Camilo, el cura guerrillero 2005?
Francisco Norden, Procinor Ltda, Corporación Fondo Mixto de Promoción Cinematográfica--Proimágenes en Movimiento (Colombia), and Video Factory (Firm)
Documentary on Camilo Torres, the revolutionary Colombian priest who became a guerrilla fighter. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :
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The creation of Italy battle of Solferino 1859 2004, c1991
Robert Lanchester, Henri de Turenne, Daniel Costelle, Juan Carlos Carmigniani, Massimo Scaglione, Marianne Mantell, Pathé cinéma (France), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
This program details the onset of the Battle of Solferino, the intrigues before and after, the characters of Cavour and Garibaldi, the battle itself and its influence on the unification of Italy. 1 videodisc (30 min.) :
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The defeat of Hannibal c2001
A Mussolini-era war epic commissioned by Italy's fascist government, meant to invoke popular support by celebrating the exploits of Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus as he successfully battled the army of Hannibal. 1 videodisc (83 min.)
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Ezra 2007
Newton I Aduaka, Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mamusu Kallon, Mercy Ojelade, Merveille Lukeba, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Cleophas Kabasiita, ARTE France, Cinefacto, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Sunday Morning Productions (Firm), Pierre Javaux Productions, and Granite FilmWorks
Tells the story of Ezra, a young boy kidnapped and forced to become a soldier with a rebel faction in the Sierra Leone civil war. Ten years later, he is brought before a truth and reconciliation commission and made to revisit and understand his crimes so as to begin the process of psychological healing. 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.)
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Gender against men 2011
Gender against men exposes the hidden world of sexual and gender-based violence against men in the conflicts of the Great Lakes Region. The film demonstrates how male identities are under attack and how rape when used as a weapon of war affects husbands, fathers, brothers and the community. 1 videodisc (44 min.) :
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Grace, Milly, Lucy child soldiers c2010
Raymonde Provencher, National Film Board of Canada, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
In Uganda, more than 30,000 children have been abducted by rebel troops over the past 20 years and forced into armed conflict. Many of these child soldiers are girls. When they return from captivity, the girls struggle to be accepted in their communities and make their voices heard. 1 videodisc (52 min.) :
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Napoleon 2010
David Grubin, Allyson Luchak, David G McCullough, David Grubin Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Docstar (Firm), Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, and PBS Home Video
Framed by the grand sweep of history, woven from intimate accounts of and by the man himself, this program is a tale as grand as any novel, a story of passion, vaunting ambition, and pride ending in exile and loss. 1 videodisc (215 min.) :
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The Paraguayan War the forgotten war c2009
Denis Wright, Claelia Bessa, Hilton Kauffmann, Thomas Whigham, J. R Bonavita, Imara Reis, Fernando Moura, Raccord (Firm), Baderna (Firm), and Quilombo Films (Firm)
Also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, the Paraguayan War was the largest war in South American history and the crucible in which the modern nations of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay were formed. This film explores the story of the war, its leaders, soldiers, and people through archival photographs, paintings, drawings, newspaper articles and biographies. 1 videodisc (74 min.)
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A perfect soldier 2011
Examines the history of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge regime through the eyes of Aki Ra. Aki Ra lost his parents to the Khmer Rouge in 1970 and was conscripted into the Khmer Rouge army as a child. After Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1979 he was recruited into the Vietnamese army where he became an expert at laying and removing landmines. Following the stabilization of Cambodia 1990s Aki Ra created the Cambodia Landmine Museum near Angkor Wat where he cares for orphans and devotes his efforts to locating and removing landmines that continue to maim and kill Cambodians long after the wars have ended. 1 videodisc (56 min.)
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Post-war settlements locating cultural interventions in Sri Lanka 2011
Neloufer De Mel
Neloufer De Mel speaks about the complex effects of the Sri Lankan Civil War on the country's subsequent post-war literary output and more general cultural mindset. Particularly focused on ethnicity, gender and violence, De Mel provides examples of prose and poetry that helps illustrate and locate Sri Lanka's post-war culture. She also addresses how post-war literature strives to reconcile the damage and suffering caused throughout and after the conflict. 1 videodisc (76 min.)
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Respuesta a la escalada Sudafricana 2011?
The battle for Cuito Cuanavale in the late 1980s was the turning point in the 13-year war in Angola. In this film, Cuban military personnel tell the story of the intervention of Cuba's armed forces on behalf of Angola's revolutionary government to defend it from attack by the pro-apartheid forces of South Africa. Includes excerpts of talks by Fidel and Raśl Castro. 1 videodisc (172 min.)
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The sari soldiers 2008
Julie Bridgham, Butter Lamp Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Documentary that follows six Nepalese women on the forefront of the civil war in Nepal and the escalating instability and violence that is engulfing the country. Over the course of a year, the film follows these women on the different sides of the conflict and witnesses the challenges they face as women taking such a strong role in a male dominated society, and why they are willing to risk their lives to make a difference in Nepal. 1 videodisc (93 min.)
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Seule avec la guerre 2010, 2001
Danielle Arbid, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Christian Baute, George Chahbazian, Olivier Gallais, Movimento Productions, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, and Blaq Out (Firm)
Seule avec la guerre: Exiled to France during the civil war that killed 150,000 people from 1975 to 1991, Arbid returns to Lebanon to interrogate its principal antagonists - the Christian and Muslim militiamen - about their justifications for the war, while wondering about the collective amnesia that seems omnipresent. A fearless woman in a male dominated society, Arbid is searching for the story of her country. Aux frontičres: "I spent 4 weeks, 3 nights and 2 days to circle around a country without a name : Palestine/Israel. I never crossed its borders, watching it like those who watch it from the outside." Lebanese director Danielle Arbid describes a variety of encounters in the Middle East, as she roams through Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. 1 videodisc (120 min.) :
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Women, war & peace STREAMING ONLINE -- add links from HERE http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/#1 c2011
Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Nina Chaudry, Abigail E Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker, Claudia Rizzi, Oriana Zill De Granados, Peter Bull, PBS Distribution (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Fork Films, and Independent Television Service
Challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain and reveals the central role of women in the quest for peace and justice in modern warfare. 2 videodiscs (220 min.) :
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About the United Nations peacekeeping 1989
Dermot Early
Examines the role of UN peacekeeping forces who stand between opposing sides in trouble spots of the world, hoping to encourage people to resolve their problems peacefully rather than resort to war. Through the eyes of a UN peacekeeper, we get a firsthand view of the duties of these "men & women in the middle.". 1 videocassette (18 min.)
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Aftermath the remnants of war 2002
Donovan Webster, Daniel Sekulich, Ed Barreveld, Michael Kot, and Allen J Abel
Based on the book by Donovan Webster this film exposes the environemntal and psychological damage which remains after the fighting stops and the troops leave. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Asia rising, 1951 1999
John Forsythe and Bill Treharne Jones
This program documents how Japan and Korea managed to rise above the strife of war to develop into world economic powers, setting the global pace for competition in the late 20th century. 1 videocassette (60 min)
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Beirut the last home movie 1991
Jennifer Fox, Gaby Bustros, and John Mullen
Chronicles three months in 1981 in the life of a Lebanese family living in Beirut's heavily bombed and all-but-deserted neighborhood:Christian Ashrafia. The Bustros family cannot face the present, extricate itself from the past, or imagine the future. 1 videocassette (88 min.)
