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Academy Awards: Best Picture

2008 (81st): Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
DVD X1377

2007 (80th): No Country for Old Men (2007)
DVD 9439

2006 (79th): The Departed (2006)
DVD 7296

2005 (78th): Crash (2004)
DVD 4298

2004 (77th): Million Dollar Baby (2004)
DVD 4170

2003 (76th): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
DVD 1254

2002(75th): Chicago (2002)
DVD 1850

2001 (74th): A Beautiful Mind (2001)
DVD 1230

2000 (73th): Gladiator (2000)
DVD 399

1999 (72th): American Beauty (1999)
DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746

1998(71th): Shakespeare in Love (1998)
DVD59; vhs 999:2440

1997 (70th): Titanic (1997)
DVD 2172

1996 (69th): The English Patient (1996)
DVD 5439; vhs 999:219

1995 (68th): Braveheart (1995)
DVD 509

1994 (67th): Forrest Gump (1994)
DVD 1085

1993 (66th): Schindler's List (1993)
DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120

1992 (65th): Unforgiven (1992)
DVD DVD X1105; vhs 999:1108

1991 (64th): The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998

1990 (63rd): Dances with Wolves (1990)
DVD 1693; vhs 999:480

1989 (62nd): Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
DVD 5147

1988 (61st): Rain Man (1988)
DVD 8279; vhs 999:2531

1987 (60th): The Last Emperor (1987)
DVD 213; vhs 999:259

1986 (59th): Platoon (1986)
DVD 455; vhs 999:805

1985 (58th): Out of Africa (1985)
DVD X789; vhs 999:2021

1984 (57th): Amadeus (1984)
DVD250; vhs 999:397

1983 (56th): Terms of Endearment (1983)
DVD 5521

1982 (55th): Gandhi (1982)
DVD 927; vhs 999:203

1981 (54th): Chariots of Fire (1981)
DVD 5492

1980 (53rd): Ordinary People (1980)
DVD 3645; vhs 999:2804

1979 (52nd): Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031

1978 (51st): The Deer Hunter (1978)
DVD 5; vhs 999:708

1977 (50th): Annie Hall (1977)
DVD 56; vhs 999:263

1976 (49th): Rocky (1976))
DVD 6749; vhs 999:2049

1975 (48th): One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
DVD 343; vhs 999:377

1974 (47th): The Godfather: Part II (1974)
DVD 908; vhs 999:137

1973 (46th): The Sting (1973)
DVD 1439

1972 (45th): The Godfather (1972)
DVD 908; vhs 999:137

1971 (44th): The French Connection (1971)
DVD 851; vhs 999:2307

1970 (43rd): Patton (1970)
DVD 2877; vhs 999:770

1969 (42nd): Midnight Cowboy (1969)
DVD 5254; vhs 999:986

1968 (41st): Oliver! (1968)
DVD 5721; vhs 999:1287

1967 (40th): In the Heat of the Night (1967)
DVD 4561; vhs 999:421

1966 (39th): A Man for All Seasons (1966)
DVD 7451; vhs 999:195

1965(38th): The Sound of Music (1965)
DVD 456; vhs 999:767

1964 (37th): My Fair Lady (1964)
DVD 464; vhs 999:872

1963 (36th): Tom Jones (1963)
DVD 2520; vhs 999:698

1962 (35th): Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
DVD 666; vhs 999:382

1961 (34th): West Side Story (1961)
DVD 1747; DVD 551; vhs 999:115

1960 (33rd): The Apartment (1960)
DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127

1959 (32nd): Ben-Hur (1959)
DVD 3369; vhs 999:233

1958 (31st): Gigi (1958)
DVD 618; vhs 999:746

1957 (30th): The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
DVD 547; vhs 999:400

1956 (29th): Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
DVD 5483;vhs 999:834

1955 (28th): Marty (1955)
DVD X150; vhs 999:855

1954 (27th): On the Waterfront (1954)
DVD 899; vhs 999:18

1953 (26th): From Here to Eternity (1953)
DVD 918; vhs 999:988

1952 (25th): The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
vhs 999:3359

1951 (24th): An American in Paris (1951)
DVD 1432; vhs 999:26

1950(23rd): All About Eve (1950)
DVD 247; vhs 999:103

1949 (22nd): All the King's Men (1949)
DVD 5484; vhs 999:264

1948 (21st): Hamlet (1948)
DVD 312; vhs 999:937

1947 (21th): Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
DVD 2808; vhs 999:987

1946 (19th): The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
DVD 2865; vhs 999:114

1945 (18th): The Lost Weekend (1945)
DVD 535; vhs 999:433

1944 (17th): Going My Way (1944)
DVD 679

1943 (16th): Casablanca (1942)
DVD 54; vhs 999:119

1942 (15th): Mrs. Miniver (1942)
DVD X896; vhs 999:2208

1941 (14th): How Green Was My Valley (1941)
DVD 306

1940 (13th): Rebecca (1940)
DVD 181; vhs 999:2373

1939 (12th): Gone with the Wind (1939)
DVD54; vhs 999:142

1938 (11th): You Can't Take It with You (1938)
DVD 100; vhs 999:119

1937 (10th): The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
DVD 6805; vhs 999:2864

1936 (9th): The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
vhs 999:3634

1935 (8th) : Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
DVD 4631; vhs 999:600

1934 (7th): It Happened One Night (1934)
DVD 175; vhs 999:11

1933 (6th): Cavalcade (1933)
[Not available on video or DVD]

1932 (5th): Grand Hotel (1932)
DVD 4282; vhs 999:1630

1931 (4th): Cimarron (1931)
DVD 5091

1930 (3rd): All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
DVD 340; vhs 999:104

1929 (2nd): The Broadway Melody (1929)
DVD 4001; vhs 999:804

1928 (1st): Wings (1927)
vhs 999:611

Academy Awards: Director

2008: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
DVD X1377

2007: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
DVD 9439

2006: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
DVD 7296

2005: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
DVD 5386

2004: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
DVD 4170

2003: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
DVD 2773

2002: Roman Polanski - The Pianist
DVD 1632

2001: Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
DVD 1230

2000: Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
DVD 866

1999: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746

1998: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
DVD 146; vhs 999:2358

1997: James Cameron - Titanic
DVD 2172

1996: Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
DVD 5439; vhs 999:219

1995: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
DVD 509

1994: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
DVD 1085

1993: Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120

1992: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven(1992)
vhs 999:1108

1991: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998

1990: Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
DVD 1693; vhs 999:480

1989: Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July
DVD 769; vhs 999:740

1988: Barry Levinson - Rain Man
DVD 8279; vhs 999:2531

1987: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
DVD 213; vhs 999:259

1986: Oliver Stone - Platoon
DVD 455; vhs 999:805

1985: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
DVD X789; vhs 999:2021

1984: Milos Forman: - Amadeus
DVD250; vhs 999:397

1983: James L. Brooks: - Terms of Endearment
DVD 5521

1982: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
DVD 927; vhs 999:203

1981: Warren Beatty - Reds
DVD 6749; vhs 999:1627

1980: Robert Redford - Ordinary People
DVD 3645; vhs 999:2804

1979: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031

1978: Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
DVD 5; vhs 999:708

1977: Woody Allen - Annie Hall
DVD 56; vhs 999:263

1976 John G. Avildsen: - Rocky
DVD 6557; vhs 999:2049

1975: Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
DVD 343; vhs 999:377

1974: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather: Part II
DVD 908; vhs 999:137

1973: George Roy Hill - The Sting
DVD 1439

1972: Bob Fosse - Cabaret
DVD 339; vhs 999:794

1971: William Friedkin - The French Connection
DVD 851; vhs 999:2307

1970: Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton
DVD 2877; vhs 999:770

1969: John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy
DVD 5254; vhs 999:986

1968: Carol Reed - Oliver! (1968)
DVD 5721; vhs 999:1287

1967: Mike Nichols - The Graduate
DVD 32; vhs 999:145

1966 Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons
DVD 7451; vhs 999:195

1965: Robert Wise - The Sound of Music
DVD 456; vhs 999:767

1964 George Cukor: - My Fair Lady
DVD 464; vhs 999:872

1963: Tony Richardson - Tom Jones
DVD 2520; vhs 999:698

1962: David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
DVD 666; vhs 999:382

1961: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins - West Side Story
DVD 1747; DVD 551; vhs 999:115

1960: Billy Wilder - The Apartment
DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127

1959: William Wyler - Ben-Hur
DVD 3369; vhs 999:233

1958: Vincente Minnelli - Gigi
DVD 618; vhs 999:746

1957: David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
DVD 547; vhs 999:400

1956: George Stevens - Giant
DVD 4134; vhs 999:720

1955: Delbert Mann - Marty
DVD X150; vhs 999:855

1954: Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront
DVD 899; vhs 999:18

1953: Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity
DVD 918; vhs 999:988

1952: John Ford - The Quiet Man
DVD 9200; vhs 999:2701

1951: George Stevens - A Place in the Sun
DVD DVD X1491; vhs 999:2121

1950: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve (1950)
DVD 247; vhs 999:103

1949: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives
DVD 3805; vhs 999:3493

1948: John Huston - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
DVD 2040; vhs 999:55

1947: Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement
DVD 2808; vhs 999:987

1946: William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
DVD 2865; vhs 999:114

1945: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
DVD 535; vhs 999:433

1944 Leo McCarey - Going My Way
DVD 679

1943: Michael Curtiz - Casablanca
DVD 54; vhs 999:119

1942: William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver
DVD X896; vhs 999:2208

1941: John Ford - How Green Was My Valley
DVD 306

1940: John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
DVD 2434; vhs 999:87

1939: Victor Fleming - Gone with the Wind
DVD54; vhs 999:142

1938: Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You
DVD 100; vhs 999:119

1937: Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth
DVD 6534; vhs 999:41

1936: Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
DVD 171; vhs 999:820

1935: John Ford - The Informer
DVD 5657; vhs 999:647

1934: Frank Capra - It Happened One Night
DVD 175; vhs 999:11

1932/1933: Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade

1931/1932: Frank Borzage - Bad Girl
DVD X724

1930/1931 Norman Taurog - Skippy

1929/1930: Lewis Milestone: - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
DVD 340; vhs 999:104

1928/1929: Frank Lloyd - The Divine Lady

1927/1928: Lewis Milestone - Two Arabian Knights

1927/1928 Frank Borzage - Seventh Heaven
DVD X712

Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Picture

2008/2009: Departures (Okuribito) (Japan)

2007/2008: The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher) (Austria)
DVD X476

2006/2007: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (Germany)
DVD 8380

2005/2006: Tsotsi(South Africa)
DVD 5803

2004/2005: The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)(Spain)
DVD 4052

2003/2004: The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (Canada)
DVD 5525

2002/2003:Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (Germany)
DVD 1997

2001/2002: No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
DVD 1149

2000/2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan)
DVD 766; vhs 999:3170

1999: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (Spain)
DVD 319

1998: Life Is Beautiful (La è vita bella)
DVD 124; vhs 999:2503

1997: Character (Karakter) (Netherlands)
DVD 5532

1996: Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic)
vhs 999:2259

1995: Antonia's Line (Antonia) (Netherlands)
DVD 8446; vhs 999:1645

1994: Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) (Russia)
DVD 5513; vhs 999:1604

1993: The Age of Beauty (Belle époque) (Spain, Portugal, France)
DVD X914; vhs 999:1726

1992: Indochine (France)
DVD 2131; vhs 999:1125

1991: Mediterraneo (Italy)
DVD 5558

1990: Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish)
vhs 999:2881

1989: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Italy)
DVD 3195; vhs 999:1976

1988: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark)
DVD 663; vhs 999:1116

1987: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud) (Denmark)
DVD 5512; vhs 999:1468

1986: The Assault (De Aanslag)

1985: The Official Story (La Historia oficial) (Argentina)
DVD 262; vhs 999:587

1984: Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (Switzerland)
DVD 5543

1983: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden)
DVD 3189; vhs 999:944

1982: Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar)
vhs 999:1942 (In Spanish without subtitles)

1981: Mephisto (Hungary)
vhs 999:398

1980: Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (Moskva slezam ne verit) (USSR)
DVD 835; vhs 999:1645

1979: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (Federal Republic of Germany)
DVD 554; vhs 999:623

1978: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs) (France)
DVD 5511

1977: Madame Rosa (La Vie devant soi) (France)

1976: Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) (Ivory Coast)
DVD 1667; vhs 999:333

1975: Dersu Uzala (USSR)
DVD 408; vhs 999:2040

1974: Amarcord (Italy)
DVD 51; vhs 999::6

1973: Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France)
DVD 3524; vhs 999:1492

1972: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
DVD 445; vhs 999:78

1971: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy)
DVD 5520; vhs 999:1909

1970: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy)

1969: Z (Algeria)
DVD 5533; vhs 999:548

1968: War and Peace (Voyna i mir) (USSR)
DVD 1435

1967: Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledovanévlaky) (Czechoslovakia)
DVD 1180; vhs 999:1073

