FACDIS Audio-Visual Catalog

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AUDIO-VISUAL
AND
SIMULATION MATERIALS
IN
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Catalog Prepared and Distributed by
The West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies
MATERIALS IN CATALOG AVAILABLE FROM:
Media Services Library
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506
October, 2014
Jack L. Hammersmith, Director
Gretchen Peterec, Assistant Director
PREFACE
Since its inception in 1980, The West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in
International Studies (FACDIS) has carried out numerous projects designed to foster instruction in international
studies and foreign languages. One of the most valuable projects has been the FACDIS Audio-Visual Catalog.
Over 1,500 separate materials, housed at the West Virginia University Media Services Library, have been
annotated in this current catalog. A number of these titles (over 100) were originally purchased by FACDIS,
with grant funds from the U.S. Department of Education in the early 1980s. (In our catalog, materials that were
purchased by or donated by FACDIS are indicated by the notation of (FACDIS) at the end of the annotation.)
FACDIS is indebted to the WVU Media Services Library for continuing to add so significantly to these
internationally-relevant holdings.
Five previous editions of this bound catalog have been circulated to FACDIS members (1983, 1989,
1994, 1998 and 2005). Annual Supplementary Catalogs have also been circulated listing recent acquisitions by
the WVU Media Services Library.
This current catalog combines the materials in the 2005 edition with subsequent "international"
acquisitions purchased by the WVU Media Services Library. All new FACDIS members receive copies upon
affiliation with FACDIS.
We owe a great debt to the Higher Education Policy Commission for providing the operating funds
which have allowed FACDIS to continue its projects. The consortium also is grateful for the support it receives
from West Virginia University and the participating institutions in the consortium.
In addition, we would like to thank the West Virginia University Media Services Library staff, most
notably Hilary Fredette, Head of Access Service and Media Services, and Beth Toren, librarian for media
purchases, for their unfailing cooperation in helping us obtain the listing of new audio-visual acquisitions and
cooperating with FACDIS on the Interlibrary Loan Program.
We hope the materials in this catalog will enrich the teaching of international studies throughout West
Virginia for many years to come.
Gretchen Peterec, Assistant Director
FACDIS
October 2014
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BORROWING
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at illdowntown@mail.wvu.edu. You can search for the complete MountainLynx collection on their website,
http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/media
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ i
Instructions for Borrowing .................................................................................................................................ii
AREA STUDIES
Africa ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
African Feature Films ................................................................................................ 12
Asia ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
China ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Chinese Feature Films ............................................................................................... 24
India ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Indian Feature Films .................................................................................................. 31
Japan ....................................................................................................................................... 33
Japanese Feature Films .............................................................................................. 40
Korea ...................................................................................................................................... 48
Korean Feature Films ................................................................................................ 49
Pakistan .................................................................................................................................. 49
Philippines .............................................................................................................................. 50
Taiwan .................................................................................................................................... 50
Thai……………………………………………………………………………………………50
Vietnam .................................................................................................................................. 50
Canada ................................................................................................................................................. 50
Canadian Feature Films ............................................................................................. 51
Caribbean............................................................................................................................................. 51
Caribbean Feature Films............................................................................................ 54
Europe ................................................................................................................................................. 55
Bosnian Feature Films ............................................................................................... 77
Czech Feature Films .................................................................................................. 77
Danish Feature Films ................................................................................................. 78
Dutch Feature Films .................................................................................................. 78
French Feature Films ................................................................................................. 78
Georgian Feature Films ............................................................................................. 91
German Feature Films ............................................................................................... 91
Hungarian Feature Films ......................................................................................... 106
Italian Feature Films ................................................................................................ 107
Polish Feature Films ................................................................................................ 113
Romanian Feature Films.......................................................................................... 117
Russian Feature Films ............................................................................................. 118
Spanish Feature Films ............................................................................................. 124
Swedish Feature Films ............................................................................................ 130
Ukranian Feature Films ........................................................................................... 132
Yugoslavian Feature Films ...................................................................................... 133
Latin America .................................................................................................................................... 133
Portuguese and Spanish Foreign Language/Feature Films (Latin America) .......... 150
Middle East........................................................................................................................................ 158
Middle Eastern Feature Films ................................................................................. 168
GLOBAL ISSUES
Development Issues ........................................................................................................................... 172
Environment/Ecology ........................................................................................................................ 174
Food/Hunger ...................................................................................................................................... 184
Global Economy ................................................................................................................................ 186
Global Health..................................................................................................................................... 188
Global Perspectives ........................................................................................................................... 189
Human Rights .................................................................................................................................... 190
Population .......................................................................................................................................... 203
Terrorism ........................................................................................................................................... 204
War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues ................................................................................................... 208
GENERAL
American Foreign Policy ................................................................................................................... 226
Anthropology..................................................................................................................................... 228
Art ...................................................................................................................................................... 234
Cross Cultural .................................................................................................................................... 235
Foreign Language Study/Language Policy ....................................................................................... 239
Geography ......................................................................................................................................... 240
Immigration ....................................................................................................................................... 241
International Business/Global Trade ................................................................................................. 241
International Organizations ............................................................................................................... 250
Modern Civilization........................................................................................................................... 250
Women=s Studies ............................................................................................................................... 251
World History .................................................................................................................................... 257
World Religions................................................................................................................................. 263
SIMULATIONS AND GAMES................................................................................................................... 267
AFRICA
AFRICA
National Geographic. 2001. Four DVDs. 480 min.
An epic series presenting Africa through the eyes of its people in 9 episodes:
1) SAVANNA HOMECOMING
2) DESERT ODYSSEY
3) VOICES OF THE FOREST
4) MOUNTAINS OF FAITH
5) LOVE IN THE SAHEL
6) RESTLESS WATERS
7) LEOPARDS OF ZANZIBAR
8) SOUTHERN TREASURER
9) MAKING OF AMERICA
AFRICA
Films Inc. Home Vision. 1984. Eight 2@ video. Approx. 53 min. ea. (ORDERED SEPARATELY)
1) DIFFERENT BUT EQUAL - Goes back to Africa's origins to show that Africa gave rise to some of the
world's greatest early civilizations.
2) MASTERING A CONTINENT - Examines the way African people carve out an existence in an often
hostile environment.
3) CARAVANS OF GOLD - Traces the routes of the medieval gold trade.
4) KINGS AND CITIES - Explores the way early kingdoms functioned, by visiting Nigeria, where a king
still holds court in his 15th century palace.
5) THE BIBLE AND THE GUN - After the slave trade came the explorers and the missionaries. Next came
those interested in wealth--gold and diamonds.
6) THE MAGNIFICENT AFRICAN CAKE - The "scramble for Africa" from the 1880s to WW II.
7) THE RISE OF NATIONALISM - The major struggles for African independence are charted. Looks at
Guinea Bissauand Mozambique, as well as the question of how long white rule can last in South Africa.
8) THE LEGACY - Looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule, as the continent seeks ways to come to
terms with its diverse inheritance.
AFRICA: A NEW LOOK
International Film Foundation. 1981. 16 mm. 27 min.
Puts aside images of wild animals and festive dances; concentrates on the people of Africa today. Survey of
the contemporary African continent, with an emphasis on economic, political, and social conditions.
AFRICAN ART AND WOMEN ARTISTS
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1993. 2@ video. 17 min.
Kenyan artist Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui is featured in this program. Her art comments on life rooted
deeply in the African soil. A main focus in her art is the contradictory and often hypocritical attitudes of
African society toward women.
AFRICA, WHO IS TO BLAME?
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 2006. DVD. 61 min.
Former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, and Kenyan law student, June Arunga, travel through Tanzania
and Rwanda, witnessing the economic and social situations of the people they meet and considering what
measures would improve life for the people of Africa generally.
AFRICANS (9 part series)
Films Inc. 1986. Nine 2@ videos. Approximately 1 hour each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Dr. Ali A. Mazrui's examination of contemporary Africa. First broadcast on PBS.
1) NATURE OF A CONTINENT
2) LEGACY OF LIFESTYLES
3) NEW GODS
4) TOOLS OF EXPLOITATION
5) NEW CONFLICTS
6) IN SEARCH OF STABILITY
7) GARDEN OF EDEN IN DECAY
8) CLASH OF CULTURES
9) GLOBAL AFRICA
AFRICANS: A TRIPLE HERITAGE (THE), DISC 1 AND 2
Annenberg Media. 1986. Two DVDs.
Examines major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and the Islamic
religion. Episode 1) Geography=s influence on history is the topic of this episode, which explores the roles
that water, desert, and equatorial climate have played in developing African culture and civilization. Episode
2) What constitutes “family” in African culture? This segment examines matrilineal, patrilineal, and
polygamous traditions as well as the impact of modern cities on family ties. Episode 3) The roles of Christian
missionaries, Western secularism, Muslim sects, Egyptian pharaohs, and native religions are discussed in
visits to Senegal, Zaire, and Egypt. Episode 4) This program traces the colonial economic legacy, the
development of slavery, and European control of Africa=s natural resources, with special attention to the roles
played by Belgium and Great Britain.
AFRICANS: A TRIPLE HERITAGE (THE), DISC 3, 4 & 5
Annenberg Media. 1986. Three DVDs.
Episode 5) Urbanization, warrior traditions, European-created national boundaries, the Islamic jihad tradition,
and nationalist movements are problems of Africa=s post-colonial period, examined in this episode. Episode
6) In a continent where more than 70 coups have taken place in the last 30 years, the question of governing
effectively is critical. This segment compares African military regimes, one-party states, Marxism in
Mozambique, and the styles of the presidents of Tanzania and Zaire. Episode 7) More than 70 million
Africans suffer from malnutrition while their countries export food to Europe. Economic and agricultural
failures and successes are examined in Algeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. Episode 8) In every area of life,
dress, behavior, law, worship, and language, Africans have a triple heritage that often sends conflicting
signals. The African struggle to evolve new, effective, and essentially African ways of doing things is the
topic of this episode. Episode 9) Africa=s role in international politics and economics, from UN participation
to cobalt production and the political crisis in South Africa, is the focus of this concluding episode. Other
issues include the International Monetary Fund, food aid, and tourism.
AFRIQUE, JE TE PLUMERAI
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1992. 2@ video. 88 min. French with English subtitles.
Provides a masterly overview of one hundred years of cultural imperialism in Africa. Director Jean-Marie
Teno uses Cameroon, the only African country colonized by three European powers, for a case study of the
devastation of traditional African societies by imposed colonial cultures.
AFTER THE HUNGER AND DROUGHT
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1987. 2@ video. 53 min.
Discusses the role of writers in preserving the past and shaping the future in Zimbabwe.
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ALHAJI=S WIVES (See Women=s Studies)
ALLAH TANTOU (God's Will)
Using home movies and letters, as well as newsreels and dramatization, David Achkar reconstructs his father's
life which closely parallels the rise and fall of Africa's own hopes for independence.
ANGOLA IS OUR COUNTRY
Women Make Movies. 1988. 2@ video. 44 min.
Depicts Angolan women, their fight with UNITA, and their struggle for equal rights.
ANOTHER AFRICA
Centre Productions. 1986. 16 mm. 25 min.
Focuses on the competition for land in Kenya between a growing human population and diminishing wildlife.
ANVIL AND THE HAMMER
Third World News Reel. 1985. 2@ video. 40 min.
Expresses the plight for freedom in South Africa by the African National Council (ANC) and United
Democratic Front (UDF) groups. Shows political oppression of the South Africans.
ASANTE MARKET WOMEN
Filmakers Library. 1982. 2@ video. 52 min.
Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante Society of Ghana through interviews with women, who
exercise complete authority in the wholesale produce market.
ATUMPAN, THE TALKING DRUMS OF GHANA
Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles. 198-?, 200-? DVD. 43 min.
Documentary about West African ceremonial drums. Explains the different uses for each drum and who may
use them as well as showing how they are made. Also shown are some of the dances performed to the beat of
the drums.
BERLIN 1885 LA RUÉE SUR L’AFRIQUE
Icarus Films. 2010. DVD. 84 min. French with German and English. English subtitles.
The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European
powers, and created the Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king. Both a reenactment and a
documentary.
BITTER MELONS
Documentary Educational Resources. 1971. 2@ video. 32 min.
A small group of African people called Gwi San live together sharing a camp. One man plays music he has
composed on his hunting bow. Some common topics in his songs are the praise of melons, trapping
antelopes, and being lost in the bush.
BOUND TO STRIKE BACK
Shows a South Africa torn by civil war. Follows the security forces and police as they attempt to repress the
black freedom movement, and the organizations, such as the African National Congress and the United
Democratic Front, which speak for the movement.
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BURDEN ON THE LAND
Filmakers Library. 1990. 2@ video. 53 min. English, French, and native languages with English subtitles.
This documentary examines the sub-Saharan countries of Africa (Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi,
Zaire, Ivory Coast, Mali, Ethiopia, and Uganda) and some of the problems that have made progress difficult.
Program illustrates the interrelationships among politics, health, environment, and culture and how the efforts
of relief agencies sometimes clash with tradition.
CHINUA ACHEBE
PBS Video. 1988. 2@ video. 27 min.
Bill Moyers interviews Achebe, a Nigerian novelist, who contends that colonial regimes did not teach
democracy, and that this has led to many of the problems facing Africa today.
CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM
In 1981 Southern African countries banded together in a novel attempt at regional cooperation to free
themselves from the political and economic influence of South Africa.
THE COWS OF DOLO KEN PAYE: RESOLVING CONFLICT AMONG THE KPELLE
BFA Educational Media - Phoenix Films. 1979. 16 mm. 32 min.
In Fokwele, Liberia (pop. 2,000), conflicts arise as a result of differing lifestyles. Cattle have divided the
town into two classes: rich cattle owners and poorer rice farmers, whose crops are often marauded by cattle.
Occasionally the rice farmers attack the cows, thereby offending the cattle owners. In this film, such an
incident is followed through the proceedings of justice in the community. The proper procedures are
followed, but in this case the "hot knife ordeal" becomes a test of guilt or innocence. (FACDIS)
CROSSROADS/SOUTH AFRICA
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1980. 16 mm. 52 min.
Film tells the story of Crossroads, a squatters' town on the edge of Capetown. Under apartheid, men holding
"work passes" are housed in prison-like bachelor "hostels" and their families are forcibly removed from the
white areas and re-settled in barren bantustans, often hundreds of miles away. The families of Crossroads
have refused to be separated, and have built this illegal squatters' community. (FACDIS)
DARFUR DIARIES: MESSAGE FROM HOME (See Human Rights)
DAY OF THE ZULU (SECRETS OF THE DEAD)
PBS Home Video. 2001. 2@ video. 60 min.
Historian Ian Knight and forensic archaeologist Tony Pollard investigate a battle scene of the 1879 AngloZulu War for evidence of the effect of a solar eclipse and the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the
outcome of the battle.
DESTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
An investigation of South Africa's use of violence and military incursions to destablize the states of
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia and Angola.
DUARA SOUND THE DRUM (See Global Health)
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DYING TO BE FREE: ZIMBABWE=S STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 2003. DVD.
AA portrait of the politics and history of Zimbabwe, this program traces Robert Mugabe=s rise to power and
depicts his 22-year dictatorship in a country where millions rely on food aid to survive, inflation is at 500
percent, and almost three quarters of the country=s workforce is unemployed. Also included is rare footage
that captures the demand for change and the popular support for the new opposition party, MDC, during the
presidential election in 2002. (container)
ETHIOPIA AFTER THE FAMINE
Global View Productions. 1991. 2@ video. 59 min.
Examines what is happening in Ethiopia after the famine.
FAIR TRADE
Morag Productions. 1990. 2@ video. 27 min.
Women find it difficult to support themselves and their children in Tanzania. Some women dare to defy the
traditional male-dominated economy by trading in the market.
FEMMES AUX YEUX OUVERTS (Women With Open Eyes )
French with English subtitles. Profiles contemporary African women in four West African countries: Burkina
Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin. We meet a woman active in the movement against female genital mutilation, a
health care worker educating women about sexually transmitted diseases, and businesswomen who describe
how they have set up an association to share expertise and provide mutual assistance.
FIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW: MANDELA AND HIS EARLY CRUSADE (See Human
Rights)
FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK
California Newsreel. 1995. 2@ video. 50 min. English and French with English subtitles.
This film explores the life of one of the most influential black theorists of the anti-colonial movement. It
follows Fanon from his birth in 1925 on the French island of Martinique through his medical training in
France, to Algeria where he joined in the anti-colonial liberation struggle.
GENERATIONS OF RESISTANCE
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1979. 16 mm. 52 min.
Film traces the tradition of black resistance to white rule, by combining the testimony of survivors of earlier
battles with archival footage. Follows the long and arduous path traveled by Africans in their fight for
freedom and dignity. The film provides the historical framework necessary for understanding apartheid.
(FACDIS)
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG?
California Newsreel. 2006. DVD. 89 min.
Six documentary stories chronicling the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on both the
South African government and its international supporters, who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold
War.
HEALERS OF GHANA
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1993. 2@ video. (also DVD). 58 min.
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Explores the traditional medical practices of the Bono people of central Ghana and how their healers are
accommodating the conflict between the arrival of Western medicine and their religious beliefs. Traditionally,
Bono tribal priests undergo a painful spiritual possession, during which deities reveal to them the causes of
illnesses, which plants to use to treat them, who is perpetrating witchcraft, and which villagers might be
endangering society through improper behavior.
HUNTERS
Films Inc. 1983. 2@ video. 71 min.
The Hunters focus on four Kalahari Bushmen who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. The
chronicle of their 13-day trek becomes part of the village folklore which illustrates the ancient roots and
continual renewal of African tribal culture.
IN AND OUT OF AFRICA
Extension Center for Media & Independent Learning. 1992. 2@ video. 60 min. English and French with
English subtitles.
A story about a merchant who brings wood carvings from West Africa to sell in the United States.
IN THE TALL GRASS
Choices, Inc. 2006. DVD. 57 min.
Focuses on the Hutu and Tutsi as they struggle through Rwanda=s unique reconciliation process: Gacaca, a
network of grassroots community courts. Shows the challenges faced by post-genocide countries as they
transition from violence to peace.
IPI NTOMBI
Re-make of the musical Ipi Tombi. A Johannesburg mine worker sings of his love for the girl back home and
his sense of separation from his tribal roots.
KEÏTA! L'HÉRITAGE DU GRIOT: THE HERITAGE OF...
Jula and French with English subtitles. Based on one of the most important works of African oral literature,
the Sundjata epic. When a master griot, or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home of Mabo Keïta to teach him
"the meaning of his name," the boy and griot are inevitably brought into conflict with his westernized mother
and school teacher, who have rejected African tradition. The griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant
ancestor, Sundjata Keïta.
!KUNG SAN: TRADITIONAL !KUNG LIFE
Documentary Educational Resources. 2007. DVD. 26 min.
Footage shows tool-making technology, hunting and gathering, social life and children at play, and gives the
viewer a feel for the vastness and beauty of the Kalahari.
L'AFRIQUE NOIRE FRANCOPHONE, UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE
International Films Bureau. 1988. 2@ video. 50 min. French.
Presents an overview of life in large urban centers and rural areas in four French-speaking African countries,
focusing on daily occupations, religion, and education. Designed to aid in the study of the French language.
L'AFRIQUE NOIRE FRANCOPHONE, UNIT 2: ASPECT DIVERS
International Films Bureau. 1988. 2@ video. 22 min. French.
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Takes a look at the terrain and climate of four French-speaking African countries. Features the economic lifestyles based on agriculture and crafts. Focuses on education and training for employment.
LONG NIGHT=S JOURNEY INTO DAY: SOUTH AFRICA=S SEARCH FOR TRUTH &
RECONCILIATION (See Human Rights)
LONG WALK OF NELSON MANDELA
This film biography of Mandela tells the story of his life through interviews with his most trusted associates
to those with his jailers on Robben Island, the prison where he was held for 27 years. This film offers an
insider's account of his extraordinary will to lead and of the great risk and personal sacrifice he endured to
achieve democracy and equality for the people of South Africa.
LOST KINGDOMS OF AFRICA
Athena. 2010. Two DVDs. 216 min.
Join art historian and host Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford as he uncovers this continent’s hidden past. Disc 1:
Nubia, Disc 2: Great Zimbabwe.
LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1992. 2@ video. 67 min. French w/English subtitles.
This is the first feature documentary on one of the legendary figures of modern African history, Patrice
Lumumba (1925-1961). This is about Lumumba's twelve month rise and fall as Zaire's first and only
popularly elected Prime Minister.
MAIDS AND MADAMS
Examines the practice of apartheid in South Africa as it operates on the level of domestic employment.
MANDABI
New Yorker Video. 1968. 2@ video. 90 min.
Wolof with English subtitles. Ibrahim receives a money order from his nephew in Paris and has a hard time
cashing it. Also everyone in town is asking to borrow money from him.
MASAI WOMEN
Shanachie Entertainment Corp. 1994. 2@ video. 52 min. English and Masai.
An ethnographic view of African Masai culture and society, focusing on the preparation of young Masai girls
for marriage and life in their society. Probes, through a candid interview with an older woman, the feelings of
the Masai women about polygamy and their inability to own property.
MOBUTU, KING OF ZAIRE: AFRICAN TRAGEDY
Play it Again Sam. 1999. Two DVDs. 297 min.
“The definitive visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Dâesirâe Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for
over 30 years. Drawing upon 140 hours of rare archival material found in Kinshasa, and 50 hours of
interviews with those once close to him, it tells the story of the man at the heart of Central Africa’s postcolonial history.”–container
MONDAY'S GIRLS
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California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1993. 2@ video. 49 min. English and Waikiriki with
English subtitles.
A tribal chieftain's daughter who has lived in a large city for some time agrees to return to her native village
for traditional pre-marital ceremonies involving body painting, public breast examination and five-weeks'
confinement to Afattening rooms.@ Her refusal to fully participate in the ritual sparks a crisis underlining the
conflict between traditional and modern African lifestyles.
MOVING ON: THE HUNGER FOR LAND IN ZIMBABWE
Documents the history of the independence movement in Zimbabwe through art prints, vintage documents
and photographs, posters, and archival film footage. Shows the continuing disparity between black farmers,
who barely make a living, and affluent whites, who use modern agricultural methods.
NAMIBIA: AFRICA'S LAST COLONY
Member of the Namibian Council of Churches describes how occupying countries have enriched themselves
off her country's vast mineral resources, while the people have been condemned to poverty.
NO EASY WALK: KENYA
Cinema Guild. 1987. 2@ video. 52 min.
Examines how Kenya gained independence from Great Britain.
NO EASY WALK: ZIMBABWE
Chronicles the history of colonialism and the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe.
NUER, THE
CRM/McGraw-Hill. 1970. Two 2@ videos. 75 min.
Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle,
and depicts the psychological bonds between them. Includes extensive use of Nuer music and poetry.
NUER: A FILM (THE)
Documentary Educational Resources. 2004, 1970. DVD. 73 min.
Filmed in 1968, in the village of Lara, the Gaajak Jikany section of the Nuer Lands, Southwestern Ethiopia.
Presents the most important relationships and events in the lives of the Nuer, a Nilotic people. Demonstrates
the vital significance of cattle and their central importance in all Nuer thought and behavior.
NUIT DU DOUTE
Productions de la Lanterne. 1989. 2@ video. 23 min. French.
This timely film offers an inside view of a North African French family and its cross-cultural concerns.
NYAMAKUTA: "THE ONE WHO RECEIVES"
World Health Organization. 1989. 2@ video. 33 min. English and Zimbabwian with English subtitles.
Mai Mafuta, a traditional midwife in Zimbabwe, practices with the skill and compassion passed down from
her grandmother. She recounts the tragedy of her daughter's death during childbirth, her calling into
midwifery, and the traditions of her people. Yet for all her experiences and the experiences of others like her,
the percentage of childbirth related deaths in such Third World countries is alarmingly high. In an attempt to
reduce such deaths training in modern practices has been introduced. Includes scenes of childbirth.
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OBA COSO: NIGERIAN MUSIC AND DANCE DRAMA
Creative Arts Television. 1996. 2@ video. 28 min.
Excerpts from the famous African Yoruba folklore drama about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the
king. Intricate dance steps, brilliantly colored costumes, and Yoruba instruments and singing.
A PLAGUE UPON THE LAND
The World Bank. 1977. 16 mm. 28 min.
The Volta River Basin in West Africa, home to 10 million people, is also home to a female black fly which
breeds in swift water, biting its victims and causing "River Blindness" or Onchocerciasis. There are over 1
million victims, and this film examines this disease, its effects on the victim and its social and economic
consequences. (FACDIS)
PRIEST AND THE NGANGA: THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF DOUALA
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1992. DVD. 29 min.
This film explores the traditional African healer and the ceremonies performed to cure the ill. The film is
written and narrated by a white Belgian priest who explains the tradition of the Douala people in fighting the
evil spells and sorcery that causes illnesses.
PULL OURSELVES UP OR DIE OUT
Documentary Educational Resources. 1985. 2@ video. (also DVD). 26 min.
Describes the dire situation of the !Kung people of Namibia.
PYGMIES OF THE RAIN FOREST
Pyramid Films. 1975. 2@ video. 51 min.
Details the everyday life of the Mbuti pygmies in the remote Ituri Forest of Zaire, Africa.
RICH MAN'S MEDICINE, POOR MAN'S MEDICINE
Icarus Films. 1976. 16 mm. 43 min.
Filmed in Gabon, Senegal, and Kenya. Presents a picture of the "scientific" medicine transplanted from the
West - hospitals, synthetic drugs, x-ray machines. Spotlights the complex realities of medical care in the
developing African countries. Away from the large cities the traditional medicine can still be found. The
African "sorcerer" employs a ritual of healing in concert with the ideas of his society--disease is an aggression
against the entire group, not just the individual. Alongside the sorcerer is the traditional doctor, who knows
the usage of plants and minerals. The two techniques allow the community to survive and grow. (FACDIS)
REFUGEES IN AFRICA (See Human Rights)
SAHARA: LA CARAVANE DU SEL
Films, Inc. 1969. 16 mm. 52 min.
The shifting landscape of the Sahara provides an exotic setting of parched beauty for the camel caravans,
engaged in the salt trade. Following a caravan for 4 weeks and 1,000 miles, award-winning film shows
caravan moving through extreme temperatures and sandstorms, with only the occasional relief of an oasis,
until it reaches the salt market. (FACDIS)
SANGO MALO
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Sango Malo reflects the vibrant intellectual climate of Cameroon, a nation with one of the highest literacy
rates in Africa. The traditionalist headmaster and the innovative young teacher, Malo, represent contrasting
strategies for African education. The headmaster's rigid "Eurocentric" curriculum was designed to train
obedient colonial administrators and the post-colonial elite. In contrast, Malo teaches literacy through the
everyday word. His students learn the practical knowledge they will need to build self-reliant communities.
SHAKA ZULU
New Video. 2002. 4 DVDs. 500 min.
Shaka Zulu is the powerful true story of tribal Africa during the turbulent 19th century. This critically
acclaimed mini-series follows the life of Shaka, a powerful and mighty Zulu leader, as he grows up to fulfill
an ancient tribal prophecy, uniting his people into a bold new nation.
SIX DAYS IN SOWETO
The violent Soweto student strike of June 17, 1976 is re-lived by residents of Soweto.
SOMETIMES IN APRIL (See Human Rights)
SORCERERS OF ZAIRE
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1993, 2006. 2@ video. (also DVD). 58 min.
Explores the life of the rural Chokwe tribe of southwestern Zaire, where hardship and starvation are a way of
life. To assure that their modest food supply is distributed fairly, the Chokwe use a complex system of
reprisals in which sorcerers are hired to resurrect ancestral ghosts to haunt those who hoard goods, causing
them sickness and death. Focuses on four patients and two healers, following them through their traditional
medical treatments. Also shows the rigorous initiation ritual in which masked dancers help prepare boys for
manhood.
SOUTH AFRICA: THE WASTED LAND
Eroding environment, overcrowding, and apartheid are just some of the problems of South Africa.
SUDAN IN CRISIS (See Human Rights)
TALES FROM MADAGASCAR
California Newsreel. 1989. 2@ video. 64 min.
Venerable, but unmistakably contemporary, storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the
founding myths of Malagasy culture: the creation of man and woman, the origin of rice cultivation, and the
reason for animal sacrifice.
THESE HANDS
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1992. 2@ video. 47 min. Swahili with English subtitles.
Surveys a typical workday in the lives of women in Tanzania, some refugees from Mozambique, who
manually mine gravel used for making concrete for urban building projects.
THE TUAREGS
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Once the Tuaregs were a proud, warrior tribe of the country Niger who lived a nomadic life in the semi-desert
region of the Sahel. European colonization brought an end to their tribal warfare, and modern transportation
systems supplanted their camel caravans. In the 1970s a six-year drought turned the Sahel into an arid
wasteland, incapable of supporting the camels and goats on which the lives of the Tuaregs depended. In
contrast to the Tuaregs' plight, French companies develop uranium deposits beneath the Sahel. We witness
the crumbling of one social structure in the face of new confrontation. (FACDIS)
TO LIVE WITH HERDS: A DRY SEASON AMONG THE JIE
Berkeley Media. 2005. DVD. 70 min. Jie dialect with English subtitles.
Demonstrates the effects of nation building in pre-Amin Uganda on the semi-nomadic pastoral Jie. Looks
at life in a traditional Jie homestead during a harsh, dry season.
UGANDA: A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Documentary examining Uganda=s strategy to combat poverty and to reduce debt. Gone is the old way of
government telling the poor what=s good for them. Instead, via community meetings around the country the
poor are telling the government what they want, and the government is responding.
UNDER A CRESCENT MOON
Landmark Films, 198?. 2@ video. 46 min.
Set in the ancient city of Kano on the southern edge of the Sahara, film portrays an historic and fascinating
society revealed through Sallah Festival marking the end of the Ramadan fast.
WEST AFRICA: BENIN, BURKINA FASO AND MALI
Pilot Productions. 2002. 2@ video. 50 min.
Traveler Justine Shapiro=s journey begins in Benin, once notorious as the slave coast of Africa. After
experiencing Voodoo culture, she travels north to Natitingou and the remote Somba valleys. She then crosses
the border into Burkina Faso where she heads northeast from Outgadougou into the desert. She ends her
journey in Mali, trekking through spectacular Dagon country and finally to the legendary Timbuktu.
WEST AFRICA: GHANA AND THE IVORY COAST
Pilot Productions. 2002. 2@ video. 50 min.
Traveler Megan McCormick starts her journey in Accra, capital of Ghana and biggest city in Africa. She then
visits the gold-mining country of Kumasi and the old Slave Coast, before crossing the border and heading
west to Ivory Coast=s colorful capital Abidjan. She finally visits the region of Man, home of the Dan and
Yocouba people.
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
Wealthy nations have sent vast amounts of monetary, medical, and food assistance to Africa. Yet much of the
continent remains mired in poverty, famine, and bloodshed. Challenging viewers to rethink traditional
humanitarian approaches, this film follows four young Americans as they experience firsthand the scope and
intractability of Africa=s suffering. From Cairo to Cape Town, viewers are taken across war-torn, famineridden, and AIDS-ravaged countries in which aid workers, government officials, and ordinary individuals
explore the complex issues affecting millions of Africans today. Discussions focus on HIV/AIDS, armed
conflict, child sponsorship, U.S. farm policies, and the role of NGOs.
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WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
National Film Board of Canada. 1990. 2@ video. 28 min.
How women created a workers' cooperative in Kenya.
WIND OF CHANGE: THE END OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA
Discusses nationalism in black Africa through the experiences of the Gold Coast, French Guinea, and the
Belgian Congo, the first colonies to gain independence after World War II. Also considers the effects on
Africa of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union.
WITH THESE HANDS: HOW WOMEN FEED AFRICA
Three women tell stories of the difficult lives in the farmlands of Burkina Faso, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
WOLE SOYINKA
ICA Video, The Roland Collection. 1984. 2@ video. 60 min.
The 1986 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Nigerian author and political activist Wole Soyinka lectures on
creative traditions and the "climates of terror" in which they are born. He talks about the growth of African
cultural self-awareness and the birth of a new literary fraternity.
WONDERS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD
Controversial Harvard Historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits Africa and encounters, on journeys to great
civilizations, cities, and centers of learning established before the arrival of the Europeans, an Africa most
people never knew existed.
YABBA SOORE-THE PATH OF THE ANCESTORS: THE DANCE OF THE SPIRITS
University of Iowa Video Center. 1986. 2@ video. 55 min.
This video explores different masks and dances of the tribes of Africa's Burkina Faso.
ZAN BOKO
Morè with English subtitles. AZan Boko@ means the place where the placenta is buried and symbolizes the
continuity between past and present in African village societies. Film tells the story of a village swallowed up
by urban development.
African Feature Films
ANGER OF THE GODS (LA COLÈRE DES DIEUX)
P.O.M. Films. 2008. DVD. 95 min. Mooré with English and French subtitles.
ASeizing power, despite his father=s dying plea that the council of the wise elect the new king, Tanga begins a
reign of terror. From a nearby village he seizes Awa, betrothed to Rasmane. Nine months later she gives him
an heir, Salam. Awa and Halyare (Tanga=s uncle) nurture and educate the boy, and know his secret. When
Salam is twelve, truth and the fates turn against Tanga with the revelation that Salam is not his son, but
Rasmane=s. Now Tanga or Salam must die. ...@BFilms for Africa website.
BLACK GIRL
New Yorker Video. 2005. DVD. 80 min. French with English subtitles.
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A Senegalese maid goes to the Riviera with her employers and gains a new perspective on what it means to be
African outside of Africa. A story of exile and despair.
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY
Monterey Home Video. 1951. 2@ video. b & w. 100 min.
The story of a black minister and a white farmer whose lives are bound together by mutual tragedy. Starring
Sidney Poitier.
CURSE
New Yorker Films. 2005, 1974. DVD. 123 min. French and Wolof with English subtitles.
In a fictional African country, a rich, self-made businessman and member of the post-colonial ruling elite
takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be stricken by a curse resulting in impotency. His
efforts at getting cured lead to disastrous yet comical results.
FOR THE BEST AND FOR THE ONION!
Icarus Films. 2012. DVD. 52 min. Haussa and French with English subtitles.
“Agriculture is key to the local economy in Niger, with Galmi onions prized throughout West Africa. ...
Farmer Yaro’s daughter, Salamatou, is betrothed to Adamou. The couple hope to marry soon, but after each
harvest - much to his future son-in-law’s frustration - Yaro postpones the wedding yet again. He says he
wants his daughter to be married with dignity, and that means having enough money to pay for all the
expenses tradition demands. As the growing season progresses, Yaro is under increasing pressure to finally
set a date for the wedding. Meanwhile, the market price of onions begins a rapid downward slide, and the
engaged couple come up with a solution to speed their marriage.”–container
LA GENESE (GENESIS)
Kino on Video. 1999, 2003. 2@ video. 102 min. Bambara with English subtitles.
Based on chapters 33-37 of Genesis told from an African perspective, the film portrays the bitter rivalry
between the brothers Jacob and Esau.
GET UP AND WALK (DELWENDE LÈVE-TOI ET MARCHE)
Trigon-Film. 2008. DVD. 103 min. Mooré with English, French and German subtitles.
AThis mother-daughter tale focuses on the injustice of some traditional African practices and women=s
struggle for equality. A small village in Burkino Faso is devastated by the sudden death of many of its
children. Fearing the worst, Diarrha sends his daughter, Pougbila, to get married in another village despite the
objections of his wife Napoko. She learns that their daughter has been raped, possibly by her own husband
and, therefore, she accepts the arranged marriage despite her own reservations. Following a village tradition,
the elders conduct a witch-hunt to find the person responsible for all the deaths. The blame falls on Napoki,
and she is chased out of the village. Upon learning of her mother=s fate, Pougbila embarks on a journey to
find her. Her travel leads her to the capital, Ouagadougou, where she finds her mother in a shelter for women
accused of witchcraft. Intent on exposing the truth, she brings Napoko home and forces the elders to confront
the truth: Diarrha took advantage of a local village tradition in order to direct the blame towards his wife.
Based on a true story, Delewende examines some traditional customs in Africa and the role women play in
exposing the injustices perpetrated against them.@BPublisher website.
GUIMBA, THE TYRANT
Kino on Video. 2004. DVD. 93 min. Bambara with English subtitles.
A tyrant throws his city into conflict and chaos when he allows his randy, dwarf son to reject an arranged
marriage to the slim, local beauty in order for him to pursue the girl=s larger, married mother. The tyrant then
sets his own eyes on the girl, making the situation even worse. An epic set in the legendary past of Mali
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(West Africa) to provide a biting allegory of present-day African politics. Through the story of the downfall
of Guimba, the tyrant, the film maker foretells a similar fate for the many dictators who still pillage the
continent. He frames his film with the appearance of a griot, a traditional African storyteller, who passes
down the Awisdom of the ancestors,@ looking to the values and legends of the African past for inspiration and
guidance in reconstructing well-governed, self-sufficient nations.
HYENAS
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1992. 2@ video. 107 min. Wolof with English subtitles.
A woman who amasses a fortune returns to her hometown, upon which she will bestow money, if someone
there will murder her former lover who betrayed her, forcing her out of the village and into a life of
prostitution.
HOTEL RWANDA
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment. 2005, 2004. 122 min.
The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than
1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
JOURNEY OF THE HYENA
Kino on Video. 2005. DVD. 85 min. French with English subtitles.
Two young lovers in Senegal turn to crime to raise the money to escape to their dream city, Paris.
LIFE ON THIS EARTH
WinStar TV & Video. 2000. DVD. 61 min. French and Bambara with English subtitles.
A film about the significance of the start of the twenty-first century for people still struggling to enter the
twentieth. Abderrahmane Sissako=s solution was to improvise a >fictional documentary= out of daily life in
Sokolo, his father=s village in Mali, near the southeastern corner of Mauritania.
LUMUMBA
Zeitgeist Films. 2002. DVD. 115 min. French with English subtitles.
Dramatizes the life of Congolese revolutionary, Patrice Lumumba, who led his country to independence from
Belgium in 1960. He served for less than a year as the first elected prime minister, until he was brutally
assassinated.
NERIA
Media for Development Trust. 1991. 2@ video. 99 min.
When Neria's husband, Patrick, dies unexpectedly, she finds that the life they had spent years building
together is suddenly threatened. Patrick's brother, Phineas, begins helping himself to her home, car, and even
her bank account, claiming that law and African tradition are on his side. When Phineas takes her children,
Neria has no choice but to fight back. (Zimbabwe)
OF GODS AND MEN
Sony Pictures Classics. 2011. DVD. 123 min. French with English subtitles.
Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery in the mountains of
North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers are massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist
group, fear sweeps through the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they
leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay,
come what may.
PÉPÉ LE MOKO
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Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 94 min. French with English subtitles.
The notorious Pépé Le Moko is a wanted man. Women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law
is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the Casbah of Algiers, Pépé is safe from the police
until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all.
QUARTIER MOZART
Queen of the Hood is a proud young girl who doesn't want to be taken advantage of by men. She befriends a
local sorceress who helps her enter the body of a young man so she can discover for herself the real "sexual
politics" of the quarter. In this sex farce, women's wisdom and "witchcraft" help to temporarily regain the
balance of power in a male sexist world.
SUMMER IN LA GOULETTE (A)
Kino Lorber. 2011. DVD. 89 min. Arabic or French with English subtitles.
The year is 1967 in La Goulette, a small harbor town in the suburbs of Tunis where various cultures have
lived together for ages in effortless harmony. Youssef, Jojo, and Guiseppe are as inseparable as are their three
16-year-old daughters, Meriem, Gigi, and Tina. In a fit of teenage provocation, the three girls swear that they
will lose their virginity by the day of the procession of the Madonna. To make matters worse, each of them
has her eyes on a boy of a different religion.
SWAMP DWELLERS
Phoenix Films & Video. 199? 2@ video. b & w. 53 min.
A young African returns to his village from the city and discovers that he has grown too sophisticated to
accept his parents' beliefs. Disillusioned also by urban life, he is caught between conflicting cultures, unable
to identify with either.
TA DONA
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 1991. 2@ video. 101 min. Bambara with English
subtitles.
Ta Dona is the story of the quest for secret knowledge by a young Bambara man. While working in a peasant
village, the hero searches for the "seventh canari," a forgotten, secret herbal remedy used in childbirth. Faced
with a scorching drought and a corrupt government, he manages to save the village and rediscover the canari.
THÉ AU HAREM D'ARCHIMÈDE (Tea in the Harem of Archimedes)
October Films. 1995. 2@ video. 110 min. In French with English subtitles.
Feature film version of novel by Mehdi Charef set in Algeria. Story of young men who steal in order to
support their lives of idleness and irresponsibility.
THREE TALES FROM SENEGAL
California Newsreel. 1994. DVD. 82 min. Wolof with English subtitles.
Le franc is a parable about the plight of everyday Africans buffeted by the changing winds of the international
monetary system. Picc mi is a story of two destitute boys who escape the predatory demands of adults to
spend one day of freedom together. Fary l’anesse is a tale of a man led into folly by his pursuit of the perfect
woman. When he thinks he has finally found her, she turns out to be a donkey.
TIME OF VIOLENCE (IN A)
California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema. 2@ video. 1993. 157 min. English, Zulu, and Afrikaans
with English subtitles.
This is the story of Bongai and Mpho, two ANC "comrades" and lovers from Soweto. Bongani is the sole
witness to a train massacre by Duma, a militant with the Zulu-supported Inkatha Freedom Party. Since
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Bongani was recognized, the couple is forced to take refuge in an apartment in Johannesburg. This daring film
concerns changing values, violent cultural political clashes and conflict among black families in South Africa.
VIE EST BELLE
This is a story of an African peasant who moves to the city to become a successful musician.
ZULUMGM
Home Entertainment. 2000. 2@ video. 139 min.
A stubborn British commander pits his 105 men against an oncoming horde of 4,000 Zulus when he refuses to
abandon his outpost.
ASIA
CHALLENGE FROM ASIA: CHINA & THE PACIFIC RIM
Films for the Humanities. 1989. 2@ video. 52 min.
Details efforts of Southeast Asian countries to develop an industrial economy to compete with Japan and
Korea.
CHINA AND JAPAN, 1279 - 1644
Landmark Media. 200-? DVD. 26 min.
Relates how the Mongol warrior, Kublai Khan, brought the whole of China under foreign rule for the first
time and tells how Ming built the Great Wall. Describes Japan under the Kamakura and Ashikage shogunates
and covers the influence of Zen Buddhism in the culture of the period.
MINI DRAGONS
Ambrose Video Publishing. 1991. 2@ video. 53 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) HONG KONG - It is the third largest financial center in the world, with one of the highest population
densities. In 1997, Hong Kong will be returned to the Peoples' Republic of China. What will this mean
for her economy and the freedoms she now enjoys?
2) SINGAPORE - With the recent change in leadership, Singapore is challenged to maintain peace and
stability in a region where these are not the natural state of affairs.
3) SOUTH KOREA - This program captures the profound challenges faced by South Korea's people as
they grapple with the impending transition to a new technology based economy.
4) TAIWAN - Through overcoming long-standing domestic conflict, Taiwan is predicted to be the most
successful of the mini-dragons in the coming century.
PACIFIC CENTURY
PBS. 1992. 2@ video. 60 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
This 10 part series explores the emergence of modern Asia. Narrated by Peter Coyote, the series examines the
developments in Asia over the past 150 years, from colonialism to nationalism, from military clashes to
economic conflicts. Instead of treating each country in isolation, the series develops five themes: "Progress"
and tradition; the conflict between East and West; democracy, authority and economic growth; the United
States in the Pacific; and Asia's enduring resources.
1) BIG BUSINESS & THE GHOST OF CONFUCIUS
2) FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
3) FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN
4) INSIDE JAPAN INC.
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5) MEIJI REVOLUTION
6) PACIFIC CENTURY
7) REINVENTING JAPAN
8) SENTIMENTAL IMPERIALISTS: AMERICA IN ASIA
9) TWO COASTS OF CHINA
10) WRITERS REVOLUTIONARIES
RING OF FIRE
Mystic Fire Video. 1988. 2@ video. 56 min. ea. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) DANCE OF THE WARRIORS - The Blairs sail to Komodo to film the giant carnivorous lizards of
Dragon Island. (Indonesia)
2) DREAM WANDERERS OF BORNEO - For 800 miles, through uncharted rain forest, the Blairs seek
the last of the nomadic Punan Dyaks, the free-roving masters of the interior, the "dream wandering" tribe
believed to no longer exist.
3) EAST OF KRAKATOA - In the shadow of Java's constantly erupting volcanoes, the Blairs descend
from the crater of the newly erupted "child of Krakatoa" and encounter a world of medieval courts,
mystical shadow puppet plays and forgers of magical swords.
4) SPICE ISLAND SAGA - following in the footsteps of the great 19th
Century naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace, the Blair brothers embark with the piratical Bugis tribe on a
2000 mile sea journey.
THEATRES OF ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION
First Light Video. 1997. 2@ video. b & w. 50 min.
This video introduces Asian theatre through the roles it plays in the lives of Asian people and its special
relationship to young people.
CHINA
ALL UNDER HEAVEN
New Day Films. 1985. 16 mm. 58 min.
This award-winning film provides an intimate look at daily life in Long Bow, a village about 400 miles
southwest of Beijing. This film shows how the traditional way of life has persisted and altered with the
political changes of the last 40 years, particularly collectivization and decollectivization. Produced by Long
Bow Film Group.
BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG
Coronet/MTI Film & Video. 1997. 2@ video. 114 min. (The China Trilogy, pt. 3)
Recounts the years between 1976 and 1997, following the death of Mao Zedong. Under Deng Xiaoping's
leadership China witnessed sweeping economic and social changes, but under the firm control of the
Communist party. Chronicles the growing student movements and the meaning and value of communism in
China.
CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION
WinStar TV and Video. 2001. DVD. 360 min.
An astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation. This powerful program takes a remarkable first-hand
look at China's tumultuous history, examining its social, political, and cultural upheaval through eyewitness
accounts, rare archival film footage and insightful commentary.
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CHINA IN THE RED
PBS Video. 2006. DVD. 120 min.
AThe economic reforms that have brought China economic prosperity now threaten the livelihood of many
Chinese workers. The Chinese Communist Party can no longer afford to subsidize the factories, and millions
of workers are being laid off, with no social safety net to catch them. Filmed over the course of three years,
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CHINA: FOOD FOR A BILLION PLUS
Cambridge Educational. 2002. DVD. 25 min.
Explores the relationship between Chinese agriculture and the urban centers of the country while also
reporting on China=s efforts to improve crop yields, food distribution, and environmental conditions.
CHINA: THE COLD RED WAR
MPI Home Video. 1990. 2@ video. 76 min.
The ideological battles between the US and the USSR were nothing compared to the fierce and hostile
intercommunistic battles between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.
CHINA: THE DANCE AROUND THE GOLDEN CALF
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 1998. 2@ video. 50 min.
As China continues to experiment with Western style economics, many city dwellers already enjoy the
advantages of a market economy. Meanwhile, rural China remains traditional, backward and poverty
stricken. This program seeks to understand the effects of economic reform on Chinese society, from the
villages to the cities.
CHINA: THE GREAT CULTURAL MIX
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. 1976. 16 mm. 17 min. (China History Series.)
Covers the disintegration of the Han Empire, the formation of new dynasties, and new developments in
religion and art (220 AD - 581 AD), through a variety of artifacts, documents and art materials. Explains that
after the Han Dynasty, China was divided into three kingdoms: 1) Wu; 2) Shu Han; and 3) Wei.
CHINA: HUNDRED SCHOOLS TO ONE
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. 1976. 16 mm. 18 min. (China History Series.)
Covers the warring between the states and the technological and agricultural revolution leading up to the
formation of the Ch'in Empire, 475 BC to 221 BC, through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials.
CHINA: THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN
Ambrose Video. 1991. 2@ video. 57 min.
For over 2,000 years China has been sustained by ideas virtually unchanged since the Bronze Age;
Confucianism, reverence for ancestors and harmony. This program describes how, despite long Communist
rule, these ideas are still alive and shaping China's present. Also discusses how many breakthroughs on which
the modern world is based were discovered in China long before the west became aware of them.
CHINA: THE REVOLUTION AND BEYOND
Films for the Humanities. 1989. 2@ video. (ORDER SEPARATELY).
Harrison Salisbury's three-part report on China.
1) FROM LIBERALIZATION TO CRACK-DOWN - 59 min.
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The 1972 rapprochement between
China and the US led to modernization, liberalization, and in the early summer of 1989, the students'
demand for democratization which appeared to be the immediate cause of the resulting crackdown
2) THE LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTION - 44 min.
Chou En-lai and Mao Tse-Tung, the clash between Mao and Lin Chao-Chi, the Lin Piao Plot, the Gang of
Four, the rise of Den Ziaoping. This is the history of struggles and confrontations, the scrambles for
power, and the ideological backdrop, of China across four decades.
3) SLOGANS AND POLICIES - 45 min.
The Chinese economic revolution was guided by various slogans like Land Reform, The Great Leap
Forward, Learn from Dazhai, and Four Modernizations. This video reviews the successes and failures of
these programs, and illustrates the upheaval in the lives of ordinary people to show how social and
economic development was achieved, and at what cost.
CHINA: UNDER THE MONGOLS
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. 1976. 16 mm. 18 min.
Covers the Mongol domination which resulted in political, social, and economic discrimination for the
conquered people during the period 1279 AD to 1368 AD. Explains the Mongol leader, Temujin, who
established a strict code of law and chose people for influential positions form diverse ethnic groups (China
History Series.)
CHINA IN REVOLUTION
Coronet/MTI Film & Video. 1989. 2@ video. 120 min. b & w with color. (China Trilogy, pt. 1).
This documentary recounts the 38 years between 1911 and 1949, during which China was transformed from a
centuries-old empire into the world's largest Communist state. It was a transformation that affected the lives
of hundreds of millions of people.
CHINA IN TRANSITION, 581-1279
Landmark Films. 1985. 2@ video. 26 min.
After centuries of disunity, Tan Chien proclaimed himself emperor of the Sui dynasty. During this time many
scientific innovations such as the Grand Canal, developing of woodblock printing, as well as improvements in
education, made China the most literate and advanced of all pre-modern societies.
CHINA, THE DRAGON=S ASCENT SERIES (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2004. DVD. 58 min. each.
1) FEAST OR FAMINE: WATER MANAGEMENT AND FOOD PRODUCTION IN CHINA
AThis program documents farmers= hardships ... and discusses the exacerbating effects of deforestation
and urban growth. Also, potential remedies are showcased Y@-container
2) TWO-WAY TRAFFIC: CHINA, THE HUB OF THE EAST
AIn this program, archaeologists, scholars, and others shed light on the tides of China=s cultural and
economic fortunes, from ancient times to today, as the country once again opens its doors to the world
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CHINA'S COSMOPOLITAN AGE: THE TANG
Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1993. 2@ video. 56 min.
This video examines China's Tang Dynasty in the areas of government, art, religion, philosophy, and its
profound contribution to the humanistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan.
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CHINA'S ONLY CHILD
Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. 1983. 2@ video. 58 min.
In response to China's rapidly growing population, the Chinese government announced in 1982 that each
couple should have only one child. Program examines the Chinese people's reaction to this edict.
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Kwang Hwa Mass Communication-International Audio-Visual Communication. 1991. 2@ video. 27 min.
Chinese Lunar New Year has been celebrated for thousands of years. This video introduces the way Chinese
celebrate the New Year in modern Taiwan.
THE CONFUCIAN TRADITION
Annenberg/CPB Project. 1997. Three 2@ videos. 123 min. Three-Part Program.
Pt. 1 - The Confucian Tradition; Pt. 2 - The Confucian Tradition in Literature, Chinese Poetry: Origins of a
Literary Tradition; Pt. 3 - The Confucian Tradition in Literature, Poetry of the Tang and Later Dynasties.
This series presents the key elements of Confucian thought in China and traces its impact on China=s most
important literary form, lyric poetry. Also included are readings from the Confucian Analects and the Book of
Songs as well as presentations of the lives and works of many renowned poets.
CONFUCIUS: WORDS OF WISDOM
A & E Home Video: New Video Group. 1997. 2@ video. 50 min.
In an age of intrigue and vice, Confucius was a voice of morality and virtue. 2,500 years after his death, he is
revered as one of the greatest teachers in history, and his name is synonymous with ageless wisdom.
EMERGING POWERS: CHINA
New Video Group/Wall Street Journal Video. 1996. 2@ video. 57 min.
Examines China's transformation from communism to capitalism, from poverty to prosperity. Includes
interviews with a former state worker who has created a multimillion-dollar textile empire, the leader of
Beijing's Commodities Exchange, and Shanghai's most successful Avon cosmetics saleswoman.
EVERYDAY MANDARIN
British Broadcasting Corporation. 1984. Three 2@ videos. 316 min.
An instructional videotape program teaching conversational Mandarin to English speakers.
THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA
A narrated dramatization of the reign of Chôin Shih-huang, concluding with the excavation of the terra cotta
army buried in Shenshi Province. (221-207 B.C.) Narrated by Christopher Plummer.
FORBIDDEN CITY: THE GREAT WITHIN
Discovery Channel Pictures with Maroon Productions. 1995. 2@ video. 50 min.
Explores the Forbidden City, the private world of emperors of China. Focuses primarily on the 61-year reign
of the Emperor Kang Xi, and concludes with the last Manchu Emperor, Pu Yi.
GENIUS THAT WAS CHINA
Coronet Film & Video. 1990. 2@ video. 57 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) EMPIRES IN COLLISION - Why did the industrial revolution occur in Europe and not in China? What
were the consequences of China's failure to modernize during the age of imperialism?
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2) RISE OF THE DRAGON - Provides an overview of the political and cultural history of China 9601500. Highlights its technical and scientific innovations in a period when China led the world in
technology.
3) THREAT FROM JAPAN - Why was Japan successful in adopting Western technology in the early 20th
century, while China was not? The consequences of China's failure to keep up with the West are
explored.
4) WILL THE DRAGON RISE AGAIN? - China has made an effort to master Western technology to
survive in a global economy, but will China be able to adopt the technology without adopting Western
democracy and ideals?
GREAT STEP FORWARD: CHINA WOMEN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE) (See
Women=s Studies)
HE DANCES FOR HIS CORMORANTS
Phoenix/BFA Films & Video: Phoenix Learning Group. 1995. DVD. 26 min.
Zong Man has 12 cormorants which catch fish for him. We witness the amazing characteristics of the
cormorants.
HEART OF THE DRAGON
Ambrose Video Publishing, Produced for PBS. 1984. Twelve 2@ videos. 52 min. each. (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
1) BELIEVING - Tells how the ancient teachings of Tao, Buddha, and Confucius mix with the doctrines of
Marx and Mao.
2) CARING - The family, the street and the neighborhood provide a framework that looks after young and
old. We focus on a family and their concepts of honor, courtesy and respect.
3) CREATING - Contemporary artists use unconventional materials but traditional values.
4) EATING - The ritual and obsession with food in Canton contrasts starkly with the frugal habits of the
rural people. A look at the agricultural technology.
5) CORRECTING - The Chinese legal system seeks not to only punish, but to restore the social harmony
that has been disturbed by the crime.
6) LIVING - Over 80% of China's 1 billion people are peasants. We see the daily life of one village family
as they tend the state's land.
7) MARRYING - The marriage broker is still a central figure. But the changing status of women and the
state's limit of one child per family are radically affecting traditions.
8) MEDIATING - Where the family is sacred, divorce is a major conflict. A couple is pressured to
reconcile.
9) REMEMBERING - A majestic sweep of historic and modern China, with its roots in a past so distant,
Westerners can barely conceive of it.
10) TRADING - Free enterprise is the experiment today. Can trade with the outside world expand without
Western influences taking over?
11) UNDERSTANDING - Chinese technologists are still trying to recover from the disruption of the cultural
Revolution.
12) WORKING - In a grim city near the Mongolian border, we meet China's industrial workers, and a young
woman who wants to be a writer, but stoically accepts the state's decision that she should work in a
locomotive factory.
ONE HUNDRED ENTERTAINMENTS
Learning Corporation of America. 1979. ½” video + 1 teachers guide. 28 min.
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Shows the Shensi Provincial Acrobatic Troupe on stage and behind the scenes as they tour Shensi Province,
China
KAZAKHS OF CHINA
Granada Television Films Incorporated. 1983. 2@ video. 53 min.
The nomadic, independent Kazakhs live in the mountains between Tibet and Mongolia away from the
Chinese authorities.
THE LAST KHAN OF KHANS
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2003. DVD. 46 min. Four-Part Program.
Final segment in a four-part program about the Mongol invasion of the 13th century. Covers the reign and
influence of Kublai Khan, the last of the great Khans, who, though still convinced of the Mongol=s destiny to
rule the world, was more influential in promoting a rich and diverse culture in Mongolia, where, faced with
great insecurity in the present and foreseeable future, the past and Genghis Khan are evoked and worshiped.
LAST TRAIN HOME
Zeitgeist Video.
2011.
DVD.
90 min.
Mandarin and Sichuan with English subtitles.
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers
journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human
migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past
and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker, Lixin
Fan, travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades.
LOOKING FOR CHINA: AMERICAN IMAGES (PART I) LOOKING FOR AMERICA: CHINESE
IMAGES (PART II)
China Council of the Asia Society, n.d., slide/cassette tape program.
Approximately 50 slides in each part examine stereotypes in both China and America. Program based on
Chinese and American images of each other from newspaper cartoons, magazines, movies, etc. (FACDIS)
MADE IN CHINA
California Newsreel. 2007. DVD. 53 min. Chinese with English voiceovers and English intertitles.
“Follows the lives of a typical Chinese migrant couple, Heqing and Heping Fan, including their first trip home
after two years in [the Cixi Industrial Zone] . . . Demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing
the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries in the West.”--container
MAO TSE-TUNG: THE ARCHITECT OF MODERN CHINA
This program looks at the life and legacy of Mao Tse-Tung.
MAO YEARS (THE)
Coronet/MTI Film & Video. 1994. 2@ video. 117 min. China Trilogy, pt. 2.
Examines the role of Chairman Mao in the evolution of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his
death in 1976.
MOVING THE MOUNTAIN
Hallmark Home Entertainment. 1994. 2@ video. 87 min.
Captures the power and passion of the Chinese student demonstrations for democracy in Tianamen Square,
Beijing, China during May 1989. Newsreel footage, dramatic reenactments and extensive input from the
actual student leaders are combined to paint a portrait of courage, conviction and commitment.
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OLD TREASURES FROM NEW CHINA
Berkeley: University of California Extension Media Center. 1977. 2@ video. 53 min.
Portrays China's evolution from primitive society through the Yuan dynasty by telling the story of her
technological and artistic achievements as well as her contributions to world civilization. Selections from the
1975 archaeological exhibit from the People's Republic of China are shown. Narrated by James Earl Jones.
ONE HUNDRED ENTERTAINMENTS
Learning Corporation of American. 1979. 2@ video. 29 min.
Part of the "Human Face of China" Series. Focuses on the activities of the Shensi Provincial Acrobatic
Troupe whose home base is the ancient city of Sian.
SILK ROAD
Central Park Media. 1992. Six 2@ videos. 330 min. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
A tour examining the world's most historic and inaccessible locations of the area known as the ancient
Silk Road. This was the route taken by Marco Polo and other traders from Europe to China.
1) VOLUME 1: GLORIES OF ANCIENT GHANGAN
2) VOLUME 2: A THOUSAND KILOMETERS BEYOND THE YELLOW RIVER
3) VOLUME 3: THE ART GALLERY IN THE DESERT
4) VOLUME 4: THE DARK CASTLE
5) VOLUME 5: IN SEARCH OF THE KINGDOM OF LOULA
6) VOLUME 6: ACROSS THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT
SMALL HAPPINESS
New Day Films. 1984. 2@ video. 59 min. (Also available in 16 mm. Please specify format.)
Film is about women's lives in a rural village 400 miles southwest of Peking. Important topics in the film
include debates over birth control, abortion, and female rights. Dazzling footage of peasant wedding.
THE TANK MAN
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square,
a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of
Eternal Peace. Captured by Western photographers, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the
fight for freedom around the world. Filmmaker Antony Thomas investigates the identity, fate, and
significance of the tank man.
TO TASTE A HUNDRED HERBS
New Day Films. 1986. 16 mm. 58 min.
Explores traditional beliefs and customs of medicine and healing and how western religion has affected the
traditions of family life. Part of the Long Bow series produced by Long Bow Group.
UNRULY DRAGON
CRM Films. 1988. 2@ video. 47 min.
In a journey down one of China's main waterways, the Yellow River, the film crew takes the viewers into the
remote interior, documenting the religions and cultures of various ethnic groups that comprise China.
WHAT REMAINS OF US
National Film Board of Canada. 2008. DVD. 77 min. French or English with dialogue in Tibetan and other
languages.
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“A young Tibetan from the diaspora enters her homeland for the first time - carrying a clandestine video
message from the Dalai Lama to Tibetans inside Tibet. Powerfully affected, the people break 50 years of
silence, their whispered reactions revealing the urgency of the current situation.”—container
WORKING SISTER (TA KUNG MEI)
University of California Extension Center. 1998. 2@ video. 28 min.
Seventeen year old farm girl, Xu Li Li, works in a factory in the south and travels the 1,000 miles home to her
family farm for the New Year. She talks about her life at the factory and back home on the farm.
Chinese Feature Films
ASHES OF TIME
World Video & Supply Inc. 1998. DVD. 97 min. Cantonese or Mandarin with English subtitles.
A story of vagrant swordsmen obtaining vengeance for the women in their lives.
BEAUTIFUL COURTESAN
China Video Movies Distributing Co. 1983. 2@ video. 127 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
Based on a classic Chinese story, the courtesan Du Shiniang sacrifices everything in order to be with her
lover, Li Jia. But Li gets word that his father is furious at his consorting with a well-known courtesan.
BLIND SHAFT
Kino on Video. 2004. DVD. 89 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
The story of two itinerant miners who risk their lives in one of the many illegal Chinese coal mines.
BLUE KITE
Kino Video. 1993. 2@ video. 142 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
China in the turbulent 50's and 60's as seen through the eyes of Tietou, a young boy. Members of Tietou's
family are caught in the middle of the struggle between communist party loyalty and rightist rebellion.
Though banned in China, this film has met with immense critical acclaim in the United States.
THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR
Tai Seng Video Marketing. 1996. DVD. 92 min. English, Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.
Doomed lovers are caught in the cross-fire of warring clans.
CHINESE ODYSSEY. PART TWO, CINDERELLA
Ju xing lu xiang fa xing (Xianggang) you xian gong si. 1997. 1995. DVD. 100 min. Cantonese or Mandarin
with Chinese and English subtitles.
An adventure film based upon the Chinese folk legend AJourney to the West.@
CHONG QIN SEN LIN (Chung King Express)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 200? DVD. 102 min. Cantonese & Mandarin with English subtitles.
Two intertwined romantic tales take place inside the Chung-ching high-rise shopping center in downtown
Hong Kong. A policeman falls in love with a snack bar waitress while a house detective gets involved with a
female drug dealer.
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH
Kino Lorber. 2011. DVD. 132 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
Dramatizes the Japanese seige of the Chinese capital of Nanking on December 9, 1937, which resulted in
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the death of 300,000 civilians.
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 114 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the
Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai. His pretext is to
celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing
Empress, this seems disingenuous. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the Chong Yang Festival, ugly secrets
are revealed.
DAYS OF BEING WILD
Kino International Corporation. 2004. DVD. 89 min. Cantonese with English subtitles.
The story of six young people in the 1960s in Hong Kong interwoven with love-hate relationships and
passion.
DUO LUO TIAN SHI - FALLEN ANGELS
Kino on video. 1995. DVD. (also 2@ video). 96 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
Set in the underworld of present day Hong Kong, this film intertwines two tales of love and isolation.
EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (YIN SHI NAN NÜ)
MGM Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 124 min. Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
A retired master chef and widower is worried about the future of his three unmarried daughters who are
skeptical about marriage. Yet he surprises them with his secret love affair with a young woman many years
his junior.
EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN
TriStar Home Video. 2000. 2@ video. 161 min. Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one empire.
FAMILY
Takes place between 1916 and 1920. It is about a bureaucrat and landlord family in a big city in China.
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Miramax Home Video. 1993. 2@ video. Chinese with English subtitles.
A tale of two lifelong friends unexpectedly caught in a passionate love triangle.
A GIRL FROM HUNAN
New Yorker Video. 1992. 2@ video. 99 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
Based on a novel by Tsung-wen Shen, a Girl from Hunan is about a child bride who raises her illegitimate son
as her husband's younger brother.
HERDSMAN
At the Peking Hotel one day in 1980, a reunion takes place between Xu Ling Jun, poor herdsman and his
father Xu Jing You, an American millionaire. They had lost touch since the eve of liberation.
HORSE THIEF
Xi'an Film Studio. 1991. 2@ video. 86 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
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A young Tibetan is caught stealing horses. He and his family are expelled from their clan. Can the horse thief
survive an honest man?
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (HUA YANG NIAN HUA)
Criterion Collection. 2002. DVD. 98 min. Cantonese, French, Mandarin and Spanish with optional English
subtitles.
The story of two lonely people who discover in each other the intimacy they have lost in their marriages.
INTIMATE FRIENDS
China Video Movies. 1982. 2@ video. 111 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
In 1915 President Yuan Shekai, in an attempt to restore the imperial system, recklessly betrayed the nation by
signing the "Twenty-one Demands" with Japan.
JEN SHEN KUO (Monkey Steals The Ginseng Fruit)
China Films Export & Import Corp. 1983. 2@ video. 45 min. Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
This animated film from China is a story adapted from part of the classic Chinese novel, Pilgrimage to the
West, about a monkey king who steals the celestial fruits from a temple.
JU DOU
Live Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. (also DVD). 94 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
In this story of doomed love, the abused wife of a sadistic mill owner and his overworked nephew fall in love.
Only murder could free the lovers from the mill owner's tyranny--and surrogate motherhood.
LIFE ON A STRING
Kino on Video. 1991. 2@ video. 106 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
A master and pupil, both blind, seek enlightenment on the barren mountains of Inner Mongolia. They express
themselves in song. Living for fulfillment of the prophecy that when the thousandth banjo string breaks, they
will reach enlightenment.
LIN FAMILY SHOP
Based on the story by Mao Dun, and set in a small village in Zhejiang Province in 1931, the year the Japanese
invaded Manchuria.
LUO TUO XIANGZI (Rickshaw Boy)
Knight Mediacom International. 2004. DVD. 120 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
In the 1920s, a young, hardworking peasant arrives in Beijing to become a rickshaw boy at a time when the
city is torn by dueling warlords. The owner of the rickshaw company=s daughter falls in love with the boy
despite a ten-year age difference and decides to marry him. Not long after their marriage she dies in labor,
and his world becomes empty and meaningless. He is a wreck of emotional suffering induced by an archaic
society, at the mercy of his environment.
PEOPLE ARE MANY, FIELDS ARE SMALL
Documentary Educational Resources. 1994. 2@ video. 32 min.
Three farm families, engaged in Taiwan=s long summer two-crop rice cycle, compare their lives to factory
workers. They express their feelings about the present conditions and future of farming in Taiwan.
QING SHE GREEN SNAKE
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Tai Sheng Ying Shi Shi Chang Tui Guang Gong Si. 2001. DVD. 98 min. Sound tracks in Cantonese,
Mandarin, Vietnamese or Cambodian; subtitles in Chinese or English.
The legend of two snakes, ghost spirits, who assume the form of beautiful women to learn what it is to be
human and the self-righteous monk who tries to destroy them.
RAISE THE RED LANTERN
Orion Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. (also DVD). 122 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
In a sweeping, magnificent tale of passion, aspiration, dreams and desires set in 1920's China, 19-year-old
Songlian has become Fourth Wife to the wealthy Chen. Yet she must share her husband with his three
existing wives. Each wife has her own house on the estate, and each must wait until dusk for the arrival of a
red lantern. Where the lantern is carried signifies which wife the master will sleep with that night.
RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER
October Films. 1995. 2@ video. Chinese with English subtitles. 117 min.
Set against the close of the Ching Dynasty at the turn of the 19th century. With no male heirs to run their
fireworks factory, the Chai family's beautiful daughter has been groomed for the role of master. Renounced
of her femininity, she is clothed like a man and forbidden to marry, a role which she accepts until a rebellious
young artist becomes employed at the factory.
RED SORGHUM
New Yorker Video. 1987. 2@ video. 88 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
Beginning as a romantic comedy about a young bride's seduction at a remote winery, and ending as heroic
drama of partisan resistance during the Japanese occupation, this is a masterpiece of Chinese cinema.
RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 109 min. Chinese with English, French, Portuguese or
Spanish subtitles.
Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is
diagnosed with terminal cancer, his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses
to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote
region of China=s Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to go to China and
complete his son=s work, in part, to develop an understanding of his son, and, in part, to do something for him.
Once in China, a series of obstacles and relationships bring him unexpectedly closer to both an understanding
of himself and of his son.
ROAD HOME
Columbia TriStar Home entertainment. 1999. DVD. 89 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's
village, the touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. In the days of arranged marriages, the son
discovers that his parents' was the first marriage based on love.
SHANGHAI TRIAD
Columbia Tristar Home Video. 1996. 2@ video. 109 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
A young boy fresh from the countryside is assigned to serve the girlfriend of an organized crime boss. A
bloody assault forces the wounded boss and his assistants to a remote island, where they re-group and plan
their strategy of revenge; meanwhile, his girlfriend befriends the boy and two naive neighbors with tragic
results.
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STORY OF QIU JU
Columbia Tri Star Home Video. 1993. 2@ video. 100 min. Chinese with English subtitles.
Qiu Ju is a stoic peasant woman who demands an apology when her husband is kicked in the groin by the
village chief. But the chief is a proud man who refuses to apologize, sending Qiu Ju on a futile trek through
the complicated Chinese court system. Directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li.
THREE TIMES
Genius Products. 2006. DVD. 135 min. Mandarin and Taiwanese with English or Spanish subtitles.
A rapturous and beautiful love story set in three different eras--a pool hall in 1966, a 1911 brothel, and
present-day Taipei. The director brings to life the culture of each period as the tales unfold.
TO LIVE
Hallmark Home Entertainment. 1994. 2@ video. 132 min. Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing
their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the first
step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution, love and loss, tragedy and
triumph.
XIU XIU: THE SENT DOWN GIRL
Unapix Entertainment; Stratosphere Entertainment. 1999. 2@ video. 100 min. Mandarin with English
subtitles.
A teenage girl named Xiu Xiu is sent to a remote corner of Tibet for manual labor in 1975. A year later, she
agrees to go with a Tibetan saddle tramp to an even more remote spot to learn horse herding.
YELLOW EARTH
Nan Hai Co. 198? 2@ video. 90 min. Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
Describes the bitter life of Shanxi peasants, particularly women, in the 1930's.
YI YI - A ONE AND A TWO
Fox Lorber films: WinStar TV & Video. 1999. DVD. 173 min. Chinese with English subtitles
This story follows the individual lives of the Jian family. Due to many circumstances, the entire family will
have to reevaluate who they are and what their lives have become.
YING XIONG (Hero)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 99 min. Mandarin with English or Spanish subtitles.
With supernatural skill, and no fear, a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome
army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire=s most
ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat.
YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON
Huayi Brothers Media Corp. 2013. DVD. 134 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.
From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit, Detective Dee: Mystery
of the Phantom Flame, comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie=s beginnings in the Imperial police force. His
very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of
treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.
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INDIA
AKBAR THE GREAT MAGICIANS, MOGULS, MAHARAJAHS
An overview of the reign of Akbar the Great, who forged an empire in India based on religious tolerance
between Hindus and Muslims.
ANCIENT INDIA
“This program examines the religious tension between Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, and the historical
events that shaped the great Indian civilizations from the Morian Empire through the Mogul Empire ...
provides insight into a culture that remains vibrant and diverse today.”--container
THE BOMB UNDER THE WORLD
Bullfrog Films. 1994. 2@ video. 51 min.
An ornately decorated elephant leads a parade through an Indian village, in a promotional campaign for soap.
Consumer society is coming, and India's population looks for the same goods and a similar living standard as
the West enjoys. Examines the consequences of Western-style consumerism in a large developing country
with an expanding population.
BOMBAY: OUR CITY
First Run/Icarus Films. 1985. 2@ video. 58 min.
A story of the daily battle for survival of the four million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the
city's population.
BHOPAL: THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE (See Environment)
CHACHAJI: MY POOR RELATION: A MEMOIR BY VED MEHTA
Surviving on the meager wages of two jobs, a government ration, and the care of his relations, Chachaji, 83,
goes through the routines of his daily program, buffeted by the indignities of old age and bureaucratic red
tape, yet propelled by his stoic disposition and by the belief that he is more fortunate than the millions of
others who are far poorer than he. The hero of the film is the uncle of the film-maker, Ved Mehta. Chachaji
involves us in the lifestyles and living conditions of India's 622 million inhabitants. (FACDIS)
DISTANT THUNDER
New York Film Annex. 1987. 2@ video. 90 min. Bengali with English subtitles.
An award winning dramatization of the World War II famine in India. As the government requisitions the
civilian food supply for its armies, the civilian population in the country faces starvation.
THE DYNASTY: THE NEHRU-GANDHI STORY
This story documents the Nehru family's ties of blood, sacrifice and power, and chronicles the life work of
Mahatma Gandhi. The video also covers the history of India in the twentieth century.
EMERGING POWERS: INDIA
New Video Group/Wall St. Journal Video. 1996. 2@ video. 57 min.
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Examines India's transformation from socialism to capitalism, from poverty to prosperity. Looks at India's
liberalization program, large industrial base, nuclear energy program, and market reforms.
FREEDOM NOW, 1947
PBS Video. 1998. 2@ video. b & w/color. 56 min.
In 1947, 160 years of British rule came to an end as India became the world's largest democracy, inspiring the
fight for freedom on another continent. This film talks with the people who witnessed and participated in the
struggle for independence in India and Africa. Mahatma Gandhi showed the world how the masses could
successfully defy their imperial masters, and his example spurred other anti-colonialist independence
movements on.
GANDHI
Sony Pictures Home entertainment. 2007. Two DVDs. 190 min.
Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India=s spiritual
leader by using his philosophy of non-violent, but direct-action protest, that helped end British rule.
INDIA: THE EMPIRE OF THE SPIRIT
Looks at how ancient India is with us today in the living tradition of the Hindu religion, the basis of Indian
culture. Also describes how India has kept true to its ancient tradition of non-violence and spiritual search,
even as it became part of the modern world.
INDIA: POPULATION AND RESOURCES (THE VOYAGEUR EXPERIENCE IN GLOBAL
GEOGRAPHY)
Cambridge Educational. 2002. DVD. 25 min.
ADramatic changes over the past 20 years have created a tech-savvy Indian middle class. This student-hosted
video details the economic strength of the >new= India, its ongoing problems of unemployment and poverty,
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INDIA: THE RIVER OF LIFE
Containing nearly a sixth of the world's population, India is home to almost a billion people, more than half of
whom live in rural villages. This program provides an overview of topics such as the caste system as it exists
in the holy Hindu town of Varanasi and the massive pilgrimages to Allahabad, where millions of Hindus
come to ritually bathe at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers.
INDIA: THE TURMOILS OF THE CENTURY
Filmakers Library. 1994. Two 2@ videos. b & w/color. 120 min.
This documentary film traces the history of the Indian subcontinent during the last hundred years. The film
chronicles Gandhi's independence movement, World War II with the subsequent British withdrawal, and the
partitioning of India and Pakistan in 1947. It details the religious riots and pogroms that followed and
continue to plague such regions as Kashmir, Punjab, Assam and Sri Lanka. It follows the political fortunes of
the Nehru and Bhutto families. In addition to detailing internal politics, the film also shows the role of India
and Pakistan in international politics.
INDIA OF THE GANDHIS
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Looks at India=s current political landscape and the influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Focuses on the
accomplishments of Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharial Nehru, and Nehru=s descendants--including the
improbable rise of Sonia Gandhi in 2004.
INDIA RISING (See Global Economy)
INDIA WORKING TO END CHILD LABOR (See Human Rights)
INFLUENCES OF THE INVISIBLE
Advanced Media Productions. 1997. 2@ video. 28 min.
Discusses the influence of the unconscious in the Indian population and the efforts to control invisible forces
that influence actions, including the deification of women. Also discusses the status of women in India.
KASHMIR VALLEY OF DESPAIR
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2003, 1998. DVD. 44 min.
Examines the conflict between India and the Kashmiri rebels who want an independent state.
LITTLE CLAY CART
Insight Media. 1995. 2@ video. 116 min.
Presents the Hindu play the Little Clay Cart. Analyzes the staging of this Indian Sanskrit play. Illustrates the
importance of stage placement, the curtain, narrator/story teller, music, actor's facial expressions and dance in
Hindi/Sanskrit theatre.
MADE IN INDIA
SBS Publisher. 1987. 2@ video. 30 min.
Examines one of India's more successful development schemes, including the problems of the workers
employed in small factories, the majority of whom are women and children.
MUMBAI MASSACRE (See Terrorism)
SOUL OF INDIA
Examines the increasing violence between Hindus and Muslims, the rise of Hindu fundamentalism, and the
crumbling of India=s pluralistic society. Includes an interview with former U.S. Senator George Mitchell.
STORY OF INDIA (THE)
PBS Home Video. 2008. Two DVDs. 360 min.
Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, the richness and diversity of its
peoples, and its continuing relevance in today=s world.
UNTOUCHABLES SERIES (See Human Rights)
WHEEL OF TIME
Wellspring Media, Inc. 2005. DVD. 80 min.
Wheel of Time is filmmaker Werner Herzog’s gorgeously photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual
in Bodh Gaya, India.
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APARAJITO: THE UNVANQUISHED
Columbia Tristar Home Video. 1956. 2@ video. 113 min. Apu Trilogy, pt. 2. Bengali with English
subtitles.
Apu and his family move to teeming Calcutta, but when tragedy strikes Apu's family, the boy becomes a man
and must choose between the life his family wants for him or a life of his own.
APUR SANSAR: THE WORLD OF APU
Columbia Tri-Star Home Video. 1959. 2@ video. b & w. 109 min. Bengali with subtitles.
In this final film of Satyajit Ray's Apu Triology, Apu marries and begins a new life as a husband and father.
The tragic death of Apu's wife in childbirth leaves him disoriented, wandering the roads of India alone.
AÐOKA
First Look Home Entertainment. 2001. DVD. 150 min. Hindi with English subtitles.
Traces the life of emperor AÑoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya. To extend the borders of his
kingdom, he wages one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it
ravaged and devastated. Confronted by the aftermath of his conquest, Anoka is overcome with remorse and
renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Buddhism.
CHARULATA: THE LONELY WIFE
Columbia TriStar. 1997. 2@ video. 117 min. Bengali with English subtitles.
This Indian film combines the talents of Satyajit Ray and Radindranath Tagore. The wife of a publisher tries
to find a way out of her confining domestic situation.
