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All the Ladies Say

2013, originally released in 2009, DVD , color and b&w, 45 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Full Circle Productions, Inc.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Culture, Latinos (United States) Dance, Music
Date Entered:03/16/15


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Always in Season

2019, Streaming, 89 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Jessica Devaney

Recommended

Subjects: African Americans; Criminal Justice; History
Date Entered:11/18/19


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Anerca, Breath of Life

2020, Streaming, 86 mins
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Markku Lehmuskallio and Johannes Lehmuskallio

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Anthropology; Indigenous Peoples
Date Entered:06/15/22


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Atempa: Dreams by the River (Atempa: Suenos a la Orilla del Rio)

2013, DVD , color, 85 min.
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by Edson J. Caballero Trujillo

Recommended

Subjects: Latin America, Gender
Date Entered:07/26/17


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Bab’Aziz (The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul)

2005, DVD, color, 96 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:05/15/09


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BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez

2015, DVD , color and b&w, 90 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., P.O. Box 3400, Lancaster, PA 17604-3400; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, African Americans, Civil Rights, Poetry, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:04/15/16


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Beyond the Bricks: A New Era of Education

2010, DVD, color, 31 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Ouida Washington

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Education, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:10/19/16


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Big Willow

2013, Streaming, 11 mins
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Jared Katsiane

Recommended

Subjects: Art; Environmentalism; Urban Areas
Date Entered:09/02/20


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Black Boys

2020, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Malcolm Jenkins, Chad Williamson, and Never Whisper Justice

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American History; Athletics; Psychology
Date Entered:09/13/21


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Black Girl in Suburbia

2016, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Adolescence, Diversity, Education
Date Entered:12/11/18


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Black Nation: Urban Decay, Spiritual Renewal, and the African American Community

2009, DVD , b&w, color 63min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Claes Herrlander

Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Crime, Economics, Religious Studies, Urban Studies
Date Entered:01/31/13


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Blacking Up: Hip Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity

2010, DVD, color and b&w;, 57 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Robert A. Clift

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Music, Popular Culture
Date Entered:08/18/10


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Boy I Am

2006, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Sam Feder and Julie Hollar

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies
Date Entered:06/27/07


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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

2002, VHS, color, 83 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Biography, Gay and Lesbian Studies
Date Entered:05/05/04


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Changing House

2009, DVD, color, 18 min.
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Produced by Z.A. Martohardjono

Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:08/18/10


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David: The Return to Land

2017, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by epf media, 324 S. Beverly Drive, PMB 437, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; 310-839-1500
Produced by Anaïs Huerta and Raúl Cuesta

Recommended

Subjects: Adoption; Global Studies; Psychology; Sociology
Date Entered:03/24/20


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Evolution of a Criminal

2013, DVD , color, 83 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Jen Gatien, Darius Clark Monroe

Highly Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: African Americans, Criminal Justice, Film
Date Entered:10/02/15


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From Watts to Watts: A Portrait of Filmmaker Charles Burnett

2021, Streaming, 52 mins
Distributed by Film Ideas, 308 North Wolf Rd., Wheeling, IL 60090; 800-475-3456
Produced by Tamara Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans; Filmmaking
Date Entered:04/15/21


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G- Spotting: A Story of Pleasure and Promise

2012, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Ségolène Hanotaux and Gilles Bovon

Recommended

Subjects: Health Sciences, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:10/04/12


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Gender Redesigner

2007, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Outcast Films, 652 W. 163rd Street #45, New York, NY 10032
Produced by Johnny Bergmann and Anneliese Paull

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:05/02/11


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Gideon’s Army

2013, DVD , color, 95 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Dawn Porter, Julie Goldman, Trilogy Films in association with Motto Pictures

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:03/16/15


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Girl Model

2012, DVD , color, 76 min., In Russian and English w/ English subtitles
Distributed by Carnivalesque Films, 203.417.3136 or 347.282.6132
Produced by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Ethics, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:10/04/12


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God Sleeps in Rwanda

2004, DVD, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Gender Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:01/09/07


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Gun Shot Wound

2022, Streaming, 52 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Jody Schiliro, Jenniphr Goodman, and Eric Mofford

