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  1. Claude Levi-Strauss in His Own Words (2009)

    aka: Claude Levi-Strauss Par Lui-Même

    Director
    Pierre-André Boutang; Annie Chevallay
    Subject
    Anthropology; French studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 93 minutes), $39.95

    This French television documentary recounts the extraordinary career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude Lévi-Strauss, whose theories not only influenced that field, but also linguistics,...

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  2. Inside the Koran (2009)

    aka: Qur’An, The

    Director
    Antony Thomas
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 94 minutes), $24.95

    Feature-length documentary from director Antony Thomas, attempting to analyse and demystify what the central religious text of Islam says about issues such as equality, punishment, peace, faith and suicide...

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  3. Maillart’s Bridges (2008)

    Director
    Heinz Emigholz; Karen Severns
    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 114 minutes), $29.95

    Continuing his exploration of "architecture as autobiography," filmmaker Heinz Emigholz focuses here on the work of Swiss artist, civil engineer, and legendary bridge builder Robert Maillart, who...

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  4. Goodbye Cp (2007)

    aka: Sayonara Cp

    Director
    Kazuo Hara
    Subject
    Social Studies; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 82 minutes), $29.95

    Maverick documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara once again criticizes the mores and customs of Japanese society in this unsentimental portrait of adults with cerebral palsy. Focusing on how the CP victims are...

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  5. Toyen (2005)

    Director
    Jan Nemec
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 63 minutes), $29.95

    Jan Nemec’s film concerns the Czech artist Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings, often erotic in nature. She...

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  6. Oleanna (2003)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 89 minutes), $19.98

    A film adaptation by David Mamet of his own play that explores the issues of sexual harassment. A college professor is forced to confront the moral and political implications of power, blackmail and revenge...

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  7. My Name was Sabina Spielrein (2002)

    Director
    Elisabeth Marton
    Subject
    Psychiatry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 90), $29.95

    Sabina Spielrein was a Russian Jewish psychiatrist whose diaries and letters, which were re-discovered in 1977, showed the extent of her relationship with Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the influence she...

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  8. Othello (2001) (2001 Television)

    Director
    Geoffrey Sax
    Producer
    Julie Gardner; Anne Pivcevic
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 96 minutes), $19.95

    A contemporary television adaptation by Andrew Davies of Shakespeare’s Othello. London’s black population is angry when a black man has died in police custody and it becomes politically expedient to...

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  9. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

    Director
    Louis Malle
    Producer
    Fred Berner
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 119 minutes), $24.98

    A version of Chekov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’. Film director Louis Malle films stage director André Gregory rehearsing a production of the play. The shabby grandeur of the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York,...

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  10. N is a Number (1993)

    Director
    George Paul Csicsery
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 57 minutes), $29.95

    Film about Hungarian mathematician Paul Erd s, who was reknowned for his prolific work and his eccentric lifestyle. This whimsical documentary followed him for four years through four countries, presenting...

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