Cinema Studies
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THE INHERITANCE (narrative)Labor Studies Europe Cinema Studies Business Narrative Films
Selected by Time Magazine as one of the ten top films of 2004, Per Fly’s The Inheritance is a powerful and timely drama about a man torn between family and business.
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OYSTER FARMER (narrative)Narrative Films Cinema Studies Directed by Women
Filmed along Australia’s breathtakingly beautiful Hawkesbury River, Anna Reeves’ deliciously surprising film is a comedy about love, community and freshly shucked oysters.
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THE ANIMATED CENTURYMedia Studies Cinema Studies Animation Directed by Women
Animated hosts Professor Edward A. Elderberry and his disciple Horace, introduce clips from 160 films from 26 countries, and discuss the most significant animated films of the past 100 years.
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LOOK OUT HASKELL, IT'S REAL: THE MAKING OF MEDIUM COOL
This video examines the production of Haskell Wexler's classic film, a docu-drama set amidst the street riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the film's social and aesthetic importance in American cinema.
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THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: THE LONG ROADWomen's Studies Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies
The Long Road, examines the development of new forms of representation, repression against filmmakers, and the emergence of a new women's cinema.
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THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: CINEMA OF THE HUMBLEWomen's Studies Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies
Explores the movement's origins, traces the evolution of its theoretical and esthetic positions, and focuses on the development of cinema in Cuba and Nicaragua.
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SID AT 90Aging / Gerontology Cinema Studies Jewish Studies Performing Arts
Profiles actor, comedian, impersonator and variety performer Sid Raymond, in the process challenging the assumption that celebrity defines success.
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LEGACY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLISTSociology Political Science Cinema Studies American Studies Directed by Women
This documentary, hosted and narrated by Burt Lancaster, examines the effects of the highly publicized investigation of the motion picture industry by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which began in 1947.
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IN AND OUT OF FOCUSSociology Business Cinema Studies Women's Studies Directed by Women
A documentary about women in the film business and how they balance children, love lives and career—or how they don't.
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GLITTER PALACEAmerican Studies Cinema Studies Performing Arts
Features interviews with retired artists' film and theater actors and actresses, set designers, cinematographers, casting directors, script supervisors, and so on—who reside in the Motion Picture Country Home in Los Angeles or in the Performing Arts Lodge in Toronto.
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BAD GIRLWomen's Studies Human Sexuality Cinema Studies Directed by Women
In a Los Angeles film studio, the cameras roll on an X-rated film, and in the director's chair sits a woman. In New York and San Francisco, companies created by women market hard-core videos to the female consumer.
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TAKING AIMSociology Spanish Language Media Studies Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Anthropology Directed by Women
In 1985, Monica Frota, an independent Brazilian filmmaker, collaborated with the
Kayapo people of the Brazilian rain forest to develop Mekaron Opoi D'joi (He Who
Creates Images), the first Kayapo media project.
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