Re: [Videolib] films on women in journalism
Hi Maureen, Icarus Films distributes NO MAN http://www.icarusfilms.com/cat97/k-o/no_man_s.html 'S LAND: WOMEN FRONTLINE JOURNALISTS, which profiles women war correspondents-traditionally, one of the most heavily male-dominated journalistic fields. Let me know if you'd like a preview or if you have any questions. Thanks, Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 3:29 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] films on women in journalism Oh Collective Wise Ones, Can anyone suggest some recent, or classic, films about women in journalism? For a class described thusly: JR368: Women in the Media: From Nellie Bly to Arianna Huffington, from Margaret Bourke White to Lara Logan, from Pauline Frederick to Diane Sawyer, women have struggled throughout history to pursue careers in journalism. Many suffered discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, lower-paying salaries and the proverbial glass ceiling. The major obstacle was their gender. This course will explore the history of women in the media, present day conditions, and study the issue of whether the future will provide gender parity. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Suggestions for Feature Films / Women Gender in World Cinema
Dear Meghann, Icarus Films distributes quite a few titles dealing with gender and womens issues outside the United States. Below is a list of links to titles since 2010. AS A YOUNG GIRL OF THIRTEEN http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/yg13.html : Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice. CHANTAL AKERMAN, FROM HERE http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/ak2.html : A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy. FLOWER IN OTOMI http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/flor.html : Tells the story of Dení Prieto Stock, a 19-year-old woman killed by the Mexican army in a 1973 raid on the Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional. GUERRILLA GRANNIES http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/gg.html : Filmmaker Ike Bertels' portrait of three women veterans of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) offers an intimate view of Mozambique's history since its 1975 independence. ISLAM UNKNOWN http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/islam.html : A series of eight conversations with unconventional Muslim intellectuals. LADIES IN WAITING http://icarusfilms.com/new2010/lw.html : A maternity clinic in the Democratic Republic of Congo copes with its patients' lack of money while trying to provide the best-intentioned care. THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/disa.html : A kaleidoscopic view of life for young adults in the contemporary Republic of Georgia. NEITHER http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/alla.html ALLAH NOR MASTER! http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/alla.html : An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia. http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/108.html 108 CUCHILLO DE PALO: Paraguayan director Renate Costa Perdomo investigates a gay man's persecution and murder. http://icarusfilms.com/new2010/shadi.html SHADI: Moved by the economic hardships of the Iranian theater troupe the Joy Makers world-renowned French stage director, Ariane Mnouchkine invites them to perform in Paris. SONG OF THE SOUL http://icarusfilms.com/fanlight/ofsou.html : An inside look at urban and rural hospice centers across South Africa that provide community-based compassionate care in the face of widespread poverty. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/wbb.html : On the outskirts of Beijing, two teenage girls from a migrant family struggle to earn the money to pay for their brother's schooling. In that time, we also reissued two older productions that may be of interest: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/sdb.html and KARAYUKI-SAN: THE MAKING OF A PROSTITUTE http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/ky.html . Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks, Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:28 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Suggestions for Feature Films / Women Gender in World Cinema Dear Collective Brain, I have a women's studies professor who teaches a class about women's issues in world cinema every fall. (Documentaries in the spring, so for this instance I'm appealing for help in the relatively recent feature film sector only please.) So, here is my annual plea for brainstorming help on this nebulous topic. Have you seen a feature film from a country outside the U.S. that deals with gender or women's issues in the past year or so? Please note: MUST be a feature film (NO documentaries), and MUST be from 2010 or later. Thanks in advance! -- Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Film and Video Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Looking for recommendations on videos about ethics
Hi Erika, We have quite a few titles in both the Icarus Films and Fanlight collections that deal with ethics. You can browse the subject pages here: Ethics http://www.icarusfilms.com/subjects/ethics.html , Bioethics http://www.icarusfilms.com/subjects/bioethic.html , Business Ethics http://www.icarusfilms.com/subjects/busethic.html , and Fanlight Issues http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/subjects/ethics.php Ethics. A few specific suggestions: http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2012/ph_an.html Alfred Ayer Arne Naess - Analytic philosopher Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess, father of the deep ecology movement, discuss skepticism, fact, and truth. (new January, 2013) http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/487_bu.php Bevel Up: Drugs, Users Outreach Nursing- How can nurses deliver effective and compassionate healthcare to drug users? This compelling documentary follows a team of street nurses as they reach out to prevent AIDS and other STDs by going directly to the young people, sex workers, and homeless men and women living in the alleys, shelters, and skid row hotels of the inner city. http://www.icarusfilms.com/fanlight/gray.html Code Gray - Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Explores four open-ended cases in which nurses confront serious ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day work. