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The F-Word

A videotape by Marcia Jarmel and Erin Gallagher , 1994, 10 min., Color
THE F-WORD is a provocative look at the power of the word 'feminism' in the US. Why does it mean so many different things to different people? Pithy...

Face First

Profiles of several people born with facial deformities; they chronicle both physical pain and the pain of rejection as well as the strengths that have enabled them to achieve successful adult lives.
The filmmaker and three others born with facial deformities chronicle both physical pain and the pain of rejection as well as the strengths that have enabled them to achieve successful adult lives.

Face First

Controversial filmmaker Todd Verow (Frisk) has assembled a collection of "face and dick" shots forwarded to him over the internet to produce a poignant commentary on gay male sexuality, intimacy, and the impact of the internet on both of these.

Faces of Change

They are five: One is a resident of New Orlean's Louisiana, whose community was built on top of a toxic dump. Her family's exposure to the toxins in the soil caused her daughter to develop breast cancer at the age of 12; one is a Mauritanian ex-slave, active in an underground antislavery organization; and one is a Dalit (untouchable) from India whose family has for generations been assigned to entertain at upper-caste funerals. There is a black Brazilian woman trying to keep others from walking her path of early motherhood, and a Roma man from Bulgaria, unable to escape virulent discrimination against "gypsies" despite being both a lawyer and a doctor. What do these five people, living in different parts of the world, have in common? All face severe but concealed discrimination. All of their voices have been left out of our common discourse. And none have been aware of the stunning similarities of their history and circumstances.

Faggots Are For Burning

Faggots Are For Burning is an intense, impressionistic and compelling melange of sound and image.  It is a story strongly controversial to the church, yet personal.  The film deals with a young gay man?s inner conflict with his sexuality and subsequent journey though the world of Christian Fundamentalism in search of answers. Faggots...portrays the effect upon the individual when these two intrinsically opposed forces are brought together.

Fallingwater: A Conversation with Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.

Fallingwater, the Edgar J. Kaufmann house, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1934 and 1937. Considered the greatest American house of this century, it is sited on a spectacular waterfall in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.

The remarkable history of Wright's masterpiece is presented in this hour-long documentary, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art. Produced and directed by Kenneth Love, Fallingwater features rare home movies of Mr. Wright and Mr. Kaufmann and describes in detail the extraordinary building as well as the events that led to Mr. Wright's commission. Based on an extensive interview with the client's son, who was also a Wright apprentice, Fallingwater is the definitive film on the greatest creation of America's greatest architect.

Fallon, NV: Deadly Oasis

57 min.
One by one the children of Fallon are falling . . .to cancer. Townspeople, government officials, military personnel, and national media all clash and collaborate, trying desperately to determine what is making the children sick. Since 1999 sixteen children have been diagnosed with leukemia.

A Family Undertaking

Profiles the home funeral movement and the complex psychological cultural legal and financial issues surrounding the growing trend of families choosing to prepare loved ones at home for burial or cremation.
Profiles the home funeral movement and the complex psychological cultural legal and financial issues surrounding the growing trend of families choosing to prepare loved ones at home for burial or cremation.

The Family Meal

Obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. This documentary suggests that one cause of today's obesity crisis is the decline of the family meal.
Obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. This documentary suggests that one cause of today's obesity crisis is the decline of the family meal.

Family Matters

Brings to life the emotional challenge of accepting the diagnosis that a family member has Alzheimer's disease and of finding new ways to relate and communicate within the family. It's a frightening and humbling journey but this engaging program offers
Brings to life the emotional challenge of accepting the diagnosis that a family member has Alzheimer's disease and of finding new ways to relate and communicate within the family. It's a frightening and humbling journey but this engaging program offers

#417: Families and Divorce

In the Mix examines relationships between parents and teens and teens and their siblings. We see different ways to handle common problems such as rules and independence. Teens also share feelings about how they are coping with their parents' divorce and remarriage. Plus an interview with Betsey Johnson and her daughter Lulu on their relationship and what it's like working together. The show ends with an interview with a young girl and her brother from Egypt on family and everyday life in her country. *DVDs are also available on over 50 other topics of critical interest to teens. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans and more on this and other topics, please visit our website, inthemix.org. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540. Note: VHS copies are also available for some programs.

Families Coping with Mental Illness

VHS - 22 Min VHS - 43 Min
Ten parents and siblings share their experiences of having a family member with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, with lengths of illness ranging from three to 40 years. Designed to provide insights and support to other families, the tape also has profound messages for professionals about the needs of families when mental illness strikes.

Family Fundamentals

75 minutes 35mm & Digital Video Color English
What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who have become homosexual? Family Fundamentals is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive question. Armed with a digital camera, Dong takes viewers into the private and public lives of three families who have responded to gay offspring by actively opposing homosexuality. Heartfelt but evenhanded, Family Fundamentals is a battlefield report from America's disquieting culture war over gay issues Los Angeles Times.

A Family Tradition - The Interviews

Excerpts from discussions with eight lesbians about interracial/intercultural relationships, mothers and illness. Video. 11 min. 1993. Funded by Harmony Women's Fund, Astraea Foundation and others. Included in panels at Queer Sites Toronto, ICA London and MIX New York.

Family Values: An American Tragedy

VHS and DVD, 55 min.
Family Values: An American Tragedy tells the story of a family torn apart by political religious extremism. Pam Walton and her father, a leading behind-the-scenes figure in the radical religious right, have had nothing to do with each other for over 15 years because of what her father calls her sinful lesbian lifestyle. Walton sets out to expose the hypocrisy that exists among the right wings family values activists, but along the way there is an unexpected turn. Family Values asks us to remember that family is a deeply personal experience.

