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If Hope Were Enough
directed by Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000; produced by Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2000), 36 mins
If Hope Were Enough documents how victims and survivors of egregious crimes have suffered in conflict and non-conflict situations around the world and examines the options available to women for justice. It presents the imminent International Criminal Court as one of the promising avenues of justice that women can...
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directed by Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000; produced by Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2000), 36 mins
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If Hope Were Enough documents how victims and survivors of egregious crimes have suffered in conflict and non-conflict situations around the world and examines the options available to women for justice. It presents the imminent International Criminal Court as one of the promising avenues of justice that women can have access to in the future and exciting possibility of bringing changes at the national level.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice, WITNESS
Author / Creator
Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
WITNESS
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Victims of crimes, Prostitution, Human trafficking, Sexual assault, Women's rights, Women, World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria, June 14-25, 1993, Politics & Policy, History, Law, Documentation of Crimes, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright 2000 by the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice & WITNESS
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Illusions in Stone
directed by Brian Brazeal; produced by Brian Brazeal (Privately Published, 2016), 58 mins
The global story of the emerald trade—a story of hope, faith, danger and desire, a place where you’ll meet righteous thieves, reckless illegal miners, and religious scholars in an underground business, all united by their fascination with the green stones.
This film demonstrates the movement of material culture ac...
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directed by Brian Brazeal; produced by Brian Brazeal (Privately Published, 2016), 58 mins
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The global story of the emerald trade—a story of hope, faith, danger and desire, a place where you’ll meet righteous thieves, reckless illegal miners, and religious scholars in an underground business, all united by their fascination with the green stones.
This film demonstrates the movement of material culture across borders—fits interdisciplinary courses in anthropology, cultural studies, material culture, economics and globalization.
"This pro...
The global story of the emerald trade—a story of hope, faith, danger and desire, a place where you’ll meet righteous thieves, reckless illegal miners, and religious scholars in an underground business, all united by their fascination with the green stones.
This film demonstrates the movement of material culture across borders—fits interdisciplinary courses in anthropology, cultural studies, material culture, economics and globalization.
"This project began when I went to an emerald mine in the Brazilian backlands to buy a wedding present. I found an open air market in precious gemstones and a community of miners and traders who had no idea what would become of their stones … [So I followed the stones and] found a global economy tied together not only by money but by hope, by honest and trust, by religious belief and by what Colombians call el sueno verde, the green dream." – Brian Brazeal, Founder, Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology, California State University—Chico
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Brian Brazeal
Author / Creator
Brian Brazeal
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Violence, Honesty, International trade, Mining industry, Precious stones, Jainism, Colombians, Israelis, Brazilians, Zambians, Indians (Asian)
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Copyright © 2016 Brian Brazeal
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Indigenous Media Postcard from Nepal
directed by Carlos Gomez, fl. 2013; produced by Cineminga (Nepal: Cineminga, 2013), 30 mins
Indigenous media production is a tool for autonomy, activism, cross-cultural education, and critical self-representation. Through interviews with indigenous filmmakers from Nepal and Taiwan and an intimate look at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, the film articulates the demand for culturally rele...
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directed by Carlos Gomez, fl. 2013; produced by Cineminga (Nepal: Cineminga, 2013), 30 mins
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Indigenous media production is a tool for autonomy, activism, cross-cultural education, and critical self-representation. Through interviews with indigenous filmmakers from Nepal and Taiwan and an intimate look at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, the film articulates the demand for culturally relevant broadcasting and community building through media production, distribution, and exhibition. Film festivals provide a critical plat...
Indigenous media production is a tool for autonomy, activism, cross-cultural education, and critical self-representation. Through interviews with indigenous filmmakers from Nepal and Taiwan and an intimate look at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, the film articulates the demand for culturally relevant broadcasting and community building through media production, distribution, and exhibition. Film festivals provide a critical platform to foster dialogue, illuminate pan-indigenous concerns for land and rights, and insert an alternative narrative into the hegemony of commercial and mainstream representation.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cineminga
Author / Creator
Carlos Gomez, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Cineminga
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Film festivals, Cultural life, Indigenous peoples, Nepali
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Copyright © 2013 Cineminga
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Journey of a Rose
directed by Consuelo Marcoli and Gianni Beretta (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 40 mins
This film about growing and selling roses is an illuminating study of the globalization of the floriculture industry. "Roses are for you, but thorns are for us," says a worker at the Ecuadorian plantation which grows these flowers for export. It is indeed ironic that this symbol of romance has become a story of ex...
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directed by Consuelo Marcoli and Gianni Beretta (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 40 mins
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This film about growing and selling roses is an illuminating study of the globalization of the floriculture industry. "Roses are for you, but thorns are for us," says a worker at the Ecuadorian plantation which grows these flowers for export. It is indeed ironic that this symbol of romance has become a story of exploitation and disease. The most beautiful and prized roses find perfect growing conditions in Ecuador, where huge greenhouses replace...
