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New Acquisitions - April 2007
- La Celestina 1997
- Performer Note: Penelope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Maribel Verdu, Terele Pavez, Jordi MollaCalisto is a young knight who has fallen madly in love with a beautiful maiden. Failing in his endeavors to win her over, Calisto is prompted by his unscrupulous servant to seek the help of the witch Celestina.
- 1 videodisc (109 min.)
- MEDIA 10-774
- The fly 2005
- Performer Note: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Les Carlson, George ChuvaloSeth Brundle develops a system to transport objects in a matter of seconds, but when he tries it on himself, Seth's genes and molecules are accidentally fused with those of a fly. Seth's excitement over his new physical abilities turns into a nightmare as his insect half begins to take over.
- 2 videodiscs (ca. 95 min.)
- MEDIA 10-771
- Hari-Bhari Fertility 2004
- Performer Note: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Rajeshwari, Surekha, Alka Trivedi, Rajit Kapur, Lalit Tiwari, Srivallabh VyasThe story of five women of a Shaikh Muslim Landholding family: a grandmother, her daughter, her two daughter-in-laws, and a grand-daughter. Each woman faces a crisis that helps develop an awareness of female health problems and their rights over their own bodies.
- 1 videodisc (134 min.)
- MEDIA 10-777
- One hundred years of silence 2006
- Performer Note: Narrator, Brian PattersonDocumentary film about the near extermination of the Herero people of Namibia by German colonial soldiers in the first years of the 20th century. This history is told through the story of a young present-day Herero woman whose great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier, resulting in Georgina's light skin and eyes.
- 1 videodisc (39 min.)
- MEDIA 10-776
- Salaam Bombay! 2002
- Performer Note: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chandra Sharma, Aneeta Kanwar, Raghubir Yadav, Nana PatekarKrisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in the streets.
- 1 videodisc (116 min.)
- MEDIA 10-773
- Sybil 2006
- Performer Note: Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, Charles LaneA landmark, classic drama depicting the extraordinary real life of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Includes the full 3-hour broadcast version (aired over two nights), along with over an hour of new exclusive special features.
- 2 videodiscs (ca. 187 min.)
- MEDIA 10-772
- Unforgotten twenty-five years after Willowbrook 2002
- Performer Note: Narrator: Danny Aiello, with Geraldo RiveraExamines the impact on patients and their families of Geraldo Rivera's expose in 1972 of conditions at the Willowbrook State School for people with developmental disabilities.
- 1 videodisc (56 min.)
- MEDIA 10-775
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