Skip to Content

18 Reviews

Anne Braden Southern Patriot cover image

Anne Braden Southern Patriot

2012, DVD, color, 77 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Anne Lewis and Mimi Pickering

Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Film Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, History, Human Rights, Law, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Work, Sociology
Date Entered:01/22/13


Crime After Crime cover image

Crime After Crime

2011, DVD , color, 93 min.
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by Life Sentence Films LLC

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, African American Studies, Crime, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Gender Studies, Law, Media Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:12/07/11


Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay cover image

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

2012, DVD, color, 89 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Molly Bernstein & Alan Edelstein, Alicia Sams, Philip Dolin, Cathy Greenwold, Terry Gross, Mark Singer, Peter Block, Ronald Guttman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Drama, Film Studies, Humor, Philosophy, Popular Culture, Psychology, Storytelling, Theater
Date Entered:07/11/13


Futurist Life Redux cover image

Futurist Life Redux

2011, DVD, color, 45 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Portland Green Cultural Projects, SFMoma, Performa

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History, Film Studies, Media Studies
Date Entered:03/14/12


Hot Coffee cover image

Hot Coffee

2011, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Docurama Films, New Video Group, 902 Broadway FL 9, New York, NY 10010; (212) 206-8600
Produced by Carly Hugo, Sheila Nevins, Alan Oxman

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Ethics, Journalism, Law, Media Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology
Date Entered:03/14/12


Life 2.0 cover image

Life 2.0

2010, DVD, color, 99 min.
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP), PalmStar Entertainment, Edgeworx Studios

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Economics, Gaming, Law, Media Studies, Psychology, Social Sciences
Date Entered:12/07/11


Masquerades cover image

Masquerades

2008, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Dharamsala, Laïth Média and Arte France Cinéma

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies, Gender Studies, Language, Middle Eastern Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonialism, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:12/07/11


Milestones : Ice cover image

Milestones : Ice

Milestones 1975; Ice 1969, DVD, color and b&w; Milestones 199 min.; Ice 128 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Milestones produced by Barbara Stone and David C. Stone; Ice produced by David C. Stone

Not Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Film Studies, Urban Studies
Date Entered:03/14/12


One Day After Peace cover image

One Day After Peace

2012, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Steven Markovitz, Miri Laufer and Erez Laufer

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Crime, Criminal Justice, Ethics, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, Jewish Studies, Law, Middle Eastern Studies, Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postcolonialism, Sociology
Date Entered:01/11/13


Payback cover image

Payback

2012, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Zeitgeist Films, 247 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013; 212-274-1989
Produced by Ravida Din

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Ethics, Law, Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Sociology
Date Entered:10/11/12


Prosecutor cover image

Prosecutor

2011, DVD, color, 94 min. with an alternate 52 min. version
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by White Pine Pictures in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, American Studies, Crime, Criminal Justice, Ethics, European Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Journalism, Law, Military Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Post-colonialism
Date Entered:03/14/12


Soul of Sand cover image

Soul of Sand

2010, DVD, color, 98 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Aruna Vasudev, Sidharth Srinivasan, and Divya Bhardwaj

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Ethics, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Sociology, Storytelling, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:01/22/13


The Kingdom of Survival cover image

The Kingdom of Survival

2011, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 1614 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Slowboat Films

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Economics, Education, Labor Relations, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Sciences, Sociology, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:12/07/11


The Light Thief  cover image

The Light Thief

2010, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Altynai Koichumanova, Cedomir Kolar, Thanassis Karathanos, Marc Baschet, Karl Baumgartner and Denis Vaslin

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:01/22/13


The Loving Story cover image

The Loving Story

2011, DVD , color and b&w, 45 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Augusta Films, LLC – Elisabeth Haviland James

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, History, Human Rights, Law, Media Studies, Political Science, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:05/24/12


The Meeting in St. Gervais cover image

The Meeting in St. Gervais

2010, DVD, color, 44 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Communication, European Studies, Film Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Humor, Law, Linguistics, Media Studies, Philosophy, Storytelling
Date Entered:03/14/12


The Tenants cover image

The Tenants

2009, DVD, color, 103 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Sèrgio Bianchi

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Crime, Economics, Ethics, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences, Urban Studies, Violence
Date Entered:10/11/12


We Are Not Ghosts cover image

We Are Not Ghosts

2011, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young

Not Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Agriculture, Area Studies, Economics, Education Studies, Environmental, Social Sciences, Urban Studies
Date Entered:10/11/12