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Brides of Allah
directed by Natalie Assouline-Terebilo, 1972-; produced by Ayelet Ephrati, fl. 1999 and Talia Kleinhendler, fl. 2007, Ephrati Productions and Pie Films (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2008), 1 hour
The desire to be beautiful is still strong, no matter what the circumstances. The women giggle and pass around fragments of a broken mirror. This is a world which exists only behind prison walls, where a lullaby whispered lovingly in a baby's ear echoes with the sting of hatred, where compassion and disdain live c...
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directed by Natalie Assouline-Terebilo, 1972-; produced by Ayelet Ephrati, fl. 1999 and Talia Kleinhendler, fl. 2007, Ephrati Productions and Pie Films (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2008), 1 hour
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The desire to be beautiful is still strong, no matter what the circumstances. The women giggle and pass around fragments of a broken mirror. This is a world which exists only behind prison walls, where a lullaby whispered lovingly in a baby's ear echoes with the sting of hatred, where compassion and disdain live closely together, and where empowerment grows from despair. There is no black or white in this film, only painful shades of gray. Israel...
The desire to be beautiful is still strong, no matter what the circumstances. The women giggle and pass around fragments of a broken mirror. This is a world which exists only behind prison walls, where a lullaby whispered lovingly in a baby's ear echoes with the sting of hatred, where compassion and disdain live closely together, and where empowerment grows from despair. There is no black or white in this film, only painful shades of gray. Israeli director Natalie Assouline chronicles the lives of women who are serving time in prison for involvement in terrorist attacks in Israel.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ayelet Ephrati, fl. 1999, Talia Kleinhendler, fl. 2007, Ephrati Productions, Pie Films
Author / Creator
Natalie Assouline-Terebilo, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
First Hand Films
Topic / Theme
Suicide attack, Terrorism, Israelis
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Copyright © 2008 Film Platform
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Emma Barnetts Meets..., Ai Weiwei
produced by Bloomberg; interview by Emma Barnett, fl. 1993, in Emma Barnetts Meets... (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2022), 25 mins
Emma Barnett meets with the acclaimed artist and dissident Ai Weiwei to talk about his detention in China, his fight for human rights and the art of protest.
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produced by Bloomberg; interview by Emma Barnett, fl. 1993, in Emma Barnetts Meets... (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2022), 25 mins
Description
Emma Barnett meets with the acclaimed artist and dissident Ai Weiwei to talk about his detention in China, his fight for human rights and the art of protest.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Bloomberg
Author / Creator
Emma Barnett, fl. 1993
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Series
Emma Barnetts Meets...
Person Discussed
Ai Weiwei, 1957-
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Art movements
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 Bloomberg
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Fluid Boundaries
directed by Vladimir Todorović, 1977-, Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978- and Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014; produced by CinemaDAL (South Korea: CinemaDAL, 2014), 1 hour 28 mins
Three filmmakers from Singapore, Indonesia, and Korea corresponded with each other with video letters. They observe and document commonalities of various people whose lives are affected by borders.
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directed by Vladimir Todorović, 1977-, Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978- and Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014; produced by CinemaDAL (South Korea: CinemaDAL, 2014), 1 hour 28 mins
Description
Three filmmakers from Singapore, Indonesia, and Korea corresponded with each other with video letters. They observe and document commonalities of various people whose lives are affected by borders.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
CinemaDAL
Author / Creator
Vladimir Todorović, 1977-, Daniel Rudi Haryanto, 1978-, Mun Jeong-hyun, fl. 2007-2014
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
CinemaDAL
Topic / Theme
Sea Migrations, Economic conditions, Crossing borders, Immigration and emigration, Anthropology, Sociology, Indonesians, Korean, Singaporeans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 CinemaDAL
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Hamas Contained
written by Tareq Baconi, fl. 2000 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 363 page(s)
Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is, of course, far more complex. Neither a democratic political pa...
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written by Tareq Baconi, fl. 2000 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 363 page(s)
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Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is, of course, far more complex. Neither a democratic political party nor a terrorist group, Hamas is a multifaceted liberation organization, one rooted in the nationalist claims of the Palestinian peo...
Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is, of course, far more complex. Neither a democratic political party nor a terrorist group, Hamas is a multifaceted liberation organization, one rooted in the nationalist claims of the Palestinian people.Hamas Contained offers the first history of the group on its own terms. Drawing on interviews with organization leaders, as well as publications from the group, Tareq Baconi maps Hamas's thirty-year transition from fringe military resistance towards governance. He breaks new ground in questioning the conventional understanding of Hamas and shows how the movement's ideology ultimately threatens the Palestinian struggle and, inadvertently, its own legitimacy.Hamas's reliance on armed struggle as a means of liberation has failed in the face of a relentless occupation designed to fragment the Palestinian people. As Baconi argues, under Israel's approach of managing rather than resolving the conflict, Hamas's demand for Palestinian sovereignty has effectively been neutralized by its containment in Gaza. This dynamic has perpetuated a deadlock characterized by its brutality—and one that has made permissible the collective punishment of millions of Palestinian civilians.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Tareq Baconi, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939, International relations, Nationalism, Ethnic conflict, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Palestinians, Arabs, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2018 Stanford University Press
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Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution
produced by Combat Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 57 mins
Helen Foster Snow, collaborator and wife of historian Edgar Snow, left Utah as an inexperienced 18-year old and threw herself into the turmoil of Revolutionary China. This engrossing documentary of her life allows us to view rare archival footage and photos of what she witnessed from 1931 until 1940, as China expe...
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produced by Combat Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 57 mins
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Helen Foster Snow, collaborator and wife of historian Edgar Snow, left Utah as an inexperienced 18-year old and threw herself into the turmoil of Revolutionary China. This engrossing documentary of her life allows us to view rare archival footage and photos of what she witnessed from 1931 until 1940, as China experienced devastating floods, famine, revolution, civil war and bombardment and invasion by the Japanese. For historians in both China an...
Helen Foster Snow, collaborator and wife of historian Edgar Snow, left Utah as an inexperienced 18-year old and threw herself into the turmoil of Revolutionary China. This engrossing documentary of her life allows us to view rare archival footage and photos of what she witnessed from 1931 until 1940, as China experienced devastating floods, famine, revolution, civil war and bombardment and invasion by the Japanese. For historians in both China and the U.S., her first-hand account of the Chinese Revolution in the mid-1930 College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Combat Films
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Helen Foster Snow, 1907-1997
Topic / Theme
Chinese Revolution of 1911, Politics, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Area Studies, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Date Written / Recorded
2007
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Eastern European Borders, Laws and legislation, Political boundaries, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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North Korea: The Big Dream
(London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 39 mins
It’s probably the world’s most secretive country. We take a peak inside, seeing the secrecy and propaganda surrounding a country that is famous not only for the awful living conditions of its citizens, but also for challenging the world with its nuclear programme. We visit North Korea under the vigilant eye of...
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(London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 39 mins
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It’s probably the world’s most secretive country. We take a peak inside, seeing the secrecy and propaganda surrounding a country that is famous not only for the awful living conditions of its citizens, but also for challenging the world with its nuclear programme. We visit North Korea under the vigilant eye of the authorities, which accompany the team on a route visiting the symbolic sites of the world’s last real socialist regime. Half a c...
It’s probably the world’s most secretive country. We take a peak inside, seeing the secrecy and propaganda surrounding a country that is famous not only for the awful living conditions of its citizens, but also for challenging the world with its nuclear programme. We visit North Korea under the vigilant eye of the authorities, which accompany the team on a route visiting the symbolic sites of the world’s last real socialist regime. Half a century after the Korean War, two decades after the end of the Cold War and with the recent memory of the great famine, the North exalts ideological purity and preaches the dream of reunification with the South. Meanwhile, as South Korean companies take advantage of the investment opportunities offered by Pyongyang, North and South Koreans alike share the 'big dream'.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
Korea and its Borders, Political boundaries, Totalitarianism, International relations, International trade, Politics & Policy, Humanities, North Koreans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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Promises, With Audio Description
directed by B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001 and Justine Shapiro, 1963-; produced by B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001 and Justine Shapiro, 1963- (California: Ro*Co Films, 2001), 1 hour 42 mins
A beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Emmy award - winning and Academy award - nominated, PROMISES follows the journey of a filmmaker who meets these children in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Although the...
