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After Silence: Civil Rights and the Japanese American Experience cover image

After Silence: Civil Rights and the Japanese American Experience

2003, VHS, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Lois Shelton

Recommended

Subjects: History, Human Rights, World War II
Date Entered:02/19/04


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Among the Disappeared

2003, VHS, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Gerald B. Sperling

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Human Rights, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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By the Dawns Early Light, Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam

2004, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Zareena Grewal

Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Human Rights, American Studies
Date Entered:11/15/04


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China – One Child Policy

2005, VHS, color, 22 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Human Rights
Date Entered:09/11/06


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China Opens Up: Freedom and Censorship in China

2001, VHS, color, 28 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Frank Esmann

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Human Rights
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Chinese Foot Binding The Vanishing Lotus

2004, VHS, color and b&, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Tang Yuen Mei Joani

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, China
Date Entered:04/29/05


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For a Place under the Heavens

2003, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Sachithanandam Sathananthan and Philippe Avril

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Human Rights, Asian Studies
Date Entered:10/01/04


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Forgotten Warriors

2006, DVD, color, 99 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by PURN Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Women's Studies, Political Studies
Date Entered:12/17/09


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Friendship Village

2002, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Michelle Mason

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Human Rights, Environmental Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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From Mao to Money

2001, VHS, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Frank Esmann

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Economics
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad

2002, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Nancy du Plessis

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, Religious Studies
Date Entered:12/10/03


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God in Government

2004, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Alvin H. Perimutter

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:04/29/05


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Holy Water-Gate: Abuse Cover-up in the Catholic Church

2004, VHS, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Mary Healey-Conlon

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Ethics, Sociology
Date Entered:08/09/05


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In the Shadows of the City

2003, VHS, color, 102 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Mai Masri

Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights, Film Studies
Date Entered:11/15/04


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Japan’s Peace Constitution

2005, VHS, color, 78 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Yamagami Tetsujiro

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Political Science, World War II, Human Rights
Date Entered:05/01/06


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Martin Luther Protestant Reformer

2004, DVD, color, 30 min., German with English subtitles and narration
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by Robin Crichton

Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, History, European Studies
Date Entered:08/09/05


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Nagasaki Journey

1995, VHS, color, 28 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, 375 Alabama, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94110; 800-4-PLANET
Produced by Judy Irving and Chris Beaver, Independent Documentary Group in association with BBC2

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, World War II
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Nanjing Memory and Oblivion

2006, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Sophie Goupil and Sylvain Bursztejn

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History, World War II
Date Entered:12/17/09


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Prajna Earth Journey into Sacred Nature

2004, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Direct Pictures, 230 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003; 212-353-8520
Produced by John Bush

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Architecture, Art
Date Entered:02/18/05


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Robert Fortune: The Tea Thief

2001, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Willy Perelsztejn

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Ethics, Food
Date Entered:12/10/03


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S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

2002, VHS, color, 105 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Cati Couteau

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Human Rights, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:11/12/03


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Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy

1993, VHS, color, 28 min.
Distributed by The Film Library, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 800-343-5540
Produced by Ellen Bruno

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Asian Studies, Human Rights, History
Date Entered:10/25/05


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Showa Shinzan

2003, VHS, color, 13 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Michael Fukushima

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Animation, Children's Literature, World War II
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Sky Burial

2005, VHS, color, 15 min.
Distributed by The Film Library, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 800-343-5540
Produced by Ellen Bruno

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Asian Studies
Date Entered:10/25/05


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The Lost Tribe

2005, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Rachel Landers and Dylan Blowen

Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, American Studies, Religious Studies
Date Entered:09/11/06


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To Live is Better Than to Die

2003, VHS, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Weijun Chen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Health Sciences, Death and Dying
Date Entered:05/28/04


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Try to Remember

2005, VHS, color, in Chinese with English subtitles
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Zhong Jian

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, History
Date Entered:09/11/06


Who Wrote the Bible?; Part 1: Who Authored the Old Testament?; Part 2: Who Authored the New Testament? cover image

Who Wrote the Bible?; Part 1: Who Authored the Old Testament?; Part 2: Who Authored the New Testament?

2006, DVD, color, pt. 1: 50 min., part 2: 53 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by David Wilson and Polly Morland

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies
Date Entered:01/07/09