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Fragments of Isabella
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directed by Ronan O'Leary, 1959-; produced by Michael Scott and Ronan O'Leary, 1959- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 13 mins
Finally available from the festival circuit, this riveting film based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book by Isabella Leitner, recounts the true story of a young Hungarian Jew and her sisters interned in Auschwitz, their struggle to survive, and their daring escape from a death march to Bergen Belsen. In 1944, Is...
directed by Ronan O'Leary, 1959-; produced by Michael Scott and Ronan O'Leary, 1959- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 13 mins
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Freedom to Hate
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produced by Ray Errol Errol (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994, originally published 1993), 1 hour 7 mins
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ray Errol Fox took extraordinary personal risks documenting the new form of anti-Semitism emerging in the former Soviet Union. While Russian anti-Semitism has been a constant in that country's troubled history, it has been unleashed with disturbing virulence by the nationalist movement, "...
produced by Ray Errol Errol (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994, originally published 1993), 1 hour 7 mins
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From Congo to Zaire
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directed by Olivier Moser and Frederic Tadino (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
The Congo, the largest country in Central Africa, was granted its independence from Belgium in 1960. This riveting historical documentary, using a wealth of archival material, illustrates how the legacy of colonialism effected modern Congo, led first by Patrice Lumumba, then by General Mobutu for thirty years. Fro...
directed by Olivier Moser and Frederic Tadino (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
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Front Lines
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directed by Claude Guilmain, fl. 2008; produced by Anne-Marie Rocher, fl. 2008, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2008), 34 mins
A tribute to the combatants in the First World War, this film traces the conflict through the war diary and private letters of five Canadian soldiers and a nurse. Hearing them, the listener detects between the lines an unspoken horror censored by war and propriety. The film mingles war footage, historical photos a...
directed by Claude Guilmain, fl. 2008; produced by Anne-Marie Rocher, fl. 2008, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2008), 34 mins
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Frontiers: Haiti and The Dominican Republic
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produced by SCEREN-CNDP (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 27 mins
On the island of Hispaniola two worlds face each other: Haiti to the west, the Dominican Republic to the east. There is poverty, corruption and drug-trafficking in Haiti, while an economic boom linked to tourism has occurred in the Dominican Republic. The border is plagued by daily violence and tension. Formerly a...
produced by SCEREN-CNDP (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 27 mins
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Hatred
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directed by Mitzi Goldman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 1 hour 18 mins
This wide ranging documentary travels from Berlin to Harlem to the Middle East and Australia to investigate the connection between hatred on a personal level and hatred between nations. Is there a connection between the hatred that leads to mass violence and the hatred we all feel from time to time? The filmmaker'...
directed by Mitzi Goldman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 1 hour 18 mins
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Heinrich Himmler: Anatomy of a Mass Murderer
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directed by Michael Kloft, 1961-; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2008), 52 mins
orn into a Bavarian bourgeois family, Heinrich Himmler became the driving force behind the indescribable crimes that mde the Naze regime so unique in modern history. An early henchman of Hitler’s, Himmler turned a small gang of things into a monstrous pseudo-religious order and widely feared instrument of terro...
directed by Michael Kloft, 1961-; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2008), 52 mins
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Ho Chi Minh
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directed by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016, Reuters Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997, originally published 1996), 27 mins
In Vietnam, one of the last communist nations, Ho Chi Minh remains the father figure for the nation. For many in the West there remains a fascination with Uncle Ho, the frail, idealistic leader who against seemingly insurmountable odds humiliated two of the world's strongest armies, the American and the French. Th...
directed by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016, Reuters Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997, originally published 1996), 27 mins
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La Hora de los Generales
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directed by Florence Jaugey, 1959- and Frank Pineda, 1956-; produced by Camila Films (Managua, Managua Department: Camila Films, 1992), 23 mins

Este documental refleja la trayectoria y la personalidad de lo que fue el Ejército Popular Sandinista; nacido de una guerrilla y que fue el más grande de Centro América. Seguimos su evolución desde las orígenes hasta su reducción a partir de 1990, y sus consecuencias: los "recontras", huelgas de hambre y man...

directed by Florence Jaugey, 1959- and Frank Pineda, 1956-; produced by Camila Films (Managua, Managua Department: Camila Films, 1992), 23 mins
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How Jacques Jaujard Saved the Louvre
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directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers, fl. 1980-2015 and Pierre Pochart, fl. 1991-2015; produced by Hélène Badinter, fl. 2004-2015 and Laura Barraud, fl. 2012-2014, Ladybirds Films (France: Wide House, 2014), 56 mins
At the dawn of World War II, a resistance group organized an incredible raid of masterpieces from the Louvre, lest they end up in the hands of the Nazis. Jacques Jaujard, the assistant director of the museum, conceived and executed this daring operation. Without his ingenuity and bravery, many of the museum’s ma...
directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers, fl. 1980-2015 and Pierre Pochart, fl. 1991-2015; produced by Hélène Badinter, fl. 2004-2015 and Laura Barraud, fl. 2012-2014, Ladybirds Films (France: Wide House, 2014), 56 mins
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