Fancy Girl

FANCY GIRL is a short fiction film about Annie, a privileged art school graduate who lives in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn - gentrification's latest stronghold in New York City. When Annie is unable to make rent, her starving artist plight fails to elicit sympathy from her tough landlord and their once civil relationship unravels.

Far From Home

A film by Rachel Tsutsumi , 2005, 40 min., Color
While busing may be a rapidly fading memory in most American schools, it continues to be a reality for more than 3,000 Boston students every year. FAR...

Far From Poland

A film by Jill Godmilow , 1984, 109 min., Color
When denied visas to shoot in Poland, a filmmaker, steeped in the documentary traditions of the left, decides to construct her film in New York City. ...

Fast Eddie and the Boys

From childhood games played against tenement walls to the sunlit spaces of Flamingo Park in Miami Beach, Fast Eddie, Shmatte Dave and Punch Shot Al have been playing handball for more than half a century. In this poignant and funny film, a tight-knit group of seventy to eighty year-olds interrupt their play long enough to talk about the sport they love. They recall games won and lost, tell of injuries on the court and sex after seventy, and reflect on their dwindling ranks.
In this poignant and funny film, a tight-knit group of seventy to eighty year-olds interrupt their handball playing long enough to talk about the sport they love, they're long histories together, and the troubles of growing old.

A Fate Worse than Death?

Families and caregivers confront the heartrending decision of whether to withdraw artificial life supports from loved ones in a coma or vegetative state.
Families and caregivers confront the heartrending decision of whether to withdraw artificial life supports from loved ones in a coma or vegetative state.

Father Roy: Inside the School of the Assassins

57 min.
The Abu Ghraib prison scandal and other examples of U.S. military abuse have a history. A key part of it is revealed in Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins. Through his extraordinary life and daring actions we learn about Fr. Roy Bourgeois, his daring struggle and personal sacrifices to find and reveal the truth about the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA). A Vietnam war hero, Fr. Roy meets two men trained in torture at SOA, one filmed in shadow, in fear of death if he is identified. Their explosive revelations were confirmed by the White House Intelligence Oversight Board and the Secretary of Defense declared this would never happen again. Guantanamo and Iraq reflect the different and troubling policies of the Bush era.

Father's Day

38 min.
Haunted by his inability to prevent his father's death over thirty years ago, director Mark Lipman looks back at its impact and uncovers more than he bargained for. What begins as a memorial to his father evolves into a moving exploration of grief, depression, the vagaries of memory and the veneer of family normalcy. There are no easy answers or tidy conclusions and so the film creates an unusual space for viewers to reflect upon their own lives.

Fatherhood Dreams

55 min, 2007, dvd
The documentary Fatherhood Dreams invites people into the day-to-day lives of gay dads Scott, Steve, Randy and Drew, who are fathers through SURROGACY, CO-PARENTING and ADOPTION. Their private journey through fatherhood forces them to deal with much larger issues that affect gay fathers, including the legal aspects of surrogacy, the complexity of "open adoption", and the human rights battles concerning the official recognition of LGBT and multi-parent families.

Favel Rising

FAVELA RISING documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiros most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. At the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Andersons grassroots Afro Reggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever.

The Female Closet

A videotape by Barbara Hammer , 1998, 60 min., Color
This fascinating videotape from renowned filmmaker Barbara Hammer combines rare footage, interviews, and rich visual documentation to survey the lives...

Ferry Tales

A film by Katja Esson , 2003, 40 min., Color
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short, FERRY TALES exposes a secret world that exists in the powder room of the Staten Island Ferry--a plac...

Fetch

Some people are not meant to be together. In this hilarious gem of a short film, a man arrives at a woman's apartment to meet her for their first date. When his relationship with her dog takes a turn for the worse, he finds himself wishing he had never left home.
A short dark comedic film where a man shows up for a date with a woman but soon wishes he had never left home.

Fetchit, The

The Fetchit is a whimsical short story about a writer who is kept from his work by the constant interruptions of his playful dog, Bumble. As his master loses interest in the time-worn game of fetch-the-ball, Bumble heightens the contest, threatening his position as man's best friend.
A comedic short film about a contest of will between a dog and his master.

Fight Back, Fight AIDS: 15 Years of ACT UP

"James Wentzy's in-your-face Fight Back, Fight AIDS is a compilation of footage documenting the first ACT UP meeting in 1987 on New York City's Wall Street and continues to 2002.  Amateur video recording ? at the demonstration level and from the private, behind-the-scenes meetings and training ? reveals the astonishing camraderie that united a politically enraged community, regardless of age, race, ethnicity or gender.

Figure in a Landscape: A Conversation with J.B. Jackson

An engrossing documentary film which examines the evolution of the American landscape through the eyes of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, considered by many to be the originator of landscape studies in the United States. The film is both a portrait of the man and a portrait of America's human-made landscape. Figure in a Landscape moves through time and across the country, from the deeply rooted Puritan New England village to the temporary landscape of the road, the shopping mall, and the trailer park.
An engrossing documentary film which examines the evolution of the American landscape through the eyes of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, considered by many to be the originator of landscape studies in the United States.

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Filming Desire:

A film by Marie Mandy , 2000, 60 min., Color
?In this bold documentary Marie Mandy asks the question: how do women directors film love, desire, and, especially, sexuality? In rare interviews wit...

