1,207 results for your search
See details
Eye for Justice, 2, Raising Hell: The Life of A.J. Bannister
directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie, in Eye for Justice, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 27 mins
This is a contemporary story of crime and punishment in the Midwest. It tells the story of death-row inmate Alan (A.J.) Bannister, who killed a man in a trailer park in a struggle over a gun. The film reconstructs his troubled life from his childhood in a rural, working class community in central Illinois, where h...
Sample
directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie, in Eye for Justice, 2 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 27 mins
Description
This is a contemporary story of crime and punishment in the Midwest. It tells the story of death-row inmate Alan (A.J.) Bannister, who killed a man in a trailer park in a struggle over a gun. The film reconstructs his troubled life from his childhood in a rural, working class community in central Illinois, where he was a good student and active in sports, to his gradual descent into a life of petty crime. In his three years of researching the cas...
This is a contemporary story of crime and punishment in the Midwest. It tells the story of death-row inmate Alan (A.J.) Bannister, who killed a man in a trailer park in a struggle over a gun. The film reconstructs his troubled life from his childhood in a rural, working class community in central Illinois, where he was a good student and active in sports, to his gradual descent into a life of petty crime. In his three years of researching the case, the filmmaker uncovered startling new evidence that the killing was not a contract killing, as the prosecution asserted, but second degree murder, which would not carry the death sentence. Raising Hell approaches a tense climax as A.J.'s execution date is set. As the day approaches, the viewer is taken inside the death watch cell to experience the countdown. His wife and mother, his friends, the film crew and prison staff have made their final preparations when A.J. is granted a stay of execution, two hours before he is scheduled to die. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bruce Eadie
Author / Creator
Stephen Trombley
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Eye for Justice
Topic / Theme
Criminal punishment, Crime, Executions, Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Eye for Justice, 4, Project X - The Castration Experiment
directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie, in Eye for Justice, 4 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 54 mins
Since 1996, six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders, either physically or chemically. Is it treatment, or punishment? Or is it both? Castration has been tried many times in Europe and the United States over the past century. In the present experiment, states are trying to save money...
Sample
directed by Stephen Trombley; produced by Bruce Eadie, in Eye for Justice, 4 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 54 mins
Description
Since 1996, six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders, either physically or chemically. Is it treatment, or punishment? Or is it both? Castration has been tried many times in Europe and the United States over the past century. In the present experiment, states are trying to save money. To reduce prison bills, castrated rapists and pedophiles are being released back into the community. Will the public be safe? Many do...
Since 1996, six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders, either physically or chemically. Is it treatment, or punishment? Or is it both? Castration has been tried many times in Europe and the United States over the past century. In the present experiment, states are trying to save money. To reduce prison bills, castrated rapists and pedophiles are being released back into the community. Will the public be safe? Many doctors, rape survivors and prosecutors think not. If rapists are motivated more by power than sex, then castration may lead them to commit even more violent sexual assaults, including mutilation and murder. This uncompromising documentary takes a tough look at a tough subject. Member of a series: Eye for Justice (Series) College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bruce Eadie
Author / Creator
Stephen Trombley
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Eye for Justice
Topic / Theme
Legal system, Criminal punishment, Laws and legislation, Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Facing Death
produced by Lars Westman, Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 1 hour 1 mins
For more than twenty years, Lars Westman has been filming his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother who lived to a ripe old age in her own home, until complications from a hip injury necessitated her move to a nursing home. When she succ...
Sample
produced by Lars Westman, Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 1 hour 1 mins
Description
For more than twenty years, Lars Westman has been filming his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother who lived to a ripe old age in her own home, until complications from a hip injury necessitated her move to a nursing home. When she succumbed to her final illness, her son was at her bedside to record her last breath. Their strong affection helps the film transcend grim...
For more than twenty years, Lars Westman has been filming his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother who lived to a ripe old age in her own home, until complications from a hip injury necessitated her move to a nursing home. When she succumbed to her final illness, her son was at her bedside to record her last breath. Their strong affection helps the film transcend grim reality. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lars Westman, Sveriges Television
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Family, Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Facing Forward: A Charter School for At-risk Youth
directed by Laura Paglin, fl. 2004 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour 7 mins
In Cleveland, where only one in twenty African American males graduates from high school, a new charter middle school, E Prep, is one of a wave of organizations championing the 'old school' values of hard work, discipline, and respect for authority. This award-winning film asks the question, can a school with high...