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; Community Health Services; Crime
Date Entered:03/28/24


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Harlem Voices The Poetry of Langston Hughes and Claude McKay

2011, DVD , b&w, color 28min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Open University

Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Literature, Urban Studies
Date Entered:01/31/13


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In a Perfect World

2015, Streaming, 76 mins
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Daphne McWilliams and Sam Pollard

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Family Relations; Parenting; Social Psychology
Date Entered:09/02/20


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In My Father’s Church

2004, VHS, color, 49 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Charissa King

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:03/15/06


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Just Gender

2013, DVD, color, 97 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by George Zuber

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gender
Date Entered:05/21/14


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Kati with an I

2010, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Robert Greene, Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Sean Price Williams

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Gender Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:10/29/12


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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell

2020, Streaming, 27 mins
Distributed by Cintia Cabib, 8601 Buckhannon Dr., Potomac, MD 20854
Produced by Cintia Cabib

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American History; Art
Date Entered:09/13/21


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Language is a Love Story / La Langue Est Une Love Story

2019, Streaming, 88 mins
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Immigration
Date Entered:03/04/22


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Let the Little Light Shine

2021, Streaming, 86 mins
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by Kevin Shaw and Rachel Dickson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Education
Date Entered:04/28/23


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Life 4: The Millennium Series: The Hospice

This Hard Ground: Remembering the Displaced

In the Wake of War

2004 (released in the U.S. 2005), VHS, color, approx. 25 min. each
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Tanvir Bush (Hospice); Brenda Kelly (This Hard Ground); James Heer (In the Wake of War)

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Asian Studies, Economics, Human Rights, International Relations, Sociology, Health Sciences
Date Entered:10/07/05


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Lights of Baltimore

2021, Streaming, 83 mins
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Beau Willimon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans; Criminal Justice; Race Relations
Date Entered:04/28/23


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Little Sister’s vs. Big Brother

2002, VHS, color, 47 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010;800-267-7710
Produced by Carl Green and Aerlyn Weissman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Canadian Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Human Rights, Law
Date Entered:12/10/03


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Lula: Son of Brazil

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 128 min.
Distributed by New Yorker Films, 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 409, New York, New York 10010; 212-645-4600
Produced by Luiz Carlos Barreto, Paula Barreto

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Latin American Studies, Political Science, Brazil
Date Entered:09/04/12


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Making Grace

2004, VHS, color, 86 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Catherine Gund

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:07/07/05


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Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness

2011, DVD, b&w and color, 17 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Thomas Allen Harris, Ann Bennett, Don Perry, Gregory Warren, Jr.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Human Rights, Politics, Religious Studies
Date Entered:03/26/12


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Maurice Hines: Bring them Back

2020, Streaming, 93 mins
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by John Carluccio

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans; Dance; Homosexual; Theatre
Date Entered:03/04/22


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Memories of a Penitent Heart

2016, DVD , color and b&w, 74 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Cecilia Aldarondo

Highly Recommended

Subjects: AIDS, Homosexuality, Latin Americans, Gender
Date Entered:08/16/17


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Miriam Lies [Miriam Miente]

2018, Streaming, 90 mins
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada, Pablo Mustonen, Gabriel Tineo, et.al.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Latin Americans; Racism; Teenagers
Date Entered:06/17/22


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Mothers Courage, Thriving Survivors

2005, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Daniel Bertolino, Catherine Viau, Christian Charpenel

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Gender Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:01/09/07


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Mountains That Take Wing

2009, DVD, b&w and color, 97 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by C.A. Griffith & H.L.T. Quan

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Asian Studies, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Women Studies
Date Entered:03/26/12


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Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary. A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013, DVD, color and b&w, 120 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Katyana Farzanrad, Noelle Hanrahan, Stephen Vittoria

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, African Americans, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Journalism, Prisoners, Sociology
Date Entered:01/02/14


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Nana Dijo: Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness

2015, DVD, color and b&w, 40 min., In English and Spanish with subtitles in English and Spanish
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Blacks, Latin Americans, Racism
Date Entered:05/16/17


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No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin

