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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Documentary Red top snuff (shot 1975, edited 1999) (8:43) (co-produced with Barbara Ayres; Noah Bishop editor) Ben Pearson's family has been milling on the Parker River in Massachusetts since colonial times and began grinding snuff when the industrial revolution brought textile mills to the Merrimack Valley. The Byfield Snuff Company continued making snuff until 1990 and its most popular product was called Red top. Yoyo man (1978) (12:03) (co-produced...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Featuring John Marshall's hallmark intimate camerawork, these shorts offer a unique perspective on both sides of law enforcement, and on some of the social issues facing American cities during the late 1960s. This 2007 re-mastered/re-authored compilation contains additional information about the series.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Two of the world’s most original filmmakers, identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay have been making their unique blend of puppetry and stop-motion animation for nearly 40 years and have spawned an enormous cult following. The Quays display a passion for detail, a breathtaking command of color and texture, and an uncanny use of focus and camera movement that make their films unique and instantly recognizable. Best known for their classic 1986...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Conceived by the underground film society Cinema Abattoir, the Incarnation short films anthology is a gem of contemporary experimental and avant-garde cinema. Filmmakers from different countries and generations meets in this anthology dedicated to the lyrical side of cinema. A transcendental meditative and contemplative short film compilation, the following films are included: Les Souffrances D'un Oeuf Meurtri: Roland Lethem, Belgium. 1967, 15 minutes....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then South West Africa). Marshall and his family, who together undertook an extensive multi-disciplinary study of Ju/'hoansi, spent the greatest amount of time with the people of /Gautcha, including ?Oma, !U, Tsamko, N!ai, and /Gunda. During this time, Marshall shot over 300,000 feet of 16mm film (157 hours)....
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A remarkable talent in the documentary arena, Elizabeth Lo's moving films highlight American societies' overlooked communities as they navigate the increasing states of inequality. Often forgotten, or even subjugated, by official institutions, Lo's sharp eye captures subjects young and old across the social spectrum, their communities, and the often makeshift solutions to these urgent public issues. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This set of 5 short films is compiled into one program. NIGHT PATROL (Munga Wardingki Patu) Night Patrol is an all-women group who undertake to try to keep the peace in their community. On any given night the patrollers may come across a domestic dispute where they can intervene and attempt some sort of resolution or perhaps transport one of the parties to another place; a gang of petrol-sniffing youths who may be carted back to their parents or simply...
12) Sorry, Rabbi
Publisher
Prospector Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After a fight with his girlfriend, Josh finds himself confronted by a group of angry Hasidic Jews.
13) New boy
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The Oscar-nominated short comedy (based on a story by Roddy Doyle) poignantly captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy.
14) Ave Maria
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Arabic
Description
An Israeli settler family crash their car outside an isolated convent in the occupied West Bank. Their only hope of getting home rests with five nuns who have taken a vow of silence.
16) The crush
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In this Oscar-nominated short film, we follow Ardal -- an 8-year-old schoolboy who's in love. There's just one problem. The object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene, Ardal is heartbroken. His reaction, though, is a little unexpected. He challenges Miss Purdy's boyfriend to a duel -- to the death.
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their soft-hearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for. Raising their tiny charges, declaring themselves vegetarian and dreaming of running a chicken farm, the two boys are in for a shock when their parents announce that big changes are coming to the family.
19) Sing =: Mindenki
Publisher
New Europe Film Sales
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Hungarian
Description
Based on a true story, this Oscar-winning short film follows an award-winning school choir and the new girl in class facing a tough choice: to stand up against a corrupt system, or to fit quietly into it. SING is a childhood musical drama set in 1990s post-socialist Budapest, Hungary. Zsofi is struggling to fit in at her new school and singing in the school's famous choir is her only consolation, but the choir director may not be the inspirational...
20) New beginnings
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven early cinematic experiments of Lumiére, Georges Mendel and others, including Cyrano De Bergerac (1900), generally believed to be the first ever film produced with both color and sound.
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