[Videolib] Turning to the collective wisdom - videos on voter suppression

2015-05-26 Thread Deg Farrelly
I have a faculty member looking for videos on efforts that might be described as War or Attack on voting rights. We have already identified The Dawn, Counting on Democracy, and No Umbrella, plus a couple Bill Moyers programs. And we have Gerrymandering. Other suggestions will be greatly

[Videolib] Spanish Affair / Ocho apellidos vascos (2014)

2015-05-26 Thread Sarah E. McCleskey
Anyone have any idea when this might receive commercial release in the U.S.? I've already got folks wanting to stream it ...!!! Thanks, Sarah Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services, Film and Media 112 Axinn Library 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549 516-463-5076 (phone) 516-463-4309

[Videolib] International VCRs in your media centers?

2015-05-26 Thread scott spicer
Collective Wisdom, The international VCR in our media center is on the fritz, and we are having a heck of a time finding a replacement. We have a fairly limited collection of international VHS tapes in our primary media collection (42), and according to our usage stats only 2 of the titles have

Re: [Videolib] Spanish Affair / Ocho apellidos vascos (2014)

2015-05-26 Thread Jessica Rosner
Alas no sign it has been acquired or will ever be distributed in the US and since the VAST majority of films made outside the US actually don't get US distribution I would not hold my breath. I think you should be able to track down rights holder in Spain and I will post a link to Hollywood

Re: [Videolib] Spanish Affair / Ocho apellidos vascos (2014)

2015-05-26 Thread Jessica Rosner
I saw it was released but could not tell if there were copies with English titles. One of these days I will get a multi-system player but of course I still don't even have DVD player purist that I am. To be fair to overseas rights holders it does not make a lot of sense for them to license a

Re: [Videolib] International VCRs in your media centers?

2015-05-26 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Hi Scott, We do still maintain our 'worldwide' VHS players, although like you, they're receiving less and less use as international DVDs become more widely utilized for not-available-commercially-in-the-U.S. titles. We maintain three -- one in our viewing carrels that students can use, one

Re: [Videolib] Spanish Affair / Ocho apellidos vascos (2014)

2015-05-26 Thread Sarah E. McCleskey
Thanks, I’ve got a PAL DVD on the way, so no problem there. As for streaming … we shall see!!! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:44 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: