Videos on History

The art of Buster Keaton c2001

Buster Keaton and Kino International Corporation

Some of the funniest, most spectacularly athletic comedies ever made. 11 videodiscs (1298 min.)

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Baadasssss! c2004

Mario Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty, Joy Bryant, T. K Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Tyler Bates, Melvin Van Peebles, Showtime Independent Films, MVP Films, and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned. 1 videodisc (109 min.) :

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Baby Peggy the elephant in the room c2013

Diana Serra Cary is one of the last survivors of the Silent Film Era, having been the child-star known as Baby Peggy. 1 videodisc (54 mins.)

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The beaches of Agnes c2010

Agnčs Varda and Cinema Guild

Provides a reflection on art, life, and the movies through a rich cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of Agnes Varda's husband, Jacques Demy, and the birth of the French New Wave. 1 videodisc (110 min.) :

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Beginnings (1908-1911) ; Folklore and legend (1908-1912) c2008

Erich Sargeant, Gosfil mofond Rossii, and British Film Institute

Early Russian Cinema:  v.1. A fish factory in Astrakhan; Sten'ka razin; Princess Tarakanova; Romance with double bass -- v.2. Drama in a gypsy camp near Moscow; The Brigand brothers; A 16th-century Russian wedding; Rusalka. 1 DVD (82 min)

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Birth of the living dead Shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers - policemen, iron workers, teachers, admen, housewives, and a roller-rink owner - to shoot a revolutionary guerrilla-style film that went on to become a cinematic landmark, offering a profound insight into how our society worked in a singular time in American history. 1 videodisc (76 min.)

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Blank city 2012

In the late 1970s to the middle 1980s, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood. Documents the history of "No wave cinema" and "cinema of transgression" movements. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

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By Brakhage: An anthology: Volume two 2010

Stan Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage, Marilynne S Mason, Fred Camper, Mark Toscano, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

In this second installment, we are proud to present thirty more of Brakhage's innovative creations, from his 1950s films to his final work from 2003. Highlights of this collection include the antiwar film 23rd psalm branch; hand-painted films from the Persian series; The wonder ring, made for a commission by Joseph Cornell; the autobiographical Scenes from under childhood, section one; his only found-footage film, Murder psalm; and much more. 3 videodiscs (455 min.) :

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Calling the shots 2007

Agnčs Varda, Jeanne Moreau, Joan Tewkesbury, Penelope Spheeris, Margot Kidder, Sandy Wilson, Susan Seidelman, Lizzie Borden, Lee Grant, Holly Dale, Janis Cole, Women In Cinema, Inc, Direct Cinema Ltd, and Spectrum Films (Firm : Carlsbad, Calif.)

A feature-length documentary focusing on the accomplishments of women in front of and behind the camera -- contemporary women who are directing feature films throughout the world today. Employing film clips and candid interviews with contemporary directors, producers, screenwriters and actresses, Calling the Shots shows the diversity of films being made by women today, the power structure of the industry and the women who hold such power. The film not only addresses and explores the unique contribution of women to film, but illuminates the personal side of these women's accomplishments. 1 videodisc (119 min.) :

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Capturing reality the art of documentary 2009

Michelle van Beusekom, Pepita Ferrari, Jennifer Baichwal, National Film Board of Canada, Super Channel (Firm), Documentary Channel (Television network), Writers Guild of Canada, and First-Run Features (Firm)

An exploration of the complex creative process that goes into making documentary films. Features interviews with 38 directors and 163 clips of scenes from classic films plus a bonus disc with over four hours of additional filmmaker interviews. 2 videodiscs (97 min.)

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Carmen Miranda bananas is my business c1998

Using archival footage, film fragments, interviews, and dramatic re-enactments, this film goes behind-the-scenes to convey the true life story of the "Brazilian Bombshell," Carmen Miranda. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

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The celluloid closet 2001

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

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Chambre 666 Cannes May '82 2006, 1982

Wim Wenders, Chris Sievernich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Luc Godard, Steven Spielberg, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc, Wim Wenders Produktion, and Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion

Wenders asks a number of film directors from around the world, among them include Steven Spielberg, Jean-Luc Godard, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in a room alone with camera and sound recorder, to answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?". 1 videodisc (46 min.)

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Coming attractions a history of the movie trailer 2005

Stephen Netburn, Frederick Greene, Robert A Osborne, and Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation

Based on interviews with trailer makers, film editors, copywriters, directors, marketing executives and scholars of the industry, this documentary examines the historical development, cultural resonance and economic importance of motion picture trailer making. Divided into two parts, the first deals with the development of movie advertising from the days of Edison through the late '50s. The second half deals with the reinvention of the trailer along with the introduction of nonlinear digital editing, then concludes with a brief primer on how trailers are made. Includes a vast array of coming attractions dating back to the silent era. 1 videodisc (128 min.)

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Comrades in dreams 2010

Uli Gaulke, Jeannette Eggert, Helge Alberts, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Konstantin Kröning, ZDF/Arte (Firm), Flying Moon Filmproduktion, and Pathfinder Home Entertainment (Firm)

A filmmaker follows cinema owners from North Korea, the USA, India and Africa and documents their efforts to bring the magical dream world of cinema to their audiences. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

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Crystal Lake memories the complete history of Friday the 13th 2013

For more than thirty years, Friday the 13th has proven to be unstoppable. For its creators, Friday the 13th has been anything but 'bad luck,' generating nearly $600 million in domestic box office receipts and turning an unstoppable, machete-wielding madman into a true pop-culture icon. Inspired by the critically-acclaimed book, we'll take viewers behind the mask on an epic journey into the making of the landmark horror franchise. 2 videodiscs (400 min.)

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Crystal Lake memories the complete history of Friday the 13th 2013

For more than thirty years, Friday the 13th has proven to be unstoppable. For its creators, Friday the 13th has been anything but 'bad luck,' generating nearly $600 million in domestic box office receipts and turning an unstoppable, machete-wielding madman into a true pop-culture icon. Inspired by the critically-acclaimed book, we'll take viewers behind the mask on an epic journey into the making of the landmark horror franchise. 2 videodiscs (400 min.)

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De bende van Rouch Rouch's gang c2007

In 1991 Jean Rouch started work on his new feature film Madame l'Eau, much of which was shot in Holland. The documentary Rouch's Gang follows the film crew and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as Jean Rouch and his four friends from Niger make their film. By providing an outsider's view of Madame l'Eau, the documentary provides insight into how Rouch approaches his films. Most of his fiction films were shot with four African friends: Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia and Tallou Mouzourane as actors and Moussa Hamidou as sound man. Rouch has been their friend for more than forty years. This bond is the theme of the documentary Rouch's Gang."--Container. 1 videodisc (70 min.)

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De filmer le d© sir voyage ©  travers le cin© ma des femmes = Filming desire : a journey through women's cinema 2000

This documentary explores the works of women film directors, specifically the differences explicit in women's point of view, and expression of desire as articulated in films by women. In interviews, women directors working today discuss how their depictions of sexuality and relationships reflect the basic differences between the sexes--as revealed by image, shot, and story. The filmmakers and their films encapsulate the debates about sexuality, representation and image, and the body (as subject of censorship; as the vehicle of desire and love; as the contested ground of cinematic production) that have raged since the first woman picked up a camera, determined to claim her identity and find her voice. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

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Dziga and his brothers a film family on the cutting edge = Dziga i ego brat £i La 2008

"The fascinating and tumultuous lives of Mikhail (n©  Moisey), Boris and Denis Kaufman (better known as Dziga Vertov) are the focus of this powerful documentary. Using rare archival footage from Russian state film archives and private collections, the brothers' lives and art are traced from Bialystok to Moscow, Paris, and Hollywood."--Container. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

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Edison album 1896-1907 190-?

Scenes from early Thomas Edison films. 1 film reel (11 min.)

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Edison album (1903-1904) 1904?

Early Thomas Edison films. 1 film reel (6 min.)

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The end of a world Albert Kahn's archive of the planet 2009

Saskia Baron, David Thompson, David Okuefuna, Veronika Hyks, British Broadcasting Company, Musée Albert Kahn, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"As they built an unsurpassed visual archive of world culture, Albert Kahn and his photographers turned their attention to widely divergent locations. This program follows the maritime odyssey of Lucien Le Saint, circa 1922, as he captured on film the daily lives of Newfoundland cod fisherman, as well as expeditions into northwestern Africa. Images from Morocco and Tunisia focus on occupying French soldiers, the prostitutes they patronized, and larger changes in those societies, while pictures taken in Dahomey (now Benin) shed light on the symbiotic relationship between Catholocism and the Vodun religion. Viewers also learn about the Colonial Exhibition of 1931, Kahn's financial collapse, and the fate of his archive after his death in 1940."--Container. 1 videodisc (51 min.) :

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Europe on the brink Albert Kahn's archive of the planet 2009

Saskia Baron, Rosie Schellenberg, David Okuefuna, Veronika Hyks, British Broadcasting Company, Musée Albert Kahn, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"Poverty, emigration, declining birth rates, and ethnic divisions weakened many European countries as the 20th century began. From France to the Balkans, leaders prescribed nationalism and military buildup as the only solutions. This program studies the continent's march to war as depicted in the photographic record commissioned by French banker Albert Kahn. Early color images and film footage explore a range of themes -- including contrasts between urbanization and rural life in France, Germany and Scandinavia, the decline of the Ottoman Empire and its impact in Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Macedonia; and the grittinessof everyday life in Europe. Kahn's pacifism is also a topic ."--Container. 1 videodisc (51 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2817

 

Fidel, film, freedom 2013?

