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- Advertising Missionaries - Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
- Al Jazeera - A behind-the-scenes look at Al Jazeera, the most important television news channel in the Arab world. ** Viewer's Choice, 2003 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest **
- Antonio Negri - Traces the biography and current relevance of this controversial moral and political philosopher, his work, and his contemporary role as an intellectual leader of the anti-globalization movement.
- August Sander - A portrait of one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, who though uncelebrated in his own lifetime, pioneered social documentary photography.
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- Bush Mechanics - This Aboriginal-produced TV series follows the exploits of the Bush Mechanics. Traveling through the Australian outback, they solve multiple car problems with inventive bush repair techniques to overcome various challenges.
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- The Case of the Grinning Cat - In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.
- Caught in the Crossfire - Chronicles three diverse Arab New Yorkers - a beat cop, a minister, and a high-level diplomatic correspondent - as they wrestle with their place in wartime America.
- Compadre - Thirty years after meeting Daniel Barrientos and his family in Lima, Peru, where they eked out survival scavenging in garbage dumps, the filmmaker returns, and re-enters their lives.
- CultureJam - A film about the movement called Culture Jamming. Pranksters and subversive artists are causing a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare...
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- Democracy on Deadline - A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.
- The Democratic Revolutionary Handbook - A how-to manual to the recent democratic (but definitely not spontaneous) revolutions in Georgia, Serbia, and the Ukraine.
- Distress Signals - A worrisome look at the global consequences of America's number 2 export: entertainment.
- Drawing Conclusions - Nationally syndicated editorial cartoonists comment on portrayals of Hillary Rodham Clinton, why there are so few women in the editorial cartooning profession, and what that might mean both for the profession and for the reading public.
- Ducktators - A unique look at the use of cartoons during World War II.
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- Edward Said: The Last Interview - An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.
- El Dia Que Me Quieras - A haunting meditation on the last picture taken of Che Guevara, as he lay dead on a table surrounded by his captors.
- Electric Shadows - An elegant short about film projectionists trying to keep cinema alive in their province of Sichuan, China.
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- Fire in the Andes - Tells the story of the ongoing conflict in Peru which, to date, has left over 10,000 dead or "disappeared."
- For Man Must Work - A provocative look at the future of labor in the changing global economy.
- The Future Is Not What It Used To Be - A fascinating profile of Erkki Kurenniemi, an early inventor of electronic synthesizers and microcomputers, whose career represents a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers, robotics, science and art.
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- Gao Rang (Grilled Rice) - The story of the North Vietnamese combat cameramen who filmed the Indo-Chinese & Vietnam Wars, and founded Vietnamese cinema.
- Ghosts of Attica - The definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its deadly suppression, the days of torture that ensued, and the almost 30 year legal case that followed.
- A Grin Without A Cat - Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left.
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- Hamburger: Macprofit - A provocative expose of the machinations that drive the fast food industry.
- Hard Drive - With paranoia spreading like a virus on both sides, the United States prepares to dominate the international brave new digital age. For many it is a step too far, and the threat is that businesses will use their power and influence to suppr
- The Hermitage Dwellers - This kaleidoscope of people and events in the great museum unfolds into a poignant account of Russia's painful 20th century transformed by the "dwellers" intimate relationship with the art.
- Hermitage-Niks - This five-part series is the expanded, in-depth version of THE HERMITAGE DWELLERS.
- HHH - The acclaimed filmmaker of the masterpiece Flowers of Shanghai, Hou Hsiao-hsien returns to the haunts of his youth to talk to childhood friends and discuss his films.
- A History Lesson - A Holocaust survivor and two students - one black, the other Jewish - visit the Anne Frank in the World Exhibition in Johannesburg.
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- Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution - The intertwined history of Iran and its cinema, from the first silent films to the talkies, from the Shah's regime to the Islamic revolution, and the international cinematic success of today.
- Irish Voices - Examines an unusual loophole in Britain's attempt to quell media access in the Irish conflict.
- It's Your TV Too - Life behind the scenes of a popular commercial television station in Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Keeping It Real - A philosophical but often comic investigation of the desire for truly "authentic" experiences, and how the new "experience economy" packages and sells them.
- Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam - The story of Kim Phuc, the subject of perhaps the most famous photograph of the Vietnam War - a story of the personal and public healing of wounds from this century's longest, most divisive war.
- Knock Off - Juxtaposes the deified position logos occupy in our consumer-culture, with the lives of sweatshop workers who cannot afford the items they create.
- Kuxa Kanema - The story of Mozambique's National Institute of Cinema (INC) - a history of the birth and death of local cinema, and the birth and death of an ideology.
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- The Last Angel of History - An engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology. (from the Jan., 1998 Catalog Supplement)
- Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness - Portraits of a diverse and dynamic group of people who have HIV or AIDS, but refuse to be crippled by their conditions.
- The Lobby - How powerful is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)? This new documentary is an examination of the controversial 'Jewish Lobby'.
- Looking for an Icon - Four world-famous photos. From the moments before they were taken, until their status today as unforgettable icons. How does it happen; what does it mean?
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- Made Over in America - In a culture where bodies seem customizable, how do we perceive body image, and how are desires for a better self influenced by reality television and the makeover industry?
- Making "Do the Right Thing" - Interviews and behind the scenes footage on the set of Spike Lee's film.
- Matamata and Pilipili - Reclaims an important episode in the history of Congolese popular culture, the Matamata and Pilipili series of colonial-era film comedies, while exploring the complex terrain of colonial relationships and media representations.
- Media War in El Salvador - Analyzes the Madison Avenue style media barrage employed by rival parties during El Salvador's 1989 presidential campaign.
- Mille Gilles - The thought and ideas of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, and his impact on creative work and communities around the world.
- A Mobile World - A fascinating and comprehensive look at the current telecommunications revolution and the growing concerns over the ever-widening digital divide.
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- Naji Al-Ali - Examines the forces that shaped cartoonist Naji Al-Ali as an artist, as a human being, and shows how his experiences mirror those of other exiled Palestinians.
- Napoleon, David - Featuring the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, including "Napoleon's Coronation." Examines how art and propaganda were intertwined throughout Napoleon's career.
- No Man's Land: Women Frontline Journalists - Profiles members of a truly rare breed - women war correspondents.
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- 100 Children Waiting for a Train - Poetically tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality - and a different world - through the cinema.
- Only the News that Fits - Demonstrates just how truly we should not believe all that we are told.
- Onward Christian Soldiers - Analyzes the growing impact of U.S. based broadcast evangelism in Latin America, long a stronghold of the Catholic church.
- Operation Filmmaker - When Hollywood gives a young Iraqi film student the opportunity of a lifetime, nothing goes according to plan, and the result is an engaging, sometimes comical political parable about do-gooder intentions gone wrong. (new February, 2008)
- Ordinary People - The first ever independently produced current affairs series aired by the South African Broadcasting Corporation's TV1.
- Other American Voices - A survey of critical perspectives on the change in the political mood in the United States after the attack of September 11, 2001.
- Out of Place - Traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy and politics.
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- Paparazzi - A glimpse into the world of celebrity chasing photographers, where the reward for a single revealing photo can be over a million dollars.
- The Paper - A year in the life of one of the country's biggest college newspapers, Penn State's The Daily Collegian, as it struggles with declining circulation and difficult choices about how to represent its diverse readership.
- People Power - The first in depth look at non-violent revolutions around the world.
- Playing the News - Does the convergence online of current affairs (like the Iraq war) and computer games herald the future of news and entertainment? And if so, is it dangerous, or a new way to reach a young audience?
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- Ringl and Pit - The lives and times of emigré photographers Grete Stern (b. 1904) and Ellen Auerbach (1906-2004) - from their early days together as the "ringl + pit" studio in Weimar Germany to their current activities spanning three continents.
- Running Mate - Eye-opening examination of cartoonists' portrayal of Geraldine Ferraro during her unsuccessful candidacy for the U.S. Vice Presidency.
- Rwandan Nightmare - Provides unusual insight into the appalling - and misunderstood - Rwandan slaughter of the mid-1990s.
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- Seeing is Believing - From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!
- Selling Sickness - Explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as it promotes not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them.
- Shadow Play - With recently declassified documents and interviews with newly liberated Indonesians, offers a startling new interpretation of events that shaped modern Indonesian history and changed the destiny of Southeast Asia.
- South African Chronicles - Nine short documentaries by young South African filmmakers.
- Starting Fire with Gunpowder - Chronicles the origins and achievements of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), a model for aboriginal broadcasters the world over.
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- Tango of Slaves - A Holocaust survivor's journey to Warsaw becomes the springboard for a meditative essay about history, memory, and their preservation in imagery.
- Teeth - An amusing but informative look at the psychological, social and economic issues surrounding the modern American obsession with straight, white teeth.
- 30 Second Democracy - Explores the disturbing relationship between political parties and the advertising industry during election campaigns.
- Ticket to Jerusalem - Jabber, a Palestinian, escapes the troubles on the West Bank by showing films to his community. But trouble is all he gets when he tries to organize a screening in Jerusalem.
- To Be Seen - A lively study of visual culture, and an exploration of an age-old urban cultural phenomenon, street art. What is art's role in the context of public space and urban culture?
- The Tube - Have the physiological effects of watching TV been kept secret for decades? A journalist penetrates the heart of the TV and advertising industries in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. to find out.
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- The Universal Clock - Is there an alternative to run-of-the-mill TV? The film introduces us to Peter Watkins, who for the last three decades has proven that quality TV may be made without compromise.
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- War Photographer - Considered one of the bravest and most important war photographers of our time, James Nachtwey hardly fits the cliché of the hard-boiled war journalist. 2001 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
- White City, Black Lives - Five residents of White City, a neighborhood in Soweto, were trained how to use small Hi8 cameras, so that they could tell the story of their own lives, in their own way, to represent themselves to their fellow citizens, and the world.
- With God On Our Side - A balanced chronicle of the emergence of conservative Christians as a political force, and an in-depth look at Pres. Bush's connection with evangelicals, told largely in evangelical conservatives' own words.
- The World Is Watching - In the context of Nicaragua's Arias Peace Plan negotiations, this film demonstrates just how truly we should not believe all that we are told.
- The World Stopped Watching - What happens to a country when the media spotlight is turned off? 15 years after the Sandinista/Contra war in Nicaragua often led our nightly news, journalists who covered that war return to find out.
- Worlds Out of Time - The widespread encroachment of western consumerism into other cultures via the mass media.
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- Zygosis - A radical and humorous electronic homage to John Heartfield, anti-Nazi German satirist who pioneered the photomontage.
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