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The Black tulip 1988
Bruce Lane and Tim Steffa
Presents the Soviet war with Afghanistan, with emphasis on the cost of war, especially in loss of lives, and the different understanding of the necessity of war, from both sides. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
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Calling the ghosts 1996
Mandy Jacobson, Karmen Jelinci c, and Julia Ormond
Women survivors of Omarska Detention Camp describe the camp and the situation in Bosnia and Herzagovnia. Their release and recovery process are also described. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Caminos del Silencio 1987
Félix Zurita
Documents the civil war in Guatemala and shows the effects it has had on Indian farmers. Focuses on a group of people from the Ixcan region who have had to flee as government soldiers have destroyed their houses and crops and killed thousands of villagers. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
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Carter's new world 1989, 1988
President Carter hoped to eliminate nuclear weapons, develop an arms control agreement, and improve relations with the Soviet Union. This program analyzes domestic and international events that contributed to the failure of Carter's vision. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Christians, Jews, and Moslems in Medieval Spain 1989
Rafael Cortes and Robert Lanchester
Due partly to the weakness of its Visigothic rulers, partly to the proximity of Africa, the Iberian peninsula was conquered by Berbers and by Arabs belonging to the Ommeyad Dynasty of Damascous. This program describes the history of Spain from the time of the first landing, in 711, through the nearly 800-year-long war that ended in the expulsion of both Moors and Jews in 1492. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
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The Civil War in England, 1645-1649 1993, 1990
Henri de Turenne and Andrew Mollo
"This program provides the background of the power struggle between Parliament and the King, as well as the religious conflicts that led to the war, the rise to power of the Puritans and Oliver Cromwell, the pivotal Battle of Naseby, the trial of Charles I and his execution, and the subsequent return of his son to the throne."--Container. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
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Colombia's guerilla war 1999
Jan Thielen
This program combines newsreel and documentary footage of life and death in Colombia's rural districts, cities, and guerrilla camps with interviews to explore the roots and results of the 20th century's longest guerrilla war. Members of Bogota's Institute of Political Studies, the Red Cross, the Church, army officers, guerrillas, politicians, and some of the 1.5 million refugees air their views on the terror and the tragedy of a nation divided. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
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Crusades Volume 3, Jihad 1995
Alan Ereira, David Wallace, Terry Jones, Anthony Zaki, Sean Arnold, and Kammy Darweish
"The Muslim's recapture of Jerusalem and the Second Crusade this Arab victory provoked are colorfully captured in this third volume ... Jerusalem's Arab leader, Nur ed-Din declares a Jihad, or holy war, against the invaders.A final battle commanded by his successor, the legendary Saladin, would determine the ultimate fate of this Crusade."--Container. 1 videocassette (50 mins.)
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Dateline, San Salvador 1986
Pamela Cohen and Robert Foxworth
On May 1, 1986, 80,000 Salvadorians, in protest of their conditions, marched the streets of their capital demanding an end to the war. This video documents this historic march and explores the concerns of the people behind the banners. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
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Day of the Zulu 2001
Ian Knight, Tony Pollard, Liev Schreiber, and Mark Lewis
Historian Ian Knight and forensic archeologist Tony Pollard investigate a battle scene of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war for evidence of the effect of a solar eclipse and the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the outcome of the battle. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Diamonds in the night 1980?
Jan Nemec, Ladislav Janský, and Antonin Kumbera
A study of two Jewish boys who escape from a train which is transporting them from one concentration camp to another. 1 videocassette (VHS) (74 min.)
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En minister krydser sit spor A minister retraces her steps 2002
Sonia Vesterholt
This documentary follows former Danish Minister, Birte Weiss, as she travels to Bosnia to investigate a hideous war crime. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Ethnic cleansing 200-?
Toru Takagi, Adam Fulford, and Bill Sullivan
"Follows step by step the persuasive media offensive waged by a powerful public relations firm for their client in the Balkan War in 1992"--Container. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
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Europe goes nuclear 1989, 1988
During the 1950s and 1960s NATO ministers agreed to rely more on nuclear strength to defend the continent. The motivations of Great Britain and France to pursue independent nuclear forces and to rearm West Germany are examined. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Ezra 2007
Newton I Aduaka, Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mamusu Kallon, Mercy Ojelade, Merveille Lukeba, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Cleophas Kabasiita, ARTE France, Cinefacto, Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Sunday Morning Productions (Firm), Pierre Javaux Productions, and Granite FilmWorks
Tells the story of Ezra, a young boy kidnapped and forced to become a soldier with a rebel faction in the Sierra Leone civil war. Ten years later, he is brought before a truth and reconciliation commission and made to revisit and understand his crimes so as to begin the process of psychological healing. 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.)
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Hacia la montaña "Towards the mountain" : Chiapas : prayer for the weavers 1999
Judith Illsley Gleason
"Gripped by painful memories of the civil war in Chiapas, Mexico, twenty-four indigenous women weavers gather for a festival. Musicians, including a Rezador, or prayer expert, accompany them to town. The music, prayer, and weaving interwine in a homage to those who have suffered and died resisting oppression"--Container. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
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Haves and have-nots 1989, 1988
The relationship between nuclear power and nuclear weapons proliferation is the focus on this program. It considers the motivation of Third World countries to develop nuclear weapons and reviews efforts to halt their spread. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Homecoming 1987
Tatyana Chubakova and Sergei Bobrov
Veterans of the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan returned home with unresolved feelings about a demoralizing and unpopular war. The first film to document the human impact of the Afghan war. 1 videocassette (17 min.)