Filmmaker: A Diary by George Lucas

From American Graffiti to the Star Wars saga to Indiana Jones, the creations of George Lucas have sparked the collective American imagination like no other filmmaker. This film offers and inside view of how George Lucas viewed the filmmaking process when he was a young intern working with Francis Ford Coppola on Coppola's film The Rain People. Here is an invaluable record, not only of Coppola at work, but also of the personal vision of the man who has created the most influential popular films of our time.
Offers an inside view of how George Lucas viewed the filmmaking process when he was a young intern working with Francis Ford Coppola on The Rain People.

The Films of Barbara Hammer

Three films by Barbara Hammer , 63 min.
Four classic celebrations of the female body and spirit. DYKETACTICS is a celebration of lesbian sensuality and sexuality; DOUBLE STRENGHT is an expe...

Films of Dennis O'Rourke

Over three decades, Dennis O'Rourke has created a unique body of work, which depicts the collision of cultures in Australia, Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific and South-East Asia. These films show an overwhelming commitment to the lives and problems of the people they are about, yet bear the unmistakable stamp of their maker's personality.

These films are situated, as O'Rourke says, In that shifting terminus of civilization, where modern mass-culture grates and pushes against the original, essential aspects of humanity; and where much of what passes for 'values' in Western Culture is exposed, in stark relief, as banal and fake.

The more recent films (Cannibal Tours, The Good Woman of Bangkok and Cunnamulla) also directly address questions of the role of the documentary storyteller and the purpose of documentary films per se.

O'Rourke's films defy categorization and his solo filmmaking methods challenge the very framework of documentary story-telling practice. 'I don't make the film, but the film makes me,' he says.

See Dennis O'Rourke's individual titles:

Cannibal Tours

Couldn't Be Fairer

Cunnamulla

Good Woman of Bangkok

Half Life

Ileksen

The Shark Callers of Kontu

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For much of his career Dennis O'Rourke has been making films about the South Pacific and its inhabitants. These films show an overwhelming commitment to the lives and problems of the people they are about, yet bear the unmistakable stamp of their maker's personality. Primarily, the films examine the Pacific peoples' rearguard fight against the colonisers -- economic, religious, military -- who have moved in on their homelands, touting the joys of 'paradise' on the one hand, taming, adapting or destroying it on the other.

The Films of Jane Campion

Films by Jane Campion , 49 min., Color/BW
The internationally acclaimed director of THE PIANO, AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE and SWEETIE first dispalyed her visual flair and dark humor in these award-w...

The Films of Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn , 35 min., Color
From the underbelly of Baltimore emerges the brilliant cinematic chaos of Martha Colburn. Mischievous and trigger happy with her Super 8 camera, Colb...

The Films of Maya Deren

A compilation of films by Maya Deren , 1959, 76 min., BW
Maya Deren's fascinating and beautiful films are masterpieces of their era and provide an important insight into the history of the avant-garde. MESH...

#435: Financial Literacy: On The Money

Todays teens have more money than ever before, but do they know how to handle it? Co-hosted by Doug E. Doug, this program takes an in-depth look at what teens need to know about money. Experts give tips on opening a checking and savings account and avoiding credit card debta growing problem. Teens share advice on how to create a personal budget that really works, and teens with unique jobs show us how they manage their money. Finally, an economics teacher gives clear explanations of terms such as supply and demand, inflation, interest rates, and opportunity cost by showing how they relate to teens lives. CINE Golden Eagle provides useful economic guidance for teens. Recommended. Video Librarian *DVDs are also available on over 50 other topics of critical interest to teens. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans and more on this and other topics, please visit our website, inthemix.org. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540. Note: VHS copies are also available for some programs.

#802: Find Your Voice

In the Mix explores a unique workshop that helped a group of teens tackle common communication fears like speaking up in class, reading out loud, and really listening to others. Their guide was an experienced communication coach, the founder of Find Your Voice, Inc. The diverse group begins a 10-week after-school workshop with all kinds of common communication challenges: Some don't speak English well, most fear talking in front of others, and others have problems staying focused. But the obstacles begin to melt away when the coach creates a safe and trusting environment for them to test new waters. They each learn and perform a monologue from a published play, write and revise a short play of their own, act in one another's plays, and finally perform them in a theater for a public audience. After many trials and triumphs, the teens become much more confident communicators. "...the coach's techniques can be used in drama, speech, and language arts classes to help students become more confident communicators." School Library Journal *DVDs are also available on over 50 other topics of critical interest to teens. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans and more on this and other topics, please visit our website, inthemix.org. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540. Note: VHS copies are also available for some programs.

Finding Your Way

Behavioral techniques for coping with the discomfort or pain of cancer treatment.
Adult and adolescent patients learn simple behavioral techniques which help them reduce anxiety and cope with the pain of cancer treatment.

Finding Our Way

38 min.
Men talk about their sexuality

Fine Food, Fine Pastries - Open 6 to 9

Fine Food, Fine Pastries explores the culture and history of Sherrill's Restaurant and Bakery in Washington, D.C., which has served as a neighborhood gathering place since the Depression. Focusing on the family that owns Sherrill's, as well as the people who work and eat there, the film depicts a day in the life of this unique restaurant, illustrating how it has become a vital part of the community.
Fine Food, Fine Pastries explores the culture and history of Sherrill's Restaurant and Bakery in Washington, D.C., which has served as a neighborhood gathering place since the Depression.

