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15 To Life Kenneth’s Story

2014, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Outcast Films, 511 6th Avenue Suite 398, New York, NY 10011; 646-512-2596
Produced by Nadine Pequeneza and OutCast Films

Recommended

Subjects: Juvenile Delinquency, Civil Rights, Adolescents, Death Penalty, Prisons
Date Entered:05/04/15


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A Baptism of Fire

2015, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by 2P2L

Highly Recommended

Subjects: War, Journalism
Date Entered:08/09/16


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Al-Qalqa – In the Storyteller’s Circle

2010, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Thomas Ladenburger Film Production

Recommended

Subjects: Oral Communication, Storytelling, Arabic Culture, North Africa, Morocco
Date Entered:11/28/11


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Asier and I (Asier eta Biok)

2013, DVD, color, 93 min., Spanish and Basque with English subtitles
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by DOXA Producciones

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Pamplona, Basque Conflict, Terrorism, Identity, Politics, Human Rights, Sociology, History
Date Entered:01/26/17


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Badal

2005, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Osnat Trabelsi, Trabelsi Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Israel, Middle East, Women’s Rights, Human Rights, Activism, Social Movement
Date Entered:06/04/12


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Crossing Borders

2010, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Arnd Wachter, Crossing Borders Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sociology, Multiculturalism, Diversity, Travel, Nationalism, Clashing of Cultures, Media Portrayal of News, Human Rights
Date Entered:06/04/12


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Description of a Memory

2006, DVD , color, 80 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Dan and Noit Geva; Habayit Hakatom Ltd.

Recommended

Subjects: Media and Film History, Nationalism, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Sociology, Social Identity
Date Entered:07/24/13


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Domino: Caught in the Crisis (agarrado por la crisis)

2014, DVD , color, 62 min.
Distributed by Palomino Productions, PO Box 8565, Berkeley, CA 94707; 510-236-3257
Produced by Eva A. Ma

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Domino Effect, Economics, Unemployment, Spain, Globalization, Psychology, Capitalism, Political Science, Family
Date Entered:01/06/16


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Evolution of Violence/ Evolution Der Gewalt

2011, DVD, color, 77 min.
Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472; 617-926-0491
Produced by Oliver Neumann, FreibeuterFilm KG

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Latin America, Human Rights, Activism, Nationalism, Protest, Democracy, Guatemala, Violence, Capitalism
Date Entered:05/22/14


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Flower in Otomi (Flor en Otomí)

2012, DVD, color, 78 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by La Casa de Atrás, FOPROCINE, Filmoteca de la UNAM, IMCINE

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Biography, Human Rights, Social Movement, Mexico, Central America, Latin America, Politics, Women’s Studies, Capitalism, Activism, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Ecoomics, Psychology
Date Entered:01/06/16


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Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution

2013, DVD, color, 113 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Bruce Paddington, Grenada Operations, Princess Donelan

Recommended

Subjects: Grenada, People’s Revolutionary Government, Caribbean, Political Assassinations, Politics, Revolution, Identity, Government, Activism
Date Entered:01/14/16


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Fragments of a Revolution

2011, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Mille et Une Films, Virginie Guibbaud & Gilles Padovani

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Political Science, Politics, Human Rights, Activism, Social Movement, Green Movement, Imam Khomeini, 1979 Iranian Revolution, Comparative Government, and Repressive Government
Date Entered:06/04/12


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Frame by Frame

2016, DVD , color, 85 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 2305 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 101, Portland OR 97214; 503-232-5345
Produced by Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli.

Recommended

Subjects: Afghanistan, Photojournalism, Media, Human Rights
Date Entered:07/28/16


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Ghost Town: Stories from Hebron

2015, DVD , color, 85 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by Ophelias Media Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Palestine, Hebron, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict
Date Entered:01/06/16


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Goodbye Mubarak

2011, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Amip – ARTE France

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Social Movement and Collective Behavior, Protest, Revolt and Revolution, Human Rights, Political Science and Politics, Activism, Middle East, Egypt, Arab Spring, Government and Repressive Regimes
Date Entered:06/04/12


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Karama Has no Walls

2013, DVD , color, 26 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Sara Ishaq and Hot Spot Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Political Rights, Protest Movements
Date Entered:04/24/15


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Killing Time

2014, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by KV Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Capital Punishment, Prisons, Law, Crime, Death
Date Entered:04/24/15


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Land for the Nomads

2012, DVD , color, 55 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Lipika Pelham

Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Social Relations, Politics, National Identity, Israel/Palestine, Human Rights, Bedouin
Date Entered:07/24/13


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Last Day of Freedom

2015, DVD , color, 32 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Capital Punishment, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Identity
Date Entered:11/16/16


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Minarets of Temecula

2012, DVD, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by Alternate Focus; John Odam

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Islam in America, Religious Studies, Religious Freedom
Date Entered:02/18/13


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Miners Shot Down

2014, DVD , color, 86 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by UHURU Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Africa, African National Congress, South Africa, Business, Ethics, Government, Law, Criminal Justice, Labor, Human Rights, Police Violence
Date Entered:01/06/16


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My Tehran for Sale

2009, DVD, color, 95 min.
Distributed by Global Film Initiative, 145 Ninth St., #105, San Francisco, CA 94103
Produced by Amip – ARTE France

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Self Identity and Community Identity, Human Rights, Women’s Studies, Politics, Activism, Iran, and Repressive Government, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Sociology
Date Entered:06/28/12


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Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

2013, DVD , color, 40 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Sheila Nevins and HBO Documentary Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Death, Aging, Prison
Date Entered:04/24/15


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Promises

2001, DVD , color, 106 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Religion, Genocide, Identity, Nationalism
Date Entered:01/28/14


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Pull of Gravity

2013, DVD , color, 80 min.
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 2305 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 101, Portland OR 97214; 503-232-5345
Produced by Media In Neighborhoods Group (MING).