CLOUD-CAPPED STAR
BFI Video Pub. 200-?. DVD. 132 min. b & w. Bengali with English subtitles.
The daughter of a middle-class family becomes their sole provider and sacrifices herself to the point where
her life and love are left in ruins.
DEVI
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1997. 2@ video. b & w. 93 min. Bengali with English subtitles.
Set in India around the 1830s, the story involves the conflict between orthodox and progressive Hindu
religions. A young wife in a wealthy Indian household is deified by her father-in-law who has seen her in a
dream as the goddess Durga (Kali). The city soon learns of her imposed divinity, and she is set up as an idol
for worship. She then begins to believe in her immortality. The tension between her duty to the father-inlaw's devotion, and to her husband's pleas to leave the city, soon drive her mad.
EARTH
New Yorker Video. 2003. DVD. 101 min. Hindi, Urdu, Parsee and Punjabi with English subtitles.
A romantic drama set in 1947 in Lahore before India and Pakistan became independent, where Hindu, Sikh,
Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old
Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny=s nanny, Shantya, is involved with the Muslim Masseur.
When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot, and all the passengers are found murdered, the various
sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame.
HEY RAM
Ultra Distributors. 2004. DVD. 192 min. Hindi with English subtitles
On his deathbed, Saket Ram relives the tumultuous years of India=s independence struggle, the partition of
India and Pakistan, and the influence of Mahatma Gandhi on the political landscape.
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I HAVE FOUND IT
Kino on Video. 2005. DVD. 150 min. Tamil with optional English subtitles.
Rich and pampered sisters, Sowmya and Meenakshi, grudgingly place family responsibilities ahead of
romance. Meenakshi yearns for a white knight. Manohar, an aspiring filmmaker, falls for Sowmya but will
wed her only after directing his first film. Commando Major Bala woos Meenakshi despite physical and
emotional war wounds and competition from Srikanth. But with the patriarch=s health ebbing, the romantic
storm Meenakshi and Sowmya wished for may soon be eclipsed by the harsh realities of modern life.
THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH
Tips Exports. 200-? DVD. ? min. Hindi, English, Bengali, and Punjali with English subtitles.
This film takes us on the journey of Bhagat Singh=s remarkable and dramatic life.
MONSOON WEDDING
Universal Studios. 2002. 2@ video. 115 min.
Love, lust, and hope envelop an upper middle-class Indian family and their world-wide guests as they
celebrate for four days the arranged marriage of their daughter to an East Indian Hindu man from Texas.
PATHER PANCHALI (Song Of The Road)
Hollywood Select Video. 1991. 2@ video. b & w. 112 min. Bengali with English subtitles.
This film, directed by Satyajit Ray, chronicles life in India. Apu's father is away from home for months at-atime searching for employment and a better life for his family, while young Apu grows up under the watchful
eye of his mother and sister.
PYAASA
Yash Raj Films USA Inc. 2001. DVD. 141 min. b & w. Hindi with English subtitles.
A struggling young poet searches for fame and love.
SALAAM BOMBAY!
MGM Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 116 min. Hindi with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Krisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home
while he lives in the streets.
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
Pathfinder Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 188 min. Hindi with English subtitles.
When a famous musician learns that his daughter has fallen in love with one of his students, he sends him
away and marries her to another man. When her devoted new husband realizes the degree to which she still
loves the other man, he helps her search for him.
WATER
Mongrel Media. 2006. DVD. 117 min. Hindi with English subtitles.
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi=s rise to power, the story begins as eight-year-old Chuyia
is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live out their lives in penitence. Chuyia=s feisty
presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow, who falls in love with a
Gandhian idealist.
JAPAN
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ACTING TECHNIQUES OF THE NOH THEATRE OF JAPAN
Instructional Media Center, Michigan St. University. 1980. 2@ video. 30 min.
Instructor Akira Matsui demonstrates some of the complicated movements the Noh actor must master.
AMERICAN GAMES, JAPANESE RULES
Examines the frustrations of Americans trying to understand and cope with the unwritten rules of life in
Japan. Focuses on the experience of American baseball players and businessmen to provide an intimate and
perceptive look at Japanese society through the eyes of Americans who live and work there.
ASIA RISING, 1951
Boston Video. 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 56 min.
This program documents how Japan and Korea managed to rise above the strife of war to develop into world
economic powers, setting the global pace for competition in the late 20th Century.
BASEBALL IN JAPAN
PBS, WBGU-TV. 1994. 2@ video. 57 min.
Baseball has become a serious spectator sport in Japan. Video illustrates the Japanese approach to baseball,
presenting some of the interesting differences between American and Japanese baseball as well as a
discussion on how baseball reflects Japanese culture. Some of the fascinating highlights include the fans, the
food, the history, and the training.
COMING OF THE BARBARIANS (1540-1650)
The Japan of shoguns and samurai, discovered by the Portuguese in 1540, soon appeared to be swept away by
a wave of Westernization. This program presents a portrait of the regent Hideyoshi, illustrating his lifestyle,
his taste, and his abrupt shift in direction: Christian priests and converts were persecuted and martyred and, in
1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the outside world.
DISCOVERING THE MUSIC OF JAPAN
Hollywood Select Video. 1987. 2@ video. 22 min.
Demonstrates three important Japanese instruments: the koto, the shakuhachi, and the shamisen, and explains
how they fit into Japanese life. Includes performances of traditional singing and dancing, and pieces played
by an ensemble of the three instruments.
FACES OF JAPAN SERIES
TeleJapan, USA, Inc. 1987. Thirteen 2@ videos. 30 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
This is the second series of videos produced by TeleJapan, USA, Inc. to give the American viewer a view of
what it really means to be Japanese. Hosted by Dick Cavett. (FACDIS)
1) THE FASHION MODEL - In Japan, models of mixed Japanese and Western heritage are prized for
their exotic western looks, but ironically, this can make the model an outsider in her own country.
2) ISLAND DOCTOR - Japanese medicine has become big business. Dr. Hara, who administers to an
island population of 870, is one of the few doctors willing to practice in small communities instead of
more lucrative cities.
3) PUPPETEER'S APPRENTICE - It takes decades to master the movements of traditional Japanese
puppet theatre. Minoichiro Yoshida works to preserve this ancient art in a rapidly changing society.
4) A REPORTER'S STORY - A senior reporter for Japan's largest newspaper finds his coverage of the
Prime Minister's election is governed by strict rules.
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5) WOMAN SOLDIER - The Japanese Self-Defense Force is an all volunteer armed service whose
presence and training are the focus of continuing debate. What is their future in a country whose martial
tradition may be a thing of the past?
6) BEHIND THE CAMERA - Assistant film directors are often the unsung heroes of the set, but with little
prestige, they inhabit a precarious place in the social world of Japan's film industry.
7) SUMO: AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT - With its 2000 year history, sumo is a national sport where
tradition is as important as competition. Meet Konishki, a 500 pound American who is a Japanese sumo
wrestling hero.
8) AN UNCERTAIN HARVEST - As the demand for rice diminishes, the self sufficient rice farmer is a
thing of the past. Government subsidies help, but usually they must find outside work in the city to
survive.
9) EAST OF WALL STREET - In the international financial world, Tokyo now is as important as Wall
Street. Meet several Americans who are part of an influx of foreign bankers and stock brokers.
10) LEAVING THE SHIPYARD - In past years, competition from Korea and the strong yen have led to
a sharp decline in demand for Japanese ships. Many shipyard workers are facing displacement, and the
transition is not an easy one.
11) FRONTIER FISHERMAN - The ocean is Japan's main food resource. A fisherman braves the elements
and the Soviet navy as he fishes northern waters.
12) HIGH TECH COMPUTER - A Japanese musician, Isao Tomita, uniquely blends age old music with
lasers, synthesizers, and computers.
13) CRAM SCHOOL - In Japan, cram schools are an essential part of an intensively competitive educational
system. Manabu Ueda wants to become an architect, but has failed his college entrance exams for 4
straight years. In desperation, he has moved to Tokyo to attend a famous cram school.
GAGAKU: THE COURT MUSIC OF JAPAN
University of Oklahoma, Center for Music Television. 1989. 2@ video. 29 min.
The Imperial Court Orchestra of Tokyo illustrates the contrasting styles of gagaku through music, costume
and court dances (Nasori, Genjoraku). Discusses gagaku=s historic roots in Mongolia and Korea.
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2012. DVD. 83 min. Japanese with English or Spanish subtitles.
The 85-year-old Jiro Ono is considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the
proprietor of a 10-seat sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its
humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious three-star Michelin
review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimages, calling months in advance and
shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro’s sushi bar.
HIROSHIMA: THE LEGACY
Films For The Humanities. 1987. 2@ video. 44 min.
A tour through the Hiroshima Peace Museum and talks with atomic bomb survivors.
HUMAN FACE OF JAPAN SERIES (six part series)
Learning Corp. of America. 1982. Six 2@ videos. 28 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) CAREER ESCALATOR: EDUCATION AND JOB COMPETITION - Describes the path which
leads to a successful career in business or government in Japan and the extreme difficulty of gaining entry
to that path through the only available door--a top university.
2) LIFETIME EMPLOYMENT - Examines Japanese industry and how the individual copes with Japan's
gigantic economy. Shows the pros and cons of Japan's paternalistic capitalism and the underlying
fragility of the economy.
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3) RAW FISH AND PICKLE: TRADITIONAL RURAL AND SEAFARING LIFE - Focuses on a rural
areas of Japan, Iwate prefecture, and examines how it is being transformed by Japan's technological boom
and new found prosperity.
4) RICE LADLE: THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN - Examines women's role in the workforce.
5) TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY: MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND ANCIENT CULTURE
Examines the paradox in Japanese society that most mystifies Westerners on their first visit to Japan -- the
continued existence of ancient traditions alongside the trappings of a modern, industrialized society.
Focuses on the mixture of old and new in Japanese family life.
6) WORKING COUPLES, URBAN FAMILY LIFE - Explores the pressures of urban life in Japan.
Focuses on a typical middle-income couple, both of whom work six days a week to repay loans and buy a
house, as they go about their daily lives.
JAPAN: AN INTERDEPENDENT NATION
International Film Foundation. 1979. 16 mm. 27 min.
This overview of Japan combines color film, historical black/white footage, and animated maps to contrast
traditional ways of life in Japan with modern-day lifestyles. With 80% of the terrain mountainous, and nearly
everyone living near the sea, the land and ocean have affected Japan's history and progress. Because there are
few natural resources and limited land, Japan's economy is dependent on international trade. Japan's long
history, contact with the western world, emergence of the industrial revolution in 1868, and the devastation of
World War II are all illustrated. (FACDIS)
JAPAN: THE LIVING TRADITION: EARLY JAPAN (PART I AND PART II)
University of Mid-America. 1976. Two 2@ videos. 28 minutes each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Part I begins with the three earliest of Japan's pre-historic periods: the Jomon, the Yayoi, and the Kofun. In
Part II, we see that an important development of the Heijan Period (794 to 1184 A.D.) was the control of the
powerful Fujiwara family in the imperial court, and the spread of Buddhism. (FACDIS)
JAPAN: THE LIVING TRADITION: THE FEUDAL EXPERIENCE (PART I AND PART II)
Part I details the political, cultural, social, and economic developments of the Japanese throughout the feudal
period, focusing on the first two stages of feudalism, the Kamakura and Ashikaga Periods. Part II shows how
some great military heroes in Japanese history rose out of the common origins to bring about a peaceful stage
of Japanese feudalism. (FACDIS)
JAPAN: THE LIVING TRADITION: LITERATURE (PART I AND PART II)
Covers the literature of pre-modern Japan and the modern period, including the development of poetry and
prose forms.
JAPAN MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE
Paramount Home Entertainment. 2005, 2004. DVD. 167 min.
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais,
geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to
outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and
violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
JAPAN PAST AND PRESENT SERIES
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2005. DVD. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
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1) AGE OF THE SHOGUNS (1600-1868). 52 min.
Looks at the history of Japan during the age of the Tokugawa family, the era of Edo, a period of over
two-and-a-half centuries during which Japan was sealed off from the rest of the world. Topics include
the established classes of daimyo, samurai, farmer and merchant, the political organization of the
shogunate, the growth of the merchant class and the development of Kabuki, the delineation of Japanese
sensibilities and the meaning of Seppuku.
2) BUDDHA IN THE LAND OF THE KAMI (7th-12th Centuries). 53 min. (also 2@ video).
Begins with the creation myth of Japan and explains the origin and scope of the Kami concept; explains
the arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and the Kami were assimilated; discusses the role of Chinese
culture, style, and writing in Japanese culture; and demonstrates how the Japanese garden epitomizes the
Japanese view of the relationship between man and nature, space, time, and reality.
3) COMING OF THE BARBARIANS (1540-1650). 52 min.
The Japan of shoguns and samurai, discovered by the Portugese in 1540, soon appeared to be swept away
by a wave of Westernization. This program presents a portrait of the regent Hideyoski, illustrating his
lifestyle, his taste, and his abrupt shift in direction: Christian priests and converts were persecuted and
martyred and, in 1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the outside.
4) ESSENCE OF BEING JAPANESE. 48 min.
Japan in the modern age: a people existing between the protection of the kami and the geological dangers
of earthquake. This program covers the cataclysmic events of the 20th century--the devastating
earthquake of 1923, the rise of militarism, the accession of Emperor Hirohito, the Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere, the Pacific War, Hiroshima, and the American occupation of Japan. But its primary
focus is on what makes Japan Japanese: the Shinto rituals which are part of modern mercantile life; such
societal traits as conformism and determination, attitudes toward violence and brutality, business ethics
and the life of the salary man, the attitude toward ethics, and the role of the kami in modern Japan.
5) MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912). 52 min.
The arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854 set the stage for Japan=s dramatic leap from the Middle Ages
into modernity. In 1868, the last shogun gave way to a 15-year-old emperor who dressed in Westernstyle clothes. Edo became Tokyo, education became a national passion, and the dichotomy between
ancient shared values and new imported styles and forms deepened.
THE JAPAN SERIES (series of 4 videos narrated by Jane Seymour)
Coronet Film and Video. 1988. Four 2@ videos. 56 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) ELECTRONIC TRIBE - Chronicles the historical and cultural forces that have shaped the Japanese
temperament to be especially adept at forming cohesive organizations and thinking collectively -- and
how this cultural distinction has translated to the highly efficient Japanese factory system.
2) LEGACY OF THE SHOGUNS - Documents the events, personalities and cultural forces that
characterize Japan's rise from one of the last feudal societies on earth to a global military power in just a
few short decades.
3) PROPER PLACE IN THE WORLD - Chronicles the political and economic forces that led to the
attack on Pearl Harbor, its aftermath, and MacArthur's reform policies for Japan. Concludes with a look
at Japan as a major economic force striving to find its place in the modern world.
4) SWORD AND THE CHRYSANTHEMUM - Explores the paradoxical histories of the ruthless Samurai
and Ninja warriors and the ancient tea ceremony to underscore the contrasting influences which define
Japan's business behavior and social structure.
JAPANESE ECONOMIC BUBBLE
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The frenetic growth of the Japanese economy in the 1980's fueled an explosion in share and property prices,
then the bubble burst. Now the Japanese economy has changed forever. The country must now adapt to lower
growth in a mature economy that is moving closer to the Western model.
JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Asmik Corp. 1986. Three 2@ video. 120 min.
A practical approach to learning that includes those important non-verbal gestures that give life to any
language. Scenes from everyday situations to business encounters clearly illustrate the various moods and
nuances of Japanese conversation.
JAPAN’S KILLER QUAKE
PBS Distribution. 2011. DVD. 60 min.
In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens
of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter
of nuclear reactor meltdowns. It combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness
videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe.
JAZZ IN JAPAN
Discusses Japanese culture in the early 20th century as reflected in the history of jazz in Japan.
KABUKI CLASSICS: ONOE BAIKÓ THE SEVENTH AS THE SALT GATHERER
Creative Arts Television Archive. 1997. 2@ video. 29 min.
Tribute to the Kabuki actor, Onoe Baikç VII upon his being named one of Japan's Living National Treasurers.
Baikç, a noted onnagata (female impersonator), is seen in footage filmed in 1969 during the Grand Kabuki's
U.S. tour, playing the role of the courtesan Agemaki in the play Sukeroku. Filmed onstage in the 1960s, is an
extended excerpt from The Salt Gatherer, an 18th-century Kabuki play.
KABUKI TECHNIQUES
Creative Arts Television Archive. 1995. 2@ video. 26 min.
Overview of the special characteristics of Japan's Kabuki theater, illustrated by pre-recorded performance
excerpts and demonstrations by two noted Kabuki actors.
KOKOYAKU: HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Projectile Arts. 2006. DVD. 54 min.
Follows two out of 4,000 Japanese high schools attempting to make it to Koshien Stadium for the annual
national baseball championship.
KON ICHIKAWA=S TOKYO OLYMPIAD
Criterion Collection. 2002. DVD. 170 min.
An epic study of athletes struggling to excel against their own bodies and against each other. Kon Ichikawa
used 164 cameramen and over 100 cameras to show the humanity of the competitors--the tears of the Japanese
women volleyball champions, the bellow of the hammer throwers, the pain of the collapsed marathon runner
and the solitude of the loser, finishing his lap, picking up his sweats and leaving the field.
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Warner Home Video. 2007. Two DVDs. 140 min. Japanese with English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
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In 1945, The United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are
unearthed from that stark island=s soil. These letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as
well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi=s
unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of
heroic and resourceful combat.
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
Zoetrope Studies/Filmlink International. 1986. 2@ video. 121 min.
The true story of Japan's most famous post-war writer, Yukio Mishima, who commits suicide after a doomed
attempt to reverse the Westernization of Japan.
MUSIC OF BUNRAKU
University of Oklahoma. 1991. 2@ video. 29 min.
Allows the viewer to experience the exotic drama of Bunraku, the puppet theater of Japan, and to understand
its music. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of
Bunraku, and perform "The Massacre at a Geisha House in Ise."
MUSIC OF NOH DRAMA
Artists from the Noh troupe led by Kinzo Komparu demonstrate the styles and forms of Noh music. The
program explains the variety of musical traditions in Noh, the use of musical instruments, and the relationship
between music, drama, and dance. The program also surveys the historic tradition of Noh and explains the
connections to Buddhism and Shinto.
NAGAUTA: THE HEART OF KABUKI MUSIC
Presents the Naguata version of the piece Sue Hirogari by Kineya Rokuzaemon X. Performed on a no drama
practice stage by students at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo.
SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES
Informed Democracy. 1990. 2@ video. 30 min.
This is the true story of a young Japanese girl, a victim of the Hiroshima bomb, who has become a modern
heroine of peace.
SAMURAI JAPAN
Films for Humanities & Sciences. 1999. 2@ video. 47 min.
From their rise to power in the 13th century to the unconditional surrender of Japan at the end of WW II, the
samurai, with their code of virtue and discipline, created a society that prized one's honor over one's life.
SHINTO FESTIVAL MUSIC
Describes the music and theatricals of Shinto which has remained fundamental to the Japanese lifestyle.
SHINTO: NATURE, GODS, AND MAN IN JAPAN
Japan Society, Inc. 1977. 16 mm. 48 min.
Traces the development of Shinto to the present day. Shows ancient ritual sites still used today as well as
some major shrines and Shinto art.
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SHOWA: JAPAN ENTERS THE WORLD STAGE
This program is broken into four parts: The Rising Sun at Versailles, Stop the American Cars!, The Secret
Pact, and Japan on the Cross - Farewell to the League of Nations. Each is a documentary on these aspects of
Japanese history.
TALE OF GENJI
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2@ video. 1993. 55 min.
This extraordinary beautiful program traces the plot, which centers on the romantic relationships of the noble
hero, Genji, through the panels of a series of illustrated hand scrolls dating from the early 12th century.
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
Describes the repair of the Katsura Palace in Kyoto, Japan.
TRADITION OF PERFORMING ARTS IN JAPAN
NCS Video. 1989. 2@ video. 29 min.
Three varieties of traditional Japanese theater are presented: Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki. These theater forms
reveal Japan's four seasons, their sense of life in harmony with nature, and the mixing of Japanese with
imported cultures.
UNDERSTANDING THE JAPANESE ECONOMY
The Center for Economic Education. 1987. 2@ video. 30 min.
Examines three major reasons for Japanese economic success: Japanese education, the structure of the
Japanese corporation, and international relations. Topics include Juku schools, lifetime employment, decision
making, quality control circles, and internationalization. Interviews with major corporations--both American
and Japanese--are featured. (FACDIS)
YAMAGUCHI STORY: BUDDHISM AND FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Educational Communications Corporation for the BBC. 198? 2@ video. 47 min.
Examines the relationship between traditional Buddhist beliefs and modern life in Japan. It follows the
Yamaguchi family, who are struggling to cope with today's social and economic pressures. They are trying to
save their marriage by reaching back into their cultural roots to revitalize their traditional beliefs and practices
of Buddhism.
Japanese Feature Films
13 ASSASSINS
Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2011. DVD. 125 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A small band of Japanese warriors is given the task of killing a tyrannical ruler to save the country.
BALLAD OF NARAYAMA
Public Media Home Vision. 1983. 2@ video. 130 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Based on an old Japanese legend, the video depicts life in a savage, primitive, yet beautiful environment.
Imagine a village so impoverished that elderly citizens are abandoned to die on a frigid mountain top.
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BANSHUN LATE SPRING
Criterion Collection. 2006. Two DVDs. 200 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A widowed father feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter.
BATTLE ROYALE
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2012. DVD. 122 min. Japanese or English with English or Japanese subtitles.
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each
other under the revolutionary ‘Battle Royale’ act.
BLACK RAIN
Fox/Lorber Home Video. 1988. 2@ video. 120 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
The effect of the atomic bomb on the people of Hiroshima is explored in this feature film. This grim, realistic
documentary-style film won five Japanese Academy awards.
BLIND BEAST
Fantoma Films. 2004. DVD. 84 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
AA blind sculptor kidnaps an artist=s model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio-a shadowland of
perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession
is acted out in a world where sight is replaced by touch.@--container
BLIND SWORDSMAN
Home Vision Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 96 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
The first in a series of films set in medieval Japan about Ichi, a blind masseur, who lives by the Yakuza
code and uses his deadly cane sword against his enemies.
BLACK RAIN
AnimEigo. 2009. DVD. (also 2@ video). 123 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
A woman caught in fallout during the bombing of Hiroshima returns to her village, where she is
ostracized and considered unsuitable for marriage.
BURMESE HARP
Criterion Collection. DVD. (also 2@ video). 116 min. b & w. Japanese & Burmese with English subtitles.
“An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II
and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment
disguising himself as a Buddhist monk ... An eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death [that]
remains one of Japanese cinema=s most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its
grappling with Japan=s wartime legacy.”--container
CHÂSHINGURA
Image Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 207 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47
samurai who have been forced to become ronin, nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the
personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord=s honor.
DORA HEITA
Anim Eigo, Inc. 2007. DVD. 113 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Koheita is a samurai with a reputation for debauchery, so his appointment as magistrate of the most
corrupt township in Japan raises a few eyebrows on both sides of the law...but is everything as it seems?
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DR. AKAGI
Kino on Video. 2002. DVD. 128 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Set on a small Japanese island near the end of World War II, this is the story of a doctor=s obsession to retain
his decency and stamp out a deadly disease.
ECLIPSE SERIES 3: LATE OZU
Criterion Collection. 2007. Five DVDs. Japanese with English subtitles. ORDER SEPARATELY BY
TITLE
1)
EARLY SPRING - 145 min.
A salaryman in postwar Tokyo has an illicit affair with an officemate in this moving portrait of a
fragile marriage.
2)
EQUINOX FLOWER - 118 min.
In Ozu’s first color film, a stubborn businessman, who disapproves of his daughter’s fianceé,
must learn to embrace modern romance.
3)
LATE AUTUMN - 129 min.
Ozu regular Setsuko Hara, once the marrying child in Late Spring, becomes the parent in this
poignant tale of the bonds between a mother and daughter.
4)
THE END OF SUMMER - 103 min.
Ozu’s penultimate film tells the story of three sisters who are stunned to discover that their aging
father is spending time with his old mistress.
5)
TOKYO TWILIGHT - 141 min.
In the dead of winter, past and present traumas afflict two sisters and their aging father in this, one of
Ozu’s most heartbreaking and powerful works.
EMPIRE OF PASSION
Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 105 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
1895, a small Japanese village. Part-time barmaid, Seki, is married to Gisaburo, a hardworking rickshaw
man. Toyoji is a younger man at loose ends since leaving the army. Toyoji seduces Seki, and they embark on
a desultory affair. Later, an impetuous action of Toyoji’s prompts the lovers to murder Gisaburo. Three years
later, Gisaburo’s ghost appears, a sad and confused soul whose vague desperation drives his murders to
anguished guilt.
FACE OF ANOTHER (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2007, 1966. DVD. 124 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
Okuyama, after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and
friends, agrees to his psychiatrist=s radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger.
As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker
temptations.
FUNERAL
Republic Pictures Home Video. 1988. 2@ video. 127 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
When an old man dies unexpectedly, his family and friends gather for the funeral. A warm and funny look at
the rituals and the cultural traditions that are becoming a thing of the past in modern Japanese life.
GATE OF HELL
Video Images. 1953. 2@ video. 84 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
This film is set in 12th century Japan. A samurai becomes a monk to atone for his crime after his love for an
honorable married woman leads to tragedy.
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GHOST IN THE SHELL
Manga Entertainment. 1998. DVD. 82 min. English or Japanese with optional English subtitles.
In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified
cybernetic agent. She is on the trail of a computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled
by computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast political conspiracy.
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
Central Park Media. 1988, 2002. Two DVDs. 88 min. and 71 min.
Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their
lives come to an end.
GRAVEYARD OF HONOR
Home Vision Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 93 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A story about the life and death of Rikio Ishikawa, one of the most notorious and violent yakuza in the history of
organized crime in Japan.
HACHIGATSU NO KYÆSHIKYOKU (Rhapsody in August)
MGM Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 98 min. Japanese with English, French & Spanish subtitles.
A visit from her grandchildren and the discovery of a half-American relative cause an elderly woman to relive her
memories of the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki.
HANA: THE TALE OF A RELUCTANT SAMURAI
Funimation Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 120 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A dark comedy that deconstructs the legend of the samurai with a subtle mix of laughter and emotion.
Strangers living in 18th century Japan come together as an adopted family to help Soza, the reluctant and
uncoordinated samurai avenge his father’s death.
HARAKIRI
Janus Films. 2005. Two DVDs. 133 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
Peace in seventeenth-century Japan causes the Shogunate=s breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of
samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or
hara-kiri.
HAUSU HOUSE
After learning that she will be sharing the summer with her father’s new girlfriend, a young girl invites some
friends to join her at her aunt’s house instead. With a sick aunt, a bloodthirsty cat, and evil spirits lurking around,
the girls find that it might have been better to stay at home.
HELL
After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience
and a mysterious, diabolical doppelgänger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell. . .literally.
HIGH AND LOW
Home Vision Cinema. 1963. 1998. DVD. 143 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy shoe manufacturer=s chauffeur=s son is kidnapped in mistake for the
shoe manufacturer=s son.
HUMAN CONDITION (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2009. Four DVDs. 574 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
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Follows a pacifist in WWII-era Japan who struggles to resist corruption and dehumanization while living as a labor
camp supervisor, soldier, and prisoner-of-war.
IDIOT
Panorama Entertainment: Platinum Classics. 2003. DVD. 166 min. b & w. Japanese with Chinese and English
subtitles.
Based on Dostoyevsky=s fable of a holy fool, this story, which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter, is about a
man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an
anarchist.
IKIRU (To Live)
Home Vision. 1952. 2@ video. (also DVD). b & w. 142 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Kanju Watanabe finds out that he has stomach cancer and attempts to immerse himself in the Japanese night-life to
forget his despair. He soon finds that he cannot escape the grim realization of his terminal illness. Watanabe then
begins looking for a way to make a lasting mark before it's too late.
INSECT WOMAN (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 123 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
Portrays 45 years in the life of a woman and her struggles to survive. The story progresses from her life as a country
girl to her years as a successful and ruthless madam in Tokyo and back again to her native village.
INTENTIONS OF MURDER
Sadako is a typical Imamura heroine: one who revels in the pleasures of food, labor, sex, and self-preservation.
Carrying the burden of her status as a lowly, poor, prostitute-birthed commoner wife, Sadako is subjected to an
escalating series of belittlement both at home and in society.
JAPANESE: LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE
BBC Enterprises. 1993. 2@ video. 288 min. In Japanese at beginner's level.
This highlights the daily lives of the Japanese people to help viewer learn both Japanese language and culture.
JAPAN=S LONGEST DAY
AnimEigo. 2006. DVD. 157 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
The dramatic story of the end of WW II and the destruction faced by the Japanese people. This is the story of
August 15, 1945, Japan=s longest day, where in a single 24-hour period the fate of 100 million people would be
decided.
KUMONOSUJO (Throne of Blood)
Adaptation of Shakespeare=s Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master
and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch=s prophecy.
KWAIDAN
Home Vision. 1964. Two 2 " videos. (also DVD). 161 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Combining visually stunning effects with an arresting musical score, director Kobayashi has created an engrossing
masterpiece of nightmarish proportions, in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Based on four ghost stories by
Lafcadio Hearn.
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Warner Home Video. 2010. DVD. 140 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Sixty-two years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed
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from that stark island=s soil, giving faces and voices to the men who fought there and more.
MINBO, OR THE GENTLE ART OF JAPANESE EXTORTION
Public Media Home Vision. 1994. 2@ video. 123 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Blending realism and raucous farce, Minbo pits buffoonish criminals against a fearless female lawyer. Hired to
protect a hotel against blackmailing mobsters, a courageous attorney rallies employees to fight back and win.
MUHOMATSU: THE RIKISHA-MAN Video Action. 1958. 2@ video. 106 min. Japanese with English
subtitles.
A feisty, slightly crazy, rikisha puller returns a lost boy to his grateful parents. After the boy's father dies, the
"Rikisha-Man" helps raise the boy and grows to love the mother. Unfortunately, class differences keep the
"Rikisha-Man" from declaring his love.
NOBODY KNOWS
MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2004, 2005. DVD. 139 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Keiko, a young, confused and irresponsible single mother tasked with four children sneaks them into a new
apartment, instructing them that only the eldest, 12-year-old Akira, can be seen, and that the others must remain
hidden. Over time, Keiko leaves them increasingly alone, eventually abandoning the children completely, only
leaving behind an envelope of cash. Akira, his two sisters, Kyoko and Yuki, and their irrepressible younger
brother, Shigeru, are left to fend for themselves without even comprehending their situation.
OKURIBITO
E1 Entertainment. 2009. DVD. 131 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job.
He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a
classified ad entitled >Departures= thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is
actually for a >Nokanshi= or >encoffineer,= a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry
into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to
perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the
departed.
PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS
Portrays postwar Japan through the power struggles between small-time gangsters in the port town of Yokosuka,
where there are American soldiers based.
PITFALL
Criterion Collection. 2007, 1962. DVD, 97 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
When a miner leaves his employer and treks out with his young son to become a migrant worker, he finds himself
moving from one eerie landscape to another, intermittently followed (and photographed) by an enigmatic man in a
clean, white suit, and eventually coming face-to-face with his inescapable destiny.
POISON SUGAR
Insight Media. 1995. DVD. 28 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Video of a short comic play from the Kyogen repertoire. Depicts the antics of the clever servants Taro Kaj and
Jiro Kaja, who are entrusted with a container of poison while their master is away.
RHAPSODY IN AUGUST
MGM/UA Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. 100 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A visit from her grandchildren and the discovery of a half-American relative cause an elderly woman to relive her
memories of the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki.
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SAMURAI REBELLION
“Isaburo, a renowned swordsman, is the essence of samurai loyalty until his overlord demands the return of a
former mistress, Isaburo=s beloved daughter-in-law. The injustice to his family forces Isaburo to take a heroic
stand for individual freedom and moves him towards a revolt he can never win.”--container
SANSHO THE BAILIFF
Image Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 124 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left
to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers.
SASAMEYUKI: THE MAKIOKA SISTERS
Japan, 1938. War is looming on the horizon, but the Makioka sisters are far more concerned with their
domestic troubles. The sisters have taken over their family’s kimono manufacturing business in Osaka,
and are well off, traveling together to view the changing of the seasons–cherry blossoms in Kyoto,
brilliant leaves in the fall. Tsuruko and Sachiko, the older two, have been married for quite some time.
Tradition demands that they marry in order of their birth, but marrying off the shy, conservative Yukiko
is proving difficult. These challenges have been particularly frustrating for youngest sister Taeko, who is
eager to marry and move on with her life. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and
a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs.
SEVEN SAMURAI
Criterion Collection. 2006. Three DVDs. 207 min. Japanese with English subtitles
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to
protect them from invading bandits.
A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS, FLOATING WEEDS: TWO FILMS
The Criterion Collection. 2004. Two DVDs. 205 min. 1st work: Silent film with Japanese intertitles and
English subtitles. 2nd work: Japanese with English subtitles.
Includes the original 1934, black & white, silent film A Story of Floating Weeds and the 1959 color remake
Floating Weeds. Both films concern a troupe of traveling players visiting a remote town. An aging actor
returns to this town and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current
mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
SWORD OF DOOM
This is the thrilling tale of a man who chooses to devote his life to evil. A gifted swordsman plying his trade
during the turbulent, final days of Shogunate rule, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse, without
mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness.
TAMPOPO
Itami Productions. 2005. DVD. 114 min. Japanese with Japanese and English subtitles.
A young widow, Tampopo, runs a small ramen noodle shop. Goråo, a cowboy-hat-wearing truck driver
who happens to drop by her ramen noodle shop, helps her to make the perfect bowl of top ramen.
TAXING WOMAN
Fox/Lorber Home Video. 1987. 2@ video. 127 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
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Ryoko, Tokyo's hardest working female tax inspector, chances on one of Tokyo's busiest "love hotels," owned
by Gondo, a tax cheat extraordinaire. Ryoko's attempt to audit Gondo is thwarted by his hilarious evasive
maneuvers.
THRONE OF BLOOD
Janus Films. 1957. Two 2" videos. b & w. 109 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
International star Toshiro Mifune gives one of his finest performances as the proud warrior who is destroyed
by his wife's murderous greed and his own all-consuming desire for power. Based on Shakespeare's
MacBeth, Throne of Blood is considered one of Akira Kurosawa's greatest films.
TOKYO DRIFTER
Reformed killer Tetsu wanders around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he is called back to Tokyo to
help battle a rival gang.
TOKYO MONGATARI (TOKYO STORY)
Home Vision. 1953, 2003. DVD. 136 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo, where they are greeted less than enthusiastically by their adult children,
until death quiets the conflicts.
TOKYO SONATA
E1 Entertainment. 2010. DVD. 119 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Story of a contemporary Japanese family torn apart after its patriarch unexpectedly loses his job. Ashamed,
he keeps this a secret, but as he grows more despondent, his family resorts to drastic measures to break away
from their fractured lives.
TOKYO STORY
Criterion Collection. 2003. Two DVDs. 136 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their
two married children in bustling, post-war Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain
them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the
children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her.
TWILIGHT SAMURAI (THE)
Empire Pictures. 2004. DVD. 129 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Set during the Bakumatsu period (mid 19th century), a low-ranking samurai is forced to choose service over
love.
UGETSU
Criterion Collection. 2005. Two DVDs. (also 2@ video). 247 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in
the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands= ambition as one is
murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute.
VENGEANCE IS MINE
Janus Films. 2007. DVD. 140 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A true crime story about Iwao Enokizu, self-styled king of criminals. Director Imamura turns this fact-based
story of the seventy-eight day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family, into a cold,
perverse, and at times funny tale of the primitive coexisting with the modern.
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WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
Home Vision Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 119 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
A frustrated, unemployed architect travels to a remote fishing village in search of a treasure rumored to be
hidden in a house near a red bridge. He builds an intense relationship with one of the occupants of the house,
a young woman with an >unusual= condition.
WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN
Genius Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 137 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
Samurai, Yoshimura Kanichiro, leaves for a larger city so he can make more money to support his family.
Initially he is seen as money hungry, but he soon gains respect in his new clan with his master swordsmanship
and his honor.
WHITE LIGHT, BLACK RAIN: THE DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI (See
War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES
Criterion Collection. 2007, 1964. DVD. 148 min. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles.
An amateur entomologist leaves Tokyo to study an unclassified species of beetle that resides in a remote, vast
desert. When he misses his bus back to civilization, he is persuaded to spend the night in the home of a young
widow who lives in a hut at the bottom of a sand dune.
YABU NO NAKA NO KURONEKO
In war-torn medieval Japan, a military hero is sent to a small village to dispatch a malevolent spirit that
has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai, and discovers that he must face his own personal
demons as well.
YOJIMBO
Connoisseur Video. 1980. 2@ video. b & w. Japanese with English subtitles. 110 min.
Two warring clans vying for power bid for the services of a wandering samurai-for-hire. A samurai "western"
with swords and sandals, rather than six guns and horses.
YUKINOJO HENGE
AnimEigo, Inc. 2008. DVD. 113 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
While performing in a touring kabuki troop, leading female impersonator, Yukinojo, comes across the
three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge on them.
KOREA
INSIDE NORTH KOREA
Warner Home Video. 2007. DVD. 52 min.
Explorer offers a comprehensive look at the most reclusive member of the Axis of Evil, from the tense world
of the Demilitarized Zone to the surreal life of the Dear Leader Kim Jong-il.
KOREA: WAR, PROSPERITY, AND DEMOCRACY
Korea-America Society. 1995. 2@ video. 93 min.
A video issued by the Korean-American Society that covers the Korean War, manufacturing in Korea, and the
Seoul Olympic games.
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Korean Feature Films
BAD GUY
Life Size Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 102 min. Korean with English subtitles.
While strutting through downtown Seoul, Han-gi, a local gang style pimp, spots young Sunhwa, a pretty,
middle-class college student. He sits next to her as she waits on a park bench. Sunhwa tries to ignore him,
but finally sneers at his advances and rushes into the arms of her preppy boyfriend. Offended, Han-gi grabs
her and forcefully kisses her. Sunhwa demands an apology, and when Han-gi refuses, he is beaten by a group
of soldiers who had witnessed the assault. Soon after, Sunhwa takes a wallet filled with cash that had been
left at a restroom. Forced to pay a huge sum, or be turned into the police, Sunhwa signs a contract that results
in her being sold into prostitution to repay the debt. Han-gi watches her nightly humiliation from behind a
two-way mirror. His obsessive desire consumes him.
DHARMAGA TONGJOGURO KAN KKADALGUN - WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR
THE EAST?
Milestone Film & Video. 1989. DVD. 137 min. Korean with English subtitles.
in a remote monastery an old master and his two disciples study Buddhist teachings. As the master faces
death, he must lead his disciples away from their past ties to the outside world and toward enlightenment.
OLDBOY
Tartan Video. 2005. DVD. 120 min. Korean with English or Spanish subtitles.
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Daesu is released and sets out to find his abductors.
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Oscilloscope Pictures. 2009. DVD. 89 min. Korean with English subtitles.
Two young girls are sent to live with relatives when their mother searches for their missing father. When
their mother doesn=t come back, they are left at their grandparents= house where they finally learn the
importance of family.
WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST?
New Yorker Video. 2007. DVD. 135 min. Korean with English and Korean subtitles.
In a remote monastery high up in the mountains an old master, a young monk and an orphaned boy
devote themselves to their Buddhist teachings. As the master faces death, he must lead his disciples away
from their past ties to the outside world and its rapidly changing values, and point them toward their
quest for enlightenment.
PAKISTAN
THE BIRTH OF PAKISTAN
Traces the history of Pakistan from its beginning as a Muslim separatist movement, its independence as a
political entity, the separation of Bangladesh, and its ongoing struggle to establish and maintain a democratic
government; covers events into 1989.
THEY MADE HISTORY: BENAZIR BHUTTO
Presents biographical information about Bhutto as well as an interview in which she talks about her
experiences as the first woman to head a Muslim state in modern times.
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PHILIPPINES
IMELDA: POWER, MYTH, ILLUSION
Unico Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 103 min.
Explores the persona of former Philippine First Lady, Imelda Marcos.
TAIWAN
TAIWAN: DIRE STRAIT
“A timely, unprecedented look at Taiwan=s struggle for direction, this program focuses on President Chen
Shui-Bian and his sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant push for independence. The video follows Chen=s
elaborate attempts to bolster alliances in the region and maintain a favorable image at home--both of which
are major challenges as many countries increase ties with Beijing and Chen=s domestic opponents gain
political strength. A summary of China-Taiwan relations, interviews with opposition leader Su Qi, and
commentary from Taiwanese citizens complete this unsettling portrait of a nation that could, through a wrong
turn, spark a global military conflict.” FFH web page.
THAI
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES
Strand Releasing Home Video. 2011. DVD. 113 min. Thai dialogue with English subtitles.
A unique tale of a man embracing life’s greatest mystery. Choosing to spend his final days surrounded by his
loved ones in the countryside, Boonmee is visited by his dead wife as a ghost, and his lost son as a strange
hairy beast with red glowing eyes. They’ve come to guide him to his final resting place, a cave where his first
soul began. With a wry sense of humor and a humanist spirit, it’s a magical tale of reincarnation, karma, and
nature.
VIETNAM
GAO RANK (Grilled Rice)
First Run/Icarus Films. 2001. 2 " video. 52 min.
The story of the North Vietnamese combat cameramen who filmed the Indo-Chinese and Vietnam Wars, and
founded Vietnamese cinema.
CANADA
ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
Suncoast Media. 1986. 2 " video. 28 min.
Program covers the dramatic events of November 4-5, 1981 when an agreement was finally reached on a
Charter of Rights for the Canadian constitution.
BORDERLINE MEDICINE
Filmakers Library. 1990. 2 " video. 57 min.
Compares the national health systems of the US and Canada. Could the Canadian system work in the US?
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EMPIRE OF THE BAY
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 2000. 2" video. b & w/color. 90 min.
Originally a Canadian documentary series, Empire of the Bay recounts the history of the great 19th century
Canadian fur trading company, the Hudson's Bay Company.
IN HER CHOSEN FIELD
National Film Board of Canada. 1989. 2" video. 28 min.
Examines the difficult life of a female farmer in Canada.
LOBBYING FOR LIVES: LESSONS FROM THE FRONT
MediCinema Ltd. 1988. 2" video. 30 min.
Story of The Canadian Parliament's passage of two bills limiting the power of tobacco industries and products
in Canada. These bills ban all tobacco advertising, promotions, and smoking in work places, as well as
requiring stronger warnings on packages and the listing of all trace products in the tobacco.
UNDERSTANDING PARLIAMENT
Suncoast Media. 1991. 2" video. 25 min.
Examines how bills are passed in the Canadian Parliament.
WE'RE THE BOSS!
This is an inspiring film about a community that made the connection between culture and economic
development. It is a look at the Evangeline region, a predominantly Acadian area in western Prince Edward
Island. There, local initiative, several co-operatives and a credit union have transformed the economy and
thereby strengthened Acadian culture.
Canada/French Language Feature Film
JESUS OF MONTREAL
Orion Home Video. 1990. 2@ video. 120 min. French with English subtitles.
A troupe of underemployed actors joins a charismatic young man to help a church update its annual Passion
play. Their rag-tag production becomes a lightening rod, attracting a city full of hope, praise, temptation and
condemnation.
CARIBBEAN
ALABBÁ
Americas Media Initiative/Cuba Media Project. 2011, 2010. DVD. 40 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
AAlabbá looks at the fascinating history of Santería and how its historic roots have transformed into a
contemporary religion in modern-day Cuba. Focus is on three women of African descent who arrived in
Cuba in the 19th century, tracing their influence on the development of Santería. The documentary includes
interviews with current practitioners and historians.
CHALLENGE OF THE NEXT GENERATION
Cuba Va Video Project. 1993. 2@ video. 57 min. Spanish and English with English subtitles.
Considers Cuba=s future from the perspective of Cuban youth. Young people born after the 1959 Revolution
discuss the challenge of Cuba=s economic crisis in the nineties. Socialists and dissidents debate the merits of
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socialism vs. capitalism, the need for change, internal difficulties, and international politics. Documentary
style interweaves interviews and spontaneous debates with rarely seen views of Cuban youth culture.
CUBA AND FIDEL
Churchill Films. 1976. 16 mm. 24 min.
Castro's influence on the Cuban Revolution is documented. Interviews with Castro and Cubans from different
occupations and regions are interspersed with views of Cuban life. Castro discusses his views on freedom,
socialism and capitalism. (FACDIS)
CUBA: THE CASTRO GENERATION
McGraw-Hill Films. 1977. 16 mm. 49 min.
Since its revolution, Cuba has achieved world status as the only Communist country in the Western
Hemisphere, and it is an influential force in much of the Third World. In this film, Howard K. Smith visits
Cuba to describe the changes since 1961. Denied US aid, Cuba has had to depend on other Communist
countries to help it survive, notably the USSR. Film raises both positive and controversial aspects of
reestablishing US-Cuba relations. (FACDIS)
CUBA: IN THE SHADOW OF DOUBT
Filmakers Library. 1986. 16 mm. 55 min.
A look at Cuba, its achievements and disappointments, as voiced by the people and Fidel Castro himself.
CUBA VA: THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEXT GENERATION
Cuba Va Video Project. 1993. 2@ video. 57 min.
Considers Cuba=s future from the perspective of Cuban youth. Young people born after the 1959 revolution
discuss the challenge of Cuba=s economic crisis in the nineties. Socialists and dissidents debate the merits of
socialism vs. capitalism, the need for change, internal difficulties, and international politics. Documentary
style interweaves interviews and spontaneous debates with rarely seen views of Cuban youth culture.
DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKES HAITI AND CHILE (See Environment/Ecology)
DIVINE HORSEMAN: LIVING GODS OF HAITI
Mystic Fire Video. 1947. 2@ video. 51 min.
A documentary on voodoo rituals in Haiti. The viewer attends the rituals of the Rada, Petro, and Congo
cults whose devotees commune with the cosmic powers through invocations, ritual offerings, and dance.
FIDEL CASTRO: EL COMANDANTE
New Video Group. 1997. 2@ video. 50 min.
A profile of the bearded communist Cuban dictator that follows his life from his rebel days in the Sierra
Maestra mountains to his decades-long confrontation with America.
FIDEL CASTRO: HISTORY OF A COMMANDER
“The life of Cuba=s Communist leader reveals much about the Cold War, 20th century Latin American
history, and the political and military dimensions of revolutionary movements. This program reaches into
all those subjects as it explores the rise and decades-long rule of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Interviews
with Latin American experts--including Argentine columnist, Oscar Raúl Cardoso, historian and
psychologist, Mario Pacho O=Donnell, and Dr. Roberto Quiñones, expatriate son of famous Cuban dissident
Dr. Hilda MolinaBare included. After outlining Castro=s early years, the film guides viewers through his
alliance with Che Guevara, his ascension to head of state, his prolonged reign, and his transfer of power to
his brother Raul.”--container
GARIFUNA JOURNEY
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New Day Films. 1998. 2@ video. 45 min.
Presents the history, the language, food, music, dance and spirituality of the Black Caribbean Garifuna
culture. A special project of Cultural Survival, an indigenous rights organization.
GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL
Thinkfilm, LLC. 2007. DVD. 85 min.
Enter the lives of notorious gang leaders who dominate the Haitian slum of Cité Soleil. The reality of life
today in Haiti unfolds before us as we get to know two brothers and their stories intimately.
GREENING OF CUBA
Food First. 1996. 2@ video. 38 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
This video profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture based on
ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported agricultural inputs. In their quest for self
sufficiency, Cubans combine time tested traditional methods with cutting edge biotechnology.
I AM CUBA
Milestone Film & Video. 1996. 2@ video. b& w. 141 min.
Four stories of socialist realism show the rise of the communist revolution in Cuba, Battista's Havana and the
poverty and oppression of the Cuban people.
LIFE AND DEBT
New Yorker Video. 2001. 2@ video. 86 min.
Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand, and sun, but it
is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries.
Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending
agencies while driving home the devastating consequences of globalization.
LIFE AND POETRY OF JULIA DE BURGAS
Cinema Guild. (Originally produced in 1979). 2@ video. 28 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A film biography of the Puerto Rican poet which includes readings of her poetry.
THE QUAKE
“A powerful report on Haiti=s tragedy, with never-before-seen footage of the moments after the quake. What
can be done now--and who will do it?”--Frontline website.
TIERRALISMO
Icarus Films. 2012. DVD. 52 min. Spanish with English subtitles
ATierralismo is a beautiful film about the Alamar >organiponico= (organic cooperative farm) located outside of
Havana.@Bfrom DVD back cover
VERSO NEGRO: BLACK VERSE POETRY OF THE SPANISH CARIBBEAN
A profile of Efraín Ortiz, a Puerto Rican 'declamador' (reciter) of verso negro. This African-influenced style
of poetry arose in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic in the 1920's and remains popular today.
Some historical background on the Verso Negro movement and its major poets, such as Fortunato
Vizcarrondo, Nicolás Guillén, and Luis Palés Matos, is provided. Ortiz is seen in performance in Puerto Rico
and at a cultural festival in Lawrence, Mass.
VOICES OF THE ORISHAS
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Univ. of California Extension Media Center. 1993. 2@ video. 38 min. English & Spanish with English
subtitles. This ethnographic documentary demonstrates the survival and strength of the Yoruba cultural and
religious heritage in the contemporary life of Caribbean African-Hispanics. Program was filmed in Havana
among Cuban practitioners of Santeria, and documents a ritual ceremony that features dancing, singing, and
praying invoking the 22 Orishas, or deities of the Yoruba religion that originated in Africa.
WAITING FOR FIDEL
Facets Video. 2004. DVD. 58 min. English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
An unlikely trio--filmmaker Michael Rubbo, Geoff Stirling, a millionaire Canadian broadcaster and higher
consciousness seeker, and Joey Smallwood, a former Premier of Newfoundland, travel to Cuba in a private
jet. Their goal is to meet with Fidel Castro and create a dialogue between him and the United States. But
Fidel never shows up. Michael Rubbo records each step of this wayward quest to meet the leader of Cuba,
Fidel Castro.
ZONA DE SILENCIO
Icarus Films. 2007. DVD. 40 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
AFive Cuban intellectuals that live on the island, a filmmaker, a musician, two writers and a university
professor, discuss censorship as historical, political and social phenomena. Their discussion is about the
limits that this scourge has imposed on artistic creation throughout time and throughout the world.@Bcontainer
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THE AGRONOMIST
New Line Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 91 min.
Tells the story of Haitian national hero, journalist, and freedom fighter, Jean Dominique. As owner and
operator of his nation=s oldest and only free radio station, Dominique was frequently at odds with his
country=s various repressive governments and spent much of the 80s and early 90s in exile in New York,
where Demme continue to interview him over the years. Dominique fought tirelessly against his country=s
overwhelming injustice, oppression, and poverty, but it was his shocking and still-unsolved assassination in
April of 2000 that gave the director the impetus to assemble more than a decade=s worth of material into a
celebration of this dynamic man=s life and legacy.
GUANTANAMERA
New Yorker Video. 1995. DVD. 104 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an
elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled
memories of her first love, Yoyita=s elated heart fizzles while in Candido=s embrace. Joining Yoyita=s funeral
procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political
nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral proceedings.
As the cortège wends westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver
who once had a crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage.
MEMORIAS DEL SUBDESARROLLO
Mr. Bongo Film. 2008. DVD. 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A bourgeois property owner decides to stay in Cuba after the revolution and must examine his life and
values in a new social and political milieu.
RUE CASES-NEGRES (Sugar Cane Alley)
Issy-les-Moulineaux Carrere Video Distribution. 1983. 2@ video. 107 min. French with English subtitles.
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In 1930's Martinique, young Jose and his grandmother live along a dirt road they call "Black Shack Alley."
Jose's grandmother is determined to save him from this fate. As Jose continues to succeed in his schoolwork
and opportunities come his way, his grandmother does all she can to support his efforts.
WAITING LIST
Genius Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 102 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A rundown bus station in rural Cuba becomes the backdrop for romance and miracles in Juan Carlos Tabio=s
blend of magical realism and social commentary.
EUROPE
ALBANIAN JOURNEY: END OF AN ERA
High Road Productions. 1991. 2@ video. 59 min.
Explores the rise and fall of socialism in Albania. Contrasts life before and after the July 1990 events when
5,000 people stormed foreign embassies and left the country.
ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Crown Video. 198?. 2@ video. 108 min. b & w.
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the
Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES
Schultz Förlag. 2003. DVD. 94 min.
A look at the transformation of neighborhoods in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine area of Paris, France; and the
Spitalfields-Whitechapel areas of London, England.
ANNA
New Yorker Video. 1994. 2@ video. b & w/color. 99 min. Russian with English subtitles.
This documentary sets the collapse of the Soviet Union against the growth of Mikhalkov's daughter, Anna,
over the course of 13 years, beginning in 1980.
ARTISTS' REVOLUTION: 10 DAYS IN PRAGUE
In November, 1989, a group of artists in Prague successfully spearheaded the overthrow of the communist
regime in Czechoslovakia in the nonviolent "velvet revolution". . .a revolution fought through images, words
and spirit. This film is the inside story of that rebellion as told through interviews with the activists and
citizens of Prague. Includes interviews with Vaclav Havel.
AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY
Almi Home Video Corp. 1982. 2@ video. 87 min.
Documents the Belgian underground's assistance to Jewish children during World War II.
AUSCHWITZ: INSIDE THE NAZI STATE (See Human Rights)
AVANT-GARDE IN RUSSIA
Through painting, architecture, sculpture, theater, film, and fashion, the avant-garde of the arts in Russia
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explored primitivism, cubo-futurism, and productivism. This program presents examples of art produced
before and after the controls and restrictions were placed on creative artists, and explores the impact of statecontrolled art.
BALTIC DEPUTY
International Historic Films. 1980. 2@ video. b & w. 95 min.
Soviet propaganda film based on the life of the Russian scientist, Klement Timiriazev (1843-1920), who
taught at Cambridge and Oxford and was awarded the Newton Mantle for his work. Timiriazev, one of the
few outstanding Russian scientists, who (publicly), backed the Soviets in their revolutionary campaign, was
later elected a delegate to the Leningrad Soviet by the sailors of the Baltic fleet. There he denounced his
fellow scientists for failing to aid the Soviets and predicted that such aid would come.
BARRICADE
International Historic Films, Inc. 1980. 2@ video. 13 min.
The Berlin Wall and reactions of Germans to it are portrayed in a montage of still and action shots. Several
escape attempts by East Berliners are shown.
BATTLE OF TANNENBERG 1410 (THE)
Only one major victory in a millennium marks Poland=s sovereignty: The Battle of Tannenberg. Like other
nations which called on foreign troops to help them quell domestic insurrections, the Poles were conquered by
their own invited guests, the German Templars or Teutonic Order.
BAUHAUS: THE FACE OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Looks at the development of the Bauhaus and the key figures involved in it. It also sets the history of the
Bauhaus in the context of the political unrest and economic chaos of the Weimar Republic in German.
BEFORE GORBACHEV: FROM STALIN TO BREZHNEV
MPI Home Videos. 1990. 2@ video. 51 min.
This film documents the history of the USSR for 60 years, emphasizing progress and the success of the
Communist system. A crash course in 20th century Russian history, from a communist point of view.
BERLIN (16 mm. films on permanent loan - Courtesy of Landesbildstelle Berlin)
1) FREEDOM'S AIRLIFT: BERLIN 1948-49 - Describes the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of Berlin and the
efforts of Western Allies to airlift supplies into city. b & w. 16 min.
2) BERLIN: 1945-1970 - Highlights events from the German surrender through the 1948-49 blockade, the
uprisings of 1953, the building of the Berlin wall, student demonstrations in late 60s, Four Power
Agreement in 1970. b & w. 30 min.
3) BERLIN MEANS BUSINESS...AND MUCH MORE- Focuses on Berlin as a city whose "island"
location permits geographical opportunities for business & industry. color. 23 min.
4) BERLIN: INFORMATIONEN - Discusses Berlin's early history up to the cultural Berlin of the '20s and
shows the advancements made by the city since 1945. color. 27 min.
BERLIN: A CITY IN SEARCH OF ITSELF
The seat of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the GDR, Berlin was powerfully shaped by the
political aftershocks of World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. As the capital of Europe's wealthiest
and most populous nation wrestles with its future, this program searches for the essence of modern Berlin.
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Markus Wolf, the former heard of East German foreign intelligence, ice skating champion Katarina Witt, and
other contemporary figures provide insights into the city's development as a major hub in a unified Europe.
BERLIN AIRLIFT (THE) (See War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues)
BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT
Institut für Film und Bild. 2@ video. b & w/color. 20 min.
Archival footage documenting the airlift by Western powers to supply Berlin's inhabitants with food and
supplies when the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948 and 1949.
BERLIN WIE ES WAR
International Historic Films, Inc. 1985, 1997. 2@ video. 87 min. b & w. German.
A documentary on pre-World War II Berlin made from footage shot in the 1930s. Shows the German people
working and playing. Also includes various sections of the city and important buildings.
BERLIN'S HIDDEN HISTORY
Woods Productions and EN Productions. 2002. 2@ video. 53 min.
Berlin, the capital of reunified Germany, is a city with a glittering present and a dark past. A historian leads
the viewer through the new Berlin, revealing the many traces of history in a city that served as Frederick
the Great's Bismarck and Hitler's capital before i t became the front line of the Cold War and the place
where the Berlin Wall was built and destroyed. Learn that there is more than meets the eye at the
Brandenberg Gate, Potsdammer Platz, Nazi buildings, Jewish cemeteries, Check Point Charlie, and
other places steeped in history.
BLACK FOX: THE TRUE STORY OF ADOLF HITLER
White Star. 1962. 2@ video. 87 min.
This Academy Award winning documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler.
BLACK SUN: THE MYTHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM Icarus
Films. 2009. DVD. 90 min. German with English subtitles.
Black Sun sheds new light on the sources of Nazi ideology by examining its occult roots in the world
of myths, symbols and fantasies. Through interviews, rare archival footage and contemporary scenes
shot in historic locales throughout Germany it chronicles how the Nazis used these mythological
foundations to develop Nazism as a political religion.
BORIS YELTSIN: A LEGACY OF CHANGE
Candid documentary portrayal of Boris Yeltsin, his rise to power and his impact upon the history of
the Soviet Union and Russia.
BREZHNEV PROFILE
Illinois video. 19--. 2@ video. 17 min.
Chronicles the highlights of Brezhnev's domestic leadership of the Soviet Union.
BRINGING DOWN A DICTATOR
In 2000, Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold power in Yugoslavia. His opponents were led by a
student movement called Otpor! (Serbian for "resistance"), who attacked the regime with ridicule, rock
music, and a willingness to be arrested. Their courage and audacity inspired others to overcome their
fear and join the fight, leading to Milosevic's fall from power, arrest, and extradition to stand trial for
crimes against humanity.
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BRITISH EMPIRE
Schlessinger Media. 2002. Three 2@ video. 156 min.
In the early 20th century, Great Britain maintained dozens of colonies throughout the world. Using rare and
unique documentary footage along with the actual eyewitness accounts, The British Empire brings history to
life by telling the story of the decline of this vast imperial power. This three-part series highlights the modern
independence movements in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and relates that despite British attempts at
modernization, many nations continue to cope with problems inherited from their colonial past.
CANDLE IN THE WIND
Pacem Distributors International. 1984. 2@ video. 58 min.
Documents the struggle and survival of Christians, Jews and Muslims inside the USSR in the 20th century.
Includes rare archival footage; smuggled footage of persons covertly engaged in religious practices; and
interviews with Soviet officials, dissidents, and Western experts on Soviet affairs.
CATACLYSM
"Until 1348, people in Sienna and Florence enjoyed the richest, safest, and most comfortable lives in their
history. But almost overnight, their certainty of life, and even any hope of a good death, was gone. This
program assesses the aftermath of the ferocious damage unleashed by the bubonic plague on the two citystates. Historians Alexander Nagel and Nicholas Terpstra, from the University of Toronto, and professional
artisans' chief among them, sculptor Marcello del Colle, from Opera del Duomo comment on how dazzling
works of architecture went unfinished, artisans became more intrigued with the divine world than the natural,
and how from the ashes a new spiritual inquiry would spring, paving the way for the High Renaissance."-Films for the Humanities & Sciences website
CELTIC TRILOGY
First Run Icarus Films. 1985. 2@ video. 98 min.
Examines the people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany who still recognize their Celtic past.
CELTS: RICH TRADITIONS AND ANCIENT MYTHS (THE)
Warner Home Video. 2003. Two DVDs. 325 min.
Follows the story of the Celts from their earliest roots through the flowering of their culture and their
enduring heritage today. Includes reconstructions of iron-age villages, dramatizations of major historical
events and visits to modern Celtic lands.
CHERNOBYL: THE BITTER TASTE OF WORMWOOD
Films for the Humanities. 198? 2@ video. 52 min.
A vivid account of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the far-reaching effects of radioactivity, monitoring
radiation, evacuation of victims, etc.
CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (CHRONIQUE D=UN ÉTÉ)
First Run/Icarus Films. 2002? 2@ video. 85 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
In the summer of 1960 a documentary film crew asks the people on the streets of Paris if they are happy.
CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN (See Religion)
COUNTRY OF THE TWELVE PEOPLES: THE ETRUSCANS (THE)
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Surveys the first Italian civilization, that of the Etruscans, particularly the influence of the Greeks on the
Etruscans and their own later influence on the Romans. Briefly discusses the history of Etruria; shows tombs,
ruins of cities, frescoes, and statuary; stresses the vitality of Etruscan art.
CROMWELL
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1997. DVD. 140 min.
17th century Britain was a hotbed of revolution, treachery and court intrigue. Oliver Cromwell, the
fiery, ambitious, commoner took on the monarchy and changed the course of Western civilization. He and
King Charles I fought for absolute rule.
CROSSROADS: INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION SERIES (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2007. DVD.
1) CROSSROADS: IDENTITIES (28 min.)
Program features observations from African, Asian, Middle Eastern immigrants on their opinion on living
in two worlds and the problems that arise as a result. Deals with balancing assimilation and preserving
one=s cultural heritage.
2) HELP WANTED: DYNAMICS OF THE EU LABOR MARKET (26 min.)
With a low birth rate and an aging workforce, the European Union needs immigrants--but how temporary
or permanent their status should be is a matter of debate. This film examines existing and proposed guest
worker programs, immigrant education, ambition, self-employment, worker job security, and the growth
of sex industries. Nick Clark of the Trade Unions Congress and Leo Monz of the German Federation of
Unions share their views.
3) HUMAN TRAFFICKING (26 min.)
Program investigates human trafficking by recording the experiences of the victims and evaluates the
work of the EU government against 21st century slavery. Highlights corruption, prostitution, victim
protection and repatriation and the creation of FRONTEX--the agency responsible for European border
patrol.
4) INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION: PARLIAMENT UNDER PRESSURE (26 min.)
Defining “European” is one of the main challenges facing the EU Parliament. This program outlines the
history of the governing body and assesses the actions it has taken to shape and organize the EU. Several
of the EU Parliament are interviewed.
5) NO COLORS: RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN MODERN EUROPE (26 min.)
Program looks at racism and xenophobia brought to the surface by the massive influx of foreign workers
and job-seekers into Western Europe. Describes the search for equitable solutions by moderate European
Union leaders and citizens. Examines Islamophobia, religious fundamentalism, the radicalization of
young Muslim men, and racism in football or soccer. Commentary from Mahmud Al-Rashid of the
Muslim Council of Britain, British National Party spokesperson, Colin Smith, and European Parliament
president Josep Borrell.
6) STOP THE FLOW (26 min.)
Program reports on initiatives taken by the European Union to improve conditions in Africa and the
Middle East thereby reducing the number of job seekers entering the European Union. Spotlights human
rights, fair trade, global war on poverty, role of the private sector and frustrations of the young,
unemployed foreigners. Uses Morocco as a case study. Insights from activists, businesspeople, and Louis
Michel, E.U. Commissioner of Development and Humanitarian Aid.
CYBER ROME (CYBEROMA)
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Rome circa 200 A.D. comes alive through virtual reality and 3-D graphics. Visit the Colosseum, the Basilica
Di Massenzio, the Tabularium, the Basilica Giulia, the Curia, the Tempio Di Vesta, the Casa Delle Vestali,
the Tempio di Marte Ultore, Traiano=s Column, the Basilica Ulpia, the Tempio Di Venere E Roma, and the
Palatino, where legend says Romolo built the first wall about the city.
...DE TODA LA VIDA
Lisa Berger & Carol Mazer, Cinema Guild. 1986. 2@ video. 55 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A documentary on the lives of women who participated in the anarchist movement during the Spanish Civil
War. Through interviews, archival footage, and still photographs the program portrays a dynamic group of
women, now in their eighties, who put the anarchist ideals of equality and self-management to work in their
own lives.
DEFEATED PEOPLE (A)
International Historic Films. 2006. DVD. 18 min. (Also ½" video).
A documentary film about the government of the British-occupied zone of Germany following World War
II. Shows the devastation of the war and the life of the people among the ruins, and explains why it is
important to assist the Germans to create a better nation for themselves.
DONEGAL
Rego Irish Records & Tapes. 1994. 2@ video. 58 min.
County of Donegal forms the northwest corner of Ireland. This giant peninsula wrinkled with hills that slope
to a deeply indented coastline, boasts some of the most spectacular sea cliffs in Ireland.
DR. TODT, BERUFUNG UND WERK (DR. TODT, MISSION AND ACHIEVEMENT)
International Historic Films, Inc. 1966. 2@ video. 36 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Nazi propaganda film tells of the lifetime achievements and accomplishments of the German engineer Fritz
Todt, the builder of the West Wall and the Atlantic Fortress.
EAST SIDE STORY
Special Broadcasting Service (Australia). 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 77 min. Non-English dialogue with
subtitles.
A survey of popular musical and dance films produced in Communist Eastern Europe before the fall of the
Berlin Wall, showing some of the influences of politics on culture.
EASTERN EUROPE: BREAKING WITH THE PAST
Global View Productions. 1990. Ten 2@ videos. 52 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE - An impressionistic overview of America's
historical relationship with Eastern Europe.
2) AT THE CROSSROADS - An American filmmaker searches for a Jewish cultural legacy in Hungary,
Poland and Germany. Many Eastern European Jews are rediscovering their history and traditions.
3) CEAUSESCU: THE LAST DICTATOR - A portrait of the first Stalinist dictator in Eastern Europe,
Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania.
4) ESTONIA: A STORY OF SURVIVAL - Estonia was occupied three times during World War II. In
1939 Russia invaded Estonia, but were driven out in 1941 by the Germans. In 1944 the Germans were
expelled from Estonia and the country was re-occupied by Russia.
5) GERMANY REUNITES - Surveys how Germany reunited and what is happening in East Germany
today.
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6) LIFE AS AN ETHNIC MINORITY - Investigates Hungarians living in Rumania and what life is like in
the post-revolution era.
7) MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND WAR - Hungarians tell of their childhood in World War II.
8) POLISH EXPERIENCE - Includes documentaries on Polish history, solidarity and the impact of four
decades of Soviet domination.
9) THEATRE AND THE REVOLUTION - Explores the use of theatre in Eastern Europe for political
purposes. Includes documentaries on the underground activities of actors and theatre troupes in the 1989
revolutions.
10) VACLAV HAVEL - Traces Havel's life-long struggle against totalitarianism and his rise to national
leadership in Czechoslovakia, (Eastern Europe, and the world).
EISENSTEIN AND STALIN
The struggle between Stalin and Eisenstein for freedom of expression in a climate of exiles and executions.
ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF GERMANY
This program looks beyond the image of a nation of prosperous, ebullient people, and finds a modern
Germany plagued by the specter of its violent past, and fearful of its future.
ETERNAL JEW
International Historic Films. 1998. 2@ video. 62 min. b & w. German with English voice-over narration.
An anti-Semitic propaganda film.
EUROPEAN UNION
Insight Media. 2007. DVD. 22 min.
Tracing the history of the European Union (EU), this program outlines the functions of the Commission, the
Parliament, the Court, and the Council and discusses the Single Internal Market Program. Other topics
covered include the European Monetary Union, the EU’s relationship with Eastern Europe, and the EU’s
future direction.
EUROPEAN UNION MOVES EAST
Featuring an interview with the European Commission's Gunter Verheugen, this program surveys the issues
facing Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Cyprus, including their need for
economic revitalization, industrial innovation, and infrastructure improvements. The EU's relationship with
Russia and the Balkans is considered as well.
THE EYE OF THE DICTATOR
Examines the use of film, and particularly the weekly newsreel, to inform, disinform, and persuade Germany
during years of the Nazi regime. Takes an in-depth look at the way Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda,
controlled the work of German film cameramen and how he manipulated their work to great effect both as
propaganda and as art.
FAITH UNDER FIRE
D. L. Sage Productions. 1992. 2@ video. 58 min.
How did the Christian clergy in Eastern Europe survive under communism?
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FALL OF COMMUNISM
Provides a brief history of the creation and growth of the Soviet communist empire followed by a survey of
events that occurred in 1989 and 1990 in the nations of Eastern Europe and within some republics of the
Soviet Union using news stories broadcast by ABC.
FALL OF THE WALL (CHRONIK DER WENDE)
Icestorm International in association with University of Massachusetts. 1999. 2@ video. 180 min. German
with English subtitles and voice-over.
Part I. The critical days of October 1989: the 40th anniversary of the GDR and the consequences. Part II.
The critical days of November and December 1989: from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the conclusion of the
1989 Monday Demonstration.
FAR FROM POLAND
Facets Video. 2007. DVD. 106 min.
This experimental work raises the issue of how to represent history on film while providing a variety of
perspectives. Denied visas to shoot in Poland, Godmilow constructs a film in New York over the barest
bones of documentary footage and creates her personal account of the Polish struggle. Combines
documentary footage and dramatic reenactments to portray the Polish Solidarity Movement. The result: a
deft dismemberment of the myth of “documentary truth.”
FESTIVE NUREMBERG
International Historic Films. 1934. 2@ video. b & w. 21 min. German
A Nazi propaganda film of one of the Nuremberg rallies between 1935 and 1938. The film shows the
festivities surrounding the annual meeting of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei and Hitler's
arrival and participation.
FORMER EAST, FORMER WEST [S.l.: s.n.]. 1994. 2@ video. (also DVD). 64 min. German with
English subtitles.
Collage of personal interviews with people on the streets of Berlin, filmed 1992-1993. Encompasses many
concepts key to understanding post unification German attitudes about national identity.
FRANCE
Two Worlds Inc. 1996. 2@ video. 60 min.
An introduction to the various regions of France, with special emphasis on Paris, the culture, history, people
and tourist attractions.
FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND, A TALE OF POWER
A portrayal of Mitterrand, who held France's highest office for fourteen years from 1981 until 1995 after
having revitalized its political left. Includes archival footage and interviews with Mitterrand, his former
cabinet members, and others.
FREEDOM=S FURY
Wolo Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 90 min.
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in
Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, trying to suppress a revolt.
FRENCH REVOLUTION (THE)
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New Video. 2005. DVD. 100 min.
A... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a
maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon
Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ...@-- container
FROM CHECHNYA TO CHERNOBYL
Log In Productions. 1997. 2@ video. 30 min. English and Russian with English translation narration.
In recent years, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled wars and political turmoil in Chechnya,
Tajikistan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan in order to find peace in the radioactive pastures surrounding Chernobyl.
When Russian film maker, Slawomir Grünberg, heard that local governments were encouraging people to
resettle in the irradiated villages, he decided to go there with his camera. This film documents the latest twist
in the Chernobyl disaster and the evolution of the former Soviet republics.
FROM CZAR TO STALIN MPI Home Video. 1987. 2@ video. 85 min.
Documentary history of Russia in the 20th century.
GALWAY
Rego Irish Records & Tapes. 1994. 2@ video. 58 min.
Galway is comprised of vast tracts of mountainous country that give way to ragged headlands all along the
Irish coast.
GERMANS: PORTRAIT OF A NEW NATION
Five years after unification, Germany is emerging as Europe's most powerful country. German Chancellor,
Helmut Kohl, and others discuss the challenges facing the country.
GERMANY IN AUTUMN
World Artists Home Video. 1977. 2@ video. 120 min.
Throughout the decade (1970's) the red army faction, an outgrowth of the notorious Baader-Meinhof group,
had waged a campaign of terror against those in power, and the German government's escalating efforts to
root out terrorists had resulted in a virtual state of siege by autumn of 1977.
THE GLEANERS AND I
Zeitgeist Video. 2002. DVD. 82 min. French with optional English subtitles.
AVarda=s most recent effort--the first filmed with digital video camera--focuses on gleaners, those who gather
the spoils left after a harvest, as well as those who mine the trash. Some completely exist on the leavings;
others turn them into art, exercise their ethics, or simply have fun. The director likens gleaning to her own
profession--that of collecting images, stories, fragments of sound, light, and color.@--www.imbd.com
GLOBAL CITIES SERIES
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2004. DVD. 26 min. ea. ((ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) FRANKFURT: THE EURO-CITY
Studies the effects of diversity in Frankfurt, the city with the largest foreign and immigrant population in
continental Europe, considering right-wing extremism, the nation=s anti-discrimination policies, and the
city=s sex industry.
2) LONDON: THE POST-IMPERIAL CITY
Travels London=s increasingly cosmopolitan neighborhoods, interviewing citizens offering different
perspectives on immigration and resistance to it, including Islamophobia, and the frustration with
foreigners who refuse to conform. A tour of the city=s food markets reflects an astonishing diversity that
is a source of newfound civic pride.
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THE GOOD FIGHT: THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR First
Run Features. 1984. 2@ video. 98 min.
A documentary which presents interviews with 11 men and women who volunteered to serve in the American
brigade that fought Franco and the Fascists in the late 1930s. Includes archival film clips.
GOOD MORNING, MR. HITLER
International Historic Films. 1994. 2@ video. 84 min. Some German with English translation.
Color footage recalls a Munich weekend when nearly all the Nazi leadership attended a three day festival
including music, dance and a mammoth parade. This archival footage was filmed in July 1939, six weeks
before the start of World War II, by an amateur buff with 16-millimeter Kodachrome. The film makers frame
an audience of aging Germans watching themselves in the 1939 footage, reliving the events of the festival and
discussing political and social issues of that time period.
GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD: LONDON
A capsule history of London that is also a history of England and its Celtic-Roman-Anglo-Saxon-Norman
past, with Asian-African modifications as the empire shrank. This program covers the monuments and their
functions, the people and their social roles, the government and its limitations, and cultural contributions.
HAPSBURGS: A EUROPEAN FAMILY STORY SERIES (Order Separately by Title)
Films for the Humanities. 2003. DVD. 53 min. each.
1) THE DREAM OF AN EMPIRE
First in a four part series on the foundation, development, and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 12781918. Although Rudolph von Hapsburg was crowned in 1273, the Hapsburg dynasty did not firmly
establish itself until Frederick III passed the crown to his son, Maximilian I, in 1493. This program traces
the roots of the struggle, showing how the Hapsburg dynasty eventually established itself, both in Austria
and Spain, shaping the course of European history for the next six centuries.
2) CROSS AND CRESCENT
Second in a four part series on the foundation, development and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
1278-1918. The internal and external forces set in motion during the 16th and 17th centuries changed
Europe forever. This program examines the political, religious, and class conflicts that led to the Thirty
Years War. It shows how the Turkish forces advanced to the gates of Vienna and were defeated,
establishing the boundaries of modern Europe.
3) THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
“The death of Charles VI in 1740 without a male heir led to a dynastic crisis and conflict between the
Hapsburgs and the Hollenzollerns. Frederick the Great embodied the Enlightenment: Voltaire advised
him, he established public education, and he granted equality to all citizens before the law. Because she
was a woman, Maria Theresa=s claim to the throne was not widely accepted. The ensuing Seven Years
War was a pivotal struggle that firmly established Maria Theresa on the throne, where she ruled for forty
years. She was followed by her son, Joseph II.”--container
4) BETWEEN EMPIRE AND NATION
Fourth in a four-part series. This program examines the liberal forces at work in the 19th century, the
conservative policies of the Hapsburg rulers, and the inevitable results of this conflict. It shows how
demands for greater freedom, combined with Metternich=s resignation, eventually resulted in greater
oppression. In examining the revolution of 1848, the program shows the resulting policy of security over
liberty and preservation rather than renewal.
HAUNTED SCREEN: GERMAN FILM AFTER WORLD WAR ONE: A FILM ESSAY
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In this film essay, critic Peter Buchka explores the German cinema of the 1920s, ranging from the disquieting
images of Fritz Lang's Metropolis to the castrating sexuality of Marlene Dietrich in Die Blaue Engel. The
program provides an introduction to Weimar cinema, with Buchka's essay narrated over the images from film
clips of 1920s era German films.
HERE IS GERMANY
Hollywood's Attic. 1996. 2@ video. b & w. 52 min.
Uses German motion pictures, newsreels, US War Department archival material and captured enemy material
to trace the development of Germany as a military power from the time of Frederick the Great to the end of
the Third Reich. Produced by Army Signal Corps.
HERMITAGE: A RUSSIAN ODYSSEY
Public Media Home Vision. 1994. Three 2@ videos. 162 min.
Once the palace of the Czars, the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg stands today as a glorious testament to
the endurance of the Russian people. Blending history and art this video tour of one of the world's great art
collections makes us eye-witness to 300 years of human drama and natural turmoil.
A HISTORY OF BRITAIN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
New Video. 2002. Five DVDs. 900 min.
This 15-episode series covers the history of Great Britain from 3100 B.C. through the 20th century.
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION
Presents the history of the EMU, the unification timetable up to 2002, the convergence criteria, and the coins
and banknotes themselves; provides background on the euro member states and the European Central Bank;
examines the impact of the euro on world trade, the job market, and tourism; analyzes the euro's role in
international monetary transactions; compares the euro to the dollar; and discusses the hopes and fears of the
new citizens of "Euroland."
HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC
Cinecontact Film. 1996. 2@ video. b & w. 57 min.
A documentary on West Germany's postwar reconstruction and their role in the Cold War.
HOW THE NAZIS CAME TO POWER
Films for the Humanities. 1993. 2@ video. b & w. (also DVD). 17 min.
Shows how simple and logical the process was by which the Nazis came to power in Germany, from the bitter
defeat of World War I, through the ensuing economic crisis and seductive Nazi promises. Covers the rise of
Hitler.
HOW THE NAZIS CAME TO POWER
Shows how simple and logical the process was by which the Nazis came to power in Germany, from the bitter
defeat of World War I, through the ensuing economic crisis and seductive Nazi promises.
HOW TO LIVE IN THE GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC
Facet's Video. 1990. 2@ video. 83 min. German with English subtitles.
Rehearsals of real-life situations acted out in practice sessions for dealing with life in modern day Germany.
THE HISTORY OF IRELAND: AN INTRODUCTION
The Irish Audio Library. 6 sound cassettes. 361 min. 12 page guide.
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Twelve lectures on 6 audio cassettes tracing the history of Ireland from the earliest settlement to the present
day.
HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Explores the link between Calvinism and its belief in predestination with Hungarian nationhood. Speaking
with ordinary believers and such public figures as the Prime Minister and Bishop Laszlo Tokes, offers an
insight into the spiritual side of Hungary.
HUNGARIAN UPRISING, 1956
Overview of the Hungarian uprising in 1956.
HUNGER
Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 96 min.
In Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands
went on a hunger strike to protest the British government’s refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA
inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in
order to be heard.
IL DUCE Films for the Humanities. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 20 min.
Shows the roots of Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy and the execution of its seemingly laudable goals of
order and discipline. Focuses on hidden costs of its reforms and Mussolini's political career up to 1934.
IMAGE BEFORE MY EYES
Almi Home Video Corp. 1980. 2@ video. 90 min.
Jewish Poland before the Holocaust was the largest and most important center of Jewish culture in the world.
The rich, variegated texture of Jewish life is told through rare films, interviews and music.
IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT IRELAND
PBS Home Video. 2004. DVD. 170 min.
A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Begins in 3000 B.C. when Stone Age farmers built some
of the largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments in Europe, and continues through 1170 A.D. when
Ireland first came under control of the English throne.
INQUISITION (THE)
Recently opened Vatican archives bring to light the compelling new historical information about the
Inquisition and its brutal tactics.
INSIDE THE REICH - GERMANY 1940-1944
HBO Video. 1980. 2@ video. 52 min. b & w.
In the summer of 1940 the German forces are the conquerors of Western Europe, while at home the feeling is
that the war is over. German cities are untouched and there is a thankfulness that the carnage of the World
War I has not been repeated.
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
The story of how Jewish children were sent to Great Britain by their parents during World War II to protect
them from Hitler.
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ISABELLA D=ESTE: FIRST LADY OF THE RENAISSANCE
University of Oklahoma Center for Music Television. 2000. 2@ video. 59 min.
"Illustrates the connections between the political posturing of Italian Renaissance princes and their patronage
of the arts, especially music. Isabella d=Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, was known in her own time as
the >First Lady of the World.= She married into the Gonzagas of Mantua, also brilliant in their use of the arts
for political advantage. The dramatic script is based on Isabella=s extensive correspondence."--container
ISTER (THE)
First Run/Icarus Films. 2004. Two DVDs. 189 min.
In 1942 Martin Heidegger delivered a series of lectures on Friedrich Holderlin=s poem, The Ister, -- lectures in
which he addressed the political, cultural, and military chaos facing Germany at that time. In this film, on a
journey from the mouth of the Danube in Romania to its source in the Black Forest, three French
philosophers, Bernard Stiegler, Jean-Luc Nancy, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and the German filmmaker HansJurgen Syberberg, ponder Heidegger=s philosophical ideas about technology, time, mortality, memory, and
history, and consider how they relate to today=s Europe.
KINO EYE; THREE SONGS ABOUT LENIN
Image Entertainment. 2000. DVD. 137 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles.
Kino-eye: A collection of excerpts from newsreels and documentary films of Soviet life in the early 1920s
made by Vertov and his AKino-eye@ group. Highlighted are the activities of Soviet children and Young
Pioneers and Young Leninists interwoven with cinematic experiments as when Vertov charts the evolution of
hamburger and bread by following its trail back to the farms and wheat fields from whence it came. An
honest documentary of a society fresh from revolution, buoyed by idealism. AThe final reel no longer exists
but has been approximated through the use of carefully selected outtake footage.@ Three Songs about Lenin:
Lenin as revealed through the eyes of the Russian people, represented by three songs. The first, AMy Face
was in a Dark Prison,@ concerns the life of a young Muslim woman. AWe Loved Him@ deals with Lenin=s life
and death. The third song, AIn a Big City of Stone,@ shows the accomplishments of his rule.
KOSOVO: OF BLOOD AND HISTORY
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 1999. 2@ video. (also DVD). 41 min.
Using eyewitness accounts, maps, and footage of historic events, this program examines the history behind
the long-standing conflict between Serbs and Kosovar Albanians.
THE LAST DAYS (See Human Rights)
LAST STAND OF THE 300
It is almost impossible to understand how 300 Spartans managed to hold off the million-man Persian army,
but with transporting dramatizations and incisive graphics that put you in the heat of battle, learn the
strategies and more in this historic battle.
LEIPZIG IN THE FALL
Icestorm Entertainment: Progress Film-Verleih. 2009. DVD. 50 min. b & w. German with English
subtitles.
Leipzig in the Fall: a Record of October 16 to November 7, 1989. The film includes interviews with
demonstrators, members of the citizens= rights movement, officials and bystanders in East Germany=s peaceful
revolution.
LENIN AND THE BOLSHEVIKS
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MPI Home Videos. 1990. 2@ video. 61 min.
Two enthusiastic profiles of the revolutionary leader and Soviet hero, Vladimir Lenin. This film emphasizes
the early years -- from the first stirrings of the revolutionary spirit at the start of the 20th century to the victory
of the Proletariat in 1917.
LEO TOLSTOY
Time-Life Multimedia. 1984. 2@ video. 105 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Why did Tolstoy abandon his wife and family at the end of his life? This film searches for the answer in
Tolstoy's life and writings.
LOCKED UP TIME
Zeitgeist Films. 1990. 2@ video. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Originally released as a documentary film in 1990. Film recounts the personal experiences of prisoners in
East German jails which were closed after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
LODZ GHETTO
Jewish Heritage Project. 1992. 2@ video. 110 min.
A chronological account of life in the Lodz ghetto under Nazi occupation through the use of diaries and other
records.
LOST WORLDS: STALIN=S SUPERCITY
A & E Television Networks. 2007. DVD. 45 min.
Joseph Stalin=s plan to transform Moscow, Russia, into the most impressive city on the face of the earth is
examined seven decades later, when only traces remain of the world that he had hoped to build.
MAKING OF RUSSIA, 1480-1860
Landmark Films. 1985. 16 mm. (also 2@ video). 26 min.
Covers the reign of Peter the Great, Catherine II and her successors and describes the expansion of the
Russian Empire.
MARSHALL PLAN (THE)
This one-hour documentary marks the 50th anniversary of the speech delivered by Secretary of State, George
C. Marshall, in which the retired general outlined his vision of the controversial economic rescue plan that
was to bear his name. Post-war Europe was beset with hunger, poverty, devastation, and chaos. Marshall=s
plan was a matter of compassion as well as self-interest, since he asserted that the United States needed a
strong, stable Europe in the Cold War. This program includes archival photographs, films, newsreels, and
contemporary interviews.
MASTER RACE
Films for the Humanities. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 20 min.
Shows the purposes and development of the master race concept under the Nazi regime in Germany. Focuses
on planned persecution, political suppression, and propaganda. Includes archival film footage.
MAYO
Rego Irish Records & Films. 1991. 2@ video. 58 min.
Stretching from Lough Corrib and Killary Harbour in the south, to the Mullet Peninsula and Killala Bay in the
north of Ireland, Mayo provides a fantastic variety of scenery and natural amenities.
MEDIEVAL CONFLICT: FAITH AND REASON
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SVE & Churchill Media. 2004. DVD. 54 min.
When Europeans invaded Moorish Spain in the 11th century, they discovered libraries, universities, optics,
mechanics, and natural philosophy, as well as table manners and dessert. The rediscovery of classical
knowledge leads to the founding of universities and the overthrow of Augustinian beliefs by those of
Aristotle.
MEMORIES OF BERLIN: TWILIGHT OF THE WEIMAR CULTURE
Arthur Cantor Inc. 1976. 2@ video. 72 min.
This film spans the era from the post World War I cataclysm to the marching of Hitler's brownshirts; from the
collapse of the old hierarchy to the hope of the Weimar Republic to the disaster of totalitarian dictatorship.
MIRROR, MIRROR NORTHERN IRELAND
A look at the loyalists of Northern Ireland who are Protestant, monarchist and against unification with the
Republic of Ireland. They feel abandoned by the rest of the United Kingdom who do not share their
“traditional values.”
MODERISME A BARCELONA
Roland Collection of Fine Art Films. 1992. 2@ video. 25 min.
Explores the 20th century political and cultural revival in Barcelona through art, architecture, decoration and
costume.
MODERN WORLD: TEN GREAT WRITERS - FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY
Films, Inc. 1987. 2@ video. 59 min.
Documentary, critical analysis, and drama are combined to give a portrait of this renowned Russian author.
Dostoevsky's life and personal experiences inspired such masterpieces as Crime and Punishment and The
Brothers Karamazov.
MORE THAN BROKEN GLASS
Ergo Media, Inc. 1989. 2@ video. 57 min.
Through archival footage, photographs and firsthand interviews with witnesses, this video forms a sharp
portrait of the night the Nazis began their campaign against the Jews.
MURDER OF SERGEI KIROV: ASSASSINATION OR CRIME OF PASSION?
The murder of Sergei Kirov, the charismatic Russian Communist Party leader whose popularity threatened the
power base of his friend, Joseph Stalin, impacted the lives of millions. The truth behind the murder has long
remained a mystery. Was the murder motivated by party politics, or by something else?
MUSLIMS IN BULGARIA (See Human Rights)
MUSLIMS IN FRANCE (See Human Rights)
NAPOLEON
For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a colossus--loved and despised, venerated and feared.
From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island of St. Helena,
Napoleon brings this extraordinary figure to life.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: THE GLORY OF FRANCE
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He took France to its greatest period of influence in history. But his ego and thirst for ever more power led to
one of the greatest downfalls ever. Examine the life and legend of the Corsican commander=s greatest military
victories in detail. Trace his rise to power and tragic decline. Explore the legacy that continues to influence
the world.
NATION RETURNS: GERMANY
Films for the Humanities. 1994. 2@ video. 50 min. German and English with English subtitles.
This program looks at Germany re-unified: while there was an East/West, communist/capitalist split,
Germany could forget nationalism, which is now back with a vengeance.
NAZISBA WARNING FROM HISTORY
Uses interviews with witnesses and perpetrators, along with archival film and records, to examine how a
political party as fundamentally evil as the Nazis could come to power in a modern European nation.
Discusses the factors that enabled the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the economically-devastated
Germany of the post-World War I era and looks at the role of ordinary Germans in the Nazi regime. Includes
segments focusing on the occupation of Poland and on the holocaust and concentration camps, particularly
Treblinka.
NEW GERMANY: 1933-1939
HBO Home Video. 1980. 2@ video. b& w. 52 min.
Stricken by humiliating defeat and deep economic depression, Germany seeks new hope, pride, and prosperity
through national socialism. Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi movement with the fervent support of millions of
German citizens.
NUREMBERG
National Audiovisual Center. 1946. 2@ video. (also in 16 mm). b & w. 76 min.
Produced by the War Department. An account of the Nuremberg trials, told almost totally without editorial
comment. During the trials, the courtroom was dominated by a screen upon which the prosecution showed
films of Nazi atrocities. Much of this footage was confiscated from the private libraries of Nazi officials and
proved to be the most damning evidence against them. Excerpts are intercut with the trial sequences to
compose an historical narrative showing the rise of Hitler, the subjugation of most of Europe, and the
systematic murder of millions of innocent people. (FACDIS)
NUREMBERG TRIALS (THE)
Draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial
procedure for state criminals to this day.
OCTOBER 1917 REVOLUTION AND AFTER
A brief history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the final years of communist rule.
OLYMPIA
Pathfinder Home Entertainment. 1938, 2006. Two DVDs. 204 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
The first of two films made to record the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Although controversial for
its ties to, and representation of National Socialism, it is consider by many to be a brilliant and groundbreaking sports documentary.
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OPIATES OF THE MASSES: RELIGION IN THE USSR
Although the Marxist utopia put a ban on religious expression, these films act as if the practice of religion
can make for a good communist. Video includes Catholics in the USSR, Life of Muslims, Rude Awakening
and Freedom of Conscience - On Positions of Religion in the USSR.
PARIS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Films for Humanities & Sciences. 2001. 2@ video. (also DVD). 58 min.
Covers the change of Paris from a congested medieval city in the early nineteenth century to the esthetically
pleasing post-industrial city of today.
PARTY-LINE ON SOVIET JEWRY: RUDE AWAKENING
This controversial Soviet documentary is intended to explain the Soviet position to Soviet Jews and to the
outside world.
PETER THE GREAT
The biography of Peter the Great and his impact on Russian history is examined in this documentary.
POLAND - 1000 YEARS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE University Center for International
Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Part 1: PIAST POLAND. 1986. 2@ video. 43 min. History from origins to 1370.
Part 2: JAGELLONIAN POLAND. 1986. 2@ video. 20 min. History from 1386 1572.
Part 3: THE GENTRY COMMONWEALTH 1573-1795. 1989. 2@ video. 42 min.
Part 4: ROMANTIC AND MODERN POLAND 1796-1945. 1989. 2@ video. 36 min.
POLAND - THE MORNING AFTER
Polish workers express their views about rising prices and overcoming the country's difficulties after the fall
of communism.
THE POLISH PANTHEON: THE WAWEL
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2006, c1993. DVD. 59 min.
ARoyal Residence, as well as cathedral where its kings were crowned and tomb where they were laid to rest,
Wawel Castle is perched above the city of Cracow, a monument of an irretrievable past. This program looks
back to the city=s glory days, when Cracow was the capital of a flourishing country that extended from the
Black Sea to the Baltic; from the year 1000 through the struggles with the Teutonic knights, to the
flourishing Renaissance, to the cycle of betrayals by Poland=s supposed friends, and to the territorial
dismemberments and occupations. Throughout, the Wawel has remained a witness.@--container
POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: PROMISES DEFERRED
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 1997. 2@ video. 55 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Examines how the Russian city of Gorky has adapted to a free enterprise system. Shows public reaction to
the auction of government property and the opening of private markets. Class divisions become apparent
in interviews with the Russian nouveau riche, the Mafia, and average citizens. Depicts the city as being
torn apart by violent tensions and antagonisms that exist between factions.
PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE
CNDP. France Productions. 1991. 2@ video. 28 min. French with English subtitles.
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With careful attention to the workings of the presidency within the French political system as a whole, this
presents evolution of the office from 1875 to 1980. Particular emphasis is given to the presidency of Charles
de Gaulle and the major changes made during his time in office.
PRISE DE POUVOIR PAR LOUIS XIV (RISE OF LOUIS XIV)
Hen's Tooth Video. 1990. 2@ video. 94 min. French with English subtitles.
Presents a realistic dramatization of the rise to power of King Louis XIV of France. Shows the attendant
pomp and etiquette, and the intrigues and internal power struggles that complicated his rise to power.
PRIVATIZING SOVIET COLLECTIVE FARMS
Gives a brief history of the collectivization of Soviet agriculture and follows a young worker from Canada in
her attempt to help Russian farm workers privatize former collective farms.
RED EMPIRE
Vestron Video. 1990. Seven 2@ video. 364 min.
A history of 20th century Russia, starting with the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas, and ending with the rise of
power of Mikhail Gorbachev.
RETURN OF THE CZAR
PBS. 2000. 2@ video. 57 min.
Almost a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is arguably more free than at any time in its history.
While the West has applauded the market reforms of former President Boris Yeltsin, in Russia there has been
collapse. As career KGB officer, Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin's anointed successor is set to ascend to Russia's
presidency, Frontline takes an indepth look at what Russia has become and why.
ROAD TO BLOODY SUNDAY: HOW THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND BEGAN
Chronicles the conflict in Northern Ireland, focusing on the years between 1968 and 1972. The program
examines the return of British troops and the IRA, the culmination of Bloody Sunday, and the fall of the
Northern Irish government.
RUSSIA FOR SALE: THE ROAD TO CAPITALISM
Examines how capitalism is trying to survive in Russia and how the old hardliners don't want it.
THE RUSSIANS
Learning Corp. of America. 1979. Three 2@ videos. 30 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE: Looks at the troika of power that most affects the daily life of Soviet
citizens: the Director of the enterprise, the Party Secretary, and the Trade Union Chairman.
Treats such issues as child care, vacations, low birthrate, housing, party membership, etc.
2) PEOPLE OF THE CITIES: focuses on a trolley bus driver in Moscow, a dock foreman in Odessa,
and the head doctor in a steelworkers' sanitorium in Sochi and provides glimpses into the health care
and education systems, homelife, use of free time, and relations between the generations.
3) PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY: Visits two collective farms (in Belorussia and the Kuban) and a
timber complex in Siberia. Shows the contrast of old and new, the difference between city and country.
THE SECOND RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Coronet Film & Video. 1991. 2@ video. Six part series. 55 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) ENTER GORBACHEV - how Gorbachev came to power--from party leader to General Secretary.
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2) THE BATTLE FOR GLASNOST - the internal struggle to overcome opposition to "openness."
3) REVOLUTION FROM BELOW - continuing opposition to reforms and changes.
4) BREAKING RANKS - traces the forces leading to greater autonomy in the Soviet Republics and
focuses on Soviet ethnic strife, especially in Baltics, Georgia and Armenia.
5) END OF THE BEGINNING - the attempted coup against Gorbachev in August 1991.
6) ANATOMY OF A COUP - examines the coup and has detailed eyewitness accounts of the coup in
the Kremlin.
SECRETS OF THE PARTHENON
WGBH Educational Foundation. 2008. DVD. 56 min.
AFor twenty-five centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its
sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating
the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization: How did the ancient Greeks design and build their
masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection without modern tools and
architectural aids that we take for granted today, such as comprehensive plans or drawings? With
unprecedented access to the Greek government=s Acropolis Restoration Project . . . NOVA takes viewers
inside the minds of the ancient Greeks as they created their most enduring architectural miracle.@--container
SOLIDARITY
Documents the drastic changes in Poland's political and economic development over the past ten years.
SOVIET STORY (THE): A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Perry Street Advisors. 2008. Two DVDs. 105 min.
“This is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own
people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were
made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now.”–
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THAT WAS THE GDR: A HISTORY OF THE OTHER GERMANY
Icestorm International LLC in association with the Univ. of Massachusetts. 2007. Two DVDs. 180 min. ea.
AThis documentary on the history of East Germany is told from the point of view of its people, using authentic
historical footage and documents. It covers cultural, economic, and political developments from the founding
of the GDR in 1949 to German unification on October 3, l990.@--container
THE SORROW AND THE PITY
International Film and Video Center. 1981. Two 2@ videos. b & w. 260 min. In French and German with
English translation and occasional subtitles.
Examines the occupation of France by the Germans during World War II using reminiscences of individuals
and officials involved in the events at the time. Concentrates on the themes of collaboration, resistance and
anti-Semitism.
SOVIET PARADISE
International Historic Films, Inc. 1985. 2@ video. b & w. 15 min.
A German cameraman on the Eastern Front gives a first-hand account of life in Russia after 20 years of Soviet
rule. His films of conditions inside Stalin's state were carefully arranged by Hitler's propagandists to present a
bleak picture of the soviet "paradise."
SPAIN
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Program searches for the modern face of Spain by examining its social and economic progress, or lack of it,
since Franco. Main topics include the Spanish Civil War, the failed rise of the middle class, and the illusion
of Spain as a prosperous nation. Also examined are a myriad of traditions; politics; Catholicism;
urbanization; family traditions; Spanish duende (soul); the South as a cliche for all of Spain; and general
apathy of the Spanish people toward change.
SPAIN: EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
International Video Network. 1986. 2@ video. 50 min.
Takes the viewer on a tour of Spain showing the contrasts of a country filled with castles and whitewashed
houses; where bullfighting coexists with the castanets of Flamenco dancing; and where the food reflects the
flavor of Spain. Show sites of interest in Madrid, Alvia, Segovia, Toledo, Barcelona and other Spanish cities.
SPANISH CIVIL WAR
A documentary presentation on the events of the attitudes towards the Spanish Civil War.
STALIN
MGM/UA Home Video. 1992. 2@ video. 173 min.
A historically accurate, chilling portrayal of Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin by Robert Duvall.
STALIN
Public Media Video. 1990. Two 2@ video. 57 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) STALIN: DESPOT - Describes the policies of forced collectivization and rapid industrialization that
Stalin instituted in 1929 beginning a reign of terror that changed the political course of history.
2) STALIN: GENERALISSIMO - Focuses on Stalin as a military leader and planner. Outlines his
domestic and foreign policies during the last 20 years of his life.
STALIN BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM SERIES
Facets Video. 2007. DVD. Russian with English subtitles. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) ANNA AKHMATOVA FILE (65 min.)
A look at the Soviet poet. Although her works were banned and weren=t published for 17 years, her
poem Requiem became the underground anthem for the millions who suffered under Stalin.
2) HOW I WORKED FOR STALIN (67 min.)
Combines the testimony of eyewitnesses with rare archival photographs and film in an examination of the
strong men who ran the Soviet state for Stalin. From Zhdanov, Andreyev, Krushchev, Malenkov and
Suslov to Molotov, the documentary follows the bloody trail to Stalin=s successor.
3) I SERVED IN STALIN=S GUARD (73 min.)
This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking off the cloak from a violent,
repressive era in Soviet history. The filmmaker found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Josef
Stalin, who began working for him in the 1930s. Weaves together unprecedented, first-hand testimony
with rare footage, including Stalin=s home movies.
SUPER EUROPE: 1992 AND BEYOND
The Christian Science Publishing Society, a Monitor Channel Presentation. 1991. 2@ video. 60 min.
Amazing changes, East and West, will lead to a linking of the two dozen European nations with half a billion
people, encompassing enormous assets and liabilities. This vision of Super Europe goes beyond the 12 nation
union of 1992. It offers the rest of the world vast new challenges and opportunities.
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SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
Turner Home Entertainment. 1995. 2@ video. b & w/color. 74 min.
Chronicles the events of the Holocaust as witnessed by those who survived. The program weaves together
archival footage and an original music score with survivors' personal testimonies and photographs,
chronicling life in pre-war Europe, the devastating impact of Nazism, the liberation of the concentration
camps and life fifty years later.
TEATRE-MUSEU DALÍ (Theatre de la Memòrial)
Roland Collection of Films on Art. 1991. 2@ video. 31 min. French and Spanish with English.
A walking tour with Salvador Dali of this museum in Figueros, Spain.
THAT WAS THE GDR
Icestorm International LLC in association with the University of Massachusetts. 1998. Four 2@ videos. 90
min. each. German with English subtitles and voice-overs.
A lively four-part documentary of the history of the German Democratic Republic (Communist East
Germany), told from the people's own point of view.
TIGER AT THE GATE
Films for the Humanities. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 20 min.
Shows the developments that gave Adolf Hitler and the Nazis popular support, and the means they used to
broaden and consolidate their power during the Weimar Republic. Includes archival film footage.
TO DIE FOR IRELAND
Video Verite. 1984. 2@ video. 50 min.
An in-depth examination of the political situation in Northern Ireland from ABC News Close-Up, June, 1980.
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
Connoisseur Video Collection. 2000. DVD. 122 min. b & w.
A pictorial record of the sixth Nazi congress at Nuremberg, and a controversial propaganda film on Nazi
Germany. Shows troops of Hitler youth at play, ranks of laborers, parades of storm troopers, close-ups of
Hitler, etc., creating a mystical, primitive union between the dictator and his followers and exalting Nazi unity
in Germany.
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
Images Film Archives. 1934. 16 mm. 52 min. (abridged version) German with English subtitles.
A documentary of the Nazis' Sixth Party Congress in 1934 in Nuremberg. One of the most effective
propaganda films ever. Demonstrates the nationalist mystique with Hitler as savior and contains speeches by
Goebbels, Goering, Himmler, and Hess. Directed by Leni Riefenstahl. (FACDIS)
VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ: THE FRANKFURT AUSCHWITZ TRIAL, 1963-1965. (See Human
Rights)
VOICES FROM HITLER=S ARMY
Cromwell. 2007. Two DVDs. 300 min.
“Like old soldiers everywhere, they are fading away, but these German veterans of World War II have an
incredible and sometimes shocking story to tell. This is a unique opportunity to see and hear the last
testimonies of Hitler=s armies.”--container
WANNSEE CONFERENCE
Films Incorporated. 1984. 2@ video. 86 min. German with English subtitles.
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Depicts the conference at Wannsee in Berlin January 20, 1942, attended by Nazi leaders to determine the fate
of the Jewish people.
WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON OUR KNEES
This program follows step-by-step as Alexander Dubcek relaxes control, reduces the power of the police and
permits criticism of the government and the organization of alternative political parties; examines the
extension of the Iron Curtain over Eastern European territory; shows the invasion and subjugation of
Czechoslovakia, as the Iron Curtain comes down with a thud.
WHEN IRELAND STARVED
Without a doubt, the Irish holocaust (famine) of the 1850s is one of the most important events in Irish history.
This series traces the famine's causes, follows its unfolding, and examines its consequences.
WHEN THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN: FIFTY HOURS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Icestorm International. 1999. 2@ video. 89 min.
Using never-before-seen footage, this compelling film shows what really happened November 9-11, 1989,
during the fall of the Berlin Wall. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, President George Bush, Chancellor
Helmut Kohl, Secretary of State James Baker, NBC news correspondent Tom Brokaw, and others describe
first-hand what occurred behind the scenes.
WITH HARDSHIP THEIR GARMENT
Time-Life Films. 1975. 16 mm. 52 min.
Depicts the destruction to the civilians of Europe: bombing reduced cities to rubble; Nazi brutality decimated
the Jewish and Slavic peoples of Europe; extermination camps added a horrifying dimension to war.
(FACDIS)
WITNESSES
On July 4, 1946 in Kielce, Poland a massacre occurred that left 42 Jews dead and many more gravely
wounded. This "forgotten" episode of history is retold by Polish witnesses.
WONDERFUL, HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI REIFENSTAHL
Kino Video. 1993. Two 2@ videos. b & w/color. 191 min. In English & German with subtitles.
A portrait of German female film director, Leni Riefenstahl, whose brilliant career took a drastic plunge after
the release of "Triumph of the Will" in 1935. This film, made for Hitler and the Nazi Party, is believed by
many to be the best propaganda film ever made. Ms. Riefenstahl discusses her techniques, illustrated by
spectacular scenes from her early works as well as her more recent home movies of Africa's Nuba tribes and
breathtaking undersea footage.
YALTA: PEACE, POWER AND BETRAYAL
On February 4, 1945, three of the most powerful leaders in the world -- Winston Churchill, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin -- met at the seaside Crimean resort town of Yalta to craft a peacetime settlement
that would forever alter the European landscape. This program takes viewers behind the scenes of this
historic meeting with archival footage, firsthand accounts from interpreters at the conference, journal
excerpts, and interviews with scholars.
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EUROPEAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE/FEATURE FILMS
Bosnian
NO MAN'S LAND
MGM Home Entertainment. 2002. 2@ video. 98 min. Bosnian with English subtitles.
Set during the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the
cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian
survivor, who dived into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a
fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He fires on them, killing one, and taking the second hostage. Now both are
alone and equally armed, so they are forced to share a wary trust as they try to attract help from either side.
Czech
CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS
Criterion Collection. 2001. DVD. 93 min. b & w. Czech with English subtitles.
Comedy-drama about a young trainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He
becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced
to commit the ultimate act of courage.
DIAMONDS IN THE NIGHT; A BITE TO EAT
Facets Video. 1987. 2@ video. 74 min. b & w. Czech with English subtitles.
Diamonds in the Night (64 min.) is a study of two Jewish boys who escape from a train which is transporting
them from one concentration camp to another. A Bite to Eat (10 min.) shows a feverish attempt to steal a
loaf of bread from a Nazi-guarded train.
DIVIDED WE FALL
TriStar Home Entertainment. 2000. 2@ video. 122 min. Czech with English subtitles.
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, a couple, Josef and Marie, decide to hide
a young Jewish neighbor in their small apartment. They keep getting a visit from their neighbor, Horst, who
is a German sympathizer and has his eye on Marie. When she rejects his advances, he seeks revenge by
trying to move a Nazi clerk into their home, forcing the couple to tell a lie that will change their lives.
FIFTH RIDER IS FEAR (THE)
Facets Video. 2006. DVD. 100 min. b & w. Czech with English subtitles.
An aging Jewish doctor is forbidden to practice medicine in Prague during the Nazi occupation. He
is employed in a warehouse as a clerk, cataloguing confiscated Jewish property. When a partisan is
wounded, the doctor reluctantly agrees to treat him. The doctor hides him in his run-down apartment
building as he sneaks through the black-market underworld of Prague in search of morphine to ease the
man=s pain, ever fearful of informant neighbors and vigilant authorities.
FIREMEN=S BALL (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2002, 1967. DVD. 73 min. Czech with English subtitles.
In a small provincial town, arrangements and events surrounding the firemen=s annual ball, honoring a
retiring firechief, go wrong at every turn.
THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK
Facets Video. 2005. DVD. 104 min. Czech with English subtitles.
Tells the story of Schweik, a good-natured buffoon in the Czech Army during WWI, whose mishaps bring
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disaster to rigid military situations.
THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK II
Facets Video. 2005. DVD. 99 min. Czech with English subtitles.
Continues the exploits of Schweik, a good-natured buffoon in the Czech Army during WWI, whose mishaps
bring disaster to rigid military situations. Though determined to do his duty, the messes he creates expose the
weaknesses of the military as an institution and bring into sharp relief the absurdity of war.
JOKE (THE)
Facets Video. 2001. DVD. 80 min. b & w. Czech with English subtitles.
Set in Stalinist Czechoslovakia during the 1950s, this tragicomedy revolves around the consequences of a
single joke: a young man is expelled from university and the Communist party and sentenced to six years hard
labor for an irreverent postcard he sends to a lady friend. This leaves him cynical, bitter, and out for revenge.
TRANSPORT FROM PARADISE
Facets Video. 1987. 2@ video. 94 min. b & w. (also DVD). Czech and German with English subtitles.
Depicts life in the Terezin ghetto in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
UP AND DOWN
Sony Music Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 112 min. Czech with English subtitles.
A dysfunctional family, including a college professor, his long-estranged son, and the lover they both shared
are reunited. Two petty pickpockets attempt to rob a black belt in karate. A dimwitted soccer hooligan=s wife
buys a baby in a pawnshop. These are a few of the unconnected strangers who find a common connection.
Danish
THE HUNT
Magnolia Pictures. 2012. DVD. 115 min. Danish with English subtitles.
Lucas is a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the
loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws
his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely
fight for his life and dignity.
PELLE THE CONQUEROR
HBO Video. 1988. 2@ video. 135 min. Danish with English subtitles.
Award winning film about a boy and his father who move to Denmark to find work as farm laborers.
Dutch
ANTONIA'S LINE
Fox Lorber Films. 1999. 2@ video. 102 min. Dutch with English subtitles.
Fifty years in the life of Antonia, a strong-willed matriarch who founds a dynasty after returning to her village
in the Dutch countryside shortly after World War II.
French
AGE D=OR
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Using a melange of strange and unrelated images, this surrealistic film about two lovers who mock
convention is a statement by Buñuel on the nature of the bourgeoisie, the Church and the police. Banned in
France within two weeks of its release.
ALPHAVILLE
Secret agent, Lemmy Caution, travels to another galaxy and finds himself in a computer-run society which is
dedicated to technology and outlaws emotion.
AMÉLIE
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 200-. Two DVDs. French with English subtitles.
A shy waitress working in a Paris café makes a surprising discovery and sees her life drastically changed for
the better! From then on, she dedicates herself to helping others find happiness.
ARMY OF SHADOWS
Criterion Collection. 2007. Two DVDs. 145 min. French with English subtitles.
A civil engineer, who is one of the French Resistance=s chiefs, is given away by a traitor and interned in a
camp.
AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (Goodbye Children)
Set in a Catholic boarding school during the German occupation of France, this is the powerful story of Julien
Quentin, a sensitive, headstrong 12-year-old boy who befriends the new student in his class. The new boy
Jean Bonnet, seems different from the others, but Julien is intrigued and the two begin a shaky friendship that
grows as they share common experiences. Then one day, by accident, Julien makes a frightening discovery
about his new friend.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE)
Tamarelle=s French Film House. 1985. 2@ video. 93 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
A surrealistic fantasy about the illusion of beauty and the reality of truth. A fairytale for adults.
BELLE DE JOUR
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 200-. DVD. 102 min. French with English subtitles.
Severine is a repressed, bored housewife, afraid of intimacy. Her husband, Pierre, is kind, devoted, and
understanding. Severine is aroused by the idea of domination and debasement, and gentle Pierre is hardly the
type of person who would treat her cruelly in order to receive sexual gratification. Following the example of
an acquaintance, she begins a double life as the girl called “Belle de Jour,” in the brothel run by Madame
Anais. Her otherwise placid domestic life is threatened when an obsessed client, unable to possess her
completely, begins to stalk her.
BOB THE GAMBLER
Criterion Collection. 2002. DVD. 102 min. French with English subtitles
Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the
night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the
men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.
BORSALINO AND COMPANY
Set in 1930s Marseilles, a gangster seeking revenge for the death of his partner, disposes of his enemies in a
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variety of novel (and gruesome) methods.
BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING
Home Vision Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 84 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
A well-off bookseller rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine, and his family dedicates itself to
reforming him. He shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the
hidebound principles of his hosts.
THE BOURGEOISIE
“An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a
vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.”--container
BREATHLESS
Criterion Collection. 2007. Two DVDs. 90 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to
the police, leading to a deadly conclusion.
CAMILLE CLAUDEL
A historically accurate depiction on one of the most important collaborations in the history of art, that of
legendary French sculptor Rodin and the creative prodigy, Camille Claudel.
CAPITAINE CONAN
Kino on Video. 1998. 2@ video. French with English subtitles. 130 min.
Capitaine Conan, a dashing solider, does not let World War I interfere with his pursuit of wine, women and
song, leads a band of cutthroat commandos on the front lines of the Bulgarian border. Feared by his enemies
and respected by his subordinates, Conan's cunning and blood lust serve him well in war. But when a peace
treaty is signed, and the soldiers are shipped to Bucharest, Hungary to await further orders, the trouble begins.
THE CHILD
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 96 min. French with English subtitles.
When a small-time crook and his young girlfriend have a child, he decides to sell the baby for money. When
his girlfriend finds out, she goes into shock. While she recovers in the hospital, he tries to get their son back
and redeem himself.
CLASSE TOUS RISQUES
Exiled from France for his exploits, underworld kingpin Abel Davos has been living for nearly a decade in
Milan, even acquiring a family. In spite of the death sentence hanging over his head, Davos wants to return
with them to France. His old mob cronies have gone bourgeois and affluent, reluctant to help, sending just
one young thief, Eric Stark, to his aid. An exploration of the importance of loyalty and honor among thieves,
this film shows exactly what it is stand-up guys stand up for. Stark is the only one of the Parisian gangsters
who understands the code they have forgotten, and does his best to live by it.
CLEO FROM FIVE TO SEVEN
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city
as she awaits test results of a biopsy.
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COCO BEFORE CHANEL
Sony pictures Home Entertainment. 2010. DVD. 110 min. French with English subtitles.
Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop here
she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire, Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is
introduced to French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hats. Though her career
takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she falls in love with Balsan’s former best friend
Arthur Capel.
COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY
By the 1920s, Coco Chanel has established herself in the world of fashion. After a disastrous reaction to an
early production of his Rite of Spring ballet, Igor Stravinsky has become a penniless refugee living in exile.
When the two are introduced, the attraction is immediate, and together they embark on a passionate affair,
which results in a period of great artistic achievement for both artists.
CONTEMPT
Criterion Collection. 2002. Two DVDs. 104 min. French or English with optional English subtitles. On
Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer=s Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American
money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer
Javal to help Lang commercialize the picture. Against this backdrop, Javal=s marriage to Camille, a young
former typist, disintegrates. It opens with the couple talking in bed, she asking assurance that he finds her
attractive. Later that day he introduces her to Prokosch, and unaware, blunders unforgivably. The rest
of the film portrays her, in their apartment and in public, expressing her hurt and change of heart and his
slow grasp of the source of her contempt.
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
KOCH Lorber Films. 2005. Two DVDs. 414 min. French with English subtitles.
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a
political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes
flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow
inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who
betrayed him.
DAILY LIFE AT THE COURT OF VERSAILLES
Dramatic sequences in French. Presents an overview of life at the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and
Louis XVI at the palace of Versailles in documentary sequences and readings from the memoirs of courtiers
and the royal family.
DANTON
Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in
disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous “Reign of
Terror.” Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their
revolution.
DAYBREAK
The Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 90 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
A working-class man finds the only way to free the woman he loves from the arms of another is to commit
murder.
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DOUZE ANS APRÉS
PICS. 1982. 2@ video. 26 min. French.
French women interviewed in 1970 are interviewed again in 1982 and comment on the changes in their lives
and in their world. This is a marvelous way of measuring the rapid change in French conventions and
expectations. In 1970, one young woman does not hesitate to define a good job as one where your boss
thinks you're nice to look at.
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS
Criterion Collection. 2006. Two DVDs. 92 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Florence Carala and her lover, Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a
suicide.
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF EDITH PIAF (THE)
Warner Home Video. 2007. DVD. 141 min. French with English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Edith Piaf was raised in a brothel, wrested from the only life she knew by her father so they could join the
circus, Edith spent her teen years on the streets. She is finally Arescued@ by a crime figure who gives her
career a start.
THE FANNY TRILOGY
Kino on Video. 2004. Four DVDs. 537 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Contains three films written by Marcel Pagnol. Marius is a young man torn between his love for his family
and his desire to move away from his Marseilles harbor, while Fanny, his shy lover, doesn't know how to hold
Marius back to keep him near her. Marius' father does not know his son's intentions. When Marius leaves,
Fanny discovers she is pregnant with his son, and struggles to survive without him.
FEMMES IMMIGREES
PICS. 2@ video. 28 min. French.
Through interviews, group discussions and short sequences the daily routine of immigrant women is formed.
This program brings the viewer directly into the lives of a double marginalized sector of the French
population.
FIRE WITHIN (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2008. DVD. 108 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Alain Leroy is a self-destructive writer who is enduring a treatment in a private hospital because of his
alcoholism. The doctor only sees the surface problem and declares it time for Alain to leave the hospital.
Alain resolves to commit suicide, but first he goes to Paris and tries to reconnect with some old friends.
FORBIDDEN GAMES
Criterion Collection. 2005. DVD. 85 min. b & w. French or English with English subtitles.
A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, Rene Clement's devastating Forbidden Games tells the story of
a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France.
FRENCH CANCAN UNE COMÉDIE MUSICALE
Nineteenth-century Paris comes alive in Jean Renoir=s tale of the opening of the Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin
plays Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women: an
Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl-turned-cancan star.
GABRIELLE
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Wellspring. 2006. DVD. 90 min. French with English subtitles.
Jean is a successful publisher. He has refined tastes and abundant material possessions, among which he
seems to include his wife, Gabrielle. But in a single afternoon, Gabrielle decides to leave him for another
man, then abruptly reverses her decision. Everything that Jean believed to be true about his life and marriage
falls apart.
GARE DANS LE MUSÉE
With images of Paris past and present, and of the new Musée d'Orsay, the video unveils the happy result of an
urgent need for new museum space combined with the nostalgic desire to restore a cherished monument.
GERMINAL
Columbia Tri Star Home Video. 1993. Two 2@ videos. 166 min. French with English subtitles.
Based on the novel by Emile Zola, this film by Claude Berri tells the story of a 19th century French coal
miner's strike that destroys one family, yet plants the seeds of change for future generations.
GERVAISE
A story of mid 19th century Parisian slums in which a young girl=s dreams of a happy home and a successful
laundry are cruelly destroyed by a drunken husband.
GOODBYE CHILDREN
Criterion. 2006. DVD. 101 min. French with English subtitles.
Based on the director=s life, this film chronicles Malle=s experiences during the German occupation of France
in World War II.
GRAND ILLUSION
HomeVision Cinema: Janus Films. 1938, 1999. DVD. 114 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
In this classic tale of adventure, duty and honor conflict in a German prisoner-of-war camp when an
aristocratic French officer becomes friends with the commandant while cooperating with his comrades in a
daring escape. Based on the novel by Charles Spaak.
HANDS OFF THE LOOT
An aging gangster is unwillingly brought out of retirement after one of his associates unwittingly betrays him
to a rival.
HAPPINESS
Criterion Collection. 2007. DVD. 80 min. French with English and German subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. A young carpenter is happy with his wife and family, happier
still when he finds a mistress, whom he marries when his wife is found drowned.
THE HATE
A...a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France,
specifically in the low-income banlieue districts on Paris= outskirts...a landmark of contemporary French
cinema and a gripping reflection of its country=s identity crisis.@--container
HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
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Argos Films. 1959. 2@ video. (also DVD). 91 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
During the filming of an anti-war film in Japan, a French actress falls in love with a Japanese architect. While
sharing an intimate relationship, they also begin sharing the memories of a war experienced at opposite sides
of the world.
HISTOIRE IMMEDIATE
Based on La Nouvelle France, an analysis by Emmanuel Todd of the mutations of French society within the
past decade, this enlightening program takes the form of a train trip through the New France.
HUGO
Paramount Home Entertainment. 2012. DVD. 126 min. French, Spanish or English with French, Spanish or
English subtitles.
Tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters
a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a
magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
HUMAN BEAST (LA BETE HUMAINE)
Criterion Collection. 2006. DVD. (also 2@ video). 96 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques
witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife,
creating a tragic love triangle.
INDIGÉNES DAYS OF GLORY
Genius Products. 2007. DVD. 119 min. French and Arabic with English or Spanish subtitles.
In the last years of World War II, a group of North African soldiers, largely Muslims, enlist to free France–a
country they consider their motherland, even though they’ve never set foot in it–from the Nazis. The story
is told through four characters: Abdelkader, a corporal who hopes to be promoted to sergeant; Messaoud, an
ace marksman who falls in love with a beautiful Frenchwoman; Yassir, a Berber peasant who needs the
money to marry off his younger brother; and Saïd, who leaves as his own father did in WWI, because he
feels it’s his duty. They give their all, despite getting little respect and recognition, and suffering the
privations of those habitually discriminated against. These ‘naive’ soldiers selflessly fought for a France
they had never seen, and the film records their past heroics to give dignity to the generations of today and
the future.
INDOCHINE
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1999. DVD. 156 min. French with optional subtitles in English.
Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French
colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner
Élaine, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter, Camille, an orphaned
Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference
after having a child by French officer, Jean-Baptiste, Élaine=s past lover.
JEANNE LA PUCELLE
Facets Video. 2001. Two DVDs. 228 min. French with English subtitles.
Two DVDS, The Battles (112 min.) and The Prisons (116 min.) tell the story of Joan of Arc. The Battles
describes her early life, hearing the voices, and the victory over the English. The Prisons describes her
capture, imprisonment, trial, and execution.
JEAN DE FLORETTE; MANON OF THE SPRING
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 235 min. French with English subtitles.
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1) JEAN DE FLORETTE: A man inherits a farm from his mother, but his powerful neighbor plots to steal
it from him. Side A of disc. 121 min.
2) MANON OF THE SPRING: Ten years after his death, Jean=s daughter finds out about their neighbor=s
treachery, and determines to take revenge. Side B of disc. 114 min.
KING OF HEARTS
MGM/VA Home Video. 1966. 2@ video. 110 min. French with English subtitles.
A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of WWI. The
townspeople have deserted the town, leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum.
LA BETE HUMAINE
Tamarelle's French Film House. 198-. 2@ video. b & w. French with English subtitles.
A psychopathic train driver falls for a married woman, plans with her to kill her husband, but finally strangles
her instead. (A release of the 1938 motion picture.)
LA COMMUNE: PARIS 1871
First Run Features. 2006. Three DVDs. 346 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Explores that famous, brief, romantic, and tragic period when poor and working-class Parisians rose up
against the ABourgeois@ French national government, which fled the capital and re-established itself in
Versailles. As the historical drama unfolds, it is also Acovered@ by two television news crews--one from
ANational TV Versailles@ which broadcasts the official version and the other from ACommune TV,@ giving
voice to the rebellious Communards.
LE DOULOS
A complicated thriller about the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison,
and Silien, a mysterious, cryptic informer caught up in the complex relationship between the criminal
underworld and the police.
LA FRANCE
Lorber HT Digital. 2010. DVD. 102 min. French with English subtitles.
French farm girl Camille is awaiting news of her husband, who is fighting at the front. After she receives an
enigmatic letter ending their relationship, she dresses up as a boy and joins a wandering regiment in search of
her estranged love. Skirting the edges of battlefields, the platoon haunts the screen like shell-shocked
specters, awakening for four uncannily beautiful musical numbers played on homemade string instruments.
LA GRAINE ET LE MULET
Criterion Collection. 2010. 154 min. French and Arabic with English subtitles.
When the patriarch of a French-Arab family, Slimane, acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant
specializing in his ex-wife’s fish couscous, the extended clan’s passions and problems explode.
LE PLAISIR
Criterion Collection. 2008. DVD. 97 min. (Also ½” video). French with English subtitles.
An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter
falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.
LE SAMOURAÏ
Home Vision Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 95 min. French with English subtitles
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a
nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the
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hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an
end to the career criminal.
LÉON MORIN, PRIEST
Criterion Collection.
2011.
DVD.
117 min.
French with English subtitles.
Léon Morin is a devoted man of the cloth who is also the crush object of all the women of a small village
in Nazi-occupied France. He finds himself most drawn to a sexually frustrated widow, a borderline
heretic whose relationship with her confessor is a confrontation with both God and her own repressed
desire. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, Léon Morin, Priest is an irreverent pleasure from one
of French cinema=s towering virtuosos.
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
Elisabeth is very protective of her teenage brother, Paul, who has been injured in a snowball fight at school
and has to rest in bed most of the time. The siblings are inseparable, living in the same room, fighting,
playing secret games, and rarely leaving the house. Paul=s friend, Gerard, often drops by to stay with them.
One day Elisabeth brings home Agathe to live with them. She bears a strong resemblance to Dargelos, the
same boy who injured him. Paul and Agathe become attracted to each other, causing Elisabeth to be very
jealous.
LIFE AND NOTHING BUT
Two years after WW II, Major Dellaplane helps two women search for the men they have lost in the war.
LIFE IS A LONG QUIET RIVER
New Yorker Video. 1987. 2@ video. 87 min. French with English subtitles.
A story of what happens when two families discover their children were switched at birth. The LeQuesnoys
live an ordered, polite, uptight life of the securely wealthy. The Groseilles are a slovenly family of tramps
and thieves from the other side of the tracks.
LOLA MONTÈS
WinStar TV & Video. 1999. DVD. 110 min. French with English subtitles.
Depicts, through flashbacks, the life of a famous courtesan, recounted as part of a lavish circus act. The
ringmaster introduces and displays Lola Montès who recalls her romances with Franz Liszt, a student, and
Ludwig, King of Bavaria, before she was reduced by scandal, poverty, and ill fortune to her present life as a
circus performer.
LOOK AT ME
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 111 min. French with English or Spanish subtitles.
Celebrity has unexpected consequences for everyone who lives in its shadow, as the family, friends, and
hangers-on of a famous writer discover. Lolita=s father is a writer whose fame has made him so self-centered
he has no clue the effect his egotistical behavior has on everyone around him. Now that she has grown up,
Lolita becomes even more determined to make him notice her--especially since she=s discovered talent of her
own and would like his approval. There are people who she thinks will help her, but she always winds up
competing against them for her father=s attention. When she meets a guy who likes her for herself, Lolita
finds she may actually be more like her father than she would ever have imagined.
MADAME DE
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The wife of a 19th century general sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off
debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN (THE)
MGM Home Entertainment. 2001. DVD. 119 min. French and Spanish with English, French and Spanish
subtitles.
A man who adores women finds it impossible to be faithful to any single one.
MARTYRS
Weinstein Co. 2009. 96 min. French with English or Spanish subtitles.
A young girl is horribly abused, and years later, with the help of another abused girl, she sets out seeking
revenge on her tormentors. Little do they know of the truly unimaginable horrors that await them.
MASCULIN FÉMININ
Home Vision. 2005. DVD. 105 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
French new wave icon Jean-Pierre Leaud stars as Paul, an idealistic would-be intellectual struggling to forge a
relationship with adorable pop star Madeleine (real-life ye-ye girl Changal Goya).
MICMACS
First it was a mine that exploded in the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his
brain. Bazil doesn’t have much luck with weapons. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is
homeless. Luckily, he is taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba’s cave.
One day, while out walking, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused his
misfortune, and sets out with his wacky friends to take revenge.
MOLIÈRE
Christal Films. 2006. DVD. 120 min. French with English subtitles.
Covering two distinct periods in Molière=s life, this film portrays him as a young man in trouble with creditors
and thirteen years later when he is nearing success as a playwright.
MOLIÈRE: LE MÉDECIN MALGRÉ LUI
Films for the Humanities. 2003. DVD. 60 min. French with English subtitles.
“A comedy of confusion and reconciliation: a father who opposes his daughter=s suitor, a battered wife who
arranges her husband=s beating, some medical folderol, and a happy ending for all.”--container
MY GIRLFRIEND=S BOYFRIEND (L=AMI DE MON AMIE)
Fox Lorber Associates. 1999. 2@ video. 102 min. French with English subtitles.
The story follows the lives and loves of two very different young women.
MY LIFE TO LIVE
Fox Lorber Home Video. 1998. DVD. 85 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Tells the story of Nana, a young mother who leaves her family behind to pursue an acting career, but instead
slips into a life of prostitution on the streets of Paris.
PIANO TEACHER (THE)
Kino on Video. 2007, 2002. DVD. 125 min. French with English subtitles.
Erika Kohut, a middle aged piano teacher who has lived with her mother all of her life, develops an obsession
for Walter Klemmer, her young student.
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PICKPOCKET
Michel, an insignificant man who drifts into crime, is arrested and imprisoned. Upon release, he abandons an
attempt at reform when a master pickpocket teaches him his art.
PLAYTIME
Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Amidst the babble of tourists, the
endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways.
POINTE COURTE
The great Agnès Varda=s film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set
against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated
relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals,
Varda=s discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors
of the coming French new wave.
PRINCESS TAM TAM
A mischievous shepherd girl rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris
nightlife.
PROPHET
Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the
politics of prison. Though Malik is only 19-years-old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison
corners him and gives him certain ‘missions’ to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader,
as these assignments begin to toughen him up. But Malik soon develops some plans of his own.
QUAI DES BRUMES (Port of Shadows)
Home Vision Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 90 min. French with English subtitles.
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another
chance to make good in life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as both acts of revenge and kindness
render him front-page news. Portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies.
QUEEN MARGOT
Miramax Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 144 min. French with English subtitles.
In the midst of France=s late 16th century religious wars, Margot is thrown into a political marriage by her
ruthlessly power-hungry family. When she finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs, she
realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy
husband who could save her.
RED CIRCLE
A master thief is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line, he finds his steps leading back to the
shadowy world of crime. He, a notorious escapee, and an alcoholic ex-cop plan a jewel heist, while being
pursued by a police superintendent.
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SALUT COUSIN
Leo Films. 1997. 2@ video. 103 min. French with English subtitles.
In the poor tenements of Paris, a young Algerian hooks up with his cousin Mok, a would be rap star,
pathological liar and an irrepressible guide to the Paris underground scene. Used at 1999 FACDIS
Workshops to illustrate issues associated with migration.
SECOND WIND
A French criminal, recently escaped from prison and trying to pull off a robbery, finds himself being chased
by an inspector.
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Showtime Entertainment. 2005. Two DVDs. 92 min. b & w. French with English subtitles.
Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. Lena, a waitress at the bar, is in love with him. One of Charlie=s
brothers, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is being chased by two gangsters, Momo and
Ernest. But Charlie=s real name is Edouard Saroyan, who was once a virtuoso who gave up playing after his
wife=s suicide. Charlie now has to deal with Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fid (his youngest brother who lives with
him), and Lena. Charlie ends up stumbling into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair.
SIX MORAL TALES SERIES
Criterion Collection. 2006. DVD. French with English subtitles. ((ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU - 23 min. b & w.
A law student is attracted to a girl he sees in the street and wanders the area hoping to see her again.
While there, he stops in for cookies at a quaint Paris bakery and becomes interested in a pretty brunette
who works there. Is he truly interested, or is she just a sweet diversion?
2) SUZANNE=S CAREER - 55 min.
Bertrand bides his time in a casually hostile and envious friendship with college chum Guillaume. But
when the ladies= man, Guillaume, seems to be making a play for the spirited, independent Suzanne,
Bertrand watches bitterly with disapproval and jealousy.
3) MY NIGHT AT MAUD=S - 111 min.
A pious Catholic engineer in his early thirties lives by a strict moral code in order to rationalize his world,
drowning himself in mathematics and the philosophy of Pascal. After spotting the delicate, blonde
Francoise at Mass, he vows to make her his wife, but when he unwittingly spends the night at the
apartment of the bold, brunette divorcée, Maud, his rigid ethical standards are challenged.
4) COLLECTIONNEUSE - 87 min.
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the
Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian,
Haydée, accused of being a Acollector@ of men.
5) CLAIRE=S KNEE - 106 min.
Jérome spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and,
more tantalizingly, Laura=s long-legged, blonde half sister, Claire.
6) LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON - 98 min.
Though happily married to his adoring wife, Hélène, with whom he is expecting a second child, the
thoroughly bourgeois business executive Frédéric cannot banish from his mind the multitude of attractive
Parisian women who pass him by every day. His flirtations and fantasies remain harmless until Chloe, an
audacious, unencumbered, old flame, shows up at his office and presents the first genuine threat to his
marriage.
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THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE
Middle-aged man falls in love with a much younger woman in this satire of sexual obsession.
THREE COLORS TRILOGY
Miramax Home Entertainment. 2000. Three DVDs. French with English subtitles. (ORDER
SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) THREE COLORS, BLUE (98 min.)
First part of Kie_lowski=s trilogy on France=s national motto: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. A young
woman is left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world
around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret
life of her husband begins to unravel.
2) THREE COLORS, WHITE (92 min.)
Second part of Kie_lowski=s trilogy. The mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his
beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a
dangerous scheme of vengeance against her.
3) THREE COLORS, RED (99 min.)
The final film of Kieslowski=s trilogy. A seductive story of forbidden love and the unknowable mystery
of coincidence. A young model=s chance meeting with an unusual stranger leads her down a path of
intrigue and secrecy. As her knowledge of the man deepens, she discovers an astonishing link between
his past and her destiny.
TIME REGAINED
Set in 1922, this film opens with Proust on his deathbed remembering his life. Gradually his own experiences
give way to the characters in his novel.
VAGABOND
An aimless drifter wandering through the wintry French countryside encounters violence, hunger, fear and
cold, yet touches the lives of the people she meets with her own ideas of freedom.
VATEL
Miramax Home Entertainment. 2000. 2@ video. 103 min.
The Duc de Condé's employee, François Vatel, is in charge of cooking and preparing shows for the French
King Louis XIV upon his visit to the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Condé. If Vatel can impress the King,
de Condé will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the king is visiting, Vatel falls in
love with the king's mistress.
VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANÇAILLES)
Warner Home Video. 2005. DVD. 133 min. French with English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Mathilde is waiting desperately for her fiancé to return from war. When bad news arrives, she refuses to
believe he is dead. Instead, she begins her own investigation into his infantry, hiring a private detective and
piecing together his war stories.
VILLAGE TEACHER
California Newsreel. ?. DVD. 94 min. French with English subtitles.
A young teacher, Sango Malo, comes to a rural village with ideas of promoting rural development through
practical education. He clashes with the headmaster, who insists on a traditional French-style education.
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Malo alienates many of his supporters through his impatience and is arrested by the army on behalf of the
village chief, store owner and priest.--But he has taught well, and the villagers carry on his ideas without him.
VISITORS (THE)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2001. DVD. 107 min. French with English subtitles.
A wacky medieval knight and his faithful servant are suddenly transported into the present day. They begin
an all-out comic assault on their former castle--now a luxury hotel--in their quest to return to the past.
WEEKEND GAUMONT
New Yorker Video. 2005. DVD. 105 min. French with English subtitles.
A middle class couple on a weekend trip get caught up in an armed liberation struggle. A sarcastic portrait of
France in 1967.
ZOU ZOU
A star walks out on her sugardaddy producer for true love, and a talented cinderella takes her place, saves the
show, and is hailed as a new sensation opening night.
Georgian
FOUR FILMS BY OTAR IOSSELIANI
Facets Video. 2005. Two DVDs. 305 min. Georgian with English or French subtitles.
APRILI: A Critique of materialism, the film is about a young couple who live in a rundown, empty
apartment. Their love is so strong that it makes the water flow and the electricity work, but when they start
purchasing furniture and knickknacks, they fight and grow apart. GIORGOBISTVE: A young idealist takes
a job at a local state-run winery only to discover, and become disillusioned by, the corruption in the Soviet
state. IKO SHASHVI MGALOBELI: Guy Agladze resides in a large city and plays in an orchestra. Guy has
a number of friends and acquaintances. His days are hectic and busy. Guy dies in an accident without having
managed to note down the music that his soul was playing in the rare moments of his solitude. PASTORALI:
The film tells the story of a group of well-trained musicians from a string quartet who spend the summer
rehearsing in a small village in Georgia. Though they rehearse and bicker among themselves, the four become
increasingly involved in local controversies and in the lives of the villagers.
German
08/15
BetaFilm. 1999. Three 2@ videos. b & w. 332 min. German with English subtitles.
The film tells the story of Private Asch during World War II, based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst.
AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD
New Yorker Video. 1973. 2@ video. 95 min. German with English subtitles.
In the mid-1500s, a large Spanish expedition in search of the mythical lost city of El Dorado dispatched an
advance party to explore a tributary of the Amazon. The group never returned. Considered to be one of
Werner Herzog's greatest films.
ALI, FEAR EATS THE SOUL
Criterion Collection. 2003. Two DVDs. 93 min. German with English subtitles.
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Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker, Ali, in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their
own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects
the ethnic tensions within German society.
ARCHITECTS (THE)
First Run Features. 2004. DVD. 97 min. German with English subtitles.
The film depicts society=s grinding down of Daniel Brenner, an idealistic architect in his late thirties. Daniel,
like many others of his generation, is deeply frustrated by life under the old Communists but somehow
tolerates it. Hired to design a miniature city on the fringes of Berlin, he fools himself into thinking that he can
counteract the prevailing gloom with a cheerier, more innovative approach.
AUTOPILOTEN
Neue Deutsche Filme. 2009. DVD. 106 min. German with English subtitles.
Four men lead very different lives, but each is floating through his life on autopilot.
AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY ME
Vanguard Cinema. 2007. DVD. 122 min. German with English subtitles.
Based on true events, tells the story of Clemens Forell who escaped a Soviet prison in Siberia just after World
War II and set out to trek 8,000 miles to return to his family.
BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (THE)
Momentum Pictures. 2009. DVD. 142 min. German with English subtitles.
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are
rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi
generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against
what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment,
many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more humane society, but by employing inhuman
means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who
understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force, Horst Herold. And while he
succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he=s only dealing with the tip of the
iceberg.
BENNY=S VIDEO
Kino International Corp. 2007, 2006. DVD. 105 min. German with English subtitles.
AThe title character in Benny=s Video is a twisted 13-year-old boy who sees the world as one big video,
sometimes starring himself. His bedroom resembles a TV production studio, with a videotape library,
monitors, and cameras, including one camera pointed out the window so he can watch a pixilated version of
Athe view@ on TV. Another camera records BennyBhe can watch himself watching himselfBand a bank of
buttons and remote controls allow him to instantly switch from the real-time cameras to television programs
to videos. His parents are mostly absent, and not particularly interested in their kid, but they get very
interested when they discover that their quiet child has done something unspeakably violent, for no apparent
reason. AWhy did you do it?@ they ask, and the boy just says, ABecause.@BKen Dubois.
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Criterion Collection. 2007. DVD. 134 min. German with English subtitles.
Story of Franz Biberkof, a former transportation worker. Newly released from prison where he has served
four years for an irrational act of violence, he returns to his Berlin neighborhood resolved to go straight.
However, the influences of local cronies, grinding poverty, and the apparent decay of society begin to
overwhelm him.
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BEYOND SILENCE
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 1999. DVD. 107 min. German with English subtitles.
Since the earliest days in her childhood, Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deafmute, and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want
to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature, she becomes interested in music and starts
to play the clarinet very successfully. Since her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara=s musical career.
The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.
BISMARK
International Historic Films. 2009. DVD. 111 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Nineteenth-century Germany statesman, Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhauser, becomes Premier of Prussia and
then overcomes domestic and foreign opponents to create the second German empire in 1871 (Bismarck=s
unification of the German states into the Kaiserreich during the war of 1870-71).
BLIND SPOT: HITLER'S SECRETARY
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 87 min. German with English subtitles.
The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working for unspeakable evil
after remaining silent for nearly 60 years. Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's secretary from 1942 until the end
of the war. He dictated his last will and testament to her. She refused to speak publicly about her memories,
keeping silent about her life, her trials and tribulations, until now, the end of her life.
BUDDENBROOKS
KOCH Entertainment. 2007. Four DVDs. 638 min. German with English subtitles.
Film adaptation of Thomas Mann=s story of three generations of the Buddenbrooks family from Lübeck,
Germany, and how they struggle to maintain their status as one of the city=s most wealthy and respected
families torn between loyalty and personal freedom.
BURNING LIFE
DEFA Film Library. 2009. DVD. 104 min. German with English subtitles.
The story takes place after the first euphoria of unification in Germany has evaporated. Lisa, the daughter of
a man who had committed suicide when he realized that he had missed out on a fabulous real estate deal, goes
on a wild crime spree with her friend, Anna, taking advantage of the unsettled and uncertain times. The two
soon become famous as “Robin Hood=s daughters,” but eventually the law catches up with them, and it comes
to a final confrontation.
CASTLE (THE)
Kino International. 2007. DVD. 123 min. German with English subtitles.
K. arrives at an isolated village to take up his position as a land surveyor for officials at the castle. No one
will confirm or deny his appointment, and his attempts to approach and appeal to castle officials are met with
indifference, obstinacy, and bureaucratic red tape. K. has status but no position, two dolts for assistants, the
forlorn barmaid Frieda as a fiancee, and arguments with everyone. An icy blizzard blows unendingly,
immeasurable time passes, and K. trudges repeatedly back and forth, waiting for the smallest scrap of
information or news from the castle, that they have need of him, or at least recognition of his existence.
COBRA VERDE
Anchor Bay entertainment. 2000. DVD. 110 min. German or English
Francisco Manoel da Silva, 19th century, gun-toting Brazilian bandit known as the Cobra Verde, is
unknowingly hired by the owner of a sugar plantation to keep his slaves in check, but instead, the Cobra
manages to sleep with the landowner=s daughters and impregnate them. In revenge, the owner sends the
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Cobra on a dangerous mission to sail to the West coast of Africa and reopen the slave trade, and the Cobra
wages war with a local tribal king.
COUNTERFEITERS (THE)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 99 min. German or French w/English, French, Spanish
subtitles.
Germany, 1936. Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. Suddenly his luck runs dry when
he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen
concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp
of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret
mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake
foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger,
is given luxury barracks for their assistance. Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany=s
opponents. But, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop the
operation. Now faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions are ultimately the right
ones.
DAS BOOT (DIRECTOR'S CUT)
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1997. Two 2@ videos. 209 min. German with English subtitles.
A detailed look into the claustrophobic and terrifying world of a German U-boat crew hunting ships from
under the sea. Gritty, realistic, and peppered with black humor, this is one of the few sympathetic portrayals
of the war from the German side to be released for Western distribution.
DER ALTE UND DER JUNGE KOONIG
International Historic Films. 1935. 2@ video. 103 min. b & w. German.
In 18th century Prussia the young Frederick the Great fights with, and tries to escape from his domineering
father, King Frederick William the First.
DER SIEBENTE KONTINENT
Kino International. 2007. DVD. 104 min. German with English subtitles.
A married couple and their young daughter live a mundane life until they perform a drastic act of violence.
DEUTSCHLAND IM JAHRE NULL
Edmund, a young boy who lives amid the rubble that is Berlin after World War II, struggles and scrambles to
help his family in getting food and barely survives. Issued as part of a three DVD set titled: Roberto
Rossellini=s War Trilogy.
DIE BRUCKE
Transocean International. 1959. 2@ video. b & w. 98 min.
Young German boys suffer senseless deaths during the final days of World War II. Betrayed and urged on by
unenlightened leaders, they come to believe that a small and meaningless bridge is worth any risk to their
lives.
DIVIDED HEAVEN
Icestorm Entertainment CmbH. 2009. DVD. 109 min. German with English subtitles.
A young couple in East Germany find their relationship strained by political upheaval. Set against the
backdrop of the Berlin Wall=s construction, tells the story of Rita Seidel, a woman in her late twenties, and her
search for love and understanding in the German Democratic Republic.
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DOCTOR FAUSTUS
KOCH Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 177 min. German with English subtitles.
The tale of a composer who sells his soul to Satan to ensure his own creativity, at the high price of total
renunciation of love and the gradual deterioration of mind and body. He finds he cannot keep to his bargain
to refrain from all close human relationships, and his closest friends die as a result.
DOWNFALL
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 155 min. German with English subtitles.
Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen
through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary, Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and
terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly
lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors.
DRACHENFUTTER (Dragon Chow)
New Yorker Video. 1987. 2@ video. 68 min. German with English subtitles.
Shezad, a recent German immigrant from Pakistan arrives in Hamburg and finds himself in an unpromised
land of welfare hotels and con men.
EDUKATORS
Three radical activists like to make their point by breaking into the homes of the wealthy, rearranging their
belongings and leaving cryptic messages. When one such break-in goes wrong, they are forced to kidnap a
wealthy businessman.
EFFI BRIEST
Wellspring. 1974, 2003. DVD. 140 min. German with English subtitles.
Effi Briest is a radiant beauty, a vivacious blend of naivete and intelligence, forthrightness and willful self
interest. She is married when very young to a much older Prussian diplomat and is carried away to a remote
Baltic port where she drifts into a brief, passionless affair with a local womanizer. The full effects are felt
only later, in a chilling manifestation of the Prussian legal code.
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER JEDER FÜR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 109 min. German with English subtitles.
Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small
German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak,
read, and write by the townspeople, but is then mysteriously murdered.
EUROPA, EUROPA
Orion Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. 115 min. German and Russian with English subtitles.
The true story of Solomon Perel who survived World War II by concealing his true identity as a Jew in Nazioccupied Europe.
EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. 2004. DVD. 96 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
The inmates have taken over an institution in a bleak and savage world in which everyone=s a dwarf. As one
of the institution=s directors holds a rebel hostage while issuing orders for calm, the other inmates run amok,
smashing equipment, setting fires, fighting for power and tormenting two blind prisoners. In this land of
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reversed proportions, these revolutionary outcasts not only destroy the symbols of civilization--cars,
typewriters and dinner plates --but trees and flowers and animals as well.
FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 2000. DVD. 146 min. German and French with English subtitles.
"When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into the harsh reality of post-Cold War Berlin and finds
himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves." A sequel to Wings of Desire.
FEAR EATS THE SOUL
German widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar. They fall in love despite their racial and
cultural differences and decide to marry, amidst disapproval from family and friends.
FITZCARRALDO
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2002, 1981. DVD. 157 min. German with English subtitles.
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
FOUR MINUTES
Wolfe Video. 2008. DVD. 112 min. German with English subtitles.
Jenny is young, but her life is over. She has been locked up in a women=s prison for killing someone, and she
would do it again. Buried beneath her impenetrable facade, however, Jenny has an invaluable musical talent.
When 80 year-old piano teacher, Traude Krueger, discovers the girl=s terrible secret, her raging brutality and
her dreams, she makes it her mission to re-transform Jenny into the musical wunderkind she once was.
FULL METAL VILLAGE
GM Films. 2007. DVD. 90 min. German with English, German, French, or Spanish subtitles.
“The documentary examines the lives of the residents of a small German village in the Schleswig-Holstein
region, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air
Festival. In the style of a traditional German Heimatfilm, the director, Sung Hyung Cho, explores the
relationship of the 1,800 resident townsfolk and the brief annual influx of 70,000 metal music enthusiasts who
attend the open-air concert.”--wikipedia
FUNNY GAMES
Kino on Video. 2007, 2006. DVD. 104 min. German with English subtitles.
A vacationing family experiences a sadistic home invasion at the hands of two deceptively well-dressed
young men.
GERMANY IN YEAR ZERO
Balzac Video. 2@ video. b & w. 78 min. German with English subtitles.
Originally released as motion picture in 1947 under the title, Deutschland im Jahre Null. A 12 year old boy
works with increasing desperation to support his family in war-torn Germany.
GERMANY, PALE MOTHER
Facets Multimedia. 1999. 2@ video. (also DVD). 123 min. German with English subtitles.
A love story set during and after the Nazi era that explores the private lives of a young bride, her Nazi soldier
husband, and her parents, bystanders who tolerated Hitler. While not excusing the actions of its protagonists,
it uses them to show how easily the unthinkable can happen.
GO FOR ZUCKER
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First Run Features. 2006. DVD. 91 min. German with English subtitles.
Pool shark and hustler, Jaeckie Zucker, is up to his ears in debt. In a stroke of luck his mother dies and leaves
an inheritance. Before he can cash in, his mother has requested the difficult task of reconciling with his
estranged Orthodox brother, Samuel.
HABERMANN
Corinth Films; EVA. 2012. DVD. 104 min. German with English subtitles.
A German mill owner spends WWII trying to save his wife, daughter and Czech workers from Nazi terror, but
faces his own tragedy in the end. Based on true events surrounding the expulsion of Sudeten Germans from
Czechoslovakia in 1945.
HANUSSEN
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1990. 2@ video. 117 min. German with English subtitles.
In 1920's Berlin, Erik Jan Hanussen (Klaus-Maria) is a charismatic magician and clairvoyant whose
compelling stage show turns him into a star. His uncannily accurate predictions make him a celebrity. Soon,
when he looks into the future, he can see a rising storm of hate, destruction and war. When the Nazis seize
power, he is forced to choose between joining them and standing alone.
THE HARMONISTS
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 115 min. German or French with English subtitles.
Based on a true story, The Harmonists portrays the rise and fall of a successful vocal group in Germany that
was disbanded in 1934 as part of the mounting persecution of Jews. The Comedian Harmonists did comic
and romantic songs in intricate harmony, and were extremely popular, but as the Nazis became more
powerful, the group were forbidden to sing songs by Jewish composers--and finally, because three of their
members were Jewish, they were banned from performing in public.
HEAD-ON
Strand Releasing. 2005. DVD. 118 min. Turkish and German with English subtitles.
A melodrama of a Turkish man and woman living in Germany, torn between two cultures, tradition and
modernity, survival and death.
HEART OF GLASS
Anchor Bay entertainment. 2004. DVD. 94 min. German with English subtitles.
Set in the 18th century, this film tells of a Bavarian village that loses the secret of making its unique ruby
glass. The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic in a desperate effort to recover the pure
ingredient they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey the
atmosphere of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary.
HEIMAT, A CHRONICLE OF GERMANY (9 part series)
Facets Video. 1984. 2@ video. 117 min. b& w. German with English subtitles. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
A fictional chronicle of life in Germany, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one
family, initially farmers and craftsmen in a Rhineland village, later becoming soldiers, Nazi officials,
industrialists, and famous artists.
1) HEIMAT TAPE 1: CALL OF FARAWAY PLACES 1919-1928
2) HEIMAT TAPE 2: THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD, 1929
3) HEIMAT TAPE 3: THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER, 1934
4) HEIMAT TAPE 4: THE NEW ROAD, 1938; UP AND AWAY AND BACK, 1938
5) HEIMAT TAPE 5: THE HOME FRONT, 1943; SOLDIERS AND LOVE, 1944
6) HEIMAT TAPE 6: THE AMERICAN, 1945
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7) HEIMAT TAPE 7: LITTLE HERMANN, 1955
8) HEIMAT TAPE 8: STOLZENJAHRE. THE PROUD YEARS, 1967
9) HEIMAT TAPE 9: THE FEAST OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, 1982
HEIMAT II: A CHRONICLE OF A GENERATION SERIES. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Facets Video. 2006. 7 DVDs. German with English subtitles.
Beginning in 1960, Hermann Simon leaves his village of Schabbach to settle in Munich. Over the next ten
years, Hermann becomes a talented musician, falls in love with an enigmatic cellist, struggles as an acclaimed
avant-garde musician, and marries the girl next door. As in the original Heimat, this personal tale is set against
a backdrop of turbulent historical times.
1) DISC 1 - 163 MIN. EPISODE 1: THE FIRST SONGS
2) DISC 2 - 230 MIN. EPISODE 2: THE EYES OF STRANGERS. EPISODE 3: JEALOUSY & PRIDE
3) DISC 3 - 219 MIN. EPISODE 4: ANSGAR=S DEATH. EPISODE 5: THE FREEDOM GAME
4) DISC 4 - 218 MIN. EPISODE 6: KENNEDY=S CHILDREN. EPISODE 7: WOLF NOTES
5) DISC 5 - 238 MIN. EPISODE 8: THE WEDDING. EPISODE 9: THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
6) DISC 6 - 252 MIN. EPISODE 10: THE END OF THE FUTURE. EPISODE 11: A TIME OF
SILENCE
7) DISC 7 - 254 MIN. EPISODE 12: A TIME OF WORDS. EPISODE 13: ART OF LIFE
HERZSPRUNG
In the little town of Herzsprung, Johanna, a young mother and widow, becomes unemployed and lives on
welfare. To make matters worse, she falls in love with a dark-skinned, roving adventurer, and the whole
village starts talking about it.
I WAS NINETEEN
First Run Features. 2007. DVD. 115 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Nineteen year-old Gregor Hecker returns to Germany in April 1945 wearing the uniform of a Russian
Lieutenant. He had to leave the country with his parents when he was eight years old and now feels like a
stranger on German soil.
IN JULY
Koch Lorber Films. 2004. DVD. 96 min. German with English subtitles.
Daniel, a young teacher, decides to spend his summer at home in Hamburg. At the local flea market, he meets
Juli, who is immediately attracted to him, a fact to which Daniel seems oblivious. On the same day, Daniel
meets Melek, a young Turkish girl, with whom he is immediately smitten. Ignoring his earlier plans, he sets
out in pursuit of her across the Balkans. Along the way he picks up a hitchhiker, who just happens to be Juli.
INTRIGUE AND LOVE
DEFA Film. 1998. 2@ video. b & w. 109 min. German with English subtitles.
Based on the play by Friedrich Schiller. A bourgeois tragedy from Schiller's Sturm und Drang period
centering around court intrigue in 18th century Germany.
IRGENDWO IN BERLIN
Icestorm Entertainment. 2010. DVD. 85 min. German with English subtitles.
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi, and their friends, the rubble provides an adventurous,
dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it also helps pass the time, as he longs for his father’s return
from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.”–container
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IT HAPPENED HERE
Rath Films. 1965. 2@ video. b & w. 96 min. English/German with English subtitles.
In a rewrite of history, Germany has won World War II and Nazi troops occupy England. Pauline, an
apolitical nurse hopes that normal life will return to England. It is only after she accepts a nursing job with
the Nazis that she slowly realized the horrifying reality behind the occupation. This film tells the story of
what might have happened if the Allied effort had failed.
JACOB THE LIAR
DEFA Film. 1974. 2@ video. 101 min. German with English subtitles.
East German original of Jacob the Liar. Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews, facing
starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at Gestapo headquarters.
Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but
circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. In order to be believed, he feigns access to a
hidden, strictly forbidden radio. Quickly he becomes a one man bulwark against despair, a reluctant hero.
JANA UND JAN
In Fall 1989 Jan is almost 16. Caught while trying to escape to the West, he is now in a reformatory, where
he meets Jana, and what starts as a bet becomes true love. When Jana gets pregnant, the situation spirals out
of control. In the summer of 1990, Jana and Jan flee from the reformatory into the unknown, insecure future
of a new Germany.
JOURNEY OF HOPE
Miramax Films. 1991. 2@ video. 111 min. German with English subtitles.
An Academy Award-winning movie based on the true story of one man's dreams for a better life. A family of
poor Kurdish villagers in Turkey, dreaming of a "paradise" in Switzerland, set off to emigrate illegally. At the
mercy of smugglers, by the time they reach the Swiss borders they have lost their possessions and their
money, but they continue their perilous journey towards the promise of a new life.
JUD SUSS
International Historic Films. 1983. 2@ video. 90 min. German with English subtitles.
Produced in 1938, but not released until 1940, this was the anti-semitic film that made the wearing of the
Jewish Star of David mandatory. This Nazi version of the novel of the same title by Lion Feuchtwanger,
based on the real historical character of Josef Suss Oppenheimer, who was tax advisor to Karl Alexander
during the early 1700s, and was publicly executed in Stuttgart for the manipulation of state funds. In 1926,
Feuchtwanger (also Jewish), wrote the novel Jud Suss which contained no anti-Semitic content.
KAISER=S LACKEY (THE)
DEFA Film Library. 2007. DVD. 105 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Satire about Diederich Hessling, a weakling of the lower middle class, who rises in the world by obsequiously
deferring to those above him and brutally tyrannizing those of lower station.
KARLA
A young idealistic teacher, just starting her career in East German schools, discovers her students hide their
true thoughts and only say what they are expected to say. The young teacher tries to encourage open
discussions about taboo topics, attempting to break down the walls of suspicion and cynicism. Her superiors
view her actions with unease and eventually intervene to discipline Carla. This film was labeled nihilistic,
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skeptical and hostile by the Unity Party of Germany (SED), and only in 1990, after the fall of the Wall, was
Carla screened in cinemas.
KOLBERG
International Historic Films. 1983. 2@ video. 115 min. French and German with English subtitles.
Re-creates the true story of a Prussian town's rebellion against Napoleon's army of occupation. Laced with
Socialist ideology, this film is a mirror of Nazi Germany's own war for survival during the end of WWII.
LIVES OF OTHERS (THE)
Set in East Berlin in 1984, a secret service agent assigned to monitor a playwright and his girlfriend begins to
question his assignment and his loyalty to the government.
LOLA
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 115 min. German with English subtitles. BRD trilogy 3.
Lola, a seductive cabaret singer and dancer in the 1950s, is romantically involved with Von Bohm, a morally
upright, building inspector. Recently appointed Building Commissioner, Von Bohm is committed to
eradicating corruption. Consequently, he=s given quite a shock when he is called in to inspect the brothel
where Lola works and discovers her there.
LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM (THE)
In the period of several days, Katharina=s privacy and her honor are destroyed, first by the police who
terrorize her, and then by the yellow press, which creates in her name the image of a politicized Bonnie
Parker.
M
Criterion Collection. 2004. DVD. 160 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, want to
see him brought down.
MAGIC MOUNTAIN
KOCH Entertainment. 2007. Two DVDs. 324 min. German with English subtitles.
A young engineer goes to visit his cousin at a tubercular sanatorium in the Swiss Alps intending to stay three
weeks, but ends up staying on for seven years to observe the disturbed personnel and patients. The unfolding
exchanges between the protagonists are meant to present a microcosm of the society of pre-World War I
Europe in this dramatization based on a Nobel Prize-winning novel.
MÄNNER
Kinowelt Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 95 min. German.
