RECENT LIBRARY VIDEO ACQUISITIONS by classification number - January 2013
A - general
B - philosophy, psychology, religion
C - biography
D - history
E - history - United States
F - history - individual states, other North American countries
G - anthropology and geography
H - business and economics
J - political science
K - law
L - education
M - music
N - art
P - literature and film
Q - sciences
R - medicine
S - agriculture
T - engineering and technology
U - military science
V - naval science
W - medicine (NLM classification)
Z - library science
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L'abécédaire de Gille Deleuze [videorecording] : avec Claire Parnet / Réalisation [= direction], Pierre-André Boutang.
Los Angeles, CA : Semiotext(e) ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by MIT Press, c2012.
A series of conversations between Deleuze and Claire Parnet in which each letter of the alphabet evokes a word, from A (as in animal) to Z (as in zig zag). The sessions were taped when Deleuze was already terminally ill and "the awareness of mortality floats through the dialogue, making them not just intellectually stimulating but also emotionally engaging." -- Container
B2430.D454 A25 1995B.
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BJ
Rights & wrongs [videorecording] : the story of women in Islam / Women Make Movies ; from Papillon Productions ; a film by Corine Huq ; produced by Mohammad Dasthi ; written and directed by Corine Huq.
New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 2011.
For centuries the Qu'ran has been interpreted by men to suppress women, but in fact when it was written it represented an enlightened approach to women. Renowned Muslim feminist scholars and journalists, including Asra Q. Nomani, Mona Eltahawy, Azadeh Moaveni, Dr. Amina Wadud, Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl and Asma Gull Hasan, detail how from early on very different understandings of the Qu'ran lead to vastly different translations, with enormous repercussions for women living in different Islamic societies around the world. The film alternates between the history of Mohammad and his women, and issues facing women in Islam today--from wearing of the veil, to praying in the mosque, and attitudes towards domestic violence and honor killings
BJ1292.W6 R54 2011B.
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Samsara [videorecording] / a Mark Magidson Production ; a Ron Fricke film ; produced by Mark Magidson ; directed & photographed by Ron Fricke.
[Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, [2013].
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity and the rest of nature
BL600 .S26 2013.
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My reincarnation [videorecording] / Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation, ZDF/Arte ... [et al.] ; Joanna Plafsky presents ; in association with Zohe Film productions ... [et al.] ; a film by Jennifer Fox ; director, producer, Jennifer Fox.
[New York, NY] : Docurama : New Video, 2012.
"Tibetan Buddhist master Choogyal Namkhai Norbu watches as his western- born son, Yeshi, who was recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, considers departing from tradition to embrace the modern world."--IMDb website
BQ7604 .M9 2012.
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Mankind [videorecording] : the story of all of us / produced by Nutopia for History ; directed by Nick Brown.
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : distributed by New Video, c2012.
A 12-hour series exploring the rise of civilization around the world, from its first flourishing in Mesopotamia to the discovery of America. Uses CGI, reenactments, and interactive maps to illustrate key factors and the simultaneity of events
CB69 .M25 2012B.
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5 broken cameras [videorecording] / Christine Camdessus ... [et al.] present ; a co-production of Alegria Productions, Burnat Films Palestine, Guy DVD Films ; a film by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi ; directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi ; produced by Guy Davidi ... [et al.].
[United States] : Kino Lorber, [2013].
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, we follow one family's evolution over five years of turmoil
DS110.W47 F58 2011B.
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First kill [videorecording] / presented by Lemming Film in co-production with IKON Television ; scenario, Coco Schrijber, Sander Snoep ; produced by Joost de Vries and Leontine Petit ; directed by Coco Schrijber.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, c2001.
Documentary about the line between good and evil, focusing on the contradictory emotions that war evokes, such as terror and anger, but also seduction, fascination and excitement. Includes interviews with journalist and author Michael Herr, war photographer Eddie Adams, and other Vietnam veterans. They discuss their aversion and attraction to war and killing. These interviews are juxtaposed with scenes from the war and images of young Vietnamese and foreigners in present day Vietnam who continue to show a fascination with the war and its memory as they tour former battlefields
DS559.5 .F52 2001B.