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If the mango tree could speak 1993
Patricia Goudvis and William Turnley
A documentary about children and war in Guatemala and El Salvador. Features interviews in which children recount their experiences with war and violence. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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India after independence 1990
This program covers the anxious years since India became independent in 1947: the rioting and bloodshed of the first few weeks of independence; Gandhi's assassination and its aftermath; India's invastion of Portuguese Goa and clash with Chinese forces along the northeast border; the death of Nehru; the war in Kashmir; the accession of Indira Gandhi; the creation of Bangladesh; violence by and against Sikhs; the events at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the assassination of Indira Gandhi. 1 videocassette (21 min.)
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Into the fire American women in the Spanish Civil War 2002
Julia Newman
Focuses on sixteen of the 80 or so American women who joined the International Brigade volunteers from fifty countries who came to fight for democracy in Spain in 1936. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Joan the maid -- the battles 1997
Jacques Rivette, Christine Laurent, Pascal Bonitzer, William Lubtchansky, Nicole Lubtchansky, Denis Cavalli, Jordi Savall, Pierre Grise, Martine Marignac, Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet, Patrick LeMauff, Didier Sauvegrain, Jean-Pierre Lorit, and Bruno Wolkowitch
Tells the story of Joan of Arc recorded in meticulous detail, relying on original court transcripts and eyewitness accounts. "The Battles," the first segment of this two-part account of her life, follows Joan from her birth in 1412 describing her early life, to her response to inner voices during battles at Orleans culminating with the defeat of the English at Tourelles. 1 videocassette (112 min.) ;
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Joan the maid -- the prisons 1997
Jacques Rivette, Christine Laurent, Pascal Bonitzer, William Lubtchansky, Nicole Lubtchansky, Jordi Savall, Pierre Grise, Martine Marignac, Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet, Patrick LeMauff, Didier Sauvegrain, Jean-Pierre Lorit, and Bruno Wolkowitch
The second segment in a two-part account of the life of Joan of Arc, begins in June, 1429, as Joan rejoins the Dauphin at Loches and embarks on a series of French victories over the English. But in May of the following year, Joan is captured and imprisoned. In January of 1431, the trial of Joan of Arc begins and during five months, she faces her two judges; accused of sorcery, impurity, wearing men's clothing and refusal to submit to English rule, she is condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake. 1 videocassette (116 min.)
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Liberia an uncivil war 2005
Jonathan Stack, Gabriel Films, and California Newsreel (Firm)
Provides an in-depth case study of one of the many brutal civil wars that have sprung up like wild fires across Africa. 1 videocassette (102 min.)
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The Lights of Luanda 1999
Jennifer Okungu, Paul Sullivan, Axumite Egzabher, Eduardo Moreno Lopez, Sharad Shankardass, Jorge Gavidia, and Eva Atterlof
Lights of Luanda deals with a country (Angola) ravaged by over 20 years of civil war and conflict. Street children are a problem, and factories, churches, and schools lie abandoned. Despite great natural wealth (oil fields and diamond mines), Angola's economy is in ruins. Reconstruction and reconciliation: Examines the devastation caused by world wars and political conflict, including the traumatic effect of war on the individuals left behind. Shows the complexity of post-war disaster management, and shows how Habitat can help in this area. 1 videocassette (48 min.)
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Luther Metke at 94 1981
Jorge Prelorán, Richard Hawkins, and Steve Rayman
A portrait of Luther Metke who has lived in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon since 1907. Tells how he was a veteran of the Spanish American War, an early labor organizer, a poet, and a builder, and today serves as a vital and lucid example of the rural ethic in America. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
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Memorias de un Mexicano Memories of a Mexican 1985?