A man=s wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist=s roommate with
hilarious consequences.
MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 120 min. German with English subtitles. BRD trilogy 1.
The first of a trilogy about women in post-World War II Germany, The Marriage of Maria Braun, turns the
melodramatic story of the titular heroine=s climb up the economic ladder into a historical allegory about both
the post-war German Aeconomic miracle@ and 1970s West Germany.
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MARTHA
Fantoma. 2006. DVD. 87 min. German with English subtitles.
“When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal
spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon
becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.”–container
MARX & COCA-COLA
German Impex International. 2006. DVD. 120 min. German with English subtitles.
The clash of communist and capitalist ideologies in Germany since reunification is represented in the meeting
of Hamburg real estate developer, Martin Barwald, and farmer (and former communist youth leader), Anna
Endrich.
MAX SCHMELING: FIST OF THE REICH
Metrodome. 2010. DVD. 118 min. German with English subtitles.
The legendary Max Schmeling, a skillful boxer, loving husband and reluctant paratrooper, initially cooperates
with the Nazi government, but later risks his life in defiance of Hitler’s regime.
MEPHISTO MAFILM
An actor of the Art Theatre Company in Hamburg befriends a principal figure in the Nazi power machinery
and is drawn into the poisonous circle of evil from which he can no longer escape.
THE MIRACLE OF BERN
Christal Films. 2007. DVD. 114 min. German with English subtitles.
“Germany, summer of 1954, an eleven year old boy=s peaceful life is disrupted when his father returns from
Soviet captivity. As the two gradually win each other=s trust, they trigger a little miracle of love and
generosity and witness yet another: the World Cup victory of the German football team in Switzerland, the
miracle of Bern.”--container
MOSTLY MARTHA
Paramount Pictures. 2001. DVD. German with English subtitles.
Martha is the chef who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her
job and her natural shyness keep her from meeting new people. When her sister suddenly dies, Martha adopts
Lina, her eight-year-old niece, completely changing both lives. Martha gets unexpected help from Mario,
Martha's hunky new sous chef, who is not only a whiz on the chopping block but knows sundry magic tricks
and jokes to keep Lina's spirits afloat. Just as Martha starts to grow attached to the girl, Lina's erratic father
shows up demanding that he take her back to Italy with him.
MURDERERS ARE AMONG US
Icestorm International. 1998. 2@ video. b & w. 81 min. German with English subtitles.
In the aftermath of World War II, Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to find that her Berlin
apartment is occupied by Dr. Hans Mertens, a former officer in the German army who was severely
traumatized by the atrocities perpetrated by his superiors. The unlikely pair forms a delicate friendship.
NAKED AMONG WOLVES
First Run Features. 2005. DVD. 119 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
“The first German film devoted to life and death in a concentration camp tells the story of organized
resistance by political prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp. When one of the prisoners smuggles
a child into a camp, the men are faced with the question of how many lives may be endangered in order to
save the life of the child. Based on a true story.”--cover text
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THE NASTY GIRL
Miramax Films. 1990. 2@ video and DVD. 94 min. German with English subtitles.
Sonja, a young girl digging for the truth about her hometown in Germany during World War II, soon
discovers that her small town has some big secrets--secrets the town wants left that way. This highly
acclaimed film shows a Germany trying to deal with its past.
NINTH DAY (THE)
Kino on Video. 2005. DVD. 93 min. German with English subtitles.
Noted German director Volker Schlondorff's (The Tin Drum) highly compelling The Ninth Day provides a
unique examination of historical events that took place during the Holocaust.
NOSFERATU PHANTOM DER NACHT
It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long
journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His
wife, Lucy, begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings,
Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure
with a shaven head and deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The events that transpire
slowly convince Harker that he is in the midst of a vampire. What he doesn’t know, however, is the
magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience as victims of the Nosferatu.
NOWHERE IN AFRICA
Columbia TriStar. 2003. 2@ video. 141 min. German, Swahili, and English with English subtitles.
Story of a German-Jewish family which travels to Kenya and spends the war years there. Each of the family
members adapt differently to the exotic circumstances and come to deal with African life individually.
OGRE
Kino on Video. 1996, 1999. DVD. 117 min. German with English subtitles.
A grotesque fairy tale about Hitler's Germany in which a naïve mechanic comes to symbolize the seductive
appeal of the Nazi regime. Based on the novel, The Erl King, by Michel Tournier.
OTOMO
Facets Video. 2002. DVD. 81 min. German with English subtitles.
Based on the true story of Frederic Otomo, a black man from West Africa, who is seeking work and asylum in
Stuttgart, Germany. Otomo is driven to violence by the racism he encounters.
OUR HITLER
Facets Video. 2007. Two DVDs. 450 min. German with English subtitles.
In a series of 22 tableaux set on a soundstage, Syberberg makes use of puppets, props, a Wagnerian soundtrack,
and rear-screen projection to evoke Nazi Germany, the origins of the Third Reich, and the aftermath that
followed.
RABBIT IS ME (THE)
A nineteen-year-old East German girl named Maria Morzeck is denied university admission because her
brother is in jail for political reasons. She later has an affair with the judge who passed the harsh sentence on
her brother and eventually confronts him.
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REVANCHE
In a ragged section of Vienna hardened ex-con, Alex, works in a brothel where he falls for Ukrainian hooker,
Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his
seemingly content wife.
ROSA LUXEMBURG
New York Video. 1985. 2@ video. German with English subtitles. 122 min.
Communist revolutionary, Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871 to a wealthy Jewish family in Poland. She
became German through an unconsummated marriage at the beginning of the century, and played an
important role in the political and moral fields. She was at the sides of Bebel, Jaures, Lenin during all the
major international socialist congresses. She was also an ardent pacifist and spent the greatest part of WW I
in prison.
ROSENSTRASSE
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 136 min. German with English subtitles.
After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her
mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.
SCHINDLER'S LIST
MCA Universal Home Video. 1994. Two 2@ video. b & w. 196 min.
Video release of the award-winning 1993 feature film. The true story of enigmatic Oskar Schindler, member
of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer, who saved the lives of over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.
SISSI HERZOG FILMVERLEIH
Flashstar Home Video. 2002. DVD. 105 min. German or Portuguese with English subtitles.
The story of the princess who wins the heart of Kaiser Franz Joseph.
SOLO SUNNY
Describes the adventures of a pop singer touring with a mediocre band.
SOMEWHERE IN BERLIN - IRGENDWO IN BERLIN
Icestorm International in Association with the University of Massachusetts. 1999. 2@ video. b & w.
German with English subtitles.
In the ruined landscape of Berlin after World War II, children perform feats of bravery by playing with
undetonated bombs and climbing in the rubble. One boy is disappointed with his father, who comes home
powerless and hopeless from a POW camp. The children convince this weary man to clean and restore his
bomb-damaged garage, managing in the end to give him new hope.
SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS
Zeitgeist Films. 2005. DVD. 117 min. German with English subtitles.
AThe film depicts the last six days (February 17-22, 1943) in the life of Sophie Scholl from her own
perspective: that of a courageous and vibrant young woman who is willing to face death for her belief in her
ideals and those of the White Rose, an underground resistance movement to which she belongs. Through
their resistance, and protest against the Nazi regime, Sophie and her fellow members of the White Rose
become synonymous with civil courage and a peaceful struggle against the rule of violence and oppression.@-container
SOUL KITCHEN
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IFC Films. 2010. DVD. 100 min. German with English subtitles.
ASoul Kitchen@ is Zinos Kazantskis= humdrum restaurant in a working-class neighborhood of Hamburg. The
food is mostly frozen, unceremoniously zapped in the microwave, or thrown into a vat of bubbling grease. He
loves his restaurant and his girlfriend Nadine, even after she leaves him for an assignment in China. Wanting
to liven up the restaurant, Zinos hires an out-of-work three-star chef, lets his ex-con brother, Ilias, spin records
and seeks out new clientele. Soon Soul Kitchen is reborn as Hamburg=s newest hot spot. On a whim, Zinos
flies to China to rekindle his relationship with Nadine leaving his brother in charge.
STALINGRAD
Belle & Blade Studios. 1999. 2@ video. b & w. 97 min. German with English subtitles.
The story of a German lieutenant, during the battle of Stalingrad, who realizes that Hitler's war is senseless,
and that there is little hope of a Nazi victory in Russia.
STATE OF THINGS
Pacific Arts Video. 1982. 2@ video. b & w. 121 min. English and German.
Wim Wender's tale of a Swiss director who runs out of film stock in the middle of shooting an impressionistic
film about six survivors of the nuclear holocaust. The director is forced to go to Hollywood to find a
producer to finance his movie.
STROSZEK
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2004. DVD. (also 2@ video.) 207 min. German with English subtitles.
“Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer
expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends
Eva, a prostitute down on her luck. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva=s
pimps, they join Bruno=s neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in
Wisconsin. That winter on the barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a
trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and the promise of a
happy life deserts Bruno.”--Internet Movie Database.
TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
Criterion Collection. 2004. Two DVDs. 121 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Dr.
Mabuse has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime. When
the document's nefarious writings start leading to terrifying parallels in reality, it's up to Berlin's star detective,
Inspector Lohmann, to connect the most fragmented, maddening clues in a case unlike any other.
THREEPENNY OPERA (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2007. Two DVDs. 110 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
ASet in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld
antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities.
With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill=s irresistible score, The Threepenny Opera
remains a benchmark of early sound cinema.@--container
TRACES OF STONES
Icestorm Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 133 min. b & w. German with English subtitles.
Foreman Balla is the head of a large construction site, and his co-workers stick close to him. But when a new
Party Secretary is sent in to bring the site under control, along with a beautiful young engineer named Kati, a
love triangle ensues.
VERONIKA VOSS
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Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 104 min. b & w. German with English subtitles. BRD triology 2.
Once the toast of Germany, Veronika Voss had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. Playing to an
increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life.
Her self-destruction is accelerated by her Dr. Katz, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control
of the actress=s money and property. A well-meaning sports writer tries to save Veronika from herself,
sacrificing his own personal happiness--and the life of his girlfriend, Corneila Froeboess, in the process.
Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories.
VERSPRECHEN: THE PROMISE
New Line Home Video. 1995. 2@ video. 118 min. German with English subtitles.
The story of two lovers trapped on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall after one successfully escapes to the
West.
WHITE RIBBON
In a north German village prior to the outbreak of WWI, strange events, accidents, and deaths are occurring.
The village people are beside themselves with worry and can’t figure out what to do. After the school teacher
starts to unravel the mystery, he discovers that the children of the town may be guilty of the crimes and have
formed a secret society that the local pastor’s daughter appears to be the leader of.
WINGS OF DESIRE
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a
chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel=s path from heavenly flight to
earthly delight in a manner that=s comical, touching and entertaining.
WOYZECK
“Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by
forces he cannot control. Abused and tortured, both physically and psychologically by commanding officers,
doctors and his unfaithful wife, Marie, Woyzeck struggles to hold on to his humanity and his fragile sanity.
In the film’s shattering climax, he is finally driven over the brink into madness and murder.”–container
YOUNG TÖRLESS
Young Törless is to go to boarding school. His experiences there, the merciless torments of the pupils among
themselves, and the unsatisfactory answers of his teachers make it clear to Törless that good and bad cannot
be differentiated in life.
WESTERN FRONT
Hollywood's Attic. 1996. 2@ video. b & w. 90 min. German with English subtitles.
Examines the experiences of four German soldiers from different backgrounds in the last stages of WW I and
shows the disruptive effects of war on the individual, the family, and society.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE?
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 101 min. German with English or French subtitles.
When a twenty-year-old bomb explodes in an abandoned mansion in modern-day Berlin, the evidence points
to a notorious late 1980s anarchist group. As the police start looking for them, the six former rebels reunite
for the first time in 12 years to come up with a plan to protect themselves. But sparks fly when the group
must reconcile their youthful ideals with their new lives and pick up the pieces of the relationships they left
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behind.
WHO OWNS THE WORLD?
At the height of the Depression, Anni and her parents are evicted from their Berlin home and sent to Kuhle
Wampe, a camp that now accommodates the ever-growing numbers of the dispossessed. The
only Communist film to come of Weimar Germany, Kuhle Wampe was swiftly banned upon Hitler=s rise to
power.
WINTER SLEEPERS
Winstar TV & Video. 2000. DVD. 124 min. German with English subtitles.
Rebecca, a young translator, lives with her boyfriend ski instructor, Marco, in a mountain villa owned by her
friend, nurse Laura. René, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco=s car and gets into a car crash with local
farmer, Theo, whose daughter is almost killed. René suffers amnesia as a result of a crash and starts a
relationship with Laura. Meanwhile, Marco is looking for the man who stole his car. The convoluted
relationships between these characters is told by René, being the catalyst for it all.
WOMAN IN BERLIN
Strand Releasing Home Video. 2009. DVD. 127 min. German and Russian with English subtitles.
A woman tries to survive the Soviet invasion of Berlin during the last days of World War II by seeking
protection with a Red army officer.
ZWEITE HEIMAT
Facets Video. 1996. Thirteen 2@ videos. b & w/color. 1,532 min. English, German, and French with
English subtitles
A chronicle of the 1960s in Germany, focusing on the experiences of a young classical musician who moves
to Munich to find a new life and home. Each program is approximately 117 minutes long.
Hungarian
DAMNATION
Facets Video. 2006. DVD. 122 min. b & w. Hungarian with English subtitles.
Karrer is in love with a cabaret singer and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, but the only way he can
do that is to get rid of her husband by getting him involved in a smuggling scheme.
DANIEL TAKES A TRAIN
Facets Video. 1983. 2@ video. 87 min. Hungarian with English subtitles.
In December of 1956, as the Soviet Union crushes a revolution in Hungary, large numbers of people flee the
country. A young soldier who took part in the revolution takes a train to Vienna with his friend, Daniel, who
must leave the girl he loves.
ELECTRA, MY LOVE (SZERELMEM, ELEKTRA)
Facets Video. 2003. DVD. 71 min. Hungarian with English subtitles.
A re-imagination of the classic myth, now set on a desolate, futuristic Hungarian plain.
REVOLT OF JOB
European Video Distributors. 1999. DVD. 2@ video. 96 min. Hungarian with English subtitles.
A young Christian orphan is adopted by a Jewish farmer and his wife, who fear the coming of the Nazis. The
story is told from the perspective of the child, giving poignancy to a familiar theme.
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Italian
ACCATTONE
Water Bearer Films. 1990. 2@ video. (also in DVD). 116 min. Italian with English subtitles.
The first of Pasolini's films presents a vivid picture of the Roman slums through a story of a pimp, his friends,
his enemies and his girls.
AGATA AND THE STORM
RB Publishers. 2005. DVD. 118 min. Italian with English subtitles.
When Agata, the popular bookshop proprietor and dispenser of sunny wisdom is suddenly wooed by a man
almost half her age, her electricity hits high-voltage. Yet it is Agata=s joy and magnetism in the face of life in
all its irony that eventually offers the eye of the storm.
BAARÌA
Image Entertainment. 2011. DVD. 151 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Grand-scale, semi autobiographical portrait of life and love over three generations in a small town in Sicily.
Set against the background of major events in the history of 20th century Italy.
THE BEST OF YOUTH
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2006. Two DVDs. 368 min. Italian with English subtitles. Divided
by politics, but bonded by blood, Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo find their paths intersecting through
some of the most tumultuous events in recent history. Produced for Italian television, but never
broadcast; released theatrically instead.
THE BICYCLE THIEF
Image Entertainment. 1972. 90 min. DVD. (also 2@ video). b & w. Italian with English subtitles.
In war-devastated Rome, a father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The
bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the
father is compelled to steal a bicycle, only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son.
BOCCACCIO 70: SCHERO IN QUATTRO
Kino Lorber, Inc. 2011. DVD. 204 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Four tales of women, directed by Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, and Mario Monicelli:
The Raffle, The Job, The Temptation of Doctor Antonio, and Renzo & Luciana.
BOSS
RARO Video. 2011. DVD. 112 min. Italian or English with English subtitles.
A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills every member of one Mafia family except Cocchi. Now he
is bent on revenge.
BREAD AND CHOCOLATE
Hen’s Tooth Video. 2002. DVD. 110 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A comic but poignant portrait of an Italian immigrant working odd jobs in prosperous Switzerland and
trying desperately to fit in. Though his work becomes increasingly degrading, he tenaciously refuses to give
up and go home. This hapless man is eternally rejected yet ever-hopeful.
CARTESIUS
Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 162 min. Italian with English subtitles.
René Descartes was known as the Afather of modern philosophy.@ Depicts the seventeenth-century thinker=s
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agonized struggle to assert the primacy of reason. An intimate, psychological study of obsession and
existential crisis.
CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI
Facets Video. 2003. DVD. 145 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Levi, an intellectual exiled by the Fascist government during World War II to a mountain village in southern
Italy, discovers the resilience and dignity of people who live close to the land.
CIAO, PROFESSORE
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. 2003. DVD. 93 min. Italian with English subtitles.
The story of an upper-class teacher from conservative Northern Italy who, due to a computer error, finds
himself teaching third-grade truants at a ramshackle school in the south.
CINEMA PARADISO
HBO Video. 1989. 2@ video. 123 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A young Italian boy befriends a cinema projectionist and grows up around the cinema. Winner of an
Academy Award for the best foreign film.
CINEMA PARADISO
Genius Products. 2006. Two DVDs. 299 min. Italian or French with English or Spanish subtitles. A
filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown for the first time in 30 years and looks back on his life.
CONFORMIST (THE)
Paramount Home Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 111 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A 30-year-old Italian man is targeted by a Fascist espionage organization to lead a deadly mission in France.
He has to arrange an assassination attempt on his former teacher, who is now a political threat. On his
journey, his wife will see his troubled past and current moral dilemma violently collide.
DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE
Criterion Collection. 2005. Two DVDs. 104 min. b & w. Italian with English subtitles.
A man falls in love with a younger woman, but he is married and divorce is illegal. To get what he wants, he
begins an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.
THE EARTH WILL TREMBLE
Image Entertainment. 1948, 2002. DVD. 154 min. b & w. Italian with Sicilian and English subtitles.
Sicilian villagers plot to overthrow the tyranny of wholesalers, depriving them of a decent living.
EIGHT AND ONE HALF
Fellini=s autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a
film. An early working title for the film was La bella confusione--The Beautiful Confusion.
ESCORTS (THE)
Blue Underground. 2006. DVD. 95 min. Italian with English subtitles.
When a judge and his bodyguards are brutally murdered by the Mafia, four reluctant young cops are assigned
to protect the new prosecutor where the only thing that lies ahead of them is more danger. Based on a true
story.
GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
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Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment. 1970. DVD. (also 2@ video). 94 min. Italian with English subtitles.
This drama is set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's antisemitic edicts begin to isolate the Jews from their
communities. Among them were the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to
acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.
GATTOPARDO THE LEOPARD
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 185 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Recounts the years of Italy=s Risorgimento when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and
formed a democratic Italy.
GIANNI AMELIO'S L'AMERICA
New Yorker Video. 1998. 2@ video. 116 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Two Italians in post-Communist Albania seek to buy a former state-run workshop at a good price, but they
need an Albanian partner. The most likely candidate, an eccentric old man, disappears on the eve of
concluding the contract.
GIRL BY THE LAKE
IFC Films. 2010. DVD. 96 min. Italian with English subtitles.
When a beautiful young girl is found murdered in an idyllic northern Italy village, Ispector Giovanni Sanzio
is called in from the capital to investigate. In a small town where nobody is what they seem, anyone could be
capable of homicide, and everyone may be hiding a dark secret, including Inspector Sanzio.
GOLDEN DOOR
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 118 min. Italian with English, French or Spanish subtitles.
A Sicilian farmer falls in love with a worldly British woman while both are attempting to immigrate to
America.
GOMORRAH
Criterion Collection. 2009. Two DVDs. 137 min. Italian with English subtitles.
“Matteo Garrone=s Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema=s
most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover Italian reporter
Roberto Saviano=s best-selling exposé of Naples= Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links
five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing
projects to the world of haute couture...”--website: http://www.criterion.com/
I PADRONI DELLA CITTÀ
Tony is a mob loan collector who is unsatisfied with his position in life. He constantly dreams of living it
large in Brazil with his brother.
I VITELLONI
Image Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 107 min. b & w. Italian with English subtitles.
This film compassionately details a year in the life of five young men lingering in post-adolescent limbo,
dreaming of adventure and escape from their small town and struggling to find meaning in their lives.
KAOS
Koch Lorber Films. 2008. DVD. 189 min. Italian with English subtitles.
“Magic, drama, misery and hope are given life in five tales adapted from Liugi Pirandello=s, Novelle per un
anno. With a strong, poetic vision of Sicilian life, the Tavianis inbue this epic masterpiece with a serene,
sympathetic revelation of mankind that transcends the boundaries of time.”--container
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LA DECIMA VITTIMA
Blue Underground. 2011. DVD. 92 min. Italian or English with English subtitles.
Based on the short story The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley. Some people like violence so much that
they decide to create a club in which human hunts are organized--members being alternately hunters and
prey--until they end up deadBwebsite: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059095/
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
The Criterion Collection. 2014. Two DVDs. 142 min. Italian with English subtitles.
AFor decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of
Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he as been a permanent fixture in the city=s literary and
elite social circles. But on his sixty-fifth birthday, Jep unexpectedly finds himself taking stock of his life,
turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries.@Bcontainer
LA MALA ORDINA
When a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft of a heroin shipment, hit men from both sides want
him dead.
THE LAST KISS
Miramax. 2001. DVD. 115 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Carlo=s life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend, Giulia, announces she=s pregnant.
L=ETÁ DI COSIMO DE= MEDICI
Criterion Collection. 2009. Two DVDs. 255 min. Italian or English with English subtitles.
Gives a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence ruled by the Medici political dynasty. Focuses on two of the
city=s leading citizens: banker Cosimo de= Medici and art theorist Leon Battista Alberti.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vita E Bella)
First Run Features. 1997. 2@ video. (also DVD). 117 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A charming, but bumbling, Jewish waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of
humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. With
the Nazi invasion of Italy, will the waiter be able to save his wife and child from the Holocaust?
MAFIOSO
Criterion Collection. 2008. DVD. 102 min. Italian and Sicilian with English subtitles.
Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his proper, modern wife and two blonde daughters from industrial
Milan to the antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. Nino gets more
than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself.
MEDITERRANEO
Spectra Nova. 20?? DVD. 87 min. Italian & Portuguese with English, Portuguese & Spanish subtitles.
In 1941, a small group of misfit Italian soldiers is sent to a tiny Greek island in the Agean for four months of
lookout duty. Their relief ship is torpedoed and their radio destroyed. As they lose all touch with the world
outside, they are absorbed into the life of the idyllic island.
MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI=S L=ECLISSE
A young woman, after breaking off an affair with an older man, finds herself in Rome and alone. She
becomes friends with a young stockbroker, but after he has an accident she once again finds herself alone.
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MILANO CALIBRO 9
In the first film of the trilogy, small-time gangster, Ugo Piazza, has just been released from prison. He tries to
convince the police, the mafia, and his one-time associate Rocco, a sadistic hoodlum who enjoys sick violence
and torture, that he wants to go straight, but everyone believes he has $300,000 of stolen money hidden
somewhere
NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
MGA/UA Home video. 1982. 2@ video. (also DVD). 107 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Depicts the final days of World War II in Italy, seen mostly through the eyes of a six-year-old girl.
NOT OF THIS WORLD
Facets Video. 2002. DVD. 100 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Caterina, a beautiful young nun, is about to take her final vows. But her life changes when she takes in an
abandoned baby. As she seeks the baby=s family, she meets Ernesto. Together, they seek the truth about the
baby and re-evaluate their own lives.
OPEN CITY
Image Entertainment. 1945, 1997. DVD. (also 2@ video). 105 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Roberto Rossellini's classic is representative of neo-realistic cinema. The story takes place in Rome during
the Nazi occupation; a priest, helping the Italian resistance fighters, is discovered and arrested by the SS.
PANE E CIOCCOLATA (Bread and Chocolate)
Hen's Tooth Video. 1996. 2@ video. 109 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A farce with cross-dressing fashioned around the postwar dilemma of the status and plight of migrant workers
from Southern Europe working in more prosperous and modern northern lands.
POSTMAN (THE)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2000. DVD. 108 min. Italian with English subtitles.
The postman, Mario, enlists the aid of the poet, Pablo Neruda, to conquer the heart of the beautiful Beatrice.
RESPIRO
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 95 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Grazia is a carefree mother of three, who soon becomes the focus of her neighbors= gossip. While her fellow
Lampedusians work and live hard - oblivious to their native paradise - Grazia alone is courageous enough to
blissfully embrace life=s treasures.
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS.
The story of four poor Italian brothers and their mother who leave their country home in southern Italy and
move to bustling Milan with hopes of improving their bitter fortune. The family is thrown into chaos when
two of the brothers are torn apart by their love for the same woman and their struggles to succeed in a
viciously competitive world.
ROMA
MGM/UA Home Video. 1972. 2@ video. 129 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Welcome to Fellini's Roma: the famed director's memories of Rome before World War II.
ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA
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Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD. 103 min. Italian and German with English subtitles.
When the Nazis occupied Rome, a brave few fought against it. An underground agent, who is cornered by the
Germans in a certain quarter of Rome, flees the Germans. In the course of his flight he imperils his resistance
friends.
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
This movie is a loving, yet deadly, satire of Sicilian customs. Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl, is seduced
and impregnated by Peppino, her sister Matilde=s fiancé. Soon Agnese=s father, Vincenzo, discovers
everything. He obliges Peppino to marry the >dishonored= Agnese instead of Matilde. Peppino runs away,
and Vincenzo sends his son, Antonio, to kill him. At this point Agnese goes to the police to try to stop the
revenge from taking place.
SEVEN BEAUTIES
Koch Lorber Films. 2006. Two DVDs. 116 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Pasqualino is a ladies= man living off his sisters= money until he is arrested and sent to the army. He is
captured by the Germans and taken to a concentration camp where he plots his escape by seducing a German
officer.
SON’S ROOM (THE)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 100 min. Italian or French with English subtitles.
Tragedy hits the family of a psychiatrist and they struggle with anger and grief until an unexpected visitor
forces them to confront their feelings.
STAR MAKERS (THE)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 1995. DVD. 107 min. Italian with English subtitles.
A con man travels from one small town to another claiming to be a talent scout for a top movie studio.
STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR
Kino Lorber, Inc. 2011. Two DVDs. 98 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Groundlessly jealous of his wife=s romantic past, Enrico Fontana hires a private detective to finally determine
whether she is faithful or not. Ironically, his suspicious attitude unconsciously brings his wife, Paola, together
with Guido, a man with whom she had once been in love. Paola and Guido=s past was clouded with tragedy.
Guido had been involved with Paola=s close friend=s death. Their passion rekindled once again, the lovers
even get to the point where they are thinking about murdering Enrico.
LA STRADA
Janus Films. 2003. Two DVDs. 108 min. b & w. Italian with English subtitles.
Directed by Federico Fellini, the story of a fragile girl who falls in love with a brutal circus performer she was
sold to by her mother.
SWINDLE (THE)
An aging swindler, ringleader of a trio of petty thieves who impersonate priests to cheat peasants, finally
realizes the futility of his life.
THREE BROTHERS
Facets Video. 2010, 2001. DVD. 113 min. Italian with English subtitles.
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A story about the lives and dreams of three brothers reunited in their small home town on the occasion of the
funeral of their mother. “Here, in the sunlight of the Italian countryside, they face the connection to each
other and to themselves, in a film that is at once beautiful, full of humanity, and emotionally shattering.”
TIGER AND THE SNOW (THE)
Warner, Elektra, Atlantic. 2007, 2005. DVD. 110 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Soon after the start of hostilities in Iraq, Rome-based, love-struck poet and lecturer Attilio heads to Baghdad
when he learns from his friend, an Iraqi poet, that the woman he loves has been critically injured in a bomb
explosion. Attilio does everything in his power to save her, risking his own life amidst the chaos of war.
VINCERE
MPI Media Group. 2010. DVD. 124 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Mussolini’s rise to power and Dalser’s descent into an insane asylum are tragic counterpoints in a doomed
romance. Dalser may have been written off at the time, but Bellocchio and Mezzogiorno allow her a final,
unexpected triumph in this cinematic masterwork.
WAY WE LAUGHED (THE)
New Yorker Video. 2004, 1998. DVD. 122 min. Italian with English subtitles.
Two brothers emigrate to Turin to escape the poverty of their Sicilian hometown. The story unfolds over
a period of six years. The older brother has the desire to see his brother, Pietro, become a school
teacher. Giovanni makes tremendous sacrifices, unaware that Pietro is squandering his money and
skipping school.
WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH
Brigham Young University. 2001. DVD. 124 min. Italian with English subtitles.
“In a retrospective allegory, Ettore Scola examines the lives of three resistance fighters and their
transformation over thirty years. Each of these friends falls in love with the beautiful Luciana, an aspiring
actress, testing the friendship and idealism they all shared. Throughout the story Scola pays tribute to the
masters of Italian cinema by weaving classic film clips and iconic personalities into the background, as the
film reveals which of the three friends remains true to the spirit of liberation they had once fought to
achieve.”--container
WHITE SHEIK (THE)
Ivan Cavalli brings his new wife, Wanda, to Rome on the least romantic honeymoon in history–a
rigid schedule of family meetings and an audience with the Pope. But Wanda, dreaming of the dashing
hero of a photo-strip cartoon, drifts off in search of the White Sheik, thus setting off a slapstick comedy.
WILD FLOWER
Koch Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 119 min. Italian with English subtitles.
“The Benedetti family has been haunted by a curse for generations. On a long drive to visit their
reclusive grandfather in Tuscany, Luigi Benedetti tells his children the mysterious story of their ancestors
B a tragic tale filled with forbidden love, passion, vengeance and betrayal.@--container
Polish
ANDRZEJ WAJDA, A GENERATION: THREE WAR FILMS
Janus Films: Image Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 87 min. b & w. Polish with English subtitles.
Contains disc 1 of the three disc special edition set from Andrzej Wajda.
ASHES AND DIAMONDS
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Embassy Home Entertainment. 1962. 2@ video. 105 min.
Dubbed in English. Story of a Polish Resistance fighter who assassinates the wrong man on the last day of
World War II. Captures the bitterness and disillusionment felt by the Polish people during the political
struggles that followed the war's end.
BAD LUCK
Facets Video. 2005. DVD. 108 min. b & w. Polish with English subtitles.
Jan, a middle-aged, nondescript, everyday man, desperately wants to remain in prison, though the state says it
is time for him to go. As he tells his life story of hard luck and misfortune, covering the years from 1930 to
1950, it is clear that he has been so busy trying to please others that he never noticed the enormous changes
happening around him.
BLIZNA/MK2
Kino on Video. 2004. DVD. 102 min. Polish with English subtitles.
An ambitious small town Polish communist official prepares to receive a delegation from Warsaw. At stake
is a large fertilizer factory contract that would mean hundreds of jobs for a dirt poor rural province. But
winning the contract creates more problems than it solves as politicians, environmentalists, and displaced
citizens alike inadvertently plumb the gap between socialism and the anarchy of human nature.
BORDER STREET
Polart. 2005. DVD. 122 min. b & w. Polish with English subtitles.
A tragedy about an old tailor who tries to save his daughters and others in the Warsaw ghetto. Culminates
with the uprising of 1943, when Jews, supported by the Polish underground, take up arms and die fighting.
DAY OF THE WACKO
MGE. 2003. DVD. 93 min. Polish with English and German subtitles.
Depicts a day in the life of a 49-year-old school teacher who is completely disillusioned with his reality. As
he looks for causes for his unhappiness, he blames his neighbors, his mother, his students, everyone but his
own pathetic self.
EROICA: A HEROIC SYMPHONY IN TWO PARTS
Two sketches covering episodes from Poland=s involvement in World War II. Scherzo alla polacca: A
shrewd son, who initially rejects underground training to avoid the Warsaw uprising, ultimately becomes a
hero and finds a reason for fighting. Ostinato lugubre: Tells the story of an attempt at escape from a prison
camp by a man who can no longer stand the confinement. His escape boosts the morale of his fellow
prisoners, while the Aescapee@ lies hidden from Germans and comrades alike.
KANAL
Embassy Home Entertainment. 1990. 2@ video. 97 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Grim drama, set in Warsaw in September 1944, about a group of Polish insurgents trying to escape from the
Nazis by taking to the city's sewers.
KNIFE IN THE WATER
The Criterion Collection. 2008. DVD. 94 min. Polish with English subtitles.
“A husband, a wife, a stranger, a knife: Roman Polanski sets them all adrift on a weekend filled with
simmering resentments and gut-churning suspense in his seminal psychological thriller.”–container
KORCZAK
Alliance Releasing. 1992. 2@ video. b & w. 118 min. Polish with English subtitles.
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Tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author, who ran a home for Jewish orphans
in 1930s Warsaw.
KATYN
Koch Lorber Films. 2009. DVD. 121 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people (interned Polish officers as well as civilians accused of
treason by the occupying Soviet forces) by the Soviet secret police at Katy_ in the spring of 1940, and the
cover-up that followed. Follows the fictional stories of four families, separated from one another in the
confusion of September 1939, when the Soviets and Germans invaded Poland, through the Soviet occupation
in 1945 when the truth of the massacre gets suppressed.
THE KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI COLLECTION
Kino International. 2004. Six DVDs. Polish with English subtitles. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) BLIND CHANCE (114 min.)
Facing an unclear future, Witek, an earnest young Polish medical student, chooses to put his education on
hold. What happens next spawns into three successive scenarios depending on whether Witek catches or
misses the train--giving him three different futures. Whether as an idealistic Communist Party member,
an ambivalent dissident, or a devoted healer and husband, the young Pole=s destiny is shaped by a troubled
present poised to engulf him.
2) NO END (103 min.)
Antek was one of the few lawyers willing to take on political cases in a period of enforced martial law.
Upon his unexpected death, Antek=s wife, Ulla, struggles to cope with her grief. She eventually takes on
the task of finding another attorney to take over one of her husband=s cases to defend a man jailed for
leading a labor strike. After connecting a colleague from Antek=s past with the prisoner=s wife, a series of
mysterious signals make Ulla believe that Antek=s ghost is warning her about the man chosen to replace
him.
3) SCAR (102 min.)
An ambitious small town Polish communist official prepares to receive a delegation from Warsaw. At
stake is a large fertilizer factory contract that would mean hundreds of jobs for a dirt poor rural province.
But winning the contract creates more problems than it solves as politicians, environmentalists, and
displaced citizens alike inadvertently plumb the gap between socialism and the anarchy of human nature.
The builder turned reluctant factory director=s Aquiet conscience@ becomes the moral center of a
sprawling, Altmanesque tapestry of greed, conspiracy and grudge holding.
4) SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (81 min.)
A psychological vivisection of the brutal and senseless murder of a taxi driver by a young drifter, with no
explanation offered and no extenuating circumstances given. A searing, powerful moral indictment of
capital punishment.
5) SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (83 min)
Focuses on the lives of two human beings who have been deprived of the gift of love. A young postal
worker falls in love with an older woman who lives in the flat opposite his. She attempts to prove to him
that Alove@ is nothing more than a set of biological impulses, as a reaction to his voyeurism, and draws
him into a game in which neither is the winner.
6) TALKING HEADS (103 min.)
When a factory worker buys a home movie camera to photograph his newborn daughter, his amateur
filmmaking leads to a position as the factory=s in-house documentarian, a festive prize, and an obsession
with his camera.
LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE
Vanguard. 2003. DVD. 101 min. Polish with English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, or Polish
subtitles.
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A love story between two Poles at the end of WW II, portraying the destructive effects of war on the human
spirit.
LEPER
Facets Video. 2004. DVD. 91 min. Polish with English subtitles.
The forbidden love affair between a wealthy young nobleman and a beautiful young high school teacher is the
central focus. With the teacher not of the same class, she will never be accepted into high society. She will
always be rejected, considered a leper. The townsfolk, including the nobleman=s grandmother, try to destroy
the feelings between these two lovers who are from two very different social classes.
LOTNA
Polart. 1994, 1959. 2@ video. 89 min. Polish with English subtitles.
The history of the Polish cavalry in its fight against the Germans in World War II as symbolized by an offwhite horse that passes to various people in the military until it breaks its leg and is shot.
MAN OF IRON
MGM/UA Home Video. 1981. 2@ video. 150 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Wajda tells his story through the eyes of an alcoholic TV journalist who is ordered to smear one of the
Solidarity's key figures, the "man of iron."
MAN OF MARBLE
Film Polski. 1976. 2@ video. b & w/color. 160 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Film investigates a man's life through the recollections of several characters. Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer
who in the early days of the communist revolution in Poland was hailed by the state as a national hero,
became as famous as any film star, only to disappear mysteriously from the record books in 1952. The
filmaker is determined to reveal what happened to Birkut and why.
MAN ON THE TRACKS
An engine driver is found slumped across train tracks in the middle of the night. Characters who knew the
man investigate his death, each relating their own interpretation. This classic of anti-Stalinism film examines
the problems of 1950s Poland.
NIGHTS AND DAYS
Polart. 2007. DVD. 250 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Set in the second half of the 19th century, this film is a realistic picture of a society doomed to slavery, exile,
and confiscation of property. A family history is played against the background of political events up to
1914, a time of crisis for old values and the birth of modern capitalism.
PASSENGER
Second Run. 2006. DVD. 58 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Years after the Holocaust, a German matron on a ship coming back to Europe notices another woman she
thinks she recognizes. The passenger had been an inmate at Auchwitz where the matron served as guard. At
first, the woman gives her husband a compassionate account of her work in the camp. The more realistic and
harsher account follows.
PRZESLUCHANIE (Interrogation)
Kino Video. 1982. 2@ video. 116 min. Polish with English subtitles.
A Polish singer is imprisoned by the communist authorities for having a one-night stand with a soldier.
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QUACK (THE)
Facets Video. 2006. DVD. 132 min. Polish with English subtitles.
A surgeon is abandoned by his wife and daughter. After a night of drinking he is beaten. Suffering from
amnesia, he wanders from village to village. Working at a mill he is driven to help the owner=s son. Soon
people stop by to see the famous quack.
TOP DOG
Facets Video. 1987. 2@ video. 115 min. (also DVD). Polish with English subtitles.
Moral investigation of an ambitious man who schemes to eliminate rivals for the post of emcee of an
upcoming gala ball in provincial Poland.
YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN
Lorimar Home Video. 1984. 2@ video. 108 min. Polish with English subtitles.
An American soldier involved in war-crime investigations and a Polish widow learn that they can find love in
spite of the war and Polish communism.
YIDL WITH A FIDDLE
Ergo Media. 2002. DVD. 92 min. b & w. Yiddish with English subtitles.
Provides a warm rendering of Eastern European Jewish life. A young woman who poses as a man in order to
join a band of traveling musicians, falls in love with one of her colleagues with delightfully humorous results.
Filled with Yiddish music and song.
ŻUREK THE WHITE SOUP
MGE. 2003. DVD. 72 min. Polish with English subtitles.
Halina, a young, hard-working widow, tramps around a small Polish border town in search of the father of her
grandchild. Her impaired teenage daughter refuses to name the father, which causes a problem with the
upcoming baptism.
Romanian
FOUR MONTHS, THREE WEEKS AND TWO DAYS
Genius Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 113 min. Romanian with English or Spanish subtitles.
1987, Communist Romania. During the course of one day, Otilia helps her friend and roommate, Gabita, get
a late-term abortion. With abortion, let alone any kind of contraceptive, being illegal, the girls have to use
illegal means to achieve their goal. Shows the rough and gritty situation in which the girls, particularly Otilia,
must make decisions and deal with their consequences.
VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION
Facets Video. 2006. DVD. 107 min. Romanian with English subtitles.
An analysis of the revolution in Romania in 1989, covering events in the first five days, from December 21
when Ceaucescu made his last speech to December 26, the day the dictator was executed. Material from
Romanian television broadcasts and footage taken by amateur videographers provide multiple perspectives of
events.
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Russian
ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Crown Video. 1938. 2@ video. b & w. 108 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the
Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
ANDREI ROUBLEV [s.l. : s.n., n.d.] 1965. 2@ video. 179 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Considered to be one of the greatest Soviet films, Andrei Roublev is the story of a famous Russian medieval
icon painter.
ANNA AKHMATOVA FILE
Facets Video. 1996. 2@ video. 65 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Examines a contradictory age in which a sensitive, lyrical and much loved poet, Anna Akhmatova, stands up
to the brutal repression of Josef Stalin. Includes portraits of Akhmtova's friends and contemporaries-Boris
Pasternak, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Mikhail Sostchenko.
ARK (THE)
Image Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 87 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Young Katya lives in a small town where she dreams of finding her prince charming. She falls in love with a
stern skipper and goes to Moscow to learn about his secret past. One night changes both their lives as they
grow to understand each other.
AVOCATIONS
Ruscico. 2000. DVD. 107 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Bizarre, idiosyncratic characters are all connected to the world of horse racing where sporting intrigues
interlace with love affairs.
BALLAD OF A SOLDIER
Corinth Video. 1960. 2@ video. (also in DVD). 89 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Tells the deceptively simple story: underlying it are profound statements and observations about the horrors
of war. The hero of this tragic, poetic "ballad" is an innocent young soldier during World War II, who earns a
ten-day leave to go home to visit his mother.
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
Corinth Video: White Star. 1988. 2@ video. b & w. 74 min. Silent film.
Eisenstein's partly fictitious account of the naval mutiny at Odessa, an episode in the 1905 Russian
Revolution.
BEZ SVIDETELE/
Kino International. 2010. DVD. 89 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Through the conversation and soliloquies of a man and his ex-wife in her small Moscow apartment, the
reasons for their separation are revealed.
BLACK ICE (GOLOLED)
Moskva: CP Digital. 2003. DVD. 70 min. Russian with English subtitles.
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She is mysterious, irresistible, brusque; he is handsome, self-assured, happy. She is always leaving someone;
he thinks he knows everything about himself. She finds herself challenging a too-strong adversary; he wants
to remain peaceful. They haven=t met yet, but no one knows what might come of their meeting.
BROTHER
Kino on Video. 2007. DVD. 96 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Danila returns from army service and looks up his older brother, who has become a contract killer in postSoviet St. Petersburg. Danila is drawn into the violent underworld culture but retains a kind of honor in his
dealings with those he comes to know there.
BURNT BY THE SUN
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1995. 2@ video. 134 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Nikita Mikhalkov directs and stars as Colonel S. Kotov, a hero of the Russian Revolution, who is spending
the summer in the country with his young daughter, his wife and her eccentric family. But when his wife's
childhood love suddenly appears, the idyllic summer day takes a surprising turn. A lyrical film, it is also an
indelible account of a man dedicated to family and fatherland, cruelly destroyed by Stalin's political paranoia.
COMMISSAR
Ruscico. 2004. Two DVDs. 104 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles.
In this drama set against the Russian Civil War, a tough Red Army commander=s military career is disrupted
by an unwanted pregnancy. Forced to stay with a poor Jewish family until her child is born, she finds herself
transformed by the warmth and compassion of her hosts. She must ultimately decide whether to rejoin her
troops or stay with her child.
COME AND SEE
Kino International. 1985, 200l. DVD. 145 min. Russian with English subtitles.
An innocent young Russian farm boy goes off to join the partisans fighting the Nazis and comes to
experience, if not understand, the horrors of total war.
CRANES ARE FLYING
RUSCICO. 2000. DVD. 97 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles.
A young woman and the love of her life are separated when he enlists to fight in World War II.
CSILLAGOSOK KATONAK: THE RED AND THE WHITE
Kino on Video. 1968. 2@ video. b & w. 100 min. Hungarian with English subtitles.
Classic movie of the Russian civil war of 1918 between the "Red" communist soldiers and the "White"
counter- revolutionaries.
CUCKOO (THE)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 103 min. Russian, Finish, and Lapp with English
subtitles.
In a land torn apart by war, two men on opposite sides are about to find out they have one thing in common.
Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, a young war widow. None of them
understands the others= languages, but it doesn=t seem to matter. After a hard day at work on Anni=s farm,
who needs words?
DRIVER FOR VERA
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Pervyi Kanal. 2004. DVD. 112 min. Russian with English subtitles.
ASet in the summer landscapes of Crimea, the film=s story and mood contrast with the beauty of its locations,
which are dominated by the luxurious dacha of General Serov, a high-ranking military commander in the
region. In a story line that unwinds from the film=s opening, it gradually becomes clear that Serov and his
Army associates are involved in a bitter conflict with the KGB rivals. . .@--the alldvd.ca website
EARTH
After the death of his grandfather, Vasil wishes the neighboring farmers to share the use of a tractor purchased
by the village council. Struggling against superstition, rich landowners and nature itself, he becomes the
victim of a tragic murder.
EAST/WEST
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 2000. 2@ video. 125 min. Russian and French with English subtitles.
Follows the story of an expatriate Russian and his French wife as they return to the Soviet Union in 1946 and
learn to adjust to post-war life. The story eventually revolves around the struggle of Marie to decide if she
should stay or leave.
ENEMIES
Broadway Theatre Archive. 1974. DVD. 107 min.
Maxim Gorky's powerful drama about the social ferment that culminated in the 1917 Russian Revolution is
set on an estate in provincial Russia in 1905. In a sunlit-dappled garden, some factory owners and their wives
discuss the unrest amongst the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory.
When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor
that is sweeping the countryside.
ENVY OF GODS
Krupnyi Plan. 2000. DVD. (also ½” video). 132 min. Russian with English subtitles.
The events of this film take place in Moscow in 1983. Two people meet and fall in love. Sonya is a TV
editor with a teenage son and a successful writer husband. Andre is a journalist from France with a family in
Paris. For a few days they share a passionate happiness.
FIVE EVENINGS
Set in the 1950s, Soviet life is examined through the lives of the residents in a communal apartment and a
couple separated by the war.
FREEZEBDIEBCOME TO LIFE
Fox Lorber Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. 105 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles.
The exhilarating story of two children in the Soviet Orient. The everyday insanity of the grownup world
surrounds a young boy and girl who try to make heads or tails of the adults in their northern mining
community.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOLA
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Thriller/comedy about a young woman getting ready to celebrate her birthday who lets two strangers with
flowers and cake into her apartment. When they turn out to be assassins, she has to figure a way out of the
situation.
HOUSE OF FOOLS
Paramount Classics. 2003. DVD. 108 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Psychiatric patients become entrenched in the Chechen War after the staff leave to find them a safer hospital.
Soldiers take over the asylum, and a young female patient falls in love with a soldier.
IRONY OF FATE
Ruscico. 2001. DVD. 185 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Adventures of a young Moscow doctor on New Year=s Eve.
IS IT EASY TO BE YOUNG?
International Films Exchange. 1986. 2@ video. 78 min. Russian & Latvian with English subtitles.
A film about today's troubled Soviet youth.
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
Image Entertainment. 1998. Two DVDs. 184 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Part 1 starts with the coronation of Ivan the Terrible and concludes with his return to power after the death of
his wife. Part 2 covers the attempt to assassinate him in 1564. The third part of the saga was never made due
to the death of Director Sergei Eisenstein.
LADY WITH A LITTLE DOG
RUSCICO. 2004. DVD. 83 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles.
Anna, vacationing in turn of the century Yalta, walks her dog each day on the beach and is worshiped from
afar by banker Dmitri. Even though both are married, they begin an affair that eventually leads to clandestine
meetings back home in Moscow.
THE LOOKING GLASS
International Film Exchange. 1975. 2@ video. 106 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Tarkovsky's looking glass is not merely cracked, but shattered, and we see the jagged, jumbled reflections of
its shards, images of his childhood mixed with fragments of his adult life--a child's wartime exile, a mother's
experience with political terror, the breakup of a marriage, life in a country home--all intermingled with slowmotion dream sequences and poetic chunks of stark newsreels.
LUNA PARK
New Yorker Video. 1994. 2@ video. 105 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Andrei is the leader of a gang of right-wing, body building skinheads who are determined to clean up Russia
by beating up Jews, foreigners and anyone else they disapprove of. When the anti-Semitic Andrei learns that
his father is actually a celebrated Jewish composer, he sets off in a frantic search through Moscow to find
him.
MARTIN IN MOSCOW
International Film Bureau. 1978. 2@ video. 39 min. Russian.
Four animated segments used in the teaching of the Russian language.
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MASTER & MARGARITA
DVD RUSS LLC/A-PRO Video. Three DVDs. 450 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Set in the Soviet Union under Stalin, Master & Margarita has several story lines that are intertwined. The
sacrifices of Master (Galibin), a talented author of a manuscript about the biblical Pontius Pilate, and Master=s
Muze - Margarita (Kovalchuk), are paralleled by the biblical story of Yeshua in Yerushalaim, and the deceit
of the cowardly ambiguous Pilate (Lavrov), who=s character alludes to a Soviet leader. The reality is distorted
by Evil Woland (Basilashvili), and events and people=s lives by pushing the buttons of all human weaknesses
and sins.
THE MAXIM GORKY TRILOGY
Red Films. 1999. Three 2@ video. 95 min. b & w. Russian with English subtitles. (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
1) MY CHILDHOOD - Four-year-old Gorky is placed under the care of his cruel grandfather and his
loving grandmother. After experiencing the misery of abuse and poverty with his new family, Gorky is
forced into the streets and becomes a wandering beggar.
2) MY APPRENTICESHIP - Gorky becomes an apprentice to a bourgeois family that falsely promises
him an education. After learning to read in secret, he sets off on travels where he sees his own poverty
throughout Russia.
3) MY UNIVERSITIES - At the university Gorky is introduced to radical politics and joins the revolution.
Communist revision of Gorky's autobiographical novel.
MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS
A romantic comedy about three young, working-class, country girls, who go to Moscow in 1958 to seek
work, men, and success. The story then jumps forward twenty years to look at the results of their expedition.
NEST OF THE GENTRY
Image Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 111 min. Russian with English subtitles. A wealthy landowner is
willing to give up his past to be with a young woman.
OF FREAKS AND MEN
AExplores the seamy underside of the early 20th century upper classes.@--Container.
PAPA
Moskva: CP Digital. 2004. DVD. 94 min. Russian with English subtitles.
A Jewish father living in the remote Russian village of Tulchin dreams of his son going to the Moscow
Conservatory and becoming a great violinist. David studies from the time he is a small boy and goes to
Moscow to study where his dreams and those of his father are upset by the beginning of World War I.
PETER THE FIRST
Corinth Films. 1986. Two 2@ video. b & w. 203 min. Russian with English subtitles.
One of Peter the Great's foreign policy objectives was to regain access to the Baltic Sea and Baltic trade
which Russia lost in 1613. In 1700, he started the Northern War with Sweden which lasted for 21 years. The
Swedes lost control over the Baltic, and the Russians kept their newly-gained lands, including their new
capital-St. Petersburg.
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PRISONERS OF THE MOUNTAINS
MGM Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 99 min. Russian with English subtitles.
A Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels and two survivors are taken prisoner by a local
patriarch who is hoping to barter them for the release of his captured son. A bond of understanding develops
between the soldiers and their captors, but it is broken when plans for their release go awry.
QUIET FLOWS THE DON
Kino on Video. 2007. Four DVDs. 330 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Set during the Russian Revolution, a young cossack warrior falls in love with a fellow soldier=s wife and
leaves his arranged marriage to be with her.
RABA LIUBVI
During the Russian civil war, a Moscow film crew has gathered in the Crimea. The leading actress, Olga,
contemplates the revolutionary situation, and after viewing a newsreel of White Army atrocities chooses to
return to Bolshevik-controlled Moscow.
RASPUTIN
Kino Video. 1977. 2@ video. 103 min. Russian with English subtitles. Tells of Rasputin, the wandering
Siberian monk whose messianic influence upon Russia's monarchy led its people, like lambs to the slaughter,
blind and headlong into World War I.
RETURN (THE)
Kino Video. 2004. DVD. 106 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Within the emotional vacuum of a fatherless childhood, young brothers Andrei (Vladimir Garin) and Ivan
(Ivan Dobronravov) have grown closer than most siblings. But when they least expect it, the father the boys
have never known returns. Under the cool midnight sun of a coastal Russian summer, Andrei and Ivan
eagerly hop into a car for a week-long fishing trip with a complete stranger they desperately need to believe is
their father. But as they travel deeper into the Russian wilderness, their journey evolves from vacation, to
boot camp, to father-sons love triangle, and ultimately to a test of wills that pushes to the brink of violence.
ROADS TO KOKTEBEL
Film Movement. 2005. DVD. 105 min. Russian with English subtitles.
A father sets off from Moscow with his 11-year-old son for his sister=s house in Koktebel by the Black Sea.
With no money, nor means of transportation, they drift through the expansive and mesmeric landscapes at the
mercy of chance. For the father, the journey is an attempt to restore self-respect and win back the trust of his
son. For the boy, the mythic coastal town holds the key to a new life.
RUSSIAN ARK
Wellspring Media. 2003. DVD. 96 min. Russian with English and French subtitles.
A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a timetraveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
SIBERIADE
RUSCICO. 2003. Three DVDs. 274 min. Russian with English and French soundtracks.
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An epic romantic drama about three generations of two feuding families, the rich Solomins and the poor
Ustyuzhanins, of a rural Siberian village, from the time of the Russian Revolution to the present-day
exploration of hidden resources of Siberian soil.
SLAVE OF LOVE
Ruscico. 2004. DVD. 94 min. Russian with English, French, or Russian subtitles.
During the Russian civil war, a Moscow film crew has gathered in the Crimea. The leading actress, Olga,
contemplates the revolutionary situation, and after viewing a newsreel of White Army atrocities chooses to
return to Bolshevik-controlled Moscow.
TAXI BLUES
New Yorker Video. 1992. 2@ video. 110 min. Russian with English subtitles.
A hard-working, patriotic taxi driver starts to go over the edge when he meets up with a flaky, westernized,
Jewish jazz musician who represents everything the taxi driver despises . . . and secretly desires.
THEME (THE)
Kino International. 1993, c1979. 2@ video. 100 min. Russian with English subtitles.
The story of love unfulfilled and individuals isolated in the depths of winter.
WAR (THE)
Winson Entertainment Distribution, Ltd. 2005. DVD. 120 min. Russian with English subtitles.
John and his fiancee, Margaret, were caught by terrorists at Chechnya. They were imprisoned together with
Ivan,a war prisoner. John and Ivan were then liberated, but John had to pay two million pounds ransom to
free Margaret. The British Channel 4 was willing to subsidize John to save Margaret, but they want to film the
whole process. With Ivan=s help, they intrude the terrorists= camp to save Margaret.
WAR AND PEACE
Kultur. 1967. Three 2@ video. 400 min. Russian with English subtitles.
A portrait of a vast country, Russia, and her myriad people caught up in the swirling, irresistible tides of
history during the Napoleonic Era, 1805-1812. This is considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time.
ZEMLYA
After the death of his grandfather, Vasil wishes the neighboring farmers to share the use of a tractor purchased
by the village council. Struggling against superstition, rich landowners and nature itself, he becomes the
victim of a tragic murder.
Spanish
ALATRISTE
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment México, S.A. 2007. DVD. 145 min. Spanish or Portuguese,
with English or Portuguese subtitles.
“Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the
country’s 17th century imperial wars.”–From Internet Movie Database
ABRE LOS OJOS
Artisan Home Entertainment. 2001. DVD. 117. Spanish with English subtitles.
“In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly
blurred. César tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely
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disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn’t remember
committing, César’s only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to
ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams.”–container
AY, CARMELA!
HBO Video. 1991. 2@ video. Also DVD. 105 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Aragón, Spain, 1938. Carmela and her two companions quit their posts as entertainers for the Republican troops
in search for a better fortune. By mistake, they cross over to the Nationalist zone, get arrested and
are given the chance to perform for their freedom. Directed by Spanish director, Carlos Saura.
BAD EDUCATION
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 105 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Filmmaker Enrique gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend, Igancio, who has
written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer
attempts to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. When Enrique produces a film
based on the story, the villainous priest from their school days arrives to tell his own version of the events.
BIUTIFUL
Lions Gate Entertainment. 2011. DVD. 147 min. Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Biutiful takes place in grimy and crowded parts of Barcelona that are a world away from the city=s tourist
attractions. Uxbal is a midlevel mobster, in charge of Chinese sweatshop workers making counterfeit watches
and bags, and the African vendors who sell them. He collects and dispenses money, and runs interference
with the cops. He also has two young children, a mentally unstable former wife, and a terminal illness. He is
trying, despite his job, to be a good man, a good father. He tries to be stoical, tough, and compassionate, but
he suffers because he cannot do good things, and he cares about the consequences of his actions.
BLOOD WEDDING
Criterion. 2007. DVD. 71 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Flamenco dance adaptation of Carcía-Lorca=s play about a bride who elopes with her lover on her wedding
day, presented as though in studio rehearsal. The drama is preceded by a slice-of-life sequence depicting the
company=s arrival, backstage preparations, and warm-up.
BUTTERFLY
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 1999. DVD. (also 2@ video). 94 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A timid young boy learns about a world of possibilities when his teacher shows him the wonders of nature;
but as the Spanish Civil War affects their community, the boy and his family must choose where they stand in
the conflict.
CALLE MAYOR
Divisa Home Video. 2011. DVD. 97 min. Spanish.
For 18 years, since she left the convent, Isabel has passed her empty hours walking up and down the main
street of her provincial town. Some bored young men decide that one of them should pretend to court the
spinster.
CARMEN
Criterion. 2007. DVD. 101min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The line between fantasy and reality dissolves when, during intense rehearsals for a dance production of
Carmen, the director of the dance company and his young star find themselves living the ACarmen@ story of
love and treachery.
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DÍAS DE FÚTBOL
Warner Home Video. 2005. DVD. 109 min. Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles.
Antonio, an ex-convict and amateur shrink, convinces his pals that the best way to overcome their mid-life
crises and lack of success with women is to reassemble their old soccer team and win something in life, even
if only a local championship.
DON QUIJOTE
Films for the Humanities. 1993. Five 2@ videos. 293 min. Spanish.
The episodic format of this production follows the structure of the book as the adventure gradually reveals
Don Quijote's character and madness. Don Quijote wanted, in his youth, to be an actor; his words in this
production never stray far from Cervantes text.
EL BOLA
Film Movement. 2007. DVD. 88 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Pablo (El Bola) is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment. Embarrassed by his
family life, he retreats from his classmates, engaging them only through a dangerous game.
EL CRIMEN DE CUENCA
Filmax Home Video. 2012. DVD. 89 min. Spanish.
Based on an actual event, two men are falsely accused and convicted of the murder of a missing
shepherd from a small Spanish village. A despotic district court judge and a right-wing congressman
orchestrate the trial. The two men are subjected to brutal torture by sadistic guards to [extract] a
confession of guilt. The men serve six years of a 15-year prison term before they are released, and
they later discover their alleged victim is alive and well in a neighboring village.
EL DÍA DE LA BESTIA
Zima Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 108 min. Spanish.
It’s Christmas Eve. Basque priest, Father Angel, believes he has found a secret code that reveals that the
Antichrist will be born before dawn in Madrid. When he attempts to explain this revelation to his superiors,
he is scorned, and so embarks on a mission to seek out and eradicate “the Beast” while utterly forsaking his
priestly duties. Fr. Angel aligns himself with a death metal head named José Maria and Professor Cavan,
the unctuous host of an occult-oriented reality television program called “The Dark Side.” Through the
course of an endlessly gory evening, Angel and his allies struggle to invoke the devil to find out the place
of birth, so they can find and kill the baby–and thus defeat him.
EL PISITO
Impulso Records and Films. 2012. DVD. 75 min. Spanish.
Rodolfo and Perita are one of those engaged couples who cannot marry because they are not able to find
a place to live. For 12 years they await the death of Doña Martina, Rodolfo’s benefactress, who has
promised to bequeath them her furniture and the flat she occupies.
EL QUIJOTE DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2004. Five DVDs. 310 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The adventures of the legendary Don Quixote and his companion, Sancho Panza.
FLAMENCO
New Yorker Video. 1998. 2@ video. 100 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
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Flamenco dancing is an integral part of the Spanish heart and culture. This series of flamenco dances are
performed by three hundred dancers and photographed by the master cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro.
FLORES DE OTRO MUNDO
Image Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 100 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A group of women are brought by bus trip to a remote Spanish village overwhelmingly populated by men.
The women dream of a better life while the men deal with more romantic yearnings.
FUENTEOVEJUNA
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2004. Two DVDs. Spanish
A dramatization of Lope Félix de Vega Carpio=s play produced for Spanish television about 15th century
peasants who rise up against a cruel lord.
GRANDFATHER (THE)
Miramax Home Entertainment. 1999. DVD. 146 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
When news of his son=s death returns old Count Albrit home to Spain after years abroad, he meets his
charming young granddaughters. But one of the girls is not his son=s daughter, and the determined Count sets
out to discover which granddaughter is worthy of his love and name.
I SKUGGAN AV SOLEN: SUNSHADOW
First Run/Icarus Films. 1996. 2@ video. 59 min. Spanish and Swedish with English subtitles.
On 25th May 1996, Cristina Sanchez from Spain became a matador de toros, the first female bullfighter in
fifty years to reach this rank. This program shows both her professional and private life.
JAMÓN JAMÓN
Zima Entertainment. 200?. DVD. 100 min. Spanish.
The hilarious, sexy, complex story of two young lovers, the pregnant Sylvia and José Luis. When they
announce their engagement, his mother hires the town’s sexiest man to lure Sylvia and break them up. Chaos
and comedy follow.
KIKA
Vidmark Entertainment. 1994. 2@ video. 109 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A dizzy dame hairdresser, Kika, gets involved with a host of unusual characters: a homicidal expatriate Yank
writer, Nicholas, and his bewildered stepson, Ramon, an uncommunicative underwear photographer; a
vampish, oddball femme tv reporter, Andrea, who's constantly on the lookout for "reality" scoops and who
wears a rubber suit with a revolving video camera mounted on her head; a lesbian maid, Juana, and her
mentally-deficient convicted rapist brother, Pablo, who escaped while on parole from prison to attend a
religious festival in his home town.
LA PLAZA DEL DIAMANTE
Insight Media. 2004. Two DVDs. 112 min. Spanish.
Two opposing characters “she, docile and sensitive, he, domineering yet childish” are forced to mature when
their lives are shattered by a tragic, cruel and violent civil war.
LABERINTO DEL FAUNO
New Line Home Entertainment. 2007. Two DVDs. 119 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Set in 1944 Spain, against the backdrop of the anti-Franco guerrilla warfare. When young Ofelia and her
mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of
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unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have
become a reality, and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that
ensues, Ofelia soon learns that innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine.
LAZARILLO
Classic Movies. 1960. 2@ video. b & w. 108 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
In 1503, Lazaro, the young son of a widow, travels as a guide with a wandering blind beggar who teaches him
the ways of the world. Based on the celebrated novel of Spain's Golden Age, Lazarillo de Tormes.
LIVE FLESH
The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman,
Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor, and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The
two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife,
Clara, may be having an affair with his partner, David.
LOS SANTOS INOCENTES
Suevia Films. 200?. Two DVDs. 108 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A peasant family working for well-to-do landowners in northern Spain struggles with the callousness of the
employers, and dreams of rising out of poverty and changing their life of subordination.
LOVE, THE MAGICIAN
Criterion. 2007. DVD. 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
AA modern take on composer Manuel de Falla=s gypsy ballet, dressed up in pink sunsets and hellishly red
fires. Set in a dusty Andalusian village, El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) is a seductive melodrama of a
man whose beloved is haunted by the ghost of another.@--container
MATADOR
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 106. Spanish with English subtitles.
The story of a retired torero and a beautiful lawyer who both need death as an aphrodisiac. The lovers are
brought together when a young bullfighting student confesses to a string of murders.
MONDAYS IN THE SUN
Lionsgate. 2012. DVD. 113 min. Spanish with Spanish or English subtitles.
Five unemployed shipyard workers on the coast of Spain are down on their luck but still encourage each other
to search for work, love and the strength to hope for better days.
PERFECT CRIME
Tartan Video. 2007. DVD. 104 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
“Rafael is at the top of the heap at the department store where the ladies department is his own small
kingdom. A hit with customers and co-workers alike, the suave Rafael is able to sell anything to anyone, and
seems a shoe-in for store manager. Rafael is beaten out by rival Don Antonio. When Don Antonio
mysteriously disappears, Rafael is the most likely suspect, and one person knows the secret that could bring
him down.”–container
SOLAS
First Look Pictures. 2003. DVD. 101 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Explores the relationship between a woman and her estranged daughter as they learn to care for each other
again as they realize each other’s strengths.
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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2006. Two DVDs. 99 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Shortly after the Spanish civil war, a six-year-old girl attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and
becomes haunted by her memory of it.
TALK TO HER
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 114 min. Spanish or French with English and French
subtitles. In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women.
TE DOY MIS OJOS
New Yorker Video. 2006. DVD. 106 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio’s rage in the middle of the night with her young son
as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana’s house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana’s
front door is Pilar’s husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With Ana’s
support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio’s rage. Yet the very passionate Antonio is far from
a one-dimensional brute, and the bond between Pilar and Antonio is deep.
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. 1989. 2@ video. 101 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Determined to create an ideal family for himself, an orphaned mental patient kidnaps a recovering drug
addict/porn star in an irrationally inspired bid for love, convinced that if she only knew him she would love
him. Directed by Pedro Almodovar.
TORRENTE, THE DUMB ARM OF THE LAW
Warner Home Video Española. 2008. DVD. 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Torrente is a Madrid cop. He is lazy, rude, sexist, racist, fascist and a drunkard. He attempts to crack a ring
of drug traffickers to regain status in the police department.
VIRIDIANA
Criterion Collection. 2006. DVD. 91 min. b & w. Spanish with English subtitles.
Viridiana, who is about to become a nun, does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her
lecherous uncle and motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
VACAS
Tanelorn Films: Sogepaq. 2011. DVD. 92 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Chronicles the rivalry between two Basque families over three generations. Beginning in 1875 during the
Spanish Civil War, the lingering feud between the Mendiluze and Iriguibel families will inevitably entangle
the lives of their children and their children’s children as they find themselves drawn to each other.
VERDUGO
Distribuido Tribanda. 2008. DVD. 90 min. B & W. Spanish.
Armado is a professional executioner about to retire. José Luis, soon to marry his daughter, Carmen, must
inherit his father-in-law’s unpopular profession in order to keep the house where they are going to live. All
goes well until the day the son-in-law faces his first execution. Amadeo assures José Luis that the condemned
man will be pardoned at the last minute, so José and his family take a vacation in Mallorca. But the pardon
doesn’t come.
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Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter, Paula, and her drunk husband, Paco. Her sister, Sole, is
separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters= birth village, they lost
their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about
her sister, Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies, the situation
changes and the past returns.
WELCOME MR. MARSHALL
Video Mercury Films. 2008. DVD. 75 min. B & W. Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles.
The inhabitants of tiny Villar del Rio hear that they have been selected for aid under the Marshall Plan. The
promise of great wealth transforms the village overnight.
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
Zima Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 98 min. Spanish.
An absurd black comedy that centers on Gloria, a very resourceful working class housewife and cleaning
woman, who is hooked on amphetamines. She must contend with her crazy family: her husband, a taxi driver
by profession, his chaotic children, a mother-in-law and a lizard.
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Orion Home Video. 1988. 2@ video. 88 min. (also DVD). Spanish with English subtitles.
Two women have their problems with men. One spent a weekend with a terrorist; the other, a television star,
is seeing a married man. (Contemporary Spain is the setting.)
YERMA
Facets Video. 2003. DVD. 118 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Yerma is the lonely housewife of a Spanish farmer. She longs to have a child, but believes she is unable to
conceive. Upon learning from an elderly psychic woman that the problem may have more to do with her
husband, Yerma rebels against her lonely life and place in society.
YO, TAMBIÉN
Olive Films. 2011. DVD. 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Daniel is the first European with Down=s syndrome to graduate from a university. He starts a social services
job as an office worker and embarks on a romance with Laura, a neurotic but >normal= co-worker, drawing the
attention of both their co-workers and families. But these rebellious souls refuse to give in to the rules as they
find friendship and love as they=ve never known.
Swedish
ANSIKTET THE MAGICIAN
The Criterion Collection: Janus Films. 2010. DVD. 101 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
A traveling magician bringing his potions and mystical items with him is challenged by the Minister of
Health, who believes the magician to be a charlatan.
CRIES AND WHISPERS
Janus Films. 1972. 2@ video. 95 min. (also DVD). Swedish with English subtitles.
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Tells the story of three sisters, one of whom is dying of cancer, and their housekeeper, all of whom are
searching for spiritual peace in a world that seems to offer only disorder and despair.
FANNY AND ALEXANDER
Home Vision Entertainment. 2004. Two DVDs. 188 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Told through the eyes of Alexander and his sister, Fanny, we see the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household
in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the
leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar=s mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar=s
early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery.
The children are immediately miserable, but befriend a local Jewish merchant whose odd household becomes
the children=s refuge.
HAMSUN
First Run Features. 2006. DVD. 154 min. Swedish, Danish and Norwegian with English subtitles.
The shocking true story of Knut Hamsun, the Nobel Prize-winning author who stunned the world by siding
with Hitler and the Nazis.
INSOMNIA
Criterion Collection. 1999. DVD. 97 min. Norwegian and Swedish with optional English subtitles.
Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engström travels to northern Norway to solve a brutal murder. Unable to
sleep through the night of the midnight sun, Engström quickly loses his grip on the case and his mind.
KITCHEN STORIES
MGM Home Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 95 min. Norwegian and Swedish with English subtitles.
AA Swedish efficiency expert under strict orders not to interact with his subject is sent to improve a
Norwegian farmer=s culinary efforts. But the sly old farmer much prefers to amuse himself by impeding the
timid researcher=s work! Soon, in the struggle between neutral observation and the need for human
interaction, the kitchen becomes a battleground!@--container
MY LIFE AS A DOG
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 101 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Ingemar is a working-class twelve-year-old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill.
There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town=s warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet
evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
PASSION OF ANNA (THE)
MGM Home Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 101 min. Swedish and Spanish with English, French, and Spanish
subtitles.
In this stark drama, Max Von Sydow plays Andreas, a loner who, despite himself, becomes involved with
three of his island neighbors: a Machiavellian architect, his formless wife, and the beautiful widow, Anna, a
moralist who sustains herself with illusion.
SARABAND
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 111 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Johan and Marianne lost touch after their divorce. Years later Marianne looks up Johan and tries to get him
out of isolation. Upon her arrival to his home, they spend several intense weeks together. Sequel to Scenes
From a Marriage.
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SAWDUST AND TINSEL
Criterion Collection. 2007. DVD. 92 min. b & w. Swedish with English subtitles.
The story of a relationship between a traveling circus owner and one of the circus performers.
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
Criterion Collection. 2004. Three DVDs. 468 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Marianne and Johan always seemed to be the perfect couple. But when Johan suddenly leaves Marianne for
another woman, they are forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage. Chronicles ten years of
turmoil and love that bind the couple despite their divorce and subsequent marriages.
THE SILENCE
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 95 min. b & w. Swedish or English with English subtitles.
ATraveling home by train through a country seemingly on the brink of war, two sisters--the sickly, intellectual
Ester and the sensual, pragmatic Anna--along with Anna=s young son, Johan, are forced to disembark in an
unknown city in order for Ester to rest. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to
their personal vices while vying for Johan=s affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their
ambiguous relationship.@--container
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 89 min. Swedish or English with English subtitles.
AWhile vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family=s already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers
her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity,
her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin=s harrowing descent into the abyss of
mental illness.@--container
VIRGIN SPRING (THE)
Criterion Collection. 2006. DVD. 89 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father=s
house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed, and her father
sees this as a sign from above.
WILD STRAWBERRIES
Home Vision. 1959. DVD. (also 2@ video). b & w. 90 min. Swedish with English subtitles.
Wild Strawberries confronts eternal questions of loneliness, aging, mortality with a warmth and humanity not
often found in Bergman's austere world. This rich and dramatic film follows an aged doctor's journey through
a compelling landscape of dream and memory as he travels to receive an honorary degree.
WINTER LIGHT
Criterion Collection. 2003. DVD. 80 min. b & w. Swedish or English with English subtitles.
AIn this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor, Tomas Ericsson, performs his duties
mechanically before a dwindling congregation. When he is asked to assist a troubled parishioner with his
debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Thomas is terrified to find that he can offer nothing but his own
uncertainty.@Bcontainer
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SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS
Public Media. 1964. 2@ video. 95 min. Ukrainian with English subtitles.
A tragic tale of star crossed lovers separated by a family feud. Sergei Parajanov entwines dazzling visual
imagery with a hypnotic score in the heartbreaking story of Ivan and Marichka's true love gone awry.
Yugoslavian
BEFORE THE RAIN
Movies Unlimited. 1994. 2@ video. 116 min. Yugoslavian with English subtitles.
An Academy Award nominee; directed by Milcho Manchevski. In a monastery in Macedonia, a young man
abandons his vows of silence to save a girl from a hate-filled mob. In London, a woman torn between a
loveless marriage and a passionate affair with a war photographer discovers that fate dictates a choice she
couldn't make on her own. In Yugoslavia, the photographer returns to a nation divided by religious hatred
and violence. His effort to salvage peace has an impact no one could foresee and brings all three stories full
circle.
LATIN AMERICA
AMERICAS IN TRANSITION
Distributed by Americas in Transition. 1981. 16 mm. 29 min.
Traces US involvement in Latin American affairs during this century. Concentrates on the roots of
dictatorship, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the role of the US. Narrated by Ed Asner.
(FACDIS)
AMERICAS SERIES
Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1993. Ten 2@ videos. 56 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) AMERICANS - The Latin American and Caribbean presence in the US in areas such as southern
California, Miami, and New York City.
2) BUILDERS OF IMAGES - In this program we meet artists from Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mexico, and
Argentina who are creating works that reflect and influence their people's cultural identity.
3) CAPITAL SINS - Contemporary Brazil, its economic and social conditions, people and resources and
politics and government.
4) CONTINENT ON THE MOVE - Examines the rural Mexican migration to Mexico City, and social and
economic problems within present day Mexico.
5) FIRE IN THE MIND - As Latin American countries struggle to come to terms with their problems,
many demand fundamental change by revolution. This program focuses on revolutions in two countries,
El Salvador and Peru.
6) GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS - This program focuses on the modern history of Argentina.
7) GET UP, STAND UP - Looks at problems of sovereignty in Colombia and Jamaica.
8) IN WOMEN'S HANDS - This program focuses on the women of Chile and how political and social
changes since the 1970's have changed the traditional role of women.
9) MIRACLES ARE NOT ENOUGH - This program examines the changing role of religion and the
Catholic Church in Brazil and Nicaragua.
10) MIRRORS OF THE HEART - By looking at indigenous people in Bolivia, and race relations in
Hispaniola, we learn the complexity of identity in Latin America.
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The Amazon is fed by tributaries, some of which are longer and larger than the Congo or the Ganges. Video
tells of the river's "discovery" by the Portuguese, the effects of the sugar and rubber removal, as well as the
beauty and utility of the forests and the deadly effect thereof on Amazonian and the ecology of the globe.
AMAZON: LAND OF THE FLOODED FOREST
A presentation of the National Geographic Society. In this tropical wonderland, a profusion of wildlife
flourishes in the 50-foot deep water left by annual torrential rains, thus transforming the dry forest floor into a
breathtaking sight.
ARGENTINA: THE BROKEN SILENCE
Victor Fridman Productions. 1985. 16 mm. 58 min.
This film covers the period from Juan Peron into the term of current President Raul Alfonsin. An account of
the Argentine political, economic and social history from the 1940s through mid-80s.
ART AND REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
Films for the Humanities. 1982. 2@ video. (also DVD). 49 min.
Nowhere but in Mexico has history been painted as superbly; or have outspokenly polemical painters, like
Rivera and Siqueiros, produced such great art. The art of revolution and revolution of art seem to have
nurtured one another; art and literature are the shared possessions of all social and educational levels.
ARTISTIC LEGACY OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION (THE)
AThis program provides an overview of the Mexican Revolution and traces its human legacy through the
Mexican population in San Antonio, Texas. Several prominent Mexican-Americans discuss how the war
drove thousands of poor Mexicans across the border into the U.S., and how their descendants are still
struggling today for integration into American society. Segregation and exploitation of Mexican farm
workers--examples of ongoing racial prejudice--are discussed, along with cultural contributions by MexicanAmericans in the areas of art, business, and education. The program provides excellent insight into the roots
of anti-Mexican sentiment, as well as the often quarrelsome relationship between the U.S. and Mexico from a
historical perspective.@--container
AHIA: AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS
University of California-Berkeley Extension Media Center. 1988. 2@ video. 58 min.
Documentary which examines the African cultural traditions preserved by the people of Bahia, Brazil, in their
music, dance, art, food, and especially, the Candomble religion.
BETTER MANANA
Interviews Belisario Betancur, president of Colombia who identifies the problems of South America -illiteracy, inequality, foreign exploration, etc. and attempts to solve those problems in his own country.
BOLIVIA: THE TIN MOUNTAIN
Media Guild. 1979. 16 mm. 28 min.
Documents the primitive living and working conditions of Bolivian tin miners isolated in the midst of the
Andes in hopelessly short, disease-ridden lives of poverty.
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New affirmative action quotas for higher education in Brazil launch a controversial dialogue about race and
identity. Five college candidates from diverse backgrounds compete for a spot at the University of Brasilia.
BRAZIL: THE GATHERING MILLIONS
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. 1965. 16 mm. b & w. 30 min.
Examines Brazil's population problem, which is characterized by excessive population growth in cities and by
a rapid decrease in population in rural areas. Points out the vast areas which are underpopulated despite
government attempts to relocate people. (FACDIS)
BRAZIL: TRUE PEOPLE
Chip Taylor Communications. 2000. 2@ video. 40 min.
The Xavante Indians in Eteniritipa in Brazil face pressure from the government to open up the river, which
sustains them to commercial traffic. This award winning Brazilian documentary shows the Xavante people's
struggle to keep their cultural identity.
BURIED MIRROR SERIES
Films, Inc. 1991. 2@ video. Approx. 60 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) AGE OF GOLD - The new world brought Spain enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate, tomatoes,
and the potato. Yet, Spain's most powerful ruler, Philip II, lived in austere solitude in a cell-like study.
He sought to protect the Catholic faith, while the author Cervantes questioned all values in Don Quixote,
the prototype of the modern novel.
2) CONFLICT OF THE GODS - In his lifetime Carlos Fuentes has witnessed the rediscovery of the
ancient Aztec temples beneath the central square of modern Mexico City. He traces the Indian world
through their magnificent pyramids and sculptures, a world of precise astronomy and human sacrifice,
serenity and violence. The return of their blonde, exiled god was forecast for the very year Cortes
reached their shores.
3) PRICE OF FREEDOM - Every year, a million Mexicans gather in the central square of the capital to
celebrate El Grito, the cry for independence. Following its progress, Fuentes crosses the Andes in the
steps of Bolivar and San Martin. The liberators succeeded in throwing off the Spanish yoke, but they
found it harder to establish a just society.
4) UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Spain, Latin America, the Hispanic communities in the US: all have
undergone great change. Within the lifetime of those born now, half the population of the US will be
Spanish speaking. Every year, half a million brave the border patrols to enter the US illegally.
5) VIRGIN AND THE BULL - Best-selling Mexican author Carlos Fuentes looks for his forebears in the
mix of people that created Latino America: Spanish, Arab, Jewish, Indian, and African. Asks what is
unique in the culture that is cause for celebration in the 500th anniversary year of Columbus.
CANUDOS, DE NOVO
University of Wisconsin. 1990. 2@ video. 30 min. Portuguese.
Still photographs illustrate the history of Canudos, Brazil, the site of Antonio Conselheiro's millenialist
preaching and the insurrection of 1897.
CARLITO=S MEDELLIN
Facets Video. 2008. DVD. 74 min. Spanish with English or French subtitles.
Documents the life of thirteen-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighborhood in Medellin,
Colombia, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs, and others.
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Bill Moyers interviews Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, a strong opponent of American intervention into his
country. Provides a controversial perspective on the relationship between the US and Latin America. From
Bill Moyers' World of Ideas series.
CARLOS FUENTES: MAN OF TWO WORLDS
Fuentes talks about the influence of Latin American writers on his writing, notably Sor Juana, Rubén Darío,
and Pablo Neruda, and his experiences growing up in the US.
CELEBRATING CINCO DE MAYO
Educational Video Network, Inc. 2003. DVD (also 2@ video). 20 min.
This overview will help students understand the history and importance of the Mexican holiday Cinco de
Mayo. Part one explains that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico=s independence day, as is often assumed, but
rather the anniversary of the Mexican defeat of an invading French army in 1862, a day that has come to
signify freedom and independence to the Mexican people. Part two provides background about the Mexican
Civil War and subsequent French invasion of Mexico, explaining why the Mexican army=s victory over the
French invaders helped end France=s colonial ambitions in North America and prevented the French from
intervening in the American Civil War. The last part examines the parades, activities, music, food, and arts
and crafts that are integral parts of Cinco de Mayo celebrations in both the U.S. and Mexico.
CELEBRATING THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Educational Video Network. 1991. 2@ video. (also DVD). 20 min. Spanish and English
How "All Souls Day" is celebrated in Mexico.
CENTRAL AMERICA: THE BURDEN OF TIME
Discusses how, isolated from the rest of the world, the Aztecs, Maya and Inca created sophisticated
civilizations that in many ways paralleled ancient Mediterranean empires. Also discusses how the arrival of
the conquistadores caused near obliteration of their culture and how parts of it survive today in the mountains
of Central America. (Legacy Series #5)
CHIAPAS: LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE
Examines the 30-year rebellion and conflict between the Mexican government and the indigenous population
in Chiapas.
CHILDREN OF ZAPATA
Filmakers Library. 1994. 2@ video. 23 min. English, Spanish and Mayan with English subtitles.
In Chiapas, Mexico, the social living conditions of the Mayan Indians is much the same as it has been for the
past 150 years. The desperate need for change and fair treatment drove the Mayan people to form the
Zapatista Liberation Army and stage a revolution against the Mexican government in January 1994.
CHILE: HASTA CUANDO?
Filmakers Library. 1985. 16 mm. 58 min.
This hard-hitting documentary shows the harsh measures of the Pinochet government in Chile. Indiscriminate
arrests, brutal murders and disappearances are everyday occurrences. Chile's elite, however, enjoys the good
life. The people ask "Hasta cuando?" (When will our turn come?)
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1998. Three 2@ videos. 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Dramatizes the history of ancient Mexican cities through re-enactments. Volume I examines the Aztecs of
Teotihuacan through murals found on the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and in the temple of Quetzalcoatl,
the winged serpent god. It also describes various concepts of Aztec cosmology, including the movement of
time and division of ages. Volume II is set in Palenque, the first known major settlement of the Mayan
culture. Through the interpretation of inscriptions found on the walls of the main buildings, the rites and
rituals of the Mayans are described. Also examined are the lives of significant rulers such as Halach Vinic,
the Solar Prince, and Kuk Quetzl, the last lord of Palenque. Volume III looks at the last days of the Mayan
empire at Chichntza, a major trading center between Uxmal and Coba, through codices written by Chilam
Balam, the last Mayan diviner.
COCALERO
First Run Features. 2006. DVD. 94 min. Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles.
An Aymara Indian coca leaf grower named Evo Morales travels through the Andes and Amazon in jeans and
sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia=s first indigenous president. The filmmakers capture the
intimate moments and Morales= rise to power.
CONTINENT CRUCIFIED: BRAZIL Landmark Films. 1985. 2@ video. 30 min.
In Brazil, the Catholic Church has always been divided between those who sided with the poor and others
who backed whatever regime was in power. Film traces the dilemma across the slums of Sao Paulo.
CORRIDOS DE LA REVOLUCION MEXICANA
Films for the Humanities. 1991. 2@ video. (also DVD). 55 min. Spanish.
One of Mexico's most beloved actors, Ignacio López Tarso, tells, in song, of the struggles and triumphs of the
Mexican Revolution. Tells of the battles fought, and the men who changed the course of Mexican history.
COSTA RICA: CHILD IN THE WIND
Filmakers Library. 1988. 16 mm. 55min.
Film explores the history of Costa Rica, the oldest democracy in Latin America, and the reasons it has been
able to exist as a neutral country, committed to social welfare and free elections.
CRACKING THE MAYA CODE (See Anthropology/Archaeology)
CRISIS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Films, Inc. 1985. Four 2@ videos. 52 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
This four-part documentary series examines the conflicts in Central America from all sides.
1) THE YANKEE YEARS. During the period from the Spanish-American War in 1898 until the 1950s,
US pre-eminence in Central America was never successfully challenged. Looks at these turbulent years
that set the stage for today's crisis, from the glory days of building the Panama Canal, through the early
US Marine occupation of Nicaragua, to the Cold War crisis in Guatemala in 1954.
2) CASTRO'S CHALLENGE. Examines the roots of the Cuban revolution in 1959 and Castro's rise to
power. Looks at his consolidation of the first communist state in the Americas, his support of revolution
abroad, and the evolution of tensions with the US.
3) REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA. In 1979 the Sandinistas led a revolution overthrowing the Somoza
Dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 years. It was a revolution the US first tried to prevent,
then tried to court and now tries to undermine. Traces the evolution of US involvement.
4) BATTLE FOR EL SALVADOR. In 1985, El Salvador is the focus of American policy in Central
America. Part 4 traces the evolution of El Salvador's civil war and of US policy toward it.
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CUBA AND FIDEL (see "Caribbean" section of catalog)
CUBA: THE CASTRO GENERATION (see "Caribbean" section of catalog)
CUBA: IN THE SHADOW OF DOUBT (see "Caribbean" section of catalog)
DANCING WITH THE INCAS: HUAYNO MUSIC OF PERU
Univ. of California Extension Center for Media. 1991. 2@ video. 58 min. English, Spanish & Quechua with
subtitles.
Explores the lives of three Huayno musicians in a contemporary Peru torn between the military and the
Shining Path guerillas. Examines the roots of Huayno music as well as its contemporary forms. Film
investigates a broad cultural region and illustrates what happens to it as it confronts the commercial traditions
and demands of the West.
DAYS OF THE DEAD: A LIVING TRADITION
AWith the arrival of the conquistadors, many ancient Mesoamerican rituals were absorbed into Christian
holidays. This program examines a collection of sacred, social, and artistic traditions that survived European
assimilation and now compose one of Mexico=s most important annual festivals.@--container
DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKES HAITI AND CHILE (See Environment/Ecology)
DEVIL=S MINER (THE)
First Run/Icarus Films. 2005. DVD. 82 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The story of 14-year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12-year-old brother, Bernardino, as they work in the
sixteenth century Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico (Potosí). Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as
represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there.
DIGNITY OF THE NOBODIES (THE)
Mongrel Media. 2006. DVD. 120 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Argentina has been devastated by an orgy of exploitation at the hands of multinational corporations and
lending institutions. Stories and testimonials paint a harrowing picture of globalization, while examples of
organized resistance inspire, as documentarian Ferando Solanas chronicles the struggle of the Anobodies@: the
workers, the small farmers and the indigenous people who are teaming up to fight for their dignity...and for
their future.
DISCOVERING DOMINGA (See Human Rights)
DON'T EAT TODAY; OR TOMORROW
Icarus Films. 1985. 2@ video. 42 min.
The Argentina government oppressed the people by taking IMF loans and enlarging the national debt. The
citizens were expected to pay it back. Many people disappeared if they did not react properly to government
blackmail. The military is now in control of everything.
EL MIRADOR: A PRECLASSIC CITY
Brigham Young University. 1985. 2@ video. 27 min.
Recounts the discovery and early investigations at El Mirador site.
ELVIA: THE FIGHT FOR LAND AND LIBERTY
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Alturas Films. 1988. 2@ video. 27 min. Chronicles the work of Elvia Alvarado, a Honduran woman peasant
activist, in getting the peasants of Honduras, in the light of failure of the Honduran government, to implement
a land-reform statute.
EMERGING POWERS: BRAZIL
Examines Brazil's changing economy. Brazil has the largest economy in Latin America, but a long history of
inflation and corruption. Includes an interview with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso describing the
steps his administration has taken to open up and privatize Brazil's market.
EMERGING POWERS: MEXICO
Examines the rise of Mexico's economy, and the series of crises which led to economic collapse. Includes
interviews with members of Mexico's finance community and the micro-business association CAME.
FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA
Films for the Humanities. ?? 2@ video. 63 min.
Covers Lorca's life and work-- his poetry and plays and their biographical and literary sources, as well as the
influences on his life.
FESTIVE LAND CARNAVAL IN BAHIA
Berkeley Media. 2001. DVD. 47 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
The meaning of the carnival in Bahia, Brazil, is interpreted and explained by performers and academics.
THE FORBIDDEN LAND
International Cinema, Inc. 1990. 2@ video. 58 min. English & Portuguese with English subtitles.
Film deals with the Catholic Church in Brazil. Examines the struggle between the progressive Catholic
Church which is attempting to defend the rights of the landless peasants, and the Vatican, which is attempting
to silence prominent Brazilian priests and bishops.
FORGING OF THE NEW WORLD
AAs Mexico was born through the fusion of two traditions, a unique culture emerged--one that embraced
liberal philosophies, such as those promulgated by Rosseau and Voltaire. Just as the Catholic Church once
targeted the indigenous cultures, so too did it seek to suppress this new tradition. Nonetheless, Mexico during
this period gave birth to such great philosophers as Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. This program examines the
clash between the emerging culture of the New World and the conquerors from the Old World, who imported
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GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ: THE WITCH WRITING
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1999. 2@ video. 53 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
This in-depth interview with Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez is presented in the form of a
conversation with an old friend he has not seen in a long while... The program is structured to suggest an
apparent disorder of time... Assisted by readings and dramatizations of his works, the master of "magic
realism" focuses on the supernatural aspects of his spellbinding narrative style, in an effort to convey his
particular vision of the world.
GABRIELA MISTRAL: FOCUSED ON LOVE
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An in-depth portrait of Gabriela Mistral, one of Latin America's most gifted poets. The program is composed
of archival footage and commentary from scholars and friends who discuss the personal events that affected
her life and infused her work with its themes of tragic love and unfulfilled maternal love.
GARIFUNAS HOLDING GROUND (See Environment/Ecology)
GHOSTS OF MACHU PICCHU (See Anthropology/Archaeology)
GRANITO A STORY IN THREE PARTS
Skylight Pictures. 2011. DVD. 104 min. English with some Spanish subtitled in English.
General Efraín Ríos Montt was a military leader in Guatemala during the early 1980s. He was responsible
for over 200,000 deaths of Mayans. The filmmaker Pamela Yates was making the documentary When the
Mountains Tremble there at the time, and her film was later entered as evidence by lead counsel Almudena
Bernabeu during the genocide trials of seven Guatemalan military officials. This film tells the story of five
main characters whose destinies collided in the Guatemala of 1982.
HAIL UMBANDA
University of California, Extension Media Center. 1988. 2@ video. 46 min.
A documentary about Umbanda, Brazil's fastest-growing religion. Centers on the cult's pageantry and public
festivals as well as its more esoteric, exotic, and rarely-seen ceremonies.
HAUNTED LANDS (See Human Rights)
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT (See American Foreign Policy)
HOUSES ARE FULL OF SMOKE: EL SALVADOR
Mystic Fire Video. 1987. 2@ video. 59 min. English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Using candid interviews from a wide range of people, this startling documentary is the second in a three-part
series on US policy in Central America.
HOUSES ARE FULL OF SMOKE: GUATEMALA
A chilling documentary on US policy in Central America.
HOUSES ARE FULL OF SMOKE: NICARAGUA
Using candid interviews from a wide range of people, this startling documentary is the third in a three-part
series on U.S. policy in Central America.
HUGO CHAVEZ
Details the rise of the Chavez government and the challenges it has faced in reforming the South American
nation=s economy and political culture. Provides a penetrating look at a confrontational and transformative
head of nation.
THE HUGO CHAVEZ SHOW
“Frontline looks at Venezuela’s controversial and outspoken president, Hugo Chavez, and the revolution
he claims is turning his country into an anti-capitalist beacon for Latin America and the world. Through
the lens of his unique weekly program “Aló Presidente,” and the eyes of the Venezuelans who know him
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well, Frontline digs below the surface of his presidency and his personality to try to understand the
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IN SEARCH OF HISTORY SERIES
New Video. 2005. DVD. 50 min. ea. ((ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) THE AZTEC EMPIRE
Traces the astonishing story of the Aztecs who rose from a beleaguered band of barely over 1,000 to
dominate nearly all of Mexico in just over 400 years.
2) LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
Travel to the top of the world to explore the remarkable Incan city of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes,
and see incredible footage of its discovery.
INCA COLA, LIMA, PERU TODAY
High in the Andes, Indians live a life very similar to their ancestors, however, today many have moved to the
city slums.
INCAS
History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of conquistadors, but new
evidence is being unearthed that may help rewrite history. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle
along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of
Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
INCAS (THE)
Ambrose Video Pub. 2007. DVD. 30 min.
Six hundred years ago, in less than a century, the Inca people, located in present day Peru, forged an empire
equal to that of the Greeks and Romans. They built their empire, not by military conquest but by treaties,
based on providing food for all the empire=s citizens. In the process, the Incas built architectural wonders for
all eternity. Theirs is a history of what seven million people can accomplish when they all work toward a
common goal. Today Machu Picchu stands as a glorious reminder of this once incredible empire.
THE INCAS
Odyssey Series I, Public Broadcasting Associates. 1980. 2@ video. 60 min.
The Incan empire stretched more than 350,000 square miles across some of the world's highest mountains.
Archaeologists trace the network of roads, towns, and agricultural regions responsible for the prosperity of
16th century Peru. (FACDIS)
ISABEL ALLENDE: THE WOMEN'S VOICE IN LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
Isabel Allende, the most recent Latin-American novelist to bestride the world literary stage, describes the
emotions that inform her fiction and the events that set them in motion.
ISLA DE LAS ALMAS
Films for the Humanities. 1996. 2@ video. 50 min. Spanish with no subtitles.
The Day of the Dead, an ancient cultural tradition, still flourishes in modern day Mexico. This documentary
presents the annual commemoration of the Day of the Dead as it is celebrated on the island of La Picanda. On
this day, the dead are believed to revisit the temporal realm. This program allows viewers a glimpse into
Mexican life as they follow the preparations, including bountiful food offerings and wax statues, and
observance of this unique holiday.
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JOSE MARTI: CUBA'S HERALD
This program traces Latin American history through the life of Jose Marti, one of its best-known
commentators. Includes archival material, readings from his works, and commentary by scholars, historians.
JULIO CORTAZAR: ARGENTINA'S ICONOCLAST
Cortazar's preoccupation with 20th century life and his rejection of its values is placed in historical context
and examined as a theme in his works, in particular his masterpiece Rayuela. Archival material and interviews
with contemporaries bring to life the times that shaped Cortazar's oeuvre and ensured its enduring legacy.
KANTIK'I MAISHI (Songs of Sorghum)
University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning. 1992. 2@ video. 58 min. In
English and Papiamento with English subtitles.
This documentary is about the African sorghum harvest celebrations that take place in Curacao and Bonaire
and the changes that have taken place over the last few centuries, particularly with 20th century tourism.
KAYAPO
Films Incorporated Video. 1987. 2@ video. 53 min.
The Kayapo are the first tribe to have their own air force. The independent Kayapo's life changed when gold
was discovered on their land in Brazil. (Also see Environment.)
LA CAMINATA (THE JOURNEY)
New Day Films. 2009. DVD. 15 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Fed up with the mass migration of their community, the small Mexican town of Alberto creates a one-of-akind tourist attraction they call La Caminata, a simulated nighttime border crossing, complete with fake
border patrol chasing balaclava-clad coyotes. The experience is a cross between adventure tourism and a way
for participants, largely middle class Mexican tourists, to experience firsthand the hardships of the border
crossing. La Caminata details the story of this unlikely attempt to save a small community, offering a
powerful look at the effect of migration in home communities, and opening a view to the immigration debate
on the other side.
LANDS OF THE INCAS
Educational Video Network. 1991. 2@ video. 58 min.
This program covers the geography of the Andean region, the origins of the Incas, their architecture, myths,
leaders, and the destruction of the Inca Empire by the Spanish.
THE LAST ZAPATISTA
University of California Extension Center for Media. 1995. 2@ video. b & w/color. 30 min.
Emilio Zapata, southern leader of the 1910-20 Mexican Revolution, has inspired millions...and the revolution
lives on through this myth. This video tells the history of Zapata and the agrarian revolution he led. Zapata's
legacy lives on in old Emeterio Pantaleon, who rode with Zapata.
LATIN AMERICA: INTERVENTION IN OUR OWN BACK YARD
"The Good Neighbor Policy," originated by Secretary of State Cordell Hull and inaugurated by FDR, was a
key development in reversing the US imperialistic attitude toward Latin America. For over a century the
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Monroe Doctrine was invoked to justify intervention in the Caribbean, Central, and South America. Film
states that Pan-American relationships deteriorated rapidly until 1933, "when the policy of intervention was
abolished and soft diplomacy unified the Americas." (FACDIS)
LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1915-1995
This film gives a comprehensive history of art made by women working in ALa América Latina@ throughout
the twentieth century.
LEGACY OF THE INCAS
An explanation of the ruins left behind by the Incas and of ideas on what their civilization was like.
LIFE AND DEATH IN RIO
Media Guild. 1988. 2@ video. 25 min.
Conditions in Rio de Janeiro are examined--especially housing and health and life expectancy in the poor
areas where most people reside.
LIFE AND TIMES OF FRIDA KAHLO (THE)
Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter; her life and art reflected the maelstrom of the revolution and
culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century. This film combines Kahlo’s artwork with
photos, archival films and interviews.
A LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES FROM BRAZIL
Tony Brown Productions. 1992. 2@ video. 28 min.
What do Brazilians think of race relations in America? What is the perception of race in Brazil? How did
Brazilians view the beating of Rodney King and the subsequent Los Angeles riots? All of these questions are
considered by Tony Brown and his panel of experts.
LOST KINGDOMS OF THE MAYA
National Geographic Video. 1993. 2@ video. 60 min.
An exploration of the forests of Central America and Mexico on the trail of the ancient Maya. Distinguished
scientists unearth artifacts, reconstruct cities and decipher the hieroglyphics of an extraordinary civilization.
MAKING THE NEWS FIT
Cinema Guild, 198? 2@ video. 28 min.
A discussion of how well the news media informs us, focusing on recent events in El Salvador.
MALAJUNTA
Cinema Guild. 1996. 2@ video. 58 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Examines the 1976-1983 period in Argentina, when the nation was terrorized by a military dictatorship. Over
30,000 people were kidnapped and disappeared. Another 10,000 prisoners were tortured.
MANU: PERU'S HIDDEN RAIN FOREST
PBS Home Video: Turner Home Entertainment. 1997. 2@ video. 60 min.
Along the eastern base of the Peruvian Andes is a great river named Manu, the life blood of one of the world's
greatest secrets--the Manu Biosphere Rain Forest Reserve.
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MAQUILA: A TALE OF TWO MEXICOS (See International Business)
MAQUILAPOLIS: CITY OF FACTORIES (See Human Rights)
MAYA: LORDS OF THE JUNGLE
A visit to ancient sites on the Yucatan Peninsula where new findings are forcing a reappraisal of the Mayan
past. Researchers display and interpret their findings, setting aside the errors of the past, and quietly working
a revolution in pre-Columbian archaeology.
MEXICO: A STORY OF COURAGE AND CONQUEST
New Video Group. 1999. Four 2@ videos. 200 min.
Covers the history of Mexico from the early colonial period to the modern era.
MEXICO: BACK DOOR TO THE PROMISED LAND
Children of desperately poor families share stories of their hardships and the choices they have made. For
some, childhood means heavy labor as migrant workers in northern Mexico, while for others it means gang
life on the streets of Tijuana. Yet for all economic refugees for whom dollars are more valuable than
education, the dream of life in America is like a vision of the promised land.
MEXICO CITY
Tells the story of Mexico City from its founding as Tenochtitilan to its development into what is probably the
world's largest and most polluted city.
MEXICO, THE FROZEN REVOLUTION
Facets Video. 2007. DVD. 65 min.
Blends rare archival footage of the events and personalities of the Mexican revolution of 1910-1917 with
contemporary documentary scenes to present a comprehensive sociohistorical analysis of Mexico. The film
discusses the economic problems Mexico has had to deal with as a result of the government=s failure to live
up to the promises of the revolution.
MEXICO: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AZTECS
Warner Home Video. Five-Hundred Nations Series. 1995. 2@ video. 49 min.
From a CBS documentary film series, hosted by Kevin Costner and narrated by Gregory Harrison. The
second of eight programs exploring the history and culture of North America. The Indians of Central Mexico
and dramatic eyewitness accounts of the Aztec-Spanish War highlight this video.
MEXICO: THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY
AAfter Mexico gained independence from Spain, the young nation continued to struggle for identity as it
sought to define itself geographically, politically, and culturally. As Mexico matured, so too did its literary
tradition. This program examines the influences of such writers as José Santos Chocano, Enrique Gonzales
Martinez, and Los Contemporáneos, among others.@--container
MINERS OF BOLIVIA
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Indicates that the Indians eke out a submarginal existence working in the tin mines and along the waterways
digging the tin ore. Points out that family life is difficult--with almost everyone chewing the coca leaf to dull
the hardships of daily life. Part of MAN AND HIS WORLD series. (FACDIS)
MISSION
Warner Home Video. 1986. 2@ video. 124 min.
A mercenary and a priest unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from colonial powers.
MYSTERIES OF PERU: ENIGMA OF THE RUINS
Atlas Video. 1985. 2@ video. 52 min.
A fascinating look at the ancient Chimu civilization that thrived along Peru's coastal deserts. The Chimu
people were known for their elaborate textiles and pottery, but their most astonishing achievement was the
development of a technologically advanced irrigation system. One of a two-part series exploring the ancient
civilization of Peru.
MYSTERIES OF PERU: THE LINES
Atlas Video. 1985. 2@ video. 52 min.
Two thousand years ago, ancient Peruvians drew vast shapes and figures in the flat desert floor. They would
never see these figures themselves, as they were only fully comprehensible from the air. How did the
members of this pre- Inca civilization achieve such geometrical precision, and what do the drawings mean?
MYSTERY OF THE MAYA
The Film Board. 1995. 2@ video. 38 min.
Explores the culture, science, and history of the Mayas. Discusses their work with architecture, math,
calendrics, and writing systems.
NAFTA AND THE NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER: LIFE ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER
ABC News correspondent, Judy Muller, reports on the quality of life along the international border between
El Paso and Juarez since the implementation of NAFTA. Program concludes with a discussion between Ted
Koppel and Fernando Macias, leader of a consortium of American and Mexican officials charged with
managing change along this new economic frontier.
NICARAGUA: REPORT FROM THE FRONT
First Run Features. 1983. 16 mm. 32 min.
A look at US foreign policy in Central America. Based on 1983 interviews, the conflict is illustrated by
dramatic accounts of the "contras" as well as the Sandinista armies.
OCTAVIO PAZ: MEXICO'S MUSE
Spanish with English subtitles. This program examines the influences of Marxism, Buddhism, and Hinduism,
along with Existentialism and Surrealism, throughout Octavio Paz's work. Archival material and commentary
from friends, family, and scholars provide a comprehensive portrait of this extraordinary man and his work.
OUR GOD THE CONDOR
This film, shot in the southern Andes of Peru, documents the "Yawar Fiesta," an annual event representing the
Indians' triumph over the Spaniards. The ceremony has a condor, considered the mountain spirit of the
Andes, tied to the back of a bull, the symbol of Spain.
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PABLO NERUDA: CHILE'S MASTER POET
Films for Humanities & Sciences. 2001. 2@ video. 28 min. In Spanish with English subtitles.
The life and work of Pablo Neruda - Nobel Laureate, statesman, renowned poet - both reflect and embody the
events that shaped the 20th century. Born in Chile, he fled as a political refugee in 1948, not to return until
1952. Presents Neruda's life and the times that molded it.
PANAMA DECEPTION
Rhino Home Video. 1992. 2@ video. 90 min.
Offers a view of the invasion of Panama that was not given by the American media. Presents evidence of
mass burials of civilian casualties and internment of homeless civilians.
PERU: WHEN THE WORLD TURNED DARK
Arawak Distributer. 1987. 16 mm. 52 min.
A view of "the clash between two worlds" during the Spanish conquest and the ensuing religious beliefs and
rituals of the present-day inhabitants of the Colca Valley in southern Peru.
PERU BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL: A DOCUMENTARY
Free Will Productions. 1996. 2@ video. 51 min.
Relates the history of the Peruvian Marxist guerrilla group, Sendero Luminoso, the Peruvian government's
struggle against it, and the government's own violence against the population, and shows that conflict's effects
on the economic and social conditions of Peru today.
A PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS
Zeitgeist Films. 2005. DVD. 92 min.
In 1994 the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Maya Indians, took over five
towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. Fighting for indigenous Mexicans to regain control over their
lives and the land, the Zapatista Army, led by Subcommandante Marcos, started sending their message to the
world via the Internet. The result was what the New York Times called “the world=s first post-modern
revolution.” Here the filmmaker, who traveled to the jungle canyons of Southern Mexico to cover the
uprising, effectively captures the human dimensions behind the war.
POPUL VUH: SACRED BOOK OF THE QUICH MAYA
Univ. of California Extension Media Center. 1989. 2@ video. (also DVD). 60 min.
Also titled Popul Vuh: Creation Myth of the Maya, this is an animated film with drawings taken directly from
classic Mayan pottery. Includes music performed on pre-Colombian instruments. Portrays the creation myth
from the sacred book of the Mayans (Guatemala) of the hero twins who survived the Spanish Conquest.
QUECHUA
Films Incorporated. 1974. 2@ video. 51 min.
The Quechua live in the Andes Mountains, in an isolated part of Peru. Unlike many tribes in remote areas,
they desperately want a road to link them with the outside world and its benefits.
THE RAGGED REVOLUTION: THE ROMANCE AND THE REALITY OF THE MEXICAN
REVOLUTION
Document Associates, Inc. 1981. 16 mm. 37 min.
Shows how the disastrous social and economic conditions in Mexico at the turn of the century paved the way
for the Revolution. The result was a brutal civil war between weak and disorganized Federal troops and rebel
armies led by illiterate peasants and bandits who were to become national heroes. (FACDIS)
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RIGOBERTA MENCHU: BROKEN SILENCE
Presents a profile of a woman whose life has become a symbol of the sufferings, not only of her own Mayan
Quiche people, but of all the indigenous people of the Americas. It is a moving portrait of a self-taught
woman who dreams of a Guatemalan Congress integrating indigenous and non-indigenous people.
RESISTENCIA HIP-HOP IN COLOMBIA
Cinema Guild. 2002. 2@ video. Spanish with English subtitles.
A radical and thought-provoking exploration of how young Colombians feel about the crisis afflicting their
country. The film follows a summer in the lives of some of Colombia=s finest rappers, DJs and breakdancers.
The film is a good introduction for anyone interested in Colombia=s long-running civil war, as seen through
the eyes of those directly affected by it. It also gives an intimate insight into life in the barrios of a very
volatile country, and how traditional Latino music is losing out to rap music.
ROMERO
Vidmark Entertainment. 1989. 2@ video. 104 min.
This award-winning film chronicles the transformation of Archbishop Oscar Romero from an apolitical,
complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people. A compelling look at the life of a man
who made the ultimate sacrifice in a stand against social injustice and oppression.
SALVADOR
Vestron Video. 1985. 2@ video. 122 min.
A feature film about a veteran war photojournalist who is sent to El Salvador in 1980 to capture the
bloodshed, brutality and injustices of the war on film.
SALVADOR ALLENDE
Icarus Films. 2004. DVD. 100 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
From his childhood in Valparaiso to his suicide following the Pinochet military coup on September 11,
1973, the life and works of Chilean president, Salvador Allende, focusing on the three years following his
election.
SAUDADE DO FUTURO
Laterit Productions. 2003. DVD. 90 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Dreaming of a better life, migrants from the northeast of Brazil speak about the city of São Paulo, and
sing of it in prose, songs, and stories.
SEEDS OF REVOLUTION
Film focuses on Honduras as a typical "Banana Republic." Its predominantly agricultural economy is
dominated by US-based corporations which effectively control most of the country's life. Examines the
various sectors of Honduran society through interviews with corporate representatives, military officials,
labor leaders, missionaries and peasants. (FACDIS)
SEEKING WINDOWS
First Run Features/Icarus Films. 1986. 2@ video. 27 min.
Focuses on the current state of rural migrants in Honduras, from the squatter's settlements around the capital
city of Tegucigalpa, to recent housing and agrarian cooperative experiments.
SENTINELS OF SILENCE
ALTI Publishing. 1990. 2@ video. 18 min.
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Filmed almost entirely from a helicopter, this award-winning film presents spectacular views of seven of the
most important archeological sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Mitla, Tulum, Palenque, Chichen
Itza and Uxmal.
SIMPLEMENTE JENNY
International Women's Film Project. 1977. 16 mm. 33 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
About women in Latin America and the cultural values that shape their lives, film explores image and reality,
the models of society and the facts of poverty and violence. Three adolescent girls in a Bolivian reformatory
tell their stories of rape and forced prostitution, and their fantasies of marriage and happiness in a society that
has no place for them. Documents the conflict of both classes and cultures--particularly Western values
versus Indian and folk values.
THE SIXTH SUN: MAYAN UPRISING IN CHIAPAS
An examination of the events during and following the peasant uprising in Chiapas in 1994.
SOUTH AMERICA: CONTINENT OF DIVERSITY
A panoramic look at the continent which contains the world's largest river and driest desert. Included in this
video are brief remarks on geography, history, cultural traditions, economy, industry, and the political scene.
SOUTH AMERICA: LAND OF MANY FACES
CRM/McGraw-Hill. 1975. 16 mm. 15 min.
Shows the variety and harsh contrast in parts of South America. Depicts how the Andes control the climate,
life patterns, and character of much of South America. Shows the tropical forest areas of the Amazon Basin
and the lifestyles of the Indians that live here. Life in the desert areas is shown, as well as the contrasting
lifestyles in the grassy plains of the Pampas. (FACDIS)
SOUTH AMERICA: THE WIDENING GAP
CRM/McGraw Hill. 1975. 16 mm. 15 min.
Depicts the contrast and "widening gap" between the wealthy and poor of South America. In search of a
better life, large numbers of the rural poor have moved to the cities, creating slums that have become "cities
within cities." These migrants have set up a great demand for all the city services, thus putting a severe strain
on the nation's economy. (FACDIS)
STATE OF FEAR (See Human Rights)
THE TAKE
First Run Features. 2004. DVD. 87 min.
Explores how Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse, where a prosperous middle class economy was destroyed
during 10 years of IMF policies, impacted the lives of ordinary workers. Follows 30 unemployed auto-parts
workers, who stage a protest against their bosses and economic globalization by occupying their closed
factory and refusing to leave.
TINA IN MEXICO
Bullfrog Films. 2003. DVD. 60 min.
Portrait of photographer Tina Modotti in revolutionary 1920s Mexico. Looks at her work and her passionate
relationships with contemporary artists and revolutionaries, including Edward Weston and Diego Rivera.
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TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN
Guatemala, a country of great poverty and social unrest, has the largest indigenous population of any country
in Latin America, and an increasing amount of the opposition to the Guatemalan government is coming from
this Indian majority. This film looks at one Indian village called Todos Santos Cuchumatan. Through
interviews the film shows the backdrop for the current political response of these people to the policies of
the government. (FACDIS)
TODOS SANTOS: THE SURVIVORS
In Guatemala, the army, looking for guerrillas, kills, tortures, and harasses the
population.
TRADICIONES NAVIDENAS
Films for the Humanities. 1991. 2@ video. 56 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
This program lets viewers take part in a traditional posada. The songs, the pinata, the litany, the lights, and
the candle-lit walks through historic buildings and grounds, bring this special Christmas fiesta to life.
TRINKETS & BEADS
Documents the lives of the Huaorani, a small tribe of Ecuadorian Indians who, after 20 years of pressure from
foreign oil companies, agreed to allow oil drilling on their land. Focuses on the introduction of massive
environmental pollution and cultural change, and the tribe's efforts to regain control of their lives and lands.
TYRANTS WILL RISE FROM MY TOMB -CHILE
Examines the Chile of Augusto Pinochet.
VALDIVIA: AMERICA'S OLDEST CIVILIZATION
Exploration of the culture, arts, and lifestyle of 5,000 year old Valdivia in ancient Ecuador, the oldest
civilization of the American continents.
VIRACOCHA
Documentary Educational Resources. 2007. DVD. 30 min. In Aymara with English subtitles. The social
and economic relationships of the native Indians and the mestizos is depicted by focusing on the Bolivian
villages of Vitocota and Ayata.
VIVA ZAPATA!
Key Video. 1988. 2@ video. 112 min.
Emiliano Zapata, an ally of Pancho Villa, leads the Mexican peasants in a bloody revolt against the oppressive
government of President Porfirio Diaz. Screenplay written by John Steinbeck.
WARRIORS OF THE AMAZON
WGBH Video. 1996. 2@ video. 60 min.
Visit the Yamomamo Indians, an endangered tribe whose culture is built on communal harmony and fierce
rivalries.
WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE
New Video. 2004. DVD. 83 min. Spanish and English dialogue with English subtitles.
Chronicles the astonishing, true story of Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, who is a Quinché Indian
woman, as she stood up for her people and helped wage a rebellion in the wake of seemingly unconquerable
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oppression. Shot at the height of the heated battle between the heavily-armed Guatemalan Military and the
nearly defenseless Mayan population.
WHEN WILL OUR TURN COME?: THE URBAN POOR OF OAXACA, MEXICO
University of Northern Colorado. 1982. 2@ video. 45 min.
A general ethnographic presentation on the people of an urban poor community in the city of Oaxaca.
YANOMAMO SERIES (See Anthropology)
Portuguese And Spanish Foreign Language/Feature Films (Latin American)
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
Anchor Bay entertainment. 2000. DVD. (also 2@ video). 94 min. German with English subtitles.
Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation,
Indians, the forces of nature, and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre is consumed by visions of conquering all
of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre=s megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
ALSINO AND THE CONDOR
Pacific Arts Video. 1986. 2@ video. 82 min. Spanish, English subtitles.
Set in Nicaragua, film depicts the clash between Central American governments and Sandinista rebels. Story
of boy's dream of flying above the madness of the world around him.
ANOCHE SONE CONTIGO (DREAMING ABOUT YOU)
Vanguard Cinema. 1992, 2003. DVD. 90 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
During their summer break, Toto and Quique dream their life away by biking around the neighborhood. They
want to discover something new to them...women. But Toto didn't count on the unexpected visit of his
cousin, Azucena, with whom he would have an unforgettable experience...his sexual initiation.
APOCALYPTO
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 138 min. Mayan with English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
As the Mayan Kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and
offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice but flees to avoid his fate.
He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end
awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family, he
will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
BOCA DEL LOBO
CineVista Video. 1988. 2@ video. 121 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
High in the Andes a savage war for the "hearts and minds" of the Peruvian Indians is taking place. Both the
Army and Marxist guerrillas brutalize and exploit the indigenous peoples.
BOLIVAR I AM
Venevision International. 2003. DVD. 112 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The actor, Santiago Miranda, frantically abandons the production set of the popular soap opera, The Lovers of
the Liberator, because he doesn=t agree with the script, considering it a misunderstanding of history.
BRUTE (THE)
Facets Video. 2007. DVD. 83 min. b & w. Spanish with English subtitles.
A slow-witted but strong slaughterhouse worker who is hired by a slumlord to break a tenant strike
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accidentally kills one of the strike leaders. He is then drawn into a doomed affair with the landlord=s wife.
CABEZA DE VACA
Public Television Playhouse. 1990. 2@ video. 112 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders off the coast of Florida with many lives lost. One survivor, Alvar
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he
discovers a nomadic Indian tribe. Over time, Cabeza de Vaca learns the ways of their mystical and
mysterious culture. His two worlds collide, however, as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians,
and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.
CAMILA
Facets Video. 2002. DVD. (also 2@ video). 105 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Recounts the true story of a young Catholic socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O=Gorman, who falls in love
and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez, in 1847. Eventually they are found and
executed by the repressive government. The film also makes a statement about the affect of dictatorship on
personal and political freedom.
CAUTIVA
Koch Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 109 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
AChristina Quadri=s life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school
and told that she is really Sofia Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the >70s. Questioning
everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like
herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina=s relatively recent past and the
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CENTRAL STATION
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 1999. 2@ video. Also DVD. 106 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Inside Rio de Janeiro's busy Central Station, two unlikely souls become linked when a young boy witnesses
his mother's accidental death, and a lonely retired school teacher reluctantly takes him under her wing.
Although initially distrustful of each other, the two form an uncommon bond as they venture from Rio to
Brazil's barren and remote northeast region searching for the boy's father. Together they embark on a journey
that restores the woman's spirit and teaches the boy precious life lessons.
CIDADE DE DEUS (City of God)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 130 min. Portuguese with English/French/Spanish subtitles.
A tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time,
the main focus is on Cabeleira, who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bene,
become crime lords over the course of a decade. When Bene is killed before he can retire, Little Ze attempts to
take out his arch enemy, Sando Cenoura.
CITY AND THE DOGS
Cinevista. 1994. DVD. 135 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Four angry cadets, who have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom
and stifling confinement in a Peruvian military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and
leads to murder and suicide.
CHRONICLES
Palm Pictures. 2005. DVD. 108 min. Spanish with Spanish or English subtitles.
The anchor of a popular news show flies to a small town in Ecuador to cover a story about a serial child killer.
He saves a man after the town tries to lynch him. The man offers information about the case in exchange for
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a story about his innocence.
CORONATION
A glum, middle-aged bachelor, Don Andres, is the heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family.
Andres suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his abusive, and
almost crazy, grandmother. The differences in class and age don=t stop Andres from courting Estela, whose
fiancé, Mario, tries to make some money off of his well-to-do rival. The suffocating atmosphere of the rundown mansion mimics the deterioration of the Bourgeoisie, and threatens Andres own mental state.
CRIME OF PADRE (THE)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 119 min. Spanish or English with English, French or
Spanish subtitles.
A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon
arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on
obsession. Quickly her passion for her faith becomes entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest.
When the priest crosses the line that separates temptation from sin, he finds himself torn between the divine
and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust.
DANZÓN
Facets Video. 2007. DVD. 120 min. Spanish with English, French or Spanish subtitles.
“Julia is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon:
a Cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every Wednesday Julia does the danzon with
Carmelo in the old ‘Salon Colonia.’ They=ve danced for years but barely know each other. One night
Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows
Carmelo has a brother. That sudden trip will change Julia=s life forever.”--Maximiliano Maza,
www.imdb.com
DEATH IN THE GARDEN
Microcinema International. 2009. DVD. 100 min. Spanish or French with English subtitles.
Amid a revolution in a South American mining outpost, a band of fugitives are forced to flee for their lives
into the jungle. Starving, exhausted, and stripped of their old identities, they wander desperately, lured by
one deceptive promise of salvation after another.
DEEP CRIMSON
Home Vision Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 114 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Based on the true story of the Lonely Hearts Murders, Nicolas and Coral roam the back roads of Mexico
looking for lonely women who Nicolas seduces and the insanely jealous Coral then murders.
DEFYING DEATH IN BRAZIL: THE STORY OF FATHER RICARDO REZENDE
Filmakers Library. 1993. 2@ video. 17 min. English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
In the state of Para in Brazil, Father Ricardo Rezende risks his life daily to defend the rights of the poor
peasants. These people have faced alarming human rights abuses, such as eviction, slavery, abduction, and
murder at the hands of the government, whose corrupt land reform schemes have resulted in violent territorial
disputes.
DIAS DE SANTIAGO
Lions Gate Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 83 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his
violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a
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life of crime.
DOÑA BÁRBARA
Urban Vision Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 105 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Doña Bárbara, feared for her witchcraft, becomes involved in a land dispute with Santos Luzardo, a city
lawyer, who has come to take charge of his family’s property. Both she and her daughter then fall in love
with him.
EL HOMBRE DE AL LADO
Transeuropa. 2010. DVD. 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
“In this dark comedy that explores class, vanity and the nature of friendship, architect Leonardo’s perfect
existence is threatened when his lower-class neighbor begins to construct a window in the dividing wall
between their homes. Fearful that the view from his beautiful Le Corbusier-designed house will be ruined
and his family’s privacy invaded, Leonardo is willing to do whatever it takes to restore peace to his life.”–
Chicago International Film Festival website.
EVEN THE RAIN
Morena Films. 2010. DVD. 103 min. Spanish with English or French subtitles.
Set in 2000 in Cochabamba, Bolivia, a Spanish director and his crew are shooting a controversial film about
Christopher Columbus, his first explorations, and the way the Spaniards treated the Indians. They hire local
actors and extras. Things go smoothly until a conflict erupts over the privatization of the water supply. The
trouble is that one of the local actors is a leading activist in the protest movement, catching the filmmakers
firmly in the middle.
EXTERMINATING ANGEL
Criterion Collection. 2009. Two DVDs. 93 min. b & w. Spanish with optional English subtitles.
After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises.
As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse, and they are forced to live like
animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are
again trapped.
FABLE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PIGEON FANCIER
Fox Lorber Home Video. 1991. 2@ video. 73 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Set on a panoramic Brazilian beach, this film confronts the sexual and social tensions between classes in the
romantic story of a wealthy aristocrat's obsessive desire. Based on novel by Garcia Marquez.
FAIRY TALES TO PUT CROCODILES TO SLEEP
Consists of a story of magical realism featuring superstition, ambition, and treason. A man who suffers from
insomnia is forced to confront a dark and mysterious past when he heeds a call from his brother. Upon
traveling to his hometown, he finds out that both his brother and his father died years ago, and his family is
under a menacing curse.
HEROD=S LAW
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 122 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
When in San Pedro de los Saguaros, the mayor, is lynched by a group of indigenous people, the old junkyard
operator, Juan Vargas, is named the Temporary Municipal President. This makes him believe that his dream
of power is going to come true; but when confronted with the problems of the place, he decides to resign.
However, his boss obliges him to stay by telling him that he=s been touched by Herode=s Law and gives to him
the constitution as an aid and a gun. He soon discovers the delights of power applying the law along the way
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and provoking reactions that get out of control.
HISTORIA OFICIAL (LA) (The Official Story)
Pacific Arts Video. 1985. 2@ video. 113 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Follows the wife of a wealthy Argentinian businessman, who finds herself face to face with a legacy of terror
as she begins to discover that her own adopted daughter may have been stolen from a family of disappeared
people. In the 1970s, the military dictatorship carried out a brutal campaign of torture and murder against
many of its own citizens.
HOMBRE DE LA ESQUINA ROSADA Films for the Humanities. 1980. 2@ video. Spanish.
This, one of Borges' first short stories, takes us into the lawless world of the gaucho, whose language and
ethos the author vividly portrays.
I, THE WORST OF ALL
First Run Features. 1990. DVD. 107 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The final film of the late Argentinean director, Maria Luisa Bemburg, examines the tragic life of 17th century
Mexican poet/nun, Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, from her entry into a Mexican convent to her last pathetic
written confession,AI am the worst of them all.@
ILONA ARRIVES WITH THE RAIN
Facets Video. 2003. 1996. DVD. 124 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A beautiful woman and her long lost lover reunite for a last caper in steamy, cosmopolitan Panama City.
Tough-guy smuggler, Magroll, stumbles across Ilona, his long lost love and cohort. They have not seen each
other in years. They begin to plot a new scheme - one in search of impossible wealth.
INVISIBLE CHILDREN
In a small town in Colombia in the 1950s three eight-year-olds attempt to make themselves invisible by
following the directions in a book of black magic. Fifty years later one of these children tells the story of
their adventures.
LA BOCA DEL LOBO
Play Music & Video. 2012. DVD. 117 min. Spanish.
The Peruvian army takes control of Chuspi, a small village isolated in the Andes by the revolutionary
group “Sendero Luminoso” - The Shining Path. Vitin Luna and the young soldiers must face an invisible
force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In
the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.
LA ILUSÍON VIAJA EN TRANVÍA
Alter Films: Televisa. 2003. DVD. 90 min. Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles.
“When their old streetcar is condemned to scrap, two laid-off transit workers decide to take it for one last
drunken spree. Trying to get back to the depot undetected, they pick up a motley load of passengers.”
LA NIÑA EN LA PIEDRA (THE GIRL ON THE STONE)
DistriMax. 2009. DVD. 104 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
In a small town near Mexico City, Gabino, a backward junior high school student, falls in love with Maty, his
charming schoolmate. When she rejects him, his classmates urge him to punish her. The consequences
take them to the pit guarded by an ancient magic stone he and his father hid there.
LA TRAGEDIA DE MACARIO
Amigo Films. 2006. DVD. 71 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
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A Mexican peasant finds himself drawn uncontrollably to thoughts of crossing the border to find work and a
more dignified life for his wife. The struggles get harder, and he decides to set out on this dangerous journey,
guided by faith and determination.
LOS MUERTOS
A convicted killer is freed after serving a lengthy prison sentence. Released into Argentina, the ex-convict
sets off on a journey of redemption and self-discovery.
LOS OLVIDADOS (YOUNG AND THE DAMNED)
Connoisseur Video Collection. 1950. 2@ video. b & w. 82 min. Spanish with English subtitles. Bunuel's
study of street gangs in the outskirts of Mexico City systematically resists conventional solutions to juvenile
delinquency and poverty in order to dramatize the need for more radical solutions.
MACHUCA
Menemsha Films. 2007. DVD. 115 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
“Explores Chile’s bloody 1973 coup through the coming-of-age story of a pair of 12-year-old boys. From
opposite extremes of society, Gonzalo and Pedro form an unlikely friendship as politics rip their world
apart.”–container
MADEINUSA
Film Movement. 2006. DVD. 95 min. Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles.
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca
Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at
three o=clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole
village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can=t see
what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her
sister Chale, and her father, Don Cayo, the mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without
questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist
from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.
MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT
New Yorker Video. 1968. 2@ video. 97 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
A study of Cuban society before and after the revolution as seen through the eyes of a self-styled writer.
MIDAQ ALLEY: EL CALLEJON DE LOS MILAGROS
Fox Lorber Home Video. 1995. 2@ video. 140 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Stories of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined in the old downtown section of Mexico City. Based on
a novel by Nobel prize winning Egyptian writer, Naquib Mahfuz.
MILK OF SORROW (THE)
Olive Films. 2010. DVD. 94 min. Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles.
Fausta suffers from >The Milk of Sorrow,= an illness transmitted through mother=s milk by women who=ve
been raped during Peru=s civil wars. Stricken with fear that she=s contracted the illness from her mother=s
breast milk, Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother=s
sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom, and
wholeness.
EL MUERTO/THE DEAD MAN
Distributed by Tamarelle's International Films. 1987. 2@ video. 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
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The story by Jorge Luis Borges, of Benjamin Ortalora and the Uruguayan civil war of the 19th century.
NINE QUEENS
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 115 min. Spanish with English and French subtitles.
Two small-time grifters team up to pull off a big-time score involving a set of valuable counterfeit stamps
known as the Nine Queens. But, the rules of the con game unexpectedly change, and the two crooks find
themselves pitted against each other in this taut psychological thriller in which neither the players, nor the
audience, knows for sure who is playing who.
THE NORTH
Frontera Films. 1984. DVD. 141 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Beginning in the mountains of Guatemala, El norte is the story of two brothers who leave their homeland in
search of the Apromised land@ after their father is assassinated by the government. It is a journey filled with
never-to-be forgotten dangers and hardships. A dangerous journey that makes for a better life.
OFFICIAL STORY
Koch Lorber Films. 2004. DVD. 114 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country=s government. Over
time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political
prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so
abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
ORFEU
New Yorker Video. 2002. DVD. Portuguese with English subtitles.
In Carioca Hill, a dangerous slum in Rio de Janeiro, Orfeu, a charismatic and beloved samba musician, leads
his school each year in the Carnaval parade, refusing to abandon the slums where he was raised. When Orfeu
falls in love with Euridice, an Indian girl visiting her aunt in Carioca Hill, he arouses the jealousy of his fiery
mistress, forgotten lovers and childhood friend, Luchinho, the community=s brooding drug lord.
OTHER CONQUEST (THE)
Starz Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 105 min. Spanish and Nahuatl with English subtitles.
Mexico, 1521. The Spanish army of Hernando Cortéz has swept through the New World forcing their
religious beliefs on the brave Aztec people. A skillful Aztec scribe, who survived the Massacre of the Temple
in 1520, spends years trying to preserve the rites and customs of his people. The Spanish army would
conquer their land, but not the soul of the Aztec people.
QUILOMBO
New York Video. 1984. 2@ video. 119 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
A dramatization which chronicles the Palmares Quilombo, the most famous of the 17th century groups of
runaway black slaves in Brazil. Shows how this self-governing community flourished for several decades.
REALM OF FORTUNE
Desert Mountain Media. 2002. DVD. 130 min. Spanish with English subtitles. (Mexico)
A poor peasant is given a loser fighting cock for food, but he instead trains it and begins to make money. His
new-found fortune attracts the local cabaret singer, and he becomes attracted to her, believing she is his good
luck charm.
RED INK
Venevision International. 2000. DVD. 118 min. Spanish with English subtitles. (Peru)
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A young college graduate wants to be an entertainment writer, but in his first journalism job is assigned to the
daily crime column on a tabloid newspaper.
ROSE SELLER
(This recording does not have a British classification. To comply with the Video Recording Act 1984 it must
be viewed in the library or in a classroom, and may not be borrowed for home use.) This is the story of street
children. Monica, age 13, has rebelled against everything. She lives on the streets and fights to defend what
little she has.
RUDO Y CURSI
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2009. DVD. 102 min. Spanish with English or French subtitles.
From the rural banana plantation where they play soccer for the village team to the big city stadiums, two
brothers have become rivals and battle each other on opposing sides. When a talent scout gets stranded in
their tiny town, brothers Beto and Tato are discovered. They are whisked away to Mexico City to play for the
big leagues where they quickly achieve fame. Success leads to excess. Rudo descends into a quagmire of
gambling debt and drug abuse. Cursi is distracted by beautiful women and a second career as a pop singer.
Having come so far, will the siblings remember their original goal to build a home for their mother?
SANTITOS
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. 2003. DVD. 101 min. Spanish with English or Spanish
subtitles.
After the widowed Esperanza loses her daughter to a rare virus, she searches her faith for an explanation.
When St. Jude appears to her and tells her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza becomes convinced her
daughter was kidnapped and sold as a sex slave. Becoming a prostitute, she sets out to find her daughter in
Tijuana.
SECUESTRO EXPRESS
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 87 min. Spanish with English subtitles. (Venezuela)
Carla and Martin are abducted by three men who make their living kidnapping young adults to extort quick
money from their wealthy parents. They spend a terrifying night as they wait for Carla=s father to hand over
the ransom.
SIMON OF THE DESERT
Image Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 45 min. b & w. Spanish with English subtitles.
In order to prove he is devoted to God, a 4th century saint stays on the top of a pillar for over six years while
he is tempted by the devil in the form of a beautiful woman.
SIN NOMBRE
Focus Features. 2009. DVD. 96 min. Spanish with English and French subtitles.
Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young woman, Sayra, joins her father on an odyssey to cross the
gauntlet of the Latin American countryside. Along the way, she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang
member, El Casper, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past. Together they have to rely on faith, trust
and street smarts if they are to survive the hope of new lives.
SURVIVAL OF THE WEAKEST
New Yorker Video. 2001. DVD. 127 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
ATen-year-old Pixote (Portuguese slang for >Peewee=) is one of three million homeless children in Brazil.
Hauled off to a crowded detention center, wide-eyed Pixote witnesses rapes, beatings and other acts of
random violence by both the guards and the inmates. With the transvestite, Lilica, and his lover, Dito, Pixote
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escapes from the reform school where he and his friends hit the streets alone, embarking on a life of violence
and crime.@--container.
VIOLIN (THE)
RB Media. 2008. DVD. 98 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson, Lucio, lead
double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the
peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the
rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an
inoffensive violinist, Plutarco has a plan: to recover the munitions hidden in his cornfield. His music
enraptures the captain, but he still has to get his hands on the ammunition.
VIVA CUBA
RB Media. 2007. DVD. 84 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents=
differences. Malú is from an upper-class family, and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito,
as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito=s mother, a poor socialist, proud of her
family=s social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the
immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito.
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment. 2002. DVD. 105 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Luisa schools them in the
finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?
YO, LA PEOR DE TODAS : I, THE WORST OF ALL
First Run Features. 1990. 2@ video. 107 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
The final film of the late Argentinean director, Maria Luisa Bemburg, examines the tragic life of 17th century
Mexican poet/nun Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz from her entry into a Mexican convent to her last pathetic
written confession "I am the worst of them all."
YOUNG AND THE DAMNED (THE)
Alterfilms. 2004. DVD. 81 min. Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles.
A group of juvenile delinquents live a life full of violence and crime in one of the most deteriorated, poor
neighborhoods in Mexico City. The morality of the youth, Pedro, is corrupted gradually by other characters.
MIDDLE EAST
AFGHANISTAN: HIDDEN TREASURES
National Geographic. 2008. DVD. 30 min.
This unique collection explores the art and cultural themes of ancient Afghanistan that are now part of a
traveling exhibition.
AFGHANISTAN: THE LOST TRUTH
Women Make Movies. 2003. 2@ video. (also DVD). 64 min. Persian with English subtitles.
This an unprecedented journey across Afghanistan. Despite the turmoil and suffering they have endured, the
women, men, and children hold on to their hopes for the future. This film captures subtle facial expressions,
architectural grandeur, and landscape of disarming beauty, painting a vivid portrait of both Afghani people
and their country.
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AFTER THE RAPE (See Human Rights)
ANCIENT AND MODERN
Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp. 1984. 16 mm. 24 min.
Seeks to answer why the Middle East fell into decline just as the Renaissance in Europe began.
ANCIENT EGYPT
For almost 3,000 years, the pharaohs ruled a civilization that was arguably the grandest of the ancient world.
This program sheds new light on this enigmatic empire, offering information on the construction of pyramids,
the god-kings, including the only female pharaoh, Hatshepsut, the Rosetta Stone, religions and cults,
mummification and burial rites, and the treasures of Tutankhamen.
ARAB AND JEW, WOUNDED SPIRITS IN A PROMISED LAND
Gardner Films, Inc., with WETA; PBS Video. 1989. 2@ video. 120 min.
Through mostly personal interviews, examines the critical tension between Arabs and Jews living within the
lands under the jurisdiction of the Israeli state, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and explores both
Arab and Jewish prejudices, stereotypes and interactions.
ARAB WORLD
Mystic Film Video. 1991. Five 2@ videos. 26 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY ARE NOT. Stretching from Morocco to Oman, the Arab world has a
long and proud history. A beacon of science and philosophy during the long twilight of the Dark Ages,
the Arab world spurred the revival of classical learning that kindled the Renaissance.
2) THE HISTORIC MEMORY. This documentary discusses history, boundaries, and forming of
governments in the Middle East.
3) THE IMAGE OF GOD. Muslim and Islamic religion is the topic of this tape.
4) THE BONDS OF PRIDE. Bill Moyers discusses Arab language, family life, humor, and education with
Yvonne Haddad, Michael Suleiman, and Afaf Marsot.
5) ARABS AND THE WEST. How the West sees the Arabs, and how the Arabs see the West is the topic
of this Bill Moyer's special.
BAKHTIARI MIGRATION: THE SHEEP MUST LIVE
Films, Inc. 1974. 16 mm. 27 minutes.
A grueling test of human endurance, the Bakhtiari migration takes about five weeks and covers some 200
miles. Half a million people and millions of sheep and goats cross the massive Zagros range in southern Iran
twice yearly to move between summer and winter pastures. Award-winning film. (FACDIS)
BATTLE FOR ISLAM (THE)
AThe program exposes the tension between pluralistic and hard-liner mentalities growing within the Muslim
world, and concludes that moderation and tolerance, rather than zealotry and terror, will ensure the continued
strength of
the faith.@--container
BATTLE OF ALGIERS (THE)
Guidance Associates. 1988. 2@ video. 123 min.
Dramatization of the conflict between Algerian nationalists and French colonialists that culminated in
Algeria's independence in 1962.
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BARRICADES: LEBANON'S CIVIL WAR
Ten years of civil war in Lebanon, described through the lives of three young women.
BEYOND BORDERS (See Women's Studies)
BEYOND THE VEIL (See Women's Studies)
CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE
Fox Lorber Home Video. 1999. 2@ video. 88 min. Arabic with English subtitles.
This drama provides a personal meditation on what it means to be Palestinian and examines the effect of the
political impasse in the Middle East on the identity of the Palestinian people.
COMMON GROUND
Middle East Institute, Islamic Affairs Program. 1987.
91-frame slide set with audiotape. 20 min. Compares Judaism, Christianity and Islam--three religions that are
intimately related to one another in their beliefs about God and humanity, in their values, as well as in their
geographic origins. (FACDIS)
COURAGE ALONG THE DIVIDE
Discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the occupied territories. Shows that a small but growing
number of Israeli Jews are actively opposing the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, just as there
are Arabs who are offering alternatives to violent resistance. Presents the struggle to peacefully resolve the
problem of occupied territories. (FACDIS)
DEATH IN GAZA
Home Box Office. 2006. DVD. 77 min.
This poignant and powerful documentary takes a shocking, first-hand look at the culture of hate that
permeates the West Bank and Gaza, and which continues to escalate the perennial violence pitting
Palestinians against Israelis.
DERVISHES, LOVERS OF GOD
Shows how Dervishes, members of a Muslim sect who believe in Sufism, seek various ways to achieve
ecstasy and union with God.
EDWARD SAID
ICA Video. 1989. 2@ video. 79 min.
A discourse with Palestinian writer, Edward Said, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia
University. Following an introduction by Salman Rushdie, Said talks about the Palestinian experience in
general and his experiences as a Palestinian living in New York. The major focus of the talk is his book, After
the Last Sky, which is about the Palestinian situation, and his most personal book to date.
EGYPT: THE HABIT OF CIVILIZATION
Ambrose Video. 1991. 2@ video. 57 min. Legacy Series #4
Looks at the history of Egypt, the longest lasting of the ancient civilizations, which created the state
institutions on which nations are still built: bureaucratic government, organized religion and international
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trade. Also discusses how ancient traditions come together in the Moslem culture that is the Middle East
today.
ENCOUNTER POINT
Typecast Releasing. 2007. DVD. 85 min.
Created by a Palestinian, Israeli, North and South American team, this film tells the story of an Israeli settler,
a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk
their safety and public standing to press for an end to the conflict. They are at the vanguard of a movement to
push Palestinian and Israeli societies to a tipping point, forging a new consensus for nonviolence and peace.
Perhaps years from now, their actions will be recognized as a catalyst for constructive change in the region.
FACTORIES FOR THE THIRD WORLD: TUNISIA
Icarus Films. 1979. 16 mm. 43 minutes.
Until recently the role of most Third World countries was to serve as suppliers of raw materials for the
industrialized countries. Now the governments of many poor countries see in foreign investments a chance to
create new industrial jobs, and for their countries to escape from the status of underdevelopment. Thus they
have adopted policies to actively encourage this investment--establishing free trade zones, granting tax
concessions, and "guaranteeing" labor peace. Analyzes the reality of the new factory life for the Tunisian
people, and some of the responses of the Tunisian working class. Looks at elements in the Islamic reaction to
the growing influence of Western culture and Western economic forces. (FACDIS)
FIFTY YEARS WAR (THE) (See War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues)
FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS
Kino Lorber. 2013. DVD. 90 min. Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
Five Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil=in, a West Bank
village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad
Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later
turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Burnat and Davidi.
GIFT OF THE NILE
Coronet Films and Video. 1989. 2@ video. 19 min.
Looks at the Nile River history, agricultural implications, people that live along it, and recent developments.
HARVEST OF THE SEASONS
Time-Life Films. 1974. 2@ video. 52 min.
The life-style of the Bakhtiari tribe of central Iran serves as an example of how nomads lived and waged war
during the Neolithic age.
HOLY LAND
Tells how the Middle East is birthplace to three of the world's great religions and emphasizes that to
appreciate the modern dynamics of the region, its religious past must be understood.
HOMELAND: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Focuses on the ongoing Arab-Israeli struggle. Guest speakers representing both sides deal with some of the
issues involved in this thorny problem in which both Jews and Palestinian Arabs believe the same territory is
their homeland.
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IDENTITY: LEBANON
Shows how Lebanon stands as a microcosm of the Middle East's paramount problem: how to define identity
and allegiance.
IN TAHRIR SQUARE--18 DAYS OF EGYPT=S UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
HBO Home Entertainment. 2012. DVD. 36 min.
Shot in the center of Egypt=s Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration,
In Tahrir Square - 18 Days of Egypt=s Unfinished Revolution helps audiences experience first-hand the
people-powered revolt that brought down a dictator and changed Egypt forever.BIMDB
THE INNER LIFE
Institutional Cinema, Inc. 1979. 16 mm. 30 minutes.
Part of The Traditional World of Islam series. Deals with Islamic mysticism, concentrating on Sufism, whose
goal is deep spiritual understanding of God. Discusses the role of special Sufi masters, whose task it is to
help improve the spiritual consciousness of others. Discusses the Sufi belief that "to the righteous man, God's
choice is the only choice." (FACDIS)
INSIDE MECCA (See World Religions)
THE INSURGENCY (See War)
IRAN ADRIFT IN A SEA OF BLOOD
Probes the attitudes of Iranians towards the war with Iraq that claimed over 500,000 casualties in the 1980s.
Iranians in all walks of life - peasants, government officials, militant women, and clergy - explain their
uncompromising adherence to Islam and the orders of their Islamic leadership. Acceptance and desire for
martyrdom are expressed by Iranians who have sacrificed family in the struggle that they see as the
unavoidable defense of Islam and their spiritual dignity. (FACDIS)
IRAN: DEPARTURE INTO THE UNKNOWN
This program describes the impact of life in a modern fundamentalist society on Iran's diverse population,
which includes Muslims, Christians, and Jews. It also spotlights the joyful celebration of Sizdah Bedar,
which welcomes the spring; the incomparable Iranian crown jewels; monuments such as the magnificent
palace of Shah Abas the First, the huge Imam Mosque, the ruins of Persepolis, and the wind tower of Nain.
IRAQ: AGONY OF A NATION
Investigates the actions of US-supported military groups that participate in a number of anti-Sunni offenses,
including torture, murder and death squads.
IRAQ: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
Man built the first cities 5,000 years ago on the banks of the Euphrates in southern Iraq. This program looks
at how city life soon transformed the human race and how the recent Gulf War was only the latest in a series
of conflicts to befall this region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
IRON WALL: TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE HOLY LAND (THE)
Palestine Online Store. 2006. DVD. 52 min.
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AThis documentary warns that a contiguous and viable Palestinian state is becoming no longer possible, and
that the chances for a peaceful resolution of the conflict are slipping away. Features interviews with
prominent Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and political analysts, as well as Israeli settlers and soldiers,
and Palestinian farmers.@--container
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY (See World Religions)
ISLAM: EMPIRE OF FAITH (See World Religions)
ISLAM RISING. HAJJ: THE PILGRIMAGE (See World Religions)
ISLAMIC MIND
Pacific Arts Video. 1988. 2@ video. 27 min.
World of Idea Series. Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses with Bill Moyers how we can have peace in the Middle
East.
ISRAEL: A SEARCH FOR FAITH
Pyramid Films. 1977. 16 mm. 26 min.
James Michener hosts a film odyssey that explores Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He begins in Jerusalem
and travels across the country to Mt. Sinai, Hatzor, the plateau of Masada, and the desert regions. On the
journey he tries to understand the reasons why a place that has spawned three great religions is also the site of
some of man's worst conflicts. (FACDIS)
JERUSALEM: CITY OF DAVID
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1972. 16 mm. 21 min.
Depicts the ancient city of Jerusalem, combining both its history, contemporary life, and significance.
KINGDOM (THE)
ASaudi Arabia is a land of contradictions where Western ideas and Islamic law rub shoulders and often clash.
This ABC News program gains entrance to this powerful and mysterious kingdom to examine the politics,
religion, and culture of one of America=s key Muslim allies. Tensions surrounding the 9/11 hijackings, the
country=s rampant unemployment, declining oil revenue, and the ongoing drama in the Middle East are all on
the agenda.@--container
LONG LIVE PAKISTAN
Arte Video. 2008. DVD. 108 min.
Produced for the 60th anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, this compelling documentary explores the
country=s brief but turbulent past in order to understand its volatile present.
MIDDLE EAST
Landmark Films. 1991. Two 2@ videos. b & w/color. 118 min.
History of the Middle East in the 20th century: the fall of the Ottoman Empire, French & British domination,
the two world wars, the birth of Israel, the Suez crisis, the years of American & Russian imperialism, the
Arab-Israeli conflicts and the Palestine issue are all addressed--as is the development of oil production and the
major role it plays in world economies.
MIDEAST SERIES
BFA Educational Media. 1977. 16 mm. Five films. 18 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
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4)
5)
MIDEAST: ARTS, CRAFTS AND ARCHITECTURE - Explores pre-Islamic cultural history by
focusing on the influence of early civilizations, and the later Roman and Byzantine empires. Shows how
ancient and Islamic legacies enrich the work of today's architects, craftspeople, and artists.
MIDEAST: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Details the Mideast's role as a formative center of world
trade; relates traditional Islamic beliefs, practices, and occupations to current economic opportunities.
Examines the impact of oil wealth and other resources of life in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Egypt,
Iran. Identifies specific changes caused by increasing influxes of capital, technology, non-Islamic
culture. Considers global uses of new economic leverage.
MIDEAST: ISLAM--THE UNIFYING FORCE - Provides a detailed introduction to the history,
practices, and beliefs of Islam. Explores the Islamic understanding of Mohammed's prophetic role as the
messenger of Allah, and the equality of all Muslims before Him. Reviews the origin and content of the
Koran, and emphasizes its practical impact on daily life.
MIDEAST: LAND AND PEOPLE - Emphasizes the Mideast's cultural diversity and the powerful
Islamic bond linking Arabs, Iranians, Turks. People and places are portrayed against a background of
ancient and recent history. Film fosters awareness of problems faced today by Islamic cultures by
examining ways in which different groups strive to accept, reject, or manage Western values/customs.
MIDEAST: PIONEERS OF SCIENCE - Portrays the Islamic Mideast's contributions to scientific
knowledge and technology not often recognized in the West. Shows how these early achievements now
play a role in current regional development projects, such as Egypt's Aswan Dam, widespread
electrification, and petroleum distillation in the Middle East, and form the base of many technological
achievements in the US and throughout the world. (FACDIS)
MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Documentary on the surviving architectural wonders of ancient Egypt including pyramids, temples and tombs.
MUHAMMAD LEGACY OF A PROPHET (See World Religions)
NEW FRONTIERS
Focuses on one of the major historical sources of Middle East tension -- the re-drawing of the map of the
region following World War I by which the European powers supplanted the tradition. Program reviews the
story of approximately 4 million Palestinians, 6 million Armenians, and 10 million Kurds who will not allow
themselves to be ignored.
OASES OF THE SEAS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF American
Educational Trust. 1984. 16 mm. 55 min.
Narrated by Edwin Newman, film traces the history, traditions, culture and crafts of the Arab states of the
Arabian Peninsula and Gulf, and examines the changes which have come in the past two decades. (FACDIS)
OCCUPATION 101: VOICES OF THE SILENCED MAJORITY
Trip=ol=ii Productions. 2008. DVD. 90 min.
Covers the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; details life under Israeli
military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a
lasting and viable peace.
ON OUR LAND
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Centering on Umm el-Fahm, the largest Arab village in Israel, video tells the story of an ill-treated segment of
Israel's population which has long been ignored.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Landmark Media. 200-?. DVD. (also 16 mm). 26 min.
Tells how the Turks emerged from their homeland in the steppes of Central Asia and later conquered
Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. Relates how they made this the center of an empire that lasted for
four centuries.
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1280-1683
Landmark Films. 1984. 16 mm. 26 min.
In 600 AD the Turks emerged from their homeland in the Steppes and Central Asia. Eight centuries later they
captured the magnificent Byzantine city Constantinople, changed its name to Istanbul, and made it their
capital city. For four centuries this beautiful city remained the seat of the Sultans.
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DO HAVE RIGHTS
Produced by the United Nations. 1979. 16 mm. 48 min.
This is the first filmed history to present a comprehensive examination of the Palestinian/Israel conflict.
Traces the roots of the conflict to the early Jewish settlement in Palestine during the Ottoman rule. The film
continues with a survey of Palestine through the time of the British Mandate, the establishment of the State of
Israel, and the major wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. It concludes with an analysis of the present
situation of the Palestinian people. (FACDIS)
PEACE, PROPAGANDA AND THE PROMISED LAND: US MEDIA AND THE ISRAELIPALESTINIAN CONFLICT (See American Foreign Policy)
PEOPLE OF THE WIND
Milestone Film & Video. 1976. 2@ video. 108 min. Iranian with English subtitles and English narration.
A documentary in which the Babadi, a nomadic tribe belonging to the Bakhtiaries of Iran, annually migrate
with their sheep herds across the Zagros Mountains from their winter to summer pastures. The people are led
by Jafar Qoli, the Kalanter (chief) of the Babadi groups who assumes responsibility for the trek.
PRICE OF CHANGE
The women of Egypt are changing to adapt to the 20th century, especially in the areas of family planning,
education, and careers. But the change has brought new conflict with traditional Islamic customs.
PRIMETIME WAR
Filmmakers Library. 1998. 2@ video. 52 min.
Focuses on two cameramen (one Israeli, one Palestinian), who bring the horror of the Israeli/Arab conflict
into living rooms around the world. This film shows how the media affects the events that it covers. Both
television cameramen question the validity and express the moral dilemma concerning the role of the media in
creating news.
PYRAMID
Based on his book of the same name, host David Macaulay chronicles the construction of the Great Pyramids
in Egypt. Through the use of live action and animation, he explores the step-by-step procedure used in
building these amazing structures. He offers us a rare look at other famous ancient Egyptian treasures.
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RAMSES THE GREAT
A & E Home Video. 1997. 2@ video. 50 min.
He was 25 years old when he claimed the double crown of Egypt. By the time he died at age 92, he had
transformed Egypt and carved out a place for himself in history as "Ramses the Great." Leading historians
provide insight into this enigmatic figure.
RETURN OF THE TALIBAN (See Terrorism)
REVOLUTION
Looks at the tradition of revolution which emerged in the post-World War II Middle East. Focusing on Iraq
and Iran, film explores the cause and effects of revolution in the Middle East by contrasting 20th century
upheavals inside these countries.
REVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY
Warner Home Video. 2000. 2@ video. 43 min.
After more than 20 years under a hard-line conservative parliament, Iran's February 18 elections proved to the
world that millions of Iranians are ready for reform. In the hour-long documentary Revolutionary Journey,
CNN's Christiane Amanpour chronicles modern life and the growing movement toward greater freedoms in
Iran.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: DEFYING THE WORLD
This visual biography charts Hussein's bloody but inexorable rise to power. Profiles his rivals in the Middle
East and explains the varied interests of the countries in the region.
A SECRET ORDER: THE DRUZES
A strict prohibition on divulging the doctrine has always contributed to the constant misunderstanding of the
mysterious sect which stems from Islam. This film reveals the unknown sect, the most secret in the Near
East.
SECRETS OF JERUSALEM=S HOLIEST SITES
Go on a journey into one of the most sacred places on earth dating back to biblical times. As one of the most
heavily contested and disputed lands on the planet, it is so sacred to three religions of the world, followers
willingly die for it.
SECTS AND VIOLENCE
Addresses the factional disputes between the sects within the three major religions in the Mideast, focusing on
the various smaller sects which compete for influence and souls.
STOLEN FREEDOM
DVD Colony. 2005. DVD. 26 min.
A look at the lives of Palestinian Arabs in Israel, filmed in and around the Deheisha refugee camp on the
outskirts of Bethlehem.
STORIES OF HONOUR AND SHAME (See Women's Studies)
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STORIES OF WOMEN IN KABUL (See Women=s Studies)
SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
Explores the political, social and cultural background of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on the reign of Sultan
Suleyman (1520-1566) under whose auspices the Empire grew to encompass half the civilized world. Art and
architecture flourished under Suleyman, a great military leader and poet. Produced by the Metropolitan
Museum and the National Gallery.
SYRIA UNDERCOVER
Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. Plus a profile of the
dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest: President Bashar al-Assad.
TEMPTATION OF POWER
Examines the social and economic development policies of the Iranian government during the period of the
"White Revolution," (1962-1978). For many years the economic development policies of the Shah were held
up by western political and economic leaders as a model for other Third World countries to emulate. The
development of high-technology industry, a consumer oriented economy, and a land reform program were
supposed to propel Iran "into the 20th century." But the inequities and dislocations which these policies
caused were often overlooked. (FACDIS)
THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD
Time Life Video. 1977. 16 mm. 52 min.
"It is said in Islam that every child is born Muslim by nature; he has the belief in his heart of one God." Film
travels to Egypt to explore the Islamic experience in an oasis village 50 miles from Cairo at a wedding, in the
market town of El Fayoun for dawn prayers, and in Cairo itself. (FACDIS)
THIS NEW FRONTIER
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1972. 16 mm. 27 min.
Depicts the people of Israel, from military/agricultural settlements on the Golan Heights to the beaches of
Eilat, from Jerusalem's holy shrines to cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, and captures what life is like for them.
UNDER ONE SKY: ARAB WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA TALK ABOUT THE HIJAB (See
Women's Studies)
UNITY
Institutional Cinema, Inc. 1979. 16 mm. 30 min.
Part of the series, THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF ISLAM. The film discusses the vital importance to the
Islamic faith of the prophet Mohammed, the Quran, and Mecca. Discusses the spread of Islam today, in large
part due to Islam stressing equality and tolerance between races and nations. Discusses areas where there are
growing Muslim communities. Deals with a common misperception that Islam is a belligerent, aggressive
faith. Depicts Muslim practices, e.g. preparation for prayer, and the pilgrimage to Mecca. (FACDIS)
UNTIL WHEN
Arab Film Distribution. 2004. DVD. 76 min.
Set during the Infitada that began in 2000, the film follows the lives of four Palestinian families living in the
Duhayshah Refugee Camp near Bethlehem.
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VEILED REVOLUTION
Discusses the modern Egyptian Muslim woman's decision of whether or not to wear modest dress and the
veil, as opposed to Western dress. Looks at the struggle for women's rights in Egypt within their own Islamic
traditions.
WORLD OF ISLAM
Films for the Humanities. 1988. Six 2@ videos. 30 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM - The world of Islam is shared by some 800 million people of all races,
economic levels and social strata. Despite their many differences, these people share a faith that is the
same as it has been from its beginnings -- the same in a palace and a hovel. The essential principles on
which Islam rests -- the five pillars - are discussed.
2) ISLAM TODAY - Oil is, of course, the impetus that brought Islam into the late 20th century. The
conflicts between traditional values and modern lifestyles, between vast wealth and indigenous poverty,
between the civilization that once believed eternally monolithic and the thousands of voices each
demanding satisfaction on a different level -- these are the seismic fracture points of the Islamic scene
today.
3) ISLAMIC ART - Forbidden by Islamic law to represent the human form, Moslem art burst forth in the
style we know as "arabesque." Discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools,
the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the
abstract arabesque on Western art.
4) ISLAMIC CITY - In the middle of deserts or steppes, towns assume vast religious, cultural, economic,
and political influence. Cairo, Damascus, and Sanaa exemplify the Islamic city, centered around the
traditional medina, mosques and souks, beset by the modern problems of industrialization and
overpopulation.
5) ISLAMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - From the middle of the 18th century until the European
Renaissance, Arabic was the language of mathematics and science. It is to Arabic efforts that we owe our
system of calculation and our symbols for numbers. Islamic science, synthesizing earlier Greek, Indian,
and Near Eastern thinking, made significant contributions in the fields of astronomy, physics, medicine,
and engineering.
6) ORIENT/OCCIDENT - From the very start, Islam has been a force to contend with in the west. It
caused the Crusades, strongly influenced the cultures of Spain, Sicily, and southern France, gave us the
concepts of chivalry and courtly love, and took, in turn, the Western style of military architecture.
Middle Eastern Feature Films
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
Guidance Associates. 1988. 2@ video. 123 min. French and Arabic with English subtitles.
Dramatization of the conflict between Algerian nationalists and French colonialists that culminated in
Algeria's independence in 1962.
CAPTAIN ABU RAED
Synergetic Distribution. 2010. DVD. 102 min. Arabic with English, Spanish or French subtitles.
Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to
afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot=s hat and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor
neighborhood assume he=s an airline captain, and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman,
Jordan. Through imaginary tales, a friendship forms, and Abu Raed is soon faced with the grim realities of
the children=s home life. Thus he takes it upon himself to make a difference.
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CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 1999. DVD. 88 min. Farsi or French with English subtitles.
A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra=s school shoes. In order to stay out of trouble, the two come up with
a plan to share Ali=s shoes, but they must keep it a secret from their parents.
CLAY BIRD (THE)
New Yorker Video. 2006. DVD. 98 min. Bengali with English subtitles.
Set against the backdrop of Pakistan during the turbulent 1960s, a family is ripped apart by religious beliefs
and civil war. A young boy from Bangladesh is sent away by his Muslim father to a Madrasah. He struggles
to adapt to a harsh monastic life.
COLOR OF PARADISE (THE)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2000. DVD. 90 min. Farsi with English, French or Spanish
subtitles.
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware
of his father=s intentions to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a
secret from his fiancee, certain the boy=s disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the
wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad=s future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles
against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that=s so clear to his son.
DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN
Facets Video. 2004. DVD. 92 min. Farsi with English subtitles.
