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Search by Title2 3 5 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -ALL-Listing Titles Starting With: L L Is For The Way You LookA videotape by Jean Carlomusto , 1991, 24 min., ColorL IS FOR THE WAY YOU LOOK is a playful exploration of lesbian history and the women who have served as role models and objects of desire for young les... 
L*I*G*H*TIn fifteen minutes, LIGHT cleverly shows the history of light: from the beginnings of time to Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent light bulb, and the development of the machinery needed for its mass production by Corning Glass Works. The film also explores other sources of illumination -- fire, candles, oil, kerosene, and gas -- all rapidly displaced by Edison's brilliant application of distribution systems for electricity and power.A tribute to Thomas Edison, this film is a brief history of light culmination with the invention of the incandescent light bulb and the machinery for its mass production.
La BodaA videotape by Hannah Weyer , 2000, 53 min., ColorIn an intimate portrait of migrant life along the U.S.-Mexican border, Hannah Weyer's new film LA BODA delves into the challenges faced by a community...
La Cueca SolaA film by Marilu Mallet , 2003, 52 min., ColorOn September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile brought Augusto Pinochet to power, and over the next 17 years, thousands of women and men were taken f...
La La, Making it in L.A.Running time: 58 min , Year released: 1979 Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y Avail. formats: 16mm,VHSThis ultimate talking-head documentary provides the lowdown on making it in showbiz: the casting couch, how to play the game, how to change you name.
La Nouba des Femmes du Mont-ChenouaA film by Assia Djebar , 1977, 115 min., ColorFinally available in the United States, this classic film from acclaimed novelist/ filmmaker Assia Djebar is essential viewing for an understanding of...
The Ladies RoomA film by Mahnaz Afzali , Produced by Hassan Poor-Shirazi & Mahnaz Afzali , 2003, 55 min., ColorDirected by the acclaimed Iranian actress Mahnaz Afzali and filmed entirely inside a ladies washroom in a public park in Tehran, this absorbing docume...
LadyWritten and performed by Dominique Dibbell (of the Five Lesbian Brothers), Lady is gender confusion at its best! The exact identity of Lady's red-headed protagonist is hard to pin down. Is she a woman playing a man playing a woman, or, more specifically, a lesbian playing a gay man playing a heterosexual woman? The juxtaposition of various cinematic styles in the film, from quasi-'70s variety to home movies to a more distanced black and white, adds to the sense of a character continually redefining herself. This purposeful ambiguity--who is the lad in the red wig?--invites the audience to question the blurred parameters of sexuality, desire and what it means to be a woman.
Lady LazarusA film by Sandra Lahire , 1991, 25 min., Color/BWLADY LAZARUS weaves a visual response to Sylvia Plath's own readings of her work, including DADDY, ARIEL and selections from THE BELL JAR. Elegiac bu...
LANCE LOUD!He signed his name LANCE LOUD! in block capital letters punctuated by an exclamation point. He was the first openly gay person on television and the first reality TV star just for being himself. He was an inspiration to legions of young people, both gay and straight, to feel free to be who they were and who they wanted to be. His life was a comic tragedy that spoke volumes about pop culture, sexuality, fame and family life.
LAND (and how it gets that way)vhsOver the course of a decade we watch a community struggle with growth and land preservation issues. In process, they challenge our conventional understandings of developers and preservationists.
Land Mines: A Love StoryLAND MINES A Love Story is the latest film from Dennis O`Rourke (Half Life, Cannibal Tours, The Good Woman of Bangkok). With compelling naturalness, the film tells the story of Habiba and Shah who have experienced immense suffering in their country of Afghanistan because of the wars fought there over the past 25 years. But they have survived to show how it's possible to be brave and moral in this world of sanctioned violence and official lies. Habiba and Shah are illiterate, yet they speak with great eloquence and conviction about how war and conflict have affected their lives. They discuss international events and moral issues from a perspective that is so far removed from our own. Their insights into the state of the world, and their example of how to live, are enough to shame our leaders in the west, and us too.An examination on the devastating effects of land mines on the people of Aghanistan
Langmuir's WorldDVD, VHS, 57 min., 1998The brilliant research career of Dr. Irving Langmuir yielded discoveries as varied as the gas-filled incandescent light bulb, submarine sonar, octet atomic theory, surface films, smoke screens, rain making, and weather control. Langmuir, the 1932 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, thrived in the atmosphere of creative freedom cultivated at General Electric's research lab in Schenectady, NY. Langmuir's interests extended far beyond the laboratory as well, making him an adept filmmaker, pioneer downhill skier, and avid mountain climber. Original footage shot by Langmuir depicts such famous colleagues as Edison, Einstein, Curie, Bohr, Rutherford, Planck, and Heisenberg. Novelist Kurt Vonnegut tells of Langmuir's eccentricities and also of how Vonnegut based his novel Cat's Cradle on Langmuir and his work. Whether flying with Charles Lindbergh in The Spirit of St. Louis or climbing the Matterhorn in Switzerland, Langmuir's life exemplified an insatiable intellectual thirst to explore and explain worlds as small as the hydrogen atom and as large as the weather across the United States. Physicist Max Born described Langmuir as "a wonderful human being -- a remarkable mixture of the deepest thoughtfulness and the wildest energy." Langmuir's World has appeared in more than a dozen film festivals (including Sundance, New York, Newport, Philadelphia, Flagstaff, Houston, and Stony Brook), has won four awards, and has been broadcast on PBS affiliate WMHT. Geoffrey Gilmore, co-director of the Sundance Film Festival wrote: "The pleasure in watching Roger Summerhayes' account of his grandfather... is the gradual revelation of just how extraordinarily interesting this man was. Langmuir is a fascinating figure and a compelling subject for this fine historical portrait."
