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| GERNIKA LIVES (2007) |
(For History & Cultural Studies Programs)
Ever since she was a child, writer and director Begonya Plaza could remember her father telling her stories of his childhood memories: running from the bombs, hiding, hearing the sounds of other Basque people screaming, and seeing the death all around him. For the 50th anniversary of those atrocious days, when the Nazis bombed the beautiful city of Gernika from the skies. It was the first time a city was bombed from the air and it was a precursor to World War II. Begonya and her father taraveled to Gernika to try to understand and to see that peace is promoted instead, throughout this troubled world. Hosted by actor John Randolph and GERNIKA LIVES was filmed in the Basque Country and rlater in New York after the tragic events of 9/11 with commentary by historian/writer, Mario Salegi.
(45 min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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| HISTORICAL DISASTERS |
HISTORICAL DISASTERS: BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006)
In 1910, over 10 million tons of coal were mined in the United Kingdom. The cost was the death of 344 men and boys at the Pretoria Pit near Bolton, England. At the time, it was britains's second biggest mining disaster. In HISTORICAL DISASTERS: BLACK CHRISTMAS, Reel vision films tells the harrowing story and looks at how mining safety has evolved up to present day. The documentary investigates why the disaster happened through inteviews with local experts, family members of those involved, computer graphic reconstruction and actual photographs of the terrible aftermath. As we know from the recent disasters in US and Canadian mines, these often unnecessary tragedies still happen today.
(52 Min. DVD only Price $59.95 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 $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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| KUMBH MELA: Songs Of the River |
KUMBH MELA: Songs Of the River (2004)
(For South Asian Studies, Religious Studies & Cultural Studies Programs)
The Allahabad Kumbh Mela religious festival in India in January 2001 was the final mela in a series of 12 full cycles: the “Maha Kumbh Mela” that occurs every 144 years. This increased spiritual powe drew an estimated 70 million people to vast encampments on the sand over a 44 day period, making this religious and spiritual celebration the largest single gathering of humanity in recorded history. Produced by Samsara Films, this documentary is a fascinating look at our humanity and how our spirituality manifests in the world.
(50 min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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| THE ORANGE CHRONICLES (2007) |
(For Slavic Studies, Political Science & European History Programs)
The 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a massive demonstration of people for democracy and against electoral fraud. Millions braved freezing weather conditions to fight against stolen elections. THE ORANGE CHRONICLES is a powerfully moving and unique examination of Ukraine's Orange Revolution from the perspective of an intrep id Ukrainian-American filmmaker. Director Damian Kolodiy, criss-crossed the country in the weeks before the remarkable events of 2004 as a volunteer International Election Observer, recording the build-up to what turned out to be one of the most astonishing bloodless political turnarounds in recent history . THE ORANGE CHRONICLES documents operations and sentiments on the ground during the lead up to the elections, and provides a clear understanding of the dramatic confrontations and high stakes of that time. It also explores what motivated the people to activate, as well as the emotional conflicts among a bitterly divided populace. Lessons about the power of organized activism can be applied the world over to successful opposition against electoral corruption. (98 min. DVD only Price $79.95 S&H $8.95)
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| HISTORY IS A TEACHER (2008) |
(For History & Cultural Studies Programs)
The bitter struggles for freedom in Bosnia and Rwanda are the backdrop for first 2 installments on the importance of History in shaping national identity. In Bosnia, where memories of conflict are still very fresh children are growing up with a one-sided account of History. In multi ethnic towns schools are divided and in the same building Croat children are taught in seperate classrooms from Muslims. In Rwanda, for eight years following the 1994 genocide, history was not taught in Rwandan schools. Over the last 4 years, historians and educators have tried to re-introduce history into the curriculum with limited success. The problem is that history has been so manipulated to justify political actions that impartial accounts of Rwanda’s history are very hard to come by. Started by the Belgian Administration 150 years ago and then inflamed by Hutu figure heads for the last 50 years, the social structure of Rwanda has been divided into Tutsi elite and Hutu labourers. Archaeologists are finding evidence to prove that this division into distinct ethnic groups was never the case.
(45 min. DVD only Price $79.95 S&H $8.95)
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| CHILDREN OF CONGO: FROM WAR TO... |
CHILDREN OF CONGO: FROM WAR TO WITCHES (2008)
(For African Studies, History & Conflict Studies)
Over 5 million people have died as a direct result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the aftermath of brutal war, the children of Congo have endured the brunt of the suffering. This film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasha and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. CHILDREN OF CONGO also examines the efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees , and orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo volcano in Eastern Congo.
(67 min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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