Amanagol, the daughter of a poor rural family in Iran, becomes Aman when her father shaves her head,
disguises her as a boy, and dispatches her to another village to work weaving carpets. Her secret is
jeopardized when a co-worker falls in love with her.
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Koch Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 90 min. Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Elia Suleiman=s critically acclaimed satire chronicles the absurdities of life and love on both sides of the
Palestinian-Israeli border.
THE DUPES
Arab Film Distributor. 1972. DVD. 107 min. b & w. Arabic with English subtitles.
Based on the 1962 novella Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani. Set in 1950s Iraq, this film traces the
destinies of three Palestinian refugees who are trying to make their way across the border into Kuwait
concealed in a steel tank of a truck.
FATHER
Panorama Distribution. 2002. DVD. 96 min. Farsi with English and Chinese subtitles.
Following his father=s death, Mehrollah leaves his remote village to make money to support his mother and
sisters. After a long absence, 14-year-old Mehrollah returns home bearing gifts and money. He is shocked
that his mother has remarried and moved to a bigger home. Mehrollah rejects his stepfather, but must
eventually face him in a harrowing adventure which leads to mutual respect...
GABBEH
New Yorker Films. 1996. 2@ video. 75 min. Persian with English subtitles.
Gabbeh tells of a young girl's frustration as she is prohibited from marrying by her father. Her marriage is
postponed by incidents in the life of her tribe: migrations, other marriages, births and deaths. This is how
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Makhmalbaf, the premier filmmaker in Iran, examines the "fabric" of the lives of these wandering weavers. It
is a strongly feminist movie. Weaving is a woman's job, and the director stays with the women throughout.
LEILA
First Run Features. 1997. 2@ video. 129 min. Farsi with English subtitles.
A wife in Iran who cannot have children is pressured by her inlaws into persuading her husband to take
another wife so that he may have sons. A portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage in
Iran.
LION OF THE DESERT
International Video. 2@ video. 164 min.
This feature film with Anthony Quinn is the story of Omar al-Mukhtar, the Libyan leader of the resistance to
the aggression of the Italian Fascists under Mussolini in the late 1920s. Shows the negative impact of
European colonialism and colonial wars upon the indigenous population. (FACDIS)
MUTLULUK
First Run Features. 2010. DVD. 105 min. Turkish with English subtitles.
After being raped, a young girl is condemned to death by the people in her village to get rid of the shame
it brought her family. When the man who is to kill her runs away with her instead, they set off on a
journey through past and present-day Turkey to escape their fate and start a new life.
PARADISE NOW
Warner Home Video. 2006. DVD. 91 min. Arabic with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
The story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men who have been recruited as
suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border, a young woman who discovers their plan
causes them to reconsider their action.
PERFECT DAY
Facets Multimedia. 2008. DVD. 88 min. Arabic with English subtitles.
A drama about loss and reconciliation, it illustrates a day in the life of a woman and her son, both
permanently scarred by the Lebanese Civil War of 15 years ago. Claudia and her son Maleks= morning turns
sour when the topic of conversation turns to the family=s patriarch. Claudia=s husband and Malek=s father has
been missing since the war, and they debate over whether to have him declared legally dead.
PERSEPOLIS
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2008. DVD. 95 min. French with English or Spanish subtitles.
In 1970s Iran, Marjane >Marji= Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family.
Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled
by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive
tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her
abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji as she finds herself in a
different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even
when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much, and the young
woman, and her loving family, must decide where she truly belongs.
SEPARATION
Sony Pictures Classics. 2012. DVD. 123 min. Persian/Farsi or French with English or French subtitles.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision–to improve the life of their child by moving to another
country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.
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THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE - SAIMT EL QUSUR (LES SILENCES DU PALAIS)
Capital Home Video. 1996. 2@ video. 127 min. Arabic with English subtitles.
As Alia, the daughter of a beautiful servant, Khedija, grows up in the king's palace at the end of the French
colonial rule in Tunisia, she realizes the sexual favours required of her mother and other servants, as she,
herself, is misused by those in power around her. Women had to live in silence, a silence so profound, they
came to doubt their own past - even their own existence - yet they survived these political realities with
courage, comradship, and the resources of their bodies.
SONG OF SPARROWS (THE)
E1 Entertainment. 2010. DVD. 96 min. Farsi dialogue with English subtitles.
After being let go from his job on an ostrich farm, a man leaves his small village to find work in the big city.
As a motorcycle taxi driver, he soon becomes consumed with his passengers= lives, and is swept up in a world
of greed. Now it is up to his family back home to help restore his caring and generous nature.
THE STONING OF SORAYA M.
LionsGate. 2010. DVD. 116 min. Farsi with English subtitles.
Based on the true story from Freidoune Sahebjam. When a journalist is stranded in her remote village, Zahra
takes a bold chance to reveal what the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Thus begins the
remarkable story of what happened to Soraya, a kind-spirited woman whose bad marriage leads her cruel,
divorce-seeking husband to trump up false charges of infidelity, which carry an unimaginable penalty.
TURTLES CAN FLY
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. 97 min. Kurdish with English subtitles.
A young teenage boy=s life in rural Iraq is thrown into flux by the impending US invasion, his crush on a local
girl, and the seemingly magical abilities of one of his friends.
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2009. DVD. 90 min. Hebrew with English subtitles.
After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari
attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the
pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. At
the end of the animated film is a very short part of the film that shows real people dead and alive.
WEDDING IN GALILEE
Kino on Video. 2004. DVD. 113 min. Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
The elder of a Palestinian village under Israeli military rule wants permission to hold a traditional wedding for
his son that will go past the imposed curfew. The army commander agrees on the condition that he and his
officers be invited as guests of honor at the ceremony.
WEST BEIRUT
New Yorker Video. 2001. 2@ video. 105 min. Arabic and French with English subtitles.
For two teenagers living in Lebanon, the simple day-to-day pleasures of their world consist of biking, making
home movies and contemplating life. But as their city splits following the stirrings of war, school is shut
down and the two friends suddenly find themselves on a permanent vacation in a dangerous playground.
When one meets a girl from the neighborhood, falling in love creates more of a challenge than expected, as
religious division threatens their romance.
THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING
Strand Releasing. 2007. DVD. 165 min. Arabic with English subtitles.
AAdapted from the best-selling novel, The Yacoubian Building is set in the heart of Cairo, and embodies every
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aspect of the capital: from its architecture and history, to complex labyrinth of stories exploring love and
power, sex and politics. Crossing a spectrum of classes, characters, families and narratives, debut director
Marwan Hamed=s beautiful film tackles everything from Islamic fundamentalism to homosexuality and
corruption in a lively, harsh and often funny look at modern Egyptian society.@Bwebsite:
http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/The-Yacoubian-Building
GLOBAL ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
ARMS FOR THE POOR
Mary Knoll World productions. 1998. 2@ video. 25 min.
A view of the taxpayer-financed weapon-export business in America that builds a case against the armaments
industry and shows the politics of US sales of military hardware overseas. Presents the contrast between the
needs in developing countries for basic necessities of life and the results of United States marketing of lethal
weaponry instead.
BITTER CANE
Cinema Guild. 1983. 16 mm. 75 min.
Award-winning documentary, filmed clandestinely in Haiti. Takes an in-depth look at the history and
contemporary realities of this Caribbean nation. Examines the bases for the semi-feudal economic system that
still predominates in Haiti. Using the production of coffee as an example, illustrates how this system works.
Portrays the growth of the industrial sector and exploitation of Haitian workers. (FACDIS)
BLACK SUGAR
Exposes the exploitation of Haitian workers by sugar growers in the Dominican Republic. Laborers report
being fleeced, exploited, and robbed by Dominican officials and merchants, and treated worse than the oxen
that pull the cane carts, being paid less than the equivalent of $1 per day. Video provides evidence of
government sanctioned racism, violent oppression, shameless exploitation, and human misery behind the
production of one of the world's most sought-after and profitable products--sugar.
CURSE OF THE TROPICS (THE)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Greater Washington Educational
Telecommunications Association. 1985. DVD. 29 min.
Discusses onchocerciasis or river blindness in the Volta River Basin of West Africa. Describes symptoms,
social and economic problems caused by the disease, and the measures being used to attempt to control it.
Includes documentary footage and interviews with experts and local individuals. It also looks at health and
hygiene conditions in the urban slums, health care in developing countries, and the need for research into
tropical diseases.
DEBT OF DICTATORS (THE)
“Exposes the irresponsible lending to brutal dictators by multinational financial institutions. Revealing the
widespread impoverishment resulting from these debts, the film transports viewers to Argentina, South
Africa, and the Philippines, where essential services have been sacrificed in order to repay these illegitimate
loans. In each of the cases, the government pays more in servicing the foreign debts than it does on all
essential social services combined... Makes a compelling case for the forgiveness of foreign loans accrued by
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some of history=s worst dictators, debts that exacerbate the suffering of the victims of both the dictators and
the institutions that profited from their rule.”--container
DIRTY BUSINESS: FOOD EXPORTS TO THE US
Migrant Media Productions. 1990. 2@ video. 15 min. Spanish & English with English subtitles.
A look at the poor conditions in which vegetables are produced in Mexico. The workers are poorly paid;
living quarters are in shambles; and crops are irrigated with contaminated water.
END OF POVERTY? (THE)
Cinema Libre Studio. 2010. DVD. 104 min.
Explains how global poverty began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the
seizure of land, minerals, and forced labor. Today=s financial crisis is a direct consequence of these
unchallenged policies that have lasted centuries. Features expert insights from Nobel Prize winners,
acclaimed authors, university professors, government ministers, and the leaders of social movements.
Includes interviews, photo galleries, and more.
FIGHTING THE TIDE: DEVELOPING NATIONS AND GLOBALIZATION SERIES
Films for the Humanities. 2006. DVD. 26 min. ea. ((ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) WHAT IN THE WORLD: ECUADOR - The Ecuadoran government granted Burlington Oil a contract
to explore and exploit oil in the Achuar Indian territory without consulting with the Achuar. The Achuar
are opposed to the oil company=s presence in their land. President Lucio Gutierrez is threatening to
control the area militarily if the Achuar do not cooperate. The Achuar are attempting to evict the oil
company by suing them for environmental damage to their land, which has contaminated drinking water,
killed crops and game, and caused health problems among the Achuar.
2) WHAT IN THE WORLD: GUATEMALA
Owners of small coffee farms and members of the coffee cooperative, Manos Campesinas, are
interviewed in this documentary about coffee production in Guatemala. Thanks to the Fair Trade Market,
a European organization that guarantees a price for the farmers and finds buyers, cooperative members
are earning 40% more than independent small farmers who sell on the local market.
3) WHAT IN THE WORLD: INDIA
This documentary follows the lives of five child laborers in India: Bala (11) and Rama (9), stone cutters;
an eight-year-old girl who makes incense sticks; a seven-year-old girl who works 10 hours a day in the
poppy fields; and a 10-year-old boy who was pulled out of school to tend cattle. Also tells of a political
science professor=s program that rescues children from their jobs and places them in a special school
program.
4) WHAT IN THE WORLD: MALAWI
Documents economic and social conditions in Malawi, where 3 million of a 12 million population live in
abject poverty. During the 1990s, non-governmental organizations, such as the World Food Program,
distributed seeds and farm tools to the poor, and the government allowed them to live and farm on public
land. The program=s subsidies supported the farmers during poor growing seasons. The World Trade
Organization and the International Monetary Fund have forced the Malawi government to stop the
subsidies, starving millions. AIDS is so pervasive in Malawi that many widows prefer starvation for
themselves and their families to seeking a new mate. Due to AIDS and food shortages, there are more
than one million orphans in Malawi.
5) WHAT IN THE WORLD: NICARAGUA
Documents recent efforts to combat domestic violence in Nicaragua, where it is estimated that 29% of
women have suffered rape or other physical abuse by men. In 1993, the first special commissary, staffed
by women police and women psychologists, was established to specifically handle crimes against women.
Now there are 24 across the country. Interviews Ruben Reyes Jiron, founder of Asociación de Hombres
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Contra Violencia, a men=s group that works with street gangs to reduce violence against women. Also
interviews women who have been helped by Centro de Socho Atal, a Nicaraguan women=s shelter.
FOR EXPORT ONLY: PESTICIDES
Icarus Films. 1981. 2@ video, replaced 16 mm film. 59 min.
Deals with pesticides produced but banned/restricted in western nations, which are sold to the Third World
countries. Discusses the often deadly side-effects on both humans and the ecology. Uses manufactures of
Mobil, Shell, Dow, and other American and European companies as examples.
FOR EXPORT ONLY: PILLS
Icarus Films. 1981. 2@ video, replaced 16 mm film. 59 min.
Documents the practice of large pharmaceutical companies selling medicine banned in the US and Europe to
Third World countries.
GLOBAL LINKS SERIES
WETA Educational Activities. 1987. Six 2@ videos, plus one training tape. 28 minutes each.
A co-production of WETA-TV and The World Bank, this series addresses the complex issue of economic
development in the Third World.
1) FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT - introductory videotape for educators to accompany series.
2) TRADITIONS AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - explores the impact of recent economic
initiatives on the customs and lifestyles of traditional societies.
3) CURSE OF THE TROPICS - illustrates the problems of public health in the Third World through a
look at river blindness in West Africa and at health conditions in urban areas of Latin America.
4) WOMEN IN THE THIRD WORLD - surveys the prodigious scope of work done by women and
emphasizes their opportunities to affect and benefit from economic growth.
5) EARTH, THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT - depicts the continuing quest for a balance between
economic development and safe environment.
6) THE URBAN DILEMMA - shows how population growth is draining the scarce resources of some of
the world's largest cities.
7) EDUCATION: A CHANCE FOR A BETTER WORLD - stresses the benefits of education and the
difficulty of Third World governments to develop and retain an educated populace.
HUNGRY FOR PROFIT
New Day Films. 2006. DVD. 87 min.
This PBS independent documentary investigated US and European agribusiness in the Third World. Shows
how agribusiness has created large, mechanized plantations out of small, peasant farms which grow profitable
export crops despite local food needs. Tells how this situation actually increases the amount of hunger for
some of the Third World.
LIFE APPS
Bullfrog Films. 2013. Five DVDs. 135 min.
Many of the world=s most talented young computer programmers are now based in cities like Nairobi,
Hyderabad or Rio de Janeiro. They live and work in Acappuccino culture@ hotspots, techie clustersBwhere
they gather to incubate new ideas with friends and colleagues. Many are driven by a powerful belief that
communications technology can deliver social change. For our groundbreaking new series we asked five of
them to leave the bright lights, and get out among the poor and marginalized to see what they wanted and
neededBand then create ALife Apps= for a better, more sustainable world.
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
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11TH HOUR (THE)
Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of
environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.
ACID RAIN: NEW BAD NEWS
Time-Life Video. 1984. 2@ video. 56 min.
Shows the devastation caused by acid rain through scenes of the Black Forest, fishless and frogless lakes in
the Adirondacks, and dissolving stone figures on the facade of Cologne Cathedral.
AFTER THE WARMING
Ambrose Video Publishing. 1990. 2@ video. 108 min.
Part I examines the historical roots of global warming. Part II takes a speculative look at global warming and
human response to it from the 1990's to 2050.
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Paramount. 2006. DVD. 96 min.
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of
global warming have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the
anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the
environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
ASSAULT ON THE OZONE LAYER
A startling overview of the many global effects caused by ozone depletion such as: industrial smog over the
ice fields of Alaska, a growing hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, CFCs released in Japan spreading
across the Pacific in two weeks, across Northern Hemisphere in four weeks, below the equator in six weeks,
and to South Pole in ten weeks.
BAG IT
Our story follows Jeb Berrier, an average American guyBadmittedly not a >tree hugger=Bwho makes a pledge
to stop using plastic bags. The simple action gets Jeb thinking about all kinds of plastic. He embarks on a
global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world.
BANKING ON DISASTER
A three-part documentary filmed over a ten year period exposes the detrimental effects of deforestation
interlinked with road-building and colonization in Rondonia, Brazil.
BATTLE OF CHERNOBYL (THE)
Icarus Films. 2006. DVD. 94 min.
On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian city of Pripyat exploded
and began spewing radioactive smoke and gas. More than 40,000 residents in the immediate area were
exposed to fallout 100 times greater than that from the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan. But the most
serious nuclear accident in history had only begun. Based on top-secret government documents that came to
light only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1999, the program reveals a systematic cover-up of the true
scope of the disaster, including the possibility of a secondary explosion of the still-smoldering magma, whose
radioactive clouds would have rendered Europe uninhabitable. The consequences of this catastrophe continue
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today, with thousands of disabled survivors suffering from the “Chernobyl syndrome” of radiation-related
illnesses, and the urgent need to replace the hastily-constructed and snow crumbling sarcophagus over the
still-contaminated reactor.
BHOPAL: THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
National Film Board of Canada. 2004. DVD. 52 min.
This documentary explores the continuing cover-up, analyzes the prospect for environmental and human
justice in Bhopal, and exposes the responsibility of the multinational corporations.
BLIND SPOT
Media Education Foundation. 2009. DVD. 54 min.
“[This film] explores the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy, and the
multiplying threats that now confront the environmental health and stability of our planet. Taking as its
starting point the inevitable energy depletion scenario known as ‘Peak Oil,’ the film surveys a fascinating
range of the latest intellectual, political, and scientific thought to make the case that by whatever means of
greed, wishful thinking, neglect, or ignorance, we now find ourselves at a disturbing crossroads: we can
continue to burn fossil fuel and witness the collapse of our ecology, or we can choose not to and witness the
collapse of our economy.”–container
BORROWED FROM OUR FUTURE
UN Development Programme. 1989. 2@ video. 17 min.
Provides an overview of basic environmental issues including rapid population growth, biodiversity, energy,
and changing climate.
CALL OF LIFE
Video Project. 2010. DVD. 58 min.
The film investigates the growing threat posed by the rapid and massive loss of biodiversity on the planet.
Examines the primary drivers of species loss: habitat destruction, global warming, pollution, and invasive
species, all the result of human population and our consumption patterns. Features leading scientists, social
scientists, environmentalists and others.
CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY
New York: First Run Features. 1987. 2@ video. 47 min.
Documents the history of the Cane Toad in Australia, imported in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the
greyback beetle, which was devouring the sugarcane crop. The problem was, the beetle could fly, and the
cane toad couldn't. What the cane toad was proficient at, however, was making more cane toads. A
humorous look at a serious problem.
CHASING EL NINO
WGBH Boston Video. 1998. 2@ video. 60 min.
NOVA explores El Nino's myths, reveals its devastation, and explains its fascinating origins. Scientists track
El Nino with a series of information-gathering buoys stationed across the Pacific Basin. The data provides
answers but also raises new questions.
COOPERATION ACROSS BOUNDARIES
Umbrella Films. 1986. 2@ video. 30 min.
Explores acid precipitation as a problem calling for political and diplomatic solutions. Looks at the effect of
acid rain on US-Canadian relations and on interstate and interregional relations within the US.
CRUDE
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First Run Features. 2009. DVD. 104 min.
“Tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the infamous $27
billion ‘Amazon Chernobyl’ lawsuit pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against the US oil giant
Chevron.”–container
DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE
Image Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 106 min.
The biggest tropical lake on earth, source of the river Nile, is Lake Victoria in western Tanzania. Deep in the
heart of Africa–said to be the birthplace of humankind–is ground zero for the post-colonial exploitation of
Africa by the developed world and the forces of globalization. Westerners introduced Nile perch into the lake
in the 1960s. In the years since, it ate everything in sight, decimated 213 separate species, destroyed
thousands of years of evolution, and turned the world’s largest tropical lake into a barren sinkhole. This film
examines the chilling chain of causality linking this catastrophe to the Tanzanian fish-processing industry,
which relies on the wholesale netting, stripping, and shipping of these fish, while delivering few economic
benefits to the Tanzanian people.
DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKES HAITI AND CHILE
PBS Distribution. 2011. DVD. 60 m in.
In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The
deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killed more than
200,000, reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and the presidential palace to rubble. In exclusive coverage, a
Nova camera crew follows a team of US geologists as they first enter Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the
tragedy.
DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET
Bullfrog Films. 1974. 16 mm. 28 min.
This film features Frances Moore Lappe and Ellen Buchan Ewald, authors of the best seller, Diet for a Small
Planet. With nutritionist-biochemist Dr. Kendall King they explore three main topics: (1) The Nutrition of
Protein--What is Protein? Why do we need it? How can we get it? (2) The Ecological Cost of Meat Protein-Europe and the US as a protein drain; (3) Cooking with Complementary Protein-- Preparation of dishes that
produce high quality protein. (FACDIS)
DIMMING THE SUN
WGBH Video. 2006. DVD. 54 min.
ANOVA reports on the discovery that the amount of sunlight reaching earth is droppingBa big surprise given
international concern over global warming. Less sunlight might hardly seem to matter when our planet is
stewing in greenhouse gases, but the discovery of global dimming has led some scientists to claim that the
earth=s climate is heating up much faster than most previous prediction.@Bcontainer
END OF THE LINE (THE)
New Video Group. 2009. DVD. 83 min.
A[This film] charts the devastating ecological impact of overfishing by interweaving both local and global
stories of sharply declining fish populations, including the imminent extinction of the bluefin tuna, and
illuminates how our modern fishing capacities far outstrip the survival abilities of any ocean species.
Scientists explain how this depletion has slipped under the public radar and outline the catastrophic future that
awaits usBan ocean without fish by 2048Bif we do not adjust our fishing and consumption
practices.@Bcontainer
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Explores the environmental impact humans have had on the planet and the future of ecology for the twentyfirst century.
FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER
Oscilloscope Pictures. 2008. DVD. 83 min.
“Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world=s dwindling fresh water supply with an
unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis ... begging the question:
Can anyone really own water?”--container.
FRAGILE RING OF LIFE
United States Information Agency. 1995. 2@ video. 54 min.
Examines the beauty and biological diversity of coral reefs, their economic value in places such as Jamaica,
Sri Lanka, and the Red Sea, and the destruction of reefs due to pollution, over fishing, and tourism.
FURY FOR THE SOUND: THE WOMEN OF CLAYOQUOT
TellTale Productions. 1997. 2@ video. 6 min.
Reveals the important role of women in establishing grassroots social movements like the one to protest clearcut logging in Clayoquot Sound on Canada's West Coast. Depicts women of all ages fighting to protest the
logging on the Sound, one of the largest tracts of untouched Canadian rain forest.
FUTURE CONDITIONAL
Screenscope. 2005. DVD. 55 min.
Investigates the link between environmental change and the future health of the planet, a future conditional on
how we cope with the spread of toxic pollution.
GARIFUNAS HOLDING GROUND
Witness. 2002. DVD. 11 min.
Looks at the struggle by the Afro-indigenous Garifuna in Honduras to protect their ancestral lands from
environmental destruction as they fight to shut down an illegal highway that is destroying crops, old growth
forest and water supplies.
GERTRUDE BLOM: GUARDIAN OF THE RAIN FOREST
Filmakers Library, n.d. 2@ video. 57 min.
Examines the life of "Trudi" Blom, the 86-year-old Swiss born conservationist who has made protecting the
rain forests of Mexico and preserving the culture of its native inhabitants her reason for being.
GLOBAL REPORT: CAN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS BE SAVED?
Examines ways in which rain forests are being depleted and discusses the needs for their survival. Filmed in
over a dozen forest countries and in Japan, the world's largest importer of tropical wood.
GLOBAL WARMING
This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well
as the individuals, communities, and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children=s future.
Filmed across the US, Asia, and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and
offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
GLOBAL WARMING - TURNING UP THE HEAT
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Bullfrog Films, Inc. 1996. 2@ video. 48 min.
This program is an update of the 1992 Nature of Things production, A Climate for Change. It questions why
nothing has been done about an issue as serious as global warming, despite warnings from scientists and
environmentalists that it poses a major threat. The program also examines how human activity has
contributed to recent unusual heat waves, flooding and droughts around the world, and looks at some of the
ingenious solutions that are now being developed to alleviate these problems.
GLOBAL WARMING: WHAT=S UP WITH THE WEATHER?
Kinetic Video. 2006. DVD. 114 min.
AMan-made carbon dioxide has over loaded the earth=s atmosphere. With demand for fossil fuels increasing
daily, experts predict emission levels will triple in the next 100 years. But the greenhouse effect remains the
subject of heated debate among scientists, climatologists, and futurists. Some believe the earth’s temperature
will rise by nearly ten degrees, melting arctic ice caps and, paradoxically, bringing about a new Ice Age.
Others believe the weather will stay relatively normal. Who’s right? Decide for yourself as this riveting twohour special gives you the fascinating--and occasionally frightening--forecast for the future.@--container
GREEN MEDICINES: A GROWING ASSET
This documentary follows various scientists in various disciplines in their work; the ethnobotanist working
with herbal healers to learn about the traditional use of green medicines, the pharmacologist bringing plants
into the lab to find chemical structure of active molecules and doctors trying to incorporate traditional
medicines into western medical practice.
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Coronet/MTI Video. 1990. 2@ video. 20 min.
As gases produced by people and animals continue to build up in the atmosphere, they form what might be
thought of as a giant pane of glass. Under the glass things get warmer and that warming may well have dire
consequences for our planet in the forms of drought and coastal flooding.
HEAT
Under pressure from governments, green groups, and investors, big businesses, such as the oil and coal
companies, electric utilities, and automobile manufactures, are promising to reshape their approach to the
environment, climate change, and carbon emissions. Shows how some corporations around the world are
fighting to fend off new regulations while others are repositing themselves to meet these challenges. Visits
the melting glaciers of the Himalayas, Chinese coal companies, Indian SUV makers, and American oil giants,
among other locations.
HEAT IS ON: EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
Scientists explain the effects of the global heat trap--a rise in extreme weather systems, droughts, floods,
forest fires. Also the disappearance of animal species, the movement of forests northward, and epidemics
resulting from climate change.
HOLE IN THE SKY: THE OZONE LAYER
This hard-hitting global documentary examines the alarming depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. With each
new analysis of data the news becomes more alarming: the hole is larger and growing more rapidly than has
been projected.
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HOT PLANET, COLD COMFORT
Examines the latest warnings from scientists that large-scale changes in the earth=s climatic systems are taking
place, with potentially serious consequences. Shows what is already happening to the Alaskan glaciers.
JOURNEY IN THE HISTORY OF WATER
Norwegian Broadcasting Corp; Univ. of Bergen, Centre for Dev. Studies. 2001. Two 2@ videos. 197 min.
Tells the dramatic story of how the struggle for fresh water has shaped human society to a remarkable extent,
bringing the viewer to about 20 countries all over the world and showing in fascinating variety how people
have coped with what is societies' lifeblood--water.
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH
PBS Home Video. 1999. Three 2@ videos. 180 min. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) VOLUME 1: RIVERS OF DESTINY
2) VOLUME 2: THE URBAN EXPLOSION
3) LAND OF PLENTY, LAND OF WANT
Discusses achieving a balance between the needs of people and the needs of the environment, focusing on
loss of farmland, river pollution, and inadequate housing and water resources.
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH SERIES
Screenscope. 2009. DVD. 57 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) THE STATE OF THE OCEAN=S ANIMALS
“Investigates why so many of our ocean’s animals are disappearing. Case studies focus on global issues
including climate change, sea-level rise, over-fishing and habitat destruction.@--container
2) THE STATE OF THE PLANET=S OCEANS
“Investigates the health and sustainability of the world's oceans, with a special emphasis on climate
change and issues affecting marine reserves, fisheries and costal ecosystems.”--container
JUNGLE PHARMACY
Shows how plants and trees in the Amazon have provided cures for many modern diseases.
KAYAPO: OUT OF THE FOREST
A proposed hydroelectric dam in Central Brazil is politically resisted by the Kayapo Indians.
KEEPERS OF THE FOREST
Umbrella Films. 1986. 2@ video. 28 min.
Looks at what's gone wrong in the rainforests, focusing on the Lacandon jungle in southern Mexico.
LAND OF PLENTY, LAND OF WANT
A fundamental dilemma faces farmers throughout the world: how do they feed earth=s growing population
without endangering the environment. Explores the farming systems of Zimbabwe, France, China, and the
United States.
THE LIMITS TO GROWTH
Great Plains Instructional Television Library. 1974. 16 mm. 30 min.
Deals with the findings of the Club of Rome set forth in "the project on the predicament of mankind."
Focuses on the 5 major problems facing every nation in the world: population expansion, diminishing
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agricultural resources, loss of irretrievable natural resources, unlimited industrial growth, and pollution. The
findings show we are in the midst of unrestricted exponential growth in a finite world with little time left to
correct the problems in this growth. (FACDIS)
NUCLEAR AFTERSHOCKS
A devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan=s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the
country=s once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear
energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit? Frontline correspondent, Miles O=Brien, examines the
implications of the Fukushima accident for U.S. nuclear safety, and asks how the disaster will affect the future
of nuclear energy around the world.
NUCLEAR COMEBACK (THE)
First Run/Icarus Films. 2007. DVD. 53 min.
“Poses the question of whether, by seriously considering the renewed development of nuclear power, we may
be gambling with the survival of our planet.”–container
ON THE BRINK
This film “explores a growing national security threat throughout the world: how environmental pressures can
lead to violence, terrorism and regional conflict. Travel to areas where environmental degradation and
unsustainable development practices have had negative impacts on the quality of life for millions of people.”-container (journeys to Bangladesh, South Africa, Peru, Haiti, Mexican/U.S. border)
ONE NIGHT IN BHOPAL
The world knows too little about what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal on December 3, 1984. This
program provides a chilling reconstruction of the Union Carbide methyl isocyanate disaster and details its
horrific and protracted consequences.
OUR THREATENED HERITAGE
National Wildlife Federation. 1988. 2@ video. 19 min.
An in-depth look at endangered tropical forests and strategies for slowing destruction. (FACDIS)
PLAN B: MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION
Screenscope, Inc. 2010. DVD. 83 min.
“As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the
future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil,
coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time
since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B:
Mobilizing To Save Civilization explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and its
effect on our daily lives.”–container
PLANET EARTH
Warner Home Video. 2007. Five DVDs. 823 min.
This eleven part series presents a tour of the entire planet Earth, including the poles, mountains, waters, caves,
deserts, plains and jungles. Using high-definition photography and revolutionary ultra high speed cameras,
this series captures rare action, impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet=s best-loved and
most elusive creatures.
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RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET
Intellimation. 1990. Eight 2@ videos. 55 min. each. Host: Meryl Streep. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION - Begins with a hard look at the tenuous relationship of humans
to their environment and attempts to understand the changes, through time, from coexistence to
domination.
2) IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS - Are environmental protection and economic development inherently
in conflict? Well-intentioned development projects and the environmental disasters that resulted are
examined.
3) MORE FOR LESS - Weaning ourselves from a fossil fuel diet can help to forestall a global climatic
warming trend. Interviews with innovative individuals reveal ways to harness and use energy more
efficiently while continuing to provide needed economic and environmental benefits to society.
4) ONLY ONE ATMOSPHERE - Explores the global concerns about our atmosphere and the greenhouse
effects.
5) SAVE THE EARTH - FEED THE WORLD - With global populations continuing to climb, alternatives
to chemical dependent farming are needed to feed the earth's inhabitants. This segment shows how
farmers are rediscovering traditional farming practices - using science and technology to work with
nature, not against it.
6) REMNANTS OF EDEN - This generation may preside over the mass extinction of half the species on
earth today. This program addresses the delicate balance between protecting the world's diversity of
species while managing the needs of growing human populations.
7) IT NEEDS POLITICAL DECISIONS - Examines the power of politics in protecting the environment.
Three nations in varying stages of economic development (Zimbabwe, Thailand and Sweden) offer three
different strategies for conserving the environmental future.
8) NOW OR NEVER - The final program profiles individuals who are moving the world to make choices
that will determine the environmental quality of life in the 21st century.
RIVERS OF DESTINY
PBS Home Video. 1999. DVD. (also 2@ video). 57 min.
An exploration of four major river systems of the world to investigate the environmental problems facing
those whose lives depend upon the health of the river. Includes journeys to the Mississippi, Amazon, Jordan
and Mekong Rivers.
SEAS OF GRASS
This film Ainvestigates the serious threats to one of our most treasured natural resources. Grasslands cover
almost one-third of the earth=s surface, house nearly a billion people, and are in grave danger of
disappearing.@--container (journeys to inner Mongolia, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina, and the American
West)
SEEDS OF PLENTY, SEEDS OF SORROW
Bullfrog Films. 1992. 2@ video. 50 min. English and Hindi with English subtitles.
This documentary film shows the effects of the once-vaunted Green Revolution in India. Instead of massive
harvests of wheat, pesticide poisoning and fertilizer shortages have turned the revolution=s workers into a new
serf class and created a bureaucratic nightmare.
SENSE OF WONDER: TWO INTERVIEWS WITH RACHEL CARSON (A)
Film is based on the life and writings of Rachel Carson. A documentary style film, which depicts Rachel
Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer and in the wake of the uproar after the publication
of her book, Silent Spring, she recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the
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government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American
people.
SIX DEGREES COULD CHANGE THE WORLD
Discusses why many scientists believe that the Earth’s average temperature could rise by as much as six
degrees Celsius by 2100. Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our
planet. Illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the ice fields of Greenland,
and the Amazonian rain forest. Explains what’s real, what’s still controversial, and how existing technologies
and remedies could help dial back the global thermometer.
STATE OF THE PLANET
Investigates some of the most critical environmental and earth science questions of the 21st century. Are
populations soaring out of control? Are we running out of water? Will there be enough water and food for
future generations? Global warming B a false alarm or a gathering storm?
STATE OF THE PLANET=S WILDLIFE
Speculates that almost half of the world=s wildlife species may become extinct in the next fifty years as a
result of loss of habitat, climate change, predation by humans, and other human activities.
STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH
Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. They suspect we have entered a time of
global change swifter than any human being has ever witnessed. Where are we headed? Can we alter this
course of events?
SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER: A MODERN WESTERN
In the West, urban sprawl is gobbling up the land. It assaults our national myths about the frontier, its wide
open
spaces and unique landscapes. After examining the causes of sprawl and its effects on the sense of
community and the environment, the program suggests remedies and shows examples of sound public policy
and good land use planning.
TAMPERING WITH NATURE WITH JOHN STOSSEL
ABC News. 2012. DVD. 42 min.
ABC News correspondent John Stossel looks at the issues that involve tampering with nature and how these
issues affect our lives and our planet.
THIRST
Bullfrog Films. 2004. DVD. 62 min. English, Hindi, Tamil, and Spanish with English subtitles.
The survival of communities is threatened when big business buys the water supply in the third world. This is
a look at how water is becoming the catalyst for community resistance to globalization, and at the conflict
between public stewardship and private profit.
TREES ARE THE ANSWER
Beatty Street Pub. 2010. DVD. 28 min.
Dr. Patrick Moore, ecologist and former Greenpeace activist, discusses the forest with a new look at its
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resiliency, biodiversity, and beauty. His theory that use of more renewable wood products to lessen the
demand on non-renewable fuels and materials runs contrary to the environmental movement=s current
thinking.
UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEMS
This informative video provides basic concepts on the ecosystem. Briefly covers the effects of human
encroachment on the planet's various ecosystems.
URBAN EXPLOSION (THE)
Four mega-cities are investigated to see how they are meeting a major challenge of the 21st century: how to
shelter and sustain the world=s exploding urban population without destroying the delicate balance of our
environment. Visit Mexico City, Istanbul, Shanghai, and New York City.
VOICE OF THE AMAZON
Better World Society. 1989. 2@ video. 56 min.
Details the life of Chico Mendes and his efforts to prevent the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest, which
led to his murder. Chico Mendes became a martyr in the battle against rich cattle ranchers and wealthy land
speculators who hope to dominate the land. Video reveals the over-exploitation of the rain forests and points
out the impact one man can have.
WARMING WARNING
Media Guild. 1981. 16 mm. 51 min.
Meteorologists believe increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to significant
warming trends in the next few decades.
WARNINGS FROM THE ICE
Experts probe the Antarctic ice for clues to the mystery of rapid climate change.
WILD INDONESIA
Wild Indonesia is the first television wildlife program to explore this spectacular archipelago of more than
17,000 islands stretching 3,000 miles from Asia to Australia. An amazing diversity of animal and plant life is
explored.
FOOD AND HUNGER
BILL MOYERS= JOURNAL. GLOBAL HUNGER
“The head of the UN=s world food program says >a perfect storm= is hitting hungry people around the globe.
What are the causes, and what is being done to help the poorest of the poor? This edition of the Journal
begins with a report on the situation in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an estimated
45,000 people die every month of hunger and disease. Then, Bill Moyers interviews David Beckmann,
president of Bread for the World, an organization campaigning to strengthen U.S. political commitment to
end global hunger and poverty.”--container
THE BUSINESS OF HUNGER
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Maryknoll World Films. 1984. 2@ video & 16 mm. 28 min.
Examines a major cause of world hunger which is being created when small, native farmers are forced off the
land and are replaced by multinational agribusinesses that produce food for export rather than local
consumption. Shows scenes of food riots in Brazil and the Dominican Republic, starving women
and children, and displaced farmers. Includes testimony by religious missionaries and human welfare
workers in Third World countries.
HARVEST OF FEAR
Frontline and Nova explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (gm) food crops. Interviewing
scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics. This report
presents both sides--exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.
THE POLITICS OF FOOD Journal Films. 1988. Five 2@ videos. 20 min. each. (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
1) FOOD MACHINE - Discusses the farm crisis in the United States in which small farms are being
bought up by large corporations. This pattern is being transferred to underdeveloped countries.
2) SHARING THE LAND - About Brazil and how its economy has grown, but how even more people are
going hungry.
3) QUESTION OF AID - Discusses the different approaches to the problem of hunger in India's Kerala
province and Bangladesh.
4) AVOIDABLE FAMINE - Sudan: how the famine started and how it could have been avoided.
5) HUNGER BUSINESS - Discusses the effect of food exports on developing countries.
SEEDS OF HUNGER
“Today more than three billion people worldwide suffer from malnutrition, including one billion who are
starving. The current global economic crisis has created food shortages, skyrocketing prices, and food riots in
some countries. With the world of agriculture confronting the impact of such factors as global warming,
population urbanization trends, changes in eating habits, and increased use of grains for biofuels, Seeds of
Hunger outlines the shape of an impending global food crisis. Filmed in Africa, China, Latin America and
the U.S.”--container
SOLVING WORLD HUNGER: THE US STAKE
Communications for Development. 1986. 480 slides, 6 cassettes (6-part series). ORDER SEPARATELY.
Part of the "Understanding World Agriculture" project carried out in collaboration with the Extension
Service/USDA and the Extension Services of Georgia, Michigan, Rhode Island, and Utah.
1) OVERVIEW
2) THE WORLD FOOD PROBLEM
3) US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
4) THE US AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: PARTNERS IN TRADE
5) US BENEFITS FROM INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE
6) POLITICAL INSTABILITY, THE WORLD FOOD PROBLEM, AND US INTERESTS
THE SUN AND THE NIGHT
Refugees in Thailand and famine in Ethiopia are the subjects of this documentary. Shows the efforts of the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (HCR) to offer respite to those thousands in exile.
A TIME TO WEEP
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WCCO-TV. 1985. 2@ video. 55 min.
Shows about the drought and famine in Ethiopia, told in the context of the daily operations of two eastern
Sudanese refugee camps. Scenes reveal that famine, epidemic disease and death are not left behind.
WATER, THE FACE OF HUNGER, AND FACES OF THE THIRD WORLD
Maryknoll. 1980. 2@ video. 24 min.
Part 1, Water, describes the immense functions of water and how it affects our lives. Also explains how lack
of water in different areas is connected with poverty and disease. Part 2, The Faces of Hunger, describes the
problem of hunger and what causes it, i.e lack of economic growth and industry, poor distribution of food,
etc. Part 3, Faces of the Third World, describes the Third World--its hunger and poverty.
WHEN A MAN HUNGERS
UN International Children's Emergency Fund. 1968. 2@ video. b & w. 28 min.
Vivid documentary of the 1967 drought in Bahar, India. UNICEF and other relief agencies aid government
efforts to fight the resulting famine.
WHEN THE ALMSGIVING STOPS
Bullfrog Films. 1980. 123 color slides with cassette. 22 min.
In the Bengali language, the word for famine means "when the almsgiving stops." Focusing on Bangladesh,
program shows that the number one factor in hunger is inequitable distribution of food-producing resources.
Sponsored by Presidential Commission on World Hunger. (FACDIS)
GLOBAL ECONOMY
BIG SELLOUT (THE)
ATraveling throughout both the developing and industrialized world, [the film] brings us face-to-face with the
architects of the reigning world economic order, as well as with the people bearing the brunt of their policies.
Shows how international financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank demand draconian cuts in
public spending, the privatization of public services and market liberalization as the path to economic
development.@--container
BLUE GOLD WORLD WATER WARS
AWars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the
global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for
control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens
fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours
too?@--container
CAPITALISM HITS THE FAN
ARichard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today=s economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the
making and, in fact, reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff
traces the sources of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers
were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage
meltdown.@--container
COMMANDING HEIGHTS
PBS Video. 2002. 2@ video. Three-part, six hour series. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
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PART I: THE BATTLE OF IDEAS
PART II: THE AGONY OF REFORM
PART III: THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME
Filmed over the course of two years on five continents, Commanding Heights is the first in-depth
documentary that tells the inside story of our new global economy and what it means for individuals around
the world. Includes extraordinary interviews with world leaders and thinkers from 20 different countries.
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (THE)
Module one of this video outlines the potential of Europe’s open labor markets while addressing the barriers
imposed by language and culture. Module two examines the basic principles of the European Central Bank
and the objectives of European monetary policy. Module three assesses both the economic gains to be had
from European integration and the challenges of equitable political representation.
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION (THE)
Monetary Union (EMU), the unification timetable up to 2002, the convergence criteria, and the coins and
banknotes themselves. Provides background on the euro member states and the European Central Bank,
examines the impact of the euro on world trade, the job market, and tourism, and analyzes the euro’s role in
the international monetary transactions. Compares the euro to the dollar and discusses the hopes and fears
of many Europeans.
INDIA RISING
The global middle class is expected to swell by more than one billion people over the next decade, with the
biggest increases in China and India. NOW reports from Pune, India to see if America’s middle class--and
the rest of the world--can afford this unprecedented shift in the global economy.
INSIDE JOB
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2011. DVD. 109 min.
Provides an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008. At a cost of over $20 trillion, it caused millions of
people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression and nearly resulted in a
global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders,
politicians, journalists, and academics, this film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted
politics, regulation, and academia.
THE LOVE OF MONEY SERIES
Bullfrog Films. Three DVDs. 52 min. ea. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) THE LOVE OF MONEY. PART 1, THE BANK THAT BUST THE WORLD
In September 2008, capitalism looked like it was on the brink of collapse. This is the story of how the
crash was caused, what happened, and how generations to come will be affected by its legacy. Part one
examines when the collapse of Lehman Brothers plunged the world into financial crisis. The program
includes never-before-seen footage shot inside Lehmans in the weeks leading up to the demise of the
bank.
2) THE LOVE OF MONEY. PART 2, THE AGE OF RISK
Examines the boom years before the global financial crash of 2008. Testimony comes from many of the
key decision-makers over the last two decades.
3) THE LOVE OF MONEY. PART 3, BACK FROM THE BRINK
Tells the story of how politicians throughout the world reacted, and ask s what has been learned from the
entire calamity. . . and could it happen again?
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OUTSOURCING: WHITE COLLAR EXODUS
More than two million jobs have been outsourced from the U.S. to India since 2000. This documentary
explores factors that encourage the outsourcing (U.S. laws, special training, and cheap wages in India ...) and
the impact the outsourcing has on both the U.S. and Indian workers. Analysts consider possible U. S. Policy
and natural economic responses to the outsourcing.
POTO MITAN HAITIAN WOMEN, PILLARS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Documentary Educational Resources. 2009. DVD. 50 min.
“Told through the compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global
economy a human face. Each woman’s personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered,
and how it impacts Haiti. And while Poto Mitan offers an indepth understanding of Haiti, its focus on
women’s subjugation, worker exploitation, poverty, and resistance demonstrates that these are global
struggles.”–container
GLOBAL HEALTH
DUARA SOUND THE DRUM
West Virginia State College. 2002. DVD. 52 min.
Two young adults, who are in love, face the consequences of opening their intimate circle. This film
addresses issues of health, sexuality, HIV-AIDS, education, and young people in Africa. Sound the Drum, a
documentary, chronicles the coming together of two different cultures to produce an important film.
EBOLA, THE PLAGUE FIGHTERS
WGBH Video. 1996. 2@ video. (also DVD). 60 min.
An investigation into the deadly Ebola virus and the 1995 outbreak of the disease in Kikwit, Zaire.
GULF WAR SYNDROME
Knowledge 20/20 Media. 1998. Three 2@ videos. 174 min.
Gulf War Syndrome, an infectious disease related to biological warfare, contaminated vaccines and chronic
fatigue, affects more than 200,000 veterans and is spreading rapidly to civilian populations. As the CIA and
the Pentagon spreads disinformation and doubt, children, health professionals and even pets are becoming
infected, ill and are dying. This video presents the unnerving truth, documented facts, and urgently needed
help for people worldwide who are rightfully concerned about this spreading plague.
HOT ZONES
This film explores the link between environmental change and human health: are we winning the battle to
prevent global outbreaks of infectious disease? Environmental change is fostering the tide of contagion which
threatens to engulf us all. Journeys to Kenya, Peru, Bangladesh, and the United States.
HOW SAFE ARE WE?
“During the past 100 years, life expectancy more than doubled in developed countries. In the last few
decades, however, 40 new infectious diseases have emerged, and one of them—AIDS--is becoming perhaps
the most devastating epidemic in history. New diseases travel the globe with unprecedented rapidity, and
older killers, such as the avian flu in the 1918 influenza epidemic, that once seemed controllable are roaring
back with a vengeance ... [This film] examines the most critical threats we face today--including avian flu-and the pressing need to strengthen global public health systems.”--container
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LEPER
Film Library. 2005. DVD. 23 min. Nepali with English subtitles.
AProvides a rare and intimate glimpse into a contemporary society of lepers in a remote village in Nepal.
Villagers speak openly and emotionally about their relationship to their sickness, to the >healthy= community
outside the village boundaries, and the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings which surround a disease that
has marked their bodies and their lives. The villagers speak eloquently of how after much struggle and
hardship, they build new lives for themselves, recreating family and community in the context of the disease.
Their poignant and revealing stories offer heartfelt reflections on societal fears and aversions to sickness,
bodily differences, and death.@Bcontainer
NO PLACE TO RUN
IBRD/World Bank. 1997. 2@ video. 29 min.
This video explores the link between environmental changes and disease outbreaks. The presentation of three
recent incidences of epidemics is presented: a plague outbreak in India, a cholera epidemic in Peru, and lyme
disease in the United States.
SURVIVING AIDS
A look at the people who are fighting AIDS, including Bob Massie, a long time AIDS patient, and doctors
and researchers who are trying to learn how to help patients survive the disease.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
COLONIALISM, NATIONALISM, AND MIGRATION
Films for the Humanities. 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 46 min.
Industrial nations' needs for raw materials, commercial markets, and naval refueling stations sped up the race
to colonize Africa and Asia. This program explores the socioeconomic impact and consequences of colonial
interests in places such as India, the Belgian Congo, and Java. The Boxer Rebellion and Gandhi's passive
resistance campaign define the spectrum of colonial nationalism. Emigration, expulsion, and forced
resettlement of the poor and oppressed are also examined, as Russian Jews fled to the U.S., Chinese migrated
to Brazil, Zionists flocked to Palestine, and millions of others traveled to lands of hope or hopelessness.
GLOBAL IMPACT OF AIDS
Doctors, members of advocacy organizations, patients, and others assess the current state of AIDS in the
United States, Europe and in various African and Asian countries. Underscores the value of education and
prevention, and studies the impact of AIDS on society.
MAKING GLOBALIZATION SUCCEED
This program discusses case factors related to location, delegation and control, and government issues as they
affect globalization.
SHARING GLOBAL RESOURCES Bullfrog Films. 1977.
155 color slides with cassette and study guide. 40 min. Examines disproportionate consumption of the
world's resources by Americans, and growing concern that many of the things we rely on must be imported
from other less prosperous countries. The potential for conflict is high, and this program points the way to a
solution. (FACDIS)
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
A portrait of E. F. Shumacher, former Chief Economist for Britain's National Coal Board, who came to
believe that we had reached a stage of economic development where, in the name of the GNP, "man would
resort to any degree of technological violence and human degradation." He saw that the future must lie in decentralization, in small-scale technology, in local economics. Interviews Shumacher and discusses movement
which has influenced the way we view the future. (FACDIS)
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Director Oliver Stone visits seven presidents in five countries in South America to gain some understanding
about the political and social ideas and the revolutions, and to clear up how people view them. Includes
interviews with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Argentinean president Cristina Kirchner, Cuban
president Raul Castro.
HUMAN RIGHTS
500 YEARS LATER
Halaqah Media. 2005. DVD. 106 min.
Filmed in five continents, this documentary film chronicles the struggles of people of African descent
throughout the globe as they strive for basic freedoms and self-determination.
THE ACT OF KILLING
Final Cut for Real. 2012. DVD. 158 min.
The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to
reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love.
AFGHAN MASSACRE: THE CONVOY OF DEATH
Atlantic Celtic Films. 2003. 2@ video. 52 min.
Explores US Special Forces role in the massacre of about 3,000 unarmed Taliban prisoners of war
in Afghanistan from the battle of Mazar-e-Sharif by Northern Alliance soldiers. The prisoners were killed
while traveling in sealed containers on their way from Konduz to a prison at Sheberghan. The bodies of the
dead, and some who survived, were then buried in a mass grave at nearby Dasht Leile. Discusses the
massacre and its implications and why there's been no investigation into these suspected war crimes.
AFTER THE RAPE
A feature of ABC’s Nightline discussing a Pakistani woman’s attempts to bring up criminal charges in her
country after rape, which was sanctioned by a tribal council as punishment for her cousin’s indiscretions.
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST
PBS Video. 1994. 2@ video. 86 min. Part of the American Experience series.
This program paints a troubling picture of the USA during the period beset by anti-semitism and a
government that for a variety of reasons not only delayed action, but suppressed information, and blocked
efforts that could have resulted in the rescue of hundreds of thousands of Jews.
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED
Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1996. 2@ video. 119 min.
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Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, extracts from The Diary of Anne Frank, read by Glenn Close. This
documentary video features vintage newsreels, photographs and even rare home movies to look behind the
celebrated pages of Anne Frank's diary to discover the real Anne Frank.
AUSCHWITZ: INSIDE THE NAZI STATE
AAuschwitz: Inside the Nazi State is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of
world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and
perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time.@--Container
BABI YAR
Babi Yar, the pastoral Ukrainian ravine outside Kiev, was occupied by the Nazis in 1941 and used for human
extermination.
BEFORE THE RAIN (see European Foreign Language/Feature Films: Yugoslavia)
BODY WITHOUT SOUL
Water Bearer Films. 2000. DVD. 103 min. Czech with English subtitles.
The personal stories of teenage hustlers in Prague are told with unflinching honesty, providing a disturbing
and graphic inside view of the exploitation, pain, and pitiful existence of young men who, out of necessity,
sell their bodies to survive.
BONHOEFFER, AGENT OF GRACE
Vision Video. 1999. 2@ video. 90 min.
What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a
German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him
his life. Bonhoeffer's last years, his participation in the German resistance, and his moral struggles are
dramatized in this film.
BRAZIL IN BLACK AND WHITE: SKIN COLOR AND HIGHER EDUCATION (See Latin America)
BROKEN SILENCE
Universal. 2004. DVD. 285 min.
Some who lived weave together testimonies of Holocaust survivors now living in Argentina and Uruguay
with archival and contemporary footage; it draws parallels between the Nazi regime and the government of
Argentina president, Juan Perón.
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
National Audiovisual Center. 1995. 2@ video. 53 min.
This documentary examines atrocities committed in the civil war in Bosnia-Hercegovina after the breakup of
the Yugoslav republics, including ethnic cleansing, mass rape, torture, and concentration camps. Attempts by
international agencies to investigate war crimes and prosecute those responsible are also documented.
CRIMES OF HONOUR
The story of women in Islamic culture who are killed by their male relatives because they are thought to have
dishonored their families by engaging in unacceptable relationships with men, or running away.
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THE CUBAN EXCLUDABLES
Depicts the plight of the detainees and the human rights abuses they suffered after the 1980 Mariel Boatlift.
Includes criticism by U.S. officials of U.S. policies.
COYOTE
Films Media Group. 2009. DVD. 58 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
“For guidance northward, illegal immigrants from Latin America frequently enlist mercenary escorts known
as coyotes. This program examines one such charming and unseemly figure and the three Guatemalans who
have placed their trust in him. Viewers follow the nervous foursome through checkpoints and river crossings
as they employ unreliable forged documents and take on false identities--while facing physical danger and the
constant threat of deportation. Ultimately, the film echoes the heady and traumatic experiences known to
millions of undocumented immigrants--especially since only one of the protagonists gains any tangible
success from the journey.”--container
DARFUR DIARIES: MESSAGE FROM HOME
A brutally honest inside look into the current tragedy befalling the Darfur region. This film seeks to provide
space for the victims of atrocities to speak and to engage with the world. Amnesty International will use the
film to educate its members.
DARFUR NOW
Follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan=s war-ravaged Darfur. The
six--an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food
Program and an internationally known actor--demonstrate the power of how one individual can create
extraordinary changes.
DEATH OF A NATION: THE TIMOR CONSPIRACY
“On December 7, 1975, Indonesia secretly--but with the complicity of the Western powers, including the
U.S., the U.K., and Australia--invaded the small nation of East Timor. Two Australian television crews
attempting to document the invasion were murdered. In 1993, with the Indonesian army still occupying the
country, John Pilger and his crew slipped into East Timor and made this film. In the intervening 18 years, an
estimated 200,000 East Timorese--one-third of the population--had been slaughtered by the Indonesian
military. The CIA has described it as one of the worst mass-murders of the 20th century. Pilger tells the story
using clandestine footage of the countryside, internment camps and even Fretlin guerrillas, as well as
interviews with Timorese exiles ...”--container
DISCOVERING DOMINGA
Berkeley Media. 2002. DVD. 57 min.
Denese Becker, born Dominga Sic Ruiz, is a survivor of the 1982 Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala. Nine
years old at the time of the massacre, during which both of her parents were killed, Denese was adopted by an
American family and raised in Iowa. As an adult, she begins to confront her memories and nightmares,
returning to Guatemala almost twenty years after the massacre and ultimately becoming an advocate for the
victims and survivors at great personal cost.
DRANCY
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A documentary which explores the structure of the Holocaust in France, particularly at the Drancy
concentration camp, during World War II. Includes actual accounts of death camp survivors and witnesses.
DYING TO LEAVE: THE DARK BUSINESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Explores the current worldwide boom in illicit migration and looks at the dire circumstances that drive
desperate people from their homes.
81ST BLOW
Ergo Media. 1987. 2@ video. 92 min. b & w. Hebrew and Yiddish with English subtitles.
With actual footage and stills, documentary chronicles the Jewish plight at the hands of the Nazis with
uncompromising realism.
ESCAPE TO THE E.U.? HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION POLICY IN CONFLICT
Drawing on case studies, archival footage, and interviews, this documentary examines controversial changes
in immigration policy in the European Union since the Geneva Refugee Convention of 1951and their effects
on present-day refugees and asylum-seekers.
ETHNIC CLEANSERS AND THE CLEANSED: THE UNFORGIVING
In Serb-held eastern Bosnia, a Serbian couple desperately try to learn how their 11-year-old son was murdered
and where his remains might be.
FATHER ROY: INSIDE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS
Richter Productions. 1997. 2@ video. b & w/color. 57 min.
Describes the military assistance and training that the United States provides to Latin American countries at
the U.S. Army School of the Americas, and Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a human rights advocate, who would like to
see the school closed on the basis of torture-training at the facility.
FEMALE CIRCUMCISION: HUMAN RITES
Documents the ritual of female genital mutilation (female circumcision), practiced among some African
groups. This video also explores its roots in myth and discusses movements underway to ban the practice.
FIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW: MANDELA AND HIS EARLY CRUSADE
Presents the powerful story of Nelson Mandela, prior to his arrest for treason and the beginning of his life
sentence in a South African jail.
FREE TRADE SLAVES
Film discusses free trade zones and the accompanying human problems that have arisen with human rights,
exploitation of workers and environmental degradation. Filmed on location in Sri Lanka, El Salvador,
Mexico and Morocco.
GENOCIDE FACTOR
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2002. Four 2@ videos. 200 min.
This video set provides a comprehensive overview of genocide. Includes instances from Biblical times
through the Armenian and Jewish holocausts to present day conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone.
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GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
International Center for Global Communications, Inc.: Cinema Guild. 1999. 2@ video. 57 min.
Documentary examining the clash between the trend of increasing economic globalization and international
human rights advocacy. Investigates the impact of foreign, economic influence on gold miners in South
Africa, the petroleum industry in Nigeria, the collapse of the economy of Indonesia, child labor abuses in
Thailand, and the situation in East Timor.
GOOD AND EVIL
Chip Taylor Communications. 1994. 2@ video. 60 min.
Examines the death of Amy Biehl, a Stanford University graduate, who was slain in South Africa by the
people she meant to help. Considers our perception of good and evil in everyday life and looks for the roots
of evil in racism, sexism, and faulty education.
GUILTY BY REASON OF RACE
In one of the more shameful episodes in US history, 22,000 American citizens were "detained" in 1942
behind barbed wire and under guard. Their crime: they were of Japanese ancestry, and we were at war with
Japan. Thirty years later they still wonder at how, as good Americans, they were deprived of their
constitutional rights. (FACDIS)
HALF THE SKY
PBS. 2012. Two DVDs. 3 hrs. 52 min.
Take an unforgettable journey with six actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof to
meet some of the most courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work to empower
women and girls everywhere. These are stories of heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and
enduring hope.
HARVEST OF DESPAIR: THE UNKNOWN HOLOCAUST
International Historic Films. 1988. 2@ video. 55 min.
Documentary of the Ukrainian "terror famine" of 1932-33 which caused the deaths of 7 million people.
Interviews with survivors and scholars are supplemented by rare photographic evidence. Provides unique
insight into one of the 20th century's least known but most vicious genocides.
HAUNTED LAND
Cinema Guild. 2001. 2@ video. 90 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
WHEN REQUESTING THIS VIDEO, PLEASE ASK FOR CALL NUMBER VT7553.
This award-winning film by Canadian film-maker, Mary Ellen Davis, is an attempt to "break the silence about
the genocide in Guatemala." The film examines Guatemala's recent tragic past by traveling with Mateo, a
Mayan survivor of one of the many massacres, and Daniel Hernandez-Salazar, Guatemalan artist and
photographer, whose work grapples with local human rights violations. Together they travel to a remote site
in the highlands where the community of Petanac once stood. Mateo lived there until 1982, when his family
and neighbors were tortured and murdered by the Guatemalan army, whose soldiers later burned Pentanac to
the ground. But memory lingers, and survivors gather to bear witness as forensic experts unearth the mass
graves of their loved ones.
THE HOLOCAUST: A TEENAGER=S EXPERIENCE
United Learning. 1991. 2@ video. 30 min. b & w.
Documentary of the Holocaust as experienced by a teenager. David Bergman was 12 years old in 1944 when
he and his family were forced from their home by the Nazis and shipped to Auschwitz. He tells us his ordeal
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and how he struggled to survive during this period of history.
HOMO SAPIENS 1900
First Run Icarus Films. 1999. 2@ video. b & w. 88 min.
Examines the history of eugenics, racial hygiene and the ideas of the "new man" as developed in the early
20th century in Germany and the Soviet Union. In Germany, race hygiene focused on the body, on corporal
beauty and the ideal form, while in the Soviet Union, eugenic interest focused on the brain and intellect.
HOODED MEN
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 1985. 2@ video. 55 min.
Explores uses of torture against political prisoners in 65 countries. Focuses particularly on Northern Ireland,
Argentina and Nicaragua and includes interviews with people who advocate and administer torture and with
victims and their families. Looks at both psychological and physical methods of torture.
HOTEL TERMINUS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KLAUS BARBIE
Video Treasures. 1988. 2@ video. b & w/color. 265 min. English, French, German, and Spanish with
English subtitles. This award-wining documentary traces the 40-year hunt for Klaus Barbie, a Nazi war
criminal known as the "Butcher of Lyon." The search exposed a complex web of political intrigue,
corruption, and deceit almost as appalling as his crimes.
INDIA WORKING TO END CHILD LABOR
Examines India=s immense child labor problem and the fight against it. Includes interviews with Shanta
Sinha, founder of the organization known as MVC, which illustrates how the group coordinates community
action against the exploitation of young people and creates bridge schools that help children with the
transition from work to education.
INTO THE CURRENT
Media Library. 2010. DVD. 76 min.
Into the Current tells the story of Burma=s unsung heroesBits prisoners of conscienceBand the price they pay
for speaking truth to power in a military dictatorship. Using footage secretly shot in Burma, the film uncovers
the stories and sacrifices of >ordinary= people of exceptional courage, and the leaders who inspire them.
Former political prisoner Bo Kyi and an underground team work tirelessly, and often at great risk, on behalf
of their 2,100 jailed colleagues. While they and countless others fight on, the dream of a free Burma remains
alive.
ISLAM AND FEMINISM
First Run/Icarus Films. 1991. 2@ video. 26 min. In 1989, Nafisa Hoodboy, a Pakistani journalist,
investigated the rapes of three on-duty nurses in a hospital. One of the nurses was jailed, while the attackers
were never tried. Since Hoodboy reported the story, two attempts have been made on her life.
IT TAKES A CHILD
Craig Kielburger was 12 years old when he read about the murder of child labor activist Iqbal Massih. He
went on a seven-week trip to South Asia to learn everything he could about child labor. What he learned has
turned him into a passionate, articulate, and effective advocate on behalf of child laborers everywhere. He is
determined to put child labor on the international agenda. Along with a group of friends, he founded Free the
Children to help less fortunate children who must work to survive.
ITALIAN-AMERICAN INTERNMENT: A SECRET STORY
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New Video. 2000. 2@ video. 50 min.
In a little-known, and still largely secret chapter of American history, thousands of Italian Americans, some of
whom had lived in the United States for generations, were rounded up and put into government internment
camps during World War II. Denied their civil rights and labeled "enemy aliens," many innocent lives were
destroyed. Fifty years later the shocking truth is finally being told. No official apology has ever been made
by the United States Government. This shameful incident is called by many Italian Americans "La Historia
Secredo."
IT=S A GIRL
Shadowline Films. DVD. 63 min.
AIn India and China, where sons are valued and daughters are burdens, millions of babies are killed,
abandoned or selectively aborted, simply because they are girls. The result of longstanding traditions and
governmental policies, this devaluation of females has led to rampant violence against women and a growing
female >gendercide=. Girls who survive infancy are often subject to neglect, and many grow up to face
extreme violence and even death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members. The war
against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in
combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls. Shot on location in India and
China, It=s a Girl reveals the issue. It asks why this is happening, and why so little is being done to save girls
and women. The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme
dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters= lives, and of other mothers who
would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories in context and advocate different
paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this
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KILLING OF KASHMIR (THE)
Offers perspectives on the fate of Kashmir and investigates the accusations of international human rights
crimes. Through firsthand accounts of the Indian troops and police as well as Pakistani militants immersed in
the conflict, the documentary argues that the inhabitants of Kashmir are hapless victims of both sides.
THE LAST DAYS
Universal Studios. 2003. DVD. 87 min.
Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the
Jews during the final days of World War II, and Later returned from the United States to their hometowns and
ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.
LEST WE FORGET: A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
1 computer laser optical disc: sd., col.; Four 2@ videos; user's guide. 1996.
Requires IBM compatible computer. Complete history of the Nazi's war against Europe's Jews. Contains
archival documentary footage including Nazi propaganda films, a gallery of over 500 photographs, maps,
charts, and a timeline. Also includes extensive original texts and audio summaries from German archives.
LIFE AND TIMES OF SARA BAARTMAN, THE "HOTTENTOT VENUS"
First Run/Icarus Films. 1998. 2@ video. 52 min. English and French with English subtitles.
A documentary film of the life of a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited
as a freak across Britain. The ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual
anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her
exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of
scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
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LIFE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE: EYEWITNESS STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS
[S.I.: s.n.]. 2008. DVD. 50 min.
Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American, describes her experiences documenting human rights abuses in the West
Bank and supporting Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Providing photographic
documentation and critical information often misrepresented or ignored in the Western media, Anna=s
presentation covers checkpoints, settlements, demonstrations, Israeli activism, the 1948 war & refugees,
censorship, the Separation Wall, and more.
LONG NIGHT=S JOURNEY INTO DAY: SOUTH AFRICA=S SEARCH FOR TRUTH &
RECONCILIATION
Follows four cases over a two-year period that were brought before South Africa=s Truth and Reconciliation
Commission which investigates crimes of apartheid, by bringing together victims and perpetrators to relive
South Africa=s brutal history. In so doing, South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even the most
bitter conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication, providing the most definitive record of
one of the most ambitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation in human history.
LONGEST HATRED
Films for the Humanities. 1993. two 2@ videos. 138 min.
Drawing on interviews with prominent scholars in Europe, America and the Middle East, this program traces
anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the recent ominous outbreaks in Germany,
Russia and elsewhere.
LUMO (See Women’s Studies)
MADE IN THAILAND (See Women's Studies)
MAQUILAPOLIS: CITY OF FACTORIES
Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana=s assembly factories and the female
laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Maquiladora workers produce televisions,
electrical cables, toys, clothes, batteries and IV tubes--they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations.
They also confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos--life on the frontier of the
global economy. Carmen and her colleague, Lourdes, reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize
for change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer to task for violating her labor rights. Lourdes
pressures the government to clean up a toxic waste dump left behind by a departing factory. Incorporates
video diaries by the women.
MEMORY OF THE CAMPS
PBS Video. 1989. 2@ video. (also DVD). b & w/color. 58 min.
More than 40 years ago, British and American film crews working in Europe entered Nazi concentration
camps and found tragic evidence of the machinery of genocide, a fact that some people still refuse to accept.
Their film record includes scenes of gas chambers, medical experimental labs, crematoria and the haunted,
starving survivors in Dachau, Auschwitz and Buchenwald as well as other camps.
MIRROR, MIRROR: NORTHERN IRELAND
Focuses on the Loyalists of Northern Ireland: Protestant, anti-Catholic, anti-European, anti-Irish, monarchist,
they clearly belong to a nation-state, the United Kingdom, but feel abandoned by the British, who no longer
share their devotion to traditional values. They are, of course, at home in the northern part of Ireland; but
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they seem most at home when invoking the past to justify their present opinions.
MUSLIMS IN BULGARIA
Throughout this century, the Muslim population of southeastern Europe has been hounded and periodically
massacred. Communist Bulgaria continued the pre-communist policy of ethnic cleansing, attempting to
"Bulgarize" its Turkish- speaking Muslims. After a particularly tense time in 1989, Muslims are once again
permitted to practice their religion openly.
MUSLIMS IN FRANCE
Shot mainly in Lyons, program looks at the problems facing the city's mainly young Muslim population as
they try to gain acceptance into French society while adapting their religion to break ties with North Africa
and the Arab world. A new kind of Islam is emerging, to which France appears to be reacting with racism
and religious intolerance.
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
International Historic Films. 1985. 2@ video. 59 min.
The official United States Army film record of the Nazi death camps as photographed by Allied forces
advancing into Germany in 1945. Shows surviving prisoners, victims of medical experiments, gas chambers,
and open mass graves.
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
National Audiovisual Center. 1945. 16 mm. b & w. 59 min.
The official film record of the Nazi death camps, as photographed by the Allied forces advancing into
Germany. We are made witness to the half-dead prisoners, victims of "medical" experiments, gas chambers,
and open mass graves of the camps whose names have become synonymous with human suffering.
(FACDIS)
NEW RULERS OF THE WORLD (THE)
John Pilger looks at how globalization has increased the gap between the very rich and the very poor. In
particular, he looks at Indonesia as an example of how globalization and corrupt government has thrown
millions of people into poverty and how multinational corporations support the abuse of these poor workers in
sweatshops.
NIGHT AND FOG
International Historic Films. 1997. 2@ video. 30 min. French with English subtitles. Examines Nazi
concentration camps in World War II. Uses actual film footage of Nazi atrocities edited into a surreal journey
of horror.
NOT MY LIFE
Worldwide Documentaries. 2011. DVD. 83 min.
“A film about human trafficking and modern slavery.”–videodisc and container. Features more than fifty
interviews with trafficking victims and their advocates in government, law enforcement, civil society, and the
private sector.
NUREMBERG (See Europe)
THE OTHER SIDE OF FAITH
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Documentaries International. 1990. 2@ video. 27 min.
Taped on location in Przemysl, Poland. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945, J ews-Rescue-Poland; Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945)-Poland.
PSYCHOLOGY OF NEO-NAZISM: ANOTHER JOURNEY BY TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ
The Holocaust is the most intense expression of evil in our century. Denial that the Holocaust existed is one
of the tenets of neo-nazism. Neo-nazi's from England, France, Austria and Germany travel across Europe. In
cafes, at rallies, etc., they talk about themselves, their love of Hitler, and their disbelief in the Holocaust.
RABBIT IN THE MOON
Wabi-Sabi Productions. 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 85 min.
A documentary/memoir about the lingering effects of the World War II internment of the Japanese-American
community. Visually stunning and emotionally compelling, the film examines issues that ultimately created
deep rifts within the Japanese-American community, reveals the racist subtext of the loyalty questionnaire and
exposes the absurdity of the military draft within the camps. These testimonies are linked by the film makers'
own experiences in the camps and placed in a larger historical context by the director.
RAINBOW WAR
Pyramid Film & Video. 1986. 2@ video. 21 min. Tells the story of three imaginary kingdoms--one red, one
blue, and one gold, who fight a war using paint. Rainbow War teaches the value of diversity and
multiculturalism.
REFUGEES IN AFRICA: ANOTHER QUIET EMERGENCY
“The day-to-day struggle for dignity and survival that goes on in refugee camps remains invisible to most of
the world. In this ABC News program, actor Don Cheadle travels to Uganda to focus media attention on the
plight of innocent people--especially children--displaced and endangered by war.”--container
RIGOBERTA MENCHU: BROKEN SILENCE
Films for the Humanities. 1992. 2@ video. 21 min. Presents a profile of a woman whose life has become a
symbol of the sufferings, not only of her own Mayan Quiche people, but of all the indigenous people of the
Americas. It is a moving portrait of a self-taught woman who dreams of a Guatemalan Congress integrating
indigenous and non-indigenous people.
SACRIFICE
Film Library. 2005. DVD. 50 min. Burmese with English subtitles.
Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in brothels in Thailand where
they are held for years in debt bondage. The trafficking of Burmese girls is a direct result of political
repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war, and ethnic discrimination have displaced thousands of
families leaving them with no means of livelihood. This film, through interviews with the girls, examines the
social, cultural and economic forces at work in the trafficking of these Burmese girls.
SATYA A PRAYER FOR THE ENEMY
Film Library. 2005. DVD. 28 min. Tibetan with English subtitles.
ASatya documents the nonviolent struggle of Tibetan Buddhist nuns for independence and religious
freedom,@Bcontainer. Since the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, more than one million people have been
tortured, executed or starved to death for their role in demonstrations against the Chinese occupation. This
film focuses on personal testimonies of Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have taken the lead in this resistance by
fearlessly staging courageous demonstrations for religious freedom and independence.
SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS
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Maryknoll. 1994. 2@ video. 18 min. Describes the military assistance and training that the United States
provides to Latin American countries at the US Army School of the Americas. All too often the foreign
graduates of the school have used their training in attacks against their own people. Many human rights
advocates would like to see the school permanently closed.
SHACKLED WOMEN: ABUSES OF A PATRIARCHAL WORLD
Program assesses second-and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment and examines
how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation.
SHTETL
Tells the homecoming story of two elderly Polish-American Jews who return to their families' small village
from which most of the Jews had been sent to Treblinka’s gas chambers. Captures these pilgrims as they face
old neighbors, some betrayers, some saviors. Interviews Polish Jews in America and Israel who were
holocaust survivors or emigrated in the late 1930s.
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS BETRAYED
Univ. of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning. 1995. 2@ video. 20 min.
A report on the Southeast Asian practice of selling women into virtual slavery for prostitution.
SKIN DEEP, 1960
WGBH Boston Video. 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 60 min.
Chronicles the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the fight for racial equality in the United States.
Part of the series, THE PEOPLE'S CENTURY.
SOMETIMES IN APRIL
Home Box Office, Inc. 2005. DVD. 140 min.
Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were
killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
Sony Pictures Classics. 2008. DVD. 116 min.
It started as photographs taken by soldiers of the abuse and torture prisoners were suffering in Abu Ghraib
prison, and turned into a media frenzy full of scandal and cover-ups. One of the most notorious moments in
recent US military history is examined, through interviews with participants and re-enactments of events.
STATE OF FEAR
The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission=s official report chronicles the atrocities of both sides
during the twenty-year-war between Abimael Guzman=s revolutionary “Shining Path” Indian guerrilla
movement and the establishment governments. The Commission presents an alternate lens through which
citizens of Peru can evaluate the inequalities their Indian people sought to address and the inevitable ravages
modern terrorism brings to everyone.
STOLEN CHILDHOODS
Galen Films. 2003. DVD. 86 min.
"Stolen Childhoods is a feature length documentary on child labor. The story is told in the words of laboring
children, their parents, and the people working daily to help them. Children share their experiences of
exploitation and their hopes for a better life and future ... Filmed in seven countries: Brazil, India, the United
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States, Mexico, Indonesia, Kenya and Nepal, Stolen Childhoods examines the cost of child labor to the
global community, probes the causes of this complex phenomenon and recommends actions that can be
taken to eliminate this gross human rights violation in our lifetime."--Container
SUDAN IN CRISIS
The hostilities ripping apart the Sudanese region of Darfur have created a humanitarian crisis which the
international community is only beginning to address. This ABC News program serves as a starting point for
analyzing the situation, shedding light on how the conflict spiraled out of control and led to the deaths of
thousands and the displacement of far more. Focusing on the efforts of relief organizations to shelter, feed,
and care for a tidal wave of refugees--and the political, logistical, and geographic obstacles that have made
such efforts nearly impossible--this program assesses the accuracy of the term “genocide” in describing the
conflict=s ethnically driven atrocities.
SWEATING FOR A T-SHIRT
Global Exchange. 1999. DVD. 22 min.
This documentary film examines work conditions in some sweatshops in Honduras, and includes interviews
with some of the workers. Promotes activism in consumer countries, such as the U.S., to solve the problem.
TAXI TO THE DARK
Investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in a gripping probe into reckless abuses
of government power. This stunningly crafted narrative demonstrates how one man=s life and death
symbolizes the erosion of our civil rights.
THERE ONCE WAS A TOWN
Home Vision Select. 2000. 2@ video. 90 min.
In 1941 the German army invaded Eishyshok, Poland (now Lithuania) and murdered nearly all 3,500 Jewish
residents. Edward Asner, a descendant of an Eishyshok family, narrates this chronicle of the journey of four
survivors and their families as they return home.
TO BEAR WITNESS
National Audiovisual Center. 1994. 2@ video. 42 min.
Author Elie Wiesel presents a documentary on the Holocaust through the eyes of both survivors and liberators
from fourteen countries. Includes captured Nazi footage and still photographs from personal archives.
THE TORTURE QUESTION
The program traces how decisions made in Washington, D.C., in the immediate aftermath of September 11th,
led to robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo
Bay, and Iraq. The program provides the context for understanding how the rules were confused, how lines
of authority were blurred, and what happens when the authorization of “coercive interrogation” makes its way
into the battle zone. The program focuses on the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq as a case study in prisoner abuse.
TREASON OR HONOR: GERMAN RESCUERS OF THE HOLOCAUST
Ergo Media. 2000. 2@ video. b & w/color. 28 min.
Documents the moral courage of German rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, using archival footage and
interviews focused on six specific rescue experiences.
TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN (THE)
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PBS Home Video, distributed by Warner Home Video. 1997. 2@ video. 120 min.
The Jerusalem trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann is covered in detail in this documentary. Emotional
recollections of Holocaust survivors and participants provide insight into this troubled period of human
history.
TRIUMPH OF EVIL
Eight hundred thousand Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu majority in Rwanda. As the UN's Genocide
Convention--created to make sure genocide would never happen again--marks its 50th anniversary, Frontline
examines the role of Britain, France, the U.S. and the UN as they ignored the warnings and evidence of this
impending African massacre.
UNIT 731: NIGHTMARE IN MANCHURIA
New Video Group. 1999. 2@ video. 45 min.
Unit 731, part of the Japanese Army in occupied Manchuria, conducted experiments on live human subjects-mostly Chinese civilians. Much of Unit 731's work centers around biological weapons. None of the Japanese
participants/criminals were tried after the war because of a deal made with the United States government.
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)
Amnesty International. 1988. 2@ video. 22 min.
llustrates the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by means of imaginative animation
sequences created by a number of international animators.
UNTOUCHABLES SERIES
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 2007. Five DVDs. 28 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY
TITLE)
Five-part series that examines the untouchables, a casteless group who continue to be dehumanized and
looked down upon in South Asian society.
1) BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
This program contrasts the lives of Bharat, who seeks emancipation, and Ganga, who can picture no
other future for himself.
2) BORN INTO PROSTITUTION: THE BADIS OF NEPAL
A daughter of a Badi prostitute is required to be registered under the surname Nepali. So marked from
birth, she is born into prostitution and is expected to follow her mother into that trade--unless the
family, the Dalit community, or charitable NGOs are moved to help them make a change.
3) HINDU VS. HINDU: CASTE VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Every year, thousands die in India through caste-related violence, as untouchables and upper-castes
alike stoop as low as they need to go to gain their aims. Seen through the lens of a veteran
photojournalist, this program looks at both sides of the struggle between the upper-caste Ranvir militia
and Dalit supporters of the Marxist-Leninists in Bihar.
4) MARRIED TO A GODDESS: THE JOGINIS OF INDIA
“In southern India, Yellamma is the goddess of the untouchables, and the joginis are typically Dalit girls
dedicated to their service--and to the servicing of local men. After describing the sacred side of jogini
life, this program explores the dark side: prostitution and rape. Interviews with joginis illustrate that
although their abuse has been formally abolished, little has changed.”--container
5) THE WORST JOB ON EARTH: THE BHANGIS OF INDIA
This program introduces viewers to two Dalit families who, for generations, have cleaned the excrement
from their villages’ open-air latrines with their bare hands. But flush toilets don’t necessarily free
untouchables from their role; a young man who manually removes waste from the sewers of Hyderabad
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is also interviewed, along with Bezawda Wilson--hereditary latrine cleaner-turned-activist determined
to free all Bhangis from what is arguably the worst job in the world.
VARIAN FRY: THE ARTIST'S SCHINDLER
Home Vision. 1997. 2@ video. 50 min.
