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Middle East


HOW TO START A REVOLUTION

Director: Ruaridh Arrow

Gene Sharp hardly seems like one of the world's most dangerous men. White-haired and soft-spoken, the 83-year-old professor mostly keeps to himself, spending much of his time in his small Boston home reading, writing, and tending to his orchid garden. But to the world's most brutal dictators, Professor Sharp's ideas have proven catastrophic. In this fascinating new film, first-time director Ruaridh Arrow details how an obscure list of nonviolent actions authored by Sharp in 1973 has served as a blueprint for anti-authoritarian revolts everywhere from Eastern Europe and the Balkans to the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Giving as much attention to the substance of Sharp's "198 Methods of Nonviolent Action" as it does to the democratic rebels who have courageously made these methods their own, How to Start a Revolution bears witness not only to the power of nonviolent struggle, but to how one person of conscience can quietly influence the lives of millions of people. Features commentary from Sharp's close ally Retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert Helvey, Sharp himself, and many of the revolutionary leaders his work has inspired.

DVD contains two versions: a full length version (82 minutes) and an abridged version (52 minutes).

Reviews
  • "A world conquering British documentary" - The Daily Telegraph

  • "A vital conversation starter and educational tool for a world awash with violence." - The Huffington Post

  • "Inspirational" - The Globe & Mail

    Awards
  • Best Documentary - Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
  • Best Documentary - Boston Film Festival
  • Best Documentary - Raindance Film Festival, London
  • Special Jury Prize - One World Film Festival - Ottawa

    Item no.: SR01060124
    Format: DVD (With English Subtitles)
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    Duration: 134 minutes
    Copyright: 2011
    StdBkNo.: 193286959X
    Price: USD 250.00

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    LIVE FROM BETHLEHEM

    By Matt Sienkiewicz and Joseph C. Sousa

    The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency (MNA) emerged out of the ashes of the second Intifada to become the only independent news network in the Palestinian Territories and an increasingly prominent and influential journalistic force in the wider Middle East. Live from Bethlehem tells MNA's remarkable story. It chronicles the agency's struggles and successes through the eyes of the station's reporters, producers, and photographers, in the process quietly revealing the humanity of ordinary Palestinians as they go about their daily business. The documentary trains its focus on people more than on abstract issues, yet it never loses sight of the myriad social and political forces and pressures that Ma'an journalists are forced to negotiate as they try to gather and report balanced information. What results is an admirably nuanced portrait of how news gets produced, and how Palestinians live, in one of the world's most troubled regions.

    Reviews
  • "fascinating¡K" - The Chicago Reader

  • "A truly superb film¡Kexceptional in its nuanced portrayal of the forces that come to bear on media production in the Palestinian Territories." - Dr. Michael Curtin, author of Playing to the World's Biggest Audience

    Item no.: WY01060090
    Format: DVD (With English Subtitles)
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    Duration: 36 minutes
    Copyright: 2009
    StdBkNo.: 1932869328
    Price: USD 250.00

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    TEA ON THE AXIS OF EVIL

    Director: Jean Marie Offenbacher

    In 2003, the Bush Administration and the US media began referring to Syria and Iran in the same terms that had been used to justify the US invasion of Iraq. As a result, it was becoming ever more possible that attempts to destabilize Syria and Iran would have proceeded unopposed by a misinformed American public.

    After hearing reports about the friendliness of the Syrian people that conflicted with what was being presented in the news, filmmaker Jean Marie Offenbacher decided that this contradiction deserved further exploration. She moved to Syria¡Xalone¡Xto record a portrait of life from all across the country, from the rural regions to the large urban centers and even to the halls of power in Damascus.

    By presenting Syrians from all walks of life as they converse about their daily lives and discuss such topics as cultural tradition, globalism, religion and education¡Xto name just a few¡XTea on the Axis of Evil makes the moderate, genial voices of the Syrian people available for the rest of the world to hear.