Compiled film clips and interviews that partially document the output of the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematogrįfica (ICAIC) and the development of Cuban cinema in 1964. It contains clips of live action and animated films that were made in 1964, as well as interviews with Alfredo Guevara, the head of the ICAIC, and Theodore Christensen, a contracted Danish filmmaker that helped train Cuban youth. It further includes a speech by the head of the Communist Party of Cuba detailing what is required of the youth to be successful communists and the need for technical education to advance Cuba's cause against imperialism. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

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The Films of Kenneth Anger The complete magick lantern cycle 2010

Kenneth Anger, Bill Seltzer, Gordon Grey, Yvonne Marquis, Andre Souberyan, Nadine Valence, Carmillo Salvatorelli, Samson DeBrier, Kathryn Kadell, Anaļs Nin, Ottorino Respighi, Jonathan Halper, Antonio Vivaldi, Leos Janįcek, Johnny Sapienza, Sandy Trent, Speed Hacker, Lenore Kandel, Miriam Gabril, Donald Cammell, Rick Nelson, Mick Jagger, Bobby Beausoleil, Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov, Martin Scorsese, Gus Van Sant, Guy Maddin, Flamingos (Musical group), Paris Sisters, Raincoat (Musical group), Freedom Orchestra (Musical group), UCLA Film and Television Archive Collection (Library of Congress), Film Foundation, Fantoma Films (Firm), and Puck Film Productions

Collection of films by Kenneth Anger. "A major influence on everything from the films of Martin Scorese, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and David Lynch to the pop art of Andy Warhol to MTV, Anger's work serves as a talisman of universal symbols and personal obsessions, combining myth, artifice and ritual to render cinema with the power of spell or incantation." -- Container. 2 videodiscs (ca. 179 min.) :

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Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913 c2009, 2008

This collection looks at three pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and Léonce Perret, with both extensive examples of their work, and short biographies (in the cases of Feuillade and Perret). 3 videodiscs (ca. 625 min.)

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Gaumont treasures: Volume 2, DVD 1: Emile Cohl 2011

Emile Cohl, Pierre Philippe, Bernard Lubat , Bret Wood, Kino International Corporation, and Gaumont (Firm)

Short films that explore 2 dimensional animation, puppetry, etc. with some occational live action.  1 videodisc (190 min.) :

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Gaumont treasures: Volume 2, DVD 2: Jean Durand 2011

Jean Durand, Pierre Philippe, Bret Wood, Patrick Laviosa, Kino International Corporation, and Gaumont (Firm)

Short films about animals, the wild west and social classes. 1 videodisc (192 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3697

 

Gaumont treasures: Volume 2, DVD 3: Jacques Feyder and the early masters of French cinema 2011

Jacques Feyder, Roméo Bosetti, George-André Lacroix, Etienne Arnaud, René Le Somptier, Henri Fescourt, Gaston Ravel, Pierre Philippe, Bret Wood, Patrick Laviosa, Didier Goret, Ben Model, Kino International Corporation, and Gaumont (Firm)

Short films by various filmmakers in the early 20th century. 1 videodisc (170 min.) :

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Gillo Pontecorvo the dictatorship of truth 2005, c1992

Oliver Curtis, Edward W Said, Ennio Morricone, John Francis Lane, David Puttnam, Gillo Pontecorvo, Bandung Limited , Channel Four (Great Britain), and Cinema Guild

Examines the life and uncompromising cinema of the Italian film director Gillo Pontecorvo. Includes a view of his life and political activities before and during World War II, interviews with Pontecorvo and associates, and excerpts from his films which center around political unrest and the self destructive nature of colonialism. 1 videodisc (42 min.) :

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Gods and monsters 2003

Bill Condon, Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lion's Gate Films, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, BBC Films, Showtime Entertainment, Flashpoint (Firm), and Regent Entertainment (Firm)

"It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the flamboyant director and the simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship"--Container. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

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The good old naughty days 2003

"This collection of French blue movies from the silent era was selected from a collection of 300 one-reelers discovered in the attic of a very respectable family. This compilation features a dozen hard-core shorts made between 1905 and 1930. It reveals production standards far in advance of comparable films being made elsewhere at the time, as well as an inventive and often humorous array of diverse couplings."--Strand Releasing website . 1 videodisc (69 min.) :

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Great directors c2011

Ten acclaimed filmmakers discuss their careers and their craft. 2 videodiscs (87 min.)

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Gunsmoke editing film editing : interpretation and values 195-?

Three directors edit different versions of the same dramatic sequence from the TV program, Gunsmoke, in order to illustrate the variety of interpretations and approaches involved in film-making. 1 film reel (28 min.)

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Happiness Le bonheur 2007

Alexander Medvedkin,  Gleb Troyanski, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Georges Bernand, Chris Marker, Andrei Pachkevitch, Alfred Schnittke, Marina Evseevna Goldovskaia , Pascal Aubier, Christian Hirou, Peter Zinoviev, Elena Georgievna Egorova, Nikolai Izvolov, K. K Paramonova, Viktor Dyomin, Moskino Kombinat, Films de l'Astrophore, Michael Kustow Productions, Epidem Films, Sept/Arte (Firm), Société de lancement des oeuvres nouvelles, Iskra Films, Icarus Films, and Arte Video (Firm)

"This two-disc set includes Chris Marker's tribute to Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin, Medvedkin's silent classic 'Happiness' (1934), and loads of extras." ;  "Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), 'The last bolshevik' is a tribute from one filmmaker to another. An archeological expedition into film history that reveals new cinematic treasures, the film prompts a reflection on the relation between art and politics in the former Soviet Union. The film captures the commitment, energy, struggles, illusions and disillusions of a believing but never naďve bolshevik. From Medvedkin's classic 1934 satire 'Happiness', and the 'film train' which he directed in the 1930s, to his sardonic comedies and bitter war newsreels, Chris Marker draws a panorama of the artistic, political, and moral universe of a life and a country, bringing it right up to date with his own vision of Russia today. An intricate work with many levels and layers, 'The last bolshevik' is also a distillation of the art and beliefs of one of the greatest documentarians of our time, Chris Marker, who has revolutionized documentary as his near-contemporary Jean-Luc Godard transformed film fiction, crossing boundaries and mixing genres."--Icarus Films website, viewed 20 May 2009. 1 videodisc (DVD) (64 min.) 1 videodisc (DVD) (120 min.)

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Hearts of darkness a filmmaker's apocalypse 2007

George Hickenlooper,  Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, John Milius, George Lucas, Tom Sternberg, Dean Tavoularis, George Zaloom, Les Mayfield, Showtime Networks, Zaloom-Mayfield Productions, Zoetrope Studios, and Paramount Pictures Corporation

An in-depth and engrossing look into the making of Francis Ford Coppola's epic Apocalypse Now, as filmed by his wife Eleanor. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

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Iran une revolution cinematographique 2006

Traces the development of the Iranian film industry, which has always been closely intertwined with the country's tumultuous political history, chronicling how Iranian films reflected contemporaneous society and often presaged social change. It shows how mainstream commercial cinema served as a propaganda tool for both the monarchy and the fundamentalist religious regime, recounts the sporadic efforts of some filmmakers to reveal grimmer social realties, and the struggles against censorship and traditional cinematic formulas by such pioneers as Bahram Beyzai and Sohrab Shahid Saless and pre- and post-Islamic revolutionary 'new wave' filmmakers. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

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Iraq war, love, God and madness 2010

While visiting Iraq, director Mohamed al-Daradji looks back over the turbulent past three years of his life and the making of his film, A  Ęl  m (Dreams) in a volatile war zone. A  Ęl  m became the first narrative feature film to come out of Iraq in over thirteen years. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

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It's all true c2004

Welles' ambitious film project in Brazil for the United States' anti-Nazi "Good Neighbor Policy" was shelved by RKO. This documentary features the story of the film's making and unmaking and features undiscovered footage. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

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The James Dean story 2007

James Dean--the man, the actor, the myth. Robert Altman explores Dean's personal life, the moments between films featuring his family, girl-friends, fraternity brothers and numerous Hollywood contemporaries. This film contains never before seen footage from "East of Eden", the famous Highway Public Safety Message made for television and rare film from the Hollywood premiere of "Giant.". 1 videodisc (79 min.)

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Jodorowsky's Dune A documentary film about Alejandro Jodorowsky's attempt to make a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, starring Jodorowsky's own 12-year-old son, as well as Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali with music by Pink Floyd; film includes interviews with Jodorowsky and others. 2 videodiscs (approximately 90 min.)