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2008/dama.html Damages - Behind the scenes at Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2005/dec.html A Decent Factory - Can multinationals make an ethical profit? This film finds out as it follows Nokia's new ethical management consultant on a trip to a supplier factory in China. http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/034_d.php Deception- A nurse and physician confront the hospital's ethics committee with their conflict over whether to withhold the truth about their patient's condition. http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/251_dad.php Dreams and Dilemmas- Follows a couple and their premature twins during six months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as it explores ethical dilemmas raised by advances in neonatal medicine. http://www.icarusfilms.com/fanlight/ethic.html Ethics Thru Drama - A powerful and evocative series of short, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators, and designed to focus discussion on complex ethical issues in end-of-life care. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2006/exit.html Exit - Profiles the EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has counseled and accompanied the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2002/fir.html First Kill - Compellingly brings out the contradictory feelings that war evokes - fear and anger, but also seduction, fascination and excitement. With Michael Herr (Apocalypse Now, Dispatches). http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2001/inv.html Investigation of a Flame - An intimate look at the Catonsville Nine who on May 17, 1968 walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2001/but.html Profit and Nothing But! - A pertinent and impertinent exploration of the profit motive, and its consequences on our daily lives, our history, and our outlook for the future. http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2004/san.html Sandcastles - A discussion about Buddhism and global finance featuring Tibetan teacher Dzongzar Khyentse Rinpoche, American sociologist Saskia Sassen, and Dutch economist Arnoud Boot. http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/912_wa.php Worlds Apart- A series on cross-cultural healthcare. These four unique trigger films raise awareness about how cultural barriers affect patient-provider communication and other aspects of care for patients of diverse backgrounds. Sincerely, Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Peterson, Erika Day - petersed Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:18 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Looking for recommendations on videos about ethics We've got a big institutional push for ethics based curriculum in the works at JMU, and there's some money for collections to support this. So I'm looking for recommendations for titles about ethics. This could be ethics based decisions making broadly or something specific like medical ethics or business ethics. Any thoughts? Erika * * * * * * Erika Peterson Director of Media Resources Carrier Library, James Madison University (540) 568-6770 http://www.lib.jmu.edu/media VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
Re: [Videolib] help needed
Hi Rhonda, As you guessed, there are quite a few Fanlight Icarus titles that might be of interest. You can browse the Icarus bioethics subject page here http://icarusfilms.com/subjects/bioethic.html , and the Fanlight issues ethics page here http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/subjects/dilemmas.php . In particular, I'd suggest taking a look at: ALL IN ONE BASKET http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/443_aiob.php Follows three women through the process of paid egg donation, to explore ethical questions about the use of hormones, genetic selection for preferred physical traits, the role of money in reproductive medicine, and informed consent. THE BURDEN OF KNOWLEDGE http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/260_bok.php Seven couples, healthcare and genetic specialists, and others explore the ethical and emotional implications of prenatal testing for genetic defects DEATH ON REQUEST http://icarusfilms.com/cat97/a-e/death_on.html Controversial documentary records the last days - and actual death - of a Dutch man who chose euthanasia to end his suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.\ DREAMS AND DILEMMAS http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/251_dad.php Follows a couple and their premature twins during six months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as it explores ethical dilemmas raised by advances in neonatal medicine. EXIT: THE RIGHT TO DIE http://icarusfilms.com/new2006/exit.html Profiles the EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has counseled and accompanied the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice. A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH? http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/076_afwtd.php Families and caregivers confront the heartrending decision of whether to withdraw artificial life supports from loved ones in a coma or vegetative state. MADEMOISELLE AND THE DOCTOR http://icarusfilms.com/new2005/made.html Lisette Nigot seems an unlikely candidate for euthanasia. At 79, she is in good health, feels no pain, and does not seem depressed. But she says she sees no reason to continue living. And Dr. Philip Nitschke is willing to help her. TRACKED DOWN BY OUR GENES http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/gene.html Explores the new possibilities and dangers created by the Human Genome Project's decoding of human DNA. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rhonda Pancoe Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:42 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] help needed I have a professor teaching a new course, Bioethics, Faith, and Public Policy. She has asked me to locate introductory videos on Bioethics, and also videos on cloning, stem cells, genetic engineering (especially of embryos and children with disabilities--should they be aborted?), and euthanasia. They can be scientific in orientation, this is fine. If any video resources are available on these subjects that also discuss the topic from a religious perspective, I would be interested in those too. We have Whither Biogenetics, but it is only 26 minutes. On embryos and children with disabilities, we have Who Should Decide, but it is 15 minutes in duration. On cloning, we have a 31 minute film entitled Cloning, and After Darwin, but they sound a little dated. I know that Icarus Films has acquired the Fanlight titles and that Films for the Humanities and Sciences has quite a few but just want to hear if anyone has strong opinions on one film over another. Any and all suggestions welcomed. Rhonda Pancoe Media Acquisitions Coordinator Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 315-228-7858 Phone 315-228-6227 Fax rpan...@colgate.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