    Awards
  • WINNER: Noor Award for Outstanding Documentar- San Francisco Arab Film Fest
  • WINNER: Special Mention Jury Award - Salento International Film Fest

    Item no.: PU00590276
    Format: DVD (English & Arabic with English subtitles)
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    Duration: 67 minutes
    Copyright: 2009
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    IRAQI EXODUS: THE IRAQ WAR AND THE MIDDLE EAST'S REFUGEE CRISIS

    This Wide Angle report travels to the front lines of the staggering refugee crisis that continues to unfold in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war -torn hometowns to live either as exiles in neighboring countries or dislocated within Iraq's borders. The situations in Syria and Jordan, where refugees cope with their new surroundings amidst government pressure and rising resentment from the local population, are spotlighted. In addition, Aaron Brown speaks with regional leaders about how the catastrophe is impacting the Middle East - and these millions of homeless Iraqis whose hope of return grows dimmer with each passing year.

    Note: Only available in the US and Canada.

    Item no.: WK00273269
    Format: DVD
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    Duration: 57 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    StdBkNo.: 9781617336560
    Price: USD 170.00

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    WAR, LOVE, GOD, & MADNESS

    Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji

    While visiting Iraq in 2007 for the premiere of his first feature film, Ahlaam, director Mohamed Al-Daradji summons the courage to look back over the turbulent past three years of his life and the making of his film in a volatile war zone.

    Undaunted by ever present dangers and heartbreaking chaos, Mohamed returned to his home in Baghdad in 2004. The Iraq he had once known had vanished, replaced by the gritty aftermath of 35 years of dictatorship, three wars, and the wake of occupation. Finding the once vibrant streets consumed by unemployment, poverty, and madness, he strives to fulfill his dream of making a film in the country he loves.

    Determined not to succumb to physical and emotional strife, Mohamed's camera rolls on as the world begins to unravel around him. A spectrum of society previously sidelined by images of war is introduced to the audience: a young child sings for Saddam; a father grieves for his hanged son; a young actor thinks back on his time in prison; a troubled friend becomes lost in madness.

    Struggling against seemingly insurmountable hurdles involving persecution, imprisonment, personal injury, terrorist attacks, and the numerous restrictions established by U.S. troops, Al-Daradji proves himself to be one of the world's most truly independent filmmakers. War, Love, God, & Madness is the riveting film that documents his experience of making cinematic art in one of the most dangerous and chaotic places on Earth.

    Item no.: GH00590278
    Format: DVD (Arabic with English subtitles)
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    Duration: 85 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
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    BLOOD AND OIL: THE DANGERS & CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICA'S GROWING DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN PETROLEUM

    Featuring Michael T. Klare

    With clarity and urgency, Blood and Oil transcends partisan politics to show how six decades of failed government policy have increased America's dependence on foreign oil and made its energy and defense policies virtually interchangeable.

    Against the grain of leaders and pundits who have dismissed and belittled claims that the U.S. has sacrificed the lives of its troops and countless others around the world to feed its oil habit, the film exposes a fundamental connection between diminishing global petroleum supplies, skyrocketing rates of global consumption, and successive American wars and military interventions. Based on the critically-acclaimed book by international security expert Michael T. Klare.

    "Resources, not differences in civilizations or identities, are at the root of most contemporary confilict." - Michael T. Klare

    Item no.: JR01060026
    Format: DVD (With English Subtitles)
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    Duration: Approx. 55 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
    StdBkNo.: 1932869255
    Price: USD 195.00

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    FIGHT FOR OIL - PART 1

    Part 1 chronicles the discovery of oil in Persia in 1908; the tumultuous claims placed on Middle East territories and conclude with the British being sent home from Iran in the 1950s.

    This episode explores the "sphere of interest," power politics, oil's role in both World Wars, American influence, the Saudi empire, the exile of Britain, and the Shaw's rise to power and the start of turmoil between the nations of the Middle East

    Item no.: AC00160999
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High - College
    Duration: 55 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
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    FIGHT FOR OIL - PART 2

    Part 2 profiles the history of Middle East oil beginning in the early 1970's. It chronicles the oil embargo and the resulting rise in import prices as foreign leaders attempt to negotiate. Tensions in the Middle East begin to heighten as conflicting groups become more violent with each other and foreign powers. Assassinations, hostage situations and torture are tearing the region apart. American female soldiers fighting in the Gulf War sparks interests in women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Fundamentalist groups react to this and become even more oppressive and aggressive.