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Chronicle of a genocide foretold [videorecording] / written and directed by Danièle Lacourse, Yvan Patry ; produced by Alter-Ciné, Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada.
New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1997.
In April 1994, the international community watched as 800,000 Tutsi men, women and children were massacred under the eyes of UN peacekeepers. Shot over three years, the film follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the genocide. The first part explores two key regions: Kibuye and the Bugesera. The second part focuses on the largest massacre in Kigali and features unique footage shot by a UN peacekeeper. UN soldiers pulled out and victims were left behind. In part 3, the Hutu majority was subjected to crimes perpetrated by the new Rwandan government, led by Tutsi extremists
DT450.435 .C486 1996B.
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Une république devenue folle [videorecording] : Rwanda 1894-1994 = A republic gone mad : Rwanda 1894-1994 / a film by Luc de Heusch & Kathleen de Béthune ; Simple Production RTBF - Television Belge, BRTN - Vlaamse Openbare Omroep.
Brooklym, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
Recounts the bloody, violent history of Rwanda starting in 1894, when Catholic missionaries sowed the seeds of ethnic conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi, eventually resulting in the massacre of one million Tutsi by the Hutu in 1994
DT450.435 .R46 1995B.
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America [videorecording] : the story of us / produced by Nutopia for History.
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : History : Distributed by New Video, c2011.
Twelve-part series focuses on the people, ideas, and events that built the nation, covering 400 years of American history. Includes interviews with Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin Powell, Donald Trump, John Legend, Melissa Etheridge, Brian Williams and more as well as recreations. NOTE = Accompanying book, America : the story of us : an illustrated history by Kevin Baker, cataloged separately
E178 .B352 2010B.
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Apache 8 [videorecording] / a co-production of Apache 8, LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. ; produced and directed by Sande Zeig ; produced by Dolly Hall, Victoria Westover ; written by Melody London, Sande Zeig.
Lincoln, NE : Distributed by VisonMaker, c2011.
Documentary about an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe
E99.A6 A6 2011B.
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Cuban missile crisis [videorecording] : three men go to war / a production of Crossing the Line Productions ; directors, John Murray and Emer Reynolds ; producers, Siobhaan Ward and John Murray.
[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012].
Explore the inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear holocaust. In the first major feature documentary on the subject, the film brings to life the three central characters; Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev, and explores how the world's most powerful men fell into an abyss of their own making and outlines the courage and luck it took to climb out again
E841 .C83 2012.
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American experience. The abolitionists [videorecording] / writers, Rob Rapley, Paul Taylor ; director, Rob Rapley.
[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2013].
Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history
E449 .A44 2013.
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Detropia [videorecording] / Docurama ; Loki Films in association with Ford Foundation/Justfilms, ITVAS Impact Partners and Vital Projects ; New Video Group ; directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
[United States] : New Video, c2013, 2011.
"Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution." -- container
F574.D457 D53 2011C.
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Swan Lake [videorecording] / Leopard Films ; Argonon production for Sky Arts HD.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur : Warner Classics, c2011.
When it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of SWAN LAKE turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. Now firmly crowned as a modern day classic, this iconic production is perhaps best-known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble. Matthew Bourne blends dance, humor and spectacle with extravagant
GV1787 .S93 2011.
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Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle [videorecording] = Zidane, a 21st century portrait / Palomar Pictures and Anna Lena Films present ; Anna Lena Films and Naflastrengir in co-production with Arte France Cinéma and Love Streams Productions Agnes B. produced by Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Anna Vaney and Victorien Vaney ; a film by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno ; directed by Philippe Parreno, Douglas Gordon.
[S.l.] : Artificial Eye, 2006.
Filmed during an entire Real Madrid vs Villareal match, 17 cameras, focused solely on Zidane, recorded the soccer superstar in his final game
GV942.7.Z53 Z53 2006B.
