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1968: The Year That Shaped a Generation

1998, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


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20 Years Old In The Middle East

2003, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by AMIP/ARTE France

Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, History, Political Science
Date Entered:02/19/04


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A Dress Rehearsal for an Execution

2013, DVD, color with b&w, 47 min.
Distributed by Magic Lantern Films, PO Box 8567, New York, NY 10116; 646-926-6760

Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, Iran, Media, Photography
Date Entered:08/09/16


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A People Uncounted

2012, DVD , color with b&w, 99 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Tom Rasky and Mark Swenker

Highly Recommended

Subjects: European History, Genocide, Human Rights, War Crimes, World War II
Date Entered:03/14/14


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An Injury to One

2002, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Up Front Films

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Environmental Studies, History, Labor Relations
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Assassinat d’une Modiste (The Murder of a Hatmaker)

2005, DVD, color with b&w, 56 min. (52 min. bonus material in French)
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by ARTE France, iO Production

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, World War II
Date Entered:09/27/12


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At Home in Utopia

2008, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by Michal Goldman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Architecture, African-American Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Urban Studies
Date Entered:06/04/10


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Blood and Oil

2008, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089
Produced by Scott Morris

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History, International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:09/18/08


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Bridge Short Film and Video Collection

2003, DVD, color and b&, 95 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Bridge Video

Not Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies
Date Entered:10/22/04


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Charlotte: Life or Theater

1992, VHS, color, 62 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Esther Hoffenberg

Recommended

Subjects: Art, Biography, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Date Entered:06/09/04


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Colonel Jin Xing

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

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Biography, Dance, Gender Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Conversation: Exploring Preconceived Notions about Otherness

2008, DVD, color, 18 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by James Price and Lenka Clayton

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Psychology, Sociology, Communication
Date Entered:07/15/09


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Dance To Live: Philadanco Dancemakers

2003, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Natasha Guruleva

Recommended

Subjects: Dance, African American Studies
Date Entered:01/25/05


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Dominoes: A Portrait of the Sixties

1995 Re-release; 1988, VHS, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by Northern Arts Entertainment Inc.

Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Edward Said: The Last Interview

2004, VHS, color, 114 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by D.G. Guttenplan

Recommended

Subjects: Literature, Middle Eastern Studies, Postcolonialism
Date Entered:04/29/05


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Eisenstein: The Master's House

1998, VHS, color with b&, 104 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Profit, Moskwa in coproduction with Cine Impuls, Berlin

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Fallujah

2006, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Deep Dish TV, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012; 212-473-8933
Produced by Deep Dish TV and Code Pink, Creative Commons

Not Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights
Date Entered:02/16/07


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Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer

2016, DVD , color with b&w, 82 min.
Distributed by Jack Walsh
Produced by Christine Murray

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Art, Choreography, Dance, Feminism, Gender Identity, Performance Art
Date Entered:08/09/16


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For The Bible Tells Me So

2007, DVD, color with b&w, 97 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Daniel Karslake

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Religious Studies
Date Entered:03/26/08


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From Language to Language [Misefa Lesafa]

2004, VHS, color, 55 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Frederic Luzy

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History, Language, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:01/20/06


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Here's My Question: Where Does My Garbage Go?

2000, VHS, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Middlemarch Films

Not Recommended

Subjects: Environmental Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Investigation of a Flame - A Documentary Portrait of the Catonsville Nine

2001, VHS, color and b&, 45 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Lynne Sachs

Recommended

Subjects: History, Political Science, Religious Studies, Social Sciences
Date Entered:11/09/18


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K.O.R.

2009, DVD, color and b&w, 56 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Joanna Grudzinska

Highly Recommended

Subjects: European Studies, History, Human Rights, Political Science
Date Entered:07/08/11


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Leibowitz: Faith, Country, Man

2013, DVD , color with b&w, Hebrew with English subtitles
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Haim Slutzky, Dari Shay, Dana Cohen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism, Israel-Arab War, Jewish Religion, Philosophy
Date Entered:09/09/14


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Ludovic: A Crocodile in My Garden

2000, VHS, color, 10 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by National Film Board of Canada

Not Recommended

Subjects: Animation, Children's Literature
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Moving Pictures Quartet

2007, DVD, color and b&, 23 min.
Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, 171 East Liberty St., Suite 220, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 1W9; 416-588-0725
Produced by Moving Pictures DanceFilm Art Society

Recommended

Subjects: Dance, Film Studies
Date Entered:10/09/07


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MusicWood

2012, DVD , color, 80 min.