    Item no.: TP00161000
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High - College
    Duration: 55 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
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    FIGHT FOR OIL - PART 3

    Part 3 profiles the after effects of the second gulf war. Iraq, which once played a major role in the Middle East oil trade, is struggling to gain stability. Exemplifying this is the city of Kirkuk, one of the two largest oil regions in the country, where oil brought destruction and discrimination against the Kurds. In Iran, controversy surrounds the Sunni and Shiite's and the struggle for everyday life. This episode also shows the disparity between north and south Tehran and the south's disappointment with failed promises by president Ahmadinijhad. In stark contrast lies Kuwait and Saudi Arabia where modernization is far beyond that of Iran and Iraq.

    Item no.: MC00161001
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High - College
    Duration: 55 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
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    HAMAS VICTORY

    HAMAS VICTORY investigates the appeal of an officially terrorist organization both in the isolated, more traditionally Islamic oriented Gaza Strip, and in the secularized West Bank. The earlier Palestinian popular support of Yassir Arafat's "Fatah" movement has declined as its' corruption and scandals punctuated the failure to achieve peace and prosperity, much less totally expel the Israelis¡Xportrayed as alien and brutal occupiers. Beginning with its' (ironically) Israeli supported development by the Muslim Brotherhood imported decades ago from Egypt and climaxing in its' unanticipated sweep of democratic elections, this emerging force was born of a deep and furious hatred of Israel and its' Western supporters. Can the West hope that it will become more pragmatic and recognize the need to negotiate with Israel? HAMAS hints at the answers in the words of those who supported it.

    Item no.: MT00160883
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High, College
    Duration: 22 minutes
    Copyright: 2006
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    REEL BAD ARABS: HOW HOLLYWOOD VILIFIES A PEOPLE

    Featuring Dr.Jack Shaheen

    This groundbreaking documentary takes aim at a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, Reel Bad Arabs explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs, from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-toting terrorists. Along the way, it offers devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypical images and their development at key points in U.S. history. By inspiring critical thinking about the social and political effects of these Hollywood caricatures, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people, and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture.

    Review
  • "Good documentaries can move you or inform you. Great documentaries can change your entire point of view. Reel Bad Arabs falls into the latter category." - FAIZAN RASHID, Film Critic, The Emirates Network

  • "Jack Shaheen is a one-man anti-defamation league.'' - HELEN THOMAS, Distinguished Journalist & Author

  • "Good documentaries can move you or inform you. Great documentaries can change your entire point of of fairness and sanity in pointing out Hollywood's ongoing egregious smearing of Arabs." - HOWARD ROSENBERG, Los Angeles Times TV Critic

    Item no.: JP01060066
    Format: DVD (With English Subtitles)
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    Duration: 50 minutes
    Copyright: 2006
    StdBkNo.: 193286900X
    Price: USD 250.00

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    ARNA'S CHILDREN: HOW THE CHILDREN OF A PALESTINIAN THEATRE GROUP GOT INVOLVED IN THE INTIFADAH

    By Juliano Mer Khamis

    This personal narrative tells the story of a children's theatre group on the West Bank that was established by Arna Mer Khamis, who grew up in a Zionist family and later married a Palestinian Arab. Directed by Arna's son Juliano, Arna's Children shifts back and forth in time to show the children in rehearsal from 1989 to 1996, and then revisits them later to discover the tragic fates that awaited three of them. Devastating and shocking, the film reveals the tragedy and horror of lives trapped by the circumstances of the Israeli occupation.

    Review
  • "Mer is not addressing the Jewish or Arab viewer. He is addressing those who do not know what a life without hope is." - YITZKAH LAOR, Haaretz Daily

    Item no.: DR01060025
    Format: DVD
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    Duration: 84 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    EGYPT - LOST TOMB OF THE SONS OF RAMSESES II

    This unique film feature Dr. Kent Weeks and documents the re-discovery of the forgotten tomb, KV5, in the Valley of the Kings. Here we learn that the once overlooked tomb is not only one of the largest found in Egypt, but also it is unique in plan and purpose. From the wall reliefs and objects found on the floors, archaeologists have discovered that KV 5 was the burial place of the sons of Ramseses II.

