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SECUESTRO: A STORY OF A KIDNAPPINGSpanish Language Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Latin-American Studies Criminal & Law Directed by Women
This critically acclaimed feature documentary dramatizes the complex problem of
kidnapping in Colombia, where the disparity between rich and poor has turned
kidnapping for ransom into a virtual business, with a kidnapping occurring every seven
hours.
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QUE HACER?Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Filmed during the historic 1970 elections in Chile, blends documentary footage of the
Salvador Allende political campaign-including vicious street battles, mass rallies and
screaming crowds-with a fictional story of political intrigue.
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WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING HAPPYWomen's Studies Sociology Spanish Language Political Science Labor Studies Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Profiles the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil, the largest left-wing political party in the
world today, and the most important political opposition to emerge in Brazil since the
formal return to democratic rule in 1985. Comprised of union activists, environmentalists,
peasants, Afro-Brazilian groups, women's organizations, and street children, the PT has
been instrumental in the struggle for human rights and political reforms against corruption.
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PROFESSION: CHILDChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Directed by Women
This shocking documentary, produced by the International Labour Organization, reveals
the exploitation of child labor in Brazil today, focusing on the daily lives of four children
in and around Rio de Janeiro.
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THE CUBAN EXCLUDABLESSpanish Language Latin-American Studies American Studies Directed by Women Cuban Studies
The Cuban Excludables is about the thousands of Cuban detainees held in prisons throughout the U.S. With no due process or legal redress, some of them spent years behind bars and cannot be sent back to Cuba by INS due to lack of agreements between the US and Cuba.
These Cuban 'excludables' are thus in a legal limbo that leaves them imprisoned indefinitely.
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VOICES FROM THE FIELDSSpanish Language Sociology Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Environmental Studies Economics Chicano Studies Directed by Women
This documentary follows farmworkers from California's Salinas Valley back to their
roots in the fields of rural Mexico, where they recount their everyday struggle to cope in
the midst of the globalization of agriculture and the impact of NAFTA.
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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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LAFANMI SELAVIChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Family Relations Directed by Women
Filmed at a center for street children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, founded by former President
Aristide in 1986, this video interviews five young children.
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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TISOEUR: HAITI AFTER DUVALIERSpanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Chronicles events in Haiti since the collapse of the Duvalier regime, from the
downfall and ignominious flight into exile of "Baby Doc" Duvalier and his wife (seen
arriving in their BMW with military escort in predawn darkness at Port au Prince
airport), moving first-person accounts of the brutality of the tontons macoutes and the
regime's other human rights abuses, to the nation's first democratic election, the Rev.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's halting rise to power with the assistance of U.S. military
intervention, and the September 1991 military coup.
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WHO WILL CAST THE FIRST STONE?Sociology Religion & Spirituality Middle Eastern Studies Islamic Studies Criminal & Law Asian Studies Directed by Women
Examines the impact of Islamization on women in Pakistan, revealing the oppression and
injustice which has led Pakistani women to the forefront of the political struggle for equal
rights.
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KABABAIHAN: FILIPINA PORTRAITSWomen's Studies Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Profiles some of the key women involved in the grassroots organizing of the `People's
Power' revolution in the Philippines which brought down Ferdinand Marcos and swept
Corazon Aquino to power in 1989.
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ESCAPE FROM CHINAChildren & Young Adult World History Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China under clandestine conditions, this
documentary re-creates the remarkable experience of student leader Zhang Boli after his
flight from Beijing in the repressive aftermath of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy
demonstrations in June 1989.
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BITTER PARADISE: THE SELL-OUT OF EAST TIMORPolitical Science Photography Cultural Studies Asian Studies Directed by Women
When photographer Elaine Briere visited Portuguese East
Timor in 1974, she found a
highly developed, centuries-old culture with a refined
aesthetic and social sensibility. Her
photos would become the last record of a people about
to face virtual annihilation,
because, when Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975,
the world looked the other way.
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STRANGE SPIRIT: ONE COUNTRY'S OCCUPATIONSociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Blending archival footage and contemporary interviews, this documentary chronicles the
true story of the Chinese invasion and brutal occupation of Tibet, a country where hopes
for democracy and religious freedom are routinely punished by imprisonment and torture,
a continuing tragedy which the Chinese government bars international human rights
groups from investigating.
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LANDMINES OF THE HEARTSociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
This video examines Cambodia today, a country struggling to overcome the legacy of
more than two decades of civil war and the genocide which left two million dead in the
'killing fields' of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge.
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DHARAMSALA: TIBET IN EXILEWorld History Sociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Tibetans in exile discuss the discrimination and human rights abuses their people suffer
from the occupying Chinese government. These interviews, filmed in the U.S. and in a
Buddhist monastery in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's government in exile in Northern
India, are blended with historical footage of the Chinese invasion and occupation of Tibet,
surveillance footage of the brutal Chinese suppression of a major protest by Tibetan
monks in 1988, and contemporary footage and photos of life in Dharamsala, the second
home for Tibetan refugees.
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SONGOLOLO: VOICES OF CHANGESociology Music Literature Dance Cultural Studies African Studies Directed by Women
Examines the role of black resistance to apartheid in South
Africa through a look at two of the nation's leading cultural
activists and popular performers--poet Mzwakhe Mbuli and writer/
performer Gcina Mhlophe.
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AFTER THE BATTLEAfrican Studies Latin-American Studies Sociology Spanish Language Directed by Women Cuban Studies
In 1975, the first Cuban soldiers went to Angola to help defend that newly independent
government from invasion by South African troops. After nearly fourteen years of bitter
conflict, the Angolan War ended, Namibia was established as an independent state, and
Cuban and South African troops have returned home. Filmed on location in Angola, South
Africa and Cuba, this documentary examines the politics of the war from both sides and
features remarkable combat footage, archival material and interviews with Cuban and
South African soldiers as well as grieving families of those who died in the war.
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ERITREAAfrican Studies Architecture Art History Sociology Urban Studies Directed by Women
For nearly thirty years, in the longest ongoing war in Africa, the Eritrean people waged a
bitter struggle against the occupying forces of the Ethiopian government, which were
armed by the Soviet Union and Israel.
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THE DOUBLE DAYLabor Studies Sociology Women's Studies Directed by Women
A look at working women in Latin America and their efforts to achieve equality in the
home and workplace. Most combine their participation in the labor market with their
family functions as mothers and wives, thus working a `double day.'
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