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A Changing Heart: a film by Leigh Devine cover image

A Changing Heart: a film by Leigh Devine

2002, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Leigh M. Devine

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, Women's Studies, Asian Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


A House in Jerusalem = Une Maison a Jerusalem cover image

A House in Jerusalem = Une Maison a Jerusalem

1998, VHS, color, 90 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Agav Films & La Sept Arte

Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


A Magical Substance Flows into Me:  A Film by Jumana Mana (sic; Manna)    cover image

A Magical Substance Flows into Me: A Film by Jumana Mana (sic; Manna)

2015, DVD, color, 68 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Grasshopper Film

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Middle East, Music, Culture
Date Entered:10/31/17


A Wok-in-Progress: A Film by Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger cover image

A Wok-in-Progress: A Film by Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger

2000, VHS, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, Inc., 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Persona Grata Productions

Not Recommended

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


After Auschwitz    cover image

After Auschwitz

2017, DVD, color, 82 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Jon Kean & Anne Stein

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust, 1939-1945
Date Entered:09/07/18


And Then They Came for Us cover image

And Then They Came for Us

2017, DVD, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Abby Ginzberg

Recommended

Subjects: Japan, World War II, Japanese Americans
Date Entered:01/14/19


Antisemitism & Prejudice in Multimedia Today cover image

Antisemitism & Prejudice in Multimedia Today

2014, DVD , 119 min., color
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by Vidal Sassoon Center for the Study of Antisemitism of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Antisemitism, Judaism
Date Entered:06/20/14


As a Young Girl of Thirteen:  Simone Lagrange Remembers Auschwitz cover image

As a Young Girl of Thirteen: Simone Lagrange Remembers Auschwitz

2011, DVD , color, 88 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Abacaris Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Date Entered:04/24/13


Autism in Love    cover image

Autism in Love

2015, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Matt Fuller and Carolina Groppa

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Autism, Disabilities
Date Entered:03/30/16


Bet Herut: The End of the Beginning cover image

Bet Herut: The End of the Beginning

2003, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Eran Preiss and K. M. Winikur

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Israel
Date Entered:11/22/05


Between Palestinians and Israelis:  The Church and the Media cover image

Between Palestinians and Israelis: The Church and the Media

2014, DVD , color, 66 min.
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by Vidal Sassoon Center for the Study of Antisemitism of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Not Recommended

Subjects: Antisemitism, Judaism
Date Entered:02/02/15


Between Two Worlds:  A Documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman cover image

Between Two Worlds: A Documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman

2011, DVD, color, 70 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Jewish Studies
Date Entered:01/10/12


Beyond Beijing:  Exploring China’s Cities cover image

Beyond Beijing: Exploring China’s Cities

2007, DVD, color, 120 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by Wang Shulin

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, China, Asian Studies
Date Entered:11/05/08


Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk about Their Lives  East and West cover image

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk about Their Lives East and West

1999, VHS, color, 51 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 1-800-257-5126, ext. 8009
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada

Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Women's Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Beyond the Pulpit: Facets of a Rabbi, parts 1 & 2. (Social Issues Series) cover image

Beyond the Pulpit: Facets of a Rabbi, parts 1 & 2. (Social Issues Series)

1996, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 603-434-9262
Produced by Jennifer Freedman

Recommended

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


Big Sonia    cover image

Big Sonia

2016, DVD, color, 93 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Inflatable Film; True Production

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust 1939-1945
Date Entered:04/23/18


Black Israel cover image

Black Israel

2003, VHS, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Producer n/a

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, African American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:06/18/04


Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh cover image

Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

2008, DVD, color, 86 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Katahdin Productions; Lisa Thomas & Roberta Grossman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies, World War II
Date Entered:10/27/11


Brother Born Again. A Film by Julia Pimsleur cover image

Brother Born Again. A Film by Julia Pimsleur

2000, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 22-D Hollywood Ave., Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423; 888-367-9154
Produced by Big Mouth Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Psychology, Religious Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Busy Forever:  The Golden Years in Japan cover image

Busy Forever: The Golden Years in Japan

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

Recommended

Subjects: Aging, Asian Studies, Japan
Date Entered:02/28/06


China Revisited:  Two Sisters Journey Home cover image

China Revisited: Two Sisters Journey Home

200?, VHS, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Lana Pih Tse Ping Jokel