In 1941, a young journalist left New York with a list of two hundred names belonging to European artists and
intellectuals unable to escape Nazi occupied territories. Varian Fry's mission was to aid those at risk of
persecution by providing a means of escape. Using Fry's memoirs, archive film, and interviews, this program
tells the story of a man responsible for saving over 2,000 people from the Nazi persecution.
VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ: THE FRANKFURT AUSCHWITZ TRIAL, 1963-1965
DEFA Film Library. 2006. Two DVDs. 240 min.
Two documentary films about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, originally held from 1963-1965.
WARRIOR MARKS
Women Make Movies. 1993. 2@ video. 54 min. English and French with English subtitles.
Documentary about female genital mutilation in Africa. Includes interviews with victims, circumsizers, and
activists against female circumcision.
WAVE
Embassy Productions. 1989. 2@ video. 46 min.
Re-creates the classroom experiment in which a high-school teacher formed his own "Reich" to show why the
German people could so willingly endorse Nazism.
WE WERE MARKED WITH A BIG A
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2004. 2@ video. 44 min.
The persecution of homosexuals during the Third Reich is detailed by three survivors of the Holocaust in
Germany. No gay survivors of the concentration camps had told their stories before this 1991 documentary
was produced because they were subject to arrest by West German police under the same law used by the
Nazis to imprison thousands of German gays during World War II.
WHITE ROSE
National Center for Jewish Film. 1983. 2@ video. German with English subtitles.
Based on a true story. A group of five German university students and their professor dedicate themselves to
protesting the Nazi regime. Their resistance efforts eventually lead to their tragic deaths.
WOMEN WITH OPEN EYES
California Newsreel. 1993. DVD. 52 min. French with English subtitles.
Surveys social conditions faced by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision,
forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts toward education and
improvement as Africa opens to democracy.
POPULATION
SIX BILLION AND BEYOND
University of California Extension Center. 1999. 2@ video. 56 min.
Explores the issues of reproductive health, population, and environment in six nations: Mexico, Kenya, India,
China, Italy, and the United States.
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WORLD IN BALANCE/NOVA
WGBH Boston. 2004. DVD. 120 min.
In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. In parts of India and Africa
more than half of the still growing population is under 25. The world population is now careening in two
dramatically different directions. Examines China=s booming economy and the impact it=s having on the
environment.
WORLD POPULATION (REVISED)
Zero Population Growth. 1990. 2@ video. 7 min.
After a population decrease in the 14th century because of the bubonic plague, population growth began to
surge around 1800 with the Industrial Revolution. Projects population growth into the 21st century.
TERRORISM
1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING
A detailed chronological account of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, in which a terrorist car
bomb demolished the parking garage under the buildings. Includes new introduction and conclusion that
acknowledge the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
AL QAEDA
Take an astonishing journey into the heart of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization’s secret world. From the
beginning as Arab Afghans fighting under the banner of Islam in the 1980s, to their involvement in presentday conflicts and terrorist attacks, examine the origins, aims, and history behind this infamous group. Delve
into the personality of their leader, Osama Bin Laden, and discover the reasons why he and his followers have
become the implacable enemies of the United States.
BEHIND THE MASK: THE IRA AND SINN FEIN
Tells inside story of IRA and its political wing, Sinn Fein, and US's involvement in the "armed struggle"
against Great Britain. While America's Irish community has helped supply weapons and money, political
maneuvering in Washington has had significant influence on both sides. Film concludes with consideration
of the possibility of a settlement to this century's oldest conflict.
BOMBING OF AMERICA
Follows investigators on the trail of the Unabomber and the bombers of the World Trade Center, the Army of
God, and other bombing cases. The smallest fragment of evidence, or a psychological profile, can be the key
to stopping terrorists.
THE CULT OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER
Disinformation Co. 2006. DVD. 96 min.
Former CIA agent and terrorism expert, Robert Baer, tracks the history of suicide bombers from their origin
in the Iran-Iraq war to their growing predominance in the post-9/11 world.
DOMESTIC TERRORISM
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 1995. 2@ video. 55 min. English, Italian, Spanish with subtitles.
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An account of the terrorism that has plagued the European countries of Italy, Spain, and Northern Ireland.
Includes a discussion on how idealism motives become obscured in a storm of violence and bloodshed where
both the guilty and innocent suffer. Third in a series entitled, Terrorism: Aims and Objectives.
EUROPE'S 9/11
Explores the phenomenon of homegrown Islamic terrorism in Europe through the lens of the bombings in
Madrid, Spain and the connections between those bombers and Al Qaeda cell activities in Milan, Italy and the
Van Gogh murder in the Netherlands. Looks at the situation of the 20 million Muslim immigrants from North
Africa and the Middle East and their children in Europe, particularly in Britain, Holland, Italy, Spain.
Discusses the appeal of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorist activities among Muslim youth who feel
marginalized in European society and examines how European governments are working on identifying and
locating potential terrorists in their own countries.
GREAT DECEPTION - THE WAR ON TERRORISM: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Viewer Plus. 2002. 2@ video. 40 min.
In this six-part series of Mediafile commentaries, critic Barrie Zwicker challenges the official explanation for
the 9/11 attacks and considers the troubling implications of America's new war. Discusses the apparent
breakdown of American air defenses on September 11, to the longstanding ties between US intelligence and
Osama bin Laden and looks at the actions of President George W. Bush in the midst of the crisis. Zwicker
also asks what role U.S. oil interests may have played in these events.
HUNTING BIN LADEN
Investigates Osama bin Laden, his followers, and the bombings of two African embassies in 1998. This
edition has been updated to cover the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001,
of which bin Laden is also accused.
IN SEARCH OF AL QAEDA
Follow the trail of Al Qaeda from the Afghan border areas into Pakistan's cities as US and Pakistani
authorities track down some of the network's leaders. It continues to other Middle Eastern countries, where
local villagers, officials and others are interviewed about what has happened to Al Qaeda and its efforts to
regroup.
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Covers in graphic detail the Arab-Israeli conflict. The three principal factions of the issue: the secular Arabs,
the Israelis and the Islamic fundamentalists, each offer their own perspectives. The first in a three-part series,
TERRORISM: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.
ISLAMIC WAVE
Examines the sociopolitical landscape of Islamic hotspots in the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, and
elsewhere. Also discussed is Islam's increasing popularity and the use of violence by Muslim extremists to
attain their goals.
JIHAD! IN AMERICA
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A report on the militant Islamic fundamentalists in the US, who are dedicated to spreading Jihad (or Holy
War), in America. Although this group comprises only a small percentage of the American Islamic
population, unlike the majority, they are committed to international terrorism. This documentary includes a
look at some of their secret activities, as well as interviews with law enforcement and government officials.
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
Discusses the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. Examines the roots of hatred found in Egypt
and Saudi Arabia, the rise of radical Islam, and the failure of U.S. intelligence on September 11.
MEETING OSAMA BIN LADEN
A biography of Osama bin Laden, from his parents= humble origins through the September 11, 2001 attacks
on the United States. Features interviews with those who have met him, including his grade school teacher,
family, friends, and journalists from the West and Middle East.
MUMBAI MASSACRE
Relates the perspective of victims and survivors of the Mumbai terrorist attack, Bombay, India, November 26,
2008. Depicts the events of 60 hours broadcast live to the world via cell phones and Internet, text and
Twitter, showing how social media became a silent witness and simultaneously transformed news as it
happened.
NEW FACE OF TERRORISM (THE)
A&E Home Video, distributed by New Video Group. 1996. 2@ video. 50 min.
The spread of terrorism and its heightened volatility, especially in the United States, with numerous new
armed militia groups are discussed.
OBAMA’S WAR (See War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues)
OUR OWN PRIVATE BIN LADEN
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2006. Two DVDs. 63 min.
Our Own Private Bin Laden studies the relationship between economic structures of Aterror@ and Athe war on
terror,@ their interdependencies, and the consequential creation of the Bin Laden industry. The film explains
why the world after September 11, 2001, is less the result of an act of terror, but more the product of decisions
made following 1945.
PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK
Films for the Humanities. 2009. DVD. 46 min.
“... For much of the past half century Pakistan has seen its major enemy in its region as India. Now it's clear
the biggest threat facing Pakistan comes from within. President Zardari warns that his government is now
involved in a life and death struggle with fundamentalist forces for control of Pakistan. The implications of
this struggle have profound consequences for the country itself, the region, and ultimately the peace and
stability of the entire globe. Pakistan has become the next important battleground in the war on terror.”--ABC
website.
POST 9-11 CHALLENGES: FIGHTING TERRORISM AND PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES
West Virginia University. 2005. DVD. 59 min.
“The 2005 Claude W. Benedum Lecture, October 27, 2005.”
POWER AND TERROR: NOAM CHOMSKY IN OUR TIMES
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Presents the latest in Noam Chomsky's thinking on 9/11 and terrorism, through a lengthy interview and a
series of public talks that he gave in New York and California during the spring of 2002.
RELIGIOUS TERRORISM
Reveals how religious factions use their brand of violence to achieve their political goals by exploring: the
Shiite network known as the Hizballah of Southern Lebanon, the Al Jihad Organization of Egypt, and the
Sikhs in India.
RETURN OF THE TALIBAN
Frontline reports from the lawless Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and reveals
how the area has fallen under the control of a resurgent Taliban militia, which uses it as a launching pad for
attacks on the U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. The area, off limits to U.S. troops by agreement with
Pakistan=s president, and long suspected of harboring Osama bin Laden, is now considered a failed state. In a
region little understood, Frontline investigates a secret front in the war on terror.
SEARCHING FOR THE ROOTS OF 9/11
Discovery Channel Video. 2003. 2@ video. 52 min.
Thomas L. Friedman tries to answer questions surrounding the tragedy of the terrorist attacks of September
11th. Through interviews with Muslim students and a radical Palestinian, among others, viewers learn some
of the conflicting opinions and views on America held by different Middle Easterners.
SECURITY VERSUS LIBERTY: THE OTHER WAR
Security Versus Liberty explores this urgent national debate by talking with leading critics and advocates of
the new policies, and telling the stories of people whose lives have been directly affected.
SHAHEED: THE MAKING OF A SUICIDE BOMBER
Direct Cinema Ltd.: Set Productions. 1998. DVD. 52 min.
“Shaheed probes the minds of suicide bombers who spearheaded the psychological war of terror in the Middle
East. The film examines the reasons why young men justify sacrificing their lives to become human bombs.
The quest to become “Shaheed,” or in English, “holy martyr” is analyzed in rare, intimate interviews with
these men.”--container
TARGET AMERICA
Examines the history of terrorist attacks against the US by Islamic fundamentalists, beginning with the
American Embassy workers taken hostage in Iran during Carter's presidency. Looks at other incidents--the
bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the killing of American soldiers in a Berlin nightclub, the
downing of Pan Am 103, and the first attack on the World Trade Center. Discusses the American
government's attempts to deal with these attacks, particularly focusing on the Reagan administration.
TERROR AND COUNTER-TERROR: CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE?
A graphic, detailed report on terrorism that has plagued Peru throughout the last ten years. The original aim
of the revolutionary group, Sendero Luminoso, was to protect the rights of the poor, but their motives soon
became obscured by indiscriminate acts of violence. The second in the three-part series, Terrorism: Aims and
Objectives.
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THE THIRD WORLD WAR, AL QAEDA. AMERICA: HUNTING FOR SLEEPER CELLS
Can America fight an enemy within its borders while preserving civil liberties? This program examines the
critical role of the FBI=s Joint Terrorism Task Forces in the hunt for al Qaeda sleeper cells, and how that role
has created new challenges for the agency.
THE THIRD WORLD WAR, AL QAEDA. ASIA: STAKING OUT TERROR=S BREEDING
GROUNDS
Unstable Southeast Asian countries with poorly equipped law enforcement agencies have become havens for
terrorism; one example is the 2002 Bali bombing. This program underscores the minimal attention that Asia
has received in comparison with Middle East counter-terrorist operations B and how the disparity negatively
affected European and Australian intelligence preceding the Bali attack.
THE THIRD WORLD WAR, AL QAEDA. EUROPE: REVEALING THE HIDDEN ENEMY
Examines how al Qaeda=s global network was uncovered, and how, in response to counter-terrorism, that
network has evolved new structures and strategies. Through detailed interviews with American security
officials, European intelligence agents, and terrorist Salim Boukhari, looks at the methods and resiliency of
terrorists groups.
TOP SECRET AMERICA
On the tenth anniversary of September 11th FRONTLINE producer, Michael Kirk, teams up with Pulitzer
Prizer-winning journalist, Dana Priest, to investigate the dramatic changes that have reshaped America in the
last decade. The program examines the history of the secret side of America=s >war on terror,= and asks how a
decade of fighting terrorism has reshaped the country and whether it has made us any safer.
WHY THE HATE? AMERICA, FROM A MUSLIM POINT OF VIEW
This timely ABC News program explores the mixed emotions felt by many Muslims toward the U.S. Why do
so many people in the Islamic world hate the United States? Topics include American culture, often
perceived as offensive, and US foreign policy, frequently viewed as threatening and biased.
WAR/PEACE/NUCLEAR ISSUES/SECURITY ISSUES
21 DAYS TO BAGHDAD
ATakes a comprehensive look at Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the military buildup and the shock and awe
campaign to the fire-fight in Basra and the toppling of Saddam Hussein=s statue. With spectacular footage
never before seen in the U.S. and emotional first-hand accounts of soldiers, reporters and National
Geographic=s award-winning production team, 21 Days to Baghdad will provide an exclusive, insider=s look
at war strategy and the pivotal moments of the war.@Bpublisher=s website
ACCEPTABLE RISK?
Bullfrog Films. 1980. 160 color slides with cassette and study guide. 37 min.
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Discusses the links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Despite efforts to separate them, they are
inextricably linked by the nuclear fuel chain--from uranium mining to radioactive wastes. Explores the
implications of the nuclear age and asks: AHas the arms race made us more secure? Is nuclear power essential
for supplying our energy needs?@ (FACDIS)
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
During World War II, bent on conquest, the German strategies became completely amoral, challenging and
perhaps ending the concept of “civilized warfare.” Through interviews with veterans, historians and ethicists
from all the countries engaged in World War II, this American Experience film recounts the story of the
Anglo-American bombing campaign against Germany, exploring the moral conundrums imposed by the
reality of war.
AMERICAN WAY OF WAR
A survey of America's involvement in modern wars focuses on U.S. preparation for massive Soviet conflict as
well as participation in small conflicts in remote parts of the world, including Vietnam, Teheran and Grenada.
Describes how our fighting technique has changed--from use of bombs, tanks, and heavy artillery in World
War II--to guerilla warfare.
ARE WE WINNING, MOMMY? AMERICA AND THE COLD WAR
Examines the "Red Scare" of the 1940s and 1950s. Fighting communism with words or guns. Politics,
McCarthy, and the Rosenbergs are all a part of this documentary.
THE ATOMIC CAFE
Thorn EMI Video. 1982. 2@ video. 92 min.
This collage film focuses on the 40s and 50s, showing clips of soldiers wearing sunglasses going into areas
devastated by nuclear detonation, and suburban families practicing using their bomb shelters.
BBC HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II SERIES
Warner Home Video. 2005. DVD. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) AUSCHWITZ INSIDE THE NAZI STATE (300 min.)
“Auschwitz occupies a chilling and disturbing place in the history of humankind ... This six-part series
presents an in-depth examination of the camp’s evolution and the decisions that enabled such an
incomprehensibly inhuman place to come into being.”--container
4) THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC (146 min.)
Churchill admitted after World War II, ‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war
was the U-boat peril.’ Take a look at the German U-boats--and how they almost were the deciding
factor in World War II--in this BBC documentary.
3) BATTLEFIELDS (194 min.)
Richard Holmes uncovers the stories of four campaigns that mark significant turning points in the war.
He explores the events leading up to each attack, the difficulties faced and the sacrifices made. He
clarifies the complexities of four of its campaigns: El Alamein, Monte Cassino, the RAF’s bomber
offensive against Germany, and Operation Market Garden, of which Arnhem formed a crucial part.
4) D-DAY, 6.6.44 REFLECTIONS OF COURAGE (90 min.)
On June 6th, 1944, the largest military invasion and defense the world has ever seen occurred. D-Day
tells the epic story of the preparation and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy. It tells the
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story of the defense of the Western Front by the forces of the German Empire, and of the complex and
deadly secret war fought by the men and women of France and mainland Europe.
5) D-DAY TO BERLIN (150 min.)
A historical view of the Allied advance in Europe during World War II, examining the strategic
decisions taken by Field Marshall Montgomery and Allied Supreme Commander Eisenhower in the 11
months following D-Day.
6) DUNKIRK (176 min.)
Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force
besieged on the beaches of Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history.
7)
HORROR IN THE EAST (98 min.)
During World War II, the Japanese became notorious for their horrible treatment of civilians and
POWs. How and why did this happen? Meticulous research and first-hand accounts from Japanese
soldiers and Allied POWs give an account of this dangerous time.
8) THE NAZIS, A WARNING FROM HISTORY (290 min.)
In retrospect, it is difficult to imagine how a political party as fundamentally evil as the Nazis ever came
to power. This documentary explores the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, and uncovers the truth behind
the atrocities.
9) THE ROAD TO WAR (195 min.)
This documentary series explores some of the motives and options of some of the principle nations in
the lead-up to WWII.
10) WAR OF THE CENTURY (190 min.)
Takes an in-depth look at World War II using references such a leading historians, Eastern film
archives, and both Soviet and German participants, and gives a new perspective on the war that changed
the world.
BATTLE GROUND: 21 DAYS ON THE EMPIRE=S EDGE
In late 2003, two filmmakers spent three weeks on the front lines of the simmering guerrilla war in Iraq,
gathering intelligence, dodging bullets, and capturing the untold stories of what has become the world=s most
covered and misunderstood conflict.
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
WGBH Boston Video. 2004. DVD. 86 min.
December 1944, Hitler wages one more desperate bloody attack. Hitler struck back with a brutal
counterattack, and the Battle of the Bulge was the single biggest and bloodiest battle U.S. soldiers have ever
fought. Almost 80,000 Americans were killed, injured, or captured in an infernal test of courage and
endurance that ultimately ended with a hard-won victory for the Allies. Told through the eyes of the U.S.
soldiers and combat officers in the field.
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
This month-long battle was the single biggest and bloodiest battle American soldiers ever fought. With
attention focused on crossing the Rhine, the Allies were unprepared for the 30 German divisions that roared
across an 85-mile Allied front on December 16, 1944.
THE BATTLE OF CHINA
MPI Home Video. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 65 min.
Depicts Japanese aggression against China during World War II and describes Japan's plan for world
conquest. Recalls Chinese development of the compass, printing, astronomy, gunpowder, and porcelain.
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BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO, AND THE MARINES HAVE LANDED
Hollywood's Attic. 1996. 2@ video. 60 min.
First film documents the crucial World War II battle of San Pietro, Italy. The second film, intended as a
recruiting film, highlights service in the Marine Corps.
BERLIN AIRLIFT (THE)
PBS Home Video. 2007. DVD. (Also 2" video). 60 min.
“In 1948, the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin, starving the population and choking commerce.
Allied forces refused to cede the city, and for nearly a year, supplied two million civilians and 20,000 allied
soldiers entirely from the air. Through the personal stories of those who were there, this program provides a
striking look at the first battle of the Cold War and the largest humanitarian campaign the world has ever
seen.”—distributor’s website.
BETWEEN THE WARS: ITALIAN-ETHIOPIAN WARS/SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Hosted and narrated by Eric Sevareid, featuring original newsreels, soundtracks and rare archival footage.
Part I focuses on Benito Mussolini's Italy, his dreams of an empire and his costly invasion of Ethiopia, one of
the chief episodes paving the way for World War II. Part II is a documentary presentation on the events and
attitudes toward the Spanish Civil War.
BETWEEN THE WARS: JAPAN INVADES CHINA, CRISIS IN THE FAR EAST/WAR COMES TO
PEARL HARBOR
A documentary presentation on the Chinese/Japanese War, and on the relations between Japan and the United
States highlighting events preceding America's involvement in World War II.
BETWEEN THE WARS: PHONY WAR/FDR & CHURCHILL: THE HUMAN PARTNERSHIP
Hosted and narrated by Eric Sevaried, featuring original newsreels, soundtracks and rare archival footage,
Between the Wars documents the years between World War I and World War II. Hitler shocked the world by
invading Poland. After absorbing Austria and threatening the rest of Eastern Europe, Americans wavered
between a desire to help and a commitment to maintain neutrality. Many claimed the events in Europe were a
hoax. The second portion deals with the close personal friendship between Roosevelt and Churchill and the
profound effect of this relationship on the history of the Western World.
BEYOND TREASON
Power Hour Productions. 2005. DVD. 100 min.
AAs ailing Gulf War heroes from all 27 countries slowly die of >unknown causes,= they wait for answers from
their respective governments, but no satisfying or even credible answers have come forth from the military
establishment. Records that span over a decade point to negligence, and even culpability, on the part of the
U.S. Department of Defense and their >disposable army= mentality. This 89-minute documentary presents
comprehensive and compelling documentation from United States government archives of a massive cover-up
lasting over two generations.@--container
BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR
Lorimar Home Video. 1987. 2@ video. 91 min. French with English subtitles.
This film pokes fun at the spectacle of inept Europeans trying to carry on World War I in Africa, and is a
grimly amusing parable about the absurdity of war.
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THE BLITZ
The story of the war=s most concentrated aerial attack on London in 1941 and how the city nearly perished
under the German barrage. Approximately 43,000 people died, and over 1 million houses were destroyed
during the blitz.
BUSH=S WAR
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the rise of
an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge. Reveals the defining stories of the "war
on terror" in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and
influence. On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga will unfold in this special documentary
analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation=s history.
BUYING THE WAR (See American Foreign Policy)
A CALL FOR SURVIVAL: PERSONAL RESPONSES TO THE NUCLEAR THREAT
A portrait of four peace activists--a mother, a physicist, a defense worker, and an 80 year old surveyor--each
of whom, in different ways and for different reasons, has made the decision to work for peace.
COLD WAR
Warner Home Video. 1998. Eight 2@ videos. 140 min. ea.
A series documenting the rise and fall of the Cold War, the actions of world leaders, and the wars and arms
races occurring during this time. Covers the worldwide struggle between the free world and communism
from Stalin to the collapse of communism under Gorbachev.
COMMON GROUND APPROACH TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Common Ground Productions. 1985. 2@ video. 39 min.
Features discussions of public policy and national security from the Common Ground Conference in
Washington, DC in 1985. Discussions are presented within the Common Ground framework of conflict
resolution with participants paired for their opposing views but required to focus on points of agreement.
D-DAY
This dramatic ccount of D-Day combines actual World War II photographs and footage with interviews
of the people involved. Their voices convey the struggles between life and death, and hope and despair.
DAM BUSTERS (THE)
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2006. DVD. b & w. 125 min.
Tells the true World War II story of how the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron carried out a raid on three of the
most important dams in Germany.
DAY AFTER TRINITY
Pyramid Films. 1980. 2@ video. (2 cassettes). 90 min.
People who worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer discuss the man, his role in the development of the
atomic bomb, his fall from grace during the McCarthy era, and his desire to see nuclear proliferation
controlled.
THE DEADLY GAME OF NATIONS (War Series No. 4)
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Explores reasons why national governments feel compelled to keep armies and to fight wars. Israeli and
Palestinian struggles are used as a focus.
DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM
A history of American involvement in the Vietnamese conflict told through letters of American service
personnel and illustrated with contemporary news footage, home movies and still photos.
DECEMBER 7TH: THE MOVIE
Kit Parker Films. 1991. 2@ video. b & w. 82 min.
John Ford's film unit was given the task of showing the attack on Pearl Harbor. Few cameras were on hand to
record the attack. So Ford re-created most of the major scenes on Hollywood sound stages. Generations of
Americans have witnessed these scenes, not realizing the "attack" is actually Ford's skillful illusion/recreation.
Historically, the film is accurate. The power of Ford's work is underlined by the fact that December 7th won
an Academy Award for Best Documentary Production in 1943.
DEFENDING AMERICA: THE PRICE WE PAY
Video Project. 1991. 2@ video. 58 min.
Discusses how military spending affects the U.S. by examining the military's economic and social impact on
Silicon Valley.
EYE OF VICHY/L'OEIL DE VICHY (THE)
First Run Features. 1993. 2@ video. b & w. 110 min.
A compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels, produced by the Nazi and French collaborators
during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in Central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet
government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. They skillfully produced a
strange alternative history of the war years in order to turn the French public against the allies and the Jews.
FAITH, WAR, AND PEACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE
Educational Film and Video Project. 1984. 2@ video. 27 min.
Speakers present views of facing the facts of nuclear war and the response of faith in peace.
FIFTY YEARS WAR: ISRAEL AND THE ARABS (THE)
PBS Home Video. 2004. Two DVDs. 290 min.
This documentary begins with the 1947 U.N. decision to partition Palestine and charts the ensuing
half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiations. Includes interviews and news clips of heads of
state and other military intelligence leaders.
FIRE STORM OVER DRESDEN
International Historic Films, Inc. 1997. 2@ video. 77 min.
A documentary using original newsreels of the bombing of Dresden, Germany in 1945. Controversial
revisionist historian, David Irving, presents the fire bombing raids on Dresden as unnecessary and barbaric.
FIRST WORLD WAR: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Image Entertainment. 2005. Four DVDs. 503 min.
This definitive ten-part series offers insight and analysis to provide a coherent and strategic military narrative
from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jonathan Lewis. Disc 1: To Arms 1914, Under the Eagle
1914-1915, Global War 1914-1916, Jihad 1914-1916; Disc 2: Shackled to a Corpse 1914-1916, Breaking
the Deadlock 1915-1917; Disc 3: Blockade 1916-1917, Revolution 1917; Disc 4: Germany=s Last
Gamble 1918, War Without End.
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FOG OF WAR (THE)
Sony Pictures Classics. 2004. DVD. 107 min.
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President Kennedy
and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential
political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most
seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945
bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
FOUR HOURS IN MY LAI
Yorkshire Films. 1989. 2@ video. 66 min.
Video uses interviews with American soldiers and airmen who served in the Vietnam War to explore the
moral and ethical issues stemming from the American massacre in the Vietnamese village of My Lai where
more than 400 women, children and old men were killed in a few hours. The film stimulates questions at
many levels from individual responsibility to the effects of military training and group pressure, the conduct
and regulation of modern warfare, and parallels with atrocities committed during World War II.
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
Madacy Entertainment Group. 1997, 1995. 2@ video. 50 min.
Prussia's victory over France in 1871 laid the foundation for Otto von Bismarck to establish the German
Empire.
GERMANY AWAKE
Matinee Classics. 1985. 2@ video. b & w. 90 min. English and German with English subtitles.
A documentary on the World War II German motion picture and its use as propaganda. Clips from more than
20 films made between 1933 and 1945 are included.
GLOBAL SECURITY
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1997. 2@ video. b & w/color. 29 min.
Examines the problems facing the American Military in adapting to its new role in the post-Cold War era as
peacekeeper in both international and intranational conflicts. This segment shows how the U.S., the world's
only remaining superpower, is retraining its forces to maintain peace in volatile areas around the globe.
Military experts discuss the difficulties that occur when United Nations forces intervene in the internal
disputes of nations. U.S. peace-keeping missions in Bosnia, Somalia, and other trouble spots are used to
demonstrate the pitfalls of humanitarian military operations.
GOING BACK: A RETURN TO VIETNAM
Observes the 1981 return trip to Vietnam of several veterans. Follows them on an emotional tour of Hanoi
and Ho Chi Minh City, as they meet with committees investigating Americans missing in action.
GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II
Readers' Digest Home Entertainment Division. 1987. Four 2@ videos. 370 min.
Coverage of WWII (North Africa and Western Europe) using actual wartime documentaries.
GULF WAR, THE
PBS Video. 1996. Two 2@ videos. 232 min.
On the fifth anniversary of the war with Iraq, an authorative history of the Persian Gulf crisis. Features indepth interviews with the key political and military leaders on all sides of the war, as well as participants from
the U.S., coalition, and Iraqi forces. Investigates what really happened behind the scenes during the months
of diplomatic maneuvering, the air war, the ground assault, and the war's ragged ending.
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HEARTS AND MINDS
Embassy Home Entertainment. 1974. 2@ video. (also DVD). 111 min.
Interviews with Gen. William Westmoreland, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, Sen. William
Fulbright, Rostow, and Ellsberg. Examines the American consciousness that led to Vietnam involvement.
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
From his embed with U.S. Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker, Danfung
Dennis, reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of twenty-five-year-old
Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait
of one man=s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional
difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife.
HOW FAR HOME: VETERANS AFTER VIETNAM
Northern Lights Productions. 1983. 16 mm. 30 min.
Explores the problems of Vietnam veterans.
HOW HITLER LOST THE WAR
Varied Directions, Inc. 1989. 2@ video. b & w/color. 66 min.
Details the critical mistakes that brought a regime from the brink of world domination to destruction/defeat.
Proposes that U.S. arms/resources did not win World War II as much as Hitler's military blunders lost it.
HOW TO PREVENT A NUCLEAR WAR
Individuals from all walks of life speak about their commitment to and support of a world free of nuclear war.
The belief that an individual can make a difference is expounded by a shipyard worker, a businessman, and a
nuclear physicist.
HOW WARS END: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Where World War I had ended with one armistice, the second ended in different places at different times.
France bowed out in 1940, recognizing superior German power; Italy surrendered in 1943, having lost faith in
German power. The Allied demand for unconditional surrender caused the war to go on even after the
German generals knew they could not win.
THE HYDROGEN BOMB
Goodtimes Home Video. 1986. 2@ video. b & w. 30 min.
Edward R. Murrow covers the story of America=s initial testing of the hydrogen bomb, plus a visit to the B-47
assembly plant and an early example of TV coverage from two coasts as the troops come home from Korea
and Japan.
IN A DARK TIME
In the late 1960s, the Vietnam War was fought in the streets of America as well as in Vietnam. The battle
spilled over into American churches, homes, campuses and the Congress. Program looks at the effects of this
war on America and the increasing polarization of its supporters and opponents. Part of the series Making
Sense of the Sixties.
INDIA AND PAKISTAN: THE EXPANDING NUCLEAR THREAT
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This program explores how close Pakistan and India came to nuclear weapons use at the time of the Kargil
conflict based on firsthand accounts of citizens, armies, and government officials.
INSIDE THE SOVIET MILITARY MACHINE: DOLPHIN SOLDIERS
A & E Television Networks. 2002. 2@ video. 50 min.
Echoing their capitalist counterparts, Soviet scientists attempted to train marine mammals as weapons of war.
Their program relied on using dolphin language.
INSIDE THE SOVIET MILITARY MACHINE: THE ANTHRAX CONNECTION
In a top-secret Siberian lab called Vector, Soviet scientists worked for years to develop virulent strains of
anthrax and plague. Many lab workers died as a result of this research.
INSIDE THE SOVIET MILITARY MACHINE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE K-19
In 1961, the reactor in the Soviet nuclear submarine failed, and the crew risked their lives in a valiant attempt
to prevent an explosion that might have led to World War III.
THE INSURGENCY
The Iraqi insurgency continues to challenge the most highly trained and best-equipped military in the world.
This investigation includes access to insurgent leaders, commanders of Iraqi and U.S. military units, and
journalists who have risked their lives to meet insurgent leaders. FRONTLINE explores the battle for one
Iraqi town and presents testimony from civilians whose families were targets.
KILLING FIELDS, 1916
In August, 1914, the people of Europe were swept into the first of the wars that would make this century the
bloodiest ever. Seventy million soldiers from more than twenty countries marched off to do their duty. In this
film, soldiers from all sides give a personal account of the trenches and the tactics and the terrible nature and
scale of the slaughter that shattered the old world order. In the end, four empires collapsed and nine million
gave their lives. Some became pacifists while others sought retribution, and many found themselves fighting
another war only two decades later.
KOREA, THE FORGOTTEN WAR
Fox Hills Video. 1987. 2@ video. b & w. 92 min.
June 25, 1950, the 38th Parallel marked the beginning of a war that was to be like no other. Witness the
non-stop action from the Pusan Perimenter conflict and General MacArthur's brilliant invasion at Inchon,
to the offensive at Yalu River and the Chosin reservoir battle. Experience the greatest moments of
heroism as recorded on rare, archival footage, from the first battles to the final truce negotiations in the
Korean conflict.
LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY
Anchor Bay Entertainment. 2004. DVD. 76 min.
Growing up in post World War II Germany, Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war,
dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he
was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966; and, on his
first mission, was shot down and taken prisoner. There the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a
hair-raising escape and, eventually, returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews with
Dengler, archival footage and new footage seamlessly spliced together.
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LOSING CONTROL?
The Video Project. 1989. 2@ video. 57 min.
Could a nuclear war begin by accident, even with warmer relations between the US and the Soviet Union?
The heart of the film is a frightening, plausible scenario that starts in the Middle East and escalates to an
unintended nuclear confrontation between the two superpowers. Reveals how nuclear alerts have
increased since 1984 and documents the growing reliance on "launch on warning."
MANHATTAN PROJECT (THE)
The scientists and engineers who helped build the world=s first nuclear weapon reflect on their
accomplishments and legacy.
MEN OF BRONZE
Direct Cinema Ltd. 1995. 2@ video. 60 min.
Photographs, interviews with veterans, and film from the French and American National Archives are used to
recount the saga of the black American soldiers of the 369th combat regiment, known as the AHarlem
Hellfighters,@ who served with the French Army in World War I.
MODERN WORLD 1945Landmark Films. 1985. 16 mm. 26 min.
Deals with the period of post-World War II reconstruction. East-West conflict grows as the allies divide up
Europe into their spheres of influence. The "Iron Curtain" divides Europe. The cold war is declared along
with several Asian and African wars. As the Super Powers establish themselves, the arms race and the space
programs leads to competition.
MY LAI
The words ‘My Lai’ are seared into our memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in
the small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968. Now, drawing on 400 hours of recently discovered audio
recordings and new interviews with participants, eye witnesses, and investigators, the complete story can
finally be told about one of the most shocking atrocities in modern times, and about lesser-known acts of
remarkable courage.
MY PRIVATE WAR: MEIN KRIEG
Kino on Video. 1997. 2@ video. b & w/color. 90 min. German with English subtitles.
Describes the journey of six German soldiers who took their amateur movie camera to the Russian front and
survived to tell their personal accounts of what went on during that campaign.
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Dr. David Chandler provides full commentary on the strategies and tactics of the Napoleonic Wars. Maps,
graphics, hundreds of images and paintings, large-scale re-enactments, and analysis of the weapons used by
the opposing armies contribute to this thorough examination of the wars that defined 19th-century Europe.
THE NAZIS STRIKE
MPI Home Video. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 42 min.
A documentary film record of Germany's preparation for war, Hitler's conquest of Austria and
Czechoslovakia, and the attack upon Poland. Issued in 1943 by the War Department as a propaganda movie.
NISEI SOLDIER
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Vox Productions. 1984. 16 mm. 30 min.
Story of Japanese-American men who volunteered to serve in combat during World War II despite the fact
that some of their families were being interned in the U.S. Discusses their "moral dilemma." Raises some
fundamental questions of what it means to be an "outsider" and an American.
NO END IN SIGHT (See American Foreign Policy)
NO FIRST USE: PREVENTING NUCLEAR WAR
The Union of Concerned Scientists. 1982. 16 mm. 32 min.
Addresses the questions of "limited" nuclear war; first use of nuclear weapons, and if this policy is inherently
dangerous; and reduction of the risk of nuclear war if a no-first-use policy is adopted by U.S.
NUCLEAR WINTER: CHANGING OUR WAY OF THINKING
Eschaton Foundation, Education Film & Video Project. 1985. 2@ video. 58 min.
Carl Sagan explains the theory of nuclear winter and describes the catastrophic consequences of nuclear
winter for the entire earth. Discusses the insanity of military policies and strategies which, if carried through,
would result in nuclear winter.
OBAMA'S WAR
“Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander
and armed with a counterinsurgency plan that builds on the lessons of Iraq. But can U.S. forces succeed in a
land long known as the ‘graveyard of empires?’--And can the U.S. stop the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan,
where U.S. troops are not allowed and the government is weak? In Obama's War, veteran correspondent,
Martin Smith, travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see first-hand how the president’s new strategy is
taking shape, delivering vivid, on-the-ground reporting from the eight-year-old war’s many fronts. Through
interviews with top generals, diplomats and government officials, Smith also reports the internal debates over
President Obama’s grand attempt to combat terrorism at its roots.”--Frontline website
OUR SOVIET ALLIES
Four historical programs combine authentic WW II footage with memories of misty-eyed veterans to
document the great Soviet victories of WW II. Produced by Soviet film-makers, supervised by the Soviet
government.
PEACE STORIES
Appalshop Film & Video. 1991. 2@ video. 29 min.
A veteran of World War I, an employee of Oak Ridge Atomic Plant, and a veteran of the Vietnam war discuss
how war has affected their lives.
PEOPLE=S CENTURY SERIES
WGBH Boston Video. 2006. Two DVDs. 56 min ea.
1) KILLING FIELDS
In August 1914, the people of Europe were swept into the first of wars that would make this century the
bloodiest ever. Soldiers from all sides remember the trenches and the tactics and scale of the slaughter
that shattered the old world order.
2) TOTAL WAR
Eyewitnesses from Britain, Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan, and the United States tell the story of the
civilians - children, sisters, brothers - who suffered and died in the Second World War.
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THE PROFESSION OF ARMS (War Series No. 3)
Profiles the professional soldier and includes interviews with career officers from Israeli, American, Soviet,
and Canadian military forces.
RAIN OF RUIN
The complete story of the atomic bombing missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki is revealed for the first time
in this television documentary.
REMOTE CONTROL WAR: THE FUTURE OF UNMANNED COMBAT
Examines the implications and effects of the increased use of robots, drones, and other remotely controlled
devices in modern military applications, both overt and covert.
RESTREPO ONE PLATOON, ONE VALLEY, ONE YEAR
Virgil Films & Entertainment. 2010. DVD. 93 min.
This documentary chronicles the deployment of a platoon of US soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.
The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in
action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely
experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats.
THE ROAD TO TOTAL WAR (War Series No. 1)
Charts how the major social, economic, and technological developments of the last 200 years have changed
the methods and impact of modern warfare.
RUMOR OF WAR
Charles Fries Productions Inc. 1990. 2@ video. 107 min.
This retraces Philip Caputo's true-life journey through the bloody quagmire of the Vietnam War.
RUMSFELD=S WAR
PBS Video. 2004. DVD. ? min.
With the United States Army deployed in a dozen hotspots around the world, on constant alert in Afghanistan,
and taking casualties every day in Iraq, some current and former officers now say the army is on the verge of
being Abroken.@ The program digs into the aggressive attempts to assert civilian control and remake the
military by the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and his allies.
SACRIFICE AND SHORTAGES; STRING OF PEARLS
America Goes to War Series. Sacrifice and Shortages depicts the sacrifices and shortages in the lives of
Americans in the 1940's, including many changes in American ideals, life styles, morals, and ethics. The
String of Pearls covers the contributions of women in the armed forces.
SAMSÃRA
Film Library. 1989. DVD. 29 min.
ASamsara documents survival and recovery in the aftermath of Khmer Rouge regime. Documents the lives of
the Cambodian people long troubled by war, and brings a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political
turmoil. The film focuses on the Cambodian struggle to reconstruct their shattered society in a climate of war
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and with limited resources. Ancient prophecy, Buddhist teachings, folklore and dreams provide a context for
understanding Cambodians= world view and the philosophy which guides their lives.@Bcontainer
SHOWDOWN WITH IRAN
As the United States and Iran are locked in a battle for power and influence across the Middle EastBwith the
fear of an Iranian nuclear weapon looming in the backgroundBFrontline gains unprecedented access to Iranian
hard-liners shaping government policy, including parliament leader Hamid Reza Hajibabaei, National
Security Council member Mohammad Jafari, and state newspaper editor Hossein Shariatmadari. In this report
that focuses on the tumultuous U.S.-Iran relations since 9/11, Frontline examines how U.S. efforts to install
democracy in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran=s position as an emerging power in the Middle East.
Publisher website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/showdown/etc/synopsis.htm.
THE SOLDIER=S HEART
AAs the war in Iraq continues, the first measures of its psychological toll are coming in. A medical study
estimates that more than one in seven returning veterans are expected to suffer from major depression,
anxiety, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. For those who have survived the fighting, the battle is not over.
For some, the return home can be as painful as war itself.@--Container
SPEAKING OUR PEACE
This film examines the concept of peace from the perspectives of women and suggests that women's skills and
experience as peacemakers within families and communities can and in fact should be applied to the global,
social and political form.
SPYING ON SADDAM
Chronicles the UN's dramatic, thwarted eight-year long effort to find and dismantle Saddam Hussein's secret
weapons of mass destruction. Central to the story is Scott Ritter, former U.S. Marine and UNSCOM
inspector, who claims that U.S. intelligence destroyed UNSCOM's credibility when American spies
penetrated and compromised UN arms inspection teams.
STALIN AND HITLER: APPEASEMENT LEADS TO WAR
Describes the political and military history of Germany and the Soviet Union in the period before and during
World War II. Includes archival film footage and eyewitness interviews. Shows how both totalitarian
governments worked together on the eve of war.
STALINGRAD
HBO video. 1980. 2@ video. b & w. 52 min.
The encirclement and defeat of the German army at Stalingrad holds more importance than the numbers of
men lost. For the first time, the Germans are beaten in the field. The legend of German mastery of land is
dispelled as the people Hitler once called sub-human prove themselves more clever than he is.
SURVIVAL...OR SUICIDE
American Committee on East-West Accord. 1979. 16 mm. 24 min.
Depicts the risks and potential consequences of the nuclear arms race. It deals with the history of major
weapons development, actual nuclear alerts, plus simulated crises, and the process of SALT negotiations and
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the role of the U.S. Senate in ratification. Establishes the extent to which nuclear arms control is the linchpin
to our national security. (FACDIS)
TARGET BERLIN: ATTACK ON NAZI GERMANY
American Home Treasure. 1981. 2@ video. 60 min.
In the Allied push to victory in World War II the Allies were sending massive air raids almost every night into
the heart of Nazi Germany. See rare footage of an entire attack on Berlin in full color.
THEIR OWN VIETNAM
Women Make Movies. 1995. 2@ video. b & w/color. 23 min.
Documentary about American women who served in Vietnam. Includes interviews with five women
veterans, intercut with archival footage and home movies. Explores the day-to-day experiences of these
women as nurses and officers and the war's impact on their lives today. Official Army depictions of the war
as a career opportunity are contrasted with the experiences of the women in a mostly male work environment.
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES
Education Film and Video. 1987. 2@ video. 29 min.
With roots in the wars and arms race of 50s and 60s, peace research has become an important respected field
in the 80s, seeking to develop alternatives to military conflict and violence.
THE THREE ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA
First Run/Icarus Films. 2004. DVD. 104 min. Russian with English subtitles.
Reveals the psychological devastation the Chechen conflict has inflicted on children. Focuses on three
rooms: a military academy near St. Petersburg; Crozny, Chechnya where families struggle to survive in barely
habitable buildings; and the nearby republic of Ingushetia where refugee camps are set up. Using minimal
dialogue and evocative music, the film depicts the emotional state of children affected by war.
TO THE BRINK OF WAR
Chronicles the events leading up to the Persian Gulf War.
TRINITY AND BEYOND: THE ATOMIC BOMB MOVIE
Visual Concept entertainment. 2006. Blu-ray disc. 93 min.
A documentary film chronicles the top secret, strange and visually compelling history and motivator for
design, production and testing of atomic and hydrogen bombs by the United States; it also incorporates rare
previously unreleased and classified government footage of these weapons. Requires Blu-ray player.
TRUTH, WAR, AND CONSEQUENCES
Traces the roots of the Iraqi war back to the days immediately following September 11, when Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the creation of a special intelligence operation to quietly begin looking
for evidence that would justify the war. The intelligence reports soon became a part of a continuing struggle
between civilians in the Pentagon on one side and the CIA, State Department, and uniformed military on the
other--a struggle that would lead to inadequate planning for the aftermath of the war, continuing violence, and
mounting political problems for the President.
TWO DAYS IN OCTOBER
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Examines the critical events that took place in the fall of 1967, from the ambush of an American battalion by
the Viet Cong that led to skepticism of whether the Vietnamese conflict was winnable, to the first violent antiwar demonstration on a campus in Wisconsin.
U-BOATS, IRON COFFINS
White Star. 2001. 2@ video. 50 min. English and German with English subtitles.
The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most critical of the war. Could the Allies replace lost ships faster
than the German U-boats could sink them? How did the Allies eventually defeat the German U-boats and win
the war?
UNCOVERED
Disinformation Co. 2004. DVD. 56 min. + 34 min. bonus footage.
Takes the viewer behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out
detailing the lies, misstatements, and exaggerations that served as the reasons for fighting a “preemptive” war
against Iraq that wasn=t necessary. Includes interviews with more than 20 experts in opposition to the U.S.
war.
US-MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848
PBS Video. 1998. Four 2@ videos. 240 min.
This documentary tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to
the United States. Although the war lasted only two years, its outcome not only transformed the boundaries
of these neighboring countries, but it also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of
each nation. This critically acclaimed series explores the events surrounding the conflict between the two
neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity.
VIETNAM: A SOLDIER=S DIARY
New Video Group. 1996, 2004. DVD. 50 min.
Chronicles the Vietnam War by showing news clips, interviews with soldiers at the time, and present day
interviews with survivors.
VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY
Produced for PBS by WGBH/Boston. 1983. 2@ videos (also DVD). 13 parts. 60 min. each. (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
This 12 part documentary series chronicles three decades of struggles in Vietnam, providing a detailed visual
and oral account of the war.
1) ROOTS OF A WAR
2) AMERICA'S MANDARIN, 1954-1963 3) LBJ GOES TO WAR, 1964-1965
4) AMERICA TAKES CHARGE, 1965-1967
5) WITH AMERICA'S ENEMY, 1954-1967
6) TET, 1968
7) VIETNAMIZING THE WAR, 1968-1973
8) NO NEUTRAL GROUND: CAMBODIA AND LAOS
9) PEACE IS AT HAND, 1968-1973
10) HOMEFRONT, USA
11) THE END OF THE TUNNEL, 1973-1975
12) LEGACIES
THE VIETNAM WAR
New Video. 2008. Two DVDs. 346 min.
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At a total cost of more than 3.1 million lives, the Vietnam conflict is, to date, America’s longest and most
controversial war. It also marked the first time TV journalists ventured out to the frontlines to bring the
spectacle of combat into American living rooms.
VISIONS OF STAR WARS
Coronet Films. 1986. 2@ video with guide. 117 min.
Reviews the history of ballistic missile defenses, discusses how President Reagan came to propose the
Strategic Defense Initiative, and shows some of the projects currently trying to develop the technology needed
for an effective SDI.
VOICES FROM HITLER=S ARMY (See Europe)
THE WAR AT HOME
New Front Films. 1979. 16 mm. Three reels. 100 min.
This documentary chronicles the anti-war movement in the U.S. during the 60's and documents how
American foreign policy and American values at home were challenged and changed. Focuses on the antiwar movement in Madison, WI.
WAR GAME (THE)
New Yorker Video. 2006. DVD. b & w. 121 min.
A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage
effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the
attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check.
WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS & PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO DEATH
“Analysis of how governments bent on war-making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to
overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad... Moving from Vietnam to Iraq, the film examines how
news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points, a problem
that has become exacerbated by journalists who have grown accustomed to being fed information by official
sources.”--container
WAR OF THE CENTURY
New Video. 1999. Four 2@ video. 240 min.
1) HIGH HOPES
2) SPIRAL OF TERROR
3) LEARNING TO WIN
4) VENGEANCE
An extraordinary portrait of the battle on the Eastern Front. For the first time on camera, combatants from
each side tell their stories, and archival footage from within the former Soviet Bloc captures the horror and
scope of the battle like never before.
WAR OF THE CENTURY: WHEN HITLER FOUGHT STALIN
Warner Home Video; BBC Video. 2005. DVD. 190 min.
This acclaimed four-part series takes an in-depth look at World War II using references such as leading
historians, Eastern film archives, and both Soviet and German participants, and gives a new perspective on the
war that changed the world.
WAR SERIES
Films, Inc. 1983. Eight 2@ videos. 60 min. ea. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
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ROAD TO TOTAL WAR - historical development of war over last 3 centuries.
ANYBODY'S SON WILL DO -what it takes to turn young men into fighting men.
PROFESSION OF ARMS - career officers and their attitudes to the military.
DEADLY GAME OF NATIONS - why people and governments feel the need to keep armies and fight
wars.
KEEPING THE OLD GAME ALIVE - NATO and Warsaw pact contingency plan for a land war in
Europe.
NOTES ON NUCLEAR WAR - the institutions that make the world safe for nuclear war.
GOODBYE WAR - movements and proposals for peace.
THE KNIFE EDGE OF DETERRENCE - strategy of deterrence discussed.
WEST VIRGINIANS REMEMBER WORLD WAR II
West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority. 2007. Two DVDs. 208 min.
A documentary of personal reminiscences by West Virginia veterans of World War II.
WHITE LIGHT, BLACK RAIN: THE DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
HBO Video. 2007. DVD. 85 min.
In August 1945, the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented, and the bombings precipitated
the end of World War II. Contains archival footage and stunning photography. Interviews are from both
Japanese survivors and the Americans who believed that their involvement would help end a brutal conflict.
WIKISECRETS
AIt=s the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history: the leaking of more than half-a-million classified
documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all stand two very different menBJulian
Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents and an Army intelligence analyst
named Bradley E. Manning, who=s currently charged with handing them over. Assange=s mission is to force
the U.S. and other governments into transparency with his whistle-blowing website.@Bcontainer
WINGS OF DEFEAT
“In Japan, WWI Kamizaze are still revered as self-sacrificing heroes. Internationally, they remain a potent
symbol of fanaticism. Until now, few outsiders knew that many Kamikaze survived their suicide missions.
The candid, heartbreaking testimony of surviving Kamikaze conveys the true depth of war’s travesty. Sixty
years later, these humble men tell us about the horrors of the cockpit, their dramatic survival and the
survivor’s guilt still haunting them.”--container
WINTER SOLDIER
Winterfilms, Inc. 1972. 2@ video. 96 min.
Vietnam veterans against the war testify about activities and atrocities in Vietnam.
WOMEN IN WAR: VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINES
Filmakers Library. 199? Two 2@ videos. 95 min.
Focusing on war-torn areas of the world, this program profiles women living with the day-to-day tragedy of
war. The countries featured are Northern Ireland, Israel, El Salvador, as well as the drug-plagued "war zones"
of the United States.
WORLD AT WAR
New Video. 2004. DVD. ELEVEN VOLUME SERIES..
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An historical collection of the words and film footage of World War II featuring interviews with statesmen
and military leaders of the time.
WORLD WAR I
Fox Video. 1987. Five 2@ videos. b & w. 535 min.
Using actual footage, this eleven-part series begins with the events leading up to World War I and concludes
with the Treaty of Versailles.
WORLD WAR I: THE COMPLETE STORY
CBS News. 2003. DVD.
A documentary film of World War I (1914-1918).
WORLD WAR I: THE GREAT WAR
A & E Television Networks. 2008. Four DVDs. 750 min.
Experience the world-changing events from the birth of what became known as the Great War to the tragic,
final day where over 13,000 men died. Between 1914 and 1918, the war was responsible for over 40 million
casualties and over 20 million deaths. Join the brave servicemen of land, sea, and air as they valiantly fought
alongside their Allied brothers.
WORLD WAR II: EUROPE AND PACIFIC
Time, Inc. 1991. Two 2@ videos. b & w. 64 min.
VOL. 1 - EUROPE: Fly with pilots over London, march into Berlin, and experience victory as General
Eisenhower leads our troops on D-day.
VOL. 2 - PACIFIC: Relive Pearl Harbor and Midway, witness a Kamikaze attack, be there when the flag
goes up at Iwo Jima, and the A-bomb drops on Hiroshima.
WORLD WAR II: SOVIET WAR STORIES
MPI Home Videos. 1990. 2@ videos. 128 min.
Four short programs that explore mixed memories of World War II, from a variety of Soviet perspectives.
The video includes: The Great Exploit, Classmates, Heroic Exploit, and the Celebration on Victory Day.
WWII: THE PROPAGANDA BATTLE
BS Video. 1982. 2@ video. 52 min.
Bill Moyers studies the principles and psychological effects of propaganda, and provides rare interviews
with the two key players in the first large-scale propaganda battle in history: popular movie director Frank
Capra, who created the Why We Fight series, and chief Nazi filmmaker Fritz Hippler.
YEAR ZERO: THE SILENT DEATH OF CAMBODIA
AAs the first complete report of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge and the devastating affects
of U.S. bombing in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia is
an important and historic document of the grim reign of Pol Pot and the world=s response of indifference
and inaction. Year Zero was 1975, the end of the secret U.S. bombing campaign against the Viet Cong that
saw 100,000 tons of bombs dropped over Cambodia, and the emergence of the Khmer Rouge party as a
ruling force. That year saw the desertion of the capital of Phnom Penh and the displacement of some 2.5
million people, the majority of whom would soon go missing. Pilger explores the roots of the U.S.
bombing campaign that began in 1969, contrasting it sharply with powerful footage of sick and starving
Cambodians and interviews with relief workers and UNICEF and the Red Cross as well as imprisoned
members of Pol Pot=s regime. At the time of the first broadcast in 1979, Year Zero was for many the
first glimpse of a harrowing injustice that had been played out with little fanfare. John Pilger lays bare
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YOUR JOB IN GERMANY/OUR JOB IN JAPAN
International Historic Films. 1984. 2@ video. b & w. 33 min.
Training films for the US Army Occupation Forces following World War II. The first film describes how
American soldiers should deal with the Germans. The second film focuses on the Japanese mind as perceived
by the United States at the end of World War II.
GENERAL
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
150 YEARS OF US-JAPANESE RELATIONS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
JCIC. 2003. DVD. 39 min.
The history and current state of Japanese-American social, political and economic relations.
AMERICA IN THE PACIFIC: THE CLASH OF TWO CULTURES
This overview of US-Japanese relationships from the turn of the century until 1933 is a story of conflict: East
vs. East, East vs. West. The 1920's witness of China's exploitation by Western powers and in 1931, torn by
internal strife, she cannot resist Japan's invasion of Manchuria. Meanwhile, America expands into the Pacific
with the Philippines, Hawaii and Guam. Japan emerges from World War I as a major world power, but
American diplomats make little effort to understand the Oriental mind. Our Japanese foreign policy does
little to improve relations: protective tariffs, immigration quotas, and arrogance. (FACDIS)
BUSH=S WAR (See War/Peace/Nuclear/Security Issues)
BUYING THE WAR
The Bush administration marketed and sold the war in Iraq to the American people. How and why did the
press buy it, and what does that say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from
propaganda?
THE CASE FOR WAR: IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM
A. . .this program follows one of the advocates for the war against Saddam Hussein. Former Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle, travels the globe articulating, defending and debating the neoconservative case for an assertive American foreign policy.
CRISIS GAME
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 1986. Two 2@ videos. 180 min.
Attempts to challenge viewers to think creatively and concretely about foreign policy decision making. Brings
the viewer into the middle of a war game engaged in by ten former high-level government officials and allows
him/her to look over the shoulders of decision-makers in a realistic political-military crisis. The viewer can
make his own choices and compare his decisions with those of the former officials.
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DISTORTED MORALITY: A WAR ON TERRORISM?
Epitaph. 2002. DVD. 55 min.
A talk given by Noam Chomsky at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Wednesday,
February 6, 2002. He discusses the United States= definition of terrorism and foreign policy in regard to
nations and groups considered to be guilty of terrorism. There is also a question and answer session.
DISTRUST/LATIN AMERICAN INTERVENTION
Reviews American relations with the Soviet Union from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the Roosevelt
Administration. This program also explores early U.S. policy in the Caribbean, Central America, and South
America as pan-American relations deteriorated until, in 1933, President Roosevelt abolished the Monroe
Doctrine of intervention.
THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS, REFLECTIONS ON U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS
Quest Productions. 1984. 2@ video. 58 min.
Former U.S. ambassadors to the Soviet Union are joined by past embassy staff members and host Harrison
Salisbury in an analysis and review of U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations. Includes archival footage.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
Raven=s Call Production. 2005. DVD. 71 min.
Feature-length documentary that looks at the nature of US policy in Latin America through the prism of the
School of the Americas, the controversial military school that trains Latin American soldiers in the USA. The
film presents different points of view on the School, U.S. policy, and U.S. involvement in Latin America. It
includes interviews with a variety of scholars, legislators and activists as well as victims of the violence and
repression in Latin America.
IRAQ FOR SALE
Brave New Films, 2006. DVD. 75 min.
“Uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers
who allow them to do so.”--official website
NO END IN SIGHT
Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD. 102 min.
An insider=s look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of
the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events
following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials, as well as Iraqi civilians, American
soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use
of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi
government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military--largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf
Iraq today.
PEACE, PROPAGANDA, & THE PROMISED LAND: U.S. MEDIA & THE
ISREALI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (See Middle East)
PLAN COLOMBIA: CASHING IN ON THE DRUG WAR FAILURE
Cinema Libre Distribution. 2005. DVD. 56 min.
A 20-year--war on drugs-- in Colombia has been paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Still, more and more drugs and
narco-dollars are entering the U.S. every year. Is it a failure by Washington? Or is it a smokescreen to secure
Colombia’s oil and natural resources?
PRICE OF AID (THE)
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First Run/Icarus Films. 2004. DVD. 56 min.
This video discusses U.S. donations of food for famine relief in foreign countries and the complex
relationships between international aid, international media, American business and politics, and the
impact on local agriculture, public health and international trade relations.
SECRET WARS OF THE CIA
Purdue University, Public Affairs Video Archives. 1989. 2@ videos. 172 min.
John Stockwell, a former CIA case officer, presents a lecture on covert CIA operations and answers questions
from an interested audience.
SECRET WORLD OF THE CIA: THE "TESTIMONY" OF JOHN STOCKWELL
Insight Video. 1988. 2@ video and guide. 35 min.
John Stockwell tells of his activities and experiences during the 12 years he served as a CIA agent. Gives
accounts of irrational and ideological policy assessment and planning by the Agency in Washington and of
inept and morally repugnant CIA operations in Africa and Vietnam.
SPIES AMONG US
The Cold War has been over for nearly a decade, but the true story of Soviet espionage in the United States
has only recently been uncovered. Declassified documents (Venona papers) and former KGB archives shed
new light on the guilt or innocence of the Rosenburgs, Alger Hiss, William Perl, Theodore Hall, Duncan Lee,
and other accused communist agents.
WHY WE FIGHT
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2006. DVD. 99 min.
Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight
Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become
alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in
transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future.
WINDS OF CHANGE: THE END OF COLONIALISM IN AFRICA (See Africa)
ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY
AMAZON WARRIOR WOMEN
The legend of the Amazon=s beautiful and bloodthirsty warrior women has been the focus of speculation for
over a thousand years. They are mentioned in the Greek myths and in the historical writings of Herodotus
who gives their last known location as the steppes of southern Russia. For centuries no archaeological
evidence could be found to prove they existed. Recently archaeologists unearthed the 2,500-year-old remains
of nomadic women buried with weapons and other articles of war in burial mounds located near the Russian
town of Pokrovka. This program documents the work of archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball who has led a
ten-year investigation into whether any of these long-dead nomads could be the Amazons of legend.
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AT WORK: CAREERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
American Anthropological Association. 1993. 2@ videos. 41 min.
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Looks at the broad array of jobs that anthropologists do.
BARAKA
MPI Home video. 1995. 2@ video. 95 min.
Told without narration, Baraka is a world wide odyssey to capture the images which tell the story of the
earth's evolution and of human diversity, interconnectedness and impact on the surrounding world.
BETELNUT BISNIS: A STORY FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The betelnut has been a socially accepted narcotic in coastal Papua New Guinea since ancestral times but in
the Highlands, where a majority of the population lives, it is a recent arrival. Many Highlanders depend on the
betelnut not only because of their addiction to it, but because many families earn their livelihood trading small
quantities of the drug. This is the story of one such family in the Highlands.
COLONISTS FOR A DAY
Film Australia. 1993. 2@ video. b & w/color. 56 min.
Drawing extensively on archival film, this documentary traces the history of Australian involvement in Papua
and New Guinea from 1906 to 1975. In this documentary, extensive film records of the period are combined
with the eyewitness accounts of white colonists and Papua New Guineans.
COMING OF AGE
Surveys the life, work, and influence of anthropologist Margaret Mead. Describes in detail her work on
adolescence and sex roles in Samoa, New Guinea, and Bali.
CRACKING THE MAYA CODE
Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the Nova web site. The Ancient Maya
civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on
monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. This program highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that
cracked the code unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization.
CURSE ON THE GYPSIES
A & E Home Video. 1998. 2@ video. b & w/color. 90 min.
Gypsies are a centuries old race without a homeland. Misconceptions occur because of the gypsy tradition of
keeping an oral history rather than a written record of the people; hence, outsiders have provided many
misconceptions about the nomadic gypsies as fortune-tellers, thieves, and prostitutes. This nomadic culture
has endured persecution and hatred for centuries. This program helps dispel some of the misconceptions.
DEAD BIRDS
CRM Films. 1964. Three 2@ videos. (also DVD). 83 min.
Describes a photographic and ethnographic study sponsored by the Peabody Museum from Februrary 1961 to
November 1963 of the Dani, a people dwelling in the Grand Valley of the Baliem, high in the mountains of
West New Guinea. Examines the customs and primitive warfare of the Dani.
DEATH CULTS OF THE INCAS
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Describes the centuries-old ancient death cult of the Incas in which the dead were treated as if they were still
living.
DRUMS OF WINTER: UKSUUM CAUYAI
Documentary Ed. Resources. 1988. 2@ video. b & w/color. 91 min. Yupik with English subtitles.
Explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual work of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote
village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast. Interviews are included.
EGYPT DETECTIVE SERIES (THE)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2006. DVD. 25 min. ea. ((ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) MYSTERY OF THE ANIMAL MUMMIES (THE)
AThis program studies ways in which the Egyptians mummified a wide range of creatures, highlighting
two purposes for the practice--one spiritually reverent, one blatantly commercial.@--container
2) MYSTERY OF THE FIRST EGYPTIANS (THE)
AThis program pursues the answers in an effort to understand the identity of Egypt=s original people,
exploring archaeological sites that pre-date the pyramids by thousands of years.@--container
3) MYSTERY OF THE PYRAMIDS (THE)
AThis program looks at why particular places were selected for pyramid-building and why new sites were
chosen as Egypt=s culture evolved.@--container
4) MYSTERY OF TUTANKHAMUN=S TREASURE (THE)
AThis program sifts through the mystery studying the link between the young pharaoh and the heretical
Akhenaten, who most experts agree was the boy=s father.@--container
EGYPT QUEST FOR ETERNITY
“The river Nile gave birth to one of history’s great civilizations. Through the centuries, the ancient Egyptians
created and constructed the most glorious monuments the world has ever seen.”--container
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD (THE)
Follows The Egyptian Book of the Dead from creation around 1800 BC near the site of the Egyptian city of
Thebes, to rediscovery (and theft) in 1887 AD. Biblical scholars agree that portions of the Old Testament are
direct descendants of the Egyptian text, and some archaeologists argue that Moses must have read and carried
a copy of it with him when he fled Egypt.
FIRST CONTACT
Documentary Educational Resources. 2007, 1983. 2@ video. (also DVD). 54 min.
Recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea from 19301934 in what had been thought to be a uninhabited area. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of
the Leahy brothers= gold prospecting party recount their astonishment at this unforeseen meeting. Includes
still photographs taken by a member of the expedition and contemporary footage of the island=s terrain.
GHOSTS OF MACHU PICCHU
PBS. 2010. DVD. 56 min.
“In the years since Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911, there have been countless
theories about this Lost City of the Incas, yet it remains an enigma. NOVA joins a new generation of
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arahaeologists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven’t been touched since the time of the Incas and
unearth burials of the people who built the sacred site.”--container
GUARDIANS OF THE FLUTES
Subtitled "Secrets of Male Initiation.@ Video is about initiation rites of the Sambia people in Papua New
Guinea, a warlike tribe whose secret rituals of initiation are aimed at making their warriors courageous and
bold.
HERDERS OF MONGUN-TAIGA
Granada Television International. 1989. 2@ video. 50 min. English and Tuvinian with English subtitles.
Examines the life of sheep herders in a remote region of an autonomous republic of the former Soviet Union.
Modern influences are changing the lives of the "Tuvans of Mongolia."
THE INCAS
WGBH Boston Video. 2003. 2" video. 58 min.
Examines the work of three archaeologists currently excavating in Peru for clues to the Inca way of life
during the 16th century. Details the history, culture, and technological achievements of the Incan empire.
*For more information on the Incas please see Latin America.
INTO THE GREAT PYRAMID
Viewers travel into the Great Pyramid to witness a remote-control robot penetrating a mysterious shaft and
see Egypt’s oldest intact sarcophagus unsealed.
KAWELKA: ONGKA=S BIG MOKA
Sanachie Entertainment Corp. 2003. DVD. 52 min.
In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka,
a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory
over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.
KYPSELI: WOMEN AND MEN APART - A DIVIDED REALITY
University of California Extension Media Center. 1973. 2@ video. 37 min.
A film essay on the peasant society of Kipseli, a small isolated Greek village on the island of Thira. Depicts
how the villagers divide time, space, material possessions, and activities according to an underlying pattern
based on the separation of the sexes, and shows how this division determines the village social structure.
LOST KING OF THE MAYA
WGBH Boston Video. 2007. Two DVDs. 112 min.
In the first program, Lost King of the Maya, (54 min.) a team of archaeologists and historians look more
closely at the rise and fall of Copán. In the second program, Maya Lords of the Jungle, (58 min.)
archaeologists work to decipher the Mayan hieroglyphic language and analyze Maya culture, trade, and
agriculture.
LOST KINGDOMS OF THE MAYA
National Geographic Video. 1993. 2@ video. 60 min.
An exploration of the forests of Central America and Mexico on the trail of the ancient Maya. Distinguished
scientists unearth artifacts, reconstruct cities and decipher the hieroglyphics of an extraordinary civilization.
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MILLENNIUM: TRIBAL WISDOM AND THE MODERN WORLD
PBS Video. 1992. Ten 2@ videos. 56 min. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) ART OF LIVING - In tribal cultures, where they have no word for "art" or "artist", views of life and
death are traditionally expressed in everyday life by everyone in the community.
2) AT THE THRESHOLD - David Maybury-Lewis goes back over the Millennium series and summarizes
the contents.
3) ECOLOGY OF MIND - Tribal cultures seek harmony with nature and Western societies try to control
it. Visit the Gabra of northern Kenya, whose unique relationship to their harsh environment is the key to
their survival; the Makuna of Colombia, whose complex myths and rituals reveal to us a sophisticated
ecological awareness; and a modern gardener who resists the Western world's control of nature with a
new attitude about sowing Earth's garden.
4) INVENTING REALITY - In Mexico and Canada observe how the certainties of science can combine
with natural conceptions of physical disease both in the tribal world of the shaman and in the thinking of
modern medical science. Also travel to the Aboriginal culture of Australia to inquire whether there is an
objective reality "out there" or whether we participate in its creation.
5) MISTAKEN IDENTITY - Who are you? Where does your individual identity begin and end? While
Western societies strive to answer these questions through a biological view, tribal cultures define
identity by the myths and rituals of their society, by who rears them, and by an organic continuum to
which they belong.
6) A POOR MAN SHAMES US ALL - Learn why our Western views of wealth and economic needs have
created a society of strangers in the midst of material riches, while tribal cultures such as the Weyewa of
Indonesia and the Gabra of Kenya create economies of dependency on others, measuring wealth through
people not possessions.
7) SHOCK OF THE OTHER - Host David Maybury-Lewis offers a personal meditation on "the other" -the people of cultures foreign to us--and what we can learn from them.
8) STRANGE RELATIONS - How do we balance our personal desires for romance with our societal need
for stable marriage? Explores marriage customs in Nepal, Niger, and Canada.
9) TIGHTROPE OF POWER - Invites you to contrast the Western forms of the state with the tribal
practice of democracy through consensus.
10) TOUCHING THE TIMELESS - What does it mean to find one's place in the world? What are the
different ways that Western societies and tribal cultures seek to elevate their lives from the ordinary world
into the extraordinary? This show accompanies the Huichol tribe of Mexico on their annual pilgrimage to
collect peyote and visits the house of a Navajo medicine man who invites the spirits into his world
through sand painting, chanting, and "walking in beauty."
MURDER AT STONEHENGE
Reviews the history of Stonehenge from an archaeological perspective. Focuses on how archaeologist and
Stonehenge expert Michael Pitts and others use modern techniques to research the circumstances surrounding
the death of a beheaded skeleton found in a shallow grave beneath Stonehenge.
NANOOK OF THE NORTH
Films, Inc. 1922: Restoration, 1976. 16 mm. 64 min.
Classic documentary. Saga of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against the vast, inhospitable Arctic.
Their struggle for survival against the elements is juxtaposed with the human warmth of Nanook's family as
they go about their daily affairs. (FACDIS)
SECRETS OF LOST EMPIRES. INCA
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Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of
experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Explore the magnificent mountainside citadels and marvel as villagers create a 150-foot suspension bridge using nothing but grass.
SECRETS OF LOST EMPIRES. STONEHENGE-COLOSSEUM
Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to two archaeological sites where teams of
experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Watch a band of experts move, raise, and cap a
structure like the mysterious Stonehenge - armed with Stone Age tools.
SECRETS OF LOST EMPIRES. OBELISK-PYRAMID
Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of
experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Face the challenge of quarrying, chiseling, hauling
and mounting an obelisk - using stones, ropes, logs and dirt.
TROBRIAND CRICKET: AN INGENIOUS RESPONSE TO COLONIALISM
Pennsylvania State University. 1976. 16 mm (also 2@ video). 53 min.
Shows how the Trobriand Islanders have taken the game of British cricket and changed it into an outlet for
mock warfare, inter-village competition, eroticized dancing and fun. (FACDIS)
WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM
Cinematheque Collection. 1984. 2@ video. 100 min.
A sympathetic geologist for a uranium mining company must confront the passive resistance of the Aborigine
tribes. The spot where the deposits are richest is sacred ground, the place where the green ants dream, for
them the origin of all life. (Werner Herzog production. Feature film.)
YANOMAMO SERIES (Order separately by title)
A Documentary Educational Resources Production. 2007. DVD.
A MAN CALLED 'BEE' (40 min.)
Follows anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon as he collects anthropological field data (over 36 months
spread over eight years) among the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela. It is both an examination
of Yanomamo culture and the “functional prerequisites” of culture, including demography,
territory/technology, social organization, language and ideology.
THE AX FIGHT (31 min.)
Four-part analysis of a fight that broke out between the Yanomamo Indian villagers of
Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village in 1971. The fight involved clubs, axes,
and machetes. This video includes an unedited record of the event; a slow-motion replay of the fight; a
discussion of the kinship structure of the fight; and an edited version.
MAGICAL DEATH (29 min.)
The film is a vivid portrayal of shamanic activity, as well as an exploration of the close connection
between politics and shamanism in Yanomamo culture.
MOONBLOOD: A YANOMAMO CREATION MYTH AS TOLD BY DEDEHEIWA (14 min.)
A myth of the origin of man from the Yanomamo Indians near the headwaters of the Orinoco River in
southern Venezuela. Recounts the creation story in which Moon is described as a villain who is shot with
an arrow and whose blood covers the earth. The fierce tribes of people were formed where the blood was
thick, other peoples were formed from the scattered droplets of blood.
TAPIR DISTRIBUTION: A FILM ABOUT THE YANOMAMO INDIANS NEAR THE
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HEADWATERS OF THE ORINOCO RIVER IN SOUTHERN VENEZUELA (13 min.)
Moawa, the most prominent headman in the village, kills a tapir and presents it to his brothers-in-law to
reinforce a shaky political alliance. The film shows how the meat is prepared, cooked and distributed.
YANOMAMO SERIES (Two DVDS. 139 min.)
“In 1968, and again in 1971, filmmaker, Timothy Asch, and anthropologist, Napoleon Chagnon,
collaborated on a project to film the Yanomamo Indians. From this collaboration thirty-seven films were
produced and initially used in a national introductory curriculum project supported by the National
Science Foundation. Today, the Yanomano series has become a classic of visual anthropology and
continues to be studied in classrooms throughout the world.”--container
ART (Non -Western)
AFRICAN ART AND CULTURE
Clearvue. 1993. 2@ video. 52 min.
A documentary about the early societies of Africa. Compares the art forms and religious beliefs of different
tribes. A brief analysis of the arts influence on European artists is discussed. Classroom activities involve
pre- and post-viewing sessions, vocabulary list learning, and an art project or writing/research project that
meets lesson objectives.
THE ARTS OF THE EAST
Lucerne Media. 1993. 2@ video. 22 min.
A broad overview from a historical perspective of the arts of Asia, including the architecture, sculpture and
painting of China, Japan, India and Tibet.
THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA
Cave paintings of animals and mysterious symbols done thousands of years ago in Altamira Cave, Spain.
ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE KALINGA
Pictures of Record, Inc. 1983. Slides, guide.
A look at the Kalinga community of the Philippines, focusing particularly on the technology of pottery
making.
GREAT TALES IN ASIAN ART
Kultur. 1995. 2@ video. 83 min.
Tells four traditional stories of India, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan through masterpieces of the visual arts,
drama, and dance.
GREAT WAVE (THE)
Created when he was 70 years old, Katsushika Hokusai=s woodblock painting depicts human vulnerability in
the face of nature, with three fragile cargo boats about to be swamped by a giant wave. The program looks at
the profound influence The Great Wave had on western art, and the many instances in which it was
reproduced, borrowed, and adapted around the world.
NIGERIAN ART: KINDRED SPIRITS
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Where does the vitality of Nigerian art come from, tradition or modernism? Who are the artists, and what are
they telling us? What is the role of art in Nigerian culture? This program answers these and other questions
through interviews with Nigerian artists, and provides historical background on African and Nigerian art.
RUSSIAN AVANT GARDE: A ROMANCE WITH THE REVOLUTION
“This program documents the achievements of the Russian avant-garde movement and the impact of the
Russian Revolution, which at first nurtured modern art as an emblem of communist culture and then banned it
in favor of socialist realism.”--container
SÉRAPHINE
Music Box Films. 2010. DVD. 125 min.
The true story of Séraphine Louis, a simple, devout housekeeper who in 1905, at the age of 41, began painting
brilliantly colorful canvases. In 1912, a German art critic discovered her paintings while she was working as
his maid. Tells the story of the relationship between the avant-garde dealer and the visionary cleaning lady,
forging a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman=s spirit.
WASTE LAND
Entertainment One. 2011. DVD. 99 min.
Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes viewers on an emotional journey to the world=s largest
landfill of the day, Jardim Gramacho. Here the catadores, who number in the thousands, work under the hot
sun collecting recyclable materials such as bottles, plastic, and metal to be sold to wholesalers. Muniz invites
the catadores to add refuse to his art, photographing the work from overhead. The finished artwork will then
be on display in museums and auctions around the world.
TRADITIONAL ART OF MAKING JAPANESE POTTERY: A BOND WITH THE EARTH
A look at the Takatori kiln on the Japanese island of Kyushu. Here, the traditional art of making pottery,
particularly tea ceremony ware, dates back 400 years. Step-by-step, we see how this famous pottery is made.
CROSS CULTURAL
ADVERTISING MISSIONARIES
A theater group travels the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea performing skits devised around
advertising messages for products like Coca Cola and Colgate. The culture clash between traditional Papua
New Guinea culture and western consumerism is the theme of this documentary.
AFTER AMERICA--AFTER JAPAN
Global Film Network Inc. 1999. 2@ video. 109 min.
Examines the lives of a selected group of persons in both countries who continue to face the challenges to
determine their new cultural identity.
ARABS IN MOTION PICTURES
Media Educational Foundation. 2006. DVD. 50 min.
Throughout its history Hollywood has portrayed Arabs as buffoons or bandits. The video seeks to rectify this
stereotyping by comparing it to other forms of racist imagery and by suggesting alternative narratives that
treat the Arabs as human, not demons.
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BICULTURALISM/ACCULTURATION AMONG LATINOS
Many Latinos struggle with pressures to reclaim and reaffirm their heritage while simultaneously facing
pressures to assimilate into the dominant American culture. This program examines the question of which
part of their culture Latinos feel they should keep and which to leave behind.
BIRTHWRITE: GROWING UP HISPANIC
Examines the work of several Hispanic-American writers and how their poems, short stories, and novels
reflect what it means to grow up Hispanic in America. Discusses influences on their writing including the
oral traditions of the Hispanic community, their creative methods, and specific themes.
CHICANO! THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
PBS Broadcast. 1996. 2@ video. b & w/color. 228 min.
This documentary chronicles the struggles of Mexican-Americans for equal rights.
CIUDAD (THE CITY)
North Star Films. 1998. 2@ video. 88 min. b & w. Spanish with English subtitles.
With intensive collaboration with the New York Latino immigrant community over a five-year period, the
City (La Ciudad) weaves a rich narrative tapestry of present day immigrant life. The film's four unforgettable
stories center on a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who
meet in the projects and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a
garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops.
COMING ACROSS
Pyramid Film & Video. 1989. 2@ video. 46 min.
Native-born American youths interview young immigrants about their perceptions and expectations of
American life. This program helps develop sensitivity to diversity and understanding between these two
groups.
CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISONS
Western Illinois University (Insight Media). 1995. Two 2@ videos. 112 min.
Examines male and female roles in cultures outside of the United States. The first lecture focuses on marriage
customs in India, foot binding in China, and female circumcision in Islamic societies. The second lecture
focuses on China, Sweden, and the former Soviet Union as examples of societies that are working towards
equality for women.
CULTURAL BIAS IN EDUCATION
Examines roadblocks to Latino academic advancement as well as productive educational models; explores the
relationship of standardized testing and cultural diversity; questions whether cultural bias can be eliminated
from standardized testing; and looks at early childhood education programs and the factors that deter Latino
families from participating in them.
A DIFFERENT PLACE--THE INTERCULTURAL CLASSROOM
Intercultural Resource Corporation. 1993. 2@ video. 36 min.
This two-part series examines intercultural relations in the classroom. Part I dramatizes a sample intercultural
classroom situation. Part II provides an analysis of the drama by a team of experts and is divided into four
sections: cultural variation, communication patterns, learning styles, and toward a multicultural community.
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FOUR FAMILIES
CRM/McGraw-Hill. 1978. 16 mm. b & w. 61 min.
A comparison of family life in 4 countries. Anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of
children contributes to a distinctive national character: Center of attention in each country is a year-old baby
in the family of a farmer of average means. Part I: India/France. Part II: Japan/Canada. (FACDIS)
GREEK AMERICANS
WLIW21 Public Television. 1998. 2@ video. 60 min.