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La ji wei cheng [videorecording] = Beijing besieged by waste / Wang Jiuliang Studio present ; Mu Ying Media ; The 6th Culture and Arts Festival of Songzhuang, China ; in association with Mod'Art Art Fund ; Bao Kun, project consultant ; director, Wang Jiuliang. TITLE = {213827}{213824}{213770}{213837} : {214b33}{21303b}{21544d}{21303d}{275832}{213b33} [videorecording] = Beijing besieged by waste / Wang Jiuliang Studio present ; Mu Ying Media ; The 6th Culture and Arts Festival of Songzhuang, China ; in association with Mod'Art Art Fund ; Bao Kun, project consultant ; director, Wang Jiuliang.
[Brooklyn, NY] : dGeneratefilms : Icarus Films, [2011].
Examines the problem of waste generated by burgeoning population, expanding industry, and urban growth in China. Focuses on the landscape surrounding Beijing, looks at the rural migrants who struggle to maintain familial and cultural structures while scavaging, the ruined farmlands, and the cycle of construction's consumption and waste
HD4485.C6 L3 2011.
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Paraiso for sale [videorecording] = Paraíso en venta / Impacto Films presents ; a film by Anayansi Prado ; directed and produced by Anayansi Prado.
[Los Angeles] : Impacto Films, [2011].
Describes the struggles of local Bocas del Toro residents against land displacement caused by the escalating development of real estate housing for the growing population of American settlers
HD384.B63 P37 2011.
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Advertising & the end of the world [videorecording] / a production of the Media Education Foundation ; writer & editor, Sut Jhally.
Northhampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2002.
Discusses consumerism and its impact on the Earth's future. Extensively illustrated with graphics and examples from commercial imagery
HF5822 .A48 2002.
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HJ
An inconvenient tax [videorecording] / Life is My Movie Entertainment presents [in association with the Moving Picture Institute] ; directed by Christopher P. Marshall ; written by Vincent Vittorio ; produced by Nathaniel Thomas McGill & Vincent Vittorio.
[Lawrenceville, Ga.?] : Life is My Movie Entertainment, c2011.
Examines the history of the U.S. income tax and discusses the idea of income tax reform
HJ4652 .I528 2011.
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Please vote for me [videorecording] / STEPS International presents ; director, Weijun Chen ; producer, Don Edkins ; produced by STEPS International in co-production with ARTE France ... [et al.].
[New York, NY] : First Run Features, [2008].
Two boys and a girl vie for office in a Chinese third-grade class. They indulge in low blows, character assassination and gestures of goodwill, all while gauging their standing with voters in this chronicle of a Wuhan public school's first open elections
HQ784.P5 P54 2007B.
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HT
Hidden colors : [videorecording] the untold history of people of aboriginal, Moor & African descent / King Flex Entertainment in association with Labnoise Films ; a Tariq Nasheed film.
[Los Angeles] : King Flex Entertainment ; Labnoise Films, 2011.
Explores the history of people of color around the globe and discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. Includes interviews about the original image of Christ, the true story of the Moors, the original people of Asia, the great west African empires, the presence of Africans in America before Columbus, the real reason slavery was ended, and more
HT1581 .H53 2011B.
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Hidden colors 2 : [videorecording] the triumph of melanin / King Flex Entertainment ; a Tariq Nasheed production ; a Tariq Nasheed film.
[Los Angeles] : King Flex Entertainment, 2013.
Continues the history of people of African and aboriginal descent, including topics such as the global African presence, the science of melanin, the truth about the prison industrial complex, how thriving black economic communities were undermined in America, hidden truths about Native Americans, and more
HT1581 .H532 2012B.
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Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai [videorecording] = Disorder / Asian Network of Documentary (AND) ; Pusan Bank Fund ; PUSAN International Film Festival ; dao yan Huang Weikai.
New York, N.Y. : dGenerate Films, [2009?].
The film combines footage collected from a dozen amateur videographers to create a collage of more than twenty street scenes, revealing absurd facets of life and social upheaval in a rapidly-growing Chinese city
HT384.C6 X53 2009B.
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Battle for Brooklyn [videorecording] / directors, Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley.
[United States] : Virgil Films, 2012.
The story of a reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and densest real estate development in U.S. history
HT177.N5 B388 2012.
