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| African and African Diaspora Studies
NEW Who's Afraid of
Ngugi? Available on
DVD
This documentary follows acclaimed author
Ngugi wa Thiong'o as he and his political
activist wife Njeri journey back to Kenya
after years of exile. As they are welcomed
home by joyous and hopeful crowds, they also
must cope with those who still find their
revolutionary words and deeds
threatening.
Manthia Diawara |
documentary | 83 minutes | 2007 | $225
| $180
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NEW Living the
Hiplife Available on
DVD
This film is a musical portrait of street
life in urban West Africa. It follows the
birth of Hiplife music, a mix
of various African musical forms and American
Hip Hop, in Accra, Ghana.
Jesse W. Shipley |
documentary | 61 minutes | 2007 | $225
| $180
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NEW The Mseyas
Available on
DVD
AIDS kills more than two million people every
year
in Africa. As a result of this epidemic,
there are
more than 11 million orphans. This documentary is
the story of the Mseyas, AIDS orphans from
Iringa,
Tanzania. Alberina, Maria, Amos and Orsolina live
on their own and face a life of struggle
without resources.
Gustavo Vizoso |
documentary | 52 minutes | 2007 | $225
| $180
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NEW Ritual Rhythms:
Candombe Available on
DVD
This documentary explores the history and
modern reality of candombe, the drum music of
Uruguay's black parade bands. Moving from
riveting
musical performances to detailed discussions
of the history of slavery and the historical
development of candombe, Ritual
Rhythms is an
exciting and informative introduction to
candombe, the music of Afro-Uruguay.
Mabel Maio |
documentary | 48 minutes | 1999 | $175
| $140
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NEW On the
Downlow
On the Downlow presents an intimate
portrait
of four men negotiating their bisexual desire
within the African-American community of
Cleveland, Ohio. The film showcases their
secret lives
and aspirations as it reveals the complex
intersections of sexuality, race, class and
family in contemporary middle America.
Abigail Child |
documentary |
54 minutes | 2006 | $225
| $180 | Discounts
available for high schools, public libraries
and community organizations
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| Latin American and Latino/a Studies
NEW Raised by Our Own
Authority Available on
DVD
In May 2006, more than 300,000 Colombians,
including indigenous communities and social
justice organizations, came to the
National Traveling Summit to demand a
national referendum on the Free Trade
Agreement with the United States.
This documentary
reveals the brutal response of the Colombian
state against the indigenous reservation of
La Marķa and how the indigenous
communities organized themselves to fight against
unfair state policies.
Mauricio Acosta & the Association of
Indigenous Councils of the North of Cauca |
documentary | 26 minutes | 2006 | $175
| $140
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NEW The Quilmes
According to Miguel
Mamani Available on
DVD
Decimated during the Spanish colonization and
vilified by Argentina's official history, the
Quilmes remain alive in the ruins of their
ancient city and in the passionate voice of
Miguel Mamani, a proud descendant of this
indigenous tribe. Drawing on oral tradition
and the writings of Jesuit scholars, Miguel
tells the unofficial story of the Quilmes:
their origins, their way of life, their
religious beliefs and their struggle to
preserve their own history and culture.
Mabel Maio |
documentary | 22 minutes | 2007 | $175
| $140
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NEW Sipakapa Is Not
For Sale Available on
DVD
Montana Exploradora received 45 million US
dollars in
financing from the World Bank to exploit an
open-pit gold mine in the Maya region of
Sipakapa, Guatemala. In
accordance with ILO Convention 169, a
Community Consultation was held to establish
whether the population would
accept or reject mining exploitation in its
territory. The result was a resounding "NO"
to mining. Sipakapa Is Not For Sale
analyses
the debate on mining exploitation and
demonstrates the dignity of the Sipakapan
People as they fight to defend their autonomy
in the face of encroaching neoliberal
megaprojects.
Alvaro Revenga |
documentary | 55 minutes | 2005 | $175
| $140
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NEW Los
Cartoneros Available on
DVD
Juanchi, a 21-year-old from a small town
outside Buenos Aires, supports himself and
his family by digging through trash. Like
thousands of Argentines, he is "un
cartonero", a cardboard collector. Los
Cartoneros explores the
relationship of globalization, poverty, and
how they affect the lives of those living
through them.
Michael McLean |
documentary | 26 minutes | 2006 | $175
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NEW Land,
Rain & Fire: Report from Oaxaca
Available on
DVD
What began as a teachers' strike for better wages
and more resources for students has erupted
into a
massive movement for profound social change
in the
state of Oaxaca, Mexico, where hundreds of
unions, indigenous and women's
organizations, neighborhood groups, students and
professional associations came together and
created
The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca
(APPO). Part of the Call for Change
series 2007.
Tami Gold and Gerardo Renique | documenatary | 30
min | 2006 |
$150
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NEW El Charango
Available on
DVD
Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, was discovered
by Spanish conquistadors in 1545, who
enslaved the local Indigenous people. As the
Spanish culture
spread into Potosi, the local people
discovered something they had never seen
or heard before: a stringed instrument.