Laramie Inside Out56 minutes VHS 56 minutes DVDIn October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. His shocking murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing, and hate crimes. Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, a Laramie native, returns home to the site of her own closeted adolescence to investigate the impact of Shepard's murder. She encounters students, teachers, parents and clergy impelled to speak out and take action. A story of personal discovery and the meaning of community..
Laramie Inside Out (Home Use)DVD/VHS, 56 Min., 2004In October 1998,Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. The horror of this murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes. Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger was compelled to return to her hometown to see how this event had altered the site of her own closeted adolescence. Along the way she meets "God-hates-fags" Westboro Baptist Church Reverend Fred Phelps, who condemns Shepard and all homosexuals to a merciless eternity in hell. But Seckinger meets many more students, teachers, parents, and clergywrestling with painful complexities, speaking out and taking action.
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza De MayoA film by Susana Mu?oz and Lourdes Portillo , 1985, 64 min., ColorThis Academy award-nominated documentary about the Argentinian mothers' movement to demand to know the fate of 30,000 ?disappeared? sons and daughters...
The Last MountainNine years after the filmmaker's father died in a mysterious hiking accident she and her family return to the chilly site of his death to try to understand what he was looking for and why he died and to explore for the first time their own grief and anNine years after the filmmaker's father died in a mysterious hiking accident she and her family return to the chilly site of his death to try to understand what he was looking for and why he died and to explore for the first time their own grief and an
The Last Atomic Bomb92 minutes DVD-RChallenging assumptions, THE LAST ATOMIC BOMB is an informative wake-up call about today's nuclear proliferation, interweaving current and rarely seen archival footage with the U.S. decision to use the bomb, censorship, discrimination and the Cold War build-up of nuclear weapons. The story is told through the inspirational yet tragic life of Sakue Shimohira, age 10 and hiding in a Nagasaki shelter in August 1945, who survived to wage a personal campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. The survivor shares her story with students and with a Holocaust survivor.
Last Call at Maud'sSome genuinely wild women take center stage in Paris Poirier's vivacious and historical documentary about Maud's, the longest-running lesbian bar in the United States. This venerable San Francisco establishment opened in 1966, when lesbians were still very much in the closet. Maud's flourished throughout the '70s and '80s, enjoying an international reputation as a meeting place for lesbians and their friends, only to be shut down in 1989 as a result of the community's shifting priorities. Provocative personal stories of coming out, sexual politics and softball are mixed with flashbacks to the Hollywood gay bars of the '40s and the vice raids of the '50s.
Last Full ShowA young boy and and older man learn the meaning of love upon meeting at an underground Manila movie theatre.
The Last Hunger Strike1982, 60 minutes, Color, VideoIn the spring and summer of 1981 fifteen young men, prisoners in Northern Ireland, decided as a final form of protest to begin a hunger strike. Over a four month period, ten of these men starved to death. Michael James Devine was the last of the hunger strikers to die. To his community he died a freedom fighter, to the British government he died a common criminal. Within these two classifications lies the germ of Michael's story. THE LAST HUNGER STRIKE explores the day to day reality which compels a man to voluntarily surrender his life as a form of protest.
THE LAST OF THE NEW YORK CIGAR ROLLERS13 minFor many years the art and craft of hand rolled cigars was an important industry in New York City , employing tens of thousands of workers of many nationalities. Today, with only three small shops left, the tradition is nearly extinct. These last three cigar rollers demonstrate and explain the step-by-step process of making the cigar by hand, and the history that formed this.
