristan Chytroschek, Anne Pick

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Ecology, Political Science
Date Entered:07/26/16


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I am Michael

2013 (Released January 2017), DVD , color, 1 hr. 38 min.
Distributed by Brainstorm Media, 280 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 208, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310-285-0812 info@brainmedia.com

Recommended

Subjects: Diversity, Gay Liberation Movement, Religion, Sexuality
Date Entered:08/11/17


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La Piedra Ausente

2013, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277

Recommended

Subjects: Archeology, Government, Political Science, Art, History
Date Entered:03/27/18


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Last Cab to Darwin

2015, DVD, color, 2 hrs.
Distributed by Todos los Pueblos Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Assisted Suicide, Death, Health Care Ethics, Native Peoples, Social Psychology, Diversity, Cancer
Date Entered:08/28/17


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Lunch, Love, Community

2014, DVD, color, 78 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Helen De Michiel and Sophie Constantinou

Recommended

Subjects: Food, Nutrition, Health, Urban Agriculture, Parenting, Activism
Date Entered:12/01/15


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Occupy Love

2013, DVD , color, 84 min., English with English, French and Spanish subtitles
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Nova Ami, Ian Mackenzie, and Velcrow Ripper

Recommended

Subjects: Activism
Date Entered:07/08/15


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Off the Rails

2016, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Tugg, Inc., 855-321-8844
Produced by The Film Collaborative / MSK

Recommended

Subjects: Asperger's Syndrome, Social Problems, Sociology, Criminal Justice
Date Entered:01/17/17


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Open Sesame, The Story of Seeds

2015, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by TDC Entertainment, 220 East 23rd St., Suite 405, New York, NY 10010
Produced by M. Sean Kaminsky

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Farming, Social Justice
Date Entered:09/03/15


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Profiled

2016, DVD, color, 52 min
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606

Recommended

Subjects: Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, Race Relations
Date Entered:06/26/18


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Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border

2013, DVD , color, 80 min., English and Spanish subtitles
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Inti Cordera, Hugo Perez, and Rodrigo Reyes

Recommended

Subjects: Immigration, Political Science
Date Entered:11/22/16


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Red Wolf Revival

2016, DVD , color, 30 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Roshan Patel

Recommended

Subjects: Zoology, Activism, Ecology, Political Science
Date Entered:07/15/16


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Revolution ’67

2007, DVD, color, 90 min. closed captioned
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., P.O. Box 3400, Lancaster, PA 17604-3400; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno

Recommended

Subjects: Civil Rights, History
Date Entered:12/12/16


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Sapphire of St. Louis

2015 (2017 US release), DVD, color, 58 min., French with English subtitles
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016

Recommended

Subjects: Art, History, Slavery
Date Entered:08/28/17


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Seed Battles

2014, DVD , color, 50 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Helen Goossens

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Social Justice, International Relations
Date Entered:09/03/15


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Silent River

2014, DVD, color, 25 min.
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by

Recommended

Subjects: Environmental movement, Environmentalism
Date Entered:03/13/17


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Slingshot 88

2014, DVD , color, 88 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Paul Lazarus and Barry Oppeer

Recommended

Subjects: Africa, Economics, Health Sciences, Latin America, Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Date Entered:05/22/15


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Starving the Beast

2016, DVD, color, 1 hr 34 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Bill Banowsky

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Education, Government, Political Science
Date Entered:02/02/18


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SUNU

2015, DVD , color, 79 min. Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Sustainability
Date Entered:01/03/17


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Taken for a Ride

1996, DVD , color, 55 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Transportation, Automobile industry, Social Sciences, History, Economics and Management, Social Justice
Date Entered:02/18/16


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The Antibiotic Hunters

2015, DVD, color, 44 min., SDH Captions
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Sue Ridout

Recommended

Subjects: Medicine, Health Sciences, Biology, Pharmaceutical Industry
Date Entered:12/08/15


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The Apology

2016, DVD, color, 104 min., Korean with English captions
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Tiffany Hsiung

Recommended

Subjects: History, Human Rights, Military, World War II
Date Entered:12/12/16


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The Burden

2014, DVD, color, 40 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Roger Sorkin

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Military Policy, Sustainability, Climate Change, Iraq War
Date Entered:12/01/15


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The Clearstream Affair

2015, DVD, color,102 min., French, English captions
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Christophe Rossignon and Phillip Boëffard

Recommended

Subjects: Banking, Crime
Date Entered:11/22/16


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The Divide

2016, DVD , color, 78 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089

Recommended

Subjects: Economics, Labor, Sociology
Date Entered:04/02/18


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The Greenhouse of the Future

2014, DVD , color, 70 min. French with dubbed English. No closed captions.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Curt Close

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sustainable Living
Date Entered:02/18/16


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The High Cost of Cheap Gas

2014, DVD , color, 56 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Mira Dutschke

Recommended

Subjects: Sustainability, Environmental Education, Environmentalism
Date Entered:01/28/16


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The Invisible Patients

2016, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Tugg, Inc., 855-321-8844
Produced by Patrick O’Connor

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Chronic Illness, Community Health Services, Compassion, Medicine and Health Sciences, Drug Use, Death, Family, Delivery of Health Care, Health Services, Nursing
Date Entered:01/17/17


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The Last Days of Winter

2016, DVD , color, 52 min., Arabic with English captions
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescents, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Prisoners
Date Entered:11/30/16


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The Politics of Hate

2017, DVD, color, 1 hr. 7 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Democracy, Government, Propaganda, Political Science, Social Sciences, Hate Crimes
Date Entered:07/23/18


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Tierra de Patagones

2013, DVD , HD-DVD, color, 74 min., Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by Green Planet Films, PO Box 247, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0247; 415-377-5471
Produced by Gauchos Del Mar

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Biology, Bird Watching, Birds, Conservation, Culture, Documentaries, Ecology, Environmentalism, Poetry, Sea Otter, Surfing, Zoology
Date Entered:06/11/15


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To the Moon

2014, DVD , color, 86 min.
Distributed by Tugg, Inc., 855-321-8844
Produced by Emmett Brennan and Cara Lane

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Cooperative Agriculture, Documentaries, Environmentalism
Date Entered:06/11/15


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Top Five Tips for Safe Driving: Handling Your Vehicle Responsibly

2013, DVD, color, 18 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Brad Kloza and Diana Sole Walko

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Adolescents, Teenagers
Date Entered:05/27/15


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Treasured Moments

2016, DVD, color, 33 min., English with English captions
Distributed by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 50 Fitzroy St., London W1T 5BT =44 (0) 20 7387 0455
Produced by Heather Merrill, John Lloyd, Akio Lloyd

Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Experimental Film, Race Relations
Date Entered:02/02/18


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True New York

2016, DVD , color, 131 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by various

Recommended

Subjects: Documentaries, Interpersonal Relations
Date Entered:01/17/17


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Unsupersize Us

2016, DVD , color, 1 hr 22 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Juan-Carlos Asse

Recommended

Subjects: Exercise, Nutrition
Date Entered:12/08/17


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What’s for Dinner

2013, DVD, color, 29 min., Mandarin with English subtitles
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Susannah Ludwig

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Ecology, Political Science
Date Entered:07/26/16


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When Two Worlds Collide

2016, , color, 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Agriculture, Conservation, Sustainability, International Trade, Industrial Production, Native Peoples, Natural Resources, Protest Culture and Society, Water Pollution
Date Entered:01/10/17