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news gathering quickly gathers gravity,
however … until it eventually puts its
creators in danger. The issues facing the
once prosperous but now economically
depressed region are very serious.
Despite his best efforts to protect himself
and his wife, Andrey's reporting begins to
implicate corrupt local corporations and
political officials and raise thorny
questions of journalistic and business
ethics.
Juxtaposing small, personal stories
against the background of contemporary
Russian history, OUR NEWSPAPER
creates a portrait of personal integrity and
bravery under increasingly desperate
circumstances. The award-winning Dutch
director Eline Flipse (Broken Silence,
Albanian Stories) paints subtle portraits of
her film's powerful personalities with
warmth, humor and complexity that will
stay with you long after the film ends; it is
an unforgettable illustration of modern
Russia and the vital role of journalism in
an emerging democracy.
Reviews
� "Highly Recommended…In addition
to discussing the challenges of "Our
Newspaper," the documentary
conveys the isolation and remoteness
of the place—frozen both
metaphorically in Soviet time and
literally in Russia's far north. It is a
window into Russian provincial life in
the 21st century—such a contrast to
the wealthy cosmopolitan centers of
Moscow and St. Petersburg." -
Educational Media Reviews Online
� "Constructing a road through a rural
village or a new bike for a district
nurse could save lives, Flipse knows
how to evoke these scenes with
stunning images." - Pieter
Waterdrinker, De Telegraaf
� "The editing and score wonderfully
compliment the overarchring theme of
storytelling." - Canculture
Award
���� Winner, Best Mid-length Documentary,
2011 HotDocs
Item no. : RA03400841
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 58 minutes
Copyright : 2011
Price : USD 348.00
STONEY STONEY KNOWS KNOWS HOW
HOW
Stoney Knows How is a visit with a master
of the Oldest Art In The World - Tattooing.
Disabled by arthritis since the age of four,
confined to a wheelchair, his growth
stunted, Stoney St. Clair joined the circus
at 15 as a sword-swallower A year later, he
took up tattooing, and traveled with
circuses and carnivals for 50 years. As we
watch him at work, we see the
determination which led Stoney to use his
crippled hands in an art where mistakes
are permanent, and we realize Stoney has
overcome his handicap to heal himself
and others with the magic of symbols. The
film ends with a visit by New Age tattoo
master Don Ed Hardy to Stoney, who
gives him a souvenir tattoo.
Item no. : WP07860385
Format : DVD
Duration : 29 minutes
Price : USD 140.00
STUCK STUCK ON ON WELFARE
WELFARE
Visits Middle America to profile an
unmarried mother and her five children
living on welfare, a man who once was on
welfare and now works more than 100
hours a week to stay off it, and a welfare
worker who juggles the problems of his
293-family caseload. Examines an
experimental Wisconsin program that
sponsors people for job training - but it's
not quite what it seems
Item no. : NY07860386
Format : DVD
Duration : 48 minutes
Price : USD 145.00
THREE THREE STYLES STYLES OF
OF
MARITAL MARITAL CONFLICT
CONFLICT
Presents re-enacted case studies based
on clinical experience and research on
common types of dysfunctional marital
conflict: hidden agendas behind behavior,
the role of the passive partner in a
marriage, and the
overadequate/underadequate couple.
Item no. : GA07860402
Format : DVD
Duration : 14 minutes
Price : USD 300.00
TREE TREE TREE OF OF KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE, TTHE
TT
HE
Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac
Indian community in East Central Mexico,
The Tree of Knowledge contrasts two
systems of education. The public school
system uses patriotic symbols to
"integrate" Indian pupils into the national
culture while teaching them to reject their
own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los
Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn
from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns
them not to abandon their own culture. But
there is also a deeper, older level to the
ritual: it is not the mestizos, but the living
spirits of trees, who are the real spirits of
the Danza, and who teach the Totonacs
how to live in harmony with nature. That is
where the Dance began... But there is also
a deeper, older level to the ritual: it is not
the mestizos, but the living spirits of trees,
who are the real spirits of the Danza, and
who teach the Totonacs how to live in
harmony with nature. That is where the
Dance began... Set in Huehuetla, Puebla,
a Totonac Indian community in East
Central Mexico, The Tree of Knowledge
contrasts two systems of education. The
public school system uses patriotic
symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into
the national culture while teaching them to
reject their own identity. In contrast, the
Danza de los Huehues urges young
Totonacs to learn from the mestizos
("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon
their own culture.
Item no. : NB07860427
Format : DVD
Duration : 25 minutes
Price : USD 140.00
WEDIKO WEDIKO - AN AN AN ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT
GROUP: GROUP: SOCIAL
SOCIAL
SPR SPRINGBOARD SPR INGBOARD FOR
FOR
PERSONAL PERSONAL GROWTH
GROWTH
Records progress among emotionally
disturbed teenagers who meet daily as a
cabin group at Camp Wediko, and
documents procedures and techniques for
the purpose of training and research.
Item no. : MA07860443
Format : DVD
Duration : 33 minutes
Price : USD 245.00
YAABA YAABA SOORE: SOORE: PATH PATH PATH OF
OF
THE THE THE ANCESTORS
ANCESTORS
Both Yaaba Soore: Path of the Ancestors
and Dance of the Spirits explain the
meaning of African masks. During a 17 -
year period Christopher Roy traveled
through Burkina Faso, West Africa,
observing funerals, initiations, market day
dances, and village purification
ceremonies. He learned the vital
importance of these masked
performances in the daily life of African
peoples. Only after years of study was
Roy able to gain permission to film the
actual ceremonies of the masks for the
first time and fully explain the meaning of
these art objects. From this rare footage
Roy created two unique programs for the
world. Yaaba Soore: Path of the Ancestors,
ideal for instruction of junior and senior
high students, provides interpretations of
the mask performances that make the
objects we see displayed in American
museums more meaningful. The
emphasis is on the performance and the
successful impersonation of the character
of the spirit represented by the mask.
Item no. : BD07860452
Format : DVD
Duration : 17 minutes
Price : USD 170.00
YANOMAMO: YANOMAMO: A A FATHER
FATHER
WASHES WASHES HIS HIS CHILDREN
CHILDREN
CHILDREN
Dedeheiwa, a shaman and headman in
his Yanomamo village of southern
Venezeuela, takes nine of his young
children to the river and washes them
carefully and patiently.
Item no. : JN07860453
Format : DVD
Duration : 13 minutes
Price : USD 200.00
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