The Last Pullman Car56 min.The fight to stop the closing of the Pullman factory.
Last Seen78 min.,An investigative report is troubled by ghostly presences in this innovative portrait of Jennifer Langsam's vanishing, where interviews with family, friends and witnesses nestle uneasily with dream-like visions and reenactments of Jenny's final days. Darkly funny, haunting and strange.
The Last to Know45 min.Nearly one half of the estimated ten million alcoholics in the country are women, yet their special problems are totally ignored. Concealed by families, protected by friends and physicians, these women are kept invisible. They themselves are often THE LAST TO KNOW.
Latin American Writers PackageI Forgot, I Don't Remember Mexico, 1998, 75 min. The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo Colombia, 2003, 90 min. Women of Brazil Brazil, 2006, 113 min.Our LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS package is designed to supplement the study of Latin American literature through a series of intellectually stimulating documentaries covering a number of renowned Latin American writers, including Juan Rulfo and Fernando Vallejo. While serving as valuable educational tools, these films truly stand on their own as works of art and are an essential addition to any collection.
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Leaving HomeLeaving Home is an honest and intimate portrait of four sisters and their parents who are ending one phase of their lives and beginning another. Filmmaker Ilana Bar-Din captures the conflicts that arise when two of her younger sisters decide to move away from home. Using cinema verite and voice-over commentary, Bar-Din records sisterly dialogues, family conversations and moments of personal introspection that touch on familial issues of a universal nature.An honest and intimate portrait of four sisters and their parents who are ending one phase of their lives and beginning another. Shot by filmmaker Ilana Bar-Din, using herself and her own family as the subjects.
Lebanon: Bits and PiecesA film by Olga Nakkas , 1994, 60 min., ColorLEBANON: BITS AND PIECES is an exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving exploration of the myths and realities of present-day Lebanon, as reflected...
LEGACY OF THE SPIRITS52 MinCalled the "best documentary ever made on the subject of Vodou ("voodoo"), the film shows the ceremonies, sacred drawings, history, songs, and theology behind this much-maligned religion. Filmed entirely among (and narrated by) the Haitian community of New York City, participants speak of what the religion means to them and their families, how the spirits have helped them, and why they continue to practice these ancient traditions today. Lyrical montages of sacred images and offerings set to traditional songs add to the beauty of the film.
Leila Khaled: HijackerSweden/Jordan, 2005, 58 minutes, Color, VHS/DVD, Swedish and Arabic, SubtitledIn 1969 Palestinian Leila Khaled made history by becoming the first woman to hijack an airplane. As a Palestinian child growing up in Sweden, filmmaker Lina Makboul admired Khaled for her bold actions; as an adult, she began asking complex questions about the legacy created by her childhood hero. This fascinating documentary is at once a portrait of Khaled, an exploration of the filmmakers own understanding of her Palestinian identity, and a complicated examination of the nebulous dichotomy between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter."
Leona's Sister Gerri57 min.LEONAS SISTER GERRI tells the dramatic story of Gerri Santoro, a mother of two and the "real person" in the now famous police photo of an anonymous woman on a motel floor, dead from an illegal abortion. Reprinted thousands of times on placards, and in the media, this grisly photo became a pro-choice icon. Should the media have used this image? What circumstances led to Gerris tragic death? Powerfully addressing issues of reproductive rights and domestic violence, this video is a moving portrait of Gerri Santoros life and societys response to her death.
Leper: Life Beyond StigmaSince antiquity, leprosy has struck fear into human beings. Seen as contagious, mutilating and incurable, leprosy continues to alienate those who contract it from their families and communities. Leper provides a rare and intimate glimpse into a contemporary society of lepers in a remote village in Nepal. Villagers speak openly and emotionally about their relationship to their sickness, to the "healthy" outside community outside the village boundaries, and the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings which surround a disease that has marked their bodies and their lives.
Lesbian Physicians on Practice, Patients & PowerVHS 1991 30 MinutesLesbian Physicians on Practice, Patients & Power introduces you to a fascinating group of lesbians, from surgeons to psychiatrists. It provides a rare opportunity to hear them candidly assess the impact of being out on their professional and personal lives.