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A journey through Iranian cinema with Mark Cousins 2012

"Iranian filmmaker Ehsan Khoshbakht catches up with Mark during the English tour of The Story of Film. Mark explores the impact of the films of Forough Farrokhzad, Abbas Kiarostami and the Makhmalbaf(s) have had on his life as filmmaker and film lover, as he reminisces about the two trips he made from Scotland to Iran in his campervan. Mark also offers fascinating insights on modern Iran: A country whose rich culture and vast history are often overshadowed by the day-to-day fluctuations in modern-day politics."--Container. 1 videodisc (29 min.)

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L'inferno 2004

Francesco Bertolini,  Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe De Liguoro, Dante Alighieri, Salvatore Anzelmo Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Atilio Motta, Tangerine Dream (Musical group), Eye 4 Films, TDI Music, and Snapper Music

The first Italian feature film ever made, L'Inferno was also the first international blockbuster, based loosely on Dante's journey through hell as influenced by the illustrative style of Gustave Doré. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

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Ladislaw Starewicz (1913-1915) c2008

Erich Sargeant, Ivan Il ich Mozzhukhin, Ol ga Obolenskaia, Lidiia Tridenskaia, Irina Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz, Ivan Andreevich Krylov, Nikolai Vasil evich Gogol , Gosfil mofond Rossii, and British Film Institute

1 videodisc (58 min.)

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Latinos beyond reel challenging a media stereotype 2012

"Filmmakers Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun examine how U.S. news and entertainment media portray -- and do not portray -- Latinos. They uncover a pattern of gross under-representation. The film challenges viewers to think critically about the wide-ranging effects of these media stereotypes."--Container. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

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Legacy of the Hollywood blacklist 1987

Looks at the personal tragedies and triumphs which resulted from the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings, 1947-1951, as seen through the eyes of the wives and children of the Hollywood writers, producers, and directors who were the victims of these hearings. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Letters from Fontainhas: Supplements three films by Pedro Costa 2010

Pedro Costa, Aurélien Gerbault, José Alberto Silva, Alfredo Mendes, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

All blossoms again: Documentary observing Pedro Costa during his filming of Colossal youth as he goes to and from Fontainhas, rehearsing with actors, and ruminates on the ongoing destruction of the area where the trilogy is set. Tarrafal: The title refers to a concentration camp for political prisoners established by Portugal under Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, on Cape Verde.  This history looms large for the film's protagonist, José Alberto, who receives a letter of extradition forcing him to return to his ancestors' homeland in Africa. The rabbit hunters: In this short film Pedro Costa reworks the footage from Tarrafal, this time focusing on Ventura, and his encouters with a homeless friend, Alfredo. Little boy male, little girl female: Pedro Costa's installation is made up of additional footage from In Vanda's room and Colossal youth.  Interior and exterior spaces in Fontainhas are set side by side.  Editing the images is left up to the viewer. 1 videodisc (199 min.) :

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Lightning over water c2006

Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray, Jerry Bamman, Chris Sievernich, Pierre Cottrell, Renaee Gundelach, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Viking Film (Firm), Wim Wenders Produktion, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

In 1979, Wim Wenders traveled to New York City to make a film with legendary director Nicholas Ray. As Ray lays dying of cancer, he reflects on his life and career. The resulting film tells a moving story both about friendship and a life in cinema. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

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Los pueblos ind©Ugenas as©U pensamos 2012?

Describes how since 1996, the indigenous peoples and peasants of Bolivia are creating their own content for motion pictures, television programs and radio shows. 1 videodisc (11 min.)

MEDIA 10-5163

 

The lost garden the life and cinema of Alice Guy-Blach© 200-?

Explores the life of pioneer film maker Alice Guy-Blach© , who in 1910, while married and with her first child, founded her own production company, Solax. Includes television interviews from the sixties, excerpts of her films, as well as photographs and film clippings. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

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Lost in La Mancha 2003

Lucy Darwin, Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe, Terry Gilliam, Nicola Pecorini, René Cleitman, Philip A Patterson, Benjamķn Fernįndez, Andrea Calderwood, Gabriella Pescucci, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Quixote Films, Low Key Pictures, Eastcroft Productions, Docurama (Firm), and New Video Group

Tracks maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam's madcap mission to film "The man who killed Don Quixote". He struggles to complete his masterpiece, all the while beset by obstacles of such epic proportions that not even Hollywood could have concocted them. Capturing the mayhem on camera, filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are granted unlimited, behind-the-scenes access to Gilliam's frantic but inspired creation. 2 videodiscs (88 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3447

 

Making the boys 2011

Crayton Robey, Edward Albee, Dominick Dunne, William Friedkin, Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally, Paul Rudnick, Robert Wagner, Mart Crowley, First-Run Features (Firm), and 4th Row Film

"Explores the drama, struggle, and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. The boys in the band sparked heated controversy that still exists four decades later. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers"--Container. 1 videodisc (93 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3638

 

Manufacturing dissent c2007

Debbie Melnyk, Rick Caine, Persistence of Vision Productions, CHUM Television, Canal D, Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), Liberation Entertainment (Firm), and Starz Home Entertainment (Firm)

"In the realm of documentary filmmaking there is no greater icon than Michael Moore, but are his films really the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? At what point is manipulation of 'fact' a work of fiction? See for yourself when the lens is turned on the most controversial director of our time."--Container. 1 videodisc (97 min.) :

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Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky 2010, c2008

Dmitry Trakovsky and  Trakovsky Film (Firm)

Trakovsky looks for meaning in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky by interviewing a wide range of people that knew him in Russia and Europe including his son.  Trakovsky visits Tarkovsky's home town Yurevets where there is a small museum honoring Tarkovsky. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

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Men of the world Albert Kahn's archive of the planet 2009

Saskia Baron, Susannah Ward, David Okuefuna, Veronika Hyks, British Broadcasting Company, Musée Albert Kahn, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"In 1908, Albert Kahn and his chauffeur embarked on a global trek to observe and absorb other cultures -- an early "prototype' of the many photographic missions Kahn would fund over the years. This program illustrates that formative round-the-world trip as well as the 1913 journey undertaken by photographer Stéphane Passet to China, Mongolia and India. Viewers will encounter startling images of early 20th century Manhattan, San Francisco, Tokyo and Beijing, as well as views of nascent Rio de Janeiro and burgeoning Buenos Aires. Scenes from Tsarist Siberia, the Mongolian steppes, a Varanasi teeming with worshippers, and a camel-and-elephant caravan on the Khyber Pass reaffirm the spectacular value of Kahn's grand project. "--Container. 1 videodisc (52 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2816

 

More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 50 films 2004

Program 2 of an anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and other film types invented during the first four decades of the motion picture. 3 part set contains 50 films followed by six previews for lost features and serials and over 500 interactive screens about the films and music. 1 videodisc (ca. 191 min.) :

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More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 50 films 2004

Program 3 of an anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage and films of ethnic communities. 1 videodisc (ca. 191 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3738 disc 3

 

More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931 50 films 2004

Program 1 of an anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and other film types invented during the first four decades of the motion picture. 3 part set contains 50 films followed by six previews for lost features and serials and over 500 interactive screens about the films and music. 1 videodisc (ca. 192 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3738 disc 1

 

A movie lover's guide to film language featuring classic scenes from timeless films 2003

Thomas E Valasek, Daniel Peters Productions, and First Light Video Publishing

Each chapter analyzes one of the main components of films (lighting, camera, mise en scene, editing, and sound).  Using classic scenes from timeless films, the basic methods for each component are explained, while being illustrated with concrete examples. 1 videodisc (45 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3141

 

National Lampoon's Animal house 2003

Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade. 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.)

MEDIA 10-5057

 

Never sleep again the Elm Street legacy A thrilling "shockumentary" that takes you deeper into Freddy's realm than ever before, featuring exciting clips, never-before-seen photos, behind-the-scenes footage, conceptual art, publicity materials and exclusive new interviews with over 100 key cast and crew from every Nightmare. 2 videodiscs (238 min.)

MEDIA 10-5480

 

Nollywood Babylon c2009

Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal, Adam Symansky, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Odia Ofeimun, Onookome Okome, Eddie Ugbomah, Kingsley Ogoro, Helen Ukpabio, Isang Ubong-Awah, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Kenneth Okonkwo, Olivier Alary, AM Pictures, National Film Board of Canada, and  Lorber HT Digital

"The Nigerian film industry ... began in 1992 and is now the third largest in the world, after India and the U.S."  This film chronicles this homegrown industry, nicknamed "Nollywood," the world's fastest-growing national cinema, which produces 2500 films a year, most for under $15,000. Includes interviews with producers, directors and actors, film clips and a score fusing Afropop and traditional sounds. 1 videodisc (74 min.)