Produced for public television, this film relates the Greek immigration experience, using personal
recollections from famous Greek Americans, family photos, and vintage film footage.
HEART OF THE NATION
This program explores the central values of Japan, Germany, and the U.S., and focuses on what drives each of
these societies. America's hallmark is individualism, Japan's the pre-eminence of the group, Germany stands
between the two.
HISPANIC AMERICANS: ONE OR MANY CULTURES?
Examines the differences and similarities between Hispanics in the United States. Three families are
spotlighted; one Puerto Rican, one Mexican-American and one Cuban-American. Explores how they view
themselves and how they view each other.
IN MY OWN SKIN: THE COMPLEXITY OF LIVING AS AN ARAB IN AMERICA
Arab Film Distribution. 2001. DVD. 16 min.
Sheds light on the complexities of the Arab American experience through the candid, indepth interviews with
five young Arab women living in New York in the months following the September 11th attacks on the World
Trade Center.
ISSUES OF LATINO IDENTITY: THE YEARNING TO BE. . .
This program takes a detailed look at the fastest-growing minority in the U.S. and what it means to be Latino
and American.
ITALIAN PASSION FOR LIFE
WLIW21 Public Television. 1999. 2@ video. 90 min.
Celebrates the creativity and cultural contributions of Italians in the United States and in Italy.
JAPANESE VERSION
Center for New American Media. 1991. 2@ video. 56 min. Japanese with English subtitles.
In an attempt to understand modern Japanese culture, this video sets out to explore how Western and,
specifically, American culture is copied and changed in everyday life
LATINO FAMILY, THE
Examines three generations of cultural change in one Mexican-American family.
LATINO INFLUENCE ON THE UNITED STATES
TMW. 1998. 2@ video. 22 min.
Uncover the countless ways in which Central and South American civilizations have influenced the U.S.
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LITTLE INJUSTICES: LAURA NADER LOOKS AT THE LAW
Odyssey Series II, Public Broadcasting Associates. 1981. 2@ video. 60 min.
Anthropologist Laura Nader compares the way legal systems in Mexico and US settle disputes and consumer
complaints. Shows that in industrialized societies "little injustices" often go unresolved. (FACDIS)
MISS INDIA GEORGIA
Urban Life Production. 1997. 2@ video. 56 min.
This documentary video follows four contestants in the Miss India Georgia pageant. It tells the story of their
experiences as first generation Hindi-Americans. These young women disclose the complexity of their
feelings about growing up in the US as children of immigrant parents.
THE NEW AMERICANS
Home Vision Entertainment. 2004. Three 2@ video. 400 min.
Depicts the journeys of five families from their homes in the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, the Israelioccupied West Bank, Mexico and India to new lives in the United States.
PEACE CORPS SERIES
Washington, DC: Peace Corps, World Wise Schools: [Supt. Of Docs., US GPO, distributor]. The following
2@ videos, of varying lengths, are designed to give a social and cultural tour of the country, with a focus on
the Peace Corp's presence in that country. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) DESTINATION: CAMEROON - 1997, 20 min.
2) DESTINATION: HONDURAS - 1992, 20 min.
3) DESTINATION: KYRGYZSTAN - 1997, 22 min.
4) DESTINATION: LESOTHO - 1997, 22 min.
5) DESTINATION: LITHUANIA - 1994, 22 min.
6) DESTINATION: PARAGUAY - 1995, 20 min.
7) DESTINATION: POLAND - 1991, 16 min.
8) DESTINATION: MARSHALL ISLANDS - 1997, 20 min.
9) DESTINATION: NEPAL - 1991, 10 min.
10) DESTINATION: SENEGAL - 1991, 16 min.
11) DESTINATION: SRI LANKA - 1992, 15 min.
12) TO TOUCH THE WORLD - 1996, 10 min.
This video takes viewers to the home of returned Peace Corps volunteer Thurman Mattiesen where he
discusses his Peace Corps experience.
RAINBOW WAR
Pyramid Film & Video. 1986. 2@ video. 21 min.
Tells the story of three imaginary kingdoms, one red, one blue, and one gold, who fight a war using paint.
Rainbow War teaches the value of diversity and multiculturalism.
ROYALTY
Newbridge Communications. 1996. Two 2@ videos. 96 min.
Downfall of the Monarchies: Looks at the royal families who fell from grace, from Austro-Hungary to Egypt,
Albania and India. The Surviving Monarchies: Looks at surviving monarchies to see how they adapted and
changed with the times to ensure that they remained popular with their people and relevant to the political
world in which they lived.
SPANISH OF TODAY
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ASpanish is the second language of the United States, and for many living in America, it is their first language.
This program examines the influence of Mexican culture in the U.S. and the debate in Mexico about the
anglicization of Spanish. Mexico=s multicultural heritage is explored, along with the pervasiveness of Spanish
today.@--container
TANGLED ROOTS
Traces the story of the filmmaker's family as she confronts her German father and Jewish mother over the
secrets and painful silence about the past as she struggles to reconcile her dual identity as both a German and
a Jew. The blending of German and Jewish cultures relatively soon after World War II is the central motif of
the documentary with a theme of "coping, rather than victimization." Family ties are tested throughout the
film as she travels to Germany and struggles with issues of race, religion and prejudice on both sides of the
family.
TWO WORLDS OF ANGELITA
First Run Icarus Films. 1982. 2@ video. 72 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Story of the problems which befall a young girl and her family when they move from rural Puerto Rico to
New York City.
WAITING FOR MR. STONE
National Association for Mediation in Education. 1993. 2@ video. 50 min.
This case study portrays a situation that could occur in any school. When a teacher makes a comment in class
that an African-American student finds offensive, administrators find that they have a volatile situation on
their hands. The action begins the following day as they try to mitigate the problem through a series of
meetings.
WORLD OF GESTURES
University of California. 1991. 2@ video. 26 min.
Different gestures from France, China, Japan, Czech, Colombia, Iran and Mexico are explored. The meaning,
function and origin of gestures is also examined.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY/LANGUAGE POLICY
CONNECT WITH ENGLISH
The Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1997. Eight (8) 2 " videos. 720 min.
Connect with English is a dramatic new way for speakers of other languages to learn English. Through the
story of Rebecca, an aspiring singer on a journey across America, the series touches on life's important issues:
leaving home, parenting, education, work, diversity, love, success, and loss.
DESTINOS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH
Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1992. Twenty-six 2@ videos. 1,404 min.
A multi-part Spanish language series which presents vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions of
Spanish in a natural, conversational way, emphasizing comprehension through context and actions.
ENGLISH ONLY IN AMERICA
Examines the debate over the English-only movement in the United States, focusing on repercussions of
language policy measures such as California's Proposition 63 and the issues of bilingual education and
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language in the workplace. Advocates for and against the English-only policy present some of the social,
legal, and educational implications.
A HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE
Overview of Spanish literature including the cultural and political influences that led to the creation of some
of Spain's literary masterpieces, and the development of the Castilian dialect.
SPEAK TO ME: CHINESE
American Video Language. 1990. Three 2@ videos. 360 min.
Teaches thousands of the most commonly used words in the English language. Live action situations make
this step-by-step approach to fluency practical and effective. Uses a question and answer format for those
who have limited English skills. This version includes a workbook with the English translated into Mandarin
Chinese.
SPEAK TO ME: SPANISH
American Video Language. 1990. Three 2@ videos. 360 min.
Teaches thousands of the most commonly used words in the English language. Live action situations make
this step-by-step approach to fluency practical and effective. Uses a question and answer format for those
who have limited English skills. Includes a workbook with the English translated into Spanish.
WILLKOMMEN!
Films for the Humanities. 1996. Ten 2@ videos. 200 min. German
This videotape series uses teenagers from Cologne to help teach German by involving the audience in
numerous and sometimes funny escapades. Each volume is 20 minutes long.
VOLUME 1: ALLES UBER UNS
VOLUME 2: MEINE FAMILIE UND MEIN HEIM
VOLUME 3: EINKAUFSPARADIES
VOLUME 4: RUND UMS ESSEN
VOLUME 5: WIR FEIERN EIN FEST!
VOLUME 6: FREIZEIT!
VOLUME 7: SPORT! SPORT! SPORT!
THE WORLD SAYS "WELCOME"
Monterey Institute of International Studies. 1986. 2@ video. 24 min.
Demonstrates the importance of speaking a foreign language. Introduces students to young role models who
work at jobs in business, government, etc. throughout the world. Includes statements by leading authorities
on language and international studies -- Senator Paul Simon, Congressman Leon Panetta, Claire Gaudiani,
and Rose Hayden.
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY: A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
National Geographic Society. 1987. 2@ video. 15 min.
In the mid-1800's a fanciful character named Franklin Shaw went to the South Pacific to map its island chains.
Soon he expanded his work as cartographer to become a geographer and world traveler enamored by the
interconnectedness of life, people, environment and culture. (FACDIS)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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The Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1996. Ten 2@ video. (also DVD). 27 min. ea. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
First as a broadcast on Public Television in 1996. Shows the impact that government, corporate, group and
individual decisions have on people that are grappling with major socioeconomic changes.
1) IMAGINING NEW WORLDS
2) REFLECTIONS ON A GLOBAL SCREEN
3) GLOBAL FIRMS IN THE INDUSTRIALIZING EAST
4) GLOBAL TOURISM
5) ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER?
6) POPULATION TRANSITION IN ITALY
7) WATER IS FOR FIGHTING OVER
8) A MIGRANT'S HEART
9) BERLIN: CHANGING CENTER FOR A CHANGING EUROPE
10) THE WORLD OF THE DRAGON
POWER OF PLACE: GEOGRAPHY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (THE)
Annenberg Media. 2006. Five DVDs. 780 min. (contains 26 programs, 30 min. each)
“Geography educators and content experts from around the globe look at physical, human, political,
historical, economic, and cultural factors that affect people and natural environments. Maps, animation, and
expert commentary focus on 52 case studies from 36 countries. Each case study reflects the issues of our 21st
century world, as viewed from a geographical perspective.”--container
IMMIGRATION
WHICH WAY HOME
Bullfrog Films. 2009. DVD. 83 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
“Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who face
harrowing dangers and enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the U.S. The
film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on
a freight train they call ‘The Beast.’”–container
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/GLOBAL TRADE
1-800 INDIA
Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for white-collar “outsourcing”
jobs--a notable component of India=s rapid economic growth. This documentary explores the experience of
young Indian men and women who have been recruited into these new jobs requiring long hours, night shifts,
and westernized work habits.
ADDICTED TO CHEAP SHOPPING?
“In this program host Libby Potter travels around the world as she takes a meaningful look at the economics
behind the inexpensive goods for sale in big-box stores and malls. Cost-cutting through supply chain
management and waste reduction, economies of scale achieved by shipping offshore-manufactured goods to
market via super-container ships, the Wal-Mart effect, and the no-frills philosophy of IKEA are addressed.
The triumphs and woes of China, in its role as a manufacturer for the world, is given special attention, and the
clothing industry is presented as a case study of the cheap goods cycle. But the program also considers the
hidden societal costs of cheap goods, such as sweatshop labor and the environmental impact of cavalier over-
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consumption, and questions how much longer prices will continue to drop as China’s standard of living
rises.”--Films for the Humanities & Sciences web site.
AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
Purdue University Public Affairs. 1989. 2@ video. 65 min.
Discussion, by Lester Thurow, of the US economy, how America compares to other countries in the world
economy, and the necessity for change in the ways the U.S. deals with the rest of the world.
ASIAN VALUES DEVALUED
As the tiger economics of East Asia turned from boom to bust in the 1990s, the general public was amazed,
yet many economists nodded their heads knowingly. This program focuses on the plights of Indonesia, Hong
Kong and Malaysia, where nepotism, cronyism, corruption, suppression, and the exploitation of cheap foreign
labor brought about a financial crisis of enormous proportions.
BLACK GOLD
“After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world with $80 billion in retail sales. But for
every $3 cup of coffee, a coffee farmers receives only 3 cents. Most of the money goes to the middlemen,
especially the four giant conglomerates which control the coffee market. Tracing the path of the coffee
consumed each day to the farmers who produce the beans, Black Gold asks us to ‘wake up and smell the
coffee,’ to face the unjust conditions under which our favorite drink is produced and to decide what we can do
about it.”--container
BOOTED OUT
American jobs are streaming out of the US to other countries, sometimes with the "encouragement" of the
U.S. government. Program tells the story of the closing of Acme Boots' profitable Tennessee plant.
BREAKING DOWN THE GREAT WALL: CASE STUDY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
RMI Media Productions. 1985. 2@ video. 30 min. The world is becoming an open international market
and this tape explains how China is changing.
CHALLENGE OF BUSINESS ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE
Insight Media Productions. 1985. 2@ video. 28 min.
Examination of international business with moderator Alex Burton interviewing Professor F. Ghadar
of George Washington University, who discusses overseas business, international trade and foreign
trade promotion.
CHALLENGE TO AMERICA SERIES
Films for the Humanities. 1994. 2@ video. 58 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) THE CULTURE OF COMMERCE - Explores the systemic differences between the individualistic
capitalism of America and Britain and the communitarian capitalism of Japan and Germany.
2) THE HEART OF THE NATION - Explores the central values of Japan, Germany, and the U.S. and
focuses on what drives each of these societies.
3) OLD WAYS, NEW GAME - Shows how major American companies are faring against Japanese and
German competitors.
4) WINNING STRATEGIES - Shows some of the concrete strategies that American companies,
communities, and political leaders are using to improve America's efficiency and productivity.
CIGARETTES: WHO PROFITS, WHO DIES?
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Program features former cigarette models who are now dying of cigarette-related cancer. Also shows the new
international tactics devised by American tobacco companies in the face of the failing demand for their
products in this country.
THE COLA CONQUEST II: HOW COCA-COLA TOOK OVER THE WORLD
TV Choice. 2008. DVD. 40 min.
Tells the story of Coca-Cola, how it became the world’s most famous soft-drink company, and its aspirations
to become the number one selling beverage in the world, as well as investigating the company’s activities
worldwide and its role in the globalization of American culture. Coke & the Nazis--Coke at war --Coke &
civil rights--Coca-colonization--Coke in France--Coke in Mexico and Guatemala--The conquest continues.
COLONEL COMES TO JAPAN
Learning Corporation of America. 1981. 2@ video. 28 min.
Discusses a joint venture between Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc., and Mitsubishi to introduce fast-food
chicken to the Japanese market.
COMMANDING HEIGHTS: THE BATTLE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY SERIES (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
WGBH Boston Video. 2003. DVD. 120 min. ea.
1) THE BATTLE OF IDEAS - identifies how the world, for much of the twentieth century, first moved
toward more government control, and then began to move away. The program focuses on the struggle
between two economic thinkers, John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas on government intervention
dominated much of the twentieth century, and Freidrich Von Hayek, whose free-market ideas were
largely ignored until the economic crises of the 1970s forced political leaders to rediscover them. In the
1980s, the simultaneous emergence of the governments of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan set the
stage for a worldwide capitalist revolution--one that will be tested by economic turmoil in the future.
2) THE AGONY OF REFORM - explores the failure of government-controlled economies in the 1980s
and how new leaders embraced the ideas of reform and “shock therapy”--a rapid conversion to freemarket capitalism. The program focuses on how reform played out in Russia, the Eastern Bloc, Latin
America, India and other countries as they lived through the upheavals of rapid change, coping with both
the new freedoms and the new issues of privatization, deregulation, and the shock of free-wheeling
competition.
3) THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME - tracks the explosive growth of the new world economy from the
1992 presidential campaign to the present. Examining the promise and the perils of the global economy,
the film focuses on the story of President Bill Clinton=s embrace of free trade, the threat of global
contagion, the sometimes violent debate over globalization, and the issues facing the Bush administration
and the United States in the 21st century. It tackles the impact of free trade on the developing world and
on Americans, the sometimes perilous effects of globalized economies, and the critical questions for the
future--including the challenge of bringing the world=s poor into the era of global growth.
COMMUNICATING IN LATIN AMERICA
Educational Video Group. 2008. DVD. 37 min.
Part of the International Business Communication Series. Covers business communication in Latin
America, intercultural communication and business etiquette in Latin America.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS
Harvard Business School. 1993. Four 2@ video. 249 min.
Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School discusses competitiveness within and among nations. In
this four-part series, Porter explores the attributes of a nation that are most influential in contributing to
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competitiveness, the proper and improper roles of government, and strategic imperatives for companies that
lead to globalization.
CONTROLLING INTEREST: THE WORLD OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS California
Newsreel. 1978. 2@ video. 45 min.
Examines the scale and underlying dynamics of multinational corporate expansion, and shows the deleterious
social and economic effects of the multinationals' power in both the U.S. and the Third World.
CORPORATE SUCCESS AND A CHANGING WORLD
Video Archives. 1988. 2@ video. 57 min.
Discusses how America should become successful and how we should change our economic thinking to go
with the rest of the world.
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (THE)
Roger E. Axtell discusses cultural differences in doing business internationally. Covers body language
and gestures, as well as protocol and names.
CURSE OF OIL (THE)
Presents a global history of the oil industry and the political consequences of the ever expanding consumption
of oil. Maintains that a number of conflicts like Nasser=s seizure of the Suez Canal, the Iran-Iraq war and the
war in Iraq were ultimately over the control of oil supplies.
THE DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION
Atma Global. 2003. DVD. 16 min.
“The essential business tool for global business.”—container
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2000, 1999. 2@ video. 30 min.
Module one of this video outlines the potential of Europe's open labor markets while addressing the barriers
imposed by language and culture. Module two examines the basic principles of the European Central Bank
and the objectives of European monetary policy. Module three assesses both the economic gains to be
obtained from European integration and the challenges of equitable political representation.
$4.00 A DAY? NO WAY! JOINING HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER
Produced by American Labor Education Center. 1991. 2@ video. 19 min.
Shows how the Mexican government controls the hourly wage for Mexican workers. In 1983 the wage for a
Mexican worker was $7.00 a day, now it's $4.00. Documents events at a Ford plant in Mexico to support the
view that international corporations exploit Mexican workers.
FREE TRADE SLAVES (See Human Rights)
GLOBAL ASSEMBLY LINE
Educational TV and Film Center. 1986. 16 mm. (also 2@ video). 57 min. 33 min.
Examines US manufacturers in the garment and electronics industries who have closed U.S. factories and
opened operations in low-wage developing countries. Portrays the lives of working people in the "free trade
zones" of developing nations and North America. Film "emerges as the definitive statement on the
international division of labor and the growing importance of women in the industrial workforce."
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GLOBAL TRADE DEBATE
Program offers a balanced look at the reality of globalization. Since the founding of the International
Monetary Fund, the world has seen a twelve-fold increase in global trade but video shows that local
economies and the environment have paid a heavy price.
GLOBAL VILLAGE OR GLOBAL PILLAGE?
World Economy Project. 1999. 2@ video. 27 min.
Examines global multinational industrialization and how people around the world are challenging it. Features
Ralph Nader, Charles Kernagham, Thea Lee, Loretta Ross, and Dennis Brutus. Based on the 1994 book of
the same title.
GLOBALIZATION IN PRACTICE
Features case studies of five companies, including Sony, Motorola, and Levi Strauss. These companies are in
varying stages of becoming true multinational global corporations. Explores each company's stage in the
process. Students analyze the companies' global status. They analyze the companies' competitive strengths
using a model developed by Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School.
GLOBALIZATION IN THEORY
This program introduces Kenichi Ohmae's theory of globalization, and his vision of a "borderless" world. It
presents segments in which global business executives explain the factors that have helped their companies to
achieve success in this "borderless" world.
A GUIDE TO BUSINESS: CURRENT CONCEPTS, TOOLS AND TRENDS SERIES
Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 2004. Ten DVDs. 30 min. ea. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE
1) THE BUSINESS PLAN
Three modules look at the process of creating a business plan from three different perspectives: the
transformation of an idea into a marketable production, the determination of financial feasibility, and
negotiation with potential investors.
2) COST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Global competition has made business optimization more important than ever. In module one of this
program, Ernst & Young describes the concept of process-oriented cost accounting. Module two
focuses on lean production, as demonstrated by “smart factory” technology and tight
manufacturer/supplier cooperation, while addressing decisions concerning outsourcing and the optimal
investment of scarce funds.
3)
CUSTOMER FOCUS
A customer orientation is essential to successful product and market development. Module one of this
program demonstrates the concept of key account management by way of the Dutch oil company
NAM, which proactively develops solutions to potential client problems, while module two extends
that concept to include the operations of R.S. Components in the U.K. Module three analyzes how
seemingly homogenous goods, such as paper, are differentiated in Finland to better satisfy consumer
needs.
DISCONTINUOUS MARKET CHANGE AND STRATEGIC REPOSITIONING
4)
Globalization is driving companies to develop new markets and marketing strategies--fast. Module one
of this program targets information technology as a major force that is reshaping business. Module two
uses Spain=s olive oil industry to illustrate the reorientation of business practices to accommodate
changing market demand, while module three addresses strategic repositioning with a case study of
Nokia, a Finnish forestry firm that has diversified to become a world leader in mobile telephony.
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6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Presents an overview of how businesses monitor their financial health and the profitability of their
projects. Module one of this program presents balance sheet analysis as it is used by the world-class
soccer team Ajax Amsterdam; module two introduces the concept of cash flow analysis with
PricewaterhouseCoopers and their client Swisscom; and module three explains financial analysis of
investments through the strategic partnership of the Tunisian Tourist Office and the Hotel Dar Cheralet.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Three modules compare various corporate learning systems. Case studies feature Arthur Andersen, The
European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Dailmer Benz, Volvo and ABB.
OPTIMIZATION OF THE VALUE CHAIN, THE CONCEPT OF THE VALUE CHAIN
Uses Italian clothing maker, Gruppo Finanziario Tessile, as a case study of adding value at each stage
of production of a product.
RESPONSIBILITY TO STAKEHOLDERS
Success in business is not measured solely by the bottom line. Module one of this program considers
the subject of fair trade and the efforts of the Max Havelaar Foundation to ensure it. Environmental
accountability is explored in module two by Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian petrochemical firm. Module
three discusses how the impact of tourism must be balanced against economic opportunism, as in the
case of the Oasis of Tozeur, in Tunisia.
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
This program provides case studies of how high-tech innovation has triggered an avalanche of new
business opportunities.
THE VALUE OF BRANDS
Looks at prominent companies to demonstrate the contribution of brand names in adding appeal to
products.
H-2 WORKER
First Run Icarus Films. 1990. 2@ video. b & w/color. 67 min.
Examines the exploitation of immigrant Jamaican laborers by the Florida sugar cane industry.
HUNGRY FOR PROFIT
Robert Richter Productions. 1984. 2@ video. 87 min.
A documentary showing how agribusiness has created large, mechanized plantations out of small, peasant
farms which grow profitable export crops despite local food needs. Tells how this situation actually increases
the amount of hunger for some of the third world.
IF JAPAN CAN, WHY CAN'T WE?
Films, Inc. 1980. 16 mm, (NBC White Paper Report). 80 min.
Examination of the problems of American productivity by comparing Japanese and American systems.
INSIDE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Annenberg Media. 2004. Seven DVDs. 780 min.
Presents the principles of international economics using on-location documentary case studies, news and
archival footage, and commentary from distinguished international economists. Issued as 13 episodes (60
min. each) on seven discs.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: AN INTRODUCTION
Madonna College. 1990. (Distributed by Insight Media, 1/21/2010). DVD. 27 min.
Looks at the factors that influence international business, exporting and importing, the influence of
international business on U.S. economy and absolute and comparative advantage.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING: COMPETING IN A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
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ACT. 2005. DVD. 57 min.
Discusses how the markets of the 21st century are global ones and how global marketing affects us every day.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND: FINANCIAL CURE OR CATASTROPHE?
This program highlights the Asian crisis in which the IMF's one size fits all policy recommendations and
faulty judgment, conflicts of interests, charges of corruption, and political heavy handedness are prompting
the CATO Institute and others to call for an end to the IMF.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE: EXCHANGE RATES
Educational Film Center & Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates. 1986. 2@ video. 56 min.
Originally broadcast on PBS. The effects of exchange rates on international trade, tariffs, and quotas.
LEAVING HOME
Oakland, CA: We do the Work. 1990. 2@ video. 58 min.
Ned Beatty hosts this documentary on jobs "goin' South" to Mexico from such places as Missouri, Illinois and
Ohio.
LOSING THE WAR WITH JAPAN
Are the Japanese dumping their products on American markets to drive their competitors out of business?
LUDDITES
Skilled workers in the wool industry in Yorkshire in 1812 faced unemployment when new machines were
introduced into the mills. This docudrama presents their response: first, an unsuccessful attempt to
communicate with the mill owners and managers; then, the violent destruction of the machines. The Luddites
became symbolic of the issue of the human toll of industrialization.
MANUFACTURING MIRACLES
This film explains how Mazda Motor Company of Japan became a flexible and intelligent industrial
organization through the deliberate nurturing of a committed and resourceful work force.
MAQUILA: A TALE OF TWO MEXICOS
An examination of how Mexico and Mexicans are being impacted by capitalist interests and industrialization
after NAFTA, considering low wages, working conditions, environmental and cultural impact.
MICKEY MOUSE GOES TO HAITI: WALT DISNEY AND THE SCIENCE OF EXPLOITATION
Crowing Rooster Arts. 1996. 2@ video. 19 min. (Includes 4 booklets)
Reports on the use of cheap labor by the Walt Disney Company in its clothing factories in Haiti.
Advocates that Disney pay a living wage and guarantee workers' rights.
MONEY LENDERS
Richter Publications. 1991. 2@ video. 87 min.
This program looks at the two world banking systems originally set up after WWII, the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund. Video focuses on the major criticisms of the two financial institutions made
by economists; church, labor, environmental, government and community leaders; journalists, sociologists
and ordinary people from countries who are perceived by critics to be victims of IMF and World Bank
policies and projects. Responses to criticisms are presented by top officials of the institutions.
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NAFTA AND THE NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER: LIFE ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER
(See Latin America)
NO LOGO BRANDS, GLOBALIZATION, RESISTANCE
“Using hundreds of media examples, No Logo shows how the commercial takeover of public space,
destruction of consumer choice, and replacement of real jobs with temporary work–the dynamics of corporate
globalization–impact everyone, everywhere. It also draws attention to the democratic resistance arising
globally to challenge the hegemony of brands.”–container
POWER SHARING AT DAIMLER-BENZ
An interview with Edzard Reuter, chairman of Germany's largest corporation, Daimler-Benz. At DaimlerBenz, union officials, as well as factory workers, interview candidates for top corporate jobs.
PRIVATE WARRIORS
FRONTLINE returns to Iraq, this time to embed with Halliburton/KBR, and to take a hard look at private
contractors who play a critical role in running U.S. military supply lines, providing armed protection, and
operating U.S. military bases. Their dramatic story illuminates the Pentagon=s new reliance on corporate
outsourcing and raises questions about where they fit in the chain of command and the price we are paying for
their role in the war.
RETAILING IN EUROPE
D. E. Visuals. 1990. 2@ video. 22 min.
Discusses the similarities and differences in retailing in the US and Europe.
TALES FROM THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE CAPPUCCINO TRAIL
By following the trail of two coffee beans grown in the Peruvian Andes, this program looks at the stimulant,
which after oil, is the most globally traded commodity. One of the beans takes the route of the open market
where its price is determined by commodities traders and analysts. The other bean finds its way into a
gourmet coffee made by a company dedicated to paying fair prices to farmers for their high-quality organic
crop.
THINK GLOBALLY
Annenberg/CPB Collection. 1993. Rural Communities: Legacy and Change Series. 2@ video. 57
min. Describes how local communities join the world economy.
TIES & TENSIONS
Karol Media. 1996. 2@ video. 26 min.
Describes the continuing process of European Union and how globalization of trade and communications
will change life on both sides of the Atlantic. Case studies show the nature of European-American
rivalry and partnerships in both the economic and political spheres. Includes interviews with a variety of
legislators, economists, business leaders and workers.
TRADING DEMOCRACY
An analysis of the effects of Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which contains a legal
loophole that corporate investors are exploiting to circumvent the American legal system.
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UNDERSTANDING FREE MARKET ECONOMICS: LESSONS LEARNED IN THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1999. Six 2@ videos. 186 min.
This six-part series examines the principles behind the International Monetary Fund and its role in applying
free market theory to transform centrally planned economics into competitive free market economies.
PART 1 - SICK ECONOMICS: THE IMF PRESCRIPTION
PART 2 - FREE MARKETS, FREE CHOICE
PART 3 - INFLATION: THE ENEMY WITHIN
PART 4 - TOWARDS A MARKET ECONOMY
PART 5 - THE ART OF A BALANCED BUDGET
PART 6 - MARKET AT WORK
WHEN CHILDREN DO THE WORK
Publisher: We do the Work. 1996. 2@ video. 27 min.
Although child labor was outlawed in the United States one hundred years ago, it still thrives in Latin
America and South Asia. This eye-opening account exposes the appalling conditions of child labor in
Honduras, El Salvador, and Pakistan.
WHEN CHINA MET AFRICA
“A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives
of three characters unfold. Mr. Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across
the continent in search of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm and business is booming.
In northern Zambia, Mr. Li, a project manager f or a multinational Chinese company, is upgrading
Zambia’s longest road. Pressure to complete the road on time intensifies when funds from the Zambian
government start running out. Meanwhile Zambia’s Trade Minister is in route to China to secure
millions of dollars of investment. Through the intimate portrayal of these characters, the expanding
footprint of a rising global power is laid bare– pointing to a radically different future, not just for
Africa, but also for the world.”–From publisher description.
WHO'S THE ENEMY?
Texas Instruments, an American corporation, conducts research and development in Japan and competes with
Japanese-owned companies in selling computer chips. The American entrepreneur who invented "virtual
reality" had to go to Japan to find backing for his invention. Meanwhile, other Asian countries are trying to
leapfrog out of third-world status by building a well-educated workplace.
WINNERS AND LOSERS
Many nations have fought for and won a piece of the clothing industry pie, and the global economy has
produced big winners, but there are also losers. The U.S. once counted on manufacturing most of the clothes
its citizens wore, but now half of that business has gone to low wage third world countries.
WORKING WITH THE GERMANS
Discusses the differences between the work cultures of the British and Germans, covering formalities,
planning, team work, and personal relationship.
YOUR JOB OR MINE? GREEN GIANT'S DECISION TO MOVE TO MEXICO
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Video Images. 1991. 2@ video. 20 min.
The multinational corporation Green Giant Foods moved their food processing plant from Salinas, CA to
Mexico. Video explains how the move was wrong and how the free trade agreement will not work.
ZONED FOR SLAVERY: THE CHILD BEHIND THE LABEL
Crowing Rooster Arts. 1995. 2@ video. 23 min.
Illustrates the unconditional operations of off-shore corporations contracted by American businesses while
looking into the long and difficult hours that children in developing countries are working to produce brand
name American products such as Gitano, Gap, Osh Kosh, and Eddie Bauer. Includes information presented
by Charles Kernighan from the National Labor Committee.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
UNITED NATIONS: IT'S MORE THAN YOU THINK
Cambridge Career Products. 1991. 2@ video. 31 min. With representatives from all the 159 nations of the
world, the UN is more than just a peacekeeper. Program presents information on the UN organization and
history and the functions of its many specialized agencies.
MODERN CIVILIZATION
CONNECTIONS
Ambrose Video. 2001. Five DVDs. 520 min.
Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke
shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric
lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and
movies.
EDWARD SAID ON ORIENTALISM
Media Education Foundation. 1998. 2@ video. 40 min.
Edward Said's book, Orientalism, has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in
1978. In this interview he talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how
its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient."
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared
Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer the question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize
winning book. Special features include interactive maps, timelines, photo gallery.
PROFESSOR EDWARD SAID IN LECTURE: MYTH OF THE "CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS"
Media Education Foundation. 1998. 2@ video. 55 min.
In this important lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Edward Said takes aim at one of the
central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking - that conflicts between different and clashing "civilizations"
(Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world. Said argues that collapsing complex,
diverse and contradictory groups of people into vast, simplistic abstractions has disastrous consequences.
Presenting instead a vision of the "coexistence" of difference, Said concludes with the fundamental challenge
that faces humanity at the turn of the millennium.
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WOMEN'S STUDIES
ALHAJI=S WIVES
AAlhaji has taken five wives; one dies, he divorced another and lives with the remaining three. This program
travels to Nigeria to examine the impact of polygamy and divorce on the country=s population demographics,
focusing on a case study of one family to highlight trends and concerns. The connection between religious
values and family planning becomes apparent in interviews with various people in the community. The
program also visits a school for women who have been divorced or widowed and want to learn a skill or
receive a basic education.
BEYOND BEIJING: THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
Salome Chasnoff/Beyond Media. 1996. 2@ video. 60 min.
From August 30 to September 15, 1995 two parallel events took place in China: the NGO (non-governmental
organization) Forum on Women in Huairou, and the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
This is a documentary about the NGO Forum in Huairou. Salome Chasnoff, a feminist media maker and
educator, went to Beijing with the purpose of making an independent video documentary of the forum from
women's perspectives. She followed a group of Chicago-based grassroots activists through the forum.
BEYOND BORDERS: ARAB FEMINISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES
In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive
Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other
activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church
basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten
awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality-and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.
BEYOND THE VEIL: ARE IRANIAN WOMEN REBELLING?
A female reporter, Anna Maria Tremonti, dons the hijab and goes undercover to find out how Iranian women
feel about the government-enforced dress code and about their diminished role in Iranian society.
CUT FROM DIFFERENT CLOTH, BURQAS AND BELIEFS
Red Door Video Productions. 2008. DVD. 57 min.
Two Americans, photojournalist Olga Shalygin and her stepdaughter Serena Orloff, attempt to discover why
most Afghani women still choose to wear the all-covering burqa in the northern city of Mazari-i-Sharif.
CZECH WOMEN: NOW WE ARE FREE
Documentary profiles a variety of Czech women to show the ways their lives have changed since the end of
communist rule.
DAUGHTERS OF THE VEIL
Frontier Productions. 1997. 2@ video. 13 min.
Depicts the plight of modern Pakistani women, most of whom are bound by ancient customs to lives of
poverty, ignorance and servitude and suggests that increased education is the key to liberation.
A FEMALE CABBY IN SIDI BEL-ABBÈS
First Run Icarus Films. 2000. 2@ video. 57 min. Arabic with English subtitles.
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After the death of her husband, Soumicha becomes the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbes (Algeria).
The film shows her working conditions in a job normally reserved for men, and in a city where political and
religious violence rages.
FEMALE CIRCUMCISION: HUMAN RITES (See Human Rights)
GENDER MATTERS
The role of women in India, Africa, and South America is examined, focusing on the gender inequalities that
are endured by women in developing countries.
GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD
A collection of 5 documentaries that focus on 17 year-old girls from around the world. Each section spotlights one girl, her hopes, dreams, world and world view. Directed by women filmmakers in Peru, Pakistan,
Benin, Germany and Finland, a mosaic emerges that not only depicts the great diversity in the lives of the
girls, but also the perspective of an international roster of contemporary feminist filmmakers.
GREAT STEP FORWARD: CHINA WOMEN IN THE 20TH CENTURY (THE)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2003. Two DVDs. 109 min.
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to
confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century.
HALF THE PEOPLE, 1970
Inspired by the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, women began to challenge discrimination on the
basis of gender. NOW was founded in 1966 to support full equality for women in America. In boardrooms
and other bastions of male power, women pressed their demands with growing success. Discusses such topics
as: Betty Friedan, birth control, the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972, Roe vs. Wade, women and Islam, and
the UN Women's Conference in Beijing in 1995. From PBS series, People's Century.
HALF THE SKY
See Human Rights
HELL TO PAY
Examines the economic situation in Bolivia and the working conditions of the women.
HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
Set in rural Spain at the turn of this century, the scene is a cloistered household managed by a newly widowed
mother of five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the tyranny bred from a need to protect the
reputation of the family, the matron (Bernarda Alba) represses her daughters by enforcing an eight-year,
mourning period. The tensions build rapidly among the imprisoned women, with a demented grandmother
playing a role resembling that of a Greek chorus. Eventually, the natural spirits of the daughters circumvent
Bernarda, but with tragic results.
IN MY COUNTRY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER
USV.C. 1993. 2@ video. 85 min.
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Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures with regard
to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan, Mexico, Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean),
Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire, England, China, El Salvador, and Japan.
LIFE AND TIMES OF SARA BAARTMAN, "THE HOTTENTOT VENUS" (See Human Rights)
LIONESS
Lioness makes public, for the first time, the hidden history of a group of female Army support soldiers who
became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat. Told through intimate
accounts and interviews with military commanders, the film follows five lioness women who served together
for a year in Iraq. Together the women=s narratives form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects
of war from a female point of view.
LUMO
Goma Film Project. 2007. DVD. 71 min. Kongo with English, French or German subtitles.
A young woman seeks treatment for her physical and psychological wounds at a hospital run by HEAL
Africa, a charity organization that provides holistic care to impoverished Congolese.
MADE IN THAILAND
A documentary about women factory workers in Thailand and their struggle to organize unions. In
Thailand women make up 90% of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by
multinational corporations. While probing the impact of the New World Order on populations that provide
cheap labor in Thailand, the film also profiles women newly empowered by their campaign for human and
worker's rights.
MAJOR LEAGUES? (GRANDES LIGAS?)
Americas Media Initiative/Cuba Media Project. 2013. DVD. 27 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
AMembers of the Cuban National women=s baseball team discuss their passion for their sport and the trials and
tribulations of participating in Cuba=s >national past-time= in a society that is filled with machismo, prejudice
and the daily hardships. The older generation of women who participated in the early days of the league in
the 1940s, talk about the sexism they dealt with; and through the generations, women still face the same
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MICRO CREDIT FOR WOMEN. STORY OF THE GRAMEEN BANK
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 2006. DVD. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) THE WOMEN=S BANK OF BANGLADESH - 47 min.
Describes the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. It follows
the activities of women who have taken out loans to fund their cottage industries and take business
classes. Also shown are those who oppose the bank=s efforts, which contradicts Islamic law.
2) SMALL CHANGE, BIG BUSINESS: THE WOMEN=S BANK OF BANGLADESH 10 YEARS
LATER - 55 min.
Micro credit, small loans with no collateral requirement, might represent the most powerful weapon in the
fight against global poverty. But is micro credit a sustainable solution? This program follows up on
the 1995 documentary, The Women=s Bank of Bangladesh, which examined Bangladesh=s Grameen
Bank, a pioneering micro credit provider focused mainly on struggling women. Small Change, Big
Business revisits loan recipients a decade later, studying the long-term effects of micro credit in their
households and in their Islamic community.
MOMENTUM 2004-2005 SMUDGE
National Film Board of Canada. 2006. DVD. 13 min.
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ASmudge witnesses how a small group of Aboriginal women celebrate their rights to worship in the city, their
way.-container
THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN
Former Wall Street Journal reporter, Asra Nomani, returns to her hometown in West Virginia and fights for
social change within the local mosque.
NEW DIRECTIONS: WOMEN OF ZIMBABWE, WOMEN OF GUATEMALA, WOMEN OF
THAILAND
Women Make Movies. 2000. Three 2@ videos. 78 min.
Examines the role of women in the economic and social life of Zimbabwe, Thailand, and Guatemala.
POTO MITAN HAITIAN WOMEN, PILLARS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (See Global Economy)
SHACKLED WOMEN: ABUSES OF A PATRIARCHAL WORLD (See Human Rights)
SHE IS THE MATADOR
Women Make Movies. 2009. DVD. 62 min. Spanish and Italian with English subtitles.
A character driven documentary about two women who choose the profession of bullfighting. Eva Florencia
is a novice originally from Italy, and Maripaz Vega is the only active professional female matador in the
world. Following these women over the span of seven years, the viewer gains rare insights into their world.
While these women pursue the same dream as their male counterparts--the glory of dominating the beast-they are forced to
fight not only against the bull but also against decades of legal prohibition and prejudice. The historical
struggle, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, is shown through archival footage and brief
interviews with historians and background female matadors.
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS BETRAYED (See Human Rights)
SISTERS OF THE SCREEN: AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE CINEMA
Documents the emergence of women filmmakers from every region of Africa and the African diaspora. The
voices echoed in the film reveal the broad range of experiences that shape the cinema of African women,
intimate thoughts on identity and how it influences their work.
SIXTEEN DECISIONS
University of California Extension Ctr. for Media and Independent Learning. 2000. 2@ video. 59 min.
Examines the social charter of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and the 16 principles which undergird its
success by examining the life of Selina, one of the 2.4 million Bangladeshi women building stronger rural
economies through microcredit lending.
STATUS OF LATINA WOMEN
This program looks at the differences between the U.S. Latina and her Latin American and American
counterparts. It examines how Latino men regard successful, professional Latina women, and the myths and
mystique of machismo among Latinos in the age of two-income families and shared child-rearing
responsibility.
STATUS OF WOMEN IN CHINA
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Video release of a program in the national telecourse The Chinese. 1991. 2@ video. 29 min.
Examines the changing status of women in China. Filmed in rural Maoping village in Zhejiang province.
STILL READY: THREE WOMEN FROM THE MOROCCAN RESISTANCE
New York: A. Baker. 1998. 2@ video. 51 min. In French and Moroccan with English subtitles.
Three women relate their experiences in the Moroccan resistance against colonialism and the oppression of
women in their own society.
STORIES OF HONOUR AND SHAME
The Gaza Strip endured 27 years of Israeli occupation and a prolonged Palestinian uprising. It is now
partially administered by the Palestinian National Authority. This behind-the-scenes film reveals the hidden
lives of the Palestinian women who live there. Fifteen women reveal their roles in a patriarchal Islamic
society where men dictate most aspects of life. Shows the resilience and courage of women who, despite very
difficult circumstances, all speak with enormous dignity and grace.
STORIES OF WOMEN IN KABUL
The producers of this program were granted unlimited access to Kabul=s Baghe Zanana, or Garden of Women- perhaps the only public place in Afghanistan where men are not welcome. Here, women can gather, dance,
and remove their burqas without fear of violence or alienation. In stark contrast, a women=s prison is also
visited. The courageous figures who inhabit these settings--including a resident therapist who conducts
support groups for the frightened and the traumatized, and a cafeteria employee struggling to improve her
family=s living conditions--demonstrate how far Afghanistan must go to overcome its repressive and warravaged history.
SURNAME VIET, GIVEN NAME, NAM
Vietnamese women are seen in staged interviews, dance footage, and manipulated archival images. Also
involved is a questioning of the strategies inherent to the politics of interview as well as the problems of
translation in filmmaking.
THEY MADE HISTORY: BENAZIR BHUTTO (See Pakistan)
UNDER ONE SKY: ARAB WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA TALK ABOUT THE HIJAB
A discussion of the hijab or veil worn by Arabic women. Muslim women living in North America describe
the ideologies behind the veil and tear away the labels imposed by both East and West.
VIVRE FEMME
PICS. 2@ video. 30 min. French.
A penetrating document about women in the French labor force. Scenes range from interviews in a factory
and a large business to discussions in a cafe. Good for conversation, culture or Business French courses.
VOICE OF HER OWN: WOMEN AND ECONOMIC CHANGE
Information Office, Asian Development Bank; Spark Media. 1997. 2@ video. 24 min.
Profiles challenges and change for women in Asia. Shows educational efforts in Cambodia, home
employment in the Philippines, and help for garment workers in Bangladesh.
WARRIOR MARKS (See Human Rights)
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WOMAN MOVES
An acclaimed photographer, filmmaker, and video artist, Iranian-born Shirin Neshat, addresses the complex
forces shaping the identity of Muslim women throughout the world and explores the social, political, and
psychological dimensions of women=s experiences.
WOMAN'S PLACE - SHORT STORIES
Bullfrog Films. 1995. 2@ video. 68 min. English, Spanish, South Indian and South African languages with
English subtitles.
Six 10-minute videos by women about the status and condition of women in six countries. (1) In Fiji women
are involved in new sea farming projects. (2) In South Africa a literacy campaign gives birth to an effective
anti-liquor campaign. (3) In South Africa, the Women's Health Project ensures that women will have a voice
in shaping the new health care system. (4) A new generation of Caribbean women use drama and reggae to
focus attention on domestic violence. (5) Thousands of Filipino women are leaving children and country
behind to work as domestics in Hong Kong. (6) Guatemalan women widowed in civil unrest form an
organization to conduct literacy classes and encourage political participation.
WOMEN AND ISLAM
Using examples from history and the role played by women in contemporary Muslim society, Leila Ahmed
argues the case for the revision of the widely-held western views of the role of women in the Islamic world.
She explains the origin of the veil and discusses the issue of marriage and women's rights within marriage.
WOMEN OF HESBOLLAH
First Run Icarus Films. 2000. 2@ video. 49 min. English and Arabic with English subtitles.
Filmmaker Maher Abi-Samra returns to the neighborhood of his youth in Beirut settled in the 1950's by
the mostly Shiite community from southern Lebanon and now the stronghold of the Islamic Party of God,
the Hezbollah. This film is a portrait of two Lebanese Muslim women who are activists in the
Hezbollah. It examines the personal, social and political factors that undergird their commitment, presents
the activities of the Islamic political party and examines its place in Beirut society and in Lebanese
politics.
WOMEN OF HOPE: LATINAS ABIENDO CAMINO
Uses interviews, news and archival film, music and literature to show prominent Hispanic American
women (Latinas) who made a difference.
WOMEN SERVING RELIGION
This program traces women's roles in religious tradition and what it means to be a woman in the three
great religions today-Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It also explores the cultural influences of
feminism upon religious traditions and the beliefs regarding the ordination of women.
WOMEN WITH OPEN EYES (See Human Rights)
ZINAT: ONE SPECIAL DAY
First Run Icarus Films.
2000.
2@ video.
54 min.
Arabic with English subtitles.
To work as a nurse, Zinat became the first woman from the Island of Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove
the traditional veil. A health care worker for 13 years, she eventually gets involved in social and
political activities. Because it is forbidden to film in public the day of an election, filmmaker Ebrahim
Mokhtari shot his film inside Zinat's house, where her family and neighbors debated the role of women
in society.
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The following day, with the elections over, Mokhtari showed the daily life of the village inhabitants, while
Zinat presented her intentions as a newly elected representative, to improve the living conditions of her
fellow villagers.
WORLD HISTORY
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. PANAMA CANAL
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world=s two largest oceans and signaling
America=s emergence as a global superpower. This film, using an extraordinary archive of photographs and
footage, interviews with canal workers, and firsthand accounts of life in the Canal Zone, unravels the
remarkable story of one of the world=s most significant technological achievements.
ANCIENT HISTORY SERIES
Ambrose Video Pub. 2007. DVD. 30 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) ANCIENT BRITAIN STONEHENGE TO CELTIC IRON AGE HILL FORTS
This DVD follows the incredible saga of a glorious 7000 year evolution of ancient Britain’s people-from the earliest Stone Age clans, to the builders of Stonehenge, to the formation of Bronze Age
tribes and the founding of Iron Age hill forts, all leading to the castle building kings and queens and
knights that we all recognize today.
2) GREEK ACCOMPLISHMENTS
It has been said that all western art and science is but a footnote to ancient Greek accomplishments.
In this program, the story is told of how Greek thinkers laid the foundation for architecture,
painting, sculpture, history, philosophy, medicine, literature, zoology, botany, mathematics,
astronomy, theater, and finally, the western scientific methodology. It is a history of a series of
brilliant Greek thinkers from Homer in 700 B.C. to Ptolemy in 150 A.D.
3) THE GREEK CITY-STATE DEMOCRACY
During the golden age of the Greek city states 2500 years ago, the ancient Greeks gave to the
world something much more valuable than architectural wonders or material wealth. It was the
ideas of democracy, liberty, freedom of speech and the pursuit of truth for truth’s sake. This
DVD is the history of how a group of people invented self-rule based on citizenship, at a time
when they were surrounded by tyrants and despots. The invention of these concepts of self rule
and citizenship is the most improbable event in all of ancient history.
ATHENS THE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY
Historian, Bettany Hughes, goes on search of the real truth about democratic Athens, 2500 years ago. It has
been revered as the birthplace of philosophy, art, science and the greatest political idea of all time, democracy.
THE BARBARIAN WEST
Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. 1991. 2@ video. Program VI, Legacy Series. 57 min.
Civilization arose in Asia, but it was the West, evolving from Greece and Rome, which created the first world
culture not only through its own genius but by borrowing from the legacies of the original five old world
civilizations.
BLACK ATHENA
This video explores the debate over Martin Bernal's book on the African origins of Greek culture.
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BYZANTIUM: FROM SPLENDOR TO RUIN
Examines Constantinople from its founding as a second Rome, its flowering when the Roman Empire in the
west was shattered, its gradual decline under the impact of Normans, Turks, Crusades, etc, and finally its fall
in 1453.
COLUMBUS AND THE AGE OF DISCOVERY SERIES
Films produced in 1991. 2@ video. 57 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE - Examines the interchange of horses, cattle, corn, potatoes, and sugar
cane between the Old World and the New, and the lasting impact of this interchange on the people of both
worlds.
2) COLUMBUS' WORLD - This program travels to China, the Spice Islands, Cairo, Venice, Genoa and
Istanbul to explore the world of the 15th century and set the stage for Christopher Columbus' great
seagoing adventure.
3) CROSSING - Full-scale, working replicas of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria follow the route of
Columbus' first transatlantic crossing, while excerpts from his logs and journals evoke 15th century
shipboard life.
4) IDEA TAKES SHAPE - Focuses on the advances in shipbuilding and navigation that made Columbus'
voyages possible, examines his motivations, and chronicles his long and arduous search for patronage to
fund his westward voyage to the orient.
5) IN SEARCH OF COLUMBUS - Although he helped to define it, Columbus would never know the
modern world. This program follows the path of the admiral's fourth and final voyage.
6) SWORD AND THE CROSS - The Americas evolved largely from the blend of peoples, diseases,
motives and attitudes brought to the New World by Columbus and those who followed him.
7) WORLDS FOUND AND LOST - Starting with Columbus' landfall at San Salvador, a modern sailboat
and crew retrace the route of Columbus' first voyage through the Bahamas to Cuba, Haiti, and the
Dominican Republic searching for the Caribbean that Columbus saw, and finding the changes left in his
wake.
THE COMMUNIST CHALLENGE
Interactive Educational Media. 2006. DVD. 37 min.
“Democracy in World History: A breakthrough new program that teaches basic facts and important
concepts and connections about humanity’s long and perilous journey in search of a system of governing
where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness can flourish. The Communist Challenge: Lenin, Trotsky,
Mao, Pol Pot, Castro and followers around the world claimed to be liberators. Make sure your students
learn the hard reality of what they actually did in creating their “people’s democracies” that enslaved and
murdered so many millions in the 20th century.”–Hawkhill Website
EMPIRES SERIES
Paramount Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD. Five-part series. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) EGYPT'S GOLDEN EMPIRE (160 min.)
Examines the rise and fall of Egypt’s New Kingdom, 1560 BC to 1080 BC
2) THE GREEKS CRUCIBLE OF CIVILIZATION (140 min.)
Views the rise and fall of ancient Greece through the eyes of prominent figures of the times, including
Cleisthenes, Themistocles, Pericles, and Socrates.
3) THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIRST CENTURY (219 min.)
Tells the story of the emperors, slaves, poets, and peasants who wrested order from chaos, built the
most cosmopolitan society the world had ever seen, and shaped the Roman Empire in the first century.
EMPIRES: THE DECISIVE BATTLES AND GREAT WARRIORS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
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A & E Television Networks. 2010. 14 disc set. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
These programs detail many facets of the world=s greatest civilizations, including in-depth information about
the most brutal and feared leaders of the ancient world
Disc 1-4: Engineering an Empire. Four DVDs. 540 min.
Disc 5: Rome: Engineering an Empire. DVD. 91 min.
Disc 6: Egypt: Engineering an Empire. DVD. 91 min.
Disc 7-10: Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire. Four DVDs. 585 min.
Disc 11-12: Ancients Behaving Badly. Two DVDs. 360 min.
Disc 13-14: Barbarians. Two DVDs. 180 min.
ENGLISH GOES UNDERGROUND
AWith the Norman invasion, English became a third language in its own country, behind French and Latin. In
this program, Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Old French on the development of English. Manuscripts,
tapestries, and dozens of curious etymologies help illustrate a tremendous influx of vocabulary pertaining to
romance, chivalry, and, of course, food. The influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine=s patronage is heard in works
of poets and troubadours as the cult of courtly love flourished in England.@--container
EUROPEANS
Films for the Humanities. 1997. Seven 2@ videos. b & w/color. 165 min.
This seven part series provides a comprehensive study of the major epochs in European history from the
Greeks and Romans to the fall of communism. Colorful and dramatic, each program focuses on major
historical events that shaped present day Europe and the lives of its people.
PART 1 - THE BEGINNINGS: THE GREEKS AND THE ROMANS
PART 2 - THE MIDDLE AGES
PART 3 - THE RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, AND BEYOND: TOWARDS A MODERN
EUROPE
PART 4 - AN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS
PART 5 - THE NATIONALISTS
PART 6 - BETWEEN THE WARS: THE ECONOMIC SEEDS OF WORLD WAR II
PART 7 - THE DEMISE OF WESTERN COMMUNISM: FALL OF A GIANT
GODDESS REMEMBERED
Direct Cinema Ltd. 1990. 2@ video. 54 min.
Describes and discusses early goddess-worshiping cultures and the current women's spirituality movement.
HOLY WARIORS: RICHARD THE LIONHEART & SALADIN
Paramount Home entertainment. 2005. DVD. 110 min.
The remarkable story of the relationship between the Muslim leader, Saladin, and the Christian Crusader,
Richard the Lionheart. Battling in the name of different religions, and filled with blinding cultural ignorance,
both shared a faith in one god.
HUMAN REMAINS
Locomotion Films. 1998. 2@ video. b & w/color. 30 min.
A look at the "intimate and mundane details" from the private lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph
Stalin, Francisco Franco, and Mao Tse Tung.
INANNA
Cloudstone. 1988. 2@ video. 49 min.
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Using performance, interviews, and slides of Sumerian art and landscape, this video tells the story of the
goddess Inanna's emergence into womanhood.
INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE, 1870-1914
Describes the great colonial empires of the European powers and their gradual destruction. Relates how the
Industrial Revolution and new inventions led to a huge increase in urban populations leading to the exodus of
millions of people to North and South America. Covers the growth of nationalism and military power.
THE JEWS, A PEOPLE=S HISTORY
Kultur. 2009. Two DVDs. 265 min.
This five-part documentary explores 4,000 years of Jewish History, starting with the origins of the Jewish
people in the Middle East, right through to present-day Judaism.
KARL MARX AND MARXISM
hames Colour Productions. 1993. 2@ video. 52 min.
Looks at Karl Marx, at the roots of his philosophy, at the causes and explanations of his philosophical
development, and at its most direct outcome: the failed Soviet Union.
LAST KHAN OF KHANS
This program traces the life of the fifth Great Khan, Kublai Khan, who preferred to make his home in China,
where he ruled as the first emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
LEGACY SERIES
Ambrose Video. 1991. Six 2@ video. 57 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY).
See annotations elsewhere as indicated.
1) IRAQ: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION (See annotation under Middle East)
2) INDIA: THE EMPIRE OF THE SPIRIT (See annotation under India)
3) CHINA: MANDATE OF HEAVEN (See annotation under China)
4) EGYPT: THE HABIT OF CIVILIZATION (See annotation under Middle East)
5) CENTRAL AMERICA: BUREN OF TIME (See annotation under Latin America)
6) THE BARBARIAN WEST (See annotation under World History)
MODERN MARVELS: ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS SERIES
New Video. 2007. DVD. (ORDER SEPARATELY BY TITLE)
1) EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS (45 min.)
Discusses the engineering challenges of the design and construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids,
which were built as tombs for the pharaohs. Looks at the evolution of the pyramids from the first
primitive, flat-roofed tombs called Amastaba--to such works as the Step Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and the
necropolis of Giza.
2) THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA (48 min.)
Discuses the engineering challenges of the design and construction of the Great Wall of China, which
winds through roughly 6,700 kilometers of undulating mountains, grasslands, and desert. Examines its
changing role as a symbol of China.
PEOPLE'S CENTURY SERIES
PBS Video. 1998. 2@ video. 56 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
1) RED FLAG, 1917 - When Lenin's Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in 1917, they did so in the
name of a new ideology. Millions were drawn by its promise. In this film the people who were there--
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from members of the Red Guard to party activists to students--explain how communism appealed to their
deepest hopes and dreams. Through them, we hear how communist leadership, under Vladimir Lenin and
later, Joseph Stalin, became dictatorial.
2) LOST PEACE, 1919 - After the First World War a whole generation was traumatized by the horror and
vowed that war would be a thing of the past. This film revisits the popular hopes and experiences in the
years following World War I--and the looming threat of a new nationalism. Despite Woodrow Wilson's
promise of a "people's peace," defeated nations were resentful and unreconciled. As fascism and
militarism spread, worldwide pacifist movements fought an increasingly unsuccessful rearguard action to
preserve the dream of peace.
3) GREAT ESCAPE, 1927 - By the mid-1920s, millions were already confirmed moviegoers. Movies
reflected and affected the way people dressed, thought and spoke, teaching the inexperienced about love,
courage, and how to dress, while governments around the globe were quick to realize the power of film.
This new mass entertainment would also prove an unrivaled tool of mass persuasion. Here moviegoers
reminisce, revealing how the new medium persuaded, influenced and enthralled them as it offered a
welcome refuge from the century's pressures.
4) SPORTING FEVER, 1930 - In the early 1900's, competitive sports were still not far removed from
recreation--more for the player than the spectator. This film follows boxing, baseball, soccer, and more,
as sports transition from a modest pastime to a fiercely competitive--and commercial--business to a potent
expression of national pride and politics. Includes a look at the role of American sportswriters, and live
radio and television broadcasting of sporting events.
5) MASTER RACE, 1933 - With a unique blend of nationalism, militarism, and racial theory, Adolf Hitler
taught the German people to believe that they were the "master race." Stirred by the fuhrer's rousing
rhetoric during mass rallies, millions were swept along with the promise of national socialism. In this
film Germans talk candidly about the initial allure of Nazism, and German Jews recall their persecution
and internment in concentration camps as Hitler's master race pursued its destiny--and descended to the
greatest depths of barbarism
6) TOTAL WAR, 1939 - The Second World War was the first modern conflict in which more civilians died
than soldiers. In this film, eyewitnesses from Britain, Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan and the United
States tell the story of the civilians who suffered and died. Residents of Plymouth, Tokyo, and Hamburg
remember the air raids; Russian peasants recall the siege of Leningrad; Japanese soldiers and Korean
slave-laborers describe the brutality of war in Asia.
7) BRAVE NEW WORLD, 1945 - Just over fifty years ago, Soviet and American troops met at the River
Elbe and rejoiced at the defeat of Nazi Germany. Their optimism was short lived. This film tracks the
growing tensions between these two superpowers, from the post-war world of the late 1940s through the
early 1960s, as the hope for peace swiftly disintegrated into a "cold" war. Here eyewitnesses recall the
meeting on the Elbe, the impact of Stalin, Churchill and Khrushchev, propaganda wars between the two
nations, the Berlin blockade, the Hungarian uprising and the installation of the Berlin Wall.
8) FALLOUT, 1945 - Fallout covers the problems of the postwar atomic age including Hiroshima,
Nagasaki, nuclear testing, Cuban missile crisis, protest movements, bomb shelters, Three Mile Island,
Chernobyl.
9) GREAT LEAP, 1949 - Covers the victory of communism in China. Includes Chairman Mao, the 1949
takeover, the "Great Leap Forward", the Cultural Revolution, and Tiananamen Square.
10) GUERILLA WARS, 1973 - The face of war changes when highly motivated, but poorly armed, guerillas
defeat the most powerful armies of the world including France, the United States and the Soviet Union.
11) PEOPLE POWER, 1989 - In 1991, the Communist Party lost control of the Soviet Union, the
culmination of a process that started in 1980 in the Polish shipyards when millions joined Lech Walesa's
Solidarity Movement which signaled the beginning of the end for Soviet-style communism. Here
eyewitnesses tell the story of how the communist system collapsed as they remember the extraordinary
weeks that preceded and followed the fall of the Berlin Wall; Poland's fight for solidarity;
Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Revolution;" the struggle for power in the Soviet Union and more.
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POMPEII BURIED ALIVE
A documentary of Pompeii with a glimpse into daily life during the Roman Empire, preserved by the lava and
ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
THE POWER OF MYTH
Mystic Fire Video. 1988. Six 2@ videos. 60 min. each. (ORDER SEPARATELY)
This PBS series, interviews between Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell, is an authoritative resource on the
subjects of mythology and comparative religion.
1) THE HERO'S ADVENTURE - Heroic adventures have been an integral part of all world cultures.
Campbell discusses the hero's journey.
2) THE MESSAGE OF THE MYTH - Campbell compares creation stories from around the world.
3) THE FIRST STORYTELLER - Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth, the rite
of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today's society.
4) SACRIFICE AND BLISS - Campbell discusses the role of sacrifice in myth and the significance of
sacrifice.
5) LOVE AND THE GODDESS - Campbell talks about romantic love and addresses questions about the
image of woman--as goddess, virgin, Mother Earth.
6) MASKS OF ETERNITY - Campbell provides insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity by
comparing various world religions/philosophies.
THE SPARTANS
Chronicles the rise and fall of the civilization of ancient Sparta, considering socio-economic, political
and military aspects and influence on later Western culture.
SUKHAVATI: PLACE OF BLISS
Mystic Film Video. 1998. 2@ video. 80 min.
Joseph Campbell traces the mythological symbols left to us by the ancients, revealing a drama played out
across the screen of the universe.
THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
From When the World Spoke Arabic Series. Encompassing fairy tales, romances, legends, fables, parables,
and anecdotes, Thousand and One Nights is a composite of popular oral stories that develops over several
centuries, mainly during the Empire of the Caliphate. This program scrutinizes the wonderfully
audacious tale of Scheherazade and what it tells the attentive reader about the dreams of Arab men and
women during the empire's golden age. Recurring themes such as hunger for adventure and a desire to be
free from tradition are explored.
A TIME TO GATHER STONES TOGETHER
Documentaries International Film & Video Foundation. 1993. 2@ video. 29 min.
Western tourists visit several cities in Poland and Ukraine in order to trace their Jewish roots. Polish
cities visited are Brok, Warsaw, and Lublin. Ukranian cities visited are Chernihiv, Brody, Tlumach,
Kiev, and Galicia (Poland and Ukraine).
THE WAR OF THE WORLD: A NEW HISTORY OF THE 20TH
CENTURY PBS Home Video. 2008. DVD. 180 min.
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“The film considers the unparalleled stretch of violence during the 20th century as a single, unrelenting ‘war of
the world’ that began with Japan’s invasion of Russia in 1904 and continued through the Korean War all the
way to an ongoing ‘Third World’s War.’”--container
WHEN ROME RULED
Vivendi Entertainment. 2011. Three DVDs. 270 min.
Groundbreaking eight-part series reveals ancient Rome=s hidden treasures and untold stories as never before.
From iconic figures including Caligula, Caesar, and Constantine to epic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius,
the invasion of Britain, and the fall of Rome, this collection reveals a startling, up-to-date vision of the ancient
empire and challenges our perception of what we know about the Romans and their lives.
THE WORLD, A TELEVISION HISTORY
Landmark Media. 200-. DVD. (Also 2" video). 26 min.
Describes the great colonial empires of the European powers and their gradual destruction. Relates how the
Industrial Revolution and new inventions led to a huge increase in urban populations leading to the exodus of
millions of people to North and South America. Covers the growth of nationalism and military power.
WORLD RELIGIONS
ALABBÁ
See Caribbean: Cuba
ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS
Explores the history and beliefs of the Hare Krishna and Eckankar religions through interviews with leading
Australian practitioners.
ANDALUSIAN EPIC: ISLAMIC SPAIN
This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for
more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the
Umayyad emirate, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule
on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed. The flowering of a Muslim culture that respectfully welcomed the
contributions of Christians and Jews alike is the major theme.
THE BUDDHA
Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a
mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha
never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of
serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life.
CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN
Unity Productions Foundation. 2006. DVD. 116 min.
Traces the history of Islamic Spain. Tells how in s
Southern Spain the Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together and thrived, and the seeds of the
Renaissance were sown, but within a few centuries the fragile union of these people dissipated and the time
of tolerance was lost forever.
CULTS
New Video. 2000. 2@ video. 50 min.
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From the Dionysian revels of ancient Greece to the tragedy of Heaven's Gate, this is an illuminating look at
cults and their beliefs.
DIFFERENT PATHS: SHAMANISM, CULTS, AND RELIGION ON DEMAND
Shamanism, Millennialism, Astrology, the upsurge of New Age religions, and other less traditional beliefs,
practices, and rituals are the topic of this program.
ENIGMA OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Ergo Media. 1995. 2@ video. 58 min.
An examination of the history and the significance of the oldest biblical scrolls found in 1947 by a Bedouin boy
which will be of interest to classes in archaeology, religion, history and Middle Eastern studies, as well as to
general audiences.
FORGETTING THE ARABS: EUROPE ON THE CUSP OF THE RENAISSANCE
This program seeks to understand the religious climate of the late Middle Ages, in which universities and
madrassas became centers of power and models for evolving sociopolitical systems. The potentially heretical
nature of philosophy is also analyzed--in Islamic lands the djinni of intellectuality was put back in the bottle,
but in Christendom it escaped the control of those who used it, paving the way for Renaissance humanism.
GOD FIGHTS BACK
WGBH Boston Video. 1999. 2@ video. b & w/color. 60 min.
Describes the growing power of religious fundamentalism in various parts of the world. It includes the fall of
the Shah of Iran and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran and other Islamic countries, as well as the
Christian right in the United States.
GREAT RELIGIONS: PEOPLE AND PASSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD SERIES (ORDER
SEPARATELY)
1) ISLAM, EMPIRE OF FAITH
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in
the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman empire 1,000 years later. Discusses the impact of
Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
2) KINGDOM OF DAVID: THE SAGA OF THE ISRAELITES
Tells the story of the Israelites and the creation of the world=s first monotheistic religion.
3) MARTIN LUTHER
Tells the story of Martin Luther=s rebellion against the Church, collapse of the medieval world, and the
birth of the modern age.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
Reveals the ironies between war and faith: how Islam was adopted rather than marginalized by the
invading Mongols; how the rise of strict Islamic orthodoxy countered the scholarly advances of Arabic
culture; and how European appreciation of Islamic culture grew after the Christian reconquista of the Iberian
peninsula.
INSIDE MECCA
The most intimate and three-dimensional documentation of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Inside
Mecca follows three Muslims from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic five-day
reaffirmation of faith and quest for salvation. Witness the personal stories of the pilgrims and the mental
preparation, physical strain and spiritual ecstasy they encounter on their pilgrimage of faith.
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ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
Examines the historical relations between Islam and Christianity, and the long history of conflict between them.
Iran's ambassador to the Vatican, Mohammad Masjed Jame'i, explains the basic differences and similarities
between Islam and Christianity.
ISLAM: EMPIRE OF FAITH
Documents the history, rise, and growth of Islam throughout the world. Discusses the impact of Islamic
civilizations on world history and culture.
ISLAM RISING. HAJJ: THE PILGRIMAGE
Every year, millions of Muslims journey to Mecca to take part in the Hajj, the fifth pillar of faith. This program
captures the day-by-day events of one such pilgrimage, including the ritual of tawaf, the performance of wuquf
on Mt. Rahmah, the overnight stay at Muzdalifah, the symbolic stoning of the Devil, and the festival of
sacrifice. A detailed historical background on Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, is included.
ISLAMIC WAVE (See Terrorism)
JAINS: A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF INDIA
Observing life in the Jain community of Jaipur, India, this program outlines the main tenets of Jainism, explains
its connections with Hinduism and local cults, and examines the tradition of spirit possession. It explores
ancient and modern Jain temples and interviews monks, nuns, and believers who travel to temples to
make offerings and conduct puja.
JUDAISM
“A shared heritage, a spiritual belief system, a set of rules for living--these are all aspects of Judaism, but the
order in which they are emphasized varies greatly within the faith. The program features opinions from
four articulate and sometimes controversial adherents to the Jewish religion who share their views on
differences and similarities within Judaism.”--container
THE KORAN BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF THE BOOK
AThis enlightening documentary explores the origins of the Koran, which according to Muslim tradition, has
remained static and unchanged since its revelation to the prophet Mohammed between 610 and 632 CE
in Mecca and Medina. However, recent discoveries of Koranic manuscripts analyzed by scientists, dating
from around 680Bthe oldest in the worldBindicate that the Koran may have a more complicated history.
During the first century of Islam, different concurrent versions of the holy book of Islam are believed to have
existed, and a number of different readings are possible due to the rudimentary nature of the
writing in its early stages.@Bcontainer
LONG SEARCH (BBC CLASSIC SERIES ON WORLD RELIGIONS (ORDER SEPARATELY)
Ambrose Video Pub. 2001 DVD. (also 2@ video).
A series on world religions in which theater director, Ronald Eyre, travels around the globe asking people basic
questions about their religious beliefs and practices.
VOL. 1-2
Vol. 1: Protestant Spirit USA (53 min.)
Vol. 2: Hinduism: 330 Million Gods (50 min.)
VOL. 3-4
Vol. 3: Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha--India (51 min.)
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Vol. 4: Catholicism: Rome, Leeds, and the Desert (53 min.)
VOL. 5-7
Vol. 5: Islam: There is no God but God (52 min.)
Vol. 6: Orthodox Christianity: the Rumanian Solution (53 min.)
Vol. 7: Judaism: The Chosen People (51 min.)
VOL 8-10
Vol. 8: Religion in Indonesia: The Way of the Ancestors (52 min.)
Vol. 9: Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha--Japan (52 min.)
Vol. 10: African Religions: Zulu Zion (51 min.)
VOL. 11-13
Vol. 11: Taoism: A Question of Balance--China (53 min.)
Vol. 12: Alternative Lifestyles in California: West Meets East (53 min.)
Vol. 13: Reflections on the Long Search (52 min.)
MUHAMMAD LEGACY OF A PROPHET
Unity Productions Foundation. 2002. DVD. 116 min.
Tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the
lives of more than 1.2 billion people. Three years in the making, the film takes viewers not only to ancient
Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad=s story unfolds, but into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of
America=s estimated seven million Muslims to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad=s
example.
MUSLIMS IN APPALACHIA
Examines the surprisingly rapid growth of Islam in the heart of America's Bible Belt, a predominantly
fundamentalist Christian locale. Interviews with refugees living in the region and with experts in American
Islam reveal the resiliency of a faith that can thrive in exile. The history of Islam, Islamic contributions to the
arts and sciences, and common ground between Muslims and Christians are also highlighted.
RELIGION AND CULTURE: WHEN FAITH MEETS PHYSICS
Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1997. 2" video. 28 min.
More than half a century has passed since the Scopes trial created deep divisions between the religious and
scientific communities. In the intervening years, the two camps have found areas of compatibility. The "big
bang" discovery, for example, was not thoroughly inconsistent with the biblical story of creation. Recently,
however, the rift between empiricists and theologians seems once again to be widening. This program will
explore the conflict between the scientific community and the "culture of belief."
SKY BURIAL
Media Library. 2005. DVD. 12 min.
ASky Burial follows the ritual of >jha-tor,= the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monasteryBwhere the
bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings. At the Drigung
Monastery lamas chant to call the consciousness from the body. Juniper incense is burned to summon the
vultures. Special body breakers, or >rogyapas,= unwrap the bodies and cut away the flesh. The bones are
crushed and mixed with tsampa, a roasted barley flour. The entire body is consumed by the birds, assuring the
ascent of the soul.@Bcontainer
SOUL OF INDIA (See India)
VIRGIN DIARIES
First Run/Icarus Films. 2002. 2@ video. 56 min. Arabic and French with English subtitles.
Fatiha is on the verge of marrying the man chosen for her long ago, but her fiancé's disturbing views shock her.
He believes that, in the eyes of Islam, even a kiss of the hand is forbidden before marriage. So Fatiha and her
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friend Jessica, an American researching Moroccan family law reforms, embark on a journey through Morocco
in search of answers to her questions about virginity, sex, and Islam. The Virgin Diaries is the story of their
travels.
WHEEL OF TIME (See India)
WOMEN AND ISLAM (See Women=s Studies)
WOMEN SERVING RELIGION (See Women's Studies)
SIMULATIONS AND GAMES
ACCESS A simulation which examines the status of women in our society. Participants are divided into two
groups, the Reds and the Greens. To survive, a person must earn at least one green chip and one red chip each
round. These chips are earned by completing various tasks such as shooting a ball into a wastebasket or playing
jacks. Greens and Reds can form partnerships if they wish. It is harder for the Greens to accumulate the
required number of chips than the Reds, even with the advantage of partnerships. The game ends with the
participants eager to talk about their experience in the game and how that experience relates to sex role issues.
Players: 8-40. Time: 12 hours or 2 classes. (FACDIS)
BAFA BAFA: A CROSS CULTURE SIMULATION
A simulation on the meaning of culture, designed to give participants experience in observing and interacting
with a different culture. The players are divided into two groups with distinctive values' systems. A
representative from each group is allowed to observe the actions of the other, but is not allowed to ask
questions. Based on the observer's report about values and rules, visitors are exchanged to attempt interaction in
the groups. The cultural briefings for each group are contained on cassette recordings. Players: 18-36. Time: 12 hours. (FACDIS)
EXPLOSION: A SIMULATION OF A SOCIETY'S STRUGGLE TO SOLVE ITS POPULATION
PROBLEMS, 1980-2015.
In this simulation the entire class becomes the population of Scioto, a nation of six regions, which match the six
regions of the US. In an initial research phase, the students gain an understanding of crowding, population
growth, and resource planning. In phase two, citizen task forces help establish plans for the future. With citizen
input, the government designs a law to solve population-related problems in phase three, with students roleplaying senators and representatives. Time: 20-25 class periods. (FACDIS)
GUNS OR BUTTER
A game which helps understand how an arms race may be started and whether institutions can be changed to
promote peace. Serving as leaders of nations, students try to increase the real wealth of their country while
making sure that it is secure from attack from others. Time: 1-2 hours. Players: 18-28. (FACDIS)
HUMANUS
A simulation forcing both moral and practical decisions upon students, who participate as members of "survival
cells", following a world-wide epidemic. They are linked to the outside world, monitored and controlled by
their "survival computer", Humanus, which communicates to them through a cassette recording. Problems
confronting each cell include the selection of needed survival materials, the moral dilemma of whether or not to
risk contact with other "survival cells". Time: 12 hours or two class periods. Players: 5 or more. (FACDIS)
ISLAND: A SIMULATION GAME
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This game is designed to reflect economic and political conditions on a sub-tropical island. Players represent
conflicting political and material interests: the island's government, the national labor force, a foreign bank, and
three foreign companies operating on the island. The goals of all are profit, power, and survival. Players buy
and develop land, negotiate trades and taxes, and increase their profits through dividends, loans, and land
expansion. Time: 2-5 hours. Players: 7-24. (FACDIS)
JUDGMENT: A SIMULATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN FACING TRIAL FOR HIS DECISION TO
DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB.
SUMMARY: This simulation constructs such an event to help students understand the events of World War II,
the pressures upon leaders as they make decisions, and the responsibilities of leaders for moral and rational
judgments. Students play the roles of members of an international tribunal, prosecution and defense counsels,
witnesses for both sides, and President Truman. Up to 35 students can play. (FACDIS)
MISSILES IN CUBA: A DECISION-MAKING GAME
SUMMARY: Simulation of the Cuban Missile Crisis based on declassified CIA briefs. Students are divided
into 3 groups which role-play members of the Cabinet and representatives of government agencies. Players use
actual background information and CIA documents to assess the position, present alternatives, and weigh
consequences. Introduction to foreign-policy decision making. Time: 1 week. (FACDIS)
NUKES OR CUKES? AN ECONOMIC CONVERSION GAME
SUMMARY: Teaches about an alternative to a large military budget. Players are divided into military or
civilians, and go after $225,000,000 with requests totaling twice that amount. Whose agendas will get funded?
Players experience huge budget numbers, conflict over priorities, the art of compromise (maybe), and in one
version, the frustration of trying to influence decision-makers. Variations allow play to occupy 20 minutes or
20 weeks. No background knowledge needed. Can be played by individuals or teams. 8-18 players on 2-3
teams and a scorekeeper. (FACDIS)
PEACE: A SIMULATION OF WAR-PEACE ISSUES DURING THE WILSONIAN PERIOD
SUMMARY: August, 1914. War has erupted in Europe. Student Anglophiles, Francophiles, Germanophiles,
Idealists, and Realists must research specific recommendations for the President while trying to logically attach
opposing groups. Players: 25-35. Time: 3 weeks. (FACDIS)
SALT: AN INTRODUCTION AND SIMULATION
SUMMARY: Through a broad historical narrative, students are introduced to the background and issues
involved in the SALT negotiations. Requiring both intra- and inter-delegation bargaining, students will learn
to: (1) describe the history of the SALT talks from its inception in 1969 to mid-1979; (2) identify the
relationship between technology and politics in contemporary strategic arms control negotiations; (3) state the
provisions of the Treaty on Anti-Ballistic Missile systems, the Interim Agreement on Offensive Missile
Systems, the Vladivostok Accord, and the SALT II Agreement; (4) list the number of strategic weapons systems
held by the US and USSR; (5) describe several of the major problems of Soviet-American negotiations on
strategic arms control; (6) experience the problems faced by actual negotiators in SALT; and (7) design a
hypothetical arms control agreement. Players: entire class. Time: 3 weeks. (FACDIS)
STARPOWER
SUMMARY: Distribution of wealth in a 3-tiered society. Students build the low-mobility society through the
distribution of wealth in the form of chips. Participants progress from one level of society to another by
acquiring wealth through trading with others. The group with the most wealth makes the rules for the game.
Stimulates discussion about uses of power. Thirty-five players or less. Time: 1-2 hours. (FACDIS)
VALUE QUESTIONNAIRES FOR FUTURE STUDIES
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SUMMARY: This collection of 10 questionnaires provides stimulation for discussion of values issues in future
studies. The questionnaires cover biology, genetics, medicine, health, government, international affairs, money
and banking, urban living, marriage and family, education, entertainment, new frontiers, and predicting the
future. Questionnaires can be mimeographed for any number of students. (FACDIS)
WHO NEEDS ENEMIES: A WORLD HUNGER GAME
SUMMARY: Played in rounds representing real time and in teams representing factions in a hypothetical
developing country and in the developed world. Teams make policy moves and are affected by chance. Players'
objective is to end world hunger by the year 2000. Play takes 90 minutes to 3 hours and requires 12-50 people.
Game book includes complete instructions, examples, all necessary equipment except pencils. Materials are
either reusable or supplied in quantity. Debriefing questions included. (FACDIS)
WORLD WITHOUT WAR GAME
SUMMARY: Game is designed to introduce alternative ways of facing and resolving conflicts - ways which
are conducive to our survival as humans. Time: approximately 6-8 hours; 8 or more players. (FACDIS)
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