Let Our People Grow26 min.Medical Marijuana patients tell their stories of grass-roots empowerment
Let Them Eat CakeAgainst the backdrop of the Texas Cupcake Controversy this humorous documentary takes a close look at the processed food industry and at the ways that junk food and beverages are marketed to children — a factor believed to be a major contributor tAgainst the backdrop of the Texas Cupcake Controversy this humorous documentary takes a close look at the processed food industry and at the ways that junk food and beverages are marketed to children — a factor believed to be a major contributor t
Let's Face ItA touching and intimate glimpse into the self-explorations of several women in their 40's 50's and 60's. As they face the natural reality of aging they reflect on the impact that physical changes have not only on their bodies but also on their attitudA touching and intimate glimpse into the self-explorations of several women in their 40's 50's and 60's. As they face the natural reality of aging they reflect on the impact that physical changes have not only on their bodies but also on their attitud
Let's Get Real35 min.Name-calling and bullying have reached epidemic proportions in schools today. With amazing candor, the students featured in LET'S GET REAL discuss the issues behind the problemincluding racial and religious differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, sexual harassment and more. The film not only gives a voice to targeted kids, but also to those who do the bullying to find out why they lash out at their peers and how it makes them feel. LET'S GET REAL encourages audiences of all ages to build empathy and community by talking honestly about what's really going on, and has helped changed the culture in hundreds of schools. Part of the Respect For All Project.
Letter Home, AA South Asian woman living in the US reminisces over her childhood in India. As she travels past icons of American culture, fast food restaurants and patriotic iconography, memories of her childood friend in India flood back to remind her of her complex identity. An examination of acculturation, A Letter Home moves ritualistically towards empowerment.
Letter to the Next Generation68 min.Set at Kent State, twenty years after four students were shot dead by National Guardsmen during an anti-war demonstration, the film uses that benchmark to gauge the feelings of students in the 1990's.in
Letters from America: the Life and Times of O.E. Rolvaag30 min.An immigrant author's quest for the truth
Letters From the Other Side73 minutes DVD 73 minutes VHSLETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE interweaves video letters carried across the U.S.-Mexico border by the film's director with the personal stories of women left behind in post-NAFTA Mexico, giving voice to four amazing women who feel the effects of failed immigration and trade policies on a daily basis. Focusing on a side of the immigration story rarely told by the media or touched upon in our national debate, LETTERS offers a fresh perspective, painting a complex portrait of families torn apart by economics, communities dying at the hands of globalization, and governments incapable or unwilling to do anything about it.
Letters Not About Love58 min."Home," "poverty," "window," are among the everyday words discussed in a five-year correspondence between American poet Lyn Hejinian and Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. This dynamic exchange, combined with home movies, archival and new images from the U.S. and Russia, creates a stunning portrait of both countries and a provocative exploration of the relationship between language, culture and communication.
Letters to the PresidentDVD, 72 min., 2009This is an observational verité film about President Ahmadinejads regime in Iran. Allowed to travel on several of the Presidents populist trips to the countryside. During his trips, the President receives many letters the government claims ten million from poor Iranians asking for help. The film takes these letters to the President as its narrative thread, and as a device to provide a glimpse into an Iran that is usually not open to outsiders. The film shows how the Iranian government's populism is little more than a series of empty promises. And though disillusionment is often the inevitable result, propaganda and promises still fire the desperate hope of the poor. A hope that finds different outlets, particularly for the religious poor, who turn to belief in a Shia messiah, the Mahdi, who will come at the end of time to bring the world justice. At the holy Mosque where the Mahdi will one day reappear, the poor write letters to the Mahdi, put them in a wishing well, hoping their prayers might be answered. More timely than ever, this film accurately portrays the deep divisions within Iran - showing both Ahmadinejad's supporters as well as his opponents, and illustrating the hypocrisy of the ruling regime.
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IIThe unknown story of African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's third Army and helped liberate concentration camps. This powerful film vividly records the experiences of the soldiers, who were utterly unprepared for the atrocities they witnessed, as well as the astonishment of the camp inmates - some of whom had never seen a black person before. Liberators bears witness to the courage of Holocaust survivors and the heroism of men who were forced to fight on two fronts - battling discrimination at home as they fought for their country overseas.Documents the unknown story of WWII's African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's Third Army and helped liberate the concentration camps and Buchenwald, Dachau and Lamback.
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IIThe unknown story of African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's third Army and helped liberate concentration camps. This powerful film vividly records the experiences of the soldiers, who were utterly unprepared for the atrocities they witnessed, as well as the astonishment of the camp inmates - some of whom had never seen a black person before. Liberators bears witness to the courage of Holocaust survivors and the heroism of men who were forced to fight on two fronts - battling discrimination at home as they fought for their country overseas.Documents the unknown story of WWII`s African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton`s Third Army and helped liberate the concentration camps and Buchenwald, Dachau and Lamback.