1966: A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France)
DVD 5526; vhs 999:735

1965: The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia)
DVD 5514; vhs 999:864

1964: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy)
DVD 5534; vhs 999:2430

1963: 8½ (Otto e mezzo) (Italy)
DVD 952; vhs 999:132

1962: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) ) (France)

1961: Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (Sweden)
DVD 1855; vhs 999:1047

1960: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden)
DVD 4987; vhs 999:1209

1959: Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy) (Italy)
DVD 50; vhs 999:352

1958: My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France)
DVD 895; vhs 999:1094

1957: Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy)
DVD 66; vhs 999:361

1956: La Strada (Italy)
DVD 2128; vhs 999:2447

As an Honorary Award

1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi) (Japan)
DVD 2731

1954: Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (Japan)
vhs 999:1097

1953: No Award Given

1952: Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (France)
DVD 4992; vhs 999:133

1951: Rashômon (Japan)
DVD 1143; vhs 999:50

1950: The Walls of Malapaga (Le Mura di Malapaga) (Italy)
DVD 1143; vhs 999:50

As a Special Award

1949: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy)
DVD 23; vhs 999:116

1948: Monsieur Vincent (France)
DVD 9901

1947: Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy)
vhs 999:733

Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature

2008 - Man on Wire
Directed by James Marsh
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."
DVD X835

2007 - Taxi to the Dark Side
Directed by Alex Gibney
An investigation into the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process. Takes an in-depth look at the case of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was suddenly detained by the U.S. military one afternoon and died in his Bagram prison cell five days later. This gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power demonstrates how one man's life and death symbolizes the erosion of our civil rights.
DVD X373

2006 - An Inconvenient Truth
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
DVD 6601

2005 - March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur)
Directed by Luc Jacquet
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest by Emperor Penguins begins as they set out to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds, travel through deep, treacherous waters and risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, to find a partner under the harshest conditions on earth.
DVD 4906

2004 - Born into Brothels
Directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
While living in the red light district of Calcutta and documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
DVD 4383

2003 - The Fog of War
Directed by Errol Morris
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
DVD 2687

2002 - Bowling for Columbine
Directed by Michael Moore
Famed documentarian and left-wing political humorist Michael Moore tackles the issue of America's unique obsession with firearms. Taking off from the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999, Moore visits a Michigan bank that gives new customers a free gun, marshals statistics for gun deaths in the U.S. and interviews subjects as diverse as National Rifle Association spokesman Charlton Heston and shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
DVD 1827

2001 - Murder on a Sunday Morning (Un coupable idéal)
Directed by: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
A documentary investigating a true tale of murder and injustice in Jacksonville, Florida. When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. McGuiness reopens the inquiry, and discovers a slew of shocking and troubling elements about the case. Most importantly, can the police be lying?
DVD 1842

2000 - Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris; produced by Deborah Oppenheimer.
A documentary on the Kindertransport rescue operation in which 10,000 Jewish children were saved from Hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later remembrances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
DVD 1042

1999 - One Day in September
Directed by Kevin MacDonald; produced by Arthur Cohn, John Battsek.
Presents the shocking true story of the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Chronicles events from terrorist training in Libya to the terrorists sneaking into the Olympic Village to the tension-filled negotiations to the shocking conclusion at a German airport. Told with actual video shot during the crisis and interviews with those who took part (including the only surviving member of the Black September group).
DVD 1040

1998 - The Last Days
Directed and edited by James Moll June; producers: June Beallor, Ken Lipper.
Traces the compelling experiences of five Hungarian holocaust survivors. Including newly-discovered historical footage and a rare interview with a former Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, the film tells the remarkable story of a grandmother, a teacher, a businessman, an artist and a U.S. Congressman, as they return from the U.S. to their hometowns and to the ghettos and concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.
DVD 2132; vhs Video/C 6458

1997 - The Long Way Home
Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris; produced by Marvin Hier, Richard Trank.
Discusses the critical post World War II period between 1945 and 1948 and the plight of the tens of thousands of Jewish refugees who survived the Holocaust. The documentary looks at their attempts to get to the Jewish homeland (often illegally) and the formation of a Jewish state, Israel. Combining rare archival film and stills with new interviews, this film interweaves historical narrative with stories, anecdotes and recollections of Jewish refugees.
Video/C 4954

1996 - When We Were Kings
Directed by Leon Gast; produced by Leon Gast, David David Sonenberg, Taylor Hackford.
In 1974, Muhammad Ali made what some thought would be his last title bid to regain the heavyweight boxing championship, stripped from him years before. Fight promoters offered him five million dollars to come to Zaire to fight George Foreman, a young and seemingly unbeatable opponent. Then, as the world watched, Ali took center ring, pulling off a stunning upset.
DVD 5862; vhs Video/C 6041

1995 - Anne Frank Remembered
Written, directed, and produced by Jon Blair.
This film includes interviews with Anne Frank's surviving family, friends and her heroic protector, Miep Gies and features vintage newsreels, photographs and even a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne's diary. DVD 7344; vhs Video/C 4554

1994 - Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Director, producer, writer, Freida Lee Mock.
Portrays the career of Maya Lin as an architect/artist as told by her and others, with special focus on the design and emotional impact of the Vietnam Veterans and Civil Rights Memorials.
DVD 1996; Video/C 4359

1993 - I am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
Directed by Susan Raymond; produced by Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond.
A documentary about the 725 Headstart to 5th graders at the Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia. Stanton is a Chapter One school which receives federal funding because of the poverty in this area. Principal Deanna Bernie does her best to give these children the same quality education that more fortunate children have. Includes disciplinary methods, experimental classes, and information about the home lives of some of the children in this inner city environment.
Video/C 6998

1992 - The Panama Deception
Directed by Barbara Trent; produced by Barbara Trent, Joanne Doroshow, Nico Panigutti, David Kasper
Presents an alternative view of the invasion of Panama by the U.S. military that was not given by the American media.
DVD 9505; vhs Video/C 6998

1991 - In the Shadow of the Stars
Directed, edited, and produced by Allie Light and and Irving Saraf.
A behind-the-scenes look at the lesser known choristers of the San Francisco Opera Company, many of whom aspire to become soloists and stars. The film lovingly explores the blurred boundary between private lives and stage spectacles, and creates a rare and privileged look into the world of grand opera.
Video/C 8612

1990 - American Dream
Directed by Barbara Kopple; produced by Arthur Cohn, Barbara Kopple.
The true-life story of a workers' strike against Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota is documented from beginning to end. When Geo. A. Hormel & Company made $2 million in profits and then cut their worker's salaries by $2 an hour each, the workers had only one option: Go out on strike.
DVD 6527; vhs 2268

1989 - Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt
Directed by Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman; produced by Bill Couturie, Robert Epstein.
The story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt established by the San Francisco NAMES Project Foundation in 1987 to commemorate the lives lost to AIDS. From the thousands memorialized in the quilt, profiles five individuals--including a recovered IV drug user, a former Olympic decathlon star and a boy with hemophilia--whose stories reflect the diversity and common tragedy of those who have died from AIDS. Celebrates their unique personalities and achievements, interweaving these personal histories with a chronology of the epidemic's development and the negligence of the government.
DVD 2761; vhs 1774

1988 - Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Directed and produced Marcel Ophüls.
Klaus Barbie was a Nazi war criminal who escaped and remained hidden for 40 years. This film traces the 40-year hunt for Barbie which ended when he was brought to trial in 1987.
Video/C 1558

1987 - The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
Directed and produced by Aviva Slesin.
From 1919 to 1929 in New York City's Algonquin Hotel, a group of poets, novelists, playwrites, critics, humorists and editors met each day to exchange opinions, gossip and the most cutting wit of the day.
Video/C 1827

1986 - Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Produced by Brigitte Berman

1986 - Down and Out In America
Directed by Lee Grant; produced by Joseph Feury, Milton Justice
We live in a country that prides itself on the opportunities available to all. This film takes a hard look at the farmers who can't hold on to their land, the homeless and the 20 million Americans who still don't have enough to eat, and asks how long can we ignore the nightmare of poverty.
Video/C 3128

1985 - Broken Rainbow
Directed by Victoria Mudd, Thom Tyson; produced by Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd.
A documentary about the relocation of ten thousand Navaho Indians from their hogans in northern Arizona to tract homes in towns some distance away because the land allegedly belongs to the Hopi. Looks at efforts to mediate the land dispute.
DVD 6004; vhs 2152

1984 - The Times of Harvey Milk
Directed by Robert Epstein; produced by Richard Schmiechen, Robert Epstein.
Documentary on the life of Harvey Milk, the gay San Francisco Supervisor who was killed with Mayor George Moscone on Nov. 27, 1978.
DVD 2728; Video/C 1009

1983 - He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Produced by Emile Ardolino.
Jacques d'Amboise, principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, teaches children dance during school hours in fourteen schools in the metropolitan area. Tells the story of the children's experiences, from auditions, through the teaching process, culminating in an event at Madison Square Garden in which 1,000 children participate and celebrities perform with them.
Video/C 751

1982 - Just Another Missing Kid
Directed by John Zaritsky

1981 - Genocide
Produced by Marvin Hier, Arnold Schwartzman
Graphically presents the story of the Holocaust and the millions of men, women and children who fell victim to Hitler's Final Solution, depicting the events through newsfilms, still photos and the personal reminiscences of survivors.
Video/C 9350

1980 - From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
Directed and produced by: Murray Lerner.
Documentary film taken during the 1979 trip by Isaac Stern and his family to China, where he was invited by the government to perform and teach the techniques of Mozart to Chinese musicians.
Video/C 2146

1979 - Best Boy
Directed and produced by Ira Wohl.
Film about a fifty-two-year-old, mentally retarded Phillip Wohl and how filmmaker Ira Wohl, his cousin, helped him gain a degree of independence when his parents could no longer shelter him.
DVD 5434; Video/C 773

1978 - Scared Straight!
Produced by Arnold Shapiro
Profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison
DVD 3113

1977 - Who are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Produced by John Korty, Warren Lockhart, Dan McCann.
An authentic and sensitive portrait of an extraordinary family. Most of the children are very special adopted kids: white, yellow, and black, and physically handicapped or victims of war and catastrophe. Dealing with the most fundamental issues of love, courage, finding one's identity, and becoming a whole person, the film gives us a magnificent demonstration of what human beings can accomplish. It helps us define our own relationships and see the human being behind those who are different from ourselves. Irresistibly uplifting, raucously happy, extremely funny.
Video/C 9401

1976 - Harlan County, U. S. A.
Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple.
A docu-drama of the 1973 Kentucky coal miner's strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the union's national contract with the United Mine Workers of America.
DVD 5665; vhs 999:509

1975 - The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Directed by Bruce Nyznik, Lawrence Schiller. A documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970 accompanied by a Canadian film crew. Miura skied 6,600 feet in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and fell 1320 feet down the steep Lhotse face from the Yellow Band just below the South Col. He used a large parachute to slow his descent. He came to a full stop just 250 ft. from the edge of the crevasse. Eight died during the expeditions' ascent.
DVD X204

1974 - Hearts and Minds
Directed by Peter Davis; produced by Peter Davis, Bert Schneider.
Examines the American consciousness that led to involvement in Vietnam. Includes interviews with General William Westmoreland, Robert Kennedy, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, Senator William Fulbright, Walt Rostow, and Daniel Ellsberg as well as American Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese leaders. Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon are show in rare footage.
DVD 1184

1993 - The Great American Cowboy
Directed by Kieth Merrill

1972 - Marjoe
Directed by Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith
DVD 2439; also included on DVD 5298

1971 - The Hellstrom Chronicle
Produced by Walon Green

1970 - Woodstock
Directed by Michael Wadleigh; produced by Bob Maurice.
This documentary film captures the unique communal experience and many of the performances of the most famous of outdoor rock concerts performed during three days at Bethel, New York.
DVD 452

1969 - Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life
Produced by Gérard Patris; François Reichenbach

1968 - Journey into Self
Produced by Bill McGaw

1967 - The Anderson Platoon
Produced by Pierre Schoendoerffer.
Follows the "Anderson Platoon," a racially integrated combat unit, for six weeks during the Vietnam War, as the soldiers eat, sleep, fight, gamble, pray and die together.
Video/C 3507

1966 - The War Game
Directed, written, and produced by Peter Watkins.
A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check.
DVD 6040; vhs 3971

1965 - The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Directed by Sidney Glazier
Video/C 9471

1964 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun
Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau

1963 - Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World
Directed by Robert Hughes

1962 - Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler
Directed by Louis Stoumen

1961 - Sky Above, Mud Below (Le Ciel et la Boue)
Directed by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau; produced by Arthur Cohn, René Lafuite
DVD 1667

1960 - Horse with the Flying Tail
Directed by Larry Lansburgh

1959 - Serengeti Shall Not Die (Serengeti darf nicht sterben)
Directed by Bernhard Grzimek

1958 - White Wilderness
Directed by Ben Sharpsteen

1957 - Albert Schweitzer
Directed by Jerome Hill

1956 - The Silent World(Le Monde du silence)
Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau

1955 - The Unconquered (Helen Keller in Her Story)
Directed by Nancy Hamilton

1954 - Vanishing Prairie
Directed by Walt Disney
DVD 6709

1953 - The Living Desert
Directed by James Algar; produced by Walt Disney
DVD 6709

1952 - The Sea Around Us
Directed by Irwin Allen

1951 - Kon-Tiki
Directed by Olle Nordemar
Video/C 1370

1950 - The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Directed by Robert J. Flaherty, Richard Lyford, Curt Oertel

1949 - Daybreak in Udi
Directed by Terry Bishop; produced by Crown Film Unit

1948 - The Secret Land
Directed by O. Dull

1947 - Design for Death
Directed by Richard Fleischer, Theron Warth, Sid Rogell

1945 - The True Glory
Directed by Garson Kanin, Carol Reed
DVD 3009

1944 - The Fighting Lady
Directed by Louis De Rochemont; produced by 20th Century Fox, U. S. Navy

1943 - Desert Victory
Directed Roy Boulting; produced by British Ministry of Information.
DVD 5802; vhs 5027

1942 - Battle of Midway
Directed by John Ford; produced by 20th Century Fox, U. S. Navy.
DVD 5802; vhs MM464; also on Video/C 7627

1942 - Kokoda Front Line!
Produced by Australian News and Information Bureau

1942 - Moscow Strikes Back
Directed by Ilya Kopalin, Leonid Varlamov

1942 - Prelude To War
Directed and produced by Frank Capra for U. S. Army Special Services
DVD 37

1941 - Churchill's Island
Produced by Canadian Film Board, United Artists

Academy Awards: Best Documentary Short

2007 - Smile Pinki
Directed by Megan Mylan

2007 - Freeheld
Directed by Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

2006 - The Blood of Yingzhou District
Directed by Ruby Yang
DVD 8244

2005 - A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Directed by Eric Simonson

2004 - Mighty Times: The Children's March
Directed by: Robert Hudson (aka Bobby Houston)
DVD 5138

2003 - Chernobyl Heart
Directed by: Maryann DeLeo

2002 - Twin Towers
Directed by: Michael Moore, Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port.
Two brothers, one a firefighter, one a police officer, are remembered for their bravery in New York City on September 11.
DVD 3843

2001 - Thoth
Directed by Lynn Appelle, Sara Kernochan
A New York City performer and musician performs one-man operas in a strange language on the streets of New York to amused, befuddled and awed audiences.
DVD 5298

2000 - Big Mama
Directed by Tracy Seretean; produced by Tracy Seretean
Depicts Viola Dees, a devoted, 89-year old grandmother, in her struggle to raise her orphaned 9-year old grandson in South Central Los Angeles. She must contend with her own declining health and a bureaucratic and legal system that continually threatens to force them apart.
Video/C 9420

1999 - King Gimp
Directed and produced by Susan Hadary, William Whiteford.
Chronicles the life of Dan Keplinger who has cerebral palsy, from his childhood through his early twenties.
Video/C 7283

1998 - The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Year
Produced by Keiko Ibi

1997 - A Story of Healing
Produced by Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak

1996 - Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Directed, written, and produced by Jessica Yu.
Poet-journalist Mark O'Brien was stricken with polio in childhood and has spent most of his life in an iron lung. He describes how he has fought against illness and bureacracy for his right to lead an independent life and offers his reflections on college, work, sex, death, euthanasia, and God.
Video/4841

1995 - One Survivor Remembers
Produced by Kary Antholis
Through a series of interviews, photographs and footage shot in the actual locations of her memories, Gerda Weissmann Klein takes us on a journey of survival through one of the most devastating events in the history of mankind.
Video/C 4918

1994 - A Time For Justice
Produced by: Charles Guggenheim
Uses first-hand testimony of participants and archival footage to present a compelling look at the battle for civil rights in the South, recalling the crises in Montgomery, Little Rock, Birmingham, and Selma. It depicts the struggle through the experiences of its "foot soldiers," who rode where they weren't supposed to ride, walked where they were forbidden to walk and sat where they weren't supposed to sit and stood their ground until they won their freedom.
Video/C 8987

1993 - Defending Our Lives
Directed and produced by Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich
Shows the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. This video features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. Each of these women tells her own horrific tale of beatings, rape and torture at the hands of her husband or boyfriend.
Video/C 3391

1992 - Educating Peter
Produced by Thomas Goodwin, Gerardine Wurzburg

1991 - Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
Directed and produced by Debra Chasnoff
Expose of the human and environmental effects of General Electric Company's nuclear weapons facilities. Plant workers have been poisoned by radiation and asbestos; neighboring homes have experienced cancers and birth defects. Shows the activists who are working to inform the public and stop the company's dangerous activities.
Video/C 2461

1990 - Days of Waiting: The Life and Art of Estelle Ishigo
Directed and produced by Steven Okazaki
Documentary about artist Estelle Peck Ishigo, a Caucasian woman interned during World War II with her Japanese American husband at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyo. Vivid portrayal through her words and drawings and through photographs of the deprivations and humiliations of camp life, and the difficulties of readjustment at war's end.
DVD X1667; vhs Video/C 2177

1989 - The Johnstown Flood
Produced by Charles Guggenheim

1988 - You Don't Have To Die
Produced by Malcolm Clarke, William Guttentag

1987 - Young At Heart
Produced by Pamela Conn, Sue Marx

1986 - Women – For America, For the World
Directed and produced by Vivienne Verdon-Roe
Twenty-two prominent American women challenge the economic and political realities of the arms race.
Video/C 1550

1985 - Witness To War: Dr. Charlie Clements
Directed by Deborah Shaffer; produced by David Goodman.
Documents the career of Charlie Clements, an Air Force pilot whose Vietnamese War experiences convinced him that he had to build a new career as a physician, so that he could heal instead of kill. Focuses particularly on his work as a doctor in El Salvador during that country's conflict with Honduras in 1969.
Video/C 838

1984 - The Stone Carvers
Produced by Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner

1983 - Flamenco at 5:15
Directed by Cynthia Scott; produced by Cynthia Scott, Adam Symansky
Shows how, for a brief interim each year, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada meet with Susana and Antonio Robledo, flamenco dancers, teachers and choreographers, to learn flamenco dancing. Includes views of the students and their flamenco dancing as well as views of the students.
Video/C 3445

1982 - If You Love This Planet
Produced by Terri Nash.
Built around a lecture by the Australian pediatrician and nuclear critic Dr. Helen Caldicott who warns that nuclear disarmament must not be postponed.
Video/C 4662

1981 - Close Harmony
Produced by Nigel Noble

1980 - Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Produced by Roland Hallé, Peter Ladue

1979 - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Directed and written by Saul J. Turell
Briefly details Paul Robeson's artistic triumphs and political work between the time of his first Broadway appearance in 1924 and his death in 1976.
DVD 7280; vhs 992

1978 - Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Produced by Jacqueline Shedd

1977 - Gravity is My Enemy
Produced by John Joseph, Jan Stussy

1976 - Number Our Days
Directed and produced by Lynne Littman, Barbara G. Myerhoff.
Interviews conducted by anthropologist Barbara G. Myerhoff to document lives of Jewish senior citizens of Israel Levin Senior Adult Center, Venice, Calif.
DVD 9288; vhs 2150

1975 - The End of the Game
Directed by Robin Lehman, Claire Wilbur

1974 - Don't
Directed by Robin Lehman

1973 - Princeton: A Search for Answers
Directed by Julian Krainin, DeWitt Sage

1972 - This Tiny World (Deze kleine wereld)
Directed by Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Charles Huguenot van der Linden

1971 - Sentinels of Silence (Centinelas del silencio)
Directed by Robert Amram, Manuel Arango

1970 - Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Directed by Joseph Strick
DVD 5469

1969 - Czechoslovakia 1968
Directed by Robert Fresco, Denis Sanders

1968 - Why Man Creates
Directed by Saul Bass, Elaine Bass
Video/C 9870

1967 - The Redwoods
Directed by Trevor Greenwood, Mark Harris

1966 - A Year Toward Tomorrow
Directed by Edmund Levy

1965 - To Be Alive!
Directed by Alexander Hammid, Francis Thompson

1964 - Nine from Little Rock
Directed by Charles Guggenheim

1963 - Chagall
Directed by Lauro Venturi

1962 - Dylan Thomas
Directed by Jack Howells

1961 - Project Hope
Directed by Frank Bibas

1960 - Giuseppina
Directed by James Hill

1959 - Glass
Directed by Bert Haanstra

1958 - AMA Girls
Directed by Ben Sharpsteen

1956 - The True Story of the Civil War
Directed by Louis Stoumen

1955 - Men Against the Arctic
Directed by Winston Hibler; produced by Walt Disney

1954 - Thursday's Children
Directed by Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
DVD 8077

1953 - The Alaskan Eskimo
Produced by Walt Disney

1952 - Neighbours
Directed by Norman McLaren.
DVD 1911

1951 - Benjy
Directed by Fred Zinnemann

1950 - Why Korea?
Directed by Edmund Reek

1949 - A Chance to Live
Directed by James L. Shute; produced by Richard de Rochemont

1949 - So Much for So Little
Produced by Edward Selzer (Warner Brothers)
DVD 3137

1948 - Toward Independence
Produced by the U. S. Army

1947 - First Steps
Directed by Hans Burger. Produced by United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education

1946 - Seeds of Destiny
Produced by United States War Department.
DVD 2065

1945 - Hitler Lives?
Directed by Saul Elkins. Produced by Gordon Hollingshead

1944 - With the Marines At Tarawa
Produced by U. S. Marine Corp.
Video/C 7628

1943 - December 7th
Directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland for the Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services, U. S. Navy. A recreation combining actual footage A recreation combining actual footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
DVD 1090; vhs MM463; Video/C 2291; Video/C 3099

Sundance Festival: Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic Work

2009 - Precious
Directed by Lee Daniels

2008 - Frozen River
Directed by Courtney Hunt
DVD X1126

2007 - Padre Nuestro
Directed by Christopher Zalla

2006 - Quinceañera
Directed by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
DVD 6840

2005 - Forty Shades of Blue
Directed by Ira Sachs
DVD 5635

2004 - Primer
Directed by Shane Carruth
DVD 3888

2003 - American Splendor
Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
DVD 2333

2002 - Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
Directed by Rebecca Miller
DVD 3526

2001 - The Believer
DVD 1721
Directed by Henry Bean

2000 - Girlfight
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Video/C 999:3117

2000 - You Can Count on Me
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
DVD 5500

1999 - Three Seasons
Directed by Tony Bui
Video/C 999:2389

1998 - Slam
Directed by Marc Levin
DVD 5486

1997 - Sunday
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter
DVD 5499

1996 - Welcome to the Dollhouse
Directed by Todd Solondz
DVD 621

1995 - The Brothers McMullen
Directed by Edward Burns
DVD 334

1994 - What Happened Was...
Directed by Tom Noonan
Video/C 999:3774

1993 - Ruby In Paradise
Directed by Victor Nunez
Video/C 999:3772

1993 - Public Access
Directed by Bryan Singer
DVD 5510

1992 - In the Soup
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell
DVD 5504

1991 - Poison
Directed by Todd Haynes
Video/C 999:1603

1990 - Chameleon Street
Directed by Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Video/C 999:3771

1989 - True Love
Directed by Nancy Savoca
DVD 5498

1988 - Heat and Sunlight
Directed by Rob Nilsson
DVD 5485

1987 - Waiting for the Moon
Directed by Jill Godmilow
DVD 5518; vhs 999:2868

1987 - The Trouble with Dick
Directed by Gary Walkow
Video/C 999:3773

1986 - Smooth Talk
Directed by Joyce Chopra
DVD 5787

1985 - Blood Simple
Directed by Joel Coen
DVD 3334; vhs 999:2120

Sundance Festival: Grand Jury Prize - Documentary

2009 - We Live in Public
Directed by Ondi Timoner

2008 - Man On Wired
Directed by James Marsh
DVD X835

2007 - Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
Directed by Jason Kohn
DVD 9598

2006 - In the Pit(En el hoyo)
Directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo
DVD 8334

2005 - Why We Fight
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
DVD 5766

2004 - DiG!
Directed by Ondi Timoner
DVD 3754

2003 - Capturing the Friedmans
DVD 2277
Directed by Andrew Jarecki

2002 - Daughter From Danang
Directed by Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
DVD 9628; vhs 9538

2001 - Southern Comfort
Directed by Kate Davis
DVD 5501

2000 - Long Night's Journey Into Day
Directed by Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid
DVD 4336; vhs Video/C 7233

1998 - The Farm: Angola, USA
Directed by Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau
Video/C 6147

1998 - Frat House
Directed by Andrew Gurland, Todd Phillips

1997 - Girls Like Us
Directed by Tina Di Feliciantonio, Jane Wagner
Video/C 5254

1996 - Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Directed by Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan
Video/C 5197

