Amos Vogel dies at age 91

Influential cinéaste, Amos Vogel died in his Greenwich Village apartment last Tuesday at the age of 91. He was best known as the founder of Cinema 16 and the first New York Film Festival, not to mention his bestselling book, Film as a Subversive Art. 

See what the New York Times had to say, or check out this article from Dangerous Minds.

Learn more about Amos Vogel at amosvogel.com


Check out Paul Cronin's 2004 documentary, Film as a Subversive Art

FILMS ON DEMAND- New Titles by Subject ~ Two for one Friday

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part 3 Art & Architecture,  part 4 Communication

Action: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Animals: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Celebrations: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Gordon Parks: Visions
Subject: Art & Architecture

KieranTimberlake: Loblolly House and Cellophane House
Subject: Art & Architecture

Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace
Subject: Art & Architecture

Landscape: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Portraits: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Rick Joy: Interludes
Subject: Art & Architecture

Steven Holl: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building
Subject: Art & Architecture

Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower
Subject: Art & Architecture

Travel: How to Take Stunning Photos
Subject: Art & Architecture

Vincent Scully: An Art Historian among Architects
Subject: Art & Architecture

Great Thinkers: Culture Wars
Subject: Art & Architecture, Communication, History, Philosophy & Religion, Sociology

Communication

100 Years of Hollywood: Carl Laemmle and Universal Studios
Subject: Communication

As Seen on TV: Rise of the Infomercial
Subject: Communication

CNBC Titans: Ted Turner
Subject: Communication

Modern Marvels: Motion Picture
Subject: Communication

Traditional Print and Online Advertising
Subject: Communication

American Sign Language: Greetings, The Alphabet, and More-American Sign Language, Level 1
Subject: Communication, Education

American Sign Language: Numbers, Money, and More-American Sign Language, Level 1
Subject: Communication, Education

Great Thinkers: The Grand Experiment
Subject: Communication, History, Philosophy & Religion, Sociology

Waves of Liberty
Subject: Communication, History, Political Science

Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution
Subject: Communication, Sociology

PressPausePlay: The Digital Revolution and the Changing Creative Landscape
Subject: Communication, Sociology

Rethinking Work
Subject: Communication, Sociology

Tabloid! Inside the New York Post
Subject: Communication, Sociology

FILMS ON DEMAND- New Titles by Subject

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part 2  Area Studies

 

Lessons of the Blood: Unit 731 and the Legacy of Biological Warfare
Subject: Area Studies, Criminal Justice, History

Hard Beginnings: The New School Semester in Rural China-Chinese School
Subject: Area Studies, Education, Geography, Sociology, World Languages

Loved Ones: Home for the Holidays in Rural China-Chinese School
Subject: Area Studies, Education, Geography, Sociology, World Languages

Olympic Fever: Sports Day in Rural China-Chinese School
Subject: Area Studies, Education, Geography, Sociology, World Languages

The Heat Is On: Preparing for Entrance Exams in Rural China-Chinese School
Subject: Area Studies, Education, Geography, Sociology, World Languages

The Year of the Golden Pig: Three Schools in Rural China-Chinese School
Subject: Area Studies, Education, Geography, Sociology, World Languages0

Lost Cities of the South: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Subject: Area Studies, Geography

The Holy Land: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Subject: Area Studies, Geography

The Road to Timbuktu: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Subject: Area Studies, Geography

The Slave Kingdoms: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Subject: Area Studies, Geography

The Swahili Coast: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Subject: Area Studies, Geography

Beijing: Biography of an Imperial Capital-Center of the Cosmos
Subject: Area Studies, Geography, History

Nixon's Address on Watergate, 1973
Subject: Area Studies, History, Political Science

Richard Nixon's Visit to China, 1972
Subject: Area Studies, History, Political Science

Interview with Liu Xiaobo: On Fear, Free Speech, and Optimism
Subject: Area Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology

Because We Were Beautiful: Indonesian Comfort Women Tell Their Stories
Subject: Area Studies, History, Sociology

Immigrants in America, 1970
Subject: Area Studies, History, Sociology

Nel: Return to Kabul
Subject: Area Studies, Philosophy & Religion, Sociology

Not in God's Name: In Search of Tolerance with the Dalai Lama
Subject: Area Studies, Philosophy & Religion, Sociology

China: The Rebirth of an Empire
Subject: Area Studies, Political Science, Sociology

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FILMS ON DEMAND- New Titles by Subject

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Films-On-Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that makes it easy to incorporate educational programs from Films Media Group (FMG) into content management systems, online lesson plans, and distance learning courseware. FMG has been adding about 600 new titles per year. Nearly every FMG title available on the Films.com website can be accessed instantly.

part 1  Anthropology

The Human Spark, with Alan Alda—Part 1, Becoming Us
Subject: Anthropology

The Human Spark, with Alan Alda—Part 2, So Human, So Chimp
Subject: Anthropology

Thinking in Symbols
Subject: Anthropology

Bitter and Sweet: Beauty, Humor, and Harmony in Australia's Indigenous Art

Subject: Anthropology, Art & Architecture, Sociology

Dreams and Nightmares: Memory and the Spirit World in Australia's Indigenous Art
Subject: Anthropology, Art & Architecture, Sociology

Home and Away: Issues of Displacement in Australia's Indigenous Art
Subject: Anthropology, Art & Architecture, Sociology

Bugs, Bones, and Botany: The Science of Crime
Subject: Anthropology, Criminal Justice

The Knights of Camelot
Subject: Anthropology, English & Language Arts

Myths and Legends of Lost Civilizations
Subject: Anthropology, English & Language Arts, History

Arthur: The Once and Future King
Subject: Anthropology, History

The Search for Shangri-La

Subject: Anthropology, History

The Blue Lily: Flower Power? Sacred Weeds
Subject: Anthropology, History, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology

Henbane: The Witches Brew? Sacred Weeds
Subject: Anthropology, History, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Sociology

Salvia Divonorum: Sacred Weeds
Subject: Anthropology, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology

This Is Our Country Too: Questioning Australia's Intervention Laws
Subject: Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

Applied Psychology

John Dewey: An Introduction to His Life and Work
Subject: Applied Psychology, Education, Philosophy & Religion

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Selected New Documentary Titles in Media Services

Check out these documentaries that were recently added to the Media Services collection.

Can tropical rainforests be saved? - DVD 3311
Two million women: Domestic violence - DVD 3312
Orphans of Tibet - DVD 3313
Untouchable? - DVD 3314
Money lenders: Updated for year 2000 – DVD 3315
Retrato de Teresa - DVD 4301
Seeing Red - DVD 4303
Brincando el charco = Portrait of a Puerto Rican - DVD 6831
Woman with the five elephants - DVD 6832
Land of opportunity - DVD 7572
Passionate politics: the life and work of Charlotte Bunch – DVD 7573
Sun come up - DVD 9560
I'm British but... - DVD 9751
Trading democracy - DVD 9769
Ambush in Mogadishu - DVD 9772