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...and the earth did not swallow him
Based on Tomas Rivera's classic novella, this is a beautiful and moving account of a family of Mexican-American migrant workers in the 1950's. |
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A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die chronicles the American Indian Movement (AIM) by recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, co-founder and leader of AIM. By investigating the issues and major flash points connected with Banks' story, the film charts the rise and fall of a movement that fought for the civil rights of American Indians. |
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Being in the World
Being in the World takes us on a journey around the world to meet philosophers influenced by the thought of Martin Heidegger, as well as experts in the fields of sports, music, craft, and cooking, in a celebration of human beings, and our ability to find meaning in life through the mastery of physical, intellectual, and creative skills. |
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Film Socialisme
Legendary director Jean-Luc Godard (Contempt) triumphantly returns to the screen with FILM SOCIALISME, "a remarkable and beautiful and challenging" (Glenn Kenny, MSN) essay on the state of Mediterranean life, culture and history. |
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE is a comprehensive history of
the American horror film. Starting with Thomas Edison’s version of Frankenstein
and slashing its way through to Saw and beyond, this incisive documentary
examines how these monstrous creations were gruesome reflections of their time.
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Reel Injun
An entertaining and provocative look at Hollywood's depiction of Native Americans, REEL INJUN journeys through a century of cinema to set the record straight. Traveling through the heartland of the U.S., to the Black Hills and Monument Valley, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. |
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Signs Out of Time
Signs Out of Time, a film by Donna Read and Starhawk, examines the life and work of world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Marija Gimbutas. |
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Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
Featuring the pioneers of LSD, this documentary chronicles its discovery by Alfred Hofmann to its prohibition in 1973. Contains interviews with groundbreaking researchers including Hofmann, Ram Dass, and Timothy Leary, and a wealth of archival footage. |
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Hippie Masala: Forever In India
In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed east to India in search of enlightenment. All, in the end, embraced this land of ancient traditions and transcendent pleasures as their own. Hippie Masala is a fascinating chronicle about aging flower children who, after fleeing Western civilization, found a new way of life in India. |
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Workingman's Death
After the fall of Communism, the plight of the Proletariat is rarely discussed and today's manual laborers are no longer celebrated with hymns of praise. The critically-acclaimed WORKINGMAN'S DEATH provides a rare glimpse into the harsh treatment faced by manual laborers around the world today. |
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Hair: Let the Sun Shine In
Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, Hair has inspired generations
with its messages of love, nonviolence and liberation. This definitive documentary
places the musical in historical context and highlights the continuing relevance
of the show and its still radical, transformative power. |
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How to be a Woman
As the daughters of the baby-boom reached adolescence, American schools struggled to educate them on matters of sexual and social development. This fascinating collection contains films on wide-ranging
topics as such as the reproductive system, cooking skills, self-defense, and how to appear more pleasing to others. |
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How to be a Man
Since the 1940’s, classroom films have aimed at tutoring young adolescents on
subjects such as sexual development, the importance of fitting in, and juvenile
delinquency, all in tidy, ten-minute sermons disguised as dramas. This collection
illustrates social norms from post-WWII America. (see also, HOW TO BE A
WOMAN) |
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Foreign Parts
Anthropological in scope, sensuous in detail and emotionally resonant throughout, Foreign Parts is an exemplary social record of Willets Point, an industrial graveyard of scrap heaps and auto shops in Queens, New York, that is scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped. The film observes and captures the struggle of a contested "eminent domain" neighborhood before its disappearance under the capitalization of New York's urban ecology. |
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