Recommended

Subjects: Prison, Prisoners, Recidivism, Criminal Justice
Date Entered:07/15/16


Roque Dalton: Let’s Shoot the Night    cover image

Roque Dalton: Let’s Shoot the Night

2013, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Witcraft Szenario, KINOKI, Ursula Wolschlager

Recommended

Subjects: El Salvador, Latin America, Central America, Literature, Poetry, Politics, Revolution, Identity, Government, Social Movements, Cuba
Date Entered:01/14/16


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Salma

2013, DVD, color, 89 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Kim Longinotto

Recommended

Subjects: Resistance of Women, Human Rights, India, Social Justice, Religion, Tradition and Family, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:07/24/13


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State 194

2013, DVD , color, 98 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Vadim Dumesh, Associate Producer; Elise Pearlson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Human Rights, Activism, Nationalism, Protest, Democracy, Violence,
Date Entered:08/13/14


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Süskind

2012, VHS , color, 118 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 1614 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Pierre Spengler, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Jewish Holocaust, War
Date Entered:05/22/14


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Syria: The Assad’s Twilight

2011, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Bonnie Compagnie & ARTE France

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Syria, Middle East, Political Science, Politics, Human Rights, Activism, Social Movement, Arab Spring, Assad Regime, Comparative Government, Repressive Government
Date Entered:06/28/12


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Tears of Gaza

2010, DVD , color, 82 min., Arabic with English Subtitles
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Vibeke Løkkeberg and Terje Kristiansen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Human Rights, Activism, Nationalism, Democracy
Date Entered:06/03/14


The Day That Lasted 21 Years (O Dia que duro 21 anos)    cover image

The Day That Lasted 21 Years (O Dia que duro 21 anos)

2012, DVD, color, 77 min., English and Portuguese with English subtitles
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by Camilo Tavares, Flavio Tavares, & Karla Ladeia

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Brazil, South America, Culture, International Relations, Human Rights, Politics
Date Entered:01/26/17


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The Enemy Within (Still The Enemy Within)

2014, DVD , color, 112 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Sinead Kirwan, Mark Lacey, Owen Gower.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Unions, Great Britain, Mineworkers
Date Entered:08/09/16


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The Kalusz I Thought I Knew

2013, VHS , color, 28 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Bernard Dichek

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Jewish Holocaust, War
Date Entered:05/22/14


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The Kingdom of Women

2010, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts, Al-Jana

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Palestine, Women’s Studies, Lebanon, Israeli Invasion of Lebanon 1982, Israel, Middle East, Women’s Rights, Human Rights, Activism, Social Movement
Date Entered:06/04/12


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The Notorious Mr. Bout

2014, DVD , color, 90 min.
Distributed by Bond/360, 42 Bond Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10012 212.354.2650
Produced by Third Party Production, Nick Fraser & Tony Gerber.

Recommended

Subjects: Terrorism, Espionage, Crime
Date Entered:07/28/16


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The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

2016, DVD , color, 87 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Brett Story with support of CINEREACH and VITAL PROJECTS FUND

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Capital Punishment, Identity, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Date Entered:01/26/17


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The Son of the Olive Merchant

2012, DVD , color, 76 min.
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Z Films, Kode Agency and Herodiade Films Production

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Armenians, Genocide, Turkey, Religious Freedom, Revisionism, Religious Studies
Date Entered:02/18/13


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The Village of Peace

2014, DVD, color, 64 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Ben Schuder, Sam Schuder, Niko Philipides.

Recommended

Subjects: Civil Rights, Religion, Israel, African Americans
Date Entered:11/16/16


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Torture Made in USA

2010, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Galexie Presse – CFRT in association with ARTE France

Highly Recommended

Subjects: War Crimes, Politics, Terrorism, Iraq
Date Entered:05/04/15


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Tricked

2013, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Generations

Recommended

Subjects: Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Crime, Slavery
Date Entered:04/24/15


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Unfinished Spaces

2011, DVD, color, 86 and 58 min. versions
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray

Recommended

Subjects: National Art, Politics, Cuba, Latin America, History, Sociology, Social Justice, Diversity, Urban Studies, Humanities and Culture,
Date Entered:07/24/13


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We Are Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution

2013, DVD, color, 85 min.+ 82 min. of extras
Distributed by TDC Entertainment, 220 East 23rd St., Suite 405, New York, NY 10010
Produced by Misha’al Alomar and Lillie Paquette

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Activism, Nationalism, Sociology, Democracy, Middle East, United States, Egypt, Arab Spring
Date Entered:05/22/14


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When the Voices Fade

2010, DVD, color, 21 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Natasha Atalla, Carly Pandza

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Nationalism, Palestine-Israel-Lebanon Relations, 2006 Israeli war, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Middle East, Women’s Rights, Human Rights, Activism, Social Movement
Date Entered:06/04/12


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Where Should The Birds Fly

2012, DVD , color, 66 min.
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Felice Gelman, Brian Drolet, Barbara Grill, Deep Dish TV Production

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Human Rights, War, Activism, Nationalism, Protest Culture and Society, Democracy, Violence
Date Entered:08/05/14