MOZAMBIQUE (2004)

(For Cultural Studies & Africana Programs)
Mozambicans are putting their shattering past behind them and rebuilding their country at a remarkable pace. There's plenty to see, including stunning beaches and islands, a World Heritage site, charming colonial architecture and colorful local cultures, however, the education, economy and health care of this country depicts one of the poorest regions of Africa. In despite of everything, MOZAMBIQUE looks at how its inhabitants still manage to demonstrate a great spirit for surviving in these conditions.
(55 min. DVD only Price 219.95 S $8.95)
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NICE BOMBS (2006)

(For Middle East Studies & Cultural Studies)
In Nice Bombs filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his unique relationship to an Iraq that is much different than the country of his childhood. Usama captures the conflicting reactions to the conditions of life in Baghdad. Through a wide range of opinions and experiences he provides a broad panorama of voices long neglected under Saddam’s regime. His cousin Tareef enters the room upon hearing an explosion. “It’s a bomb. A Nice Bomb,” he explains. The phrase is indicative of his family’s nonchalance about their situation. As one young boy put it, “We’re Iraqis. It’s normal.” W ith humor and resilience Nice Bombs explores Usama’s dual role as both Iraqi and American.
(76 Min. DVD only Price $219.95 S&H $8.95)
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THE OTHER SIDE OF TORA BORA (2007)

(for Cultural Studies & 21st Century History Programs)
More than five years on from the Battle of Tora Bora and the US military’s ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’, first-generation American Alia Ayub returns to her tribal home in the North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan. Just 12 km from the border with Afghanistan, and with growing Taliban and sectarian tensions in the area, this largely autonomous region remains closed to outsiders. Through unique access, THE OTHER SIDE OF TORA BORA looks beyond this veil of infamy giving insight into a largely misunderstood and under-represented way of life, exposing an ancient culture on the cusp of change, and a region under growing threat from Taliban forces.
(30 min. DVD only Price $219.95 S&H $8.95)
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US NOW (2009)

(For Political Science, Business and Sociology Programs)
A film about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet, US NOW opens with student Jack Howe staring intently into his computer screen. He is picking the team for Ebbsfleet United's FA Trophy Semi-Final match against Aldershot . Around the world 35,000 other fans are doing the same thing, because together, they own and manage the football club. If distributed networks of people can run complex organizations such as football clubs, what else can they do? Us Now takes a look at how this type of participation could transform the way that countries are governed. It tells the stories of the online networks whose radical self-organising structures threaten to change the fabric of government forever. Us Now follows the fate of Ebbsfleet United, a football club owned and run by its fans; Zopa, a bank in which everyone is the manager; and Couch Surfing, a vast online network whose members share their homes with strangers.The founding principles of these projects -- transparency, self-selection, open participation -- are coming closer and closer to the mainstream of our social and political lives.
(60 min. DVD only Price $239.95 S&H $8.95)
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THIS PALESTINIAN LIFE (2009)

(For Middle East & Cultural Studies)
Produced by Philip Rizk, THIS PALESTINIAN LIFE is a documentary film about nonviolent struggle in the face of Israeli occupation and the ongoing annexation of Pal estinian land. In the film, the Egyptian-German activist and directorinterweaves stories of Palestinian villagers and they carry out nonviolent resistance ("sumoud") in the face of settler violence and the documented injustices of the Israeli government. The film does not attempt to provide an overview of the entire conflict. Instead of using an oral histor approach, THIS PALESTINIAN LIFE documents the stories of Palestinian farmers who struggle to maintain their way of life and very existence in the villages of Hebron, the Jordan Valley, and the Gaza Strip as thesecommunities continue to find peaceful, creative and bold ways to remain on their land today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes.
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DESTINATION: ROSSPORT, IRELAND

DESTINATION: ROSSPORT, IRELAND (2009)
(For Environmental Studies, Economics & Political Science)
In 2005, five men from Rossport, Ireland were sent to jail for 94 days because the would not allow Shell Oil to put a gas pipeline through their land. In part 2 of his Global Economic Documentary Series, filmmaker Jim Kerns goes to Rossport - a remote town in the northwest of Ireland - to examine this conflict and the socio-economic implications involved. Kerns speaks with members of the community, journalists, sociologists, and Shell representatives in an attempt to understand the factors that led up to the jailing as well as to decipher the impact of a pipeline and gas-processing terminal on a once quiet community. "Destination: Rossport, Ireland" examines how a big oil company is impacting the culture of the community and how the idea of "progress and development" in the desolate West is coming into direct conflict with health and safety concerns for an entrenched group of locals.
(53 min. DVD only Price $239.95 S&H $8.95
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WHICH WAY TO THE WAR? (2009)

(For Conflict Studies, Religious Studies & Political Science) The story of the global conflict you can't find on the map. When Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation was also becoming the world's 3rd largest democracy with its free elections in 1998, the majority of the country remained remarkably peaceful. However, a remote area on the island of Sulawesi - Poso fell victim to brutal communal fighting. Fueling it was the underlying struggle for control of local politics, commercial enterprise, and religious identity in this forgotten corner of the world where religious identity was used as the agitator that exploited and widened the conflict. Which Way To the War? reveals the true story of the wrenching Poso conflict, telling the story of Poso's redeeming rehabilitation in the conflict's aftermath. This is a story that throws new light on religious conflicts not just in Indonesia, but throughout the entire world.
(100 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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THE NILE, OUR RIVER (2009)

(For African & Environmental Studies)
Africa's Nile Basin is home to 180 million people. and the population is growing rapidly, increasing the pressure on existing water resources. how can development be made more sustainable in the Nile Basin as the demand for water increases and how can all key stakeholders be included in the development process? Filmed on location in Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, The Nile, Our River looks at challenges facing various governments and millions of people in the region and examines the role of civil society and the media in Nile Basin development.
(30 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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WAR & PEACE (2009)

(for Religious Studies, Ethics & History Programs)
From the producers of SEX & ETHICS and GAIA & GENESIS, Ethics Online in the UK offers four short films (HOLY WAR, JUST WAR, THE PRIEST WHO BLESSED THE BOMB and CONTEMPT OF CONSCIENCE) specifically designed to assist teachers in delivering dynamic lessons on the ethics of war and peace including. Teachers' notes, scripts & classroom activities accompany each film. Produced with much skill, this film explains clearly and succinctly the challenges faced by those who have the terrible responsibility of engaging in a war and how those who are engaged should behave. (44 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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CONTEMPT OF CONSCIENCE (2007)

(for Religious Studies, Ethics & History Programs)
At the beginning of the 20th century 80% of war casualties were combatants. At the beginning of the 21st century 80% of war casualties were civilians. Today, civilians pay for war like never before. As the global economic system plunges from crisis to crisis governments continue to spend a trillion dollars a year on the preparation or pursuance of war. At the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, seven British taxpayers: a Doctor, three teachers, a toymaker, a Buddhist and an accountant asked that the military portion of their taxes be spent on more constructive ways of resolving conflict. Receiving its world premiere at theMilan Film Festival in 2008, Contempt of Conscience is a timely reminder to never underestimate the power of a small group of individuals to change the world. After all, it is the only thing that ever has.
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BACK FROM THE BRINK (2010)

(History and Holocaust Studies) With the Nazis fast at their heels, three Jews ran for their lives. BACK FROM THE BRINK follows the harrowing escapes of these three survivors, now in their 80's, who managed to cheat death through the compassion and bravery of ordinary people. The film employs stark re-enactments of the most critical moments in these individual’s personal sagas. The documentary, and these three harrowing stories, is a tribute to both the courage of the human spirit and to the thousands of unmentioned individuals during the Second World war who unselfishly stepped forward to save a life.
(28 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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