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Hundreds of communities in the Tierra Caliente de Guerrero, Mexico have been displaced by organized crime that wants to control territory to traffic drugs and exploit the natural resources. Refugees in a strange city, children reveal the humanitarian crisis of forced displacement and the consequences of relocation and violence in their lives.
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Room Without A View reveals the dire reality of foreign domestic workers in Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon. The documentary offers an intimate insight into the private lives of employers, agents and maids. Laws create a legal structure of inequality and power imbalance that encourages corruption and abuse. Sexism and the patriarchal system discriminate against Lebanese women in turn perpetuates abuse against foreign domestic workers. Exposing...
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. The pursuit of dignity for Guatemalan midwives. The documentary explores the challenges that the midwives face as they battle racism and a health establishment that fights to prevent them from providing services. The film shows the important role that these women provide to their communities and profiles their activism aimed at being accepted by the medical system.
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The word Cantadora comes from traditional Colombian music influenced by African roots and refers to the women that compose and sing their songs while going through their daily chores. The documentary provides a portrait of rural life in Colombia in it's Caribbean and Pacific regions through the words and songs of the resilient Afro-Colombian singers that farm there. These resilient women speak of memories of violence at the hands of paramilitaries,...
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R.Among the once arid lands of Rajasthan, India, there is an oasis: a small town called Piplantri, where women are no longer afraid of giving birth to a girl. Since 2005, every time a girl is born, 111 trees are planted in her name to celebrate her birth, turning Piplantri into an oasis. This film reveals the life of the women of Piplantri, and the positive changes that the community is making.
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2023.
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1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. In 2016, a peace agreement between the Colombian government and Farc sparked hope of an end to a five-decade-long armed conflict. But the power vacuum resulted in new cycles of violence between armed criminal gangs, including ex-FARC members. A tenacious Colombian grandmother defends her Indigenous community in the world's largest cocaine-producing region.
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[2018]
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1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and people's experience. Shot on location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greece has become the 'stray dogs of Europe,' and how the dogs have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the anti-austerity movement.
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2022.
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The film reveals the intertwined lives of international chess heroes: Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani. These four legendary female players from Georgia revolutionized women's chess and became Soviet icons of women's empowerment. The women leave a lasting legacy. They played together on the Soviet Union's Olympic team, but they were also competitive with each other. Now older, they are still important icons...
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2018.
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1 videodisc (19 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An intimate look at the indigenous Chinantec People from the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. They inhabit one of the best ecologically preserved regions in Mexico. The Chinantec ancestral strategy is to coexist with the spirits of the forest. They provide viewers with lessons on how to live in harmony with the planet.
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2023.
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Entre 1992 y 2013, Martín Weber preguntó a personas por toda América Latina que escribieran sus sueños en una pizarra de madera. Una década después, buscó a las mismas personas para ver si sus sueños se hicieron realidad.
DVD-R. Between 1992 and 2013, Mart̕n Weber asked people throughout Latin America to write their dreams on a wooden blackboard. A decade later, he searched for the same people to see if their dreams came true.
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2021.
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1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It is a water story. A documentary centered on solutions. This is a look at the driest of places - California and the Southwest. We are invited to change our perspective, rewrite our stories, and ultimately, heal our broken relationships with the natural world. Where land is desert, and water is scarce, we find hope and resilience in Navajo Nation. Where statewide infrastructure is failing, we find innovation and conservation. Where salmon and beavers...
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2023.
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1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. In 2021, in the small rural town of Genoa Nebraska, a harrowing search commenced to locate the graves of Native American children who were taken from their tribes and sent to the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, one of America's largest and longest-running boarding schools for indigenous children. The Genoa school was part of a vast network of institutions for Native American children set up in the 19th and 20th centuries across the USA....