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Zhao Liang [videorecording] : 3 films documentaires.
[France] : INA, [2010].
The first film is a documentary on a place in Beijing where people, many of whom have been trying to right wrongs for years, come to wait for their petitions to be heard. The second film is about a city in a northern border town in the Liao Ning Province and the military patrols that supplement the police to keep order in the town. The last films are about a group of drug users and their families, the poor in Beijing. The three short films are about Beijing scenes, an enactment of a young man destroying things in a deserted building and, the last, an experimental film with the film first playing too fast and then too slow
KNQ2485 .Z43 2010.
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KZ
D'Arusha à Arusha [videorecording] = From Arusha to Arusha.
[France] : Atopic Films, 2008 ; [Montréal] : National Film Board of Canada [distributor], [2010].
Focuses on the Rwandan tragedy in order to examine the functioning of the international justice system. It examines both the activities of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is prosecuting those responsible for the genocide (Théoneste Bagosora, Faustin Twagiramungu, Georges Ruggiu), as well as those of the gacaca courts, the people's tribunals, which are working towards justice through reconciliation. By juxtaposing archival audiovisual footage of an international court enacting justice behind closed doors, with images and testimony gathered in the field, the film presents conflicting points of view and invites the Rwandan people to re-appropriate their own history
KZ1201.A2 .F762 2008.
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Marley [videorecording] / Magnolia Pictures ; Shangri-La Entertainment presents a Tuff Gong Pictures production in association with Cowboy Films ; a film by Kevin Macdonald ; directed by Kevin Macdonald ; produced by Steve Bing, Charles Steel.
Los Angeles : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2012].
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best
ML420.M3313 M37 2012.
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Kazoku gemu [videorecording] / Nikkatsu Satsueisho, Nyu Senchuri Prodyusazu, Nihon Ato Shiata Girudo teikei sakuhin ; kyakuhon, kantoku Morita Yoshimitsu.
Long Beach, CA : Geneon Entertainment, c2006.
A film that pokes fun at contemporary Japanese ideals, portraying a middle-class family as it battles against the Japanese educational system
PL852.O56 K392 1983B.
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Nightmare on Elm Street (Motion picture : 2010). TITLE = A nightmare on Elm Street [videorecording] / New Line Cinema presents a Platinum Dunes production ; produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller ; story by Wesley Strick ; screenplay by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. ; directed by Samuel Bayer.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010].
"Five teenage friends living on one street all dream of a sinister man with a disfigured face, a frightening voice and a gardener's glove with knives for fingers. One by one, he terrorizes them within their dreams--where the rules are his and the only way out is to wake up. But when one among them dies, they soon realize that what happens in their dreams happens for real and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. Buried in their past is a debt that has just come due. To save themselves, they must plunge into the mind of the most twisted nightmare of all: Freddy Krueger"--Container
PN1997.2 .N544 2010.
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Arbitrage [videorecording] / Lionsgate presents ; Green Room Films and TreeHouse Pictures present ; a co-production of Parlay Films, LB Productions, Artina Films ; a film by Nicholas Jarecki ; written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki ; produced by Laura Bickford ... [et. al.] ; director of photography, Yorick Le Saux.
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2012.
Robert Miller is a New York hedge-fund magnate who appears to have it all : money, power, a loving wife, and a devoted daughter working by his side. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is running on borrowed time, trying to unload his crippled trading company before his frauds are revealed. A deadly error throws Miller's life into a tailspin, raising the suspicions of a detective and threatening the future of his financial empire
PN1997.2 .A73 2012B.
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The man who knew too much [videorecording] / director, Alfred Hitchcock.
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2013].
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
PN1997 .M36 2013.
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Taken 2 [videorecording].
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox, [2012].
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers
PN1997.2 T3532 2012B.
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Anna May Wong [videorecording] : in her own words / a film by Yunah Hong ; producer, director, writer and editor, Yunah Hong.
New York, NY : Women Make Movies, [2011].
A survey of Wong's career, exploring the impact she had on images of Asian American women in Hollywood, both then and now. Includes excerpts from Wong's films, archival photographs and interviews
PN2287.W56 H6 2010B.
