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The 10 Conditions of Love

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...

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30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle

(Bullfrog Films, 2000), 1 hour 14 mins

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30 Frames A Second: The WTO in Seattle, is a compelling first-person account of the events that unfolded during the week the World Trade Organization came to Seattle in November of 1999. It's told from the perspective of 15-year veteran network news cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the WTO as an independent journalist. It is the story of how Thompson's objective point-of-view evolved into a subjective account of what became an unscheduled,... 30 Frames A Second: The WTO in Seattle, is a compelling first-person account of the events that unfolded during the week the World Trade Organization came to Seattle in November of 1999. It's told from the perspective of 15-year veteran network news cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the WTO as an independent journalist. It is the story of how Thompson's objective point-of-view evolved into a subjective account of what became an unscheduled, unruly outbreak of democracy. Thompson, who had press credentials for the event, takes the viewer into the fray of tear gas, pepper spray, and police abuse; behind the lines and inside the convention center and press rooms; and along the marches, sit-ins, and demonstrations. His dynamic, up-close footage captures the passion, the confusion, the anger, and the courage of everyone involved, from protesters to police to delegates to bureaucrats.With Thompson narrating, the film asks viewers to emotionally engage their own conflicting feelings about the demonstrations and behind-closed-doors meetings. 'I was intrigued by taking a singular, personal approach to the events,' says Thompson, as he recounts how the protests affected him as a journalist and a common citizen. The result is an impressionistic journal of a decisive week that exploded into a massive expression of freedom: of speech, of assembly, and the press.

30 Frames A Second: The WTO in Seattle, is a compelling first-person account of the events that unfolded during the week the World Trade Organization came to Seattle in November of 1999. It's told from the perspective of 15-year veteran network news cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the WTO as an independent journalist. It is the story of how Thompson's objective point-of-view evolved into a subjective account of what became an unscheduled, unruly outbreak of democracy.

Thompson, who had press credentials for the event, takes the viewer into the fray of tear gas, pepper spray, and police abuse; behind the lines and inside the convention center and press rooms; and along the marches, sit-ins, and demonstrations. His dynamic, up-close footage captures the passion, the confusion, the anger, and the courage of everyone involved, from protesters to police to delegates to bureaucrats.

With Thompson narrating, the film asks viewers to emotionally engage their own conflicting feelings about the demonstrations and behind-closed-doors meetings. "I was intrigued by taking a singular, personal approach to the events," says Thompson, as he recounts how the protests affected him as a journalist and a common citizen. The result is an impressionistic journal of a decisive week that exploded into a massive expression of freedom: of speech, of assembly, and the press.

"This film is essential to anyone trying to come to grips with the events in Seattle and the continuing debate over globalization. Highly recommended." Library Journal
"(A) highly watchable personal video documentary...the sense of what it was like to be there is pungent throughout." Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader (from capsule review)
"Standout documentary, Rus Thompson's 30 Frames a Second is a user-friendly guide to the Seattle anti-WTO demonstrations." Amy Taubin, Village Voice
"Both polished and provocative, Thompson...furnish(es) remarkable testimony by a reflective witness operating outside the predictable agendas and usual players seen in the newscasts." Chicago Sun-Times
"If I had to review...30 FRAMES...in only three words, I'd say it's honest, energizing agitprop...(W)hat marks (it) as agitprop is Thompson's own political conversion, seemingly brought about by his participation in the events." Rating: A must-see. Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader (from full review)
"A fine work of memory, delicately crafted and suitably humble...one of the more aesthetically resonant diaries of the protests you're likely to see." The Stranger (Seattle)
"(Thompson's) first person postcard is one of the most jarring things I've seen in ages...What country, what year is this, you want to ask as your jaw drops." New City (Chicago)
"Recommended...as a raw, on-the-spot record of the WTO demonstrations." Educational Media Reviews Online
"[A] vivid, first person account...will surely satnd as the definitive record of that week's turbulent events." Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

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91%

directed by John Richie, fl. 2000; produced by John Richie, fl. 2000, Brock LaBorde, 1979- and Ashley Anderson, fl. 2016, John Richie Films (New York, NY: The Cinema Guild, 2016), 1 hour 4 mins

In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, a poll revealed that 91% of Americans support comprehensive background checks that could prevent thousands of similar gun violence tragedies nationwide. 91%: A Film about Guns in America allows for those permanently affected by the aftermath of gun violence to have a voice.

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645 Wellington

directed by Kaveh Nabatian, fl. 2000; produced by Germaine Wong, fl. 1989-2009, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2002), 54 mins

A stone's throw from downtown Montreal, quirky artists, blue-collar workers and unconventional families are being forced to leave their old neighbourhood as high-tech firms move in. Like in so many other cities, the tech companies arrive with the promise of a rosy future--but it's one built on demolitions, evictio...

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9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies

directed by Nick London, fl. 1999; produced by Nick London, fl. 1999, Blakeway (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2016), 51 mins

Ever since the attacks on America in September 2001, conspiracy theories – some credible, others less so – have persisted about what actually took place. Fifteen years after 9/11, this documentary takes a look at some of the theories surrounding the attacks and investigates whether information is still being h...

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1989: A Statesman Opens Up

(Icarus Films, 2015), 59 mins

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Forty-year-old academic economist Miklos Nemeth was more surprised than anyone when he was named Prime Minister of Hungary. It was 1989, and the Communist system was on the brink of collapse. Nemeth, an outsider with few friends in the Party, was charged with the seemingly impossible task of saving the country from bankruptcy.1989 is a gripping documentary that takes us behind the scenes of Nemeth's administration, during the most critical year i... Forty-year-old academic economist Miklos Nemeth was more surprised than anyone when he was named Prime Minister of Hungary. It was 1989, and the Communist system was on the brink of collapse. Nemeth, an outsider with few friends in the Party, was charged with the seemingly impossible task of saving the country from bankruptcy.1989 is a gripping documentary that takes us behind the scenes of Nemeth's administration, during the most critical year in recent European history. As Nemeth travels to Berlin, Bonn, Bucharest, and Moscow, meeting with his increasingly worried fellow Warsaw Pact leaders and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the film reveals the unsung role Hungary played in the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent collapse of Communism throughout Eastern Europe. Convinced that free elections are coming (and that the Communist Party will lose) Nemeth seeks to avoid a repeat of 1956, when Hungarians' rebellion against the USSR ended with tanks in the streets. We join him as he seeks the tacit blessing of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, sidelines the hardliners in East Germany, and navigates the crisis that erupts within the Party when the body of executed Prime Minister Imre Nagy, one of the heroes of 1956 Hungarian, is discovered buried in a Budapest field. All in the space of a few months. Despite the personal dangers (he wears a bullet proof vest and is told to keep his head moving), Nemeth persists. And when he allows tens of thousands of holidaying East Germans to flee to the West during the summer of 1989, he makes the historic events that would soon grip Berlin inevitable. Built around extensive contemporary interviews with Nemeth, 1989 creatively uses archival footage and meeting transcripts voiced by actors, providing a unique sense of immediacy and urgency to this remarkable story. How a political ingenue guided Hungary through its most critical period in three decades - and laid the groundwork for the fall of the Berlin Wall. Show more Show less

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6000 A Day: An Account of a Catastrophe Foretold

directed by Philip Brooks, 1953-2003 (Boston, MA: Icarus Films, 2001), 56 mins

6000 A DAY - ACCOUNT OF A CATASTROPHE FORETOLD reveals how the world's top decision makers knowingly failed to prevent the spread of the AIDS. It examines the failure of key individuals, prominent NGO's, and governments to act as they allowed a catastrophe to fester - a catastrophe that undoubtedly could have been...

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20th Century with Mike Wallace, 20th Century With Mike Wallace: Crisis In Iran. Death of the Shah and the Hostage Crisis

in 20th Century with Mike Wallace (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998), 46 mins

This documentary, published by A&E Television Networks, is about the revolution that led to the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iranian hostage crises.

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7l West Broadway, Ground Zero, N.Y.

directed by Beverly Peterson; produced by Beverly Peterson (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 20 mins

Like thousands of New Yorkers who live downtown, the filmmaker Beverly Peterson witnessed close-up the horrific events of 9/11. Her first instinct was to grab her video camera in order to bear witness to the tragedy unfolding. Filming became a way of surviving the following months as she documented what was happen...

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Abandoned

(Bullfrog Films, 2000), 55 mins

This film illustrates the most recent wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. Through a close look at the personal impact of new immigration laws, this film depicts the severity of current detention and deportation policies. Lives are changed forever, as legal residents find themselves being torn aw...

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