First Do No Harm

Intersex' describes conditions in which a person is born with mixed or ambiguous sexual anatomy. This video argues for a new understanding of this condition and for a new patient-centered standard of care.
Intersex' describes conditions in which a person is born with mixed or ambiguous sexual anatomy. This video argues for a new understanding of this condition and for a new patient-centered standard of care.

First Moon

(37 min., 1987)
First Moon looks at lunar New Year celebrations in the Chinese countryside. "A beautifully made film which shows how many elements of traditional Chinese village life co-exist with the new." Jonathan Spence, Yale University

Fish Bay

From Fish Bay, an idyllic and secluded corner of New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, comes three animated films based on author Joy Cowley's stories. These tales will enchant children world-wide.

Fisherboy
Originally published as Tulevai and the Sea, this story is about a boy fishing in a lagoon day after day. Unknown to him, he is watched by the Sea and one day, the Sea captures the boy and enslaves him. The boy's mother will not accept that he has been drowned or eaten by sharks and her great love for him enables her to do the impossible: to roll back the Sea and free her son. But even now the Sea still hunts for the boy and twice a month, when the moon is new and when the moon is full, the Sea comes right up the beach looking for him.

Incredible Creature
Originally published as The Mouse Bride, this story tells the tale of a mouse who hates her self-perceived weakness. In searching for the strongest partner in the world, she discovers that it is she who holds the key to her own destiny.

The Orchard
High above a fishing village on a hilltop, an old man lives alone. One morning, an earthquake jolts the village. Relieved that no one is hurt, the villagers turn their attention to repairing the damage. But the old man remains very distressed. He tries to attract the villagers' attention, but no one notices him. Desperate, he sets fire to his own house. Seeing the smoke, the villagers race up the hill to help him. Their lives are saved when the tidal wave which the old man expected sweeps into the village below.
An series of three animated films based on the stories of Joy Cowley.

Fisherboy

Originally published as Tulevai and the Sea, this story is about a boy fishing in a lagoon day after day. Unknown to him, he is watched by the Sea and one day, the Sea captures the boy and enslaves him. The boy's mother will not accept that he has been drowned or eaten by sharks and her great love for him enables her to do the impossible: to roll back the Sea and free her son. But even now the Sea still hunts for the boy and twice a month, when the moon is new and when the moon is full, the Sea comes right up the beach looking for him.

From Fish Bay, an idyllic and secluded corner of New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, comes three more animated films based on author Joy Cowley's enchanting stories:

Fish Bay
Incredible Creature
The Orchard
An animated short film about a boy who is enslaved by the sea but freed by his mother.

#705: Fit For Life: Eat Smart and Exercise

Theres no question that many teens are overweight and dont get enough exercise. In fact, an estimated 15% are considered overweight or obese, with the numbers growing. At the other extreme, many teens are severely dieting to be model thin, with eating disorders also on the rise. Even those who are within normal weight ranges often eat poorly during these critical growth years, affecting their energy and concentration levels now, and putting them at risk for future health problems. In this program, four diverse teen reporters point out the short- and long-term dangers of an unhealthy lifestyle, including low energy, difficulty concentrating, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis and diabetes. To help viewers make smart choices, they give easy-to-use information about reading labels to find the fat and sugar in food; exercising at home; eating well at fast food restaurants; changing family habits; and much more. They also visit a public school that makes nutrition and fitness part of the curriculum; plus a Boys & Girls Club where middle school teens learn nutrition basics and fun activities. Through humor, surprising facts and compelling personal stories, teens and parents see how leading a healthy lifestyle can contribute to their self-esteem. This well-paced production easily holds the attention of its intended audience and is a good choice for classroom study of fitness and healthy eating. ---Booklist *DVDs are also available on over 50 other topics of critical interest to teens. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans and more on this and other topics, please visit our website, inthemix.org. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540. Note: VHS copies are also available for some programs.

five by two: five animated shorts

five by two: five animated shorts is a collection of 5 animated shorts by filmmakers Frank and Caroline Mouris.

More than a quarter century after making Frank Film, Frank finally convinces Caroline that she should tell her life story in FRANKLY CAROLINE. But he insists on helping her and the resulting dialogue between them says just as much about their working/living relationship as it does about her life.

In Screentest, a kaleidoscopic portrait of nine people indulging in their favorite fantasies could teach anyone a thing or two.

Through a combination of special visual effects and skillful editing, Coney itself becomes the world's greatest amusement ride that kids of all ages will want to take again and again.

Impasse is an irrestistable force, an immovable object, and a rainbow of brilliant hues create a moral tale made entirely with colorful self-adhesive labels.
An anthology of short films by award-winning filmmakers Frank & Caroline Mouris.

Five Days to Change the World

57 min.
Young rebels take constructive and successful action at the largest world peace conference in history, an event ignored by U.S. mainstream media. Archival footage gives riveting context to their issues: child soldiers, land mines, small arms trade, etc. With Nobel Peace Prize winners Desmond Tutu; Aung San Suu Kyi (via videotape smuggled out of Burma); José Ramos Horta; Kofi Annan; authors/activists Arundhati Roy, Jonathan Schell, Vandana Shiva; and actor/hiphop star Mos Def.

The Fix

In The Fix a once-talented boxer, who threw away his promise, now takes dives for chump change. During a particularly brutal bout he sees a "calavera" a Mexican death figure. Sensing his death is imminent, he accepts his final fight and then races to reconcile with the loved ones he has disappointed.

