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Fall 1999 Releases Click here for the Spring releases
  • Aeroplane Dance - A "story-telling dance" created by the Yanyuwa people that dramatizes the search for a crashed American bomber during World War II. (new September, 1999)

  • Andre's LivesAndre's Lives - The story of Andre Steiner, dubbed "the Jewish Schindler," who saved thousands of Slovak Jews during the Holocaust. (new September, 1999)

  • ... But I Was a Girl - A biography of Frieda Belinfante (1905-1995), a remarkable woman who was the first female conductor to have her own symphony orchestra, first in the Netherlands and later in southern California. (new September, 1999)

  • China Yellow, China Blue - Two-part documentary tells the history of China in the 20th Century - entirely with original archives and motion pictures. (new September, 1999)

  • Colonists for a Day - A fascinating account of Australia's colonization of Papua New Guinea. (new September, 1999)

  • Crimes of Honour - Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, investigates the terrible reality of femicide - the killing of sisters or daughters suspected of losing their virginity, for having refused an arranged marriage or having left a husband. (new September, 1999)

  • Cow Jumped Over the Moon, The - The story of Fulani cattle herders in West Africa using U.S. satellite imaging technology to find grazing and water for their herds during drought. (new September, 1999)

  • El Dia Que Me Quieras - A haunting meditation on the last picture taken of Che Guevara, as he lay dead on a table surrounded by his captors. (new September, 1999)

  • Kestrel's Eye - A beautiful film about a family of kestrels, living in the tower of an old church - not meant to inform us about the life of a kestrel, the film is an attempt to make us feel like one. (new September, 1999)

  • Lisdoonvarna: Lourdes of Love - Follows the fortunes of three bachelors in County Clare, on the West Coast of Ireland, who are determined to meet the perfect woman at the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. (new September, 1999)

  • One Island, Two Irelands - Tells the history of Ireland north and south - using only original archival materials. (new September, 1999)

  • Punitive Damage - A woman takes on the Indonesian Government over the killing of her son in East Timor. (new September, 1999)

  • Sotsgorod: Cities For Utopia - Uncovers the secret history of Western architects who moved to the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s, to design the huge new industrial cities being built across Siberia and the steppes. (new September, 1999)

  • Tango of Slaves - A Holocaust survivor's physical journey to Warsaw becomes a meditative essay about history, memory, and their preservation in imagery. (new September, 1999)

  • That's Why I'm Working - A look at child labor in Bangladesh, a primary school in Dacca, and some of the children who attend it. (new September, 1999)

  • Travis - The inspirational story of a 10-year-old boy with full-blown AIDS. (New November, 1998)

  • The Written FaceThe Written Face - Offers an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition. (new September, 1999)

 
Spring 1999 Releases Click here for the Fall releases
  • Cracks in the Mask - A Torres Strait Islander sets out on a voyage of discovery to the great museums of Europe where his cultural heritage now lies. (new January, 1999)

  • Dear Dr. Spencer - From the early 1920s until his death in 1969, Dr. Robert Douglas Spencer practiced medicine in a small town in Pennsylvania, where he treated colds, set fractures - and performed illegal abortions. (New January 1999)

  • The Discreet Charm of Bucharest - A picture of Romania's capital, and the lives of six individuals who live there, through stories of the houses they live in. (new March, 1999)

  • Eisenstein: The Master's House - A vivid portrait of the places and events which fostered Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein's genius. (New January 1999)

  • An Empire of Reason - What it would have been like if television had covered the ratification process of the US Constitution in 1781. (New January 1999)

  • For These EyesFor These Eyes - The story of the daughter of Uruguayan activists "disappeared" by the Argentine military in the 1970s, and raised by an agent of the Argentine secret police. (new April, 1999)

  • High Risk Offender - A look into the universe of the parole office, and the tenuous relationships between offenders and their parole officers and therapists. (new March, 1999)

  • House of the World - Examines the Holocaust through the eyes of survivors and their descendants. (new April, 1999)

  • Intervista - A moving reflection on Albania's history and present state. (new April, 1999)

  • The Life and Times of Sara Baartman - the Hottentot Venus - The strange and sad case of Sara Baartman, kdnapped from South Africa in 1810, "exhibited" around Great Britain, and then treated as a scientific curiosity. (new March, 1999)

  • The Road From KampucheaThe Road From Kampuchea - The story Tun Channareth - Cambodian ex-soldier, landmine survivor and co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Price for his work to ban landmines. (new January, 1999)

  • Societies Under The Influence - Argues that the "morally and politically correct" drug war we read about in our newspapers everyday is a corrupt and pernicious front that protects our judicial system, big business, organized crime and American foreign agendas. (new January, 1999)

  • Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square - An artist's personal exploration of China's recent history from the Cultural Revolution through the 1980s, told through a rich collage of original artwork, archival and family photographs, and animation. (new March, 1999)

  • Underground Orchestra, The - Documentary profile of musicians who play on the sidewalks of Paris and in the Metro. (new March, 1999)

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