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Asian Studies, China
Date Entered:05/18/07


Contemporary Chinese Societies:  Continuity and Change, 2nd edition cover image

Contemporary Chinese Societies: Continuity and Change, 2nd edition

2007, CD-ROM, color
Distributed by Columbia University Press, 61 W 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
Produced by University of Pittsburgh

Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Area Studies, China
Date Entered:08/03/07


Cooking at the World’s End: A Journey Through Galicia’s Nouvelle Cuisine    cover image

Cooking at the World’s End: A Journey Through Galicia’s Nouvelle Cuisine

2017, DVD, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Omnibus Entertainment

Not Recommended

Subjects: Chefs, Galicia, Spain
Date Entered:12/08/17


Cut:  Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision cover image

Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision

2007, DVD, color, 70 min.
Distributed through the Cut website.
Produced by Pennie Ungar-Sargon

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies
Date Entered:02/22/10


D'vekut:  Hasidism & Jewish Mysticism:  A Personal Journey cover image

D'vekut: Hasidism & Jewish Mysticism: A Personal Journey

2000, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Willy Lindwer/AVA Productions

Recommended (with strong reservations)

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


Discoveries...America:  Maryland cover image

Discoveries...America: Maryland

2005, DVD, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Bennett-Watt Entertainment, 13021 244th Ave. Southeast, Issaquah, Washington 98027; 800-327-2893
Produced by Bennett-Watt HD Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies
Date Entered:06/06/06


East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem:  8 Days and 8 Nights of Music, Food, and Camaraderie    cover image

East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem: 8 Days and 8 Nights of Music, Food, and Camaraderie

2016, DVD , color, 84 min.
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Film Movement and Vice Versa Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Arab-Israeli Relations, Music, Musicians, Jerusalem
Date Entered:12/08/17


End of the Line, Seeshaupt:  A Documentary by Walter Steffen cover image

End of the Line, Seeshaupt: A Documentary by Walter Steffen

2013, DVD, color, 70 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Walter Steffen

Recommended

Subjects: Judaism, Jewish Holocaust
Date Entered:10/23/13


For My Children cover image

For My Children

2002, VHS, color, 65 min.; In Hebrew with English subtitles
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Michal Aviad

Not Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Forget Baghdad cover image

Forget Baghdad

2003, VHS, color, 111 min.
Distributed by Arab Film Distribution, 10035 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125; 206-322-0882
Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:11/12/04


Good Things to Life:  GE, PCBs, and Our Town cover image

Good Things to Life: GE, PCBs, and Our Town

2002, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by Blue Hill Films, 32 Rosseter Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230; 413-528-9395
Produced by Mickey Friedman

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Environmental Studies
Date Entered:09/01/04


Ha Ha Shanghai cover image

Ha Ha Shanghai

2001, VHS, color, 76 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street NY, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Hong Yat Ping

Not Recommended

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


Her China Today cover image

Her China Today

2004, VHS, color, 40 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Producer n/a

Not Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Women's Studies, China
Date Entered:10/22/04


In Search of Israeli Cuisine    cover image

In Search of Israeli Cuisine

2016, DVD, color, 94 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Florentine Films and Sherman Pictures

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Israel, Culture, Food
Date Entered:06/11/18


Inside the Great Magazines:  A Three Part Documentary Series cover image

Inside the Great Magazines: A Three Part Documentary Series

2008, DVD, color, 3 discs, 52 min. each
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Irene Angelico and Abbey Neidik

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Communication, Journalism, Popular Culture, Publishing
Date Entered:07/31/09


Inside the Hermit Kingdom  [box subtitle: North Korea] cover image

Inside the Hermit Kingdom [box subtitle: North Korea]

2004, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Aysha Productions

Not Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, North Korea
Date Entered:01/10/05


Integrating Media into the Classroom cover image

Integrating Media into the Classroom

2005, VHS, color, 2 tapes, 28 min. and 30 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Films Media Group

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Education
Date Entered:09/21/05


Interesting Times:  A Series on China<br  /></br>  v. 1 The Secret of My Success, v. 2 The War of Love, v. 3 Xiao’s Long March, v.4 This Happy Life cover image

Interesting Times: A Series on China

v. 1 The Secret of My Success, v. 2 The War of Love, v. 3 Xiao’s Long March, v.4 This Happy Life

2002, VHS, color, v.1-55 min., v.2-45 min., v.3-39 min., v.4-59 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by BBC & Arte France, et al.