MEDIA 10-2221

 

Nollywood lady  2008

Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima of Lagos, Nigeria is an impresario of showbiz and an impassioned spokeswoman for the thriving and innovative African film industry. She is "Nollywood Lady," an ex-lawyer, producer, filmmaker, and the founder and CEO of the influential African Academy of Motion Pictures. And she is reshaping the way Africans see themselves--and how the world sees Africans. Sharing her vision for transforming preconceptions about Africa and African images with filmmaker Dorothee Wenner, Anyiam-Fiberesima takes viewers on an all-access tour to film locations, markets, and sit-downs with Nollywood professionals in the vibrant production hub of Lagos. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-5415

 

Once upon a time-- Rome, open city c2006

Marie Genin, Serge July, Yann Le Gal, Isabella Rossellini, Vittorio Taviani, Carlo Lizzani, Virgilio Fantuzzi, Renzo Rossellini, Adriano Apraa, Caroline Champetier, Martine Giordano, Folamour Productions, France 5, and First Run/Icarus Films

"Examines the political and cinematic history of Roberto Rossellini's landmark film [Roma, cittaa aperta], which so memorably dramatized the WWII Italian resistance to the German occupation. In addition to archival footage, which sketches in the relevant historical background, [the documentary] includes scenes from this classic film, revisits some of its key locations today, and features interviews with many of its participants, [Rossellini] family members, and other film directors and critics" -- Container. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-1335

 

Les passionnées du cinéma Aziza Amir, Fatma Roushdi, Behidja Hafez 2002?

A look at the achievements of three women filmmakers active in the Egyptian film industry of the 1920s and 1930s: actress & filmmaker Aziza Amir, actress Fatma Roushdi, and actress & filmmaker Bahidja Hafez. 1 videodisc (59 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3795

 

Les passionnées du cinéma Amina Mohamed, Assia et Marie Queenie 2002?

A look at the achievements of three women filmmakers active in the Egyptian film industry of the 1930s through the 1960s: actress & filmmaker Amina Mohamed, actress & filmmaker Assia Dagher, and actress & filmmaker Marie Queenie. 1 videodisc (55 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3796

 

Peter Greenaway 2010

Searching for the roots of Peter Greenaway in his films, the documentary begins with a workshop from 1991in which Greenaway discusses his film career. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-4830

 

Reel injun 2009

Neil Diamond, Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes, Linda Ludwick, Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Graham Greene, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill, Russell Means, Adam Beach, Zacharias Kunuk, Rezolution Pictures Inc, National Film Board of Canada, and CBC Newsworld

Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Native peoples. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell Means, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to the present day. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

MEDIA 10-2171

 

Ryan c2005

Chris Landreth, Laurence Green, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page,  Mark Smith, Adam Symansky, Chris Landreth, Greg Kotis, National Film Board of Canada, Copper Heart Entertainment, and Rhino Home Video (Firm)

Ryan uses a hand-animated three-dimensional world to explore the life of Ryan Larkin, a pioneer in Canadian animation who now lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change. The documentary Alter egos explores the paths of animators Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth and the relationship that developed between the two men. Syrinx uses animated charcoal sketches to retell the Greek legend of how Pan made his pipes. Walking examines the way people walk. Street musique creates a visual improvisation from the music performed by sidewalk entertainers. In The end an animator discovers that he's a character in his own work. Bingo answers the question, "What if a lie is told long enough and loud enough?". 1 videodisc (94 min.)

MEDIA 10-1071

 

Segundo de Chomón el cine de la fantasia (1903-1912) c2010

Segundo de Chomón and Filmoteca de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Contains 31 titles (1903-1912)  (144 minutes of film), with an original music score by Joan Pineda by the early filmaker Segundo de Chomón. 1 videodisc (144 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2433

 

The silent feminists America's first women directors 2009

Anthony Slide, Jeffrey Goodman, Jane Wyatt , Simone Blache, Priscilla Bonner, Ruth Clifford, Henry Hathaway, Esther Ralston, and Direct Cinema Ltd

Documentary examines the work of more than thirty women who have been directing American feature films since the beginning of the industry. 1 videodisc (45 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3688

 

Sisters in cinema c2003

Yvonne Welbon, Our Film Works (Firm), and Black Starz! (Firm)

This documentary offers an overview of the lives and the films of African American women feature film directors from the early part of the 20th century to today. Showcases the careers, lives and films of such filmmakers Euzhan Palcy, Julie Dash, Darnell Martin, Dianne Houston, Neema Barnette, Cheryl Dunye, Kasi Lemmons, and Maya Angelou. Interweaves interviews with film clips, archival footage, photographs, and footage of the filmmakers at work. 1 videodisc (62 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3635

 

Sisters of the screen African women in the cinema 2002

Interviews of thirty-five women filmmakers from Africa and the African diaspora, interspersed with clips from their films. 1 videodisc (73 min.)

MEDIA 10-5456

 

The slanted screen Asian men in film and television c2007, c2006

Jeff Adachi and Daniel Dae Kim

"Explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experiences of actors who have struggled against Hollywood's ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices ... drawing upon a wealth of materials, including 50 rare film clips spanning a century." -- Container. 1 videodisc (55 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2431

 

Slaying the dragon 2011

Deborah Gee, Elaine H Kim, Pamela Porter, Herb Wong, Pacific Productions, Asian Women United of California, and KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures as well as other filmic media, with "Reloaded"  updating the original documentary by noting the effects of globalization and a changing population within the past 25 years. Includes interviews with actresses and other Asian American women who describe their experiences of such stereotyping. 2 videodiscs (88 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3239

 

Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara the supplements 2007; 1953, 1956, 1958, 1964

Hiroshi Teshigahara,  Janus Films, Toho Kabushiki Kaisha, Sogetsu Foundation (Firm), and Criterion Collection (Firm)

"Teshigahara and Abe" is about the collaboration between director Hiroshi Teshigahara and author/screenwriter Kobo Abe, which includes exclusive video interviews with film programmer and professor Richard Peńa, Japanese-film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, set designer Arata Isozaki, screenwriter John Nathan, and producer Noriko Nomura ; "Hokusai" explores the work of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai ; "Ikebana" is a documentary about the Sogetsu School, originally renowned for its instruction in the art of flower arranging, and its founder and grand master, his father, Sofu Teshigahara ; "Tokyo 1958" is a portrait of the people and culture ;  "Ako,", a film depicting one night in the life of a young girl and her rowdy friends, was commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada. 1 videodisc (152 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2500

 

Tokyo-ga ein gefilmtes tagebuch c2006

Wim Wenders, Chris Sievernich, Chish u Ry?u, Y uharu Atsuta, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders Produktion, Gray City Inc, Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion, Road Movies Filmproduktion, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

A film diary of Wenders' journey to Tokyo to discover the city he came to know through the films of Yasujiro Ozu. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-1753

 

Treasures 5 2011

Celebrated is the dynamic, gender-bending, ethnically diverse West that flourished in early movies. Presented is the American West as it was recorded and imagined in the first decades of motion pictures. "Brings together 40 silent and early sound films--narrative shorts and features, documentaries, promotional films, newsreel stories, and travelogues--showcasing the American West as it was recorded and imagined from 1898 to 1938." -- Booklet, p. viii. 3 videodiscs (596 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3741

 

Treasures from American film archives 50 preserved films c2005

The 4 part DVD set is an anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the first hundred years of motion pictures (1893-1985). Program 3 of this 4 part set contains 10 films. 1 videodisc (ca. 161 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3737 disc 3

 

Treasures from American film archives 50 preserved films c2005

The 4 part DVD set is an anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the first hundred years of motion pictures (1893-1985). Program 2 of this 4 part set contains 14 films. 1 videodisc (ca. 164 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3737 disc 2

 

Treasures from American film archives 50 preserved films c2005

The 4 part DVD set is an anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the first hundred years of motion pictures (1893-1985). Program 4 of this 4 part set contains 12 films. 1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3737 disc 4

 

Treasures from American film archives 50 preserved films c2005

The 4 part DVD set is an anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the first hundred years of motion pictures (1893-1985). Program 1 of this 4 part set contains 14 films. 1 videodisc (ca. 157 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3737 disc 1

 

Treasures III social issues in American film, 1900-1934 2007

The third program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change. 1 videodisc (193 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3739 disc 3

 

Treasures III social issues in American film, 1900-1934 2007

The fourth and final program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change. 1 videodisc (182 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3739 disc 4

 

Treasures III social issues in American film, 1900-1934 2007

The second program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change. 1 videodisc (188 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3739 disc 2

 

Treasures III social issues in American film, 1900-1934 2007

The first program in a series of 48 movies that helped change America. During the first decades of the 20th century no issue was too controversial for movies ... from prohibition to abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, worker safety, juvenile justice, homelessness and immigration, these films became the catalyst for social change. 1 videodisc (177 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3739 disc 1

 

Treasures IV American avant garde film, 1947-1986 c2009

Presents 26 films by artists who helped to redefine cinema. Shows an array of film types and styles, from abstract animation to documentary and balances acknowledged classics with rediscoveries. The films are drawn from the preservation work of five of America's foremost avant-garde archives: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Anthology Film Archives, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, and The Pacific Film Archive. None of the titles has been available before on good-quality video in the United States. 2 videodiscs (ca. 312 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3740

 

Usturat Ruz al-Yusuf La legende de Rose Al-Youssef = The legend of Rose Al-Youssef 2006?

