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An Introduction to Islamic Art

2006, DVD, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Recommended

Subjects: Art History, Middle Eastern Studies, Museums
Date Entered:10/26/07


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An Ordinary Family

2005, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Frederik Gertten and WG Film

Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, South American Studies, Economics
Date Entered:06/27/07


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Bolivia: On the Brink

2004, VHS, color, 20 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by CBC News

Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, South American Studies, Political Science, Economics
Date Entered:07/26/07


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Failing Haiti

2005, VHS reviewed; DVD available, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Primary Pictures and Crawford Post-Production

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Political Science, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:04/04/07


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In the Tall Grass

2006, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by J. Coll Metcalfe and Eugene Cornelius

Recommended

Subjects: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, African Studies, Criminal Justice, Human Rights
Date Entered:05/18/07


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Intiaanikapina (Indian Revolt)

2006, VHS, color, 29 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Kari Mokko for YLE Finnish Broadcasting

Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, South American Studies, Political Science, Agriculture, Native American Studies
Date Entered:06/27/07


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Living the Hiplife

2007, DVD, color, 63 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Jesse Weaver Shipley, Evidence Films, Coltan Media

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, African Studies
Date Entered:01/14/08


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Of Fatwas and Beauty Queens

2004, DVD, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Journalism, Popular Culture, Women's Studies
Date Entered:04/09/08


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On the Downlow

2007, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Childworks

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:12/20/07


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Race is a Four Letter Word

2006, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Annette Clark

Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Canadian Studies, African American Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:08/17/07


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Rain in a Dry Land

2006, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Anne Makepeace

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies
Date Entered:05/18/07


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Samba! Reflections of Africa in Brazilian Culture

200?, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and The True Color of Music

Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, South American Studies, Music, Popular Culture, Dance, Religious Studies
Date Entered:07/13/07


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Two Dollars Dance

2006, DVD, color, 17 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Masood Haque and Yolanda Pividal

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Central American Studies, South American Studies, American Studies, Dance
Date Entered:12/20/07


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Who's Afraid of Ngûgî?

2006, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Ka-Yelema Productions

Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Literature, Postcolonialism, Women's Studies
Date Entered:02/07/08