2019, Streaming, 52 mins
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by A Digital Story Company Production in association with Rosie the Riveter Trust

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Environmentalism
Date Entered:03/12/21


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Nollywood Lady

2008, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner

Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Media Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:05/07/09


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Nothing is Forgiven

2017, DVD , color, 61 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Bart Van Langendonck, et al

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Journalism, Islam, Terrorism, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:12/22/17


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Nothing is Forgiven

2017, DVD , color, 61 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Bart Van Langendonck, et al

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Journalism, Islam, Terrorism, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:05/01/18


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Old South

2013, DVD , color, 58 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Danielle Beverly

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Gardening, Service Learning
Date Entered:11/19/15


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Petals in the Dust: The Endangered Indian Girls

2015, DVD , color, 89 min.
Distributed by Bel Air Films
Produced by Nyna Pais Caputi

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Abortion, Bias, Civil Rights, Genocide, Women’s Rights
Date Entered:05/01/17


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Pole, Dancer, Movie

2013, DVD , color, 55 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Halpern Films Ltd.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Dance, Gender
Date Entered:05/21/14


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Price of Gold

2011, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Magic Lantern Films, PO Box 8567, New York, NY 10116; 646-926-6760
Produced by Maximilian Plettau

Recommended

Subjects: Southeast Asia, Human Rights, Labor, Ecology, Culture
Date Entered:01/02/14


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Rez Metal

2021, Streaming, 75 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Ashkan Soltani Stone

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Indigenous Peoples; Music; Native Americans
Date Entered:03/04/22


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River City Drumbeat

2019, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Owsley Brown, Anne Flatté, and Marlon Johnson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Culture; Music
Date Entered:09/02/20


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Runner

2023, Streaming, 87 mins
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Bill Gallagher

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; Crimes Against Humanity; Sports
Date Entered:03/05/24


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Seeds: Black Women in Power

2020, Streaming, 105 mins
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by Julia Rocha, Julia Araújo, Clara Alves and Carolina Mazzi

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; Gender Studies; Politics
Date Entered:04/28/23


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Shipbreakers

2004, VHS, color, 42 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Ed Barreveld, Michael Kot, Peter Starr (National Film Board)

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Labor Relations, Transportation
Date Entered:04/29/05


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Talibe: The Least Favored Children of Senegal

2011, DVD, color and b&w, 57 min.
Distributed by Deeda Productions Ltd., 613 N. West Knoll Drive, West Hollywood, CA 90069; 310-666-9225
Produced by Daniela Kon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Human Rights
Date Entered:09/04/12


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The Age of Love

2015, Streaming, 77 mins
Distributed by Free Play Pictures LLC, PO Box 20267, Rochester, NY 14602
Produced by Steven Loring

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Aging
Date Entered:06/15/22


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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

2011, DVD , color, 70 min.
Distributed by New Yorker Films, 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 409, New York, New York 10010; 212-645-4600
Produced by Marie Losier, Steve Holmgren, Martin Marquet

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Gender Studies, Music, Theatre
Date Entered:06/17/13


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The Black Fatherhood Project

2013, DVD, color and b&w, 53 min. & 73 min. versions
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Jordan Thierry

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:03/31/15


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The Contradictions of Fair Hope

2013, DVD, color, 67 min.
Distributed by TDC Entertainment, 220 East 23rd St., Suite 405, New York, NY 10010
Produced by Kelly Glover

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, History
Date Entered:05/21/14


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The Day I Will Never Forget

2002, VHS, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Richard McKerrow and Paul Hamman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Women's Studies, Multicultural Studies, Sociology, Health Sciences
Date Entered:02/11/04


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The Dove’s Lost Necklace (Le Collier Perdu de la Colombe)

1991, DVD, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Produced by Tarak Ben Amar

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:05/15/09


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The Fat Body (In)Visible

2011, DVD, color, 24 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:10/19/12


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The Killing Floor

Original release 1984, Reissue 2020, Streaming, 118 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Elsa Rassbach

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; African American; Labor Movement
Date Entered:04/08/21


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The Miners’ Hymns

2011, DVD, color and b&w, 52 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Environmental Studies, European Studies, Labor Relations