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Asian Studies
Date Entered:02/19/04


Islam, Women and AntiSemitism:  Journey of a Muslim Refusenik cover image

Islam, Women and AntiSemitism: Journey of a Muslim Refusenik

2011, DVD, color, 95 min.
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of AntiSemitism [at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem]

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies, Antisemitism
Date Entered:05/24/12


Israel-Palestine, Two Peoples, Two States for One Peace cover image

Israel-Palestine, Two Peoples, Two States for One Peace

2009, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Nicholas Wadimoff & Chlotilde Warin

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Middle East Studies, Jewish Studies
Date Entered:06/27/11


Japan:  Concrete Jungle cover image

Japan: Concrete Jungle

2002, VHS, color, 20 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, New Hampshire 03038; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by ABC Australia

Not Recommended

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


Keep on Walking, with Joshua Nelson [title on case: Keep on Walking; Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer] cover image

Keep on Walking, with Joshua Nelson [title on case: Keep on Walking; Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer]

2001, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Green Room Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Music, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Land of Promise:  The Jews of South Carolina cover image

Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina

2002, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Big Pictures for the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, American Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Landscapes of Memory:  The Life of Ruth Kluger cover image

Landscapes of Memory: The Life of Ruth Kluger

2011, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Films Media Group

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust
Date Entered:08/14/13


Last House Standing cover image

Last House Standing

2005, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Chao Gan & Zi Liang

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, China
Date Entered:03/08/07


Living for Tomorrow: Untold Stories by the Pioneering Women of Israel cover image

Living for Tomorrow: Untold Stories by the Pioneering Women of Israel

2001, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Dekel Media Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Women's Studies, Religious Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Living With the Tiger

2010, DVD, color, 84 min.; shortened version 53 min.
Distributed by Chivit Mai Productions, 8 Moo 3 Patak Soi 9, Patak Rd., T.Karon, A.Muang, Phuket 83100, Thailand
Produced by Rak Wongsombut and Mike Thomas

Recommended

Subjects: AIDS/HIV, Health Sciences, Children, Social Sciences, Thailand
Date Entered:06/25/12


Long Story Short:  A Film by Christine Choy and Jodi Long cover image

Long Story Short: A Film by Christine Choy and Jodi Long

2008, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Film News Now and Wahini Dakini Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Asian American Studies
Date Entered:11/18/09


Lost Islands:  A Film by Reshef Levi  cover image

Lost Islands: A Film by Reshef Levi

2008, DVD, color, 101 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Moshe Edry, Leon Edry, Mosh Danon, David Silber, United King Films, Inosan Productions, Metro Communications

Recommended

Subjects: Israel, Family
Date Entered:12/15/14


Matzo & Mistletoe: A Film by Kare Feiffer cover image

Matzo & Mistletoe: A Film by Kare Feiffer

2007, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Kate Feiffer

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies
Date Entered:04/10/08


My Coffee with Jewish Friends:  A Film by Manfred Kirchheimer cover image

My Coffee with Jewish Friends: A Film by Manfred Kirchheimer

2018, DVD, color, 97 min.
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Manfred Kirchheimer

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Judaism
Date Entered:09/21/18


My So-Called Enemy:  A Film by Lisa Gossels cover image

My So-Called Enemy: A Film by Lisa Gossels

2010, DVD, color, 89 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 Lisa Gossels & Eden Wurmfeld; Good Egg Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Israel, Palestine, Arab-Israeli Conflict
Date Entered:07/18/14


My Terrorist  [partly in Hebrew, with English subtitles] cover image

My Terrorist [partly in Hebrew, with English subtitles]

2002, VHS, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Recommended

Subjects: Terrorism, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:12/30/03


New Happiness: An Immigrant's Story, Level 2, Parts 1 & 2 (World Issues Series) cover image

New Happiness: An Immigrant's Story, Level 2, Parts 1 & 2 (World Issues Series)

1999, VHS, color, 60 min.
Distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, 2 East View Drive, Derry, NH 03038-4812; 800-876-CHIP (2447)
Produced by Face to Face Films

Recommended

Subjects: Multicultural Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:11/09/18


New Samaritans cover image

New Samaritans

200?, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by Mark Mejerson and Tanya Kisilevsky

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, Israel
Date Entered:03/14/08