Flamenco at 5:15

For a few weeks each year, in the depths of winter, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada are treated to a style of dance that is unlike any other - flamenco. Susana - dancer, teacher and choreographer- comes from Spain with her husband, Antonio Robledo, to introduce the students to the rhythms of another culture; the secrets of an ancient art that speaks of the passion of itinerant gypsies, the songs of Spanish Jews, the ways of the Moors.
For a few weeks each year, in the depths of winter, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada are treated to a style of dance that is unlike any other - flamenco.

Flamenco at 5:15

Flames of Passion

A commuter steals an intriguing set of photographs from a train station photo booth, then comes face to face with the handsome doctor they depict.  Flames of Passion is a witty reworking of the classic British tearjerker Brief Encounter (written and produced by Noel Coward). Director Richard Kwietniowski has made a first class modern gay romance in high contrast black and white, full of flirting, yearning and miscommunication.

Flaming Ears

A film by Angela Hans Scheirl , Ursula P?rrer , and Dietmar Schipek , 1991, 84 min., Color
FLAMING EARS is a pop sci-fi lesbian fantasy feature set in the year 2700 in the fictive burned-out city of Asche. It follows the tangled lives of th...

The Flashettes

20 min.
Started by a young man who returns to his community after college "to do something" about drugs, alcoholism and teen pregnancy, THE FLASHETTES becomes more than a team. They are a source of pride and inspiration.

Flesh and Paper

A film by Pratibha Parmar , 1990, 26 min., Color
FLESH AND PAPER is a lyrical exploration of the sense and sensibilities of Indian lesbian poet and writer, Suniti Bamjoshi. This moving and powerful ...

Flight of the Gossamer Condor

The story of Paul MacCready's historic invention, creation and ultimately successful first human-powered flight. This film documents the work, adventure and creative thinking that went into making an impossible dream into a scientific reality. The film accounts one year's time when MacCready and his crew struggled to capture the Kremer Prize, awarded for the design of the first successful human-powered airplane.
The story of Paul MacCready's historic invention, creation and ultimately successful first human-powered flight.

Fluff

Another chapter in director Todd Verow's look at gay male sexuality, Fluff offers a behind the scenes look at what goes on in an all male strip club.

Foo Foo Dust

37 min.
The award-winning FOO-FOO DUST explores the relationship between a crack-addicted prostitute and her 23-year old junkie son living together in one room in San Franciscos Tenderloin District. The film invites the audience to witness a disturbing and intimate portrait of the destructive power of drug addiction, including a crack-induced screaming fit and a near-fatal heroin overdose. But what makes the film so powerful is its moving, poignant look at the intense love between a mother and her son living on the edge of society.

Foodfright

American women and girls are obsessed by eating, exercise, their weight and body image. Foodfright, a film adaptation of a popular stage review of the same title explores the thoughts and feelings of millions of women who are trapped in a secret life of bulimia, anorexia, over-exercise and food fixation. An innovative and very human way to open discussion on a serious subject.

American women and girls are obsessed by eating, exercise, their weight and body image. Foodfright, a film adaptation of a popular stage review of the same title explores the thoughts and feelings of millions of women who are trapped in a secret life of bulimia, anorexia, over-exercise and food fixation.

For a Place Under the Heavens

A film by Sabiha Sumar , 2003, 53 min., Color
Acclaimed director Sabiha Sumar, recent winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for her feature Silent Waters, offers ...

For Life

Three years after Stories of Lupus the filmmaker revisits five people from the earlier film to explore the day-to-day challenges and gifts that come to people living with a chronic illness as it evolves over time.
Three years after Stories of Lupus the filmmaker revisits five people from the earlier film to explore the day-to-day challenges and gifts that come to people living with a chronic illness as it evolves over time.

For Love and For Life: The 1987 March on Washington For Lesbian and Gay Rights

For Love and For Life places the 1987 March on Washington in perspective among the major political events of our times. It recounts how the events were organized, and creates all the immediacy of being there. This exciting presentation explores all six days during which 650,000 lesbians, gay men and their supporters came to Washington, DC and made history. The inaugural display of the Names Project Quilt, the largest civil disobedience ever at the Supreme Court, the first community Wedding and the Harvey Milk Memorial are just some of the events highlighted from this historic March and Rally. The energy and emotions of these events are presented through the speeches and sounds of the March, a comprehensive narration, and hundreds of dramatic images. For Love and For Life is both emotionally powerful and enormously entertaining.

Forbidden City, USA

1989 16mm 56 minutes English color & black/white
It was the swinging 30s. The big bands of the 40s. It was San Francisco night life Baghdad by the Bay. And the crowds were packing the nation's premiere all-Chinese nightclub, Forbidden City. Like the Cotton Club of Harlem which featured America's finest African American entertainers, Forbidden City gained an international reputation with its unique showcase of Chinese American performers in eye-popping all-American extravaganzas. Part That's Entertainment and part PBS, Forbidden City, U.S.A. captures this little-known chapter of entertainment history and takes it center stage, featuring a cast of original nightclub performers. "The Chinese Sinatra", "the Chinese Sophie Tucker", and the "Chinese Sally Rand" are just some of the spirited personalities that strut their stuff and share triumphant and often side-splitting tales of adventures in the cabarets of yesteryear.

Forbidden Fruit

A film by Sue Maluwa Bruce , Beate Kunath , and Yvonne Zuckmantel , 2000, 30 min., Color
Zimbabwean filmmaker, Sue Maluwa Bruce, breaks long held taboos about sexual identity and lesbian love in African society in her groundbreaking video,...