    Review
  • "Highly Recommended. This program reports on the excavation of KV5, a tomb thought to be constructed by Ramseses II as a burial place for his first 12 sons. Using diaries, 19th-century maps, photography, common sense, and a lot of old-fashioned digging, a team led by Kent Weeks, a professor of Egyptology at American University in Cairo, uncovered the tomb. It is an exciting find because of the likelihood that the tomb has not been plundered by grave robbers and will present complete, undisturbed burial areas." -VRG Review

    Item no.: TR05440771
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 15 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    EGYPT - OF PHARAOHS AND FABLES

    A robed horseman, leading his camels across desert sands, guides us into 5,000 years of human history. We begin in the city of Cairo with its spectacular Egyptian Museum; next in Memphis we learn of the fable of the Apis Bulls; on the Suqqara Plain we visit the oldest stone structure on Earth, the great step pyramid; then to Giza, home of the famous pyramids and Sphinx, and to learn about papyrus making. Next, we explore ancient Nubia, today known as the Sudan; then to Elephantine Island and the Temple of Philea; next Aswan High Dam and Lake Nasser, the world's largest man-made lake; then the temples of Pharaoh Ramses II; also the magnificent temples at Karnak and Luxor, once known as Thebes. Next, we explore the Valley of the Kings to relive finding Pharaoh Tutankhamun's treasures; then in Tell El Amarna we view a variety of temples; next we view life at an isolated oasis; then we visit Alexandria and its underground catacombs; next the Sinai Peninsula and Mt. Sinai; and in conclusion we meet the tent-dwelling Bedouin, the nomads of Arabia.

    Item no.: NJ05530772
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 90 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    EGYPT - SECRETS OF THE SAND

    Egypt's Pyramids have dominated the Giza plateau for more than five thousand years; and as we learn in this eye-opening documentary, most of the ancient world's secrets are yet to be revealed. Here we meet the select few who are granted access to the closely guarded tombs, including Dr. Zahi Hawass, no run-of-the-mill archaeologist, he is the impresario of Egyptology, "and no one touches a grain of Giza sand without his say-so." We learn of the myths that have been corrected, such as the Pyramids being built by slaves; visit the tomb Ka-em-ankh, an overseer of the treasure, and see the painstaking reality of an Egyptologist's life.

    Review
  • "Highly Recommended. This is an exciting documentary that aims to shed new light on the misty origins of Ancient Egypt. New images from space of the Sahara Desert show that the region was once widely irrigated - indicating an advanced civilization once existed there. There is also evidence to suggest why the desert is the site of ancient burial grounds. With the help of this new data, scientists are beginning to piece together a theory that suggests that it was the race that lived in this region which moved into the Nile delta after environmental changes made their home too arid, bringing with them the technologies that laid the foundation for the great Egyptian civilization that created the pyramids." -National Geographic.

    Item no.: KS05390773
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 20 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    EGYPT - THE NILE: LIFEBLOOD OF EGYPT

    50 centuries ago, the Egypt of the Pharaohs. Of ancient Greeks and Romans. Christian Egypt. Islamic Egypt. Its lifeblood is the Nile. Today, the Republic of Egypt, with 60 million inhabitants, is the most populous Arab nation on Earth. This up-to-date study of Egypt and the Nile takes us to Cairo, ancient Memphis, the Pyramids, Alexandria, the Suez Canal, holy Sinai, the Red Sea, Luxor, Karnaw and Aswan.