Only in America cover image

Only in America

2003, VHS, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Ann Benjamin &Ron Frank; 24/6 Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, American Studies, Biography
Date Entered:11/09/18


Passionate Voices:  American Jews and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict cover image

Passionate Voices: American Jews and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2004, VHS, color, 33 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Cindy Burnstein, Tony Heriza, Wendy Univer

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:01/10/05


Peter the 3rd.  A Film by Tommy Lang    cover image

Peter the 3rd. A Film by Tommy Lang

2015, DVD, color, 81 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Tommy Lang & Amir Gedaliya

Recommended

Subjects: Israel, Widowhood
Date Entered:10/28/16


Petition:  A Film by Zhao Liang cover image

Petition: A Film by Zhao Liang

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 124 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Silvie Blum

Not Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies
Date Entered:03/24/11


Pictures from the Old Country cover image

Pictures from the Old Country

2003, VHS, color, 27 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Susan Marcinkus

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, Biography, Genealogy
Date Entered:10/22/04


Pursued cover image

Pursued

2012, DVD , color, 51 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Ron Ofer – Ron Ofer Films

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies
Date Entered:06/11/13


Ramleh cover image

Ramleh

2001, VHS, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; 212-925-2052
Produced by Michal Aviad & Yulie Gerstel

Recommended with reservations, especially for less mature audiences

Subjects: Gender Studies, Multicultural Studies, Women's Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Red Persimmons cover image

Red Persimmons

2001, VHS, color, 90 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Imagica

Recommended

Subjects: Agriculture, Area Studies, Japan, Asian Studies
Date Entered:04/14/05


Salaam Shalom: The Jews of India cover image

Salaam Shalom: The Jews of India

2001, VHS, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced by Vanessa C. Laufer

Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Save and Burn cover image

Save and Burn

2004, DVD, color, 80 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Julian Samuel

Not Recommended

Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies
Date Entered:07/14/06


Saved by Deportation: An Unknown Odyssey of Polish Jews cover image

Saved by Deportation: An Unknown Odyssey of Polish Jews

2005, DVD, color, 79 min.
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by Sawomir Grünberg & Robert Podgursky

Recommended

Subjects: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Poland, World War II, History
Date Entered:03/26/08


Secret Lives:  Hidden Children & Their Rescuers During WWII cover image

Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers During WWII

2003, VHS, color, 72 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Aviva Slesin

Highly Recommended

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


Shadow Girl:  A Film by Maria Teresa Larrain    cover image

Shadow Girl: A Film by Maria Teresa Larrain

2017, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Storyline Entertainment; Maremoto Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Health, Macular Degeneration, Blindness
Date Entered:10/26/18


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Soul of the Samurai

2005, DVD, color, 46 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Renascent Films

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History
Date Entered:04/05/06


Special Interview:  A Film by Nitzan Rozenberg cover image

Special Interview: A Film by Nitzan Rozenberg

2012, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Asaf Finkelstein and Ynet

Recommended

Subjects: Learning Disorders, Israel
Date Entered:10/30/13


Surviving Hitler:  A Love Story cover image

Surviving Hitler: A Love Story

2010, DVD, color and b&w, 65 min. and 55 min. versions on one disc
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by John-Keith Wasson

Recommended

Subjects: World War II; Holocaust Studies
Date Entered:01/07/11


Sweet Old Song:  A Film by Leah Mahan cover image

Sweet Old Song: A Film by Leah Mahan

2001, VHS, color, 57 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Leah Mahan

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Aging, Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


Take My Nose…Please!     cover image

Take My Nose…Please!

2017, DVD, color, 100 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Parvenu

Not Recommended

Subjects: Plastic Surgery
Date Entered:05/29/18


Teaching Ignorance. A Film by Tamara Erde    cover image

Teaching Ignorance. A Film by Tamara Erde

2015, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Julien Loron-Saya

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Education, Israel, West Bank
Date Entered:10/28/16


Teenage Witness:  The Fanya Heller Story cover image

Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story

2010, DVD, color, 66 min.
Distributed by Social Studies School Service, 10200 Jefferson Blvd., Box 802, Culver City, CA 90232; 800-944-5432
Produced by Nikki Silver & Orly Wiseman

Highly Recommended

Subjects: World War II, Holocaust Studies, Jewish Studies
Date Entered:03/17/11


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The Escape (Ha’Bricha): A Film by Meni Elias

