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The 10 Conditions of Love
directed by Jeff Daniels, 1955- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 54 mins
Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominate...
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directed by Jeff Daniels, 1955- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 54 mins
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Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominated politically, culturally and economically, much as they have done in Tibet. Ms Kadeer was fiercely nationalistic since her youth. Marr...
Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominated politically, culturally and economically, much as they have done in Tibet. Ms Kadeer was fiercely nationalistic since her youth. Married off at an early age and bearing six children in close succession, she was divorced by her husband for her activism. Penniless, she rose through her wits and industry to become one of the wealthiest people in China, after Deng ushered in an era of capitalism. Remaining politically active, she paid the price. Several of her sons languish in Chinese prisons while she and her second husband, in exile, keep alive the protest movement from abroad. Using archival footage, the film traces the violent conflict between Chinese and Uyghurs. She is the tireless head of the Uyghur American Association, based in Washington DC, where she lobbies Congress to press for human rights in China. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Jeff Daniels, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Rebiya Kadeer, 1948-
Topic / Theme
Politics, Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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62 Years and 6500 Miles Between
directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media (United States: A. W. Chang Productions, 2004), 53 mins
Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama).
Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s...
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directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media (United States: A. W. Chang Productions, 2004), 53 mins
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Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama).
Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s political sensibility just prior to her entering a full-care facility through the intimate details remembered by those closely associa...
Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama).
Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s political sensibility just prior to her entering a full-care facility through the intimate details remembered by those closely associated with her, her award-winning autobiographical essay which was published in 1994 by the Taipei Women’s Rights Organization, and my own memories. As the film progresses, we hear history being told from various perspectives. Eventually, twists and turns develop along the way - the expectation that the camera is a reliable witness, or that the translation is accurate, the many facts that Ama left out of her biography, or that the biography was even written by Ama. The film reworks the documentary form with its own set of expectations, while investigating historical, social and political phenomena via the personal. This film specifically examines how a postcolonial people negotiate the memory and translation essential to the reconstruction and ultimately reclamation of a personal and national history. Translation and memory are the means by which we construct the past, yet both of these are delicate. For example, while emphasizing testimonials in light of an official history, I use images of contemporary Taiwan, instead of archival footage — reflecting how a postcolonial people can sometimes only reimagine their past. Finally, in the telling of this history perhaps the film will spark dialogue about the nonfiction canon that is deeply driven by our desire to represent history - revisted or as a moment in time; a memory - however vivid or fleeting; and truth - whether perceived or felt.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gibbs Chapman, fl. 1992, Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media
Author / Creator
Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
A. W. Chang Productions
Person Discussed
Shi-Shia Chen Ong, 1905-2004
Topic / Theme
Political violence, Politics, Oral history, Social activism and activists, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005
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300 Miles to Freedom
directed by Richard Breyer, fl. 2006-2014; produced by W&B Productions (Syracuse, NY: W&B Productions, 2011), 34 mins
On June 4, 1844, John W. Jones and four of his companions headed north. They were fugitive slaves who escaped bondage in Leesburg, Virginia.
300 Miles to Freedom chronicles John W Jones’ journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad and his remarkable life as a free man in Elmira, New York.
When John arrived...
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directed by Richard Breyer, fl. 2006-2014; produced by W&B Productions (Syracuse, NY: W&B Productions, 2011), 34 mins
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On June 4, 1844, John W. Jones and four of his companions headed north. They were fugitive slaves who escaped bondage in Leesburg, Virginia.
300 Miles to Freedom chronicles John W Jones’ journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad and his remarkable life as a free man in Elmira, New York.
When John arrived in Elmira, he was a twenty-seven-year-old illiterate with $1.46 in his pocket. He died in 1900, a wealthy, literate, respected member o...
On June 4, 1844, John W. Jones and four of his companions headed north. They were fugitive slaves who escaped bondage in Leesburg, Virginia.
300 Miles to Freedom chronicles John W Jones’ journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad and his remarkable life as a free man in Elmira, New York.
When John arrived in Elmira, he was a twenty-seven-year-old illiterate with $1.46 in his pocket. He died in 1900, a wealthy, literate, respected member of the community.
The filmmakers traveled Jones’ route to freedom, and tell his story through the voices they meet along the way — historians, ferryboat captains, ministers, farmers and gas station owners.
300 Miles to Freedom celebrates the courage and tenacity of fugitive slaves like John W Jones. The film also celebrates those who quietly stood up to injustice by helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad and by fighting for their freedom through the Abolitionist Movement.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
W&B Productions
Author / Creator
Richard Breyer, fl. 2006-2014
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
W&B Productions
Person Discussed
John W. Jones
Topic / Theme
Fugitive slaves, Abolitionism, Abolitionists, Slavery, Underground Railroad, 1830s-1860s
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Copyright © 2014 by W&B Productions
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731: Two Versions of Hell
produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives t...
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produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
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This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. Th...
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James T. Hong
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World H...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Adam Clayton Powell
directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil...
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directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
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This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harl...
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harlem of the Depression 30s. As minister of Harlem's Abysinnian Baptist Church, Powell used his charismatic power in the battle for equal employment. Once in Congress, he fought persistently to deny federal funding to segregated facilities. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson he was instrumental in passing much of the social legislation known as "The Great Society." At the peak of his power, he was the most influential black man in America. Yet his meteoric rise to power ended in an abrupt fall as financial indiscretions and personal excesses caught up with him. The film pulls together facts, remembrances and opinions into a compelling narrative. Heard from are Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, writer Roger Wilkins, Professor John Henry Clarke, and family members. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
Richard Kilberg
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1908-1972
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Race and culture, Political influence, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Politics & Policy, History, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1989. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Address
directed by Ken Burns, 1953-; produced by Ken Burns, 1953-, Florentine Films (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 26 mins
Ken Burns tells the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of Greenwood, whose students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences, the film also...