Gabriel Khoury, Marianne Khoury, Humbert Balsan, Muhammad Kamil Qalyubi, Misr International Films, and Arab Film Distribution

A look at the life and career of Rose Al-Youssef, an Egyptian actress and journalist. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-1568

 

Visions of light the art of cinematography 2000

Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels

The story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Traces the evolution and innovations of cinematography beginning in an era when the movie camera was a marvelous invention, and examines how the filmmaking process was complicated by new cinematic trends and technologies. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-02

 

Welcome to Nollywood c2007

Jamie Meltzer, Cayce Lindner, Henry S Rosenthal, Welcome to Nollywood, LLC (Firm), and Cinema Guild

After the U.S. and India, the world's third largest producer of feature films is Nigeria. Barely a decade old and already generating over $286 million for the Nigerian economy, Welcome to Nollywood explores this burgeoning industry, from its unique challenges to its diverse array of films that both mirror and comment upon the social issues of the continent. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-1834

 

Women behind the camera 2007

Alexis Krasilovsky, From the Heart Productions, and Rafael Film (Firm)

This global feature reveals camerawomen's struggles to survive the odds in Hollywood, Bollywood, Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, France, Iran, Japan, Mexico, the U.S. and other countries in a way that has never been done before -- Container. 2 videodiscs (90 min each)

MEDIA 10-1661

 

Women on screen understanding Korean society and women through films 247 pages

MEDIA 10-4550

 

The Yiddish cinema 2006

Moshe Waldoks, Rich Pontius, David Mamet, National Center for Jewish Film, and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

"Nourished by Yiddish literature and theater, Yiddish film production in Eastern Europe and the United States flourished between the two world wars. Using interviews, archival photographs and film clips, the [film] achieves an embrace as comprehensive as its subject, and assigns equal importance to music and tradition, comedy and tragedy, actors and directors. The film traces the decline of the cinema and the language, discussing the Holocaust's decimation of European Jewry, Stalinist suppression of Jewish culture and the New World's demands for assimilation"--Publisher's description. 1 videodisc (60 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2958

 

Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber: America's first women filmmakers  1993

Alice Guy and Lois Weber

How men propose -- Matrimony's speed limit -- A house divided -- Too wise wives. 1 videocassette (114 min.)

MEDIA 2-2810

 

Almonds and raisins a history of Yiddish cinema 1988

Russ Karel and David Elstein

Includes scenes from The Cantor's son, Overture to glory, Yidl Mitn Fidl, and Tevye, to show a film history of the Yiddish cinema. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-869

 

The Art and science of making movies  1983

Three fascinating, unique films on the art, techniques, and magic of the movies.  "Origins of the motion picture" covers the history of the movies, from Leonardo da Vinci to the turn of the century.  "Film editing" features a scene from "Gunsmoke," edited three different ways by three different editors.  "The soundman" is about the advent of talking movies. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1561

 

The art of Buster Keaton c2001

Buster Keaton and Kino International Corporation

Some of the funniest, most spectacularly athletic comedies ever made. 11 videodiscs (1298 min.)

MEDIA 10-706 disc 1 - disc 11

 

BaadAsssss cinema a bold look at 70's blaxploitation films c2002

Isaac Julien, Paula Jalfon, Colin MacCabe, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree, IFC Films, Minerva Pictures (Firm), New Video Group, and Docurama (Firm)

"In this groundbreaking documentary from the Independent Film channel, filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 70s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, today one of American cinema's most beloved cult genres. The original guilty pleasure, these fun and energetic films had all the action, comedy, sex and groovy music you could want in two hours worth of entertainment."--Container. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

DANA 134

 

The battle over Citizen Kane 1996

David G McCullough, Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein, and Richard Ben Cramer

William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, was portrayed in Citizen Kane, an Orson Welles film. Hearst's reaction upon learning about the film was to work to supress it and destroy Welles. Major movie theater chains refused to show Citizen Kane, and Welles' masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years. Never again would Orson Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production. 1 videocassette (114 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4070 cassette 1 2-4071 cassette 2

 

Before the nickelodeon the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter 1983

Charles Musser and Blanche Sweet

A portrait of film producer Edwin S. Porter. Spotlights the years 1894 to 1908, as onetime silent film star Blanche Sweet narrates. Includes hand-tinted stills and segments from Porter's movies and those of other filmmakers. 1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-2115

 

Behind the screens Hollywood goes hypercommercial 2000

Matt Soar, Susan Ericsson, Sut Jhally, Robert Waterman McChesney, Janet Wasko, Mark Crispin Miller, Susan J Douglas, Eileen R Meehan, and Jeremy Pikser

This program examines the invasion of mainstream big-budget movies by advertising and marketing. Five leading scholars and a screenwriter discuss the consequences of an ever-accelerated concentration of media ownership and suggest that this continues to have profound effects on contemporary American cultural life. 1 videocassette (37 min.)

MEDIA 2-5195

 

Bellissímo immagini del cinema italiano 1991

Gianfranco Mingozzi

This is an unprecedented reconstruction of the Italian cinema, not just as an industry, but as an extremely sophisticated art form.  This unique film contains clips from world-famous films from the 1940's to the present such as Open City, Divorce Italian Style, 8 1/2, and Seven Beauties.  It also features every great personality in Italian Filmmaking over the past 40 years; among them are: Sophia Loren Bertolucci, Marcello Mastroianni, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio DeSica, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmuller, Giancarlo Giannini and Monica Vitti. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

MEDIA 2-1556

 

Buster Keaton a hard act to follow 1987

Buster Keaton, Kevin Brownlow, and David Gill

Traces the film career of comedian Buster Keaton, from his screen debut in 1917 through his last film before his death in 1966. 3 videocassettes (52 min. ea.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-803 cassette 1 2-804 cassette 2 2-805 cassette 3

 

The celluloid closet 1996

Jeffrey Friedman, Robert Epstein, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin, Hugh M Hefner, James C Hormel, Steve Tisch, Vito Russo, Sharon Wood, Carter Burwell, and K. D Lang

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen, taking into account public attitudes, attitudes within the film industry, and official censorship. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-3924

 

Chambre 666 Cannes May '82 2006, 1982

Wim Wenders, Chris Sievernich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Luc Godard, Steven Spielberg, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc, Wim Wenders Produktion, and Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion

Wenders asks a number of film directors from around the world, among them include Steven Spielberg, Jean-Luc Godard, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in a room alone with camera and sound recorder, to answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?". 1 videodisc (46 min.)

MEDIA 10-1755

 

Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman 1996

Chantal Akerman, Sept/Arte (Firm), Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France), Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production, CHEMAH I.S, and First Run/Icarus Films

Part one opens with Akerman in her apartment describing the problems she encountered making this film. Part two lets Akerman's films speak for her, taking clips from her extensive filmography. 1 videocassette (64 min.)

MEDIA 2-6331

 

The Cinema magic of George Méličs 1994

David Shephard and Georges Méličs

The films collected on this videocassette--restored and remastered by Film Preservation Associates and accompanied by newly composed scores by Alexander Rannie--offer a broad view of Méličs career and demonstrate his astounding employment of double exposure, makeup, editing and theatrical trickery. It concludes with George Méličs: cinema magician, a documentary view of the film maker's life. 1 videocassette (103 min.)

MEDIA 2-2398

 

Cinéma vérité defining the moment 1999

Adam Symansky, Eric Michel, Wolf Koenig, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kirwan Cox, Peter Wintonick, Karel Reisz, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Roman Kroitor, Robert Drew, Michel Brault, Jean Rouch, D. A Pennebaker, William Greaves, Douglas Leiterman, Beryl Fox, Pierre Perrault, Frederick Wiseman, Barbara Kopple, Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie, Jennifer Fox, Francis Miquet, Hope Ryden, James Lipscomb, Floria Sigismondi, Gillian Caldwell, and Terence Macartney-Filgate

"The cinéma vérité (or direct cinema) movement of the 1950's and 60's was driven by a group of rebel filmmakers tired of stilted documentaries. They wanted to show life as it really is: raw, gritty, dramatic. Rich in excerpts from vérité classics with commentary by filmmakers, this is the first film to capture all the excitement of a revolution that changed movie-making forever, with its influences on everything from TV news to music videos to Webcams"--Container. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-5390

 

Comedy, spectacle and new horizons 1994

Eight integral works that begin to reflect the modern day cinema, by such directors such as Ferdinand Zecca, Max Linder, Ambrosio, Jean Durand, D.W. Griffith, and others. Interspersed with authentic hand-tinted lantern slides used during early theatrical exhibitions. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-2399

 

A Corner in wheat and related biograph shorts 1909-1913 1992

D. W Griffith

A drama in which a wheat baron corners the wheat market, thus raising the price of flour and leaving the poor unable to buy bread. 1 videocassette (118 min.)

MEDIA 2-2190

 

Countdown 1978

Mick Jackson, David Kennard, and James Burke

Host James Burke traces the discoveries and inventions which gave rise to the motion picture. Poses the question of whether we have become trapped by our own technology due to the power of the mass media. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-2498

 

David Puttnam Hollywood's role in shaping values c1994

Bill D Moyers, David Puttnam, Elena Mannes , WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Filmmaker David Puttnam talks with Bill Moyers about the state of American cinema today and how films can reflect society. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-6939

 

Denmark 1902-1914 she! 1989

Noël Burch, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Facets Video (Firm)

Examines the psychological realism and innovative filmmaking techniques exhibited in early Danish silent films. Shows how the creativity of key figures in early Danish cinema and the feminism and liberal sexual attitudes in Denmark contributed to the sophistication found in these early films. 1 videocassette  (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-674

 

Dokument Fanny och Alexander The making of Fanny and Alexander 1989?

