Media Services now has streaming video versions of 43 of the best documentaries from Media Education Foundation. This makes them available to watch for AU students and faculty, directly from the ALADIN catalog. Media Services also has DVD or VHS copies of all of these as well as over 60 other MEF titles. MEF is […]
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New Docs! – Documentaries New to the Media Services Collection
Here’s a list of some of our newly acquired documentaries. Please note that most of these are not in the Home Use Collection, which means students can watch them here in Media Services, and faculty members can take them out of the library to preview and/or use in class.The ones marked HU DVD are part […]
Continue readingAU Film Accepted into the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival: “La Pesca Vivencial”
An announcement from Professor Larry Engel: We’re pleased to announce that one of the films produced by students in the interdisciplinary class, “The Practice of Environmentalism: Science, Policy, and Communication” and its summer site visit to the Galapagos was accepted into the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. “La Pesca Vivencial” . The production was filmed […]
Continue readingRemembering Professor Emeritus Arnost Lustig
Read one of the many recent articles on Arnost Lustig:Prague Post, NY Daily News, ABC News, Variety The following Memorandum was sent to the AU Community by Phyllis Peres, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs yesterday, March 2, 2011. I regret to inform you of the death of Arnost Lustig, professor emeritus of literature, who passed […]
Continue readingFilm Screening – The People Speak – Tonight in Wechsler Theater 5:30pm
The School of Communication and Center for Social Media and the Department of Justice, Law and Society of the School of Public Affairs are hosting a screening of The People Speak tonight in Wechsler Theater at 5:30pm. See their invitation below: Dear students and faculty, What do Matt Damon, Pink, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, John […]
Continue readingBanksy welcomes Oscar nomination for ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’
“I don’t agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I’m prepared to make an exception for the ones I’m nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.” Banksyin an official statement concerning his directorial debut Exit Through the Gift Shopbeing nominated for […]
Continue readingNow Available in Media Services – Have You Heard From Johannesburg? DVD 7921 – 7927
Have You Heard from Johannesburg – DVD 7921 – 7927 Watch a clip of Have You Heard from Johannesburg – Road to Resistance Have You Heard From Johannesburg is seven documentary stories, produced and directed by Connie Field, chronicling the history of the global anti-aprtheid movement that took on South Africa’s entrenched apartheid regime and […]
Continue readingKen Burns and Films on Demand
As an AU student, staff, or faculty member there are thousands of titles available to stream on Films on Demand. Ken Burns has many great ones that can be found by doing an advanced keyword search for “ken burns” in the Films on Demand database. Some of these titles are also available on VHS or […]
Continue readingErrol Morris explains his motivation and how he created his “Interrotron”
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Continue readingTim Robbins & James Gandolfini Join The HBO Movie ‘Cinema Verite’
Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini are set to co-star opposite Diane Lane in HBO Films’ Cinema Verite. The movie, written by David Seltzer, is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the groundbreaking 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family. The series by Oscar-winning doc filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond centered on Santa Barbara couple […]
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