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Batman (Motion picture : 1989). French & English. TITLE = Batman [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Guber-Peters Company production ; screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren ; story by Sam Hamm ; produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber ; directed by Tim Burton.
Burbank, CA. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
A millionaire's son witnesses his parents' murder and grows up fighting the emotional trauma of that fateful night. To compensate, he develops a dual personality. During the day he's a playboy philanthropist, but at night, he become's the dark persona Batman, a masked crusader for justice. While fighting crime in Gotham, he eventually has to face an arch-criminal known as The Joker
PN1997 .B38 2007.
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Obselidia [videorecording] / director and writer, Diane Bell.
[United States] : Passion River Films, [2013].
Believing he's the last door-to-door encyclopedia salesman in the world, George decides to write The Obselidia, a compendium of obsolete things. George believes that love, among other things, is obsolete. In his quest to document nearly extinct occupations, he befriends Sophie, a beautiful cinema projectionist who works at a silent movie theatre. Sophie believes that nothing is obsolete as long as someone loves it
PN1997.2 .O27 2013.
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Das Fräulein [videorecording] / eine Produktion von Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion ; in Koproduction mit Quinte Film, Schweizer Fernsehen, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel ; Produzenten, Susann Rüdlinger, Samir ; Drehbuch/Regie, Andrea Staka.
[New York] : Film Movement, [2007].
"Ruza left Belgrade more than 25 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence. Mila, a waitress there, is a good-humored Croatian woman who also emigrated decades ago, but, unlike Ruza, she dreams of returning to a house on the Croatian coast. Both of them receive a jolt when Ana, a young, itinerant woman who has fled Sarajevo, breezes into the cafeteria looking for work. Ruza hires her but is annoyed by Ana's impulsive and spirited efforts to inject life into the cafeteria. Gradually the acrimony will dissipate, as Ana, who hides a tragic secret under her passionate spirit, begins to thaw Ruza's chill, and their relationship will change both women in ways they never anticipated.
PN1997.2 .F738 2007.
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Mary Pickford [videorecording] : rags & riches collection.
[Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video, c2012.
Poor little right girl: Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them. NOTE = Hoodlum: Pampered Amy Burke gets bored living with her wealthy grandfather in a New York mansion, and decides to accompany her sociologist father to an East Side tenement, with hilarious results. NOTE = Ramona: Ramona, a young girl growing up on her adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love with Alessandro, an Indian. When Ramona is denied permission to marry Alessandro, the two lovers elope, only to find a life of great hardship and unhappiness amidst the bigotry and greed of the white landowners. NOTE = Sparrows: Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of
PN2287.P5 A25 2012.
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Beau travail [videorecording] / a New Yorker Films release ; La Sept ARTE ; une coproduction La Sept ARTE, Tanaïs Com, SM Films ; produit par Jérôme Minet et Patrick Grandperret ; avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinématographie ; scénario, Jean-Pol Fargeau et Claire Denis ; un film de Claire Denis.
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Delwende [videorecording] : Lève-toi et marche / S. Pierre Yameogo, screenwriter, executive producer, director, and choreographer ; Serge Bayala, producer ; Pierre-Alain Meier, co-producer ; Dumia Productions et Films de l'espoir et Thelma Film AG presentent.
[S.l.] : M3M, c2005.
A drama about the largely misogynistic tribal custom of scapegoating through witch denunciation and exile - often of the most weak, disempowered, and vulnerable members of the village in times of hardship, natural disasters, death, and unexplained crisis. Set in Burkina Faso, a man at odds with his wife accuses her of 'eating the soul' of a dead village boy
PN1997.2 .D459 2005.
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Khyi rgan [videorecording] = Old dog = Lao gou.
[Brooklyn, N.Y.] : dGenerate Films, Inc. : Icarus Films, [2011].
A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog, a Tibetan nomad mastiff, is worth millions of dollars to wealthy Chinese. When a young man notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families, he decides to sell his family's dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when he discovers their dog missing. When the father seeks to buy the dog back, it leads to a series of tragicomic events that threaten to tear the family apart, while showing the erosion of Tibetan culture under the pressures of contemporary society
PN1997.2 .K488 2011B.