Ingmar Bergman

"Ingmar Bergman wrote and directed this fascinating documentary on the making of his 1983 feature film `Fanny and Alexander'"--Container. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

DANA 310

 

East side story 1998, 1997

Dana Ranga, Andrew Horn, and Guido Krajewski

A documentary of Soviet and eastern bloc communist musicals films. 1 videocassette (79 min.)

MEDIA 2-3440

 

The Electric-film format acid test the ultimate format comparison 1990

Josh Wallace

Presents footage of a colorful setting made using a variety of film and video equipment, with each segment identified by the type of equipment used, enabling film makers to evaluate image and color quality of each type. 1 videocassette (ca. 16 min.)

MEDIA 2-2781

 

Erotikus a history of the gay movies 1986?

An extremely well produced, excellently written, and cleverly edited film history of gay movies from the earliest art-pose films, the films first seen in male movie houses, the gay movie as an art form, and finally the hardest of the hard-core. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

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The European pioneers 1994

Heather Stewart and Barry Salt

Forty formative works by Louis Lumiere, Walter Haggar, R.W. Paul, George Albert Smith, James A. Williamson, James Bamforth, etc. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-2396

 

Experimentation and discovery 1994

Heather Stewart and Barry Salt

More than any other decade, the first the years of the moving picturesaw the greatest amount of experimentation and development. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-2397

 

Felix 1993

Otto Messmer

A selection of seven original Felix the Cat cartoons, followed by rare film footage of Felix's creator, Otto Messmer, at work. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-2569

 

Film montage the projection of modernity c2005

Briony Fer, Charles Cooper, Films for the Humanities (Firm), and Open University

This program analyzes the techniques and applications of film montage as they developed in the 1920s in the Soviet Union and Germany. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

MEDIA 2-7444

 

The film music of Bernard Herrmann 1997

David Raksin and John Musilli

In a program from the television series Camera three, David Raksin examines the film music composed by Bernard Herrmann.  Included are analyses of techniques used to achieve special effects and film clips illustrating Herrmann's work. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MUSIC 432

 

Fonda's last year going home ; Summer Solstice 198-

Henry Fonda, Myrna Loy, Stephen Collins, Lindsay Crouse, Allison Flynn, Henry Kelpe, and Ralph Rosenblum

Fonda's last year (26 min.) chronicles Henry Fonda's return to his hometown, Omaha, Nebraska, as well as to the Omaha Community Playhouse, which got him started in his movie career. Film clips of some of his famous acting are featured here, with special emphasis on "On Golden Pond" which is believed to be Fonda's ideal of life in Omaha, marriage, career, and family. Summer Solstice (55 min.) is a drama about an elderly couple, portrayed by Henry Fonda and Myrna loy, who are revisiting the Cape Cod beach where they first met and fell in love fifty years earlier. 1 videocassette (81 min.)

DANA 166

 

France, 1904-1912 the enemy below 1989

Noël Burch

Examines the appeal of early French cinema to the working class audience and the populist themes that dominated the earliest films. Shows how bourgeois values found their way into popular cinema only with the devistataions of the First World War. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-675

 

George Méličs cinema magician 1978

Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo

Méličs was the first cinema genius, a professional magician who realized that the movies offered the best illusion machine ever. His were the original horror/sci-fi/fantasy films. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-1197

 

George Stevens, a filmmaker's journey 1985, 1984

George Stevens

Biography of filmmaker, George Stevens, 1904-1975, which contains excerpts from many of the films he directed including Gunga Din, Woman of the year, A Place in the sun, Shane and Giant, as well as recently discovered color footage he and his unit of Army cameramen shot of the Allied liberation of Europe in World War II. Also includes interviews with fellow directors and with executives and actors who worked with him. 1 videocassette (111 min.)

MEDIA 2-3607

 

Germany 1926-1932 under two flags 1989

Noël Burch

Examines "populist" cinema in Germany of the 20s showing the influence of Soviet cinema in the German social workers' movements. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-677

 

Gods and monsters 2003

Bill Condon, Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lion's Gate Films, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, BBC Films, Showtime Entertainment, Flashpoint (Firm), and Regent Entertainment (Firm)

"It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the flamboyant director and the simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship"--Container. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-736

 

Great actresses of the past 1916?

Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Minnie Maddern Fiske, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), and Film Library

This collection captures the art of four famous actresses and provides some glimpses of acting styles at the turn of the century. Reel 1 contains an excerpt from "Madame San-Gęne," 1911, with Gabrielle Réjane and from "La Dame aux camelias," 1912, with Sarah Bernhardt. Reel 2 contains an excerpt from "Vanity Fair," 1915 with Minnie Maddern Fiske and from "Cenere," 1916, with Eleonora Duse. 1 videocassette (71 min.)

MEDIA D-39

 

Great Britain, 1900-1912 along the great divide 1989

Noël Burch

Uses extremely rare and obscure films to explore the origins of cinema in Great Britain. Examines the development of filmmaking techniques and how the early films reflected the social concerns and class divisions in British society of the period. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-672

 

Great escape, 1927 1998

David Espar, Peter Pagnamenta, Zvi Dor-Ner , James A DeVinney, John Forsythe, and Kitty Carlisle

By the mid-1920s, millions were already confirmed "moviegoers". Movies reflected and affected the way people dressed, thought and spoke, teaching the inexperienced about love, courage, and how to dress, while the governments around the globe were quick to realize the power of film: this new mass entertainment would also prove an unrivaled tool of mass persuasion. Here moviegoers reminisce, revealing how the new medium persuaded, influenced and entralled them, as it offered a welcome refuge from the century's pressures. 1 videocassette (56 min)

MEDIA 2-3844

 

The Great primitives 1978

Thomas A Edison, Louis Lumière, Auguste Lumière, Georges Méliès, Edwin S Porter, Edwin S Porter, and Cecil M Hepworth

A compilation of works from the early primitive years of the cinema, 1894-1905. Includes several works by the Edison Co. and the Lumière Brothers, Méliès' A trip to the moon, Porter's The life of an American Fireman and The great train robbery, and Hepworth's Rescued by Rover. 1 videocassette (43 min.)

MEDIA D-339

 

The Great train robbery and other primary works 1994

David Shepard, Edwin S Porter, Louis Lumičre, Auguste Lumičre, and Georges Méličs

This, the first blockbuster in American film history, was part of a popular cycle of crime pictures. Only several years later would this film be seen as a western. More than crucial historical artifacts, this film reveals the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise. 1 videocassette (75 min.)

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The gringo in mańanaland a musical 1995

DeeDee Halleck and DeeDee Halleck Productions

A montage of U.S.-produced films about Latin America, from silent films through 1995 television news. 1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-6364

 

The haunted screen German film after World War One : a film essay 2000

Peter Buchka, Loy Arnold, and Jörg Bundschuh

This film essay explores the German cinema of the 1920s.The program provides an introduction to Weimar cinema, narrated over the images from film clips of 1920s era German films. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5457

 

Hitch the genius of Alfred Hitchcock  c2004

Tim Kirby, Films for the Humanities (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, and Arts and Entertainment Network

This two-part series presents an examination of the life and works of Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, whose career spannned over 60 years. Each program features extensive film clips, interviews, commentary, and previously unavailable materials, including outtakes, filmed auditions, and Hitchcock's own home movies. 2 videodiscs (102 min.)

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Hollywood and the American image the golden years 1988

Tony Thomas

Writer-narrator Tony Thomas takes us back to the Golden Age of the American film, the year from the early thirties to the late forties when the movies were the principle means of entertainment.  They were the years in which Hollywood dwelt mostly upon the virtues of American character, when Gary Cooper and James Stewart personified the American male and Barbara Stanwyck and Carole Lombard were the ideals of American womanhood.  It was potent and persuasive and important.  This is how we saw ourselves--thanks to Hollywood and the American image. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1499

 

Hollywood DC a tale of two cities 2000

Kenneth Bowser, Rachel Talbot, and Philip Bosco

A documentary exploring the sometimes cozy, often contentious relationship between the U.S. federal government and the Hollywood entertainment industry. 1 videocassette (97 min.)

