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Brazil: Memories of a Dirty War
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directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player i...
directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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Chile: Hasta Cuando?
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directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951-, Australian Film Commission (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 1986), 57 mins
A portrait of a brutal military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest; military intimidation of the population; indiscriminate arrests: murder torture and disappearances were facts of Chilean life....
directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951-, Australian Film Commission (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 1986), 57 mins
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The Empire in Africa
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directed by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980; produced by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980 and Philippe Peccatier, fl. 2001, Sceneries Europe, Cinema Libre Studio and Action Against Hunger (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2007), 1 hour 27 mins
The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone 15 years ago wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country, with bombs, executions, torture,...
directed by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980; produced by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980 and Philippe Peccatier, fl. 2001, Sceneries Europe, Cinema Libre Studio and Action Against Hunger (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2007), 1 hour 27 mins
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Finding Mercy
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directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the inde...
directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
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Looking for Fidel
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directed by Oliver Stone, 1946-; produced by Fernando Sulichin, fl. 1992-2016 and Álvaro Longoria, 1968-, Morena Films, Rule 8 and Ixtlan; interview by Oliver Stone, 1946- (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2011), 1 hour

Academy-Award® winning director, Oliver Stone delivers a candid, in-depth conversation with one of the most controversial world leaders of our time, Fidel Castro. Stone challenges Castro to explain actions following the execution of three political dissidents who attempted to hijack a ferry to the United States i...

directed by Oliver Stone, 1946-; produced by Fernando Sulichin, fl. 1992-2016 and Álvaro Longoria, 1968-, Morena Films, Rule 8 and Ixtlan; interview by Oliver Stone, 1946- (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2011), 1 hour
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Near Normal Man
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directed by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015; produced by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015 (Eixample, 2017), 28 mins
How does a young person maintain resilience and humanity in the face of vicious racism, unspeakable violence and unfolding genocide? This is the story of Holocaust Survivor Ben Stern, as he explores the question that haunts: how did he emerge from overwhelming physical pain and psychological terror, determined to...
directed by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015; produced by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015 (Eixample, 2017), 28 mins
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Widow of the Revolution: The Anna Larina Story
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produced by Rosemarie Reed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 59 mins
Anna Larina was the young bride of Nikolai Bukharin, one of the top ten Bolsheviks in the early years of the Russian Revolution. This documentary is based on her memorable autobiography, This I Cannot Forget, which she wrote late in life after being imprisoned for almost twenty years in the Russian gulag. Larina's...
produced by Rosemarie Reed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 59 mins
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