In their words:“The Aboriginal Perspectives module contains 33 documentaries, a short fiction film, and 5 film clips. These productions do not represent the entirety of the films on Canada’s native peoples in the NFB collection, which comprises more than 700 such works. We did want it, however, to be a representative sample of the whole. […]
Continue readingStreaming video highlight: National Film Board of Canada’s Documentary Lens
In their words: “The purpose of Documentary Lens is to show how National Film Board documentaries have portrayed Canada and the world since the founding of the Film Board in 1939.” At present there are about 50 films available in their entirety, dated 1944-2004. Most (if not all) are under 30 minutes – on topics […]
Continue readingWhat you need to know about the digital television transition
From www.dtv2009.gov: At midnight on February 17, 2009, all full-power television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to 100% digital broadcasting. The US Congress was sold on the digital broadcasting transition based on the providers’ promises of a clearer picture, more programming options, and that it will free up […]
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Cinema 16: American short films – DVD 4243The war within – DVD 4237La roue=The wheel – DVD 4235The great debaters – DVD 4232The living end – DVD 4231La Môme=La vie en rose – DVD 4228The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – DVD 4227I’m not there – DVD 4217Jungfrukällan=The virgin spring – DVD4215King corn – DVD […]
Continue readingCool website of streaming documentaries: Folkstreams.net
This wonderful site currently has just over 100 documentaries on American roots cultures. It’s a site loaded with classics including films by Les Blank, Tom Davenport, and Alan Lomax. It’s indexed by film, filmmaker, region, subject, and featured individual. If you’re interested in Dewey Balfa, for instance, you can quickly discover he’s included in Les […]
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Hollywood harems – DVD 4210Sweet movie – DVD 4205The savages – DVD 4204Juno – DVD 4203Le ballon rouge=The red balloon – DVD 4202Les amants du pont-neuf=The lovers on the bridge – DVD 4200There will be blood – DVD 4196A major malfunction – DVD 4194Cinema 16: European short films – DVD 4190In search of international justice […]
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Max Fleischer’s famous out of the inkwell – DVD 4178The 11th hour – DVD 4175Feed – DVD 4170Video out – DVD 4169Knocked up – DVD 4166The lookout – DVD 4162The party – DVD 4160The inman & the pastor – DVD 4156Cleo from 5 to 7 – DVD 4151Girl, interrupted – DVD 4150Manderlay – DVD 4147Breaking […]
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Atonement – DVD 4142Georges Méliès: first wizard of cinema – DVD 4141Breach – DVD 4140Norman McLaren: the master’s edition – DVD 4131-4139Into the wild – DVD 4130Midnight express – DVD 4118Love in the time of cholera – DVD 4114Michael Clayton – DVD 4112What’s eating Gilbert Grape? – DVD 4110Mamoulak=The lizard – DVD 4100
Continue readingTSPDT’s “Greatest 1,000 Films” grouped by All-Movie Guide genres
They Shoot Pictures Don’t They’s “Greatest 1,000 Films” grouped by All-Movie Guide genres, keywords, themes and tones. http://www.theyshootpictures.com/Top1000Films_AMG%20Breakdown.pdf
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The last emperor – DVD 4098Dick – DVD 4094Closer – DVD 4080The unbearable lightness of being – DVD 4078Bad timing – DVD 4077Walkabout – DVD 4076Casanova – DVD 4075The wild bunch – DVD 4074Helter skelter – DVD 4073À la folie… pas du tout=He loves me, he loves me not – DVD 4070A decade under the […]
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