“Colombia today: the biggest trial against Paramilitary armies – accused of killing thousands of Colombians – is designed to create “peace and justice”. Instead the process comes to an abrupt halt, when the political and economic interests in the paramilitary war are uncovered. Are the victims’ families doomed to stay victims forever or are they […]
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Hot Docs: Our Daily Poison now available in Media Services
According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of cancer has doubled over the last thirty years (after allowing for the population aging factor). Over this period, the increase in leukemia and brain tumours in children has been around 2% per year. The WHO has observed a similar trend for neurological diseases (Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s) […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Mr CO2: Life after Kyoto now available in Media Services
He has expanded through the very air we breathe. He’s galvanized activists around the globe to fight him, and stymied the world’s political leaders. Meet Mr. CO2: carbon dioxide, the primary cause of climate change. This documentary may use whimsical animation to personify carbon dioxide emissions, but its message is dead-serious: if we fail to […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Miss HIV now available in Media Services
This documentary explores the international collision of HIV/AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV-positive women who entered the annual Miss HIV Stigma-Free pageant in Botswana. Filmed across Africa and at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto this explosive EthnoGraphic film shares both sides of an ideology struggle. What is happening in Botswana, where […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Man who stopped the desert now available in Media Services
Documentary film about Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from northern Burkina Faso who has become a pioneer in the fight against desertification and hunger. His work over a quarter century has resulted in the successful rehabilitation of farmland, the regrowth of forests, the return of former residents to their homeland, and praise from international organizations. […]
Continue readingHot Docs: La Americana now available in Media Services
A documentary following a single mother from Bolivia who has come to work as an illegal immigrant in New York City, in order to support her daughter’s medical needs. The daughter’s life without her mother is also featured, as is the mother’s relationship with her new boyfriend who also an illegal immigrant. DVD 6881 Film […]
Continue readingOriginal Beats: A film on Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso
Original Beats is a short documentary film by Francois Bernadi on Gregory Corso and Herbert Huncke. Huncke was the original Beat. He coined the term, lived the life and was on the road long before Kerouac. Here he talks about his life as petty criminal, drug user and Beat writer. Corso believed the poet and […]
Continue readingFilmography – Films on Filmmaking and Filmmakers
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection: Man with a movie camera – HU DVD 32 Tin drum – HU DVD 40 Nanook of the north – HU DVD 209 Little Buddha – HU DVD 253 Aventurera – HU DVD 1304 To kill a mockingbird – HU […]
Continue readingThis Just In: More scary movies!!
That’s right, just yesterday a few more spooky films were added to the Home Use Collection. Take one home this weekend. Also, don’t forget about the most recent entry about scary movies, which also links to other films that will be perfect to check out this Halloween weekend. Beetle Juice – HU DVD 9030 Masters […]
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