MEDIA 2-6041

 

Hollywood on trial  1989

Gordon Kahn, John Huston, David Halpern, Ronald Reagan, Zero Mostel, and Otto Preminger

A courageous and true recording of the story of "The Hollywood Ten" who, in 1947, would not cooperate when accused by the United States government of possible Communist loyalties. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-1246

 

IA i loshad', ia i byk, ia i baba, ia i muzhik I am an ox, I am a horse, I am a woman, I am a man 1990

Sally Potter, Penny Dedman, Sara Jolly, Richard Owens, Kira Muratova, Natalia Ryazantseva, Lana Gogoberidze, Inna Churikova, Nona Mordyukova, and Maiia Iosifovna Turovskaia

A group of motion picture actresses and women motion picture writers and directors in the Soviet Union discuss their work. Included are film clips of examples of their work. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-3101

 

The Illustrated Hitchcock 1997

John Musilli, Alfred Hitchcock, Pia Lindstrom, William K Everson, and Stephan Chodorov

Alfred Hitchcock talks with Pia Lindstrom about actors and actresses he has directed and with film historian William Everson about the development of his film-making style. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

DANA 1899

 

Image as artifact 1987

John E O'Connor

Contains selections for discussion on the usefulness of film footage in the study of history. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-1180

 

In the mirror of Maya Deren a film c2001

Martina Kudl©L  ek, Johannes Rosenberger, Navigator Film (Firm), Dschoint Ventschr (Firm), Tag/Traum Filmproduktion, and Zeitgeist Films

A documentary which combines excerpts from 3 of Maya Deren's films with archival footage and observances from acolytes and contemporaries. 1 videocassette (101 min.)

MEDIA 2-7440

 

Intolerance love's struggle throughout the ages 1990

D. W Griffith, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Constance Talmadge, Eugene Pallette, and Erich Von Stroheim

Consists of four separate stories, all set in different periods of time, all with their own characters. Each story shows how hatred and intolerance have battled against love and charity throughout the ages. The fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots, and a contemporary drama, are interwoven to unfold this common theme. Suffering of the innoscents makes the salvation of the current generation possible is Griffith's view of history as determined by this film. 1 videocassette (177 min.)

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John Huston & the Dubliners on the set of "The dead" 1990

James Joyce and Lillian Sievernich

Provides an inside account of the production of John Huston's last film, "The Dead." Also provides insight into and understanding of the work of Joyce. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 312

 

The Killing screens media and the culture of violence 1994

Sut Jhally, George Gerbner, and Jean Kilbourne

Dr. George Gerbner discusses the depiction and marketing of graphic violence by the media and its cumulative effects on society as illustrated by interspersed scenes from popular movies and television programs. 1 videocassette (40 min.)

MEDIA 2-2400

Kriemhild's revenge the Nibelungen 198-?

Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Margarete Schön, Georg August Koch, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Kriemhild, wife of the slain Siegfried, seeks revenge for his death and marries Attila, King of the Huns, in order to further her purpose. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

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Kuxa kanema la naissance du cinema = Kuxa kanema : the birth of cinema 2003

Margarida Cardoso, Films do Tejo, and First Run/Icarus Films

Discusses the history of Mozambique's National Institute of Cinema's weekly newsreel entitled Kuxa kanema. Shows the relationship between the films and President Samora Machel and FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front). The original filmmakers discuss their work as a testimonial to the country, its struggles and wars. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6745

 

Lenses and light 1991

Mike Crisp and Miles England

Demonstrates the three decisions a director must make before the start of every shot: the position of the camera, its height, and the focal length of the lens.  Illustrates how lenses affect the apparent speed of movement on the film.  Provides examples of focus pulling and the effect of light on image and depth of field. 1 videocassette (16 min.)

DANA 793

 

Lightning over water c2006

Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray, Jerry Bamman, Chris Sievernich, Pierre Cottrell, Renaee Gundelach, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Viking Film (Firm), Wim Wenders Produktion, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

In 1979, Wim Wenders traveled to New York City to make a film with legendary director Nicholas Ray. As Ray lays dying of cancer, he reflects on his life and career. The resulting film tells a moving story both about friendship and a life in cinema. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

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The lost garden the life and cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché 1995

Marquise Lepage, Joseé Beaudet, Solange Collin, Adrienne Blaché-Channing , and Roberta Blaché

Explores the life of pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché, who in 1910, while married and with her first child, founded her own production company, Solax.  Includes television interviews from the sixties, interviews with her relatives and film historians as well as photographs and excerpts from her films. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-64

 

Louise Brooks looking for Lulu 1999

Hugh M Hefner, Hugh Munro Neely, Elaina B Archer, Barry Paris, and Shirley MacLaine

Biography of actress Louise Brooks. Includes interviews with friends, relatives, colleagues as well as a 1976 interview with Brooks herself. Contains clips of several of her films. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Making a drama of it 1991

Christopher Barry and Nicholas Laughland

Demonstrates the many matters involved in mounting a drama production.  With the emphasis in television drama shifting away from multicamera studio production to single-camera shooting on location, this program endeavors to show both the theory and practice involved and explores the thinking behind the decisions that must be made. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

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Mamadrama the Jewish mother in cinema 2001

Monique Schwarz

"A unique exploration of the maligned mother figure in Jewish twentieth century culture"--Container. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5615

 

Marvelous Méličs 199-?

George Méličs was one of the cinema's true pioneers.  His technical innovations paved the way for many film makers to come.  Included in this compilation are "A trip to the moon," "Paris to Monte Carlo," "The enchanted well," and the two reel version of "A la conqučte du Pole.". 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1562

 

Midnight ramble Oscar Micheaux and the story of race movies 1994

Bestor Cram, Pearl Bowser, Pamela A Thomas, Clyde Taylor, Bruce Johnson, Caleb Sampson, Paul Deare, Ed Goff, Toni Cade Bambara, Robert Hall, Herb Jefferies, James Avery, and David G McCullough

A documentary recounting the history of the independent film industry that produced close to 500 "race movies" for African-American audiences between 1910 and 1940. Focuses especially on the work of Oscar Micheaux, a controversial filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed over 40 features. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4052

 

Midwest roots, Hollywood dreams 1982

Pat Falcon

Traces the origin and development of early filmmaking efforts in Nebraska.  Features such unusual topics as Buffalo Bill Cody, an early black film company, and women filmmakers. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

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The movies learn to talk 1960

Burton Benjamin and Walter Cronkite

Traces the development of sound movies from early experiments with clumsy systems at the turn of the century to The jazz singer in 1927 and the polished and sophisticated sound film of today. Includes glimpses of film personalities and excerpts from silent and sound movies. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA D-141

 

Music and comedy masters 1996

Cab Calloway, Hamtree Harrington, Bessie Smith, Mantan Moreland, Lionel Hampton, and Nat King Cole

A collection of comedy, jazz and musical shorts featuring the greatest names in Afro-American entertainment in some of their earliest filmed performances. Includes Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Lionel Hampton and other performers. 1 videocassette (75 min.)

MEDIA 2-6193

 

Muskateers of Pig Alley ; Battle of Elderbush Gulch 1912-1914

D. W Griffith, Lillian Gish, Elmer Booth, Harry Carey, and Mae Marsh

Muskateers of Pig Alley is a drama in which the happiness of a struggling musician is threatened by the warfare between two rival bands of gangsters. Battle at Elderbush Gulch is a drama in which the arrival of two orphans and their puppies at the Western frontier leads to an Indian uprising. 1 videocassette (40 min.)

MEDIA 2-1230

 

The National Film Board of Canada a history 199-?

Presents an array of documentaries, animation films and fiction features which are offered as a sample of the films the Film Board has produced over the years. 5 videocassettes (582 min.)

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Once upon a time-- Rome, open city c2006

Marie Genin, Serge July, Yann Le Gal, Isabella Rossellini, Vittorio Taviani, Carlo Lizzani, Virgilio Fantuzzi, Renzo Rossellini, Adriano Apraa, Caroline Champetier, Martine Giordano, Folamour Productions, France 5, and First Run/Icarus Films

"Examines the political and cinematic history of Roberto Rossellini's landmark film [Roma, cittaa aperta], which so memorably dramatized the WWII Italian resistance to the German occupation. In addition to archival footage, which sketches in the relevant historical background, [the documentary] includes scenes from this classic film, revisits some of its key locations today, and features interviews with many of its participants, [Rossellini] family members, and other film directors and critics" -- Container. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-1335

 

Origins of American animation 1900-1921 1993

This collection, 21 complete films and two fragments, showscases the best of the Library of Congress's animated cartoons from the first decades of this century, an era full of surprises and experimentation. 1 videocassette (84 min.)

MEDIA 2-2807

 

The Origins of cinema Volume 2 rare film masterpieces from the Library of Congress 198-?

A selection of early comedies and motion pictures produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph; the films illustrate early film comedy, the chase, use of special effects, delayed suspense, unusual camera movement, etc. 1 videocassette (112 min.)

MEDIA 2-1532

 

The Origins of cinema Volume 4  rare film masterpieces from the Library of Congress 198-?

Edwin S Porter, Thomas A Edison, D. W Griffith, and Georges Méličs

Chapter 1: Early examples of narrative films from the Edison Company, most photographed by Edwin S. Porter. Charter 2: Thomas Edison films. Chapter 3: Three early examples of original plots written especially for the screen. Chapter 4: Three Edison Company comedies. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA 2-1534

 

The Origins of cinema  Volume 5 rare film masterpieces from the Library of Congress 198-?