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directed by Ken Burns, 1953-; produced by Ken Burns, 1953-, Florentine Films (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 26 mins
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Ken Burns tells the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of Greenwood, whose students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ken Burns, 1953-, Florentine Films
Author / Creator
Ken Burns, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Person Discussed
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Topic / Theme
Special education, Students, Speeches, Private schools, Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863, Political and Social Movements, Americans
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Copyright © 2014 by Public Broadcasting Service
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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: Rivers of Hope
directed by Dawn Engle, 1957-; produced by Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013 and Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2015), 1 hour 17 mins
“Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE” is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years as seen through the eyes of one man. Nobel Peace Prize winner Esquivel shares his journey illustrating the ongoing struggle for social justice across Latin America.
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directed by Dawn Engle, 1957-; produced by Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013 and Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2015), 1 hour 17 mins
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“Adolfo Perez Esquivel: RIVERS OF HOPE” is the story of Latin America over the past eighty years as seen through the eyes of one man. Nobel Peace Prize winner Esquivel shares his journey illustrating the ongoing struggle for social justice across Latin America.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Elizabeth Parmly Weber, 1970-, Jacque Gellein, fl. 2013, Rip Gellein, fl. 2013, Ivan Suvanjieff, fl. 2003, PeaceJam, Beverly Keene, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Dawn Engle, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Speaker / Narrator
Beverly Keene, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, 1931-
Topic / Theme
Argentine Revolution, 1966-1973, Social activism and activists, The Arts, Sociology, Argentines, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2015 Dawn Engle
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Africa in the 21st Century, Zimbabwe & South Africa: Still Far From Coexistence
produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, but its problems are endemic. The gap between rich and poor has expanded, the confrontation between white and black people are on the rise, the crime rate has risen, and AIDS is decimating the mostly black population. Zimbabwe, once under Bri...
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produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
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South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, but its problems are endemic. The gap between rich and poor has expanded, the confrontation between white and black people are on the rise, the crime rate has risen, and AIDS is decimating the mostly black population. Zimbabwe, once under British rule, still reels from the aftereffects of independence. The former colonials are blamed for failing to work out compensation and...
South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, but its problems are endemic. The gap between rich and poor has expanded, the confrontation between white and black people are on the rise, the crime rate has risen, and AIDS is decimating the mostly black population. Zimbabwe, once under British rule, still reels from the aftereffects of independence. The former colonials are blamed for failing to work out compensation and land reallocation. Violence against whites is on the increase. The international conference held in Durban in 2001 to address the issue of compensation for slavery ended without specific recommendations. Both of these countries still suffer the aftereffects of colonialism. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
NHK International Inc.
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Africa in the 21st Century
Topic / Theme
Politics, Race and culture, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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After Solidarity: Three Polish Families in America
directed by Gaylen Ross, 1950-; produced by Gaylen Ross, 1950- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 59 mins
This documentary, directed by Gaylen Ross, tells the story of three Polish families who were forced to immigrate to the United States after being kicked out of the Solidarity party in Poland.
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directed by Gaylen Ross, 1950-; produced by Gaylen Ross, 1950- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 59 mins
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This documentary, directed by Gaylen Ross, tells the story of three Polish families who were forced to immigrate to the United States after being kicked out of the Solidarity party in Poland.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gaylen Ross, 1950-
Author / Creator
Gaylen Ross, 1950-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Solidarnosc, 1980, Social movements, Immigration and emigration, History, Politics & Policy, Polish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permssion of Filmakers Library.
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The Agenda & I
directed by Neveen Shalaby, fl. 2011 (South Africa: Shadow Films, 2011), 47 mins
The Agenda & I is a three-week personal journey of accomplished filmmaker Neveen Shalaby as she follows the revolution happening around her in Tahrir Square, Cairo. With her camera, she fights to the police line, where she films people weeping and screaming as they are beaten. She interviews angry Egyptians demand...
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directed by Neveen Shalaby, fl. 2011 (South Africa: Shadow Films, 2011), 47 mins
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The Agenda & I is a three-week personal journey of accomplished filmmaker Neveen Shalaby as she follows the revolution happening around her in Tahrir Square, Cairo. With her camera, she fights to the police line, where she films people weeping and screaming as they are beaten. She interviews angry Egyptians demanding the end of the corrupt Murbarak regime. Neveen powerfully documents, first-hand perhaps for the first time, a revolution in progres...
The Agenda & I is a three-week personal journey of accomplished filmmaker Neveen Shalaby as she follows the revolution happening around her in Tahrir Square, Cairo. With her camera, she fights to the police line, where she films people weeping and screaming as they are beaten. She interviews angry Egyptians demanding the end of the corrupt Murbarak regime. Neveen powerfully documents, first-hand perhaps for the first time, a revolution in progress, in high definition, and explores the different agendas of a rampant youth and a dying regime.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Neveen Shalaby, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011-11-12
Publisher
Shadow Films
Person Discussed
Hosni Mubarak, 1928-
Topic / Theme
Documentary films, Police brutality, Political corruption, Revolutions, Egyptian people, African Americans, Italians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Shadow Films
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