Check out these documentaries that were recently added to the Media Services collection. Dan Rather Reports: Going to Guam – DVD 9676Appointment with the Astrologer – DVD 5657Life 2.0 – DVD 9468His Way: A portrait of Hollywood Legend Jerry Weintraub – DVD 9532Battle for Marjah – DVD 9684Battle for Marjah – BLU-RAY DVD 9684Lives worth […]
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Hot Docs: Granito now available in Media Services
GRANITO is a story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present. In GRANITO our characters sift for clues buried in archives of mind and place and historical memory, seeking to uncover a narrative that could unlock the […]
Continue readingHot Docs: The Siege now available in Media Services
This documentary follows the story of the day of the Siege of Colombia’s Palace of Justice, where close to 100 people were killed including most of the Colombia’s supreme court justices, and tracks the courtroom drama of Colonel Plazas Vega’s trial 25 years later. In the course of the highly charged trial the lawyers, prosecutors, […]
Continue readingVisiting Filmmaker Series – Spring 2012: Heather Courtney – “Where Soldiers Come From” – Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 2:30 – 7pm
Heather Courtney – “Where Soldiers Come From” Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012 – 2:30 – 7:00pm Join us for a Master Class with filmmaker Heather Courtney at 2:30 pm followed by a screening of the documentary “Where Soldiers Come From” and Q&A starting at 5:30 pm. WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM is an intimate look at […]
Continue readingSelected New Documentary Titles in Media Services
Check out these documentaries that were recently added to the Media Services collection. Minik: The Lost Eskimo – DVD 117On the Ropes – DVD 154Pimps Up, Ho’s Down – DVD 160Bomb It – DVD 968Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America – DVD 980Thomas Berry: The Great Story – DVD 981How to be a man […]
Continue readingBarney Rosset, First Amendment crusader, dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: February 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM ET (New York Times) NEW YORK (AP) — Barney Rosset was a publisher, not an author, and struggled for decades to write the story of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way […]
Continue readingTransgender Identity Film and Panel Discussion – Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., EQB Lounge
Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., EQB Lounge (East Quad Building)7:00 p.m., film, “Transgeneration”8:00 p.m., panel discussion on transgender identity, with Edgardo Merville, director of the Gender and Sexuality Program at Children’s National Medical Center; John Strang, staff psychologist, Children’s National Medical Center; Hunter and Tracey, persons who have transitioned gender9:15 p.m., pizzaSponsor: Department of PsychologyContact: […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Fruit of Our Labor now available in Media Services
As the international community reflects on the impact of years of war in Afghanistan, Community Supported Film provides an opportunity to also reflect on the situation from an Afghan perspective through 10 Afghan-made documentaries. Story 1: L is for Light, D is for Darkness, Hasibullah AsmatyStory 2: Searching for a Path, Reza SahelStory 3: Hands […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Strategic Teacher now available in Media Services
“One of the greatest challenges facing schools today is the push to raise the expertise of teachers. but if teachers are going to become experts, they need proven strategies and the training to make them work…plain and simple. In ’The strategic teacher,’ renowned education consultant Harvey Silver illustrates practical ways to make this happen in […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Romantic Warriors now available in Media Services
Inspired by classical progressive rock bands of 40 years ago such as King Crimson, Emerson Lake, and Palmer and Pink Floyd, young bands of today have transformed progressive music into something new. Ignored by today’s music industry but empowered by the tools of the Internet, these young bnads are trying to find their audience while […]
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