Forbidden Love

A film by Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie , 1992, 85 min., Color
Compelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, the ten women interviewed in FORBIDDEN LOVE paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality and survival duri...

Forever Bottom!

A clever look at the stigma attached to being on the receiving end in gay male relationships.  In a "psuedo-instructional" videotape, Hoang embraces the desires of full, unrepentant bottomhood, showing the independence and gratification of being the bottom.  Forever Bottom! takes a humorous take on the insatiable appetite of an Asian male Bottom, posing a challenge and an invitation--aggressive, unapologetic, and ubiquitous--without revealing too much!

The Forever Home: Going Green

DVD, 27 min.
The Forever Home: Going Green is the story of the remodeling of Iris Harrell and Ann Benson's beautiful home in Portola Valley, California. Iris, who owns Harrell Remodeling in Mountain View, has remodeled hundreds of kitchens, bathrooms, and homes for other people over the years. This time the remodel is for her and Ann. Theyre celebrating their legal marriage in California after over 28 years together.

Forward, The: From Immigrants to Americans

An extraordinary human story of the world's most successful Yiddish-language newspaper, the Jewish Daily Forward. From its founding in 1897, the Forward served not only as a source of information, but also as a teacher and counselor to hundreds of thousands of immigrants. During its heyday in the 1920's it boasted a quarter of a million readers nationwide and was considered a major metropolitan daily paper. Today, with few Yiddish-speaking readers, the Forward's circulation and its future is uncertain. Yet it goes on, published as a weekly by a small staff of aging, indomitable, Yiddish speaking men.
An extraordinary human story of the world's most successful Yiddish-language newspaper, the Jewish Daily Forward.

Four Lives

Four people with bipolar disorder along with their families and psychiatrists share their struggles to achieve control over the illness and their lives.
Four people with bipolar disorder along with their families and psychiatrists share their struggles to achieve control over the illness and their lives.

Four [4] Little Girls

Birmingham, Alabama, a steeltown founded by a nothern industrialist decades after slavery ended, seemed to be a relic of the antebellum South. The U.S. Supreme Coourt had decided in favor of racial equality with Brown vs. the Board of Education. But Birmingham -- as late as the 1960's -- remained the citadel of southern segregation. Consequently, the town became a symbol of what the civil rights activists were up against in the struggle for Black freedom and justice.
From filmmaker Spike Lee, recounts the events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives and a nation was simultaneously revolted, angered and galvanized to push the fight for equality and justice on.

Four Women of Egypt

A film by Tahani Rached , 1997, 90 min., Color
Amina Rachid was raised in a non-religious, Westernized, aristocratic household before embracing Socialism and fighting for social justice. Another d...

Fragile X Family

Takes viewers inside the lives of a developmentally disabled family who are affected by Fragile X Syndrome an inherited chromosomal disorder which is the second most common cause of mental retardation.
Takes viewers inside the lives of a developmentally disabled family who are affected by Fragile X Syndrome an inherited chromosomal disorder which is the second most common cause of mental retardation.

Framing Lesbian Fashion

Framing Lesbian Fashion looks at the evolution of lesbian attire and identity--butch/femme, flannel, androgyny, cross-dressing and drag, queer fluorescent, S/M and leather, lipstick and more. Featuring interviews with Sally Gearhart, JoAnn Loulan, Arlene Stein, Kitty Tsui and others, Framing Lesbian Fashion incorporates archival photos and personal stories to document the sociology and history of lesbian fashion.

Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller

A wonderfully dynamic portrait of an American cultural heroine. Now 100 years-old, Frances Steloff founded the renowned Gotham Book Mart of New York City, a center for avant-garde literature and literati since 1920. She began with only $100 and thirty books and she modestly recalls her role in the bookstore's past. From the day the book mart opened, writers like Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Dylan Thomas, William Carlos Williams, and Marianne Moore were drawn to its special atmosphere.
A wonderfully dynamic portrait of Frances Steloff. Steloff is the founder of the renowned Gotham Book Mart of New York City, a center for avant-garde literature and literati since 1920.

Frank Film

Esteemed as probably the most celebrated American short, Frank Film is a collection of 11,592 collages sequenced to illustrate the chronology of the filmmaker's life. Spanning the years of 1945-1973, this wildly entertaining short film goes beyond the story of one man's existence to become a collective autobiography of our time.
Esteemed as probably the most celebrated American short, Frank Film is a collection of 11,592 collages sequenced to illustrate the chronology of the filmmaker's life. Spanning the years of 1945-1973, this wildly entertaining short film goes beyond the story of one man's existence to become a collective autobiography of our time.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was the greatest of all American architects. He was an authentic American genius, a man who believed he was destined to redesign his own world, creating everything anew. Over the course of his long career, Wright designed over eight hundred buildings, including such revolutionary structures as the Guggenheim Museum, the Johnson Wax Building, Fallingwater, Unity Temple and Taliesin. Wright's buildings and his ideas changed the way we live, work and see the world around us. Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural achievements were often overshadowed by the turbulence of his melodramatic life. In ninety-two years, he fathered seven children, married three times, and was almost constantly embroiled in scandal. Some hated him, some loved him, but in the end, few could deny that he was the most important architect in America - and perhaps the world. With exquisite live cinematography, fascinating interviews, and rare archival footage, this riveting film brings Wright's unforgettable story to life.

Frankly Caroline

To purchase the DVD of this title, please go to five by two: five animated shorts, an anthology of 5 films of filmmakers Frank and Caroline Mouris.
Frankly Caroline is a deliberately comic and self-conscious attempt to create a film about Caroline Mouris analogous to Frank Film. The film is as much about the couple`s collaborative process, and the squabbles inevitable in a working relationship, as it is about Caroline herself.

Frankly Caroline

In the early sixties, Frank and Caroline Mouris created Frank Film his animated, nine-minute autobiography. More than a quarter century later, Frank finally convinces Caroline that she should tell her life story in an animated film. But he insists on helping her and the resulting dialogue between them says just as much about their working/living relationship as it does about her life.

In Frank Film, Frank talked to the audience by himself (and to himself) about his life, imagining a fantastically successful future (which came true in a year). In Frankly Caroline, Caroline and Frank talk to the audience, when they aren't arguing with each other, about how to present her life to you.
Frankly Caroline is a deliberately comic and self-conscious attempt to create a film about Caroline Mouris analogous to Frank Film. The film is as much about the couple's collaborative process, and the squabbles inevitable in a working relationship, as it is about Caroline herself.

Franz Kline Remembered (Strokes of Genius series)

Hosted by Dustin Hoffman, the film portrays Franz Kline, best known for his vigorous, large-scale black and white abstractions. Kline (1910-1962) is one of the preeminent painters of our century. Rare personal interviews with Kline's contemporaries explore the iconoclastic spirit of the artist. Beginning in his childhood in Pennsylvania's coal towns to his bohemian lifestyle in the Greenwich Village of the 1930's and 40's, Franz Kline Remembered documents the struggles, innovations, and triumphs of one of the New York School's most daring artists.

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Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

Documents the struggles, innovations and triumphs of one of the New York School's most daring artists.

The Freedom Program

Advocates a new and cooperative approach between healthcare professionals patients and families to maximize personal autonomy by identifying potential restraint situations minimizing the use of restraints and creating simple alternatives to restraints
Stresses the impact which minimizing the use of physical restraints can have on the patient care; demonstrates ways to minimize and find simple alternative to restraints.

Freedom Bags

Freedom Bags, produced by Stanley Nelson and Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, is the story of African-American women who migrated from the rural south during the first three decades of the 20th century. Hoping to escape from the racism and poverty of the post-Civil War South, they boarded segregated trains for an uncertain future up North. Having had limited education, most could find jobs only as domestic workers.

Freedom Machines

57 min./76 min.
FREEDOM MACHINES dramatically broadens the concept of diversity through the intimate stories of adults and children with disabilities who are using modern technologies to change their lives. Among them are Susanna who is beginning her college career; 38 year old Floyd Stewart who was paralyzed in mid-life while raising four children; 92 year old Gladys who is determined to overcome a hearing loss; and high school student Latoya Nesmith who dreams of becoming a translator at the U.N. Fifteen years after passage of the ADA, FREEDOM MACHINES is a riveting reflection on the status of life of Americas largest minority group: 55 million people with disabilities.

Freedom On My Mind

Type: Documentary Film (color) Producer/Director: Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford Running Time: 115 minutes
Mississippi, 1961 ...virtual South African enclave within the United States. Everything is segregated. There are virtually no black voters. Bob Moses, enters the state and the Voter Registration Project begins. The first black farmer who attempts to register is fatally shot by a Mississippi State Representative. But four years later, the registration is open. By 1990, Mississippi has more elected black officials than any other state in the union. Freedom On My Mind vividly chronicles this complex and compelling history of theMississippi voter registration struggles of 1961 to 1964: the interracial nature of the campaign, the tensions and conflicts, the fears and hopes. It is the story of youthful idealism and shared vision, of a generation who believed in and fought for the principles of democracy.

Freedom Road

A film by Lorna Ann Johnson , 2004, 35 min., Color
FREEDOM ROAD is a barren stretch that leads in and out of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. Yet for some of the women incarcerated there...

Freeheld

dvd, 38 min. plus 90 min bonus footage
FREEHELD follows the landmark legal battle of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a dying New Jersey police officer who fights to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree. As her elected officials, The Freeholders, stand firmly against her, and the town explodes around her, Laurel races against time to provide for the love of her life -- before it is too late. The DVD includes the 38 minute film as well as 90 additional minutes of edited bonus footage, including deleted scenes, director's interview, cast and crew preparing for the Oscars, and the film's impact. In addition to winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, FREEHELD won a Sundance Special Jury Prize and 13 other festival awards worldwide.

Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable

A biography of the Babe Ruth of wrestling - Dan Gable - set against the backdrop of his last year coaching for Iowa University. Gable won the Olympic gold medal in 1972 by not surrendering a point to any of his opponents. This, despite the fact the Soviets came to the Olympics with only one goal in mind, to defeat Gable. He went on to become the most successful coach in the history of the sport. An inside look at the unique culture of wrestling and a rare view of this legendary sports figure.
Biography of the Babe Ruth of wrestling - Dan Gable - set against the backdrop of his last year coaching for Iowa University.

Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable

Biography of the Babe Ruth of wrestling - Dan Gable - set against the backdrop of his last year coaching for Iowa University. Gable won the Olympic gold medal in 1972 by not surrendering a point to any of his opponents. This, despite the fact the Soviets came to the Olympics with only one goal in mind, to defeat Gable. He went on to become the most successful coach in the history of the sport. An inside look at the unique culture of wrestling and a rare view of this legendary sports figure.
Biography of the Babe Ruth of wrestling - Dan Gable - set against the backdrop of his last year coaching for Iowa University.

Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable (DVD)

A biography of the "Babe Ruth" of wrestling - Dan Gable - set against the backdrop of his last year coaching for Iowa University. Gable won the Olympic gold medal in 1972 by not surrendering a point to any of his opponents. This, despite the fact the Soviets came to the Olympics with only one goal in mind, to defeat Gable. He went on to become the most successful coach in the history of the sport. An inside look at the unique culture of wrestling and a rare view of this legendary sports figure.
Running time: 105 min., Year released: 2007

French Connections

29 min.
Two U.S. teenagers use their high school French for the first time

Freud Under Analysis

A profile of the creator of psychoanalysis and his controversial legacy fifty years after his death. Broadcast nationally by PBS on NOVA.

From Rules to Caring Practices

This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care workers providing services to the elderly. The Complete Training Package Includes: Award-Winning Video, Book: Reconceptualizing Ethics..., Guide & Workbook for Home Care Settings,
This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care and adult daycare workers providing services to the elderly.

From Rules to Caring Practices

This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care workers providing services to the elderly. The Complete Training Package Includes: Award-Winning Video Book: Reconceptualizing Ethics... Guide & Workbook for Home Care Settings
This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care and adult daycare workers providing services to the elderly.

From Rules to Caring Practices

This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care workers providing services to the elderly. The Complete Training Package Includes: Award-Winning Video Book: Reconceptualizing Ethics... Guide & Workbook for Home Care Settings
This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care and adult daycare workers providing services to the elderly.

From Bedside to Bargaining Table

1984, 17 minutes, Color, Video
This inspiring documentary looks at nursing from the nurse's point of view, encouraging healthcare professionals to work together to change their poor working conditions and gain self-respect. FROM BEDSIDE...was produced over 15 years ago and some of the statistical information is outdated, but the poor working conditions and call to organize are still relevant today.

From Bedside to Bargaining Table

A videotape by Tami Gold and Lyn Goldfarb , 1984, 20 min.
This inspiring documentary looks at nursing from the nurse's point of view, encouraging healthcare professionals to work together to change their poor...

From Danger to Dignity

A film by Dorothy Fadiman , Daniel Meyers and Beth Seltzer , 1995, 57 min., 2 in series, Color
This eye-opening documentary chronicles the double-pronged movement-the grassroots activism and intensive legislative lobbying- that culminated in Roe...

From Hawaii To the Holocaust: A Shared Moment In History

The moving and powerful story of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a fighting force comprised of Asian-American soldiers that helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp and was a part of the most highly decorated unit of its size in U.S. history. It is also the story of two very different peoples--Jews and Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA's) -- who shared common experiences as victims of government-sanctioned oppression, racism and prejudice during World War II.
The moving and powerful story of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a fighting force comprised of Asian-American soldiers that helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp and was a part of the most highly decorated unit of its size in U.S. history.

From Here, From This Side

A videotape by Gloria Ribe , 1988, 24 min., Color
The relationship between Mexico and its rich neighbor to the north has always been ambiguous. Using mostly stock footage, this collage-like documentar...

From One to Another

From One to Another takes its audience on a journey to explore the intimate and personal experiences of those who have been transplanted and those awaiting a transplant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Also from these filmmakers, see The Kindness of Strangers.
Takes its audience on a journey to explore the intimate and personal experiences of those who have been transplanted and those awaiting a transplant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

From Russia, For Love

DVD, 55 min.
Shot over 3 years, "From Russia, For Love" follows the story of older Russian children who are adopted by North American families. We examine their memories, losses, attachments and wounds as the process unfolds. Rather than intrude, the camera merely records - capturing moments of both tenderness and confusion, tension and compassion. Documentary filmmaker Julia Ivanova, an adoption coordinator herself, is allowed unprecedented access to Russia's orphanage system, the children's lives, and intimate moments with the new families.

From the Back-Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond

A 3-part series by Dorothy Fadiman , Daniel Meyers , and Beth Seltzer , 1996, 3 in series, Color
This acclaimed series provides a comprehensive look at abortion in the United States. Combining interviews and archival footage, it covers the movin...

Front Wards, Back Wards

They were called idiots simpletons and fools and for 160 years Fernald State School — America?s first institution for people who were then labeled mentally retarded — was where they would stay. Through the recollections of staff residents and
They were called idiots simpletons and fools and for 160 years Fernald State School  America?s first institution for people who were then labeled mentally retarded  was where they would stay. Through the recollections of staff residents and

Frontierland

vhs., 77 min., 1995
The title refers not to a location but rather to those spaces where cultures intertwine. As this film demonstrates, mestizaje is not so much a racial category as a state of mind, and it can be found even where nationalists and exoticists from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border might least expect it: not just in Southern and Baja California, but also in Mexico City, South Carolina, Vancouver's Chinatown, and the homes of European collectors of Pre-Columbian art.

Fruit of Labor

vhs, 60 min., 2004
Welcome to the Fruitvale district in Oakland -- the ever-expanding home of one of the oldest and largest Latino communities in Northern California. Street vendors are visible inner-city fixtures throughout Latino America, and the Fruitvale district is no different.

Fun Down There

Fun Down There follows a week in the life of Buddy, a naif who arrives in Manhattan ready to fall in love. Roger Stigliano has made a distinctive and compelling offbeat first feature. The film's dry humor is more Jim Jarmusch than John Waters, and there's a refreshingly casual quality about the sex scenes--plus a happy ending.

Funny Ladies: A Portrait of Women Cartoonists

46 min.
America's best-loved newspaper cartoonists show audiences new ways to look at the comics and the world. Includes a fascinating history of women cartoonists.