“Filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a range of contemporary media forms, zeroing in on movies and music videos that glamorize womanizing, pornography that trades in the brutalization of women, comedians who make fun of sexual assault, […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Tapestries of Hope now available in Media Services
“Tapestries of Hope is a powerful film that exposes the ongoing rape of young women in Zimbabwe by men infected with AIDS, and profiles an organization working to protect and empower abused young girls in the country. It is a common myth promoted by traditional healers in Zimbabwe that a man infected with HIV/AIDS can […]
Continue readingHot Docs: SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories now available in Media Services
Investigates how the exploitation of Southern Louisiana’s abundant natural resources compromised the resiliency of its ecology and culture, thus multiplying the effects of the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina. DVD 8124 Distributor description: http://bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/sola.html
Continue readingHot Docs: Quiet Revolution now available in Media Services
Many say Singapore has the best education system in the world. This film shows how this system has produced such amazing results and how it differs from the educational philosophy as practiced here in the United States. The system acknowledges that not everyone is “college material” and steers students into the appropriate training or educational […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Prosecutor now available in Media Services
“The first main prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo indicted people who were accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined in international treaties. Prosecutor follows Moreno-Ocampo during his first trial against Congolese army leader Thomas Lubanga, accused of war crimes. The film retraces the history of the controversial Criminal […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Delicious peace grows in a Ugandan coffee bean now available in Media Services
“Living in the lingering wake of the Idi Amin regime of terror and intolerance, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers challenged historical and economic hurdles by forming “Delicious Peace” Cooperative. Their mission was to build harmonious relationships and economic development, and they are succeeding. Partnering with a Fair Trade US roaster, the farmers’ standard […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Grace, Milly, Lucy– child soldiers now available in Media Services
In Uganda, more than 30,000 children have been abducted by rebel troops over the past 20 years and forced into armed conflict. Many of these child soldiers are girls. When they return from captivity, the girls struggle to be accepted in their communities and make their voices heard. DVD 8899 Distributor webpage: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c792.shtml
Continue readingHot Docs: How to boil a frog now available in Media Services
An eco-comedy (documentary feature film) that mixes rapid-fire humorwith hard-hitting facts to show the consequences of overshoot: toomany people using up too little planet, much too fast. Gives us anoverview of our situation and 5 surprising ways that regular peoplelike you and me can save civilization, while making our own livesbetter now. DVD 9186 Film […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Immigrant Nation now available in Media Services
This is a documentary combining the story of activist Elvira Arellano with the larger story of the pro-immigrant movement that primarily began in Chicago. DVD 9197 Film website: http://www.immigrantnationfilm.com/
Continue readingHot Docs: Impunity: What kind of war for Columbia? now available in Media Services
“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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