Liberty: 3 Stories about Life & Death55 min.This extraordinary work interweaves the stories of three close lesbian friends: Joyce Fulton (66), who died over the course of two years from a brain tumor; Mary Bell Wilson (79), who, with indefatigable courage, faces up to her own losing battle with lymphoma; and Nan Golub (58), a black-leather-jacketed, platinum-dyed New York City artist, very much alive. LIBERTY demystifies death, dispels misinformation about age and sexual orientation, and reminds us that life is worth living, even worth celebratin
Licensed To Kill1997 16mm 77 minutes 16mm 53 minutes color EnglishLicensed To Kill takes a riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: "Why did you do it?" Probing on-camera interviews with seven convicted killers behind bars propel the narrative drive of Licensed To Kill. These inmates include a wide range of distinct profiles: a young man who claims he justifiably killed as protection from his victim's sexual advances--a defense known as "homosexual panic"; a self-loathing, religious gay man who killed because of his own homosexual tendencies; a victim of child abuse who feared losing his manhood; an army sergeant angry over the gays in the military debate; and a self-described homeboy looking for easy prey.
Life Support DecisionsAdvance directives and other ways that the elderly and their families can exercise their rights and options regarding life support technologies and end of life care.Will help elders and their families and caregivers to understand their rights and options regarding life-support technologies and end-of-life care and decision making.
Light in the Shadows45 min.A powerful next-step in critically exploring issues of race and power American women of Indigenous, African, Arab, European, Jewish, Asian, Latina and Mixed Race descent, use authentic dialogue to crack open a critical door of consciousness
Light Rail Panorama55 minutesLight Rail Panorama is an in-depth look at the new light rail systems in Calgary, Portland, and Sacramento. It follows each line in each system end-to-end showing samples of every type of right-of-way encountered, and all other major points of interest.
Light Rail Transit: A Proven Alternative15 minutesA Proven Alternative is intended for promoting the basic concepts of light rail transit to general audiences. It is only 15 minutes long, an ideal length to kick off a meeting and give all the participants a common framework for discussion
Linda & AliA film by Lut Vandekeybus , 2005, 94 min., ColorAli Saigal and his wife Linda have been married for 20 years, raising their traditional Islamic family in Doha, Qatar. But their relationship is far f...
LIONESSDVD, 83 min.LIONESS traces the stories of five female support soldiers who were unexpectedly sent outside the wire to defuse tensions with Iraqi women and children but ended up fighting in some of the fiercest ground combat of the Iraq war. Told through intimate personal stories and scenes from their lives back home, the film illuminates the emotional and psychological effects of war from a uniquely female perspective. Deluxe DVD Edition contains a one-hour version, the original feature-length version, multiple bonus features including Marines Lioness Program, the Changing Role of Women in Combat, Team Lioness on Capitol Hill and PDF background and discussion guides.
LipA video collaboration between Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg , 1999, 10 min., ColorIt is Hollywood's favorite role for black women: the maid. Sassy or sweet, snickeringly attentive or flippantly dismissive, the performers who play t...
Listening for SomethingA film by Dionne Brand , 1996, 56 min., ColorThis intriguing exchange between eminent American poet Adrienne Rich and Trinidadian-Canadian poet/filmmaker Dionne Brand, who share strong feminist a...
Liu Awaiting SpringLiu Awaiting Spring is a touching short film which threads the ancient art of Chinese Opera through a modern coming of age tale set in suburban Sydney.
Live and Let GoFaced with terminal cancer 76-year-old Sam Niver chose to die with dignity and on his own terms. This will be a moving and provocative trigger for discussions of assisted suicide.Faced with terminal cancer 76-year-old Sam Niver chooses to die with dignity and on his own terms. This will be a moving and provocative trigger for discussions of assisted suicide.
Living with Spinal Cord Injury SeriesThis three-part series brings a unique perspective to coming to terms with spinal cord injury and the beginnings of rehabilitation.The producer himself injured in a helicopter crash brings a unique perspective to this classic three-part series on coming to terms with spinal cord injury. These films offer enduring proof that a tough break doesn't have to mean a ruined life.
Living Broke in Boom Times73 minutes DVDThe epic movement of poor Americans organizing to end poverty as documented in a decade-long journey by the filmmakers. Living Broke in Boom Times has condensed three groundbreaking documentary films spanning a decade into segments of ideal length for classroom use, with new wrap-around commentary from key activists who led the movement.
