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| - AT PRICES YOU CAN AFFORDCalifornia Newsreel is speeding the migration of library video collections to powerful new digital platforms by making available more than 60 award-winning titles (listed below) at special “collection development” prices – up to 50% OFF. For more details on Newsreels unique Local Streaming Licenses, special discount offers and ordering information click hereAmong the titles in California Newsreel Digital collection, are all seven films by pioneering black documentarian, Marlon Riggs whose works are being licensed for local streaming for the first time. For further information see Marlon Riggs: The Complete Edition |
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IN BLACK AND WHITE - SIX PROFILES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 6 authors, 157 minutes total, 1992 |
| An introduction to six distinguished African American writers - Charles Johnson, Gloria Naylor, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, John Wideman and August Wilson. MORE... |
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JULY '64
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 54 minutes, 2006,  |
| Summer, 1964: Violence erupted on a hot July night in Rochester, New York. July '64 tells the story of an unrest that altered the course of history in Rochester, and predicted urban unrest throughout the American North. MORE... |
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A KILLER BARGAIN
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 57 minutes, 2006 |
| The killer bargain referred to by this documentary's title is the availability of cheap consumer goods, imported by Western companies, whose prices don't reflect the human and environmental costs of their production. MORE... |
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LIBERIA: A FRAGILE PEACE
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 60 minutes, 2006 |
| A chronicle of the period from the departure of Charles Taylor to the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first African woman head of state, that presents the difficulties of rehabilitating a nation destroyed by war. As one Liberian so eloquently stated in the film, "We have an historic opportunity to re-create our state, and that's not something most people have in their lifetime." MORE... |
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LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 102 minutes, Liberia and USA, 2005 |
| This exciting documentary provides an in-depth, case study of one of the bloody civil wars springing up like brush fires across Africa. An intrepid duo of reporters covers the war from either side though neither side can be said to represent anyone but itself. The film indicts the U.S. for its failure to come to the aid of a country to which it helped give birth. MORE... |
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MADE IN CHINA
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 52 minutes, China, 2007, English |
| Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China." MORE... |
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MADE IN L.A.
(HECHO EN LOS ANGELES)
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70 minutes, 2007, In Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles and 10 other languages
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| A new 2-DVD Toolkit containing the film, 6 new video modules and a detailed discussion guide, all accessible in 12 languages, is now available directly from the filmmakers. Visit http://madeinla.com/Toolkit.html for more information. MORE... |
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MANY STEPS
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 28 minutes, 2002 |
| A lively exploration of the historical and cultural context of Stepping, an energetic communal dance form sweeping college campuses. Young teams of dancers creatively add hip-hop movements to a tradition dating back to the early 20th century. MORE... |
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MAQUILAPOLIS
(City of Factories)
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 68 minutes, 2006, English Closed Captions, In Spanish with English subtitles
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| The inspiring story of women workers in Tijuana who, though laboring for poverty wages, still stand up to transnational corporations to win severance pay and to clean up toxic waste sites. MORE... |
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