2013, DVD , color, 74 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Micha Shagrir and Tal Barda

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Judaism
Date Entered:10/16/13


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The Farewell Party

2014 (released in the U.S.A. in 2015), DVD , color, 95 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Beta Cinema

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Aging, Death and Dying, Euthanasia
Date Entered:12/01/15


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The Flat: A Film by Arnon Goldfinger

2011, DVD, color, 97 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Arnon Goldfinger and Thomas Kufus; and Zero One Film

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust, Israel, History
Date Entered:05/01/14


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The Forsaken Promise

2006, DVD, color, 117 min.
Distributed by Alden Films, Box 449, Clarksburg, NJ 08510; 732.462.3522
Produced by Hugh Kitson, Hatikvah Film Trust

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Judaism, Israel, History
Date Entered:02/26/14


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The Goddess Trilogy (Goddess Remembered; Burning Times; Full Circle)

1989-1992, DVD, color, 56 min., 3 discs
Distributed by Lorber Digital, 56 W. 46th St., Suite 805, New York, NY 10036; 212-398-3112
Produced by Mary Armstrong

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Women's Studies, Religious Studies
Date Entered:08/14/08


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The Living Tree: Chinese American Identity

2004, VHS, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Flora Moon

Recommended

Subjects: Chinese-American Studies
Date Entered:12/02/05


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The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America

2008, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Gabriela Bõhm

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies
Date Entered:03/19/09


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The Lost World of Tibet: A Different View

2007, DVD, color, 61 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Emma Hindley

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, Tibet, Asian Studies
Date Entered:10/29/08


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The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

2003, VHS, color, 88 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Svend-Erik Eriksen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian American Studies, Biography
Date Entered:03/24/05


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The Revolutionary

2011, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Stourwater Pictures, 11431 Miller Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; 206-617-1354
Produced by Irv Drasnin, Lucy Ostrander & Don Sellers

Highly Recommended

Subjects: China, 20th Century History, Asian Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:10/25/12


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The Samurai

2000, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Jean Dufour &Gilles Thion

Recommended

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


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The Silent Exodus

2004, DVD, color, 59 min.
Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles CA 90034; (310) 839-1500
Produced by Pierre Rehov

Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Area Studies, Israel
Date Entered:05/12/05


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The Women’s Kingdom

2006, DVD, color, 22 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Xiaoli Zhou & Brent F. Huffman

Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, China, Women's Studies
Date Entered:11/28/07


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They Chose China

2005, VHS, color, 52 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by National Film Board of Canada

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: History, Korean War, Military Studies
Date Entered:11/01/06


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To You Sweetheart, Aloha

2006, 2004, 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 S. Leo Chiang & Mercedes Coats

Not Recommended

Subjects: Aging
Date Entered:11/01/06


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Waves of Memory

2014, DVD , color, 75 min., dialog mainly in Hebrew, with subtitles
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Gad Aisen

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust
Date Entered:07/30/15


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What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy. A Film by David Evans

2015, DVD, color, 92 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust 1939-1945, World War II
Date Entered:03/10/16


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When Jews Were Funny

2013, DVD, color, 89 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Sudden Storm Entertainment; Jesse Ikeman; Jeff Glickman

Not Recommended

Subjects: Jews, Humor
Date Entered:05/21/14


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When People Die They Sing Songs: A Film by Olga Lvoff

2014, DVD, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Ruth Diskin Films Ltd., P.O.Box 7153, Jerusalem, 91071, ISRAEL
Produced by Olga Lvoff

Not Recommended

Subjects: Jewish Holocaust
Date Entered:06/19/15


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Who Will Write Our History

2018, DVD, 93 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Katahdin Productions; Match & Spark

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Holocaust Studies
Date Entered:11/08/19


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William and the Windmill

2013, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by {group theory} and Moving Windmills Project, Inc.

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Agriculture, Malawi
Date Entered:01/13/17


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Women of the Wall

1999, VHS, color, 31 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 22-D Hollywood Ave., Hohokus, NJ 07423; 1-888-367-9154
Produced by Squeeze the Stone Productions

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Religious Studies, Women's Studies, Political Science
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Zhang’s Diner

2004, VHS, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Luxian Productions

Not Recommended

Subjects: Area Studies, China
Date Entered:06/21/05