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100 Years of Silence: The Germans in Namibia
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directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quar...
directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
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Acting Together on the World Stage
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written by Allison Lund, fl. 2011 and Cynthia E. Cohen, fl. 2011, Acting Together on the World Stage (2018, originally published 2011),
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written by Allison Lund, fl. 2011 and Cynthia E. Cohen, fl. 2011, Acting Together on the World Stage (2018, originally published 2011),
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Alien Enemy Detention Facility
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in Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004 (RG85). Alien Enemy Detention Facility Films, ca. 1942 - ca. 1943, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records; produced by United States. Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service (District of Columbia: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register), 21 mins
in Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004 (RG85). Alien Enemy Detention Facility Films, ca. 1942 - ca. 1943, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records; produced by United States. Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service (District of Columbia: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register), 21 mins
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All for the Nation
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directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Christine Chamoun, fl. 2003, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2011), 50 mins
"Koulouna lil Watan" (All For The Nation) focuses on a particular Lebanese nationality law, which stipulates that Lebanese women who choose to marry a foreigner are not allowed to extend their Lebanese citizenship to their husbands and children. Without citizenship, those families lose their social, civil and econ...
directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Christine Chamoun, fl. 2003, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2011), 50 mins
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Allah Tantou
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directed by David Achkar, 1960-1998 (California Newsreel, 1991), 1 hour
Allah Tantou is the first African film to confront the immense personal and political costs of the widespread human rights abuses on the continent. It follows filmmaker David Achkar's search for his father, his father's search for himself inside a Guinean prison and Africa's search for a new beginning amid the dis...
directed by David Achkar, 1960-1998 (California Newsreel, 1991), 1 hour
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Amisk
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directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
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Behind Forgotten Eyes
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directed by Anthony Gilmore; produced by Anthony Gilmore and Alex Ferrair (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008, originally published 2007), 1 hour 17 mins
While Korea groaned under the harsh colonial rule of Imperial Japan from 1932 until 1945, the Japanese military coerced, tricked, and forced more than 200,000 women of Korea into a brutal and systematic form of sexual slavery on an unimaginable scale. Forbidden to leave the rickety shacks hastily constructed near...
directed by Anthony Gilmore; produced by Anthony Gilmore and Alex Ferrair (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008, originally published 2007), 1 hour 17 mins
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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: A History in Exile
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directed by Cecilia Araneda; produced by Cecilia Araneda (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 28 mins
Cecilia Aranada returned to Chile years after her family had escaped the bloody Pinochet regime. Her own mother had been held and tortured in the Estadio Nacional, the infamous stadium from which many never emerged. She was shocked that in Chile today, many did not know of the horrors of the Pinochet regime. Inste...
directed by Cecilia Araneda; produced by Cecilia Araneda (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 28 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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