D. W Griffith

Chapter 1: One of Griffith's and Biograph's first attempts at two-reel films. Chapter 2: The first Biograph film released and publicized as a two-reel drama. Chapter 3: Two films showing a transition between Griffith's early style and his later pictures. Chapter 4: 4 examples of films produced by Siegmund Lubin Manufacturing Company. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-1535

 

The Origins of cinema Volume  6 rare film masterpieces from the Library of Congress 198-?

D. W Griffith and Georges Méličs

Chapter 1: 5 examples of films from independent producers. Chapter 2: Examples of films of French filmmaker Georges Melies. Chapter 3: Comedies produced in Great Britain by Clarendon, Gaumont and Hepworth. Chapter 4: Britain's first documentary dramas pointing out social evils. 1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 2-1536

 

Origins of the fantasy feature The patchwork girl of Oz (1914) and A Florida enchantment (1914) 1993

L. Frank Baum, Archibald Clavering Gunter, Fergus Redmond, J. Farrell MacDonald, Violet MacMillan, Sidney Drew, Edith Storey, Frank Moore, Pierre Couderc, and Charles Kent

Patchwork girl of Oz is a "whimsical fairy tale" about munchkins in the land of Oz; A Florida enchantment is the unusual fable about a woman who discovers magic seeds that transform women into men and men into women. 1 videocassette (129 min.)

MEDIA 2-2808

 

Origins of the gangster film D.W. Griffith's The narrow road (1912) and Maurice Tourneur's Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) 1993

D. W Griffith, Maurice Tourneur, Paul Armstrong, Mary Pickford, Robert Warwick, Elmer Booth, Ruth Shepley, Alfred Paget, and Robert Cummings

The narrow road is the story of Elmer Booth, a criminal who was pursued by a suspicious detective, Alfred Paget.  Alias Jimmy Valentine takes up all the familiar elements of the crime drama with suspense and wit.  It is the visual style, however, that remains the most stunning. 1 videocassette (82 min.)

MEDIA 2-2806

 

Origins of the motion picture 1955

An historical record of the development of the machinery and arts of the motion picture, from the earliest suggestion of Leonardo da Vinci to the perfected sound motion picture of Edison. 1 videocassette (21 min.)

MEDIA 2-2139

 

A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies 1995

Florence Dauman, Martin Scorsese, and Michael Henry Wilson

Featuring extracts from American movies, filmmaker Martin Scorsese shares his personal view and knowledge of films, directors and actors. 3 videocassettes (225 min.)

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Rouch in reverse 1995

Jean Rouch, Manthia Diawara, and Parminder Vir

French ethnologist/filmmaker, Jean Rouch discusses his work with Manthia Diawara. Includes a cross-section of Rouch's work with clips from his documentary Les Maitres Fous, his cinema verite classic, Chronique D'ete, and his pioneering masterpiece Moi, Un Noir (Treichville). Throughout the interview Diawara places Rouch's films in the context of the on-going struggle of Africans to construct their own vision of modernity. 1 videocassette (51 min.)

MEDIA 2-3616

 

The scar of shame (1923) and Sissle and Blake (1926) The African American cinema. II 1993

Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Lee De Forest, Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Frank Perugini, Norman Johnstone, Anne Kennedy, and William E Pettus

Sissle and Blake is a short filmed in Lee De Forest's New York studio with his sound-on-film process in 1923, four years before Hollywood began to experiment with sound.  Pianist Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle perform their jazz composition "Affectionate Dan" and a jazzed-up spiritual. Scar of shame: In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert painist and a poor, lower class black woman.  Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. 1 videocassette (80 min.)

MEDIA 2-2809

 

The short films of D.W. Griffith 1996

D. W Griffith

1 videocassette (ca. 70 min.)

MEDIA 2-6194

 

Sisters of the screen African women in the cinema 2002

Beti Ellerson and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Interviews of thirty-five women filmmakers from Africa and the African diaspora, interspersed with clips from their films. 1 videocassette (73 min.)

MEDIA 2-6646

 

The Soundtrack 1991

Mike Crisp and Miles England

Provides a brief history of sound recording and shows how early developments still influence the work of professionals.  Includes interviews with two BBC experts about location recording techniques and a visit to a dubbing studio.  Demonstrates the creative use of sound and an analysis of stereo. recording techniques. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

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Surrealist film the stuff of dreams c2005

Lisa Jackon, Pablo Garci©L, Tom Richards, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Surrealist cinema sought to break with the conventional linear narrative style in favor of chance events and a world of the subconscious. This program analyzes the origin, evolution and legacy of this cinematic movement whose stylistic artifacts can still be found in today's mass culture. 1 videcassette

MEDIA 2-7443

 

Swimming to Cambodia 1987

Jonathan Demme and Spalding Gray

A humorous personal account of the filming of the motion picture "The Killing Fields". 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-1783

 

Tokyo-ga ein gefilmtes tagebuch c2006

Wim Wenders, Chris Sievernich, Chish u Ry?u, Y uharu Atsuta, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders Produktion, Gray City Inc, Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion, Road Movies Filmproduktion, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc

A film diary of Wenders' journey to Tokyo to discover the city he came to know through the films of Yasujiro Ozu. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-1753

 

U.S.S.R. 1926-1930 born yesterday 1989

Noël Burch

Examines early cinema and its relationship to society in six countries: Great Britain, United States, Denmark, France, Soviet Union and Germany.  Each program includes excerpts from several films. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-676

 

United States, 1902-1914 tomorrow the world 1989

Noël Burch

Examines early filmmaking in the United States. Shows how America's immigrant masses were the earliest audience for films but also the ridiculed and stereotyped subjects of these films. Illustrates how American filmmakers discovered narrative but avoided social content and criticism as the middle class came to dominate the film audience. Includes excerpts from numerous erly films. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-673

 

Unknown Chaplin 1983

Charlie Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, James Mason, Kevin Brownlow, and David Gill

Provides insight into the directing style of Charlie Chaplin.  Includes rushes, outtakes and never before seen sections from abandoned films. 3 videocassettes (55 min. ea.)

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Usturat Ruz al-Yusuf La legende de Rose Al-Youssef = The legend of Rose Al-Youssef 2006?

Gabriel Khoury, Marianne Khoury, Humbert Balsan, Muhammad Kamil Qalyubi, Misr International Films, and Arab Film Distribution

A look at the life and career of Rose Al-Youssef, an Egyptian actress and journalist. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-1568

 

Visions of light the art of cinematography 2000

Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels

The story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Traces the evolution and innovations of cinematography beginning in an era when the movie camera was a marvelous invention, and examines how the filmmaking process was complicated by new cinematic trends and technologies. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-02

 

Welcome to Nollywood c2007

Jamie Meltzer, Cayce Lindner, Henry S Rosenthal, Welcome to Nollywood, LLC (Firm), and Cinema Guild

After the U.S. and India, the world's third largest producer of feature films is Nigeria. Barely a decade old and already generating over $286 million for the Nigerian economy, Welcome to Nollywood explores this burgeoning industry, from its unique challenges to its diverse array of films that both mirror and comment upon the social issues of the continent. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-1834

 

What do those old films mean history, cinema, society 1999

Noël Burch, Hubert Niogret, and Richard Hunt

Six-part series explores the early hears of motion pictures through the use of archival footage. 3 videocassettes (156 min.)

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Within our gates (1919) The African American cinema I, Oscar Micheaux 1993

Oscar Micheaux, Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements , James D Ruffin, and Jack Chenault

The earliest surviving feature directed by an African-American, Within our gates tells the story of a young African-American woman who seeks a Northern white patron for a Southern school for Black children.  The scenes of lynching and attempted white-on-Black rape may be a response to D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation. 1 videocassette (79 min.)

MEDIA 2-2805

 

Women behind the camera 2007

Alexis Krasilovsky, From the Heart Productions, and Rafael Film (Firm)

This global feature reveals camerawomen's struggles to survive the odds in Hollywood, Bollywood, Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, France, Iran, Japan, Mexico, the U.S. and other countries in a way that has never been done before -- Container. 2 videodiscs (90 min each)

MEDIA 10-1661

 

Women of vision 18 histories in feminist film and video : a documentary 1998

Alexandra Juhasz

Profiles a variety of women active in independent-feminist film and video, including production, distribution and education, whose work expresses a variety of political and esthetic viewpoints. The three-part video begins by profiling 6 women whose careers began in the Fifties and Sixties, then six women whose work coincided with the emergence of the women's movement in the Seventies; and six women whose careers began in the Eighties and Nineties. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-5349

 

Women who made the movies 1990

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Wheeler W Dixon, Dennis Coleman, and Jane Monnich

Although women have been making films as long as men, their contribution has been largely ignored. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-5428

 

The Wonderful horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl 1995, 1993

Ray Müller, Hans-Jürgen Panitz, Jacques de Clercq, and Dimitri de Clercq

Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl, now in her nineties, flashbacks and modern film sequences tell the story of the most famous woman film director of all time. Known for her films made during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a controversial one. Best known for her "Triumph of the will" (1935), the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress, it proved to be her undoing. 2 videocassettes (181 min.)

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Yaacov Ben-Dov father of Hebrew cinema  1993

Hillel Tryster, Yaacov Gross, and Yaacov Ben-Dov

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2750