Browse Titles - 7 results
See details
About a War
directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian re...
Sample
directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
Description
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian refugee fighter and Nassim, a Communist commander, About a War unpicks the personal motivations, trauma and regret of militiamen who pick...
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian refugee fighter and Nassim, a Communist commander, About a War unpicks the personal motivations, trauma and regret of militiamen who picked up arms during the civil war. With no official account of the conflict, their testimonies build a multi-perspective picture of a crucial turning point in Lebanese history that radically transformed the Middle East.
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009, Abi Weaver, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009, Abi Weaver, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Topic / Theme
Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990, War and Violence, Lebanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 by Iterations Films
×
See details
The Battle for Peace - Shimon Peres
produced by Julie Gal (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 57 mins
The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political sc...
Sample
produced by Julie Gal (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 57 mins
Description
The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political scene. The film traces Israel's secret road to peace with the PLO and highlights the late Prime Minister Rabin's own critical role. Shimo...
The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political scene. The film traces Israel's secret road to peace with the PLO and highlights the late Prime Minister Rabin's own critical role. Shimon Peres is one of the last of Israel's living patriarchs. High School College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Julie Gal
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Shimon Peres, 1923-
Topic / Theme
Politics, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
The Devil You Know
directed by John Blake, fl. 1991; produced by John Blake, fl. 1991 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 50 mins
The history, traditions, beliefs and practices of the Iraqi Islamic Movement in exile and the experience of refugees fleeing the fighting in Basra, Karvala and Najaf. The film profiles Mohammed Bakr Al-Hakim, the Iraqi Shi'a Leader exiled in Iran, whose followers have been responsible for the spontaneous Anti-Sadd...
Sample
directed by John Blake, fl. 1991; produced by John Blake, fl. 1991 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 50 mins
Description
The history, traditions, beliefs and practices of the Iraqi Islamic Movement in exile and the experience of refugees fleeing the fighting in Basra, Karvala and Najaf. The film profiles Mohammed Bakr Al-Hakim, the Iraqi Shi'a Leader exiled in Iran, whose followers have been responsible for the spontaneous Anti-Saddam uprising.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Blake, fl. 1991, Veronika Hyks, 1951-
Author / Creator
John Blake, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Speaker / Narrator
Veronika Hyks, 1951-
Person Discussed
Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
Topic / Theme
Political causes, Popular beliefs, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 BBC Worldwide
×
See details
Islam & America: Through the Eyes of Imran Khan
produced by Journeyman Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 27 mins
Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political...
Sample
produced by Journeyman Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 27 mins
Description
Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political, social and economic causes of the schism between the Islamic world and the West. The film takes us to Islamabad's Women's College, wh...
Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political, social and economic causes of the schism between the Islamic world and the West. The film takes us to Islamabad's Women's College, where the students are mainly from privileged, middle class backgrounds. But even here, the underlying feeling is that the United States only cares or acts when its own people are at risk and that many American policies are determined on racial grounds against "black or brown people". In Peshawar, anti-war demonstrators believe that the war on Afghanistan following September 11th, was not justified because the West did not provide proof of the Taliban's culpability. In this part of the world, the spectre of the IMF looms large. Khan notes that as the services provided by the Pakistani government diminish under the pressure of its debts, the vacuum created has been filled by others. The poor turn to religious schools, often breeding grounds for a more intolerant version of Islam. Unsurprisingly, their influence is strongest where poverty is most pronounced. This fascinating and highly resonant report goes a long way towards explaining the problematic nature of the relationship between Islam and the West. It is a schism that developed long before the bombing of Afghanistan, and is likely to take even longer to heal. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Journeyman Pictures
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
International relations, Politics, Religion, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Plastic Flowers Never Die
directed by Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002; produced by Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 34 mins
The war with Iraq was the largest mobilization of the Iranian population, achieved primarily by producing and promoting a culture of martyrdom based on religious themes found in Shi'a Islam. Martyrdom became state policy. Khomeini made it clear the war was a spiritual one that the people, and not a professional ar...
Sample
directed by Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002; produced by Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 34 mins
Description
The war with Iraq was the largest mobilization of the Iranian population, achieved primarily by producing and promoting a culture of martyrdom based on religious themes found in Shi'a Islam. Martyrdom became state policy. Khomeini made it clear the war was a spiritual one that the people, and not a professional army, would fight. It would be a sacred defense; a war of good against evil, of spirit against military might, where a human wave of beli...
The war with Iraq was the largest mobilization of the Iranian population, achieved primarily by producing and promoting a culture of martyrdom based on religious themes found in Shi'a Islam. Martyrdom became state policy. Khomeini made it clear the war was a spiritual one that the people, and not a professional army, would fight. It would be a sacred defense; a war of good against evil, of spirit against military might, where a human wave of believers would form a wall of defense against the Iraqis. Over 800,000 people died.
Anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Roxanne Varzi spent twelve years researching and writing about post-Revolution public culture in Iran. As an Iranian-American who was born in Iran and left shortly after the Revolution she found that even though she had missed the war with Iraq it was omnipresent. She spent a year in Iran without a film permit speaking to ideologically driven mural painters, museum curators, war vets and other cultural producers alongside the secular youth who were meant to consume the culture created by the government. The result is an experimental documentary and meditation on the aftermath of the war, and especially the mourning after.
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002
Author / Creator
Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Roxanne Varzi, fl. 2002
Topic / Theme
Revolutions, Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Documentary Educational Resources
×
See details
Slaves of the Sword, Slaves of the Sword: Ariel Sharon
directed by Paul Jenkins, fl. 2002; produced by Noemi Schory, fl. 2000 and Liran Atzmor, Belfilms, in Slaves of the Sword (First Hand Films, 2003), 57 mins
"Sharon, when it comes to the essence, represented the policy of all Israeli governments only without obscuring fluff or evasive words. The reliance on naked, brutal power when dealing with the Palestinians, using provocations and short-sighted tactics, Sharon was back in the 50s when those methods were generally...
Sample
directed by Paul Jenkins, fl. 2002; produced by Noemi Schory, fl. 2000 and Liran Atzmor, Belfilms, in Slaves of the Sword (First Hand Films, 2003), 57 mins
Description
"Sharon, when it comes to the essence, represented the policy of all Israeli governments only without obscuring fluff or evasive words. The reliance on naked, brutal power when dealing with the Palestinians, using provocations and short-sighted tactics, Sharon was back in the 50s when those methods were generally accepted and even applauded. Sharon has shaped the map of Israel and the territories, changing it almost to the point of no return. Eve...
"Sharon, when it comes to the essence, represented the policy of all Israeli governments only without obscuring fluff or evasive words. The reliance on naked, brutal power when dealing with the Palestinians, using provocations and short-sighted tactics, Sharon was back in the 50s when those methods were generally accepted and even applauded. Sharon has shaped the map of Israel and the territories, changing it almost to the point of no return. Ever since the 1973, Yom Kippur War, he was compared to Napoleon, a comparison he accepted with grace. There is a historic theory that claims that every revolution ends in Bonapartism, the arrival of the populist adventurer who destroys the achievements."
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Noemi Schory, fl. 2000, Liran Atzmor, Belfilms
Author / Creator
Paul Jenkins, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
First Hand Films
Series
Slaves of the Sword
Person Discussed
Ariel Sharon, 1928-2014
Topic / Theme
Settlements, International relations, Lebanon War, July 12-August 14, 2006, Yom Kippur War, October 6-26, 1973, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Jews, Arabs, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Film Platform
×
See details
The Stakes of Islam: The Perilous Valley of Central Asia
directed by Karel Procop; produced by La Sept Cinéma and Boyard Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 56 mins
The Fergana Valley, a fertile plain rich in gas deposits in Central Asia is populated by more than a hundred million inhabitants in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan. This film takes an in-depth look at the Islamic fundamentalist threat in this strategic region.
Aided by other Islamic countries, fundamentalis...
Sample
directed by Karel Procop; produced by La Sept Cinéma and Boyard Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 56 mins
Description
The Fergana Valley, a fertile plain rich in gas deposits in Central Asia is populated by more than a hundred million inhabitants in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan. This film takes an in-depth look at the Islamic fundamentalist threat in this strategic region.
Aided by other Islamic countries, fundamentalists have targeted the Fergana Valley for an "Islamic Republic" because of its wealth and its historical roots in Islam. Making the most...
The Fergana Valley, a fertile plain rich in gas deposits in Central Asia is populated by more than a hundred million inhabitants in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan. This film takes an in-depth look at the Islamic fundamentalist threat in this strategic region.
Aided by other Islamic countries, fundamentalists have targeted the Fergana Valley for an "Islamic Republic" because of its wealth and its historical roots in Islam. Making the most of political unrest and economic problems in the young republics, they infiltrate the population, while small military commandos engage in terrorist actions to destabilize the governments and encourage fanaticism. Terrorists entered the region through the high valleys of the Pamir in Tajikistan where drugs, weapons and fighters move along the peaks. This country, still recovering from a vicious civil war, is on the brink of starvation; most are kept alive through several NGO's massive assistance.
The Imam of the Great Mosque of Kokand, the Great Mufti of Tashkent and the Uzbek Vice Minister of Religious Affairs describe the severe repression of Islam during the Communist era. They believe a large rebirth of Islam is taking place, worrying neighboring Russia and China. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
La Sept Cinéma, Boyard Production
Author / Creator
Karel Procop
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Politics, Religion, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
