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A Man’s Place (La place de l’homme)

2017, DVD , color, 58 min., In French, with English subtitles; adult themes
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Abortion, Childbirth, Ethics, Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Women’s Health
Date Entered:07/27/18


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Anthem; Affirmations

1991 (Anthem); 1990 (Affirmations), DVD, color and b&w, 19 min. total (Anthem – 9 min.; Affirmations – 10 min.)
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Produced by Marlon T. Riggs

Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Drama, Film Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Music, Poetry
Date Entered:01/07/11


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Apache 8

2011, DVD, color, 57 min., English and Apache with English subtitles
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Sande Zeig

Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Native American Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:07/13/12


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Bitter Honey

2015, DVD, color, 81 min., In Balinese and Indonesian, with English subtitles. Adult themes.
Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472; 617-926-0491
Produced by Alessandra Pasquino

Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Children, Culture, Domestic Violence, Family Relations, Marriage, Polygamy, Spouse Abuse, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:01/13/17


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Celluloid Man: A Film on P.K. Nair

2012, DVD, color and b&w, 164 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Dungarpur Films

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Archives, Films
Date Entered:07/18/14


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Coby

2017, DVD , color and b&w, 81 min.
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Moïra Chappedelaine Vautier

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Family Relations, Gender Identity, Sexuality, Transgenderism
Date Entered:06/26/18


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Divide in Concord

2014, DVD, color, 82 min. (theatrical version); 60 min. (classroom version)
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by David Regos & Jaedra Luke

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Environmentalism, Protest Movements, Sustainable Living, History, Water
Date Entered:08/19/15


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Earth Water Woman: Community & Sustainability in Trinidad & Tobago

2013, DVD, color and b&w, 23 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Sarah Feinbloom, Diana Fox, and Alexandra Swati Guild

Recommended

Subjects: Agriculture, Documentaries, Ecology, Environmentalism, Films, Sustainable Living, Water
Date Entered:10/29/14


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Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

2010, DVD, color, 20 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Carolina Moraes-Liu

Recommended

Subjects: Dance; Multicultural Studies; Popular Culture; South American Studies; Women’s Studies
Date Entered:01/07/11


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Facing Fear

2013, DVD , color, 23 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Jason Cohen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Crime, Discrimination, Forgiveness, Homosexuality, Multiculturalism, Social Psychology, Violence
Date Entered:12/01/15


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Feminist: Stories from Women’s Liberation

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 64 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Valerie Eastwood, Martha Good, & Betty Jean Kling

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Civil Rights, Feminism, Protest Movements, History, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:08/19/15


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Finding Hillywood

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 58 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Leah Warshawski and Chris Towey

Recommended

Subjects: Films, Rwandan Genocide, Violence, War Crimes
Date Entered:06/24/14


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Framing the Other

2011, DVD, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472; 617-926-0491
Produced by Ilja Kok & Willem Timmers

Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Communication, Human Relations, Race Relations, Sociology, Travel and Tourism
Date Entered:01/02/14


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Frauenzimmer (Silver Girls)

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 74 min., German with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Caroline Daube

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Aging, Gender Studies, Human Sexuality, Psychology, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:12/07/11


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From This Day Forward

2015, DVD, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Sharon Shattuck and Martha Shane

Recommended

Subjects: Artists, Family Relations, Gender Identity, Parenting, Transgenderism
Date Entered:06/26/18


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Ghosts of the River: Out of the Shadows

2013, DVD , color, 34 min., subtitles in English and Spanish
Distributed by Shadowlight Productions, 22 Chattanooga St., San Franciso, CA 94114; 415-648-4461
Produced by Shadowlight Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Immigration, International Relations, Latin America, Mythology, Theatres
Date Entered:07/18/14


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Girl Power: All Dolled Up

2011, DVD, color, 24 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Sarah Blout Rosenberg

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:07/13/12


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Girls in White Dresses

2009, DVD, color and b&w, 26 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Velissa Robinson & Chiyume Sugawara

Not Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:04/22/11


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GTFO (Get the F&#% Out)

2015, DVD, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 2305 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 101, Portland OR 97214; 503-232-5345
Produced by Shannon Sun-Higginson & Ian Park

Recommended

Subjects: Aggression, Games, Interpersonal Relations, Popular Culture, Social Behavior
Date Entered:09/01/15


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Herb & Dorothy 50x50

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 86 min.
Distributed by Fine Line Media, 18 West 27th St. 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10001; 718-313-0510
Produced by Megumi Sasaki

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History, Films, Museums
Date Entered:06/20/14


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How to Lose Your Virginity

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 66 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Therese Shechter & Lisa Esselstein

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Behavior, Sexuality
Date Entered:01/02/14


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It’s Always Late for Freedom

2007, DVD, color, 53 min., in Farsi, with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mehrdad Oskouei

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescents, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons
Date Entered:01/27/17


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It’s Criminal: A Tale of Prison and Privilege

2017, DVD, 78 mins
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Signe Taylor

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Corrections; Criminal Justice; Education; Prisons; Social Justice; Theater
Date Entered:11/14/18


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Jackson

2016, DVD , color, 93 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by Maisie Crow, Jamie Boyle, and Christina Clusiau

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Abortion, Childbirth, Ethics, Law, Parenting, Reproductive Rights, Women’s Health, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:07/27/18


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Klunkerz

2007, DVD , color, 83 min.
Distributed by Green Planet Films, 21 Columbus Ave. Suite 205, San Francisco, CA 94111; 415-377-5471
Produced by Billy Savage

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Sports
Date Entered:05/02/13


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Le Prénom (What’s in a Name?)

