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17 Reviews

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Albert Camus, Journalist

2010, DVD , color and b&w, 52 min.
Distributed by Film Ideas, 308 North Wolf Rd., Wheeling, IL 60090; 800-475-3456
Produced by Chiloé Productions

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: African Studies, Anthropology, Biography, Ethics, European Studies, History, Journalism, Literature, Philosophy, Writing
Date Entered:08/22/12


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Atanasoff: Father of the Computer

2012, DVD, 46 min., color, b&w
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin & Daniels Cross

Recommended

Subjects: Computer Industry, Biography, Law, Computer Science
Date Entered:06/20/14


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Barbershop Punk

2010, DVD, color, 1 hr. 17 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Georgia Sugimura Archer and Kristin Armfield

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Communication, Computer Industry, Ethics, History, Popular Culture, Technology
Date Entered:12/21/11


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Data Mining: Big Data’s Increasing Challenge and Payoff

2012, DVD, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Anoar Ahmed

Recommended

Subjects: Business, Communication, Computer Industry, Economics, Sociology, Technology
Date Entered:05/02/13


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Defeating the Hackers

2013, DVD, color, 50 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Kate Dart & BBC Films

Recommended

Subjects: Computer Industry, Computer Science, Crime, Physics, Science, Technology
Date Entered:02/26/15


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Francis: The Pope from the New World

2013, DVD, color, 51 min.
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by the Knights of Columbus

Recommended

Subjects: Catholicism, Popes, Religion
Date Entered:06/20/14


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Hiroshima Nagasaki Download

2010, DVD, color, 73 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Shinpei Takeda

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Aging, Anthropology, Area Studies, History, Psychology, Sociology, Storytelling
Date Entered:07/11/11


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Homegoings

2013, DVD , color, 56 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Christine Turner

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Aging, Death and Dying
Date Entered:11/01/13


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How to Be a Man Vol. 1: Instructions for Proper Male Behavior from the Classroom Films of the 1940s-1970s

2009, DVD, color and b&w, total time 180 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Various Producers

Recommended

Subjects: Adolescence, American Studies, Child Development, Crime, Education, History, Parenting, Popular Culture, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:07/11/11


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Inside the Metaverse

2010, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Produced by Steven Dhoedt & Brecht Debackere

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: Anthropology, Computer Industry, Sociology, Storytelling, Technology
Date Entered:12/04/12


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La France

2007, DVD, color, 102 min.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by David Thion

Not Recommended

Subjects: Gender Studies, History
Date Entered:07/11/11


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Oh Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?

2008, DVD, color, 1 hr. 22 min.
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 2169 Folsom Street, Suite M101, San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-447-9750
Produced by Jimbo Barnett

Recommended with Reservations

Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Biography, Communication, Drama, History, Literature, Storytelling, Theater, Writing
Date Entered:12/21/11


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PressPausePlay: The Digital Revolution and the Changing Creative Landscape

2012, DVD, color, 84 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by House of Radon

Not Recommended

Subjects: Technology, Art, History
Date Entered:08/22/12


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The End of Time

2012, DVD , color, 114 min.
Distributed by First Run Features, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600
Produced by Peter Mettler & Silva Basmajian

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Earth Sciences, Experimental Film, Natural History, Philosophy, Physics, Sociology, Time
Date Entered:10/09/14


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The Last Happy Day

2009, DVD, color, 38 min.
Distributed by Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc., 550 Bryant St., San Francisco, CA 94107; 415-546-0155
Produced by Lynne Sachs

Recommended

Subjects: Biography, Communication, Death and Dying, European Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Storytelling
Date Entered:12/21/11


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Walled In: The Politics of Building Barriers

2011, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, 132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 800-257-5126
Produced by Premieres Linges Television/ARTE France

Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Area Studies, Crime, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Urban Studies
Date Entered:12/04/12


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William James: The Psychology of Possibility

2011, DVD, color, 40 min.
Distributed by Davidson Films, Inc., 735 Tank Farm Rd, Suite 210, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401; 888-437-4200
Produced by Frances Davidson

Not Recommended

Subjects: Psychology
Date Entered:04/07/11