Living Music For Golden Mountains1981 16mm 27 minutes color English and Chinese with subtitles in both languages NOTE: this title is not available for general release or sale.In 1936, Leo Lew immigrated to America, the "land of golden mountains," from his native southern China. He came seeking fortune but discovered instead a mission closer to his heart -- passing on the deep-rooted traditions of Cantonese folk music to new generations of Chinese Americans. Living Music For Golden Mountains traces Lew's life in America and shows some of the many problems facing the elderly in San Francisco's Chinatown. It also celebrates his enduring love of his native music and his commitment to sharing that love with young Chinese Americans eager to know their cultural heritage. Highlights include several of his virtuosos performances, both solo and with an ensemble he directs, as well as a revealing teaching session that shows how he works with and motivates his young students.
#501: Living With ChangeAs one girl said soon after 9-11, our lives have changed in so many ways, and we wont really know how until the dust settles. In this program, we highlight how teens across the country have responded to and coped with the impact of the ongoing events of the past year. Interviews include: teens who were closest to Ground Zero and have returned to their schools; a teen EMT who volunteered at the site; teens who abused drugs but stopped after 9-11; a girl who lost her step-father, a fireman. Students in California and Colorado also speak out about how they are coping and their hopes for the future. This video is a good starting point to get students to talk about their feelings concerning 9-11 or any other trauma they have experienced. Libraries serving teen, their parents, and adults who work with teens will find a wide audience for this video. 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.
#505: Living With...This program addresses the most critical issues and problems concerning school, friends and family that challenge young people who are coping with serious and/or chronic conditions. Teens speak frankly from their experiences, sharing their concerns and advice with insight and humor. A boy describes his ways of dealing with Crohns; a girl copes with Juvenile Diabetes; and other teens who are in treatment for asthma, cancer and sickle cell anemia tell us about their conditions and dispel misconceptions. They all stress that they want to be treated as normal teenagers. Young Adult Library Services Association Selected Videos list Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award The well-spoken adolescents, who represent a variety of backgrounds, openly share their experiences and discuss the impact of their afflictions on their lives. Including information on treatments and side effects, this video takes an honest and insightful look at a topic not often discussed among teens. 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.
Liza's Pioneer DiaryDreaming of a better life, a timid, twenty-year-old Kentucky bride crosses the Great Plains with her commanding young husband and his family, encountering the trials and tribulations of cross-country journey by wagon train. The difficult trip presents more than physical struggles; conflicts arise between the men and women concerning their roles in daily decision-making and survival. Liza learns to be strong in the face of her husband's disapproval and the men learn to respect the women's strength and tenacity.Set in 1848 and inspired by diaries and first-hand accounts of pioneers, this touching film dramatizes the individual struggles of men and women and their quest for survival in the face of uncertainty and death. Liza's Pioneer Diary captures the essence of pioneer days with warmth, poignancy, and a compelling historical point of view. Lockin' UpA videotape by T. Nicole Atkinson , 1997, 29 min., ColorWhen Jamaican-born filmmaker T. Nicole Atkinson threw away her comb to let her hair coil into dreadlocks, she was forced to challenge both society's a...
The London StoryA film by Sally Potter , 1987, 15 min., ColorThis lively, accessible spy spoof revolves around the unlikely alliance of three eccentric characters and their mission to uncover government foreign ...
Lone Star HateThe banality of evil is one of the subjects of this Channel 4 documentary on the gruesome 1993 gay-bashing murder of Nicholas West in conservative Tyler, Texas. The story unfolds in graphic detail, through forensic photographs, visits to the crime scene, courtroom and police interrogation transcripts, death-row interviews with the killers, and conversations with West's friends in the gay community.
Long Night's Journey Into DayVHS and DVD 94 minutes, 2000 Producer/Director: Frances Reid, Director: Deborah HoffmannLong Night's Journey Into Day reveals a South Africa trying to forge a lasting peace after 40 years of government by the most notorious system of racial segregation since Nazi Germany. The documentary studies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up by the post-apartheid, democratic government to consider amnesty for perpetrators of crimes committed under apartheid's reign.
The Long Road Home30 minutes, video format, completed 1993, updated 2002. A 35 page study guide accompanies this documentaryThe filmmaker follows a 19-year old Mayan refugee from his home in Chicago to a Guatemalan refugee camp in Mexico. The viewer learns why Ricardo Hernandez and his family had to leave Guatemala, what life is like in exile and the cooperative efforts being taken by the refugees to return home. Intercutting this teenagers personal odyssey with a more general history of his homeland gives the statistics a human face. The video uses children's illustrations, archival footage, interviews and captures the music, dance and spirit of everyday life.
The Long Road Home30 min.Following a 19-year old Mayan refugee from his home in Chicago to a Guatemalan refugee camp in Mexico, the viewer learns why Ricardo and his family had to leave Guatemala in the late 1980's and what life was like in exile. This story puts a human face on the "scorch and burn" era in Guatemala by juxtaposing this teenagers personal odyssey with a history of the time period.