1995 - Crumb
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
DVD 7151; vhs 4274

1994 - Freedom on My Mind
Directed by Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford
DVD 3038; vhs Video/C 3566

1993 - Children of Fate
Directed by Michael Roemer, Susan Todd

1992 - A Brief History of Time
Directed by Errol Morris
Video/C 2909

1991 - American Dream
Directed by Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Barbara Kopple, Lawrence Silk
Video/C 2268

1990 - H-2 Worker
Directed by Stephanie Black
Video/C 2324

1989 - For All Mankind
Directed by Al Reinert
Video/D 16

1988 - Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Directed by Jennifer Fox
Video/C 3100

1987 - Sherman's March
Directed by Ross McElwee
DVD 2403; Video/C 1839

1986 - Private Conversations
Directed by Christian Blackwood

1985 - Seventeen (Middletown)
Directed by Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines
Video/C 4879

Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)

2008 (66th)

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (dir. Danny Boyle)
(DVD X1377)

Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) (dir. Ari Folman)
(DVD X1670)

2007 (65th)

Best Picture: Atonement (dir. Joe Wright)
(DVD 9844)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) (France) (dir. Julian Schnabel)
(DVD 9852)

2006 (64th)

Best Picture: Babel (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
(DVD 7293)

Best Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima (USA) (dir. Clint Eastwood)
(DVD 7533)

2005 (63rd)

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (dir. Ang Lee)
(DVD 5386)

Best Foreign Language Film: Paradise Now (Occupied Palestinian Territory / France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel) (dir. Hany Abu-Assad)
(DVD 5325)

2004 (62nd)

Best Picture: The Aviator (dir. Martin Scorsese)
(DVD 3996)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) (Spain) (dir. Alejandro Amenávar)
(DVD 4052)

2003 (61st)

Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (dir. Peter Jackson)
(DVD 2773)

Best Foreign Language Film: Osama (Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan / Ireland / Iran) (dir. Siddiq Barmak)
(DVD 2565)

2002 (60th)

Best Picture: The Hours (dir. Stephen Daldry)
(DVD 1717)

Best Foreign Language Film: Talk to Her (Habla con ella) (Spain) (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
(DVD 1669)

2001 (59th)

Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (dir. Ron Howard)
(DVD 1230)

Best Foreign Language Film: No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia /Italy / France / UK / Belgium) (dir. Danis Tanovic)
(DVD 1149)

2000 (58th)

Best Picture: Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott)
(DVD 399)

Best Foreign Picture: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan)
DVD 766; vhs 999:3170

1999 (57th)

Best Picture: American Beauty (dir. Sam Mendes)
(DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746)

Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Brazil) (dir. Walter Salles)
(DVD 8547; vhs 999:2446)

1998 (56th)

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan (dir. Steven Spielberg)
(DVD 146; vhs 999:2358)

Best Foreign Language Film: Central Station (Central do Brasil) (Spain) (dir. Alejandro Amenávar)
(DVD 319)

1997 (55th)

Best Picture: Titanic (dir. James Cameron)
(DVD 2172)

Best Foreign Language Film: Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink) (France / Belgium / UK) (dir. Alain Berliner)
(DVD 960; vhs 999:2274 )

1996 (54th)

Best Picture: The English Patient (dir. Anthony Minghella)
(DVD 5439; vhs 999:2259)

Best Foreign Language Film: Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic) (dir. Jan Sverák)
( vhs 999:2259 )

1995 (53rd)

Best Picture: Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee)
(DVD 7220; vhs 999:1422)

Best Foreign Language Film: Les Misérables (France) (dir. Claude Lelouch)

1994 (52nd)

Best Picture: Forrest Gump (dir. Robert Zemeckis)
(DVD 1085)

Best Foreign Language Film: Farinelli (Belgium / France / Italy / USA) (Gérard Corbiau)
(DVD X1393)

1993 (51st)

Best Picture: Schindler's List (dir. Steven Speilberg)
(DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120)

Best Foreign Language Film: Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) (China / Hong Kong) (dir. Kaige Chen)
( DVD 191 )

1992 (50th)

Best Picture: Scent of a Woman (dir. Martin Brest)

Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine (France) (dir. Régis Wargnier)
( DVD 2131; vhs 999:1125 )

1991 (49th)

Best Picture: Bugsy (dir. Barry Levinson)
(DVD 5336)

Best Foreign Language Film: Europa Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon) (Germany / France / Poland) (dir. Agnieszka Holland)
( DVD 8362; vhs 999:1424 )

1990 (48th)

Best Picture: Dances with Wolves (dir. Kevin Costner)
(DVD 1693; vhs 999:480)

Best Foreign Language Film: Cyrano de Bergerac (France) (dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
( vhs 999:505 )

1989 (47th)

Best Picture: Born on the Fourth of July (dir. Oliver Stone)
(DVD 769; vhs 999:740)

Best Foreign Language Film: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Italy / France) (dir. Giuseppe Tornatore)
( DVD 3195; vhs 999:1976 )

1988 (46th)

Best Picture: Rain Man (dir. Barry Levinson)
(DVD 8279; vhs 999:2531)

Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark / Sweden) (dir. Bille August)
( DVD 663; vhs 999:1116 )

1987 (45th)

Best Picture: The Last Emperor (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
(DVD 213; vhs 999:259)

Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (Sweden) (dir. Bille August)
( DVD 259; vhs 999:1119 )

1986 (44th)

Best Picture: Platoon (dir. Oliver Stone)
(DVD 455; vhs 999:805)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Assault (De Aanslag) (Sweden) (dir. Fons Rademakers)

1985 (43rd)

Best Picture: Out of Africa (dir. Sydney Pollack)
(DVD X789; vhs 999:2021)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Official Story (La Historia oficial) (Argentina) (dir. Luis Puenzo)
( DVD 262; vhs 999:587 )

1984 (42nd)

Best Picture: Amadeus (dir. Milos Forman)
(DVD 250; vhs 999:397)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Passage to India (UK / India) (dir. David Lean)
( DVD 927; vhs 999:203 )

1983 (41st)

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment (dir. James L. Brooks)
(DVD 5521)

Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden / France / West Germany) (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
( DVD 3189; vhs 999:944 )

1982 (40th)

Best Picture: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (dir. Steven Spielberg)
(DVD 8967; vhs 999:1633)

Best Foreign Language Film: Gandhi (UK / USA) (dir. Richard Attenborough)
( DVD 927; vhs 999:203 )

1981 (39th)

Best Picture: On Golden Pond (dir. Mark Rydell)
(DVD X788)

Best Foreign Language Film: Chariots of Fire (UK) (dir. Hugh Hudson)
( DVD 5492)

1980 (38th)

Best Picture: Ordinary People (dir.Robert Redford)
(DVD 3645; vhs 999:2804)

Best Foreign Language Film: Tess (France / UK) (dir. Roman Polanski)
( DVD 9148; vhs 999:207)

1979 (37th)

Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer (dir. Robert Benton)
(DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031)

Best Foreign Language Film: La Cage aux Folles (Birds of a Feather) (France / Italy) (dir. Edouard Molinaro)
( DVD 782; vhs 999:976)

1978 (36th)

Best Picture: Midnight Express (dir. Alan Parker)
(DVD 1310)

Best Foreign Language Film: Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) (France / West Germany / Sweden) (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
( DVD 147; vhs 999:1129)

1977 (35th)

Best Picture: The Turning Point (dir. Herbert Ross)
(DVD 7582)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Special Day (Una Giornata particolare) (Sweden) (dir. Ettore Scola)

1976 (34th)

Best Picture: Rocky (dir. John G. Avildsen)
(DVD 6557; vhs 999:2049)

Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) (Sweden) (dir. Ingmar Bergman)

1975 (33rd)

Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (dir. Milos Forman)
(DVD 343; vhs 999:377)

Best Foreign Language Film: Lies My Father Told Me (France / West Germany / Sweden) (dir. Ján Kadár)

1974 (32nd)

Best Picture: Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)
(DVD 162; vhs 999:381)

Best Foreign Language Film: Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) (Sweden) (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
( DVD 2884; vhs 999:2053)

1973 (31st)

Best Picture: The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin)
(DVD 4024; vhs 999:1005)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger) (Switzerland / West Germany / Israel) (dir. Maximilian Schell)

1972 (30th)

Best Picture: The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
(DVD 908; vhs 999:81)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) (Sweden) (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
( vhs 999:1478)

Best Foreign Language Film: The New Land (Nybyggarna) (Sweden) (dir. Jan Troell)
( vhs 999:1479)

1971 (29th)

Best Picture: The French Connection (dir. William Friedkin)
(DVD 851; vhs 999:2307)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Policeman (Ha-Shoter Azulai) (Israel) (dir. Ephraim Kishon)

1970 (28th)

Best Picture: Love Story (dir. Arthur Hiller)
(DVD 7584 )

Best Foreign Language Film: Rider on the Rain (Le passager de la pluie) (Italy / France) (dir. René Clément)

1969 (27th)

Best Picture: Anne of the Thousand Days (dir. Arthur Hiller)
(DVD X832)

Best Foreign Language Film: Z (Algeria / France) (dir. Costa-Gavras)
(DVD 5533; vhs 999:548)

1968 (26th)

Best Picture: The Lion in Winter (dir. Anthony Harvey)
(DVD X1081; vhs 999:204)

Best Foreign Language Film: War and Peace (Voyna i mir) (Soviet Union) (dir. Sergei Bondarchuk)
(DVD 1435)

1967 (25th)

Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night (dir. Norman Jewison)
(DVD 4561; vhs 999:421)

Best Foreign Language Film: Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre) (Italy / France) (dir. Claude Lelouch)

1966 (24th)

Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons (dir. Fred Zinnemann)
(DVD 7451; vhs 999:195)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France) (dir. Claude Lelouch)
(DVD 5526; vhs 999:735)

1965 (23rd)

Best Picture: Doctor Zhivago (dir. David Lean)
(DVD 926; vhs 999:401)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) (Italy / France) (dir. Federico Fellini)
(DVD 72; vhs 999:389)

1964 (22nd)

Best Picture: Becket (dir. Peter Glenville)
(DVD 8070; vhs 999:208)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Girl with Green Eyes (UK) (dir. Desmond Davis)

1963 (21st)

Best Picture: The Cardinal (dir. Otto Preminger)
(DVD X833)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy / France) (dir. Vittorio De Sica) (DVD 5534; vhs 999:2430)

1962 (20th)

Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia (dir. David Lean)
(DVD 666; vhs 999:382)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Sundays and Cybèle (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) (France) (dir. Serge Bourguignon)

1961 (19th)

Best Picture: The Guns of Navarone (dir. J. Lee Thompson)
(DVD X866 )

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): The Mark (UK) (dir. Guy Green)

1960 (18th)

Best Picture: Spartacus (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
(DVD 2088; also DVD 261; vhs 999:179)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Never On Sunday (Pote tin Kyriaki) (Greece / USA) (dir. Jules Dassin) (DVD 5356)

1959 (17th)

Best Picture: Ben-Hur (dir. William Wyler)
(DVD 2088; also DVD 3369; vhs 999:233)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Room At the Top (UK) (dir. Jack Clayton)
(DVD 2088; also DVD X1487 )

1958 (16th)

Best Picture: The Defiant Ones (dir. Stanley Kramer)
(DVD 2088; also DVD 4533; vhs 999:972)

Best Foreign Film (Samuel Goldwyn International Award): Two Eyes, Twelve Hands (Do Ankhen Barah Haath) (India) (dir. Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram)

1957 (15th)

Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai (dir. David Lean)
(DVD 400; vhs 999:972)

Best Foreign Film: The Confessions Of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) (West Germany) (dir. Kurt Hoffmann) (vhs 999:2914)

1956 (14th)

Best Picture: Around the World in Eighty Days (dir. Michael Anderson)
(DVD 5483; vhs 999:834)

Best Foreign Film: A Girl In Black (To Koritsi me ta mavra) (Greece) (dir. Michael Cacoyannis [Mihalis Kakogiannis]) (DVD 708)

Best Foreign Film: Richard III (UK) (dir. Laurence Olivier) (DVD 5706; vhs 1124)

Best Foreign Film: Roses On His Arm (Taiyo to bara) (Japan) (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)

Best Foreign Film: War and Peace (Italy / USA) (dir. King Vidor) (DVD 2504)

Best Foreign Film: The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) (Finland) (dir. Erik Blomberg)

1955 (13th)

Best Picture: : East of Eden (dir. Elia Kazan)
(DVD 4014; vhs 999:130)

Foreign Film: Dangerous Curves (UK)

Foreign Film:: Eyes Of Children (Kodomo no me) (Japan) (dir. Yoshiro Kawazu)

Film: Sons, Mothers and a General (Kinder, Mütter und ein General) (West Germany) (dir. Laslo Benedek)

Foreign Film: Stella (Greece) (dir. Michael Cacoyannis [Mihalis Kakogiannis]) (DVD 710)

Foreign Film: The Word (Ordet) (Denmark) (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
(DVD 828; vhs 999:2624)

