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Dreams of Conquest: Excavating the Myth of LaSalle
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directed by Alan Govenar, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2013), 47 mins
Dreams of Conquest chronicles the excavation of Fort St. Louis, built in 1685 by the French explorer René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle on the banks of Garcitas Creek, which feeds into Matagorda Bay. On this site in 1722, the Spanish, after searching for years to find the remains of the French fort, erected...
directed by Alan Govenar, fl. 1984 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2013), 47 mins
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Hatred
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directed by Mitzi Goldman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 1 hour 18 mins
This wide ranging documentary travels from Berlin to Harlem to the Middle East and Australia to investigate the connection between hatred on a personal level and hatred between nations. Is there a connection between the hatred that leads to mass violence and the hatred we all feel from time to time? The filmmaker'...
directed by Mitzi Goldman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 1 hour 18 mins
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Losing Knowledge: 50 Years of Change
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directed by Laura Nader, 1930- and Roberto J. González, 1969-; produced by Laura Nader, 1930- and Roberto J. González, 1969- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2012), 40 mins
This profound ethnographic documentary explores the myriad of ways in which centuries-old indigenous knowledge is rapidly vanishing throughout the world. The film focuses on the southern Mexican village of Talea, Oaxaca. For half a century, the Zapotec people of this region have experienced rapid modernization: Th...
directed by Laura Nader, 1930- and Roberto J. González, 1969-; produced by Laura Nader, 1930- and Roberto J. González, 1969- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2012), 40 mins
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Message From Hiroshima
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directed by Masaaki Tanabe, 1937-; produced by Masaaki Tanabe, 1937-, Knack Images Production (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2015), 52 mins
Narrated by George Takei, Message From Hiroshima provides an inside look at life and culture in the city before the first ever atomic bomb was used. Today, where the Hon and Motoyasu rivers meet, stands the Peace Memorial Park – the former location of the Nakajima district, which once was home thousands to peopl...
directed by Masaaki Tanabe, 1937-; produced by Masaaki Tanabe, 1937-, Knack Images Production (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2015), 52 mins
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Natives: Immigrant Bashing On the Border
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produced by Jesse Lerner and Scott Sterling, fl. 1991 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 37 mins
Starkly shot in black and white, this multi-festival film captures the unabashed xenophobia of a number of Americans living in California along the U.S.-Mexican border. They are reacting to the influx of undocumented aliens, who they believe are draining community resources and committing crimes. Nativist organiza...
produced by Jesse Lerner and Scott Sterling, fl. 1991 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 37 mins
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Paul Tomkowicz: Street-railway Switchman
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directed by Roman Kroitor; produced by Tom Daly, 1918-2011 and Roman Kroitor, National Film Board of Canada (Canada: National Film Board of Canada, 1954), 9 mins
In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to the life he knew in Poland, marvelling at the freedom Canadians enjoy. In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with freezing mud a...
directed by Roman Kroitor; produced by Tom Daly, 1918-2011 and Roman Kroitor, National Film Board of Canada (Canada: National Film Board of Canada, 1954), 9 mins
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Pig Tusks and Paper Money
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produced by Lilliana Gibbs Production and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 1 hour 1 mins
There are two currencies in Papua New Guinea. The modern cash economy and a traditional economy based around shell money, banana leaf bundles and pig tusks. But there exists no legitimate system of exchange between the two. Henry Tokabak dreams of creating a bank where people can exchange their shell money for cas...
produced by Lilliana Gibbs Production and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 1 hour 1 mins
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Sonata for the Left Hand
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directed by Sarah Harbin; produced by Sarah Harbin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 33 mins
Cuba has a highly educated, extremely musical population, yet due to the American embargo, hundreds of trained pianists must struggle with barely working instruments. Not only are Cuban pianos aged and termite infested, they also lack strings, felts and hammers because economic sanctions prohibit Cuban tuners from...
directed by Sarah Harbin; produced by Sarah Harbin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 33 mins
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To Live with Herds
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directed by David MacDougall, 1939-; produced by Judith MacDougall, fl. 1970-2011 and David MacDougall, 1939-, University of California. Extension Media Center (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1974), 1 hour 10 mins
This classic, widely acclaimed film on the Jie of Uganda, produced by the renowned ethnographic filmmaking team of David and Judith MacDougall, examines the effects of nation building in pre-Amin Uganda on the seminomadic, pastoral Jie. Much more than an intrinsically interesting historical document, it has achiev...
directed by David MacDougall, 1939-; produced by Judith MacDougall, fl. 1970-2011 and David MacDougall, 1939-, University of California. Extension Media Center (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1974), 1 hour 10 mins
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Vietnamese Bike Dreams
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directed by Yasuhiko Egawa; produced by NHK International Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1999), 27 mins
In Ho Chi Minh City, the motor bike reigns supreme. With limited public transportation and not enough affluence to afford automobiles, people long for motor bikes to take them to work and cruise about on weekends. With a population around 4 million, there are reported to be some eight hundred thousand motor bikes,...
directed by Yasuhiko Egawa; produced by NHK International Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1999), 27 mins
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