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Salam Pax is an Iraqi journalist attempting to keep the world informed about his beleaguered country. His cantankerous and non-partisan blogs are regularly broadcast on the BBC. These were filmed in Najaf, Baghdad, Karbala, and the south of Iraq. more »
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Cinema Korea brings together interviews with directors and actors, archival footage of classic Korean films and accounts of defining historical events to give a fully rounded view of Korean film culture. more »
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An Indian woman photographer, who photographed notables such as Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, Queen Elizabeth, and Jackie Kennedy, yet had to publish under her husband's name. more »
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This mockumentary invents a scenario of hijacked archival footage, false documents, and interviews out of context to show that the moon landing was all filmed in Stanley Kubrick's studio. more »
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A step-by-step chronicle of how a public relations firm used the media to sway world opinion against the Serbs during the Balkan War. more »
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While many have characterized WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange as a heroic champion of free speech, his ongoing exposé of US foreign policy would not have been possible without the work of Private Bradley Manning. Reporter Quentin McDermott tells the inside story of Bradley Manning and his daring intelligence heist. more »
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Two African-American journalists who covered the events of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties return to the deep South where it all took place.Their journey brings back memories of those turbulent times. more »
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This Academy Award-nominee is a must for all courses dealing with the Vietnam War and its divisive effect on the American people. Its focus is Neil Davis, a news cameraman whose famous combat footage was shown all over the world. more »
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Indie Game: The Movie explores the world of video game creation, shining a spotlight on the underdogs of the video game industry—independent game developers—who sacrifice money, health, and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their visions with the world. more »
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This gripping documentary chronicles the devastating effect of giant book chains on the country's independent bookstores. During the golden years of the independents, there were 5,200 members of the American Booksellers Association -- today there are fewer than 3,000. more »
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From ancient China, India, Islam, and the Graeco Roman world, we see how the library radiated knowledge and spiritual values, and facilitated the cross fertilization of ideas from one culture to another. more »
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At the end of the 1950s, the Shanghai Art Studio was among the most important in the world. The. came the Cultural Revolution... more »
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This film details the enormous contribution to culture, politics, industry, and even human psychology made by Johann Gutenberg's fifteenth century achievement—the printing press. Writer and actor Stephen Fry energetically explores the story of the machine and of the man who created it. more »
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In 1934, a Belgian visionary named Paul Otlet conceived of a library with no physical books whose contents could be viewed on a screen. His obsession was to classify, encode and unify books and documents published all over the world. His classification system is regarded today as similar to hypertext, which enables us to navigate the Internet. more »
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This delightful short is for film lovers everywhere. Jose Zagati is a trash gatherer on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. He has with created a fully functioning film theater from recycled objects. His modest garage is a gathering place for the children of the village who experience the joy of cinema (and popcorn) free of charge. more »
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The story of Kili Radio, "Voice of the Lakota Nation," which broadcasts out of a small wooden house in the vast countryside of South Dakota. more »
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Nothing of social or political import is broadcast on Chinese television which is a tool for promoting consumerism. more »
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Two cameramen, one Israeli and one a Palestinian, cover the Arab/Israeli conflict and find that their presence affects the events they cover. Battles and rhetoric heat up when the camera rolls Though working from opposite sides, the men have become friends and recognize their moral dilemma in reporting the news. more »
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Save and Burn puts the institution of the library within a startling political context. Although generally considered preservers of culture, libraries are subject to the ideologies and violence of their time and place. The film addresses the commercialization of libraries, the irresponsible closing of libraries, and their cultural debt to the Orient. more »
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There's a quiet calamity going on in libraries and archives all around the world. Books and documents are crumbling because the paper on which they are printed is turning to dust. This documentary shows us preservation centers where conservationists treat endangered books. more »
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Noah Chomsky and other media critics evaluate the" objectivity " of the news we see on television and read in the newspapers. For example, one European critic notes that television news in America is part of show business and its content reflects this. more »
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A compelling account of the brutalities of 21st Century war, told through the eyes of independent journalists. The film documents the lives of reporters and photographers who subverted military media control to get access to the real Iraq War. more »
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The story of the St. Louis Journalism Review, an independent publication that acted like a watch dog of mainstream media. more »
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