Salvador Toscano and Carmen Toscano
"A ... documentary - considered one of the first films ever produced in Mexico - on the key events and figures of the Mexican Revolution from 1904 to 1924 .... Capturing the flavor and reality of war-torn Mexico during one of the most important revolutions in Latin American history, 'Memorias' presents the political and military upheaval that shaped present-day Mexico using exclusive authentic footage. It also depicts the women's role in Mexico during this period."--Publisher's flyer. 1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.)
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Le Moineau 199-?
Drama dealing with social and political problems, set in Egypt just before and during the 1967 war. 1 videocassette (100 min.)
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Nanjing nightmares 2000
Murray MacDonald, Gerald B Sperling, Junjun Chi, Fangfang Guo, and Maggie Siggins
This documentary recounts the historical events leading up to the terrifying occupation: the growth of China's capital city, Nanjing; the expansionist ambitions resistance by the Chinese army in the defense of Shanghai. 1 videocassette (45 min.)
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One step forward 1989, 1988
The Nixon-Kissinger era of detente unfolds in this program. It considers the factors that led the U.S. and Soviet Union to pursue arms control talks - SALT I - resulting in agreements on ceilings for offensive missiles and limiting development of antiballistic systems. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Pakistan frontline staring into the nuclear abyss 2001
"Daring reporters venture up to the Pakistan military's highest base on the Siachen glacier in the disputed border between India and Pakistan, experiencing the fighting first-hand, and talking with both villagers and politicians.". 1 videocassette (28 min.)
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The Paraguayan War the forgotten war c2009
Denis Wright, Claelia Bessa, Hilton Kauffmann, Thomas Whigham, J. R Bonavita, Imara Reis, Fernando Moura, Raccord (Firm), Baderna (Firm), and Quilombo Films (Firm)
Also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, the Paraguayan War was the largest war in South American history and the crucible in which the modern nations of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay were formed. This film explores the story of the war, its leaders, soldiers, and people through archival photographs, paintings, drawings, newspaper articles and biographies. 1 videodisc (74 min.)
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Pictures from a revolution 1992
Susan Meiselas, Richard P Rogers, and Alfred Guzzetti
A decade after covering the revolution in Nicaragua for the New York Times and London Times, photojournalist Susan Mieselas returns to track down the people pictured in her original photographs. The people share their feelings about how their lives have changed in the years since the conflict, and recall the circumstances surrounding those movements of their lives captured by Meiselas' camera. 1 videocassette (93 min.)
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Resurgence and holy war Russia, Indonesia 2000
Chris Wells, Kiyoshi Nanasawa, Yuichiro Ishii, Hitoshi Sakurai, and Hideo Yanagisawa
The Islamic resurgence has brought an increase in friction between Muslims and non-Muslims.The first part of this program focuses on four divinity students from Tatarstan who dropped out to join the jihad in Chechnya, while segment two tracks the efforts of President Abdurrahman Wahid to make peace between rioting Muslims and Christians on the Indonesian Island of Ambon. 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.)
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Safe haven c1996
Deborah Davies, Ilan Ziv, David Weiland, Tamouz Media, Reuters Television, IKON Televisie, France 2 cinéma, Channel Four (Great Britain), and First Run/Icarus Films
The program explores the extent to which United Nations officials and commanders in Bosnia put the safety of their troops ahead of their responsibility to the civilians in Srebrenica. Although Srebrenica was designated as a United Nations safe haven, the Serbian forces aparently massacred Bosnian Moslems after they captured the city in July, 1995. 1 videocassette (39 min.)
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The sari soldiers 2008
Julie Bridgham, Butter Lamp Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Documentary that follows six Nepalese women on the forefront of the civil war in Nepal and the escalating instability and violence that is engulfing the country. Over the course of a year, the film follows these women on the different sides of the conflict and witnesses the challenges they face as women taking such a strong role in a male dominated society, and why they are willing to risk their lives to make a difference in Nepal. 1 videodisc (93 min.)
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The Second Russian revolution 1991
David Ash and Paul Anthony
Chronicle of how Gorbachev rose to power and then, over six years, war forced to break up the Soviet Union. In over one hundred filmed accounts, eyewitnesses to modern Soviet history tell the story as they saw it, relating the inner workings of Kremlin politics and the many twists and turns of Gorbachev's battle for perestroika and glasnost. 8 videocassettes (381 min.) ;
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Tales from the map room 1993
Julian Stenhouse
X doesn't always mark the spot. Still maps can unlock the past and illuminate the present. This series explores the enormous variety of maps, ancient and modern, and the related history and politics that dictate map-making. Each of the six half-hour programs focuses on a single theme: map trickery, maps and ownership, maps and warfare, maps as route finders, maps and cities and maps of the seaboard. Original maps, historical reconstruction and expert witnesses present an intriguing tale of our ever-changing views of the world. 6 videocassettes (180 min.)
