Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu

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New Acquisitions - March 2007

71 fragmente einer chronologie des zufalls 2006

Performer Note: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent, Udo Samel, Branko Samarovski, Claudio Martini, Georg Friedrich"A meticulous depiction of the numbing and normalizing effects of television" -- container.

1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-761

The best place to live 1982

A documentary about the changing lives and feelings of members of a Hmong community living in Providence, Rhode Island in 1980-81.

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-7710

Black diamonds mountaintop removal & the fight for coalfield justice 2006

Performer Note: Narrator: Lauren Graham ; research & interviews, Ann Pancake, Catherine PancakeCharts the rise of large scale coal surface mining in Appalachia and the community resistance of a region caught between the national appetite for cheap energy and a sense of Appalachian culture and beauty.

1 videodisc (72 min.)

MEDIA 10-767

Black gold 2006

"After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world. Tracing the path of the coffee consumed each day to the farmers who produce the beans, Black Gold asks us to 'wake up and smell the coffee', to face the unjust conditions under which our favorite drink is produced and to decide what we can do about it.

1 videodisc (ca. 77 min.)

MEDIA 10-769

Der siebente kontinent The seventh continent 2006

Performer Note: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni TanzerGeorg and his wife Anna realize how monotonous and isolated their lives are when their daughter Eva, in a desperate attempt to get attention, suddenly pretends to be blind. The family decides to break with their routine and plans to emigrate to Australia. This film is a stark look at lives severed from feelings.

1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-762

Flickorna The girls 2006

Performer Note: Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom Added Title: Lines from the heartThree actresses prepare to go on the road in a theater production of Lysistrata. As they re-assess and deal with the problems in their respective private lives, they recognize the parallels with the play.

1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-766

Heading south Vers le sud 2007

Performer Note: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young,Louise Portal, Ménothy CésarThree middle-aged women, disillusioned and unsatisfied by the men at home converge at a Haitian resort to soak up the sun and sample the sexual talents of the natives.

1 videodisc (103 min.)

DANA 325

July '64 2006?

Performer Note: Narrator, Roscoe Lee BrowneIn the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York--the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial discrimination and a significant event in the Civil Rights era. Using archival footage and interviews with those who were present, the film explores the genesis and outcome of these three nights.

1 videodisc (54 min)

MEDIA 10-753

Kelly loves Tony 1998

Performer Note: Video diarists, Kane Ian "Kelly" Saeteurn, Nai "Tony" SaelioThis film offers viewers a rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender, culture and education.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-7707

The language you cry in the story of a Mende song 1998

Traces the history of a burial song of the Mende people brought by slaves to the rice plantations of the Southeast coast of the United States over two hundred years ago, and preserved among the Gullah people there. In the 1930s a pioneering Black linguist, Lorenzo Turner, recognized its origin, and in the 1990s scholars Joe Opala and Cynthia Schmidt discovered that the song was still remembered in a remote village in Sierra Leone. Dramatically demonstrates how African Americans retained links with their African past, and concludes with the visit of the Gullah family which had preserved the song to the Mende village, where villagers re-enact the ancient burial rites for them.

1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-755

Life stories aging & the human spirit 2002

Performer Note: Commentators, interviewers, and interviewees, Thomas R. Cole, Kate de Mediros, Ellie Porter, Vern Seinfert, Nancy Lee Seinfert, Bob Berdette, TIna Preboom, Bob Harvey, Ivan Arceneany, Julie KemperIn this documentary, senior citizens come together to master the techniques that will enable them to write the stories of their lives. Pioneered at the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, "Share your life story" is a groundbreaking approach to working with seniors. The process demonstrates that learning, creativity, and spiritual growth can continue in one's later years.

1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-768

My future, my plan 2003

Performer Note: Laurel Katz, narratorA transition planning resource for life after high school for students with disabilities and their families.

1 videodisc (34 min.)

MEDIA 10-754

The once and future Newark 2006

Performer Note: Hosted by Clement Alexander PriceLong overshadowed by its close proximity to New York City, the treasures and history of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, have remained hidden to many of the citizens of the state and the region. The once and future Newark engages viewers' interest for personal exploration and discovery of this remarkable city. The film features a number of city sites, chosen for their broad cultural, social and historical significance.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

DANA 324

Once upon a time cinema 1998

Performer Note: Ezzatollah Entezami, Mehdi HashemiA cinematographer introduces movies to the Persian court. The Shah initially opposes the new medium but he falls in love with the film's heroine.

1 videocassette (100 min.)

MEDIA 2-7712

Red dust 2006

Performer Note: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel EjioforA political thriller set in a small South African town during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings. Human rights lawyer Sarah Barcant must represent Alex Mpondo, a former political activist, who was held captive and sadistically tortured by a police officer under the apartheid regime in South Africa.

1 videodisc (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-756

Shocking and awful 2004

Contents: [Disc 1] 1. The real face of occupation -- 2. Standing with the women of Iraq -- 3. National insecurities -- 4. The art of resistance. [Disc 2] 5. Dance of death -- 6. Erasing memory, the cultural destruction of Iraq -- 7. Globalization at gunpoint, the economics of occupation -- 8. The world says no to war. [Disc 3] 9. Empire and oil -- 10. Channels of war, the media is the military -- 11. Resistance at home -- 12. BaghdadTwelve programs (28 min. each) presenting an independent viewpoint of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.

3 videodiscs (336 min.)

MEDIA 10-765

Sir! No sir! 2005

Performer Note: Narrator, Troy GarityRecalls the unprecedented movement by American GI's against the Vietnam War, staged through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals and more, rocking the foundations of the American military. Includes archival material and interviews with key participants.

1 videodisc (84 min.)

DANA 323

The split horn the life of a Hmong Shaman in America 2001

Performer Note: Narrator: Chai ThaoShows the life and culture of the Thao family, Hmong Americans in Appleton, Wisconsin. Documents a shaman's struggle to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture.

1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)

MEDIA 2-7711

Teaching children to read 2002

Highlights the main points of the National Reading Panel's comprehensive report on reading instruction. Explains research-based findings through classroom applications with real students. Also contains clips of the Panel explaining the rationale behind their conclusions.

1 videocassette (20 min.)

MEDIA 2-7698

Le temps du loup Time of the wolf 2004

Performer Note: Isabelle HuppertFollows a family's difficult journey immediately after an unknown apocalyptic event.

1 videodisc (109 min.)

MEDIA 10-763

Without apology 2004

Documents the consequences of the institutionalization of Susan Hamovitch's autistic and developmentally disabled brother Alan in 1958.

1 videodisc (73 min.)

MEDIA 10-764

Young, Muslim and French 2006

Performer Note: Host, Mishal Husain ; narrator, Jay O. SaundersFrance's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves (hijab) in public schools--a law widely perceived by Muslims to be an undemocratic expression. Wide Angle explores this conflict in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. Also featured is the local high school principal, Ghislaine Hudson, a member of the commission charged with reviewing the use of religious symbols. Professor Fawaz Gerges also discusses secularism in France. Unemployment and the economic plight of the French Muslim minority and lack of social integration is also discussed.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7705