    Review
  • "Highly Recommended. This voyage on the Nile presents an excellent look at Egypt." -Booklist

    Item no.: FC05440774
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 45 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    GAZA (ISRAEL & PALESTINE) - JOURNEYS TO HEAVEN AND HELL

    In Gaza, politics and religion define every aspect of daily life, and it's a place where suicide bombers have the status of rock stars in the West. This documentary attempts to answer why the Palestinian leadership cannot control the fanatics of Hamas, and to understand what propels ever-greater numbers of Palestinians towards suicide? At a mosque we see eager faced youngsters who listen with rapt attention as a white shrouded fighter speaks of his wish to die. Also we are shown the forces that drive youngsters towards the harsh extremists who reject any peace process with Israel. At a public meeting, organized by the Palestinian administration, officials get into fistfights with one another. Set against the order and mass popularity of Hamas' rallies, it's a graphic example of just how limited Palestinian's powers are.

    Review
  • "Recommended. Journalist Sandra Jordan's street level look at the hell that is Gaza. She reports on the exalted status enjoyed by suicide bombers and their families, and explains why Arafat's Palestinian Authority is unable to control Hamas, the radical Islamic group that recruits and trains young bombers who view martyrdom as a ticket to heaven." -School Library Journal

    Item no.: EW05440943
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 25 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    IRAQ - THE NEW KURDISTAN

    This documentary takes us to the landlocked mountains of Northern Iraq to investigate the new democracy that is flourishing in Kurdistan. In 1988 Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons killed over 5000 Kurds and today congenital abnormality rates are 4-5 times higher than post atomic populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Still the Kurds have rebuilt 80% of their villages and Iraqi Kurdistan is undergoing a mini boom. Western style shopping malls are springing up and university students have independent newspapers and Internet access. In 1992 the Kurds held elections, formed a parliament, and see themselves as a model for a democratic Iraq. However, the society they have built is incredibly fragile because the Jund al-Islam, part of the Al Quaida network, presents a new threat.

    Item no.: FJ05441262
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 32 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    ISRAEL - STORIES FROM THE HOLY LANDS

    Israel's history is filled with stories and a new history is still evolving today. Here we experience many of those ancient and contemporary stories. First, we travel from Tel Aviv to Joppa, where Jonah set sail; then we visit Nablos, Mt. Gerizim, Caesaria, to explore Roman and Crusader ruins, Carmel National Park, Haifa's Baha'i Shrine, Acco's Mosque of El-Jazzar, Rosh Hanikra's sea-carved caves and Montfort's Crusader Castle. Next, an archaeological dig in Banias; then many New Testament sites, including Capernaum, the Church of the Beatitudes, the Church of the Multiplication, and Nazareth; also we tour the Basilica of the Annunciation, the Church of St. Joseph, Cana, Mt. Tabor, Belvior, and the archaeological digs at Bet Shean. Next to 10,000-year-old Jericho, the Judean Desert, the Monastery of St. George, the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, Masada, Eilan, Hai Bar, and Bethlehem. Our program concludes in Jerusalem where we visit the Knesset, the Supreme Court Building, Yad Vasheum, the Garden Tomb, Arab Suq (market), the Western (Wailing) Wall and the Church of the Holy Seplicar.

    Review
  • "Great heart went into the making of this. It gets top marks." -The Seattle Times

    Item no.: CH05391285
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 90 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    LEBANON - FORGOTTEN PALESTINIANS

    More than 300 000 Palestinians in Lebanon still live in subhuman conditions. That is more than in any other Arab country. The plight of these people was once a central concern of the Arab world. Today, they feel forgotten. They are unwanted in Lebanon and have no place in the new Palestine. Many Palestinians in Lebanon feel abandoned by the PLO and the world. One old man who has lived most of his life in exile says: "Our land is still occupied. The Palestine of 1967 gives us nothing. We're the Palestinians of 1948. We want to go back to our land, to our homes." Will these people pay the price for a new Palestine?

    Item no.: FU05531385
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Junior High, Senior High, College, Adult
    Duration: 15 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
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    PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND: U.S. MEDIA & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

    Featuring interviews with Noam Chomsky, Hanan Ashrawi, Robert Fisk, and Rabbi Michael Lerner among many others.

    This critically-acclaimed documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites work in combination with Israeli public relations strategists to exercise a powerful influence over news coverage of the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with the insights of analysts, journalists, and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides an historical overview, a devastating comparison of U.S. and international media coverage, and an examination of the factors that have distorted U.S. media reporting and American public opinion.