1954 (12th)

Best Picture: On the Waterfront (dir. Elia Kazan)
(DVD 899; vhs 999:18)

Foreign Film: Genevieve (UK) (dir. Henry Cornelius)

Foreign Film: The Lady Of the Camelias (La Mujer de las camelias) (Argentina) (dir. Ernesto Arancibia)

Foreign Film: No Way Back (Weg ohne Umkehr) (West Germany) (dirs. Victor Vicas and Beate von Molo)

Foreign Film: Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi) (Japan) (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)

1953 (11th)

Best Picture: The Robe (dir. Henry Koster)

1952 (10th)

Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth (dir. Cecil B. DeMille)
(vhs 999:3359)

1951 (9th)

Best Picture: A Place in the Sun (dir. George Stevens)
(DVD X1491; vhs 999:2121)

1950 (8th)

Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard (dir. Billy Wilder)
(DVD 1476; vhs 999:182)

1949 (7th)

Best Picture: All the King's Men (dir. Robert Rossen)
(DVD 5484; vhs 999:264)

1948 (6th)

Best Picture: Johnny Belinda (dir. Jean Negulesco)
(DVD 7555; vhs 999:3436)

Best Picture: The Treasure Of the Sierra Madre (dir. John Huston)
(DVD 2040; vhs 999:55)

1947 (5th)

Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement (dir. Elia Kazan)
(DVD 2808; vhs 999:987)

1946 (4th)

Best Picture: The Best Years Of Our Lives (dir. William Wyler)
(DVD 2865; vhs 999:114)

1945 (3rd)

Best Picture: The Lost Weekend (dir. Billy Wilder)
(DVD 535; vhs 999:433)

1944 (2nd)

Best Picture: Going My Way (dir. Leo McCarey)
(DVD 679)

1943 (1st)

Best Picture: The Song Of Bernadette (dir. Henry King)
(DVD X1469)

National Society of Film Critics Awards

2008

Best Picture: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) (dir. Ari Folman) (DVD X1670)
Best foreign language film: Not awarded since the year's best film is a foreign language film.
Best Director: Mike Leigh: Happy-Go-Lucky (DVD X1463)
Best Non-fiction film: Man on Wire (dir. James Marsh) (DVD X835)

2007

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) (DVD 9844)
Best foreign language film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) (Romania) (dir. Cristian Mungiu) (DVD X392)
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood (DVD 9844)
Best Non-fiction film: No End In Sight: Iraq's Descent Into Chaos (dir. Charles Ferguson) (DVD 9128)

2006

Best Picture: Pan's Labyrinth (dir. Guillermo del Toro)(DVD 7558)
Best foreign language film: Not awarded since the year's best film is a foreign language film.
Best Director: Paul Greengrass: United 93 (DVD 6134)
Best Non-fiction film: An Inconvenient Truth (dir. Davis Guggenheim) (DVD 6601)

2005

Best Picture: Capote (dir. Bennett Miller)(DVD 5329)
Best foreign language film: Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (Germany | Turkey) (dir. Fatih Akin) (DVD 4315; vhs 999:3658)
Best Director: David Cronenberg: A History of Violence (DVD 5245)
Best Non-fiction film: Grizzly Man (dir. Werner Herzog) (DVD 4899)

2004

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby (dir. Clint Eastwood)(DVD 4170)
Best foreign language film: Moolaadé (Senegal | France | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Morocco | Tunisia) (dir. Ousmane Sembene) (DVD 9323)
Best Director: b: House of Flying Daggers (dir. Yimou Zhang) (DVD 3718)and Hero (dir. Yimou Zhang) (DVD 1848)
Best foreign language film: Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too), (Mexico) (dir. Alfonso Cuaron) (DVD 1386)
Best Non-fiction film: Tarnation (dir. Jonathan Caouette) (DVD 4079)

2003

Best Picture: American Splendor (dir. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)(DVD 2333)
Best foreign language film: The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) (Finland)) (dir. Aki Kaurismaki) (DVD 2449)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood: Mystic River (DVD 7143)
Best Non-fiction film: To Be and To Have (dir. Nicolas Philibert) (DVD 3178)

2002

Best Picture: The Pianist (dir. Roman Polanski)(DVD 1632)
Best foreign language film: Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too), Mexico (Mexico)) (dir. Alfonso Cuaron) (DVD 1386)
Best Director: Roman Polanski: The Pianist (DVD 1632)
Best Non-fiction film: Standing in the Shadows of Motown (dir. Paul Justman) (DVD 7153)

2001

Best Picture: Mulholland Dr. (dir. David Lynch)(DVD 1349)
Best Director: Robert Altman: Gosford Park (DVD 1219)
Best Non-fiction film: The Gleaners and I (dir. Agnès Varda) (DVD 1281)

2000

Best Picture: Yi yi (A One and a Two) (dir. Edward Yang)(DVD 1170)
Best Director: Steven Soderbergh: Traffic (DVD 866) and Erin Brockovich (DVD 1075)
Best Non-fiction film: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (dir. Aviva Kempner) (DVD 7150)

1999

Best Picture: Being John Malkovich (dir. Spike Jonze)(DVD 1369) and Topsy-Turvy (dir. Mike Leigh)(DVD 5476)
Best Director: Mike Leigh: Topsy-Turvy (DVD 5476)
Best Non-fiction film: Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Wim Wenders) (DVD 418; vhs Video/C 6747)

1998

Best Picture: Out of Sight (dir. Steven Soderbergh)(DVD 5752)
Best Director: Steven Soderbergh: Out of Sight (DVD 5752)
Best Non-fiction film: The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison (dir. Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, et al.) ( vhs Video/C 6147)

1997

Best Picture: L.A. Confidential (dir. Curtis Hanson) DVD 3831; vhs 999:1977)
Best Director: Curtis Hanson: L.A. Confidential DVD 3831; vhs 999:1977)
Best Non-fiction film: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (dir. Errol Morris) (DVD X64; vhs 6107)

1996

Best Picture: Breaking the Waves (dir. Lars Von Trier)(DVD 785)
Best Director: Lars Von Trier: Breaking the Waves (DVD 785)
Best Non-fiction film: When We Were Kings (dir. Leon Gast) (DVD 5862; vhs 6041)

1995

Best Picture: Babe (dir. Chris Noonan) (DVD 9052)
Best Director: Mike Figgis: Leaving Las Vegas (DVD 5035)
Best Non-fiction film: Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff) (DVD 3038; vhs 4274)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008

Best Picture: Milk DVD X1378
Best Director: Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky) DVD X1463
Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) DVD X392
Best Non-Fiction Film: Man On Wire (dir. James Marsh) DVD X835

2007

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men DVD 9439
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men DVD 9439)
Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others DVD 8380
Best Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight (dir. Charles Ferguson) DVD 9128

2006

Best Picture: United 93 DVD 6134
Best Director: Martin Scorsese (The Departed, DVD 7296)
Best Foreign Film: Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) DVD 7536
Best Non-Fiction Film: Deliver Us From Evil (dir. Amy Berg) DVD 4055

2005

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain DVD 5386
Best Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, DVD 5386)
Best Foreign Film: 2046 (dir Wong Kar Wai)DVD 4876
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man DVD 4899 (dir. Werner Herzog); and The White Diamond (dir. Werner Herzog)DVD 4592

2004

Best Picture: Sideways DVD 3763
Best Director: Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, DVD 4170)
Best Foreign Film: Bad Education (La mala educacion) (dir. Pedro Almodovar)DVD 3714
Best Non-Fiction Film: Fahrenheit 9/11 (dir. Michael Moore)DVD 3011

2003

Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King DVD 2773
Best Director: Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, DVD 2289)
Best Foreign Film: City of God (Cidade de Deus) (dir. Fernando Meirelles; Kátia Lund)DVD 2778
Best Non-Fiction Film: Capturing the Friedmans (dir. Andrew Jarecki) DVD 2277

2002

Best Picture: Far From Heaven DVD 1713
Best Director: No award
Best Foreign Film: Y tu mamá también (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)DVD 1386
Best Non-Fiction Film: Standing in the Shadows of Motown (dir. Paul Justman) DVD 7153

2001

Best Picture: Mulholland Dr. DVD 1349
Best Director: Robert Altman (Gosford Park, DVD 1219)
Best Foreign Film: In the Mood for Love (Hua yang nian hua) (dir. Wong Kar Wai)DVD 1156
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Gleaners and I (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse) (dir. Agnès Varda) DVD 1281

2000

Best Picture: Traffic DVD 1349
Best Director: Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, DVD 1075 & Traffic, DVD 866)
Best Foreign Film: YI YI (A One and a Two) (dir. Wong Kar Wai)DVD 1170
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (dir. Aviva Kempner) DVD 7150

1999

Best Picture: Topsy-Turvy DVD 5476
Best Director: Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy, DVD 5476)
Best Foreign Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (dir. Pedro Almodóvari)DVD 319
Best Non-Fiction Film: Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Wim Wenders) DVD 418; vhs Video/C 6747

1998

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan DVD 146; vhs 999:2358
Best Director: Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, vhs 999:2391)
Best Foreign Film: Dogme 1 - Festen DVD 6392; vhs 999:2824
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Farm: Angola, USA (dir. Liz Garbus; Wilbert Rideau) vhs Video/C 6147

1997

Best Picture: L.A. Confidential DVD 3831; vhs 999:1977
Best Director: Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, DVD 3831, vhs 999:1977)
Best Foreign Film: Ponette (dir. Jacques Doillon)
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1996

Best Picture: Fargo DVD 45; vhs 999:1760
Best Director: Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, DVD 785)
Best Foreign Film: The Mirror (Ayneh) (dir. Jafar Panahi) DVD 7233
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1995

Best Picture: Leaving Las Vegas DVD 5035
Best Director: Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, vhs 999:1422)
Best Foreign Film: Les roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds) (dir. André Téchiné) DVD 1864
Best Non-Fiction Film: Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff) DVD 7151; vhs Video/C 4274

1994

Best Picture: Quiz Show DVD 1137
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, DVD 575; vhs 999:1393)
Best Foreign Film: Trois culeur: Rouge(Red) (dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski) DVD 1750; vhs 999:1676
Best Non-Fiction Film: Hoop Dreams(dir. Steve James) DVD 3802; vhs Video/C MM505

1993

Best Picture: Schindler's List DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120
Best Director: Jane Campion (The Piano, DVD 1167; vhs 999:1326)
Best Foreign Film: Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) (dir. Kaige Chen) DVD 191
Best Non-Fiction Film: Visions of Light(dir. Arnold Glassman; Todd McCarthy) DVD 526; vhs Video/C 2725

1992

Best Picture: The Player DVD 5519; vhs 999:2083
Best Director: Robert Altman (The Player, DVD 5519; vhs 999:2083)
Best Foreign Film: No Award
Best Non-Fiction Film: Brother's Keeper(dir. Joe Berlinger; Bruce Sinofsky) vhs Video/C 3930

1991

Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998
Best Director: Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998)
Best Foreign Film: Europa, Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon)(dir. Agnieszka Holland) DVD 8362; vhs 999:1424
Best Non-Fiction Film: Paris is Burning (dir. Jennie Livingston) DVD 4430; vhs Video/C 3211

1990

Best Picture: Goodfellas DVD 2843; vhs 999:1932
Best Director: Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas , DVD 2843; vhs 999:1932)
Best Foreign Film: The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen)(dir. Michael Verhoeven) vhs 999:2843
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1989

Best Picture:My Left Foot DVD 9204; vhs 999:2182
Best Director: Paul Mazursky (Enemies, A Love Story, DVD 7248)
Best Foreign Film: Une affaire de femmes (Story of Women)(dir. Claude Chabrol) DVD 7256; vhs 999:1424
Best Non-Fiction Film: Roger & Me (dir. Michael Moore) DVD 1865; vhs 999:439

1988

Best Picture: The Accidental Tourist DVD 6987
Best Director: Chris Menges (A World Apart, ) DVD 5545
Best Foreign Film: No Award
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Thin Blue Line (dir. Errol Morris) DVD 4165; vhs 999:443

1987

Best Picture: Broadcast News DVD 5359; vhs 999:2420
Best Director: James L. Brooks (Broadcast News, DVD 5359; vhs 999:2420)
Best Foreign Film: My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)(dir. Lasse Hallstrom) DVD 259; vhs 999:1119
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1986

Best Picture: Hannah and Her Sisters DVD 1020; vhsw 999:775
Best Director: Woody Allen (Hannah and Her Sisters, DVD 1020; vhs 999:775)
Best Foreign Film: My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)(dir. Lasse Hallstrom) DVD 259; vhs 999:1119
Best Non-Fiction Film: Marlene (dir. Maximilian Schell)

1985

Best Picture: Prizzi's Honor DVD 1892
Best Director: John Huston(Prizzi's Honor, DVD 1892)
Best Foreign Film: Ran(dir. Akira Kurosawa) DVD 4741; vhs 999:174
Best Non-Fiction Film: Shoah (dir. Claude Lanzmann) DVD 1929; vhs 943