Look For Me HereThe final 299 days in the life of a woman with metastatic cancer who has chosen to forego further treatment and to face death with hospice care at home.The final days in the life of a woman with metastatic cancer who has chosen to forego further treatment and to face death with friends and hospice care at home.
Looking for a Space: Lesbians and Gay Men in Cuba38:00, color, video Available in Spanish or EnglishOne of the ironies of the Cuban Revolution was that, from the beginning, it persecuted many of its loyal supporters because of their sexual orientation. LOOKING FOR A SPACE examines the cultural, political and historical reasons behind the persecution of lesbians and gay men during the early years of the Revolution, and takes a fresh look at this issue from the perspectives of Cubans who are living on the island today. We meet a diverse group of people, from a wide range of age groups and occupations, who express differences of opinion. Older people recall the repression of the late sixties when gay people were sent to "UMAP" camps for "re-education." During the Mariel boatlift of 1980, many gay people were seen as "counterrevolutionary" for fleeing the country. Many younger Cubans feel there is more tolerance today, as an emerging gay subculture demonstrates. Given the uncertain political and economic climate of today's Cuba, the future remains unclear. Though completed in 1994, this documentary raises critical questions about political and sexual identity that are still highly relevant today.
Looking for Love: Teenage Mothers1982, 30 minutes, Color, VideoWhat happens to teenagers whose lives are unexpectedly disrupted by pregnancy? How do they describe what it is like to be a teenage mother? Though this documentary was produced over 15 years ago, the stories are still poignant and relevant. The film focuses on the lives of 16-year-old Audrey and Dana, who were both pregnant at 14, and 17-year-old Denise. The common thread in the stories portrayed are the complex and contradictory feelings of being a teenage mother.
Loose Bolts?30 minutesIn the 1970s, General Motors introduced the most rigid system of quality control known to the automobile industry at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant. Assembly-line work became more dehumanizing than ever before, and the quality-control effort backfired: the cars produced at Lordstown soon set new standards for low quality. Loose Bolts? (1973) is the classic study of what became known as the "Lordstown syndrome." In-depth interviews with assembly-line workers, foremen, and elected union officials in this 30-minute video show how a bored and dissatisfied workforce turns out cars with major flaws. Commentary is supplied by Robert Guest, author (with Charles Walker) of the pioneering study, The Man on the Assembly Line.
Loose Ends (Unbest?ndig und K?hl)Loose Ends is a funny and melancholic farewell to innocence. It reflects upon both heterosexual and homosexual relationships, juxtaposing them to discover and dwell upon their similarities and differences. It is the story of three women friends in their late twenties and their quest for happiness.
Los Trabajadores/ The Workers48 min.We build the buildings, we do the hardest jobs, and still they dont want us. So says Juan Ignacio, a Nicaraguan profiled in LOS TRABAJADORES/ THE WORKERS. Through the stories of Juan, Ramon, and the day labor site where they wait for work, this film examines the misconceptions and contradictions inherent in Americas history of dependence on and discrimination against immigrants. It also puts a human face on the complex issues of immigration and labor.
Lost CauseRed ribbons or red tape?, asks filmmaker Glenn Gaylord in his satire exposing the frustration people with AIDS can experience in dealing with the organizations designed to help them.
The Lost GardenA film by Marquise Lepage , 1995, 53 min., ColorTHE LOST GARDEN looks at the life and times of Alice Guy-Blach? (1873-1968), arguably, the first narrative filmmaker in the world. Creating her first...
The Lost Reels of Pancho Villavhs, 49 min., 2003Intrigued by the legendary Mexican military leader Pancho Villa's little-known relationship with Hollywood, filmmaker and sleuth Gregorio Rocha goes on a search for lost footage that Villa commissioned from the American Mutual Film Company in 1914, allowing cameramen to follow him into war. The footage includes some of the first battle scenes captured in "moving pictures." Rocha documents his encounters as he scours the film vaults and back rooms of institutions across North America and Europe for the seven reels of film that immortalized Villa. His research unveils a legacy of fictional and documentary depictions of Villa dating from the silent film era, revealing a world unsure whether to venerate or to fear this imposing figure and the forces of popular revolution that he embodied.
The Lost TribeA film by Rachel Landers , 2005, 56 min., ColorWhile ex-Mormon-lesbian-atheist Sue-Ann Post has carved out a name for herself as a stand-up comic in Australia, she has been estranged from her famil...