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Farinelli, il Castrato [videorecording] / une production de Stephan Films ... [et al.] ; Vera Belmont presenté un film par Gérard Corbiau ; scénario original de Andrée et Gérard Corbiau ; adaptation, Marcel Beaulieu et Andrée et Gérard Corbiau.
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video : Sony Pictures Classics, c2000.
Dramatization of the story of Carlo Broschi, the 18th century world famous castrato better known as Farinelli. With charisma, talent, drive and success, Farinelli had everything: money, talent, fame, women, and the voice of an angel. He becomes obsessed with his brother's rivalry with the composer Handel
PN1997 .F3735 1995B.
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Bound (Motion picture). TITLE = Bound / Dino De Laurentiis Company presents in association with Spelling Films ; written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers ; produced by Andrew Lazar, Stuart Boros.
[Saint Charles, IL] : Olive Films, [2012]. IMPRINT = ?2012.
"Corky (Gina Gershon), a tough ex-con and her lover Violet (Jennifer Tilly) concoct a scheme to steal $2 million of mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend"--Container
PN1997 .B68 2012.
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Im Juli [videorecording] = In July / Bavaria Film International ; Wüste Filmproduktion ; in zusammenarbeit mit FilmFörderung Hamburg ... [et al.] ; Buch und Regie, Fatih Akin ; Produktion, Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert.
Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films, [2004].
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
PN1997 .I442 2004.
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Hancock [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, a Blue Light/Weed Road Pictures/Overbrook Entertainment production, a film by Peter Berg ; written by Vy Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan ; produced by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith, James Lassiter ; directed by Peter Berg.
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2008.
A superhero with total disregard for the damage he causes while saving people finds himself having his image changed by a public relations executive, in return for saving the executive's life
PN1997.2 .H3636 2008.
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Soldier's girl [videorecording] / Bachrach/Gottlieb Productions ; producers, Doro Bachrach, Linda Gottlieb ; writer, Ron Nyswaner ; director, Frank Pierson.
[United States] : Showtime Entertainment, [2004].
The true story of 21-year-old Army private Barry Winchell who falls in love with a trans-gendered night club singer. Barry ignites the jealous fury of his homophobic brothers-in-arms, particularly his roommate Justin, an anti- social misfit
PN1995.9.H55 S65 2004.
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Keep the lights on [videorecording] / Parts and Labor, Post Factory Films, Alarum Pictures and Film 50 present.
[United States] : Music Box Films, [2013].
Chronicles the journey of two men in New York City as they experience love, friendship, and addiction
PN1997.2 .K44 2012B.
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Pane, amore e fantasia [videorecording] = Bread, love and dreams / una produzione Titanus ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Ettore M. Margadonna, Luigi Comencini ; dialoghi di Ettore M. Margadonna ; regia, Luigi Comencini.
[United States] : MYA Communication ; New York, N.Y. : Ryko Distribution, 2008.
In a small mountain village, a young military policeman is secretly in love with a beautiful girl. His newly arrived commander, anxious to marry, begins courting both the young girl and the local midwife
PN1997 .P34237 1953B.
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Vie de chat [videorecording] = A cat in Paris / Folimage Features, in co-production with Folimage, Lunanime, Digit Anima, France 3 cinéma, Rhône-Alpes cinéma, RTBF (Télévision belge), in association with Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Canal +, Cinécinéma, France télévisions, in association with Films distribution and La Sofica Soficinema 4 ; presented by GKids, Luma Films ; Folimage Features, Lunanime, Digit Anima presents ; English language version produced by Eric Beckman, David Jesteadt, Michael Sinterniklaas ; script, Alain Gagnol ; dialogs, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Alain Gagnol ; graphic design, Jean- Loup Felicioli ; production, Jacques-Rémy Girerd ; an Alain Gognol and Jean -Loup Felicioli film ; directed by Alain Gognol and Jean-Loup Felicioli.
[New York, NY] : New Video : GKids, [2012].