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies, European Studies, Labor Relations
Date Entered:06/17/13


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The New Black

2013, DVD, color and b&w, 53 min. & 74 min. versions
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Yoruba Richen, Yvonne Welbon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, African Americans, Civil Rights, Homosexuality, Politics
Date Entered:03/31/15


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The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights

2011, DVD, color and b&w, 54 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton

Highly Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, African American Studies, Business, Civil Rights Movement
Date Entered:06/17/13


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The Price of Fairness

2018, Streaming, 77 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Alex Gabbay

Recommended

Subjects: Economics; Human Rights; Politics
Date Entered:03/28/24


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The Word is Love: Jamaica’s Michael Manley

2011, DVD , color and b&w, 205 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Daisy Grant, Jerry Craig

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Biography, Government, History, Labor Movement, Politics
Date Entered:10/19/16


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The Worst Thing (To Germany, with Love)

2019, Streaming, 84 mins
Distributed by Torch Films, 597 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221, 929-269-4428
Produced by Desireena Almoradie, Nils Bökamp, and Felix Endara

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Lesbian; Sociology; Terrorism
Date Entered:09/13/21


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The Year We Thought About Love

2015, DVD, color, 68 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 350 North Water Street Unit 1-12, Newburgh, NY 12550; 888-367-9154
Produced by Ellen Brodsky, Pam Chamberlain

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescents, Gay and Lesbian, Theaters
Date Entered:10/19/16


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They Call Us Monsters

2016, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Gabriel Cowan, Sasha Alpert, Ben Lear

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Adolescents, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons
Date Entered:08/16/17


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this black soil: a story of resistance and rebirth

2004, VHS, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Working Hands Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Area Studies
Date Entered:10/20/04


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Tomboys! Fiesty Girls & Spirited Women

2004, VHS, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Twentycentsleft

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, Gender Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:01/14/05


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Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 56 min.
Distributed by PBS
Produced by LeAnn Erickson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Computer Science, History, Women’s Studies, World War II
Date Entered:01/07/11


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Warriors of the Discotheque

2011, DVD , color, 126 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 71 Stevenson St. Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-447-9750
Produced by Joseph F. Alexandre

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Dance, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies
Date Entered:10/25/12


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Welcome to Refugeestan

2016, DVD , color, 72min., English, French with English subtitles
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Juliette Guigon & Patrick Winocour

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Africa, Human Rights, Middle East
Date Entered:08/16/17


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West is West

2005, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Milestone Films & Video, PO Box 128, Harrington Park, NJ 07640-0128; 800-603-1104
Produced by Cristi Janaki Rathod

Not Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Film Studies
Date Entered:04/29/05


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What Are You?

2019, Streaming, 20 mins
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Richard B. Pierre

Recommended

Subjects: Diversity; Global Studies; Sociology
Date Entered:03/24/20


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What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

2018, Streaming, 123 mins
Distributed by Kimstim, 417 13th Street #2, Brooklyn, New York 11215
Produced by Paolo Benzi, Roberto Minervini, Thomas Ordonneau, and Denise Ping Lee

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Business; Criminal Justice
Date Entered:03/24/20


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Where Heaven Meets Hell

2012, DVD , color, 80 min. (feature-length version) and 54 min. (PBS TV Version).
Transit Media Communications, 190 Route 17M, Suite D, Harriman, NY 10926
Produced by Sasha Friedlander, Bao Nguyen, David Osit

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Southeast Asia, Human Rights, Labor, Ecology, Culture
Date Entered:01/02/14


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Who Am I to Stop It

2016, , color, 86 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 350 North Water Street Unit 1-12, Newburgh, NY 12550; 888-367-9154

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Brain Injuries, Disabilities, LBGQT, Music
Date Entered:12/11/18


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Yari, Yari Pamberi Black Women Writers Dissenting Globalization

2007, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Manthia Diawara

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: African American Studies, Literature, Women's Studies
Date Entered:01/07/09


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Zora Neal Hurston Jump at the Sun

2008, DVD, color, b&w, 84 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Bay Bottom News and American Masters, Kristy Anderson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, Literature, Music, Women's Studies
Date Entered:01/07/09