Produced by Maxine Trump and Josh Granger

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Ecology, Environmental Ethics, Green Movement, Music, Native Americans
Date Entered:03/14/14


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My Friend Paul

1999, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Fanlight Productions, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Jonathan Berman, Five Points Pictures

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Health Sciences, Sociology, Social Work
Date Entered:11/09/18


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One People

2007, DVD, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Laura L. Fowler and Alfred J. Santana

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: African American Studies, Drama, Literature
Date Entered:07/15/09


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Pete McCloskey: Leading from the Front

2009, DVD, color, 56 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Robert Caughlan

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Environmental Studies, History, Political Science
Date Entered:01/07/11


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Peter Brook: The Tightrope

2013, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Brook Productions and Cinemaundici and Arte France

Recommended

Subjects: Acting, Theater
Date Entered:09/09/14


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Rafting to Bombay

2009, DVD, color and b&w, 70 min.
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Erez Laufer Films

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Biography, Holocaust Genocide Studies, Jewish Studies, World War II
Date Entered:10/04/12


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Reincarnation

2005, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by AccentWorks, 3692 Broadway, #53, New York, NY 10031; 212-862-8048
Produced by Natasha Guruleva

Recommended

Subjects: Dance
Date Entered:10/09/07


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Rudyland

2002, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Matthew Carnahan and John Philp

Recommended

Subjects: American Studies, History, Political Science, Urban Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Ryan [Special Edition DVD]

2005, DVD, color, 13 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada in association with Copper Heart Entertainment

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Film Studies, Animation
Date Entered:09/27/05


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Sir! No Sir!

2005, DVD, color, 84 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Displaced Films in association with ARTE/France

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History, Military Studies, Political Science, Vietnam War
Date Entered:10/12/06


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Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square

1998, VHS, color, 29 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada

Recommended

Subjects: History, Multicultural Studies, Asian Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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The Boxing Girls of Kabul

2011, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Sports, Women’s Studies
Date Entered:09/27/12


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The Darien Dilemma

2005, DVD, b&w, 90 min.
Distributed by Docs for Education, 10a Holland St., Afulla, Israel 18371; fax: 972-3-5291726
Produced by Erez Laufer Films

Not Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jewish Studies, Middle East, World War II
Date Entered:10/04/12


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The Invisible Frame

2009, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Frieder Schlaich

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: European Studies, Political Science, World War II
Date Entered:07/08/11


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The Man We Called Juan Carlos

2000, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Heather MacAndrew and David Springbett

Recommended

Subjects: Agriculture, History, Human Rights, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn (series); titles: Men of the World; Europe on the Brink; The Soldiers’ Story; The Civilians’ Story; Europe after the Fire; Middle East: The Birth of Nations; Far East: Expeditions to Empires; The End of a World cover image

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn (series); titles: Men of the World; Europe on the Brink; The Soldiers’ Story; The Civilians’ Story; Europe after the Fire; Middle East: The Birth of Nations; Far East: Expeditions to Empires; The End of a World

2008, DVD, color and b&w, 52 min. each DVD
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Saskia Baron

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, European Studies, Film Studies, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Photography, Sociology
Date Entered:12/17/09


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Tobacco Blues

1998, VHS, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th street, New York, N.Y. 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Café Sisters Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Health Sciences, Economics, Agriculture
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Trolley Dances

2008, DVD, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Filmbaby, 1-877-FILMBABY
Produced by Mark Freeman

Recommended

Subjects: Urban Studies
Date Entered:01/15/09


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Truth in Numbers

2010, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Scott Glosserman and Michael Ferris Gibson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Information Literacy, Popular Culture, Writing
Date Entered:11/28/11


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Uncle Chatzkel

2000, VHS, color and b&, 52 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Film Australia and Robe Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: History
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride

2012, DVD , color, 77 min.

Produced by Amy Nicholson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Government, Politics, Urban and Regional Planning
Date Entered:03/14/14