1984

Best Picture: A Passage to India DVD 667; vhs 999:366
Best Director: David Lean(A Passage to India, DVD 667; vhs 999:366)
Best Foreign Film: No Award
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Times of Harvey Milk(dir. Rob Epstein) DVD 2728; vhs 1009

1983

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment (1983) DVD 5521
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman( Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander), DVD 3189; vhs 999:944)
Best Foreign Film: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (dir. Ingmar Bergman) DVD 3189; vhs 999:944
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1982

Best Picture: Gandhi (1982) DVD 927; vhs 999:203
Best Director: Sydney Pollack(Tootsie, DVD 2087)
Best Foreign Film: Megáll az idö (Time Stands Still) (dir. Péter Gothár)
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1981

Best Picture: Reds DVD 6749; vhs 999:1627
Best Director: Sidney Lumet(Prince of the City, DVD 7742)
Best Foreign Film: Pixote: A lei do mais fraco (dir. Hector Babenco) DVD 737; vhs 999:2062
Best Non-Fiction Film: No Award

1980

Best Picture: Ordinary People (1980) DVD 3645; vhs 999:2804
Best Director: Jonathan Demme(Melvin and Howard, DVD 7255)
Best Foreign Film: Mon Oncle d'Amérique (dir. Alain Resnais) DVD 1270; vhs 999:724
Best Non-Fiction Film: Best Boy (dir. Ira Wohl) DVD 5434; vhs 773

1979

Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031
Best Director: Woody Allen(Manhattan, DVD 228; vhs 999:828)
Best Foreign Film: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) (dir. Ermanno Olmi) DVD 2933; vhs 999:435

1978

Best Picture: The Deer Hunter DVD 5; vhs 999:708
Best Director: Terrence Malick(Days of Heaven, DVD 228 999:1684)
Best Foreign Film: Bread and Chocolate (Pane e ciocolata) (dir. Franco Brusati) DVD 1062; vhs 999:1560

1977

Best Picture: Annie Hall DVD 56; vhs 999:263
Best Director: Woody Allen(Manhattan, DVD 228; vhs 999:828)

1976

Best Picture: All the President's Men DVD 1045; vhs 999:451
Best Director: Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men, DVD 1045; vhs 999:451)

1975

Best Picture: Nashville DVD 135; vhs 999:279
Best Director: Robert Altman (Nashville, DVD 286; vhs 999:279)

1974

Best Picture: Amarcord DVD 51; vhs 999:6
Best Director: Federico Fellini (Amarcord, DVD 51; vhs 999:6)

1973

Best Picture: Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) DVD 3524; vhs 999:1492
Best Director: François Truffaut (Day for Night, DVD 3524; vhs 999:1492)

1972

Best Picture: Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) DVD 1166; vhs 999:2258
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman (Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop , DVD 1166; vhs 999:2258)

1971

Best Picture: A Clockwork Orange DVD 574; vhs 999:715
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange, DVD 574; vhs 999:715)

1970

Best Picture: Five Easy Pieces DVD 913; vhs 999:997
Best Director: Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, DVD 913; vhs 999:997)

1969

Best Picture: Z DVD 5533; vhs 999:548
Best Director: Costa-Gavras (Z, DVD 5533; vhs 999:548)

1968

Best Picture: The Lion in Winter DVD X1081; vhs 999:204
Best Director: Paul Newman (Rachel Rachel, DVD 5533; vhs 999:548)

1967

Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night DVD 4561; vhs 999:421
Best Director: Mike Nichols (The Graduate, DVD 32; vhs 999:145)

1966

Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons DVD 7451; vhs 999:195
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (A Man for All Seasons, DVD 7451; vhs 999:195)

1965

Best Picture: Darling DVD X1043; vhs 999:3014
Best Director: John Schlesinger (Darling, DVD X1043; vhs 999:3014)

1964

Best Picture: My Fair Lady DVD 464; vhs 999:872
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove, DVD 61; vhs 999:999:43)

1963

Best Picture: Tom JonesDVD 2520; vhs 999:698
Best Director: Tony Richardson (Tom Jones, DVD 2520; vhs 999:698)

1962

Best Picture: No Award (Due to a newspaper strike no awards were given)

1961

Best Picture: West Side Story DVD 1747; DVD 551; vhs 999:115
Best Director: Robert Rossen (The Hustler, DVD 7832; vhs 999:214)

1960

Best Picture: The Apartment DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127
Best Picture: Sons and Lovers DVD 8108
Best Director: Billy Wilder (The Apartment, DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127)
Best Foreign Film: Hiroshima mon amour (dir. Alain Resnais) DVD 1716; vhs 999:28

1959

Best Picture: Ben-Hur DVD 3369; vhs 999:233
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (The Nun's Story)
Best Foreign Film: The Four Hundred Blows (Les quatre cents coups) (dir. Francois Truffaut) DVD 68; vhs 999:8

1958

Best Picture: The Defiant Ones DVD 4533; vhs 999::972
Best Director: Stanley Kramer (The Defiant Ones DVD 4533; vhs 999::972)
Best Foreign Film: Mon Oncle (My Uncle) (dir. Jacques Tati) DVD 895; vhs 999:1094

1957

Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai DVD 547; vhs 999:400
Best Director: David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai, DVD 547; vhs 999:400)
Best Foreign Film: Gervaise (dir. RenéClément)

1956

Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
DVD 5483; vhs 999:834
Best Director: John Huston (Moby Dick, DVD 9110; vhs 999:2263)
Best Foreign Film: La Strada (dir. Federico Fellini) DVD 2128; vhs 999:2447

1955

Best Picture: Marty (1955) vhs 999:855
Best Director: David Lean (Summertime)
Best Foreign Film: Umberto D. (dir. Vittorio De Sica) DVD 1800; vhs 999:188

1954

Best Picture: On the Waterfront DVD 899; vhs 999:18
Best Director: Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, DVD 899; vhs 999:18)
Best Foreign Film: Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa) vhs 999:1097

1953

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity
DVD 918; vhs 999:988
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity, DVD 918; vhs 999:988)
Best Foreign Film: Justice est faite (dir. André Cayatte)

1952

Best Picture: High Noon DVD 958; vhs 999:15
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (High Noon, DVD 958; vhs 999:15)
Best Foreign Film: Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (dir. Rene Clement) DVD 4992; vhs 999:133

1951

Best Picture: A Streetcar Named Desire DVD 93; vhs 999:3169
Best Director: Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire, DVD 93; vhs 999:3169)
Best Foreign Film: Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) (dir. Vittorio De Sica) vhs 999:856

1950

Best Picture: All About Eve DVD 247; vhs 999:103
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve, DVD 247; vhs 999:103)
Best Foreign Film: L'Amore (dir. Roberto Rossellini)

1949

Best Picture: All the King's Men DVD 5484; vhs 999:264
Best Director: Carol Reed (The Fallen Idol, DVD X1390; vhs 999:223)
Best Foreign Film: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (dir. Vittorio De Sica) DVD 23; vhs 999:116

1948

Best Picture: Best Picture: Treasure of the Sierra Madre DVD 2040; vhs 999:55
Best Director: John Huston (Treasure of the Sierra Madre, DVD 2040; vhs 999:55)
Best Foreign Film: Paisan (Paisà) (dir. Roberto Rossellini) vhs 999:758

1947

Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement DVD 2808; vhs 999:987
Best Director: Elia Kazan (Gentleman's Agreement, DVD 2808; vhs 999:987)
Best Foreign Film: Vivere in pace (dir. Luigi Zampa)

1946

Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives DVD 2865; vhs 999:114
Best Director: Wililam Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives, DVD 2865; vhs 999:114)
Best Foreign Film: Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta) (dir. Roberto Rossellini) DVD 117; vhs 999:170

1945

Best Picture: The Lost Weekend DVD 535; vhs 999:433
Best Director: Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend, DVD 535; vhs 999:433)

1944

Best Picture: Going My Way DVD 679
Best Director: Leo McCarey (Going My Way, DVD 679)

1943

Best Picture: Watch on the Rhine DVD X338; vhs 999:3775
Best Director: George Stevens (The More the Merrier)

1942

Best Picture: In Which We Serve DVD 2868; vhs 999:2304
Best Director: John Farrow (Wake Island) DVD 7439

1941

Best Picture: Citizen Kane DVD 852; vhs 999:85
Best Director: John Ford (How Green Was My Valley, DVD 306)

1940

Best Picture: The Grapes of Wrath DVD 2434; vhs 999:87
Best Director: John Ford (The Grapes of Wrath, DVD 2434; vhs 999:87)
Best Foreign Film: The Baker's Wife (La Femme du Boulanger) (dir. Marcel Pagnol)

1939

Best Picture: Wuthering Heights Video/C 999:209
Best Director: John Ford (Stage Coach, DVD 5630; vhs 999:94)
Best Foreign Film: Ernte (dir. Géza von Bolváry)

1938

Best Picture: The Citadel Video/C 999:3776
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock (The Lady Vanishes, DVD 8895; also DVD 53; DVD 157; vhs 999:561)
Best Foreign Film: The Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (dir. Jean Renoir) DVD 3494; vhs 999:82

1937

Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola DVD 6805; vhs 999:2864
Best Director: Gregory La Cava (Stage Door, DVD 3639)
Best Foreign Film: Mayerling (dir. Anatole Litvak)

1936

Best Picture: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town DVD 171; vhs 999:820
Best Director: Rouben Mamoulian (The Gay Desperado, vhs 999:2634)

1935

Best Picture: The Informer DVD 5657; vhs 999:647
Best Director: John Ford (The Informer, DVD 5657; vhs 999:647)

Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or and Grand Prize

2008

Palme d'Or: The Class (Entre les murs) Directed by Laurent Cantet (France) DVD X1877
Grand Prize: Gomorrah (Gomorra)Directed by Matteo Garrone (Italy) DVD X1169

2007

Palme d'Or: 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile)Directed by Cristian Mungiu (Romania) DVD X392
Grand Prize: Mogari No MoriDirected by Naomi Kawase (France / Japan)

2006

Palme d'Or: Wind That Shakes the BarleyDirected by Ken Loach (United Kingdom/Ireland/Italy/Germany/Spain) DVD 8399
Grand Prize: FlandresDirected by Bruno Dumont (France) DVD 8745

2005

Palme d'Or: L'Enfant (The Child)Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France) DVD 6095
Grand Prize: Broken FlowersDirected by Jim Jarmusch (United States) DVD 5052

2004

Palme d'Or: Fahrenheit 9/11Directed by Michael Moore (United States) DVD 3011
Grand Prize: Old BoyDirected by Chan-wook Park (Korea) DVD 4348

2003

Palme d'Or: ElephantDirected by Gus Van Sant (USA) DVD 2674
Grand Prize: Uzak Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan(Turkey) DVD 3663

2002

Palme d'Or: The PianistDirected by Roman Polanski (Poland) DVD 1632
Grand Prize: Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) Directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) DVD 2449

2001

Palme d'Or: The Son's Room (La Stanza del figlio)Directed by Nanni Moretti (Italy) DVD 5527
Grand Prize: The Piano Player (Teacher) (La Pianiste) Directed by Michael Haneke (Austria) DVD 1684

2000

Palme d'Or: Dancer in the Dark Directed by Lars von Trier (Denmark)
DVD 1087
Grand Prize: Guizi Lai Le (Devils on the Doorstep) Directed by Wen Jiang (China) DVD 3748

1999

Palme d'Or: Rosetta Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
Grand Prize: L'HumanitéDirected by Bruno Dumont (France) DVD 5619

1998

Palme d'Or: Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera) Directed by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece) DVD X229; vhs 999:3185
Grand Prize: Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) Directed by Roberto Benigni (Italy) DVD 124; vhs 999:2503

1997

Palme d'Or: The Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran) DVD 728; vhs 999:2979
Palme d'Or: The Eel (Unagi) Directed by Shohei Imamura (Japan)
DVD X149; vhs 999:3164
Grand Prize: The Sweet HereafterDirected by Atom Egoyan (USA) DVD 727

1995

Palme d'Or: Secrets and Lies Directed by Mike Leigh (USA) vhs 999:1393
Grand Prize: Breaking the Waves Directed by Lars von Trier(Denmark) DVD 785

1994

Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction Directed by Quentin Tarantino (USA)
DVD 575; vhs 999:1993
Grand Prize: Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov(Russia/France) DVD 5513; vhs 999:1604
Grand Prize: To Live (Huozhe)Directed by Yimou Zhang (China/Hong Kong) DVD 1680; vhs 999:2747

1993

Palme d'Or: The Piano Directed by Jane Campion(Australia/France) DVD 1167; vhs 999:1326
Palme d'Or: Farewell, My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) Directed by Kaige Chen (China/Hong Kong) DVD 191
Grand Prize: Faraway, So Close!(In weiter Ferne, so nah!)Directed by Wim Wenders (Germany) DVD 665; vhs 999:1604