This film about growing and selling roses is an illuminating study of the globalization of the floriculture industry. "Roses are for you, but thorns are for us," says a worker at the Ecuadorian plantation which grows these flowers for export. It is indeed ironic that this symbol of romance has become a story of exploitation and disease. The most beautiful and prized roses find perfect growing conditions in Ecuador, where huge greenhouses replace small farms and are the only employment available. However, to grow these flowers requires heavy applications of pesticides and fumigants; many plantations do not provide protective gear for their workers. There has been a huge increase in cancers, respiratory diseases and other health problems among the workers-- and their babies. In addition, the laborers are grossly underpaid and attempts to unionize have led to mass dismissals. A few enlightened companies have instituted a system of certification-- buying "certified" roses means the workers' safety was protected and their wages and workload were fair. However, certified companies have higher expenses, and are at a competitive disadvantage from non- regulated companies. This eye-opening film gives voice to both workers, owners and health officials and makes clear that producing and transporting such fragile item to customers thousands of miles away is a risky undertaking for all involved. College Adult
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Consuelo Marcoli, Gianni Beretta
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Health, Industry, Plants, Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production, Business & Economics
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Kemira: Diary of a Strike
directed by Tom Zubrycki, fl. 1974-2017 (Acton, Australian Capital Territory: Kemira Productions, 1984), 1 hour
IN September1982, at the height of an economic recession, the Australian steelworks BHP announced its intention to close down some of its coal mines.
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directed by Tom Zubrycki, fl. 1974-2017 (Acton, Australian Capital Territory: Kemira Productions, 1984), 1 hour
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IN September1982, at the height of an economic recession, the Australian steelworks BHP announced its intention to close down some of its coal mines.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Tom Zubrycki, fl. 1974-2017
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
Kemira Productions
Topic / Theme
Labor strikes, Coal mines and mining, Coal miners, Australians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1984 by Kemira Productions
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Ken Burns's Jazz, 2, The Gift
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Ken Burns, 1953-; produced by Ken Burns, 1953-, in Ken Burns's Jazz, 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2000), 1 hour 50 mins
Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Armstrong, a fatherless waif who grew...
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written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Ken Burns, 1953-; produced by Ken Burns, 1953-, in Ken Burns's Jazz, 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2000), 1 hour 50 mins
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Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Armstrong, a fatherless waif who grew up on the mean streets of New Orleans, develops his great 'gift' - his unparalleled musical genius - with the help of King Oliver, the...
Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Armstrong, a fatherless waif who grew up on the mean streets of New Orleans, develops his great 'gift' - his unparalleled musical genius - with the help of King Oliver, the city's top cornetist, and in 1922, follows him to Chicago, where Armstrong's transcendent sound and exhilarating rhythms inspire a new generation of musicians, white and black, to join the world of jazz. Meanwhile, Ellington, raised in middle-class comfort by parents who told him he was 'blessed,' outgrows the society music he learned to play in Washington, D.C., and heads for Harlem. There he absorbs the stride piano rhythms of Willie 'The Lion' Smith and forms a band to create a music all his own - hot, blues-drenched, and infused with the gutbucket growls of his new trumpet player, Bubber Miley. As the Roaring Twenties accelerate, Paul Whiteman, a white bandleader, sells millions of records playing a sweet, symphonic jazz, while Fletcher Henderson, a black bandleader, packs the dance floor at the whites-only Roseland Ballroom with his innovative big band arrangements. Then, in 1924, the year Whiteman introduces George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Henderson brings Louis Armstrong to New York, adding his improvisational brilliance to the band's new sound - and soon Armstrong is showing the whole world how to swing.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ken Burns, 1953-, Keith David, 1956-
Author / Creator
Ken Burns, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Ken Burns's Jazz
Speaker / Narrator
Keith David, 1956-
Person Discussed
Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971, Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Joe Oliver, 1885-1938
Topic / Theme
African-Americans, Bars and saloons, Jazz music, Musicians, Urban life, Prohibition, U.S., 1919-1933, World War I, 1914-1918, American History, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright 2000, The Jazz Film Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Ken Burns's The West, 3, The Speck of the Future
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into...
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written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
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By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into its forbidding interior. It still seemed too distant, too mysterious, too dangerous. Then gold was discovered in California, and every...