Sample
directed by Laura Paglin, fl. 2004 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour 7 mins
Description
In Cleveland, where only one in twenty African American males graduates from high school, a new charter middle school, E Prep, is one of a wave of organizations championing the 'old school' values of hard work, discipline, and respect for authority. This award-winning film asks the question, can a school with high expectations overcome the negativity of an inner city community?
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Laura Paglin, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Adolescence, African-Americans, Cities, Educational reform, Homosexuality, Middle schools, Humanities, Australian Aborigines
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Fading Traces
directed by Walo Deuber; produced by Rose Marie Schneider, Doc Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 1998), 1 hour 7 mins
The western Ukraine was once home to the largest Jewish community that ever existed. Five million Jews living there had a rich culture, with Jewish music abounding and a thriving Yiddish theater. All this disappeared with the German invasion of Russia in 1941 and the tragic events of the Holocaust. Fading Traces a...
Sample
directed by Walo Deuber; produced by Rose Marie Schneider, Doc Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 1998), 1 hour 7 mins
Description
The western Ukraine was once home to the largest Jewish community that ever existed. Five million Jews living there had a rich culture, with Jewish music abounding and a thriving Yiddish theater. All this disappeared with the German invasion of Russia in 1941 and the tragic events of the Holocaust. Fading Traces artfully weaves the words of writers such as Rose Auslander, Isaak Babel, Martin Buber, David Kahane, as well as others, with the accoun...
The western Ukraine was once home to the largest Jewish community that ever existed. Five million Jews living there had a rich culture, with Jewish music abounding and a thriving Yiddish theater. All this disappeared with the German invasion of Russia in 1941 and the tragic events of the Holocaust. Fading Traces artfully weaves the words of writers such as Rose Auslander, Isaak Babel, Martin Buber, David Kahane, as well as others, with the accounts and experiences of those still living. The film seeks out the traces of this lost world and brings it to life. Since the opening of the Soviet Union, this historic land is once more accessible. Fertile countryside, ancient tombstones, austere synagogues, train stations, markets, cobble stone streets - the fabric of daily life, as well as the dark forbidding sites of mass graveyards. Here is a past that is all but wiped out, except when excavated deftly and respectfully in Fading Traces. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rose Marie Schneider, Doc Productions
Author / Creator
Walo Deuber
Date Published / Released
1998, 2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Antisemitism, Internment camps, Jewish people, Massacres, Military occupation, Property destruction, War crimes, Religion, World War II, 1939-1945, Soviet Union, 1922-1991, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality, First Love
directed by Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008 and Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006; produced by Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion, in Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 51 mins
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five ma...
Sample
directed by Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008 and Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006; produced by Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion, in Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 51 mins
Description
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five major world religions have on love, marriage, and sexual activity. In First Love, we hear the personal experiences of young people from a...
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five major world religions have on love, marriage, and sexual activity. In First Love, we hear the personal experiences of young people from a variety of religions describing their sexuality and their perspectives on what they view as acceptable sexual behavior in relation to their faith.
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion
Author / Creator
Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008, Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality
Topic / Theme
Sexuality, Religion, Love, Religious practices, Hindu, Buddhist, Nation of Islam, Jewish, Christian, Jews, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by First Hand Films
×
See details
Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality, Fulfilled Love
directed by Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008 and Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006; produced by Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion, in Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 53 mins
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five ma...
Sample
directed by Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008 and Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006; produced by Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion, in Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 53 mins
Description
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five major world religions have on love, marriage, and sexual activity. In Fulfilled Love, we see couples in the only space where sexuality is...
Our sexuality is one of the most powerful characteristics that define us as individuals and as human beings. Yet, in many religions, elements of human sexuality are either taboo or are proscribed by custom or scripture. Faith Love Desire is a 3-part documentary that explores what effects the conventions of five major world religions have on love, marriage, and sexual activity. In Fulfilled Love, we see couples in the only space where sexuality is legitimized by organized religion - marriage. They discuss how they maintain sexual fulfillment while staying within the boundaries of their religions and their marriages.
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Birgit Schulz, fl. 2000-2017, Bildersturm Filmproduktion
Author / Creator
Heinz Greuling, fl. 2002-2008, Hilka Sinning, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Faith Love Desire - World Religions And Sexuality
Topic / Theme
Sexuality, Love, Marriage, Religious practices, Religion, Hindu, Buddhist, Nation of Islam, Jewish, Christian, Jews
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by First Hand Films
×
See details
Fire Eyes: Female Circumcision
written by Soraya Mire; directed by Soraya Mire (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995), 57 mins
This powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically...
