Short Films
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THE LIFE AND POETRY OF JULIA DE BURGOSWomen's Studies Spanish Language Short Films Literature Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Cuban Studies
This docudrama portrays the life and work of the great Puerto Rican poet, from her
impoverished childhood in Puerto Rico, to her political involvement as a young woman in
the nationalist movement, to her subsequent exile in Cuba and New York where she died
in 1953.
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THE REAL DEALShort Films Literature American Studies
This video features poet Marc Levy, a Vietnam veteran who served in 1970 as a fighting
medic in the U.S. First Cavalry Division, who reads poetic prose based on his combat and
postwar experiences.
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HORSE DANCING AND TASHAShort Films Native American Studies Dance Anthropology American Studies
This video tells a story in dance about two cultures-Native American and Anglo
Saxon-and about the evolution of dance itself, from nature.
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FOR THE FIRST TIMESpanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies Short Films Cuban Studies
Celebrates the universal and almost magical appeal of motion pictures by showing a
Cuban Film Institute mobile film unit traveling deep into the Cuban countryside to show
peasants their first movie.
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TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITYShort Films Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies Directed by Women
A profile of Fernando Birri, 'Father' of the New Latin American Cinema.
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LYMAN H. HOWE'S HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURESShort Films Cinema Studies American Studies Directed by Women
Examines the career of a traveling exhibitor who brought motion pictures to America's towns and cities when movies were in their infancy, from the early 1880s through the early 1920s.
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