Forbidden from ever playing the Spanish
guitar, the Indigenous miners copied it and
created the
charango. The story of the charango
symbolizes the larger struggle for human
rights and a quest to keep traditional
culture alive among indigenous people.
Jim Virga & Tula Goenka |
documentary | 22 minutes | 2006 | $175
| $140
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NEW Born in
Brazil Available on
DVD
The World Health Organization suggests a
maximum cesarean birth rate of 15%. Although
research shows that the majority of Brazilian
women prefer natural birth, statistics
provide a different story --- 65% - 85% of
all births in private hospitals in Brazil are
by cesarean section. Many obstetricians
attribute the high cesearean rate to patient
demand, when in fact the unnecessary surgery
is more convenient and lucrative for doctors.
Born in Brazil challenges the dominant
cultural belief that surgical delivery is the
modern, painless way to give birth, and that
cesareans are what women want.
Cara Biasucci |
documentary | 52 minutes | 2002 | $250
| $200
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NEW Two Dollar
Dance Available on
DVD
Every weekend, hundreds of Latino immigrants
pack the dance clubs of Jackson Heights, in
Queens, New York City. There, they meet the
"two-dollars ballerinas", women who will be
their dance floor partners for two dollars a
song. Two Dollar Dance unveils
the soul
of these clubs through Victor, a
patron, and Liz, one of the ballerinas.
Through their eyes, this film dives into the
stories of men and women who leave their
families and countries behind to work in the
United States. Now, on any given night, $2 is
the price of happiness.
Yolanda Pividal |
documentary | 17 minutes | 2006 | $175
| $140
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Ritual
Rhythms: Candombe
Japan
Across the Seas
| Asian Pacific and Asian Pacific Diaspora Studies
NEW Japan Across the
Seas Available on
DVD
The Japanese who have settled in Argentina
since the end of the 19th century came for
many reasons: escape poverty, wanderlust,
good farming, and
even a love for tango. Japan Across The
Seas
weaves together the tales of the old and the
young, the Japanese-born and the
second-generation, to tell the history of the
migrations that led to the establishment of
Japanese-Argentine communities in Misiones,
Buenos Aires, and Cordoba. In doing so,
Japan Across The Seas paints a complex and
multifaceted portrait of the diversity of the
Japanese-Argentine experience.
Mabel Maio |
documentary | 48 minutes | 1998 | $175
| $140
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NEW War in
Daechuri Available on
DVD
Spurred by the US government's plan to expand
military bases in Pyeongtaek city, a war is
being waged against the farmers of the South
Korean village of Daechuri. This affecting
documentary takes a look at
the villagers and their struggle - and their
difficult decisions on whether they can
continue to stay and fight. Part of the Call
for Change series 2007.
Jung Il-Gun & PURN Productions | documentary
| 45 minutes | 2006 | $150
| $120
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NEW Forgotten
Warriors Available on
DVD
A fascinating documentary about one of the
little known legacies of the Korean War
(1950-53). Forgotten Warriors tells the
stories of women guerilla fighters for North
Korea who were captured, held for many years
in South Korean jails and then released. This
film profiles the characters and lives of
these amazing women while they remake their
lives and assess their past.
Kim Jin Yoel & PURN Productions | documentary
| 99 minutes | 2005 | $225
| $180
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NEW Epilogue: The
Palpable
Invisibility of Life
Available on
DVD
In Epilogue, Vietnamese
filmmaker Tran T. Kim-Trang
wonders how can we make visible the
invisible? How can we "see" our lost loved
ones? Finding no ready-made answers, Tran
invites us to reflect about life and death in
this moving video about motherhood and
mourning. Derrida's philosophical theory is
juxtaposed with meditations on alternative
medicine and the fragility of physicality.
Epilogue is an exciting and
thought-provoking
culmination of Tran's Blindness Series.
Tran T. Kim-Trang | experimental | 14 min |
2006 | $175 | $140
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| Middle East Studies
NEW
Refuseniks Available on
DVD
Refuseniks uses stunning archival footage,
still photos and interviews to document the
stories of Israeli men and women who refuse
to serve in the military occupation of the
West Bank and Gaza.
Sonja de Vries | documentary | 56 min | 2006 |
$225
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NEW untitled part
3b: (as if) beauty
never ends... Available on
DVD
In this video essay about dystopia in
contemporary times, Jayce Salloum presents
raw footage documenting the 1982 massacre of
the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon
and the testimony of Abdel Majid Fadl Ali
Hassan, a 1948 refugee living in Bourg El
Barajneh camp. Working directly, viscerally,
and metaphorically untitled part 3b
provides an elegiac response to the
Palestinian dispossession.
Jayce Salloum | experimental documentary | 11
min | 2003 |
$200
| $160
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| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in
part by The New York State Council on the
Arts, The
National Endowment for the Arts, The New York
City
Department of Cultural Affairs, The Ford
Foundation, The North Star Fund, The Funding
Exchange, Manhattan Neighborhood
Network , as well as individual donors.
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