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Un Mur ŕ Jérusalem A Wall in Jerusalem 1989
Frédéric Rossif and Richard Burton
Documentary about the growth of Israel into today's Jewish homeland explores more than seventy years of struggle for religious freedom. Begins with the 1894 Dreyfus Affair, and then looks at Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the U.N. resolution; the Exodus incident; and the Six-Day War. 1 videocassette (91 min.)
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Veronico Cruz La deuda interna 1990
Miguel Pereira, Juan José Camero, and Gonzalo Morales
The story of an Indian boy, Veronico Cruz, from his birth in one of the most remote regions of Argentina to his death in the South Atlantic during the Falklands/Malvinas war. How Veronico's dreams affect his fate forms the crux of this beautiful film. 1 videocassette (106 mim.)
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War & civilization 1998
Walter Cronkite
Traces human confrontation from the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. through two world wars and ultimately the modern potential for nuclear Armageddon. 8 videocassettes (400 min.)
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War in Congo an overview 2002
Ted Koppel
Presents two stories about the struggle in Congo including the Tutsi genocide in neighboring Rwanda, irreparable damage to Congo's wildlife, and the depradations against native Congolese and Rwandan refugees. Following this, a Catholic priest attempts to help deal with rape and murder in the town of Shabunda. 1 videocassette (40 min.)
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War in Europe c2000
Peter J Boyer, Michael Kirk, Eamonn Matthews, Rick Young, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Channel Four (Great Britain), Mentorn Barraclough Carey (Firm), Kirk Documentary Group, WGBH Educational Foundation, and PBS Video
In the skies above Kosovo, NATO went to war. An in-depth examination of a European war rife with diplomatic infighting and military stumbling. The story of political constraints, internal divisions, and miscalculations that shaped the war in the Balkans. 1 videocassette (113 min.)
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War takes c2003
Adelaida Trujillo, Patricia Castańo, Sylvia Stevens, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Faction Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
For over four years, three Colombian filmmakers turned their cameras on themselves, using personal stories to expose the tough reality in their violent, war-ravaged country. According to these filmmakers, Colombia has been functioning for many years in the gray area between legalism and lawlessness. 1 videocassette (77 min.)
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Yatsati le-hapes ahavah--, miyad ashuv Out for love--, be back shortly 1998, 1997
Dan Katzir
The personal story of Dan Katzir, a 23 year old filmmaker just out of the Israeli army, who documents through the prism of his own personal experience, rare footage of historic events. Katzir documents the intense years during which Prime Minister Rabin tries to move the region from war to peace. The sequences dealing with the Prime Minister's assassination and its aftermath are extremely moving. This film expresses the outcry of a generation as it struggles to find love amidst a reality of fear and hatred. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
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Yugoslavia the avoidable war 2001
Sanja Bogdanich, George Bogdanich, and Martin Lettmayer
Documentary analysis of the war in Yugoslavia, investigating how serious errors and misjudgments made by Western powers, particularly Germany and the U.S., helped spark the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Features interviews with the heads of NATO, United Nations and scholars. Questions the role the U.N. and NATO played in the events leading up to the conflict. 1 videocassette (171 min.)
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Zero hour 1989, 1988
Europe in the 1970s and 1980s is the focus of this program. Interviews chronicle the controversy surrounding NATO decisions to deploy additional missiles to defend the continent and subsequent negotiations to withdraw Soviet and U.S. intermediate-range missiles - the "zero option.". 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Zimbabwe 1987
Bernard Odjidja, J. Edward Milner, John Matshikiza, Kofi Ayernor, and Percy Patel
Traces the struggle of the Zimbabwean people for independence from European colonists from the defeat of the first armed rebellion in 1896 through the guerrilla war in the 1970s. Includes interviews with Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Ian Smith, and other Zimbabweans, black and white . 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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