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Now in Media Services - Chronicles of the Refugee - DVD 7721 - 7723

Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with 'al-Nakba' (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are more historical and informative, presenting an almost comprehensive review of 60 years of dispossession. The last three parts tackle many issues facing Palestinian refugees, and are meant to open up debate on taboo and contentious issues. Part IV deals with identity formation and the impact of being in diaspora. Part V looks at strategies for the Right of Return and who is doing what to achieve realization of this right. Part VI focuses on issues of leadership and representation, from the perspective of what kind of representation have Palestinians had over time and what do they want now.

Filmed in over 15 countries, with more than 250 interviews of Palestinian refugees who have lived in over 25 countries, this is the first documentary Film to look at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. The film presents Palestinian refugees who were displaced in 1948 and their descendants, and includes the wide range of age, socio-economic status, education level, etc.

Chronicles of the Refugee is an independently produced film made by Adam Shapiro, Perla Issa and Aseel Mansour, with a musical score by Tarik "Excentrik" Kazaleh. Funding for the project was made possible through individual contributions and the film is in no way associated with any organization, political party, faction or otherwise.

Film is in Arabic and English with subtitles.

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Part I: "Nakba Dailies"
Part II: "Daily Nakbas"
Part III: "Homeland Without ID (papers)"
Part IV: "Identity Without a Homeland"
Part V: "Talk About Return"
Part VI: "Return of the Talk"

Adam Shapiro is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, and has previously made the documentaries About Baghdad , Darfur Diaries , Becoming Nadya and Nowhere to Flee .

Perla Issa is a Palestinian from Lebanon, who recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared . She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary Nowhere to Flee and was part of the team that produced the documentary series, Arabs and Terrorism.

Assel Mansour is an indpependant Palestinian filmmaker from Jordan. His Filmography includes: Little Feet ; Nightmares of Reality, co-director; and Alert Guns.

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4th Brazilian Film Week - 3 Final Screenings Tonight at E St Cinema!

Tonight at 5:00pm
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (É proibido fumar, 2009) Anna Muylaert. 86min.

Baby is a chain-smoking guitar teacher in her forties who craves a romantic relationship. When musician Max moves into the apartment next door, she sees the possibility of turning her lonely life around. Instead, she unexpectedly finds herself involved in a love triangle leading to a terrible jealous rage. A bad time to give up smoking. View trailer>>



Tonight at 7:30pm
A GASTRONOMIC STORY (Estômago, 2007) Marcos Jorge. 112 min.

The world is made of those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way: he cooks. He cooks first in a bar, then in an Italian Restaurant and then in prison - how did he end up in jail? He cooks and learns how to get by in a society divided between those who eat and those who get eaten. View trailer>>





Tonight at 10:00pm
OUT OF TUNE (Os desafinados, 2009) Walter Lima Jr. 131 min.

In the 60s, during the golden years of Bossa Nova, a group of musicians and composers form the band "Out of Tune". They launch themselves into an independent trip to the US, where they eventually find love, reach a broad audience and achieve success in the record market. View trailer>>




All of the above screenings are at the E Street Cinema located at 555 11th St NW. The entrance is on E St between 10th and 11th St NW.

Remembering Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

The New York Times described Tony Curtis as "one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age." Read More...

Here's a short list of Tony Curtis related titles in our Home Use Collection:
Celluloid Closet - HU DVD 5696
Last Tycoon - HU DVD 718
Some Like It Hot - HU DVD 396
Spartacus - HU DVD 3272
Sweet Smell of Success - HU DVD 1296

Coal Miner's Daughter - HU DVD5798 (co-produced by Tony Curtis)

3 Picks From Werner Herzog!

Werner Herzog was on WAMU 88.5FM last week talking about three films that he highly recommends you see:

Treasure of the Sierra Madre - HU DVD 1022
Viva Zapata - HU VHS 1657
Swing Time - HU VHS 7048

Read about it here or...

Listen to the WAMU/NPR segment here:


Here is a list of some of the Herzog films in our collection:
Death for Five Voices – HU DVD 460
Land of Silence and Darkness – HU DVD 1364
Signs of Life – HU DVD 1421
Wheel of Time – DVD 1563
White Diamond – DVD 1578
Grizzly Man – HU DVD 1682
Aguirre, The Wrath of God – DVD 1807
Rescue dawn – HU DVD 3419
Fitzcarraldo – HU DVD 3540
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser – HU DVD 3541
Even Dwarfs Started Small – HU DVD 3542
Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana – HU DVD 3543
Heart of Glass – HU DVD 3544
Little Dieter Needs to Fly – HU DVD 3545
Stroszek – HU DVD 3546
Nosferatu The Vampyre – DVD 3875
Encounters at the End of the World – DVD 5029
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – HU DVD 7042

Woyzeck – VHS 4248
My Best Fiend – VHS 6287
Herdsmen of the Sun – HU VHS 6458
Cobra Verde – HU VHS 7088