Lotus1987 35mm 27 minutes Color USA EnglishFor more than thirty centuries, women in China were maimed and crippled in the name of beauty and obedience. The custom was called "footbinding," and the fight against it triggered one of the biggest, most overlooked struggle for human rights in history. Lotus is a half-hour narrative film set in this turmoil. The place is rural 1914 China and the film focuses on Lotus, a traditional woman with bound feet who must decide whether or not to bind her daughter Joy's feet. Her strict, but loving Mother-in-law insists that Joy's feet be bound in order to guarantee her a secure future. Lotus, for the first time in her life does not blindly obey. She is further influenced by her good friend, Coral, a colorful performer with a traveling Cantonese opera troupe who openly challenges the outlawed custom. In the end, Lotus makes a decision which will change her daughter's life forever.
Louder Than Our WordsA videotape by Harriet Hirshhorn and Lydia Pilcher , 1983, 36 min.A look at civil disobedience and women's rights in the U.S. from the suffragettes through the anti-war and disarmament movements....
Louisiana BoysAn unorthodox look at the colorful, Byzantine political culture of Louisiana, home to governors like the legendary Huey Long and his brother Earl (who was committed to an asylum during his last term), Jimmie Davis (who sang his farewell to the Legislature), the roguish four-time elected Edwin Edwards and reactionary, racist figures like Judge Leander Perez and David Duke. Earl Long said it best in the 1950s: "One of these days Louisianans are going to get good government...and they ain't going to like it!" Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics looks at the history and the contemporary condition of this political circus, from the populist tradition of the Longs, the emerging power of Blacks in New Orleans, and the traditional three-way split (conservative-Protestant Northern Louisiana, Cajun-Catholic Southern Louisiana, and urban New Orleans) that has kept the state's political culture a popular spectator sport.
LoveA video collaboration between Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg , 2003, 21 min., Color/BW?The clinch that signals the fade-out in so many movies is just the beginning of Love, as Moffatt and editor Hillberg turn their energetic montage tec...
Love Makes a FamilySeveral profiles of parenting by lesbians and gay men.This video profiles several gay parents in a variety of family situations and also includes interviews with a psychologist and therapist who work with gay families.
Love & DianeA film by Jennifer Dworkin , 2002, 155 min., ColorDVD available of Broadcast version only (113 minutes) at this time....
#706: Love Shouldn't Hurt: Recognizing Dating ViolenceDating violence, emotional and/or physical, is a serious problem affecting 1 in 5 girls plus boys, who rarely report it. This program features a yearly county wide symposium that raises awareness and educates both sexes about the signs of dating violence. Attended by nearly 300 diverse teens, the highlight is a group of peer educators who perform vignettes and then answer in character to questions raised by audience members. They stress the role of bystanders and friends in helping victims. STAR, another peer education group, shows how teens can work in schools to prevent dating violence. This program opens discussion among boys and girls on this critical issue. ...effectively portrays some red flags of dating violence in a social context teens will relate to.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.
Love StoryA videotape by Catrine Clay , 1997, 60 min., ColorIn 1942 Berlin, LiIly Wurst was a model Aryan hausfrau with a picture of the F?hrer on the wall, a husband in the army, and a German motherhood medal ...
Love Thang Trilogy, TheJust A Love Thang tells the story of a young Asian Pacific Islander lesbian's desire for the dyke behind the frozen yogurt counter. It is also a critique of the commodification of Asian women by mass media.
Love, Honour & DisobeyA film by Faction Films, Directed by Saeeda Khanum , 2005, 61 min., ColorDomestic violence in all forms?from physical abuse to forced marriages to honour killings?continues to be frighteningly common worldwide and accepted ...
Love, Ltd.A sister and brother turn a dysfunctional family dinner into an unappreciated coming out party. Love Ltd. confronts homophobia through a quirky, unrelenting tale about the things we choose to say - or not say - to the people we love.
Love, Women and FlowersA film by Marta Rodriguez and Jorge Silva , 1988, 58 min., ColorFlowers are Colombia's third largest export. But behind the beauty of the carnations and chrysanthemums sold in the U.S. and Europe lies a horror stor...
LustA film by Valie Export , 1986, ColorValie's aproach to lust translates in modern terms to a music video about sex and consumerism. In one satiric scene a bodybuilder, who uses his body ...
The Life and Times of Rosie the RiveterDomestic. Shop girl. Waitress. Cook... Those were the jobs for women in the 1930's - when they could get work. Suddenly the U.S. entry into World War II created an unprecedented demand for new workers. Notions of what was proper work for women changed overnight. Thousands of posters and billboards appeared calling on women to "Do the Job He Left Behind." Rosie the Riveter was born - the symbol of working women during World War II.
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