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directed by B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001 and Justine Shapiro, 1963-; produced by B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001 and Justine Shapiro, 1963- (California: Ro*Co Films, 2001), 1 hour 42 mins
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A beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Emmy award - winning and Academy award - nominated, PROMISES follows the journey of a filmmaker who meets these children in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Although they live only 20 minutes apart, these children exist in completely separate worlds, divided by physical, historical and emotional boundar...
A beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Emmy award - winning and Academy award - nominated, PROMISES follows the journey of a filmmaker who meets these children in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Although they live only 20 minutes apart, these children exist in completely separate worlds, divided by physical, historical and emotional boundaries. PROMISES explores the nature of these boundaries and tells the story of a few children who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001, Justine Shapiro, 1963-
Author / Creator
B. Z. Goldberg, fl. 2001, Justine Shapiro, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Ro*Co Films
Topic / Theme
Politics, Manners, Children, Refugee camps, Refugees, Palestinians, Israelis
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 Film Platform
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The Reputation Imperative
written by Mahesh Shankar, fl. 2000 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, left behind a legacy of both great achievements and surprising defeats. Most notably, he failed to resolve the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan and the territorial conflict with China. In the fifty years since Nehru's death, much ink has been spilled trying to understan...
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written by Mahesh Shankar, fl. 2000 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
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India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, left behind a legacy of both great achievements and surprising defeats. Most notably, he failed to resolve the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan and the territorial conflict with China. In the fifty years since Nehru's death, much ink has been spilled trying to understand the decisions behind these puzzling foreign policy missteps. Mahesh Shankar cuts through the surrounding debates about nationalism, i...
India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, left behind a legacy of both great achievements and surprising defeats. Most notably, he failed to resolve the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan and the territorial conflict with China. In the fifty years since Nehru's death, much ink has been spilled trying to understand the decisions behind these puzzling foreign policy missteps. Mahesh Shankar cuts through the surrounding debates about nationalism, idealism, power, and security with a compelling and novel answer: reputation. India's investment in its international image powerfully shaped the state's negotiation and bargaining tactics during this period.The Reputational Imperative proves that reputation is not only a significant driver in these conflicts but also that it's about more than simply looking good on the global stage. Considerations such as India's relative position of strength or weakness and the value of demonstrating resolve or generosity also influenced strategy and foreign policy. Shankar answers longstanding questions about Nehru's territorial negotiations while also providing a deeper understanding of how a state's global image works. The Reputational Imperative highlights the pivotal—yet often overlooked—role reputation can play in a broad global security context.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Mahesh Shankar, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
China and its Borders, Political boundaries, Geography, Diplomacy
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Resistance at Tule Lake (Broadcast version)
directed by Konrad Aderer, 1968-; produced by Konrad Aderer, 1968-, LabHeart Media (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 2018), 56 mins
The dominant narrative of the World War II incarceration of Japanese-Americans has been that they behaved as a “model minority,” that they cooperated without protest and proved their patriotism by enlisting in the Army. Resistance at Tule Lake, a new feature-length documentary from Third World Newsreel and dir...
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directed by Konrad Aderer, 1968-; produced by Konrad Aderer, 1968-, LabHeart Media (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 2018), 56 mins
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The dominant narrative of the World War II incarceration of Japanese-Americans has been that they behaved as a “model minority,” that they cooperated without protest and proved their patriotism by enlisting in the Army. Resistance at Tule Lake, a new feature-length documentary from Third World Newsreel and directed by Japanese American filmmaker Konrad Aderer, overturns that myth by telling the long-suppressed story of Tule Lake Segregation C...
The dominant narrative of the World War II incarceration of Japanese-Americans has been that they behaved as a “model minority,” that they cooperated without protest and proved their patriotism by enlisting in the Army. Resistance at Tule Lake, a new feature-length documentary from Third World Newsreel and directed by Japanese American filmmaker Konrad Aderer, overturns that myth by telling the long-suppressed story of Tule Lake Segregation Center. RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as "disloyals" and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime "loyalty."
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Konrad Aderer, 1968-, LabHeart Media, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 1922-2019
Author / Creator
Konrad Aderer, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2017, 2018
Publisher
Third World Newsreel
Speaker / Narrator
Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 1922-2019
Topic / Theme
Internment camps, Oaths of allegiance, Imprisonment, Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945, Japanese Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 by Konrad Aderer
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