A cat who lives with a Parisian police superintendent and her daughter spends his nights working with a cat burglar
PN1997.2 .V538 2010B.
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Brave (Motion picture). TITLE = Brave [videorecording] / Disney presents a Pixar Animation Studios film ; screenplay by Mark Andrews ... [et al.] ; produced by Katherine Sarafian ; directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman.
[United States] : Disney ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2012.
Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery skills
PN1997.2 .B73 2012.
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Erin Brockovich [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures present a Jersey Films production ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; written by Susannah Grant ; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2000.
Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a monumental law case against a giant corporation. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin an incredible and sometimes hilarious fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees
PN1995.9.J8 E75 2000.
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A raisin in the sun [videorecording] / produced by John M. Eckert ; teleplay by Paris Qualles ; directed by Kenny Leon ; Bad Boy Films ; Storyline Entertainment ; Sony Pictures Television.
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2008.
An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago comes into a sudden financial windfall, the potential uses of which divides them bitterly
PN1997.2.R348 R348 2008.
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Downton Abbey (Television program). Season 3. TITLE = Downton Abbey. Season 3 [videorecording] / written and created by Julian Fellowes ; executive producers, Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes ; executive producer for Masterpiece, Rebecca Eaton ; producer, Liz Trubridge ; a Carnival Films production ; a Carnival/Masterpiece co-production.
London : Carnival Film & Television Limited ; Alexandria, VA : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Although Lady Mary and Matt Crawley finally marry, Cora's mother, financial problems, and a broken engagement (among other disruptions) upset lives both upstairs and down
PN1992.77 .D693 2012B.
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Dong [videorecording] = The hole / Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta and Peggy Chiao present ; a Tsai Ming-Liang film ; Haut et Court ... [et al.] in association with La Sept Arte ; [director, Tsai Ming-liang ; screenplay by Yang Ping-Yang and Tsai Ming-Liang]. TITLE = {214742} [videorecording] = The hole / Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta and Peggy Chiao present ; a Tsai Ming-Liang film ; Haut et Court ... [et al.] in association with La Sept Arte ; [director, Tsai Ming-liang ; screenplay by Yang Ping-Yang and Tsai Ming-Liang].
New York : Fox Lorber Films : [distributed by] Winstar TV & Video, c2000.
On the cusp of the 21st century a virus is turning the people of Taipei into light-phobic human cockroaches. Strangers, a man and a woman discover each other when a plumber opens a hole between their two residences. She daydreams musical fantasies about him, and he silently watches her singing and dancing
PN1997 .D662 2000.
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Bloody Sunday [videorecording] / Paramount Classics and Portman Film present in association with Granada, the Film Council, and Bord Scannán na hÉirean/the Irish Film Board, a Granada film/Hell's Kitchen production ; produced by Mark Redhead ; written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
[Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Recreation of the events of "Bloody Sunday", Jan. 30, 1972, when British troops fired on unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. By the end of the day, 13 civilians were dead and 14 more wounded in the tumult and tragedy of Northern Ireland's darkest day
PN1997 .B6734 2002B.
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Crónica de una fuga [videorecording] = Chronicle of an escape / Kramer & Sigman Films presenta ; una película de Israel Adrián Caetano ; guión, Israel Adrián Caetano, Esteban Student, Julián Loyola ; encuandre y dirección, Israel Adrián Caetano ; producida por Oscar Kramer y Hugo Sigman ; K & S Films.
Santa Monica, CA : Genius Products, [2008].
Dramatization of the story of a soccer player and three other prisoners who, awaiting execution in a horrific detention center, risk their lives to escape. Based on the memoirs and testimony of two of the prisoners, who were later witnesses at a war crimes trial
PN1997.2 .C758 2006B.
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Dare mo shiranai [videorecording] = Nobody knows / IFC Films presents a film by Kore-Eda Hirokazu ; produced by TV Man Union, Inc., Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., Engine Film, Inc., C-Style, Cine Qua Non ; produced, written & directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu.
[United States] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005].