Sample
written by Soraya Mire; directed by Soraya Mire (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995), 57 mins
Description
This powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically and emotionally from its cruel legacy. Fire Eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient c...
This powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically and emotionally from its cruel legacy. Fire Eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient custom which affects more than 80 million women worldwide. In this film several women who have been subject to this "rite of passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice. While a few courageous women would spare their daughters this suffering, others fear their daughters would be unmarriageable. The troubling fact is that female circumcision is a women's ritual upheld by mothers, grandmothers and aunts, to conform to the male expectation for a chaste wife. Testimony from doctors detail the various forms of female circumcision and the horrendous ob/gyn problems that result. Dr. Groesbeck Parham, an African American, studied with a Sudanese doctor in Khartoum. He observes, "When you are confronted with a situation rooted in such deep cultural mores, you have to be careful not to become arrogant. But I think it is a practice that needs to be revamped." An extraordinary documentary for Women's Studies, Anthropology, African Studies, Public Health and Human Rights programs. (A closed captioned version available on vhs only. Please specify when ordering.) College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Soraya Mire, Carol Christiansen
Author / Creator
Soraya Mire
Date Published / Released
1994, 1995
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Carol Christiansen
Topic / Theme
Somali, African, Cultural identity, Women's health issues, Religious rites and ceremonies, Women, Circumcisions, Anthropology, Women's issues, Ethnography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Segments
×
See details
First Person Shooter
directed by Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015; produced by Christopher Sumpton and Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015, Cogent/Benger Productions, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 13 mins
Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? First Person Shooter is a game from Coun...
Sample
directed by Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015; produced by Christopher Sumpton and Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015, Cogent/Benger Productions, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 13 mins
Description
Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? First Person Shooter is a game from Counterpoint which has wordwide afficionados. The filmmaker’s son and friends became hooked on the game, playing into the night at parlor...
Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? First Person Shooter is a game from Counterpoint which has wordwide afficionados. The filmmaker’s son and friends became hooked on the game, playing into the night at parlors away from home. School hobbies, and family were seemingly obliterated. As a parent, he tried to control his son’s obsession but it was so powerfully mesmerizing that nothing could get break the spell. When he questioned other parents, he found they were equally powerless to free their children from the downward spiral of this disturbing addiction. First Person Shooter may be the first documentary to bring attention to the impact of violent interactive video games on family, school and community life. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015, Griffin Benger, fl. 2011, Christopher Sumpton, Cogent/Benger Productions, Inc.
Author / Creator
Robin Benger, fl. 1998-2015
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Griffin Benger, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
School and Educational Psychology, Behavior, Content Areas: Technology, Sociology, Psychology, Video games, Middle, Secondary, Education
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
See details
Flying on One Engine
directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 51 mins
This is the story of the inspiring work of 76-year-old Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet who continues his commitment to the Indian children on whom he operates every year. He performs free reconstructive facial surgery in marathon-like sessions, correcting up to 700 children who have cleft lips and other facial deformiti...
Sample
directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 51 mins
Description
This is the story of the inspiring work of 76-year-old Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet who continues his commitment to the Indian children on whom he operates every year. He performs free reconstructive facial surgery in marathon-like sessions, correcting up to 700 children who have cleft lips and other facial deformities. Without the operations, these children would be not be able to develop normally and would be treated as outcasts. The eight-time No...
This is the story of the inspiring work of 76-year-old Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet who continues his commitment to the Indian children on whom he operates every year. He performs free reconstructive facial surgery in marathon-like sessions, correcting up to 700 children who have cleft lips and other facial deformities. Without the operations, these children would be not be able to develop normally and would be treated as outcasts. The eight-time Nobel Prize nominee is treated like a living god from the moment he arrives in India, with a reverence bordering on worship in the communities where he works. Watching the people who organize Dr. Dicksheet's surgery camps and those who help him perform the surgery, particularly his tough-as-nails nurse, viewers get an extremely up-close picture of contemporary India. Then he is in New York, Dr. Dicksheet subsists on social security in his ramshackle Brooklyn apartment, wheelchair-bound, living without a larynx, and diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. Dr. Dicksheet suffered a car accident in the 1970s, a battle with cancer in the 1980s and heart attacks in the 1990s. The film shows how this quirky, funny, and sometimes difficult character overcomes his own ailments by curing others. His stamina and commitment are truly staggering. College Adult
Show more
Show less
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Joshua Z. Weinstein
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Sharad Kumar Dicksheet, 1930-2011
Topic / Theme
Health, Medical treatments and procedures
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
×
