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2 Men of Fiji
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directed by Brett Porter, fl. 1959; produced by Bern Gandy, fl. 1959, Shell Oil Company (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 1996), 57 mins
The story of two men from the village of Lakeba, in the Lau group, who left their village for the city.
directed by Brett Porter, fl. 1959; produced by Bern Gandy, fl. 1959, Shell Oil Company (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 1996), 57 mins
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3 Still Standing
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directed by Donna LoCicero, fl. 2000-2014 and Robert Campos, fl. 1981-2017; produced by Allison Hatcher, fl. 2014, Beanfield Production (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
3 Still Standing follows three veteran stand up comics as they struggle to survive the downfall of comedy in a changing world. Contemporaries of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, and others in the hotbed of San Francisco during the heady 1980s, success seems to be just one great set away for Will Durst, Larry "Bubbles...
directed by Donna LoCicero, fl. 2000-2014 and Robert Campos, fl. 1981-2017; produced by Allison Hatcher, fl. 2014, Beanfield Production (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
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The 10 Conditions of Love
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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...
directed by Jeff Daniels, 1955- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 54 mins
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18 Ius Soli: Il diritto di essere italiani
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directed by Fred Kuowrnu, fl. 2003; produced by Struggle Filmworks (Rome, Lazio: Privately Published, 2012), 53 mins
18 Ius Soli (the right of soil) is a 2012 award-winning grassroots Italian documentary about the issues of the citizenship for 1,000,000 of kids born in Italy. Officially selected at Black Berlin International Cinema. This documentary “examines” the law that denies citizenship to young people born in Italy of...
directed by Fred Kuowrnu, fl. 2003; produced by Struggle Filmworks (Rome, Lazio: Privately Published, 2012), 53 mins
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24 Days in Brooks
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directed by Dana Inkster; produced by Bonnie Thompson, National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa, ON: National Film Board of Canada, 2007), 42 mins
Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to ch...
directed by Dana Inkster; produced by Bonnie Thompson, National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa, ON: National Film Board of Canada, 2007), 42 mins
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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
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directed by Anne Claire Poirier, 1932-; produced by Jacques Bobet, 1919-1996, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1963), 27 mins
This short documentary profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theater, best known as The Sound of Music’s Captain von Trapp. In his dressing room, Plummer dons his make-up and prepares to enter stage as Cyrano de Bergerac (from the play written by Edmond Rostand).
directed by Anne Claire Poirier, 1932-; produced by Jacques Bobet, 1919-1996, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1963), 27 mins
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30 Minuts, Transitioning: Transgender Children
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directed by Roser Oliver, fl. 2001-2016 and Lluís Montserrat, 1962-; produced by Jessica Montaner, fl. 2013, Televisió de Catalunya, in 30 Minuts (Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France: Java Films, 2016), 52 mins

"Hi, I’m David. I’m 6. When I was born they thought I was a girl, but the doctors were wrong and I was a boy." David is part of the new trans generation of people assigned the wrong sex at birth who chose to make the transition very early. For the first four years of his life, David was known as Sara. But for...

directed by Roser Oliver, fl. 2001-2016 and Lluís Montserrat, 1962-; produced by Jessica Montaner, fl. 2013, Televisió de Catalunya, in 30 Minuts (Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France: Java Films, 2016), 52 mins
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30 Seconds of Gold: Advertising on Chinese TV
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produced by NHK International Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 1 hour
Once a year, about one hundred companies seeking dominant positions in China’s booming economy, compete in an auction for television advertising time. They face off on CCTV, China’s most watched (and only national) network, serving the 400 million television owners in China. The companies know they cannot affo...
produced by NHK International Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 1 hour
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37 Stories About Leaving Home
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directed by Shelly Silver, 1957-; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 52 mins
This fascinating experimental documentary examines the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters in Japan. Interwoven throughout the interviews with these women is a folk tale about a mother who rescues her daughter from an evil ogre who had kidnapped her. Insightful and entertaining, this innovati...
directed by Shelly Silver, 1957-; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 52 mins
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40 Years Later: Our People
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directed by John Washington, Jr., fl. 2009 and Sundog Stovall, fl. 2013 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2013), 49 mins
In the 40 Years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., how far have African Americans advanced in American society? This film touches on the socioeconomic status of Blacks in America, the election of Barack Obama and explores the question "does racism still exist?"
directed by John Washington, Jr., fl. 2009 and Sundog Stovall, fl. 2013 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2013), 49 mins
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