    Review
  • "Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land should be required viewing for every citizen in the United States." - ROBERT McCHESNEY, University of Illinois

    Item no.: HY01060038
    Format: DVD (With English, French, Spanish Subtitles)
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    Duration: 80 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
    StdBkNo.: 1893521931
    Price: USD 250.00

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    FLOOD IN BAATH COUNTRY, A

    Director: Omar Amiralay

    In 1970, director Omar Amiralay showed his enthusiasm for President Hafez Al-Assad's efforts to modernize Syria by dedicating his first documentary to the construction of the impressive new Euphrates Dam. The dam, and others like it, was to be the pride of the Baath Party.

    The collapse of the Zayzun Dam thirty years later, which killed dozens of people and ruined thousands of lives, and the revelation of an official report that had predicted the dam's fate, inspired Amiralay to make A Flood In Baath Country, which examines the flood's devastating impact on a Syrian village. With its powerful and daring critique of Syria's political regime and the tribal politics that hold it together, the film foreshadows the wave of democracy currently sweeping the Arab world, with citizens finally rising up to demand a fundamental change in their countries' leadership.

    Review
  • "A rare contemporary example of filmmaking combining formal mastery with political courage - Peter Scarlet, Tribeca Film Festival

    Item no.: TZ00590268
    Format: DVD (Arabic with English subtitles)
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    Duration: 59 minutes
    Copyright: 2003
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    PALESTINE

    This documentary examines the ways in which the history of Palestine has been shaped by the governments of other countries. After failing to provide either the homeland promised to the Jews or the independent and unified nation promised to the Arabs during World War 1, Britain in 1948 abandoned its Palestinian mandate and left the United Nations to cope with the seemingly insoluble Arab-Jewish dilemma. The Americans, despite commitments to Israel, decided during the Cold War to also recognize the interests of the Arab oil-producing nations. Conflict in the Middle East was always seen in context of the larger global confrontation.

    After the Jewish leader David Ben Gurions proclamation of the independent state of Israel on May 14,1948, Palestine became the rallying cry of opposition to Israel. After the 1948 war Palestine for the Arabs ceased to be a place and became an ideal for which men, women, and children are still willing to die. PALESTINE unsparingly uncovers the factors, personages, and events which have led to the ceaseless crisis of today

    Item no.: ET00160570
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High - College
    Duration: 52 minutes
    Copyright: 2002
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    OUR HONOUR AND HIS GLORY: HONOR KILLING IN THE PALESTINIAN ZONE

    In some areas of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, honor is deemed of such importance that a father, a brother or a cousin is entitled by tribal custom to kill a woman, often a young girl, who is suspected of having sullied the family moral standard. Legislation now exists in countries such as Egypt and Jordan prohibiting such "honor killings" but the incidents of this practice do continue, rarely acknowledged openly.

    This film documents two cases in Palestinian villages. A nineteen-year-old girl attempted to return to her family which had cast her out in disgrace. Her death was announced publicly. One young, pregnant single girl was kept in prison to protect her from her family. After giving birth, she was spirited to the West Bank where she was given a new identity.

    While the traditional tacit acceptance of "honor killings" is now challenged by human rights and women's rights groups, in instances like the ones depicted in the film, they have not intervened.

    Item no.: TY00870683
    Format: DVD
    Audience: College, Adult
    Duration: 28 minutes
    Copyright: 1999
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    AL NAKBA: THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE 1948

    A documentary on the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem. AL NAKBA tackles the tragic events surrounding the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. It tells how and why 750,000 Palestinian Arabs became refugees by the end of the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Arab and Israeli eye witnesses together with Professor Benny Morris of Ben-Gurion University, who is the leading international authority on this subject, describe what happened rather than what successive generations of Israeli and Arab propagandists have said happened. Film makers Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse spoke with Palestinians and Israelis of different backgrounds including: Azni Bishara, an Arab-Israeli philosopher and member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) Shaban Muhmoud, a Palestinian refugee from the village of Zakariya (near Jerusalem). Itzhak Pundak, a retired Israeli colonel and diplomat.