Based on a true story, four children are forced to rely on one another after they are abandoned by their mother
PN1997.2 .D3678 2004B.
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Animal farm [videorecording] / Louis de Rochemont presents a Halas and Batchelor production ; production & direction, John Halas, Joy Batchelor.
Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004].
A group of farm animals successfully revolt against their cruel human owner, only to be enslaved anew by the unscrupulous pig Napoleon, whose slogan is "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
PR6029.R8 A832 1954B.
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The jewel in the crown [videorecording] / produced by Granada Television in association with WGBH Boston ; produced by Christopher Morahan ; written by Ken Taylor ; directed by Christopher Morahan and Jim O'Brien.
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2008].
Set amidst a background of war and personal intrigue in the last years of Britain's rule of India, an unjust arrest for rape has personal and political consequences for both English and Indians
PR6069.C596 R352 1984B.
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Lawless [videorecording] / Weinstein Company/Yucaipa Films/Revolt Films and Benaroya Pictures present in association with Annapurna Pictures a Douglas Wick/Lucy Fisher production, a Blumhansonallen Films production ; produced by Douglas Wick ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Nick Cave ; directed by John Hillcoat.
Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2012].
The bootlegging operations of the Bondurant brothers is under threat from a corrupt special deputy who wants a cut of the profits. The youngest brother's association with a deadly gangster blows the operation sky high. Based on a true story
PS3602.O657 W482 2012B.
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Fires in the mirror [videorecording] : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities / American Playhouse presents a Cherie Fortis production ; KCET /Los Angeles ... [et al.] ; conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; produced by Cherie Fortis.
[United States] : Hipster Entertainment ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Distributed by Monterey, c2009.
On Aug. 19, 1991, in Crown Heights (Brooklyn, N.Y.), a Hasidic man accidentally ran over a 7-year-old Black boy (Gavin Cato). Three hours later a young Jewish scholar (Yankel Rosenbaum) was murdered by Black youths. Four days of fire-bombing and riots ensued. Utilizing verbatim excerpts from interviews she conducted, Anna Deavere Smith acts out the roles of 18 people involved in the racial conflict, trying to present the differing viewpoints. Includes actual film footage of the riots and violence
PS3569.M465 F562 1993B.
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Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald [videorecording] nach dem Volksstück von Ödön von Horváth / Hoanzl präsentiert ; produzenten, MFG-Film GmbH ; Arabella-Film ; Solaris-Film ; Bayerischen Rundfunk ; coproduzent Franz Seitz Filmproduktion ; Produktion & regie, Maximilian Schell ; drehbuch, Christopher Hampton, Maximilian Schell.
Wien : Hoanzl, 2007.
Set just before the fascist takeover of Austria, a naive young woman breaks off her engagement when she falls in love with another man, who has no serious interest in her
PT2617.O865 G42 1979B.
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Weighing the decision [videorecording] / [WETA].
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2007.
On August 9, 2001, President George G. Bush announced his support for federal funding of limited embryonic stem cell research. Features a panel of ethicists and researchers expressing their views on the President's decisions, including Leon Kass, Diane Krause, Alta Charo, and Richard Doerflinger
QH588.S83 W45 2001B.
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The Clone age [videorecording] / Chip Taylor Communications ; a Journeyman Pictures production.
Derry, N.H. : Chip Taylor Communications, 2001.
A report on cloning, beginning with the story of a cloned sheep in Australia. It includes an overview of applications in human medicine and the debate over the medical ethics of cloning
QH442.2 .C548 2001B.
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Atomic mom [videorecording] / directed and produced by M.T. Silvia.
New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 2011.
Explores the experiences of two women with the atom bomb. Pauline Slivia, a scientist, participated in five detonations at the Nevada Test Site. Emiko Okada, a survivor of Hiroshima, is committed to disarmament
U264 .A85 2011B.
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Remote control war [videorecording] : the future of unmanned combat / Sask Film ; produced by Zoot Pictures, Inc. in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Docbot Films Inc. ; directed by Leif Kaldor ; produced by Leslea Mair ; writers Leslea Mair and Leif Kaldor.
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2011].
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
UG479 .R46 2011.
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