2012, DVD , color, 109 min., In French, with English subtitles
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Dimitri Rassam & Jérôme Seydoux

Recommended

Subjects: Family Relations, Feature Films
Date Entered:10/29/14


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Maria’s Grotto

2007, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Produced by Buthina Canaan Khoury

Recommended

Subjects: Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Middle Eastern Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:05/20/11


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Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience

2013, DVD , color and b&w, 57 min.
Distributed by Visions, Audrey Geyer, PO Box 1265, Brighton, MA 48116
Produced by Audrey Geyer, Visions, & Levi Rickert

Recommended

Subjects: Education, History, Multiculturalism, Native Americans
Date Entered:01/02/14


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Passion (Bab El Makam)

2005, DVD, color and b&w, 98 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Produced by Ahmed Attia & Fabienne Servan-Schreiber

Recommended

Subjects: Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Middle Eastern Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:05/20/11


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Planet of Snail

2012, DVD, color, 87 min., Korean with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Kim Minchul & Gary Kam

Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Disability Studies, Language, Writing
Date Entered:10/11/12


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Poetry of Resilience

2011, DVD, color with b&w sequences, 40 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Katja Esson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Biography, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Jewish Studies, Poetry, World War II, Writing
Date Entered:10/11/12


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Quadrangle

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 20 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Amy Grappell & Chris Krager

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Human Sexuality
Date Entered:12/07/11


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Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy

2009, DVD , color, 77 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Giuliana Del Punta & Bruno Restuccia

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Drama, Storytelling, Theater
Date Entered:05/02/13


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Rudy Burckhardt Films

2012, DVD, color and b&w, 333 min. (3 discs)
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by The Estate of Rudy Burckhardt

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Art, Film Studies
Date Entered:08/03/12


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She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry

2014, DVD , color and b&w, 92 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mary Dore & Nancy Kennedy

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Civil Rights, Feminism, Protest Movements, Reproductive Rights, History, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:08/19/15


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Sickies Making Films

2018, DVD, color and b&w, 85 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Skizz Cyzyk, Robert A. Emmons, Jr., and Joe Tropea

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Censorship, Feature Films, Films, Pornography
Date Entered:12/11/18


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Sol LeWitt

2012, DVD , color and b&w, 72 min., In English, Dutch, French, and Italian, with English subtitles
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Frank van Reemst & Joost Verheij

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History
Date Entered:05/04/15


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Starless Dreams

2016, DVD , color, 75 min., in Farsi, with English subtitles
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mehrdad Oskouei

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescents, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:01/27/17


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Status Quo?: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada

2012, DVD, color and b&w, 87 min. (disc 2, 98 min.), In English or French, with French or English subtitles
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Ravida Din and The National Film Board of Canada

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Abortion, Activism, Domestic Violence, Feminism, Native Peoples, Reproductive Rights
Date Entered:10/29/14


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Sundance Film Festival Shorts Collection 2017

2018, DVD, color, 79 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Various

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Experimental Film, Films, Short Films
Date Entered:12/11/18


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The Color of Your Socks: A Year with Pipilotti Rist

2009, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Alfi Sinniger & Olivia Oeschger

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Art, Museums
Date Entered:08/29/11


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The Disappeared: The Invisible Dead

2014, DVD, color and b&w, 85 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Alison Millar

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Crime, Government, History, Irish Republican Army, Political Science, Terrorism, Violence
Date Entered:03/30/16


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The Legacy Project: Dramatists Talk about Their Work

2011, DVD, color and b&w, 475 min., 10 discs
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Dramatists Guild Fund

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Drama, Music, Theater, Writing
Date Entered:05/03/12


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The Miracle of the Little Prince

2018, Streaming, 93 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Pieter van Huystee

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Children's Literature; Language
Date Entered:12/17/19


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The Motherhood Archives

2013, DVD, color, 91 min., in English, French, Russian, and Spanish, with English subtitles
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Irene Lusztig

Recommended

Subjects: Childbirth, History
Date Entered:08/19/15


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The Poets

2017, DVD, Color with b&w sequences, 99 min., In English, Krio, and Yoruba, with English subtitles
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Chivas DeVinck

Recommended

Subjects: Africa, Human Rights, Poetry, Social Justice, Writing
Date Entered:12/11/18


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Xu Bing: Phoenix

2013, DVD, color and b&w, 18 min., In Mandarin, with English subtitles
Distributed by Magic Lantern Films, PO Box 8567, New York, NY 10116; 646-926-6760
Produced by Itinerant Pictures

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Art History, Folklore
Date Entered:05/04/15