By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into its forbidding interior. It still seemed too distant, too mysterious, too dangerous. Then gold was discovered in California, and everything changed -- for the West, and for the country. Suddenly, gold-seekers rushed in from every corner of the globe: Chinese peasants, pursuing tales of a 'gold mountain' across the ocean, Mexican farmers and clerks from London, tailors from Eastern Europe and South American aristocrats fallen on hard times. The thin stream of American emigrants crossing the continent became a torrent -- thousands upon thousands of optimistic but inexperienced prospectors, willing to leave their homes and families, and set out on the long trail for California, hoping to strike it rich and return in glory. It had taken half a century for the United States to encompass the vast spaces of the West. Now, the lust for gold would animate the nation to begin to fill them up.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, Peter Coyote, 1941-
Author / Creator
Ken Burns, 1953-, Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Ken Burns's The West
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Coyote, 1941-
Person Discussed
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, 1808-1890, William Swain, 1822-
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Chinese people, Gold, Gold mines and mining, Migration, Miners, Mining communities, Mining industry, Mining towns, Pioneers, Sioux people, California Gold Rush, 1849, American History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Chinese, Dakota, Russians, Ukrainians, Rusyn, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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© 1996 The West Film Project, Inc./Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
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Ken Burns's The West, 8, Ghost Dance
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour
This documentary by Stephen Ives examines the Ghost Dance movement in the American West.
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written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour
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This documentary by Stephen Ives examines the Ghost Dance movement in the American West.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, Peter Coyote, 1941-
Author / Creator
Ken Burns, 1953-, Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Ken Burns's The West
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Coyote, 1941-
Person Discussed
Alice Cunningham Fletcher, 1838-1923, Sitting Bull, 1831-1890, Wovoka, 1858-1932
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Frontier and pioneer life, Migration, Mining industry, Pioneers, Romantic relationships, Sioux people, Dawes Act Divides Indian Tribal Land into Individual Allotments, February 8, 1887, Ghost Dance Movement, 1889-1890, Oklahoma Land Rush, April 22, 1889, Sitting Bull, Killed, Standing Rock Reservation, SD, 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre, SD, December 29, 1890, American History, The...
American Indians, Frontier and pioneer life, Migration, Mining industry, Pioneers, Romantic relationships, Sioux people, Dawes Act Divides Indian Tribal Land into Individual Allotments, February 8, 1887, Ghost Dance Movement, 1889-1890, Oklahoma Land Rush, April 22, 1889, Sitting Bull, Killed, Standing Rock Reservation, SD, 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre, SD, December 29, 1890, American History, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Dakota, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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© 1996 The West Film Project, Inc./Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
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Kerkennah
directed by Marco Mensa, fl. 2001 (Ethnos Films, 2001), 20 mins
This documentary, by director Marco Mensa, is about the life of fishermen on the Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia).
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directed by Marco Mensa, fl. 2001 (Ethnos Films, 2001), 20 mins
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This documentary, by director Marco Mensa, is about the life of fishermen on the Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia).
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Marco Mensa, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Ethnos Films
Topic / Theme
Fisheries, Daily life, Cultural life, Islands, Current Affairs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Ethnos Films. All rights reserved.
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The Legacy Project: Dramatists Talk about Their Work, Volume 2, Charles Fuller in Conversation with Lynn Nottage
directed by Jeremy S. Levine, 1984-; produced by Jonathan Reynolds, fl. 1984, Transient Pictures; interview by Lynn Nottage, 1964-, in The Legacy Project: Dramatists Talk about Their Work, Volume 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2013), 46 mins
The Legacy Project: Volume II documents and preserves the creative process of America's most esteemed writers for the theater in a series of filmed conversations, each featuring an established stage author (or team of collaborators) being interviewed by an emerging writer. Charles Fuller is the first African Ameri...
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directed by Jeremy S. Levine, 1984-; produced by Jonathan Reynolds, fl. 1984, Transient Pictures; interview by Lynn Nottage, 1964-, in The Legacy Project: Dramatists Talk about Their Work, Volume 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2013), 46 mins
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The Legacy Project: Volume II documents and preserves the creative process of America's most esteemed writers for the theater in a series of filmed conversations, each featuring an established stage author (or team of collaborators) being interviewed by an emerging writer. Charles Fuller is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his drama A Soldiers Play. He also founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia....
The Legacy Project: Volume II documents and preserves the creative process of America's most esteemed writers for the theater in a series of filmed conversations, each featuring an established stage author (or team of collaborators) being interviewed by an emerging writer. Charles Fuller is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his drama A Soldiers Play. He also founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia. Other plays include the Obie-winning Zooman and the Sign, The Perfect Party, and The Brownsville Raid. Interviewed by Lynn Nottage (Ruined).
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Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Theatre
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Reynolds, fl. 1984, Transient Pictures
Author / Creator
Jeremy S. Levine, 1984-, Lynn Nottage, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
The Legacy Project: Dramatists Talk about Their Work
Person Discussed
Charles Fuller, 1939-, Norman Mailer, 1923-2007, Lynn Nottage, 1964-
Topic / Theme
Theater careers, African-Americans, Turkish
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of Filmakers Library
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