1992

Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den Goda viljan) Directed by Bille August (Sweden)
Grand Prize: II Ladro di Bambini (Stolen Children) Directed by Gianni Amelio (Italy/France)

1991

Palme d'Or: Barton Fink Directed by Joel Coen (USA)
DVD 3336; vhs 999:2122
Grand Prize: La Belle Noiseuse Directed by Jacques Rivette (France)
DVD 4585 (French without subtitles)

1990

Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart Directed by David Lynch (USA) DVD 3281
Grand Prize: Shi no Toge (Sting of Death) Directed by Kôhei Oguri (Japan) DVD 4585

1989

Palme d'Or: sex, lies and videotape Directed by Steven Soderbergh(USA) DVD 471
Special Jury Prize: Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful for You)Directed by Bertrand Blier (France) DVD 5824
Special Jury Prize: Cinéma ParadisoDirected by Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy/France) DVD 3195; vhs 999:1976

1988

Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) Directed by Bille August (Denmark) DVD 663; vhs 999:1116
Special Jury Prize: A World ApartDirected by Chris Menges (United Kingdom) DVD 5545

1987

Palme d'Or: Under Satan's Sun Directed by Maurice Pialat (France) DVD 3410
Special Jury Prize: Repentance (Monanieba)Directed by Tengiz Abuladze (USSR) DVD 2352; vhs 999:2738

1986

Palme d'Or: The Mission Directed by Roland Joffé(United Kingdom)
DVD 200
Special Jury Prize: The Sacrifice (Offret)Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (Sweden) DVD 2352; vhs 999:2738

1985

Palme d'Or: When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) Directed by Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia) DVD 4691; vhs 999:1190
Special Jury Prize: Birdy Directed by Alan Parker (USA) DVD 5544

1984

Palme d'Or: Paris, Texas Directed by Wim Wenders (Germany/USA)
DVD 3374; vhs 999:257
1984: Special Jury Prize: Naplo Gyermekeimnek Directed by Márta Mészáros (Hungary)

1983

Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) Directed by Shohei Imamura (Japan) DVD 9868; vhs 999:858
Special Jury Prize: Monty Python—The Meaning of Life Directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam (United Kingdom) DVD 1873

1982

Palme d'Or: Missing Directed by Costa-Gavras (USA) DVD X496; vhs 999:2008
Palme d'Or: Yol Directed by Serif Gören and Yilmaz Güney (Turkey)
vhs 999:450
Special Jury Prize: Night of the Shooting Stars (La Notte di San Lorenzo) Directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (Italy) DVD 1949

1981

Palme d'Or: Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza) Directed by Andrzej Wajda (Poland) vhs 999:2321
Special Jury Prize: Light Years Away (Les Années lumière) Directed by Alain Tanner (France/Switzerland)

1980

Palme d'Or: Kagemusha Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
DVD 3666; vhs 999:1055
Special Jury Prize: All That Jazz Directed by Bob Fosse (USA)
DVD 5209; vhs 999:1015

1979

Palme d'Or: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) Directed by Volker Schlöndorff (Federal Republic of Germany) DVD 554; vhs 999:623
Palme d'Or: Apocalypse Now (USA) DVD 942; vhs 999:429
Special Jury Prize: Siberiade Directed by Andrei Mikhalkov Kontchalovksy(U.S.S.R) vhs 999:2058

1978

Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli) Directed by Ermanno Olmi (Italy) DVD 2933; vhs 999:435
Special Jury Prize: Bye Bye Monkey (Ciao maschio) Directed by Marco Ferreri (Italy)

1977

Palme d'Or: Padre Padrone Directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (Italy) DVD 4074; vhs 999:951

1976

Palme d'Or: Taxi Driver Directed by Martin Scorsese (USA)
DVD 571; vhs 999:70
Special Jury Prize: Cria Cuervos Directed by Carlos Saura (Spain)
DVD 9928; vhs 999:1967
Special Jury Prize: The Marquise of ODirected by Eric Rohmer (France) DVD 658

1975

Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Burning Years (Chronique des années de braise)Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (Algeria)
vhs 999:2717
Special Jury Prize: Every Man for Himself and God Against All (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle) Directed by Werner Herzog (Germany)
DVD 988; vhs 999:326

1974

Palme d'Or: The Conversation (USA) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola DVD 424; vhs 999:950
Special Jury Prize: One Thousand and One Nights (Il Fiore delle mille e una notte) Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy) DVD 9161; vhs 999:2239

1973

Palme d'Or: Scarecrow (USA) Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Special Jury Prize: The Hireling (United Kingdom) Directed by Alan Bridges

1972

Palme d'Or: The Conversation Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (USA) DVD 424; vhs 999:950
Palme d'Or: One Thousand and One Nights (Il Fiore delle mille e una notte) Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy) DVD 9161; vhs 2239
Special Jury Prize: The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la putain) Directed by Jean Eustache (France) vhs 999:3728

1971

Palme d'Or: The Go-Between Directed by Joseph Losey (United Kingdom) DVD 424; vhs 999:950
Special Jury Prize: Taking Off Directed by Milos Forman (USA)
Special Jury Prize: Johnny Got His Gun Directed by Dalton Trumbo (USA) DVD 7331

1970

Palme d'Or: M*A*S*HDirected by Robert Altman (USA)
DVD 999; vhs 999:438
Special Jury Prize: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) Directed by Elio Petri (Italy)

1969

Palme d'Or: If (United Kingdom) Directed by Lindsay Anderson. DVD 999; vhs 999:438
Special Jury Prize: Adalen 31 Directed by Bo Widerberg (Sweden)

1968

The festival was canceled because of the unstable political climate in Paris.

1967

Palme d'Or: Blow-Up Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni(United Kingdom/Italy) DVD 2213; vhs 999:75
Special Jury Prize: Accident Directed by Joseph Losey (United Kingdom) DVD 5796
Special Jury Prize: I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci perja) Directed by Márta Mészáros (Yugoslavia)

1966

Palme d'Or: A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme) Directed by Claude Lelouch (France) DVD 5526; vhs 999:735
Palme d'Or: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & signori)Directed by Pietro Germi
Special Jury Prize: Alfie Directed by Charles Shyer (United Kingdom)
DVD 558

1965

Palme d'Or: The Knack ...and How to Get It Directed by Richard Lester (United Kingdom) DVD X151; vhs 999:3165
Special Jury Prize: Kwaidan Directed by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)
DVD 357; vhs 999:835

1964

Palme d'Or: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) Directed by Jacques Demy (France) DVD 3935; vhs 999:1823
Special Jury Prize: Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan) DVD 184; vhs 999:779

1963

Palme d'Or: The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) Directed by Luchino Visconti (France/Italy)
DVD 1498
Special Jury Prize: Harakiri (Seppuku) Directed by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan) DVD 4439
Special Jury Prize: The Cat (Az prijde kocour) Directed by Vojtech Jasny (Czechoslovakia)

1962

Palme d'Or: The Given Word (O Pagador de Promessas)Directed by Anselmo Duarte (Brazil) DVD 1498
Special Jury Prize: The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc) Directed by Robert Bresson (France)
Special Jury Prize: L'Eclisse (The Eclipse) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni(Italy/France) DVD 3644; vhs 999:131

1961

Palme d'Or: Viridiana Directed by Luis Bu˜uel (Spain)
DVD 1498; vhs 999:243
Palme d'Or: A Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) Directed by Henri Colpi(France/Italy)
Special Jury Prize: Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolów) Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz(Poland) DVD 5536

1960

Palme d'Or: La Dolce Vita Directed by Federico Fellini (Italy)
DVD 2986; vhs 999:42
Special Jury Prize: Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) Directed by Grigori Chukhrai (USSR) DVD 1163
Special Jury Prize: Lady With a Pet Dog (Dama s sobachkoy) Directed by Iosif Kheifits (Josef Heifitz) (USSR) Video/C 1156
Special Jury Prize: Kagi (Odd Obsession) Directed by Kon Ichikawa (Japan) vhs 999:3512
Special Jury Prize: L'Avventura Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy) DVD 931; vhs 999:19

1959

Palme d'Or: Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)Directed by Marcel Camus (France) DVD 50; vhs 999:352
Special Jury Prize: Stars (Sterne) Directed by Konrad Wolf(Bulgaria)

1958

Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying (Letjat zhuravli)Directed by Mikheil Kalatozishvili (USSR) DVD 1162; vhs 999:1028
Special Jury Prize: Mon Oncle (My Uncle) Directed by Jacques Tati (France) DVD 895; vhs 999:1094

1957

Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion, Directed by William Wyler (USA) DVD 5562
Special Jury Prize: Kanal Directed by Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
DVD 2080; vhs 999:1051

Directors' Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

2008

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Directed by Danny Boyle
DVD X1377

2007

No Country For Old Men (2008)
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
DVD 9439

2006

The Departed (2006)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
DVD 9439

2005

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 5386

2004

Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
DVD 4170

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Directed by Peter Jackson
DVD 2773

2002

Chicago (2002)
Directed by Rob Marshall
DVD 1850

2001

A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Directed by Ron Howard
DVD 1230

2000

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 766; vhs 999:3170

1999

American Beauty (1999)
Directed by Sam Mendes
DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746

1998

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
DVD 146; vhs 999:2358

1997

Titanic (1997)
Directed by James Cameron
DVD 2172

1996

The English Patient (1996)
Directed by Anthony Minghella
DVD 5439; vhs 999:219

1995

Apollo 13 (1995)
Directed by Ron Howard
DVD 950

1994

Forrest Gump (1994)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
DVD 1085

1993

Schindler's List (1993)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
DVD 2373; vhs 999:1120

1992

Unforgiven (1992)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
vhs 999:1108

1991

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Directed by Jonathan Demme
DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998

1990

Dances with Wolves (1990)
Directed by Kevin Costner
DVD 1693; vhs 999:480

1989

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Directed by Oliver Stone
DVD 769; vhs 999:740

1988

Rain Man (1988)
Directed by Barry Levinson
DVD 8279; vhs 999:2531

1987

The Last Emperor (L'Ultimo imperatore) (1987)
Directed by Roberto Bertolucci
DVD 455; vhs 999:805

1986

Platoon (1986)
Directed by Oliver Stone
DVD 213; vhs 999:259

1985

The Color Purple (1985)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
DVD 28; vhs 999:228

1984

Amadeus (1984)
Directed by Milos Forman
DVD 250; vhs 999:397

1983

Terms of Endearment (1983)
Directed by James Brooks
DVD 5521

1982

Gandhi (1982)
Directed by Richard Attenborough
DVD 927; vhs 999:203

1981

Reds (1981)
Directed by Warren Beatty
DVD 6749; vhs 999:1627

1980

Ordinary People (1980)
Directed by Robert Redford
DVD 3645; vhs 999:2804

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Directed by Robert Benton
DVD 3646; vhs 999:1031

1978

The Deer Hunter (1978)
Directed by Michael Cimino
DVD 95; vhs 999:708

1977

Annie Hall (1977)
Directed by Woody Allen
DVD 56; vhs 999:263

1976

Rocky (1976)
Directed by John G. Avildsen
DVD 6557; vhs 999:2049

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Directed by Milos Forman
DVD 343; vhs 999:377

1974

The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
DVD 908; vhs 999:137

1973

The Sting (1973)
Directed by George Roy Hill
DVD 1439

1972

The Godfather (1972)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
DVD 908; vhs 999:81

1971

The French Connection (1971)
Directed by William Friedkin
DVD 851; vhs 999:2307

1970

Patton (1970)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
DVD 2877; vhs 999:770

1969

Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Directed by John Schlesinger
DVD 5254; vhs 999:986

1968

The Lion in Winter (1968)
Directed by Anthony Harvey
DVD X1081; vhs 999:204

1967

The Graduate (1967)
Directed by Mike Nichols
DVD 32; vhs 999:145

1966

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
DVD 7451; vhs 999:195

1965

Sound of Music (1965)
Directed by Robert Wise
DVD 456; vhs 999:767

1964

My Fair Lady (1964)
Directed by George Cukor
DVD 464; vhs 999:872

1963

Tom Jones (1963)
Directed by Tony Richardson
DVD 2520; vhs 999:698

1962

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Directed by David Lean
DVD 666; vhs 999:382

1961

West Side Story (1962)
Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
DVD 1747; vhs 999:115

1960

The Apartment (1960)
Directed by Billy Wilder
DVD 1758; vhs 999:1127

1959

Ben Hur (1959)
Directed by William Wyler
DVD 3369; vhs 999:233

1958

Gigi (1958)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
DVD 618; vhs 999:746

1957

Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Directed by David Lean
DVD 547; vhs 999:400

1956

Giant (1956)
Directed by George Stevens
DVD 4134; vhs 999:720

1955

Marty (1955)
Directed by Delbert Mann
DVD X150; vhs 999:855

1954

On the Waterfront (1954)
Directed by Elia Kazan
DVD 899; vhs 999:18

1953

From Here to Eternity (1953)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
DVD 918; vhs 999:988

1952

The Quiet Man (1952)
Directed by John Ford
DVD 9200; vhs 999:2701

1951

A Place in the Sun (1951)
Directed by George Stevens
DVD X1491; vhs 999:2121

1950

All About Eve (1950)
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
DVD 247; vhs 999:103

1949

All the King's Men (1949)
Directed by Robert Rossen
DVD 5484; vhs 999:264

1948

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
DVD 3805; vhs 999:3493

Directors' Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries

2008

Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2006)
Directed by Ari Folman
DVD X1670

2007

Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)
Directed by Asger Leth
DVD 9129

2006

Before Flying Back to the Earth (Pries parskrendant i zeme)(2005) (2005)
Directed by Arunas Matelis

2005

Grizzly Man(2005)
Directed by Werner Herzog
DVD 4899

2004

The Story Of The Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) (2003)
Directed by Byambasuren Davaa & Luigi Falorni
DVD 3543

2003

My Architect(2003)
Directed by Nathaniel Kahn
DVD 3670

2002

The Smith Family(2002)
Directed by Asha and Tasha Oldham

2001

Startup.com(2001)
Directed by Chris hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
DVD 845

2000

High School Boot Camp (2000)
Directed by Chuck Braverman

1999

On the Ropes (2000)
Directed by Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen

1998

Vietnam: Long Time Coming (1998)
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert & Gordon Quinn
DVD 8925

1997

Riding the Rails (1997)
Directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Video/C MM826

1996

Looking for Richard (1996)
Directed by Al Pachino
DVD 9093; vhs 999:1916

1995

Crumb (1994)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
DVD 7151; vhs 4274

1994

Hoop Dreams (1994)
Directed by Steve James
DVD 3802; vhs MM505

1992

Brother's Keeper (1992)
Directed by Joseph A. Berlinger and Bruce J. Sinofsky
DVD X160

1991

American Dream (1992)
Directed by Barbara Kopple
DVD 6527; vhs 2268

American Institute's Top Ten Films

The American Film Institute records the year's most outstanding achievements in film, and honors the creative ensembles for each of the honorees at the annual AFI AWARDS.

