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Disobeying Orders: G. I. Resistance to The Vietnam War
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directed by Pamela Sporn, fl. 1990; produced by Pamela Sporn, fl. 1990 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 30 mins
This documentary focuses on the antiwar movement within the armed forces. Interviews with Vietnam veterans, including a navy nurse, are interwoven with archival photos, film footage, and popular music of the 1960's. One nurse coordinated an air drop of antiwar leaflets over her naval base for which she was court-m...
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directed by Pamela Sporn, fl. 1990; produced by Pamela Sporn, fl. 1990 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 30 mins
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The Guestworker
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directed by Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 and Charles Thompson; produced by Charles Thompson and Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 53 mins
When President Bush and some members of Congress proposed guest worker programs as part of new immigration reform legislation, it was as though nothing like this had existed before. Yet since 1986, thousands of Mexican men have legally entered the United States to work here, because of the little known H-2A guestw...
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directed by Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 and Charles Thompson; produced by Charles Thompson and Cynthia Hill, fl. 2003 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 53 mins
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The Jena 6
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directed by Kouross Esmaeli, fl. 2007, Jacqueline Soohen, fl. 1999 and Richard Rowley, fl. 1999; produced by Kouross Esmaeli, fl. 2007, Jacqueline Soohen, fl. 1999 and Richard Rowley, fl. 1999 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2007), 29 mins
Jena, LA - In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six blac...
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directed by Kouross Esmaeli, fl. 2007, Jacqueline Soohen, fl. 1999 and Richard Rowley, fl. 1999; produced by Kouross Esmaeli, fl. 2007, Jacqueline Soohen, fl. 1999 and Richard Rowley, fl. 1999 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2007), 29 mins
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Life Magazine's Best Photojournalists Tell Their Stories
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directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want t...
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directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
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Mi Puerto Rico
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directed by Sharon Simon, fl. 1995; produced by Sharon Simon, fl. 1995 and Raquel Ortiz, fl. 1981-2007 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 1 hour 27 mins
This wide-ranging and much-honored documentary explores Puerto Rico's rich cultural traditions and untold history, revealing the remarkable stories of its revolutionaries and abolitionists, poets and patriots -- all of whose struggles for national identity unfold within the complex web of relations between Puerto...
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directed by Sharon Simon, fl. 1995; produced by Sharon Simon, fl. 1995 and Raquel Ortiz, fl. 1981-2007 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 1 hour 27 mins
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Monkey Dance (Director's Version)
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directed by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013; produced by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 1 hour 4 mins
This extraordinary documentary provides an illuminating and richly discussible case study of immigrant acculturation in contemporary America. With keen sensitivity to detail and a sharp eye and ear for nuance, the film explores the lives of three teenagers as they come of age in Lowell, Massachusetts. Children of...
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directed by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013; produced by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 1 hour 4 mins
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Monkey Dance (PBS Version)
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directed by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013; produced by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 57 mins
This extraordinary documentary provides an illuminating and richly discussible case study of immigrant acculturation in contemporary America. With keen sensitivity to detail and a sharp eye and ear for nuance, the film explores the lives of three teenagers as they come of age in Lowell, Massachusetts. Children of...
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directed by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013; produced by Julie Mallozzi, fl. 2013 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2005), 57 mins
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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...
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directed by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015; produced by Charlene Y. Stern, fl. 2015 (Eixample, 2017), 28 mins
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Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust
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directed by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012; produced by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2013), 18 mins
Reporting on the Times is a short documentary film inspired 
by Laurel Leff's award-winning book Buried by the Times. The film
 explores how The New York Times handled reports of the Holocaust during World War II. It also investigates why The Times, a Jewish owned newspaper, buried more than one thousand artic...
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directed by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012; produced by Emily Harrold, fl. 2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2013), 18 mins
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