    Item no.: JC00160571
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High, College
    Duration: 56 minutes
    Copyright: 1998
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    EDWARD SAID: ON ORIENTALISM

    Based on Edward Said's influential book, Orientalism, this engaging and lavishly illustrated program examines the context within which he conceived the book, as well as his cultural analysis of media representations of the Middle East and Islam. In a post-9/11 world, this program provides an indispensable perspective.

    Item no.: TN01060014
    Format: DVD
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    Duration: 40 minutes
    Copyright: 1998
    StdBkNo.: 189352146X
    Price: USD 225.00

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    EDWARD SAID: THE MYTH OF THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS

    In this important lecture, which is particularly relevant to the 'War on Terrorism,' Edward Said challenges the ideological assumption that the contemporary world is characterized by conflicts between different and "clashing" civilizations (Western, Islamic, Confucian).

    Item no.: ZC01060033
    Format: DVD
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    Duration: 60 minutes
    Copyright: 1998
    StdBkNo.: 1893521478
    Price: USD 125.00

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    ARAB-ISRAELI STRUGGLE FOR PEACE

    This film traces Arab-Israeli relations from the creation of Israel in 1948 to the signing of the peace treaty in September of 1993. Included are scenes of Jewish refugee camps, the Suez Crisis, and the careers of Nasser, Begin & Shamir. All of the conflicts are covered using extraordinary historic footage - The Six Day & Yom Kippur Wars, Beirut, the Golan Heights as well as terrorist activities and regional rivalries that affect the lives of all in the Middle East.

    Item no.: TN00160081
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High - College
    Duration: 55 minutes
    Copyright: 1994
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    Price: USD 250.00

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    ARABS: A LIVING HISTORY - THE ARABS NOW

    Basim Musallam returns to the Arab world with questions from the west that Arabs ask themselves. What effect will the educational explosion, huge labor migration and revolution in communications have on one another and the western world.

    Item no.: RC00160082
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Senior High, College
    Duration: 50 minutes
    Copyright: 1986
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    Price: USD 195.00

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    WILD FLOWERS, WOMEN OF SOUTH LEBANON

    Director: Jean Khalil Chamoun & Mai Masri

    Women played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of Southern Lebanon. WILD FLOWERS, WOMEN OF SOUTH LEBANON is a document that aims to preserve their stories.

    The result is a poignant docu-drama about resistance and hope that has won several awards including the Film Critics Award at the 1986 Carthage Film Festival.

    Review
  • "A rare, lyrical and poignant film." -La Presse

    Award
  • Winner: Film Critics Award, Carthage Film Festival

    Item no.: LJ00590213
    Format: DVD (Arabic, With English Subtitles)
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    Duration: 75 minutes
    Copyright: 1986
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    Price: USD 170.00

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    WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A VEILED REVOLUTION

    Directed by Marilyn Gaunt

    Egyptian women were the first Arab women to march in political demonstrations (1919), the first to take off their veils publicly (1923), and the first to receive free secular education (1924).

    But today the educated granddaughters of those early Arab feminists are returning to Islamic dress, complete with full face veil and gloves. A VEILED REVOLUTION considers possible reasons for this turn back to tradition - the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, the rejection of western values - as Egyptian women speak out.

    Reviews
  • "This excellent film deals with the phenomenon of young, educated women who are returning to variously restrictive forms of what they refer to as 'Islamic dress'." - Science Books & Films

  • "An excellent basis for discussion." - EFLA Evaluations

    Award
  • Finalist, 1983 American Film Festival

    Item no.: SM03400708
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Audience:
    Duration: 26 minutes
    Copyright: 1982
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    Price: USD 280.00

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    MIDDLE EAST: REVOLUTION - IRAQ AND IRAN

    A tradition of revolution emerged in the post-World War II Middle East. In Iraq, revolutionary activity sought to change the past and force the nation into a new political direction. The Iranian revolution aimed to recreate the past and restore the place of Orthodox Islam in Iranian life.

    Item no.: ZU11080674
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Junior High, High School, College
    Duration: 25 minutes
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    Price: USD 111.00

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