2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directed by David Fincher
DVD X1876

The Dark Knight
Directed by Christopher Nolan
DVD X749

Frost/Nixon
Directed by Ron Howard
DVD X1744

Frozen River
Directed by Courtney Hunt
DVD X1126

Gran Torino
Directed by Clint Eastwood
DVD X1622

Iron Man
Directed by Jon Favreau

Milk
Directed by Gus Van Sant
DVD X1378

Wall-E
Directed by Andrew Stanton
DVD X614

Wendy and Lucy
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
DVD X1628

The Wrestler
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
DVD X1644

2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Directed by Sidney Lumet
DVD X1474

Into the Wild
Directed by Sean Penn
DVD 9477

Juno
Directed by Jason Reitman
DVD 9602

Knocked Up
Directed by Judd Apatow

Michael Clayton
Directed by Tony Gilroy
DVD 9291

No Country for Old Men
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
DVD 9439

Ratatouille
Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
DVD 8743

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Directed by Julian Schnabel
DVD 9852

The Savages
Directed by Tamara Jenkins

There Will Be Blood
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
DVD 9844

2006

Babel (1992)
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
DVD 7293

Borat
Directed by Larry Charles
DVD 7632

Dreamgirls
Directed by Bill Condon
DVD 7816

Half Nelson
Directed by Ryan Fleck

Happy Feet
Directed by George Miller and others

Inside Man
Directed by Spike Lee

Letters From Iwo Jima
Directed by Clint Eastwood
DVD 7533

Little Miss Sunshine
Directed by Jonathan Dayton
DVD 7165

The Devil Wears Prada
Directed by David Frankel
DVD 7488

United 93
Directed by Paul Greengrass
DVD 6134

2005

A History of Violence
Directed by David Cronenberg
DVD 5245

Brokeback Mountain
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 5386

Capote
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 5329

Crash
Directed by Paul Haggis
DVD 4298

Good Night, and Good Luck
Directed by George Clooney
DVD 5223

King Kong
Directed by Peter Jackson
DVD 5347

Munich
Directed by Steven Spielberg
DVD 5564

Syriana
Directed by Stephen Gaghan
DVD 5765

The 40 Year Old Virgin
Directed by Judd Apatow

The Squid and the Whale
Directed by Noah Baumbach
DVD 5326

2004

The Aviator
Directed by Martin Scorsese
DVD 3996

Collateral
Directed by Michael Mann
DVD 3780

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Directed by Michel Gondry
DVD 3314

Friday Night Lights
Directed by Peter Berg and Josh Pate
DVD 3314

The Incredibles
Directed by Brad Bird
DVD 3662

Kinsey
Directed by Bill Condon
DVD 4039

Maria Full of Grace
Directed by Joshua Marston
DVD 3282

Million Dollar Baby
Directed by Clint Eastwood
DVD 4170

Sideways
Directed by Alexander Payne
DVD 3763

Spider-Man 2
Directed by Sam Raimi
DVD 9335

2003

American Splendor
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
DVD 2333

Finding Nemo
Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
DVD 2354

The Human Stain
Directed by Robert Benton

In America
Directed by Jim Sheridan
DVD 2683

The Last Samurai
Directed by Edward Zwick

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Directed by Peter Jackson
DVD 2773

Lost in Translation
Directed by Sofia Coppola
DVD 2289

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Directed by Peter Weir
DVD 4633

Monster
Directed by Patty Jenkins
DVD 2752

Mystic River
Directed by Clint Eastwood
DVD 7143

2002

About a Boy
Directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz

About Schmidt
Directed by Alexander Payne
DVD X1772

Adaptation
Directed by Spike Jonze
DVD 1647

Antwone Fisher
Directed by Denzel Washington
DVD 7459

Chicago
Directed by Rob Marshall
DVD 1850

Frida
Directed by Julie Taymor
DVD 1712

Gangs of New York
Directed by Martin Scorsese
DVD 1641

The Hours
Directed by Stephen Daldry
DVD 1717

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Directed by Peter Jackson
DVD 1843

The Quiet American
Directed by Phillip Noyce
DVD 1795

2001

A Beautiful Mind
Directed by Ron Howard
DVD 1230

Black Hawk Down
Directed by Ridley Scott
DVD 1199

In the Bedroom
Directed by Todd Field
DVD X1722

The Man Who Wasn't There
Directed by Joel Coen
DVD 2063

Memento
Directed by Christopher Nolan
DVD 1046

Monster's Ball
Directed by Marc Forster
DVD 1218

Moulin Rouge!
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
DVD 976

Mulholland Dr.
Directed by David Lynch
DVD 1349

Shrek
Directed by Andrew Adamson
DVD 7872

2000

Almost Famous
Directed by Cameron Crowe
DVD 1106

Before Night Falls
Directed by Julian Schnabel
DVD 1071

Erin Brockovich
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
DVD 1075

Gladiator
Directed by Ridley Scott
DVD 399

High Fidelity
Directed by Stephen Frears
DVD 399

Requiem for a Dream
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
DVD 2924

Wonder Boys
Directed by Curtis Hanson

You Can Count on Me
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
DVD 5500

American Library Association Video Round Table: Notable Videos for Adults

2009

The Business of Being Born
Directed by Abby Epstein
Follows both the filmmakers own pregnancy and actress/former talk show host Riki Lake's, white exploring the topic of birthing--specifically the alarming rise in the number of casarian births--in the US. 84 min.
DVD X834

Cats of Mirikitani
Directed by Abby Epstein
In order to move forward with his life, homeless Japanese-American artist Jimmy Mirikitani must revisit his painful past in a Japanese internment camp. 74 min.

Deep Water
Directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell
The engrossing story of amateur British yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, who risked everything in a tragic attempt to win the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world sailboat race. 93 min.

Fat Chance.
Directed by Yuka Sekiguchi
An honest, humorous self-portrait of an obese Japanese-Australian woman who sets out to lose weight but gains new perspectives on her past and personal identity. 52 min.

How I Am.
Directed by Ingrid Demetz, Caroline Leitner, and Daniel Mazza
Patrick painstakingly types the text that supplies the narrative for this profound and surprising view of the private world of an autistic teenager. 49 min.

Miss Navajo.
Directed by Ingrid Demetz, Caroline Leitner, and Daniel Mazza
Reveals the inner beauty of the young women who compete in the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant. Not only must contestants exhibit poise and grace as those in typical pageants, they must also answer tough questions in Navajo and demonstrate proficiency in skills essential to daily tribal life: fry-bread making, rug weaving and sheep butchering. The film follows the path of 21-year old Crystal Frazier, a not-so-fluent Navajo speaker and self-professed introvert, as she undertakes the challenges of the pageant. 53 min.
DVD X363

No End in Sight
Directed by Charles Ferguson.
An insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officals, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government and the disbanding of the Iraqi military--largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. 102 min.
DVD 9128

The Order of Myths
Directed by Margaret Brown
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic pageantry, diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence and power dynamics, elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines. 77 min.
DVD X356

The Price of Sugar
Directed by Bill Haney
Paul Newman narrates this documentary about Father Christopher Hartley, a Catholic Priest who works to improve the lives of Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic. 90 min.

Sharkwater.
Directed by Rob Stewart
Join activist Rob Stewart in his dangerous quest to save the world's ecosystem by stopping the global slaughter of sharks for their fins. 90 minutes.

Steal a Pencil for Me..
Directed by Michèle Ohayon
An unusual and uplifting love story: enduring the Holocaust, Jaap and Ina nourished a forbidden courtship writing secret love letters that helped them survive. 94 min.

To See If I'm Smiling. .
Directed by Tamar Yarom
Explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the testimonies of female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces serving in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. 60 min.

War Dance.
Directed by Andrea Nix and Sean Fine
Children at a displacement camp in Uganda who have survived horrific civil war violence find renewed joy and achievement entering a national music competition. 107 min.

2008

Achieving the Unachievable
Directed by Jean Bergeron
In 1956, Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher challenged the laws of perspective with Print Gallery and found himself trapped behind an impossible barrier... This uncompleted masterpiece quickly became the most puzzling enigma of Modern Art, for both artist and scientists. Half a century later, mathematician Hendrik Lenstra took everyone by surprise by drawing a fantastic bridge between the intuition of the artist and his own, finally shattering the Infinity Barrier!

After Innocence.
Directed by Heather MacDonald.
This documentary tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated - innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. The film focuses on the gripping story of seven men and their emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. 95 min.
DVD 7279

Been Rich All My Life.
Directed by Heather Lyn MacDonald.
Been Rich All My Life follows the most unlikely troupe of tap dancers. They are the "Silver Belles," five women aged 84 to 96. In their heyday they worked at some of Harlem's most prestigious haunts, performing with legendary band leaders like Cab Calloway, Jimmie Lunceford and Duke Ellington. They met in the 1930's as chorus dancers at the Apollo and the Cotton Club. When the big band era ended, and with it the need for show dancers, they all went into other work. They regrouped in 1985, put their shoes back on and — sassy as they ever were — are still performing regularly. They may not kick as high, but they are hip-swaying and show-biz savvy. These women will disrupt any notions you have of old age. 80 min.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash.
Directed by Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack and others.
Tells the story of how our civilization's addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world's top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled. 85 min.
DVD 9084

Favela Rising.
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary.
Documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sa is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. At the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Anderson's grassroots Afro Reggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever 82 min.
DVD 6532

Hacking Democracy.
Directed by Simon Ardizzone.
Electronic voting machines count about 87% of the votes cast in America today. But are they reliable? Are they safe from tampering? From a current congressional hearing to persistent media reports that suggest misuse of data and even outright fraud, concerns over the integrity of electronic voting are growing by the day. And if the voting process is not secure, neither is America's democracy. This timely, cautionary documentary exposes gaping holes in the security of America's electronic voting system. 81 min.
DVD 8055

The Heart of the Game.
Directed by Ward Serrill.
Captures the passion and energy of a Seattle high school girls' basketball team, the eccentricity of their unorthodox coach, and the incredible true story of one player's fight to play the game she loves. 97 min.

Iraq in Fragments.
Directed by James Longley.
Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. 94 min.
DVD 8135

Jesus Camp.
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they become dedicated Christian soldiers in "God's army," and learn to hone their prophetic gifts. 84 min.
DVD 6874

Maquilapolis: City of Factories.
Directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Carmen earns six dollars a day but she is not a victim. She is a dynamic young woman, busy making a life for herself and her children. In "Maquilapolis," Carmen and her friend Lourdes confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos, reaching beyond their daily struggle for survival to organize for change, taking on both the Mexican and U.S. governments and a major television manufacturer. The women also use video cameras to document their lives, their city and their hopes for the future.
DVD 6874

Maxed Out.
Directed and written by James Scurlock.
Takes a journey deep inside the American style of debt, where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Posits that most people are getting in trouble because the banks and credit card companies are setting their customers up to fail. Why? The more credit they give us, the more credit we need. When we inevitably fall behind, they can charge the huge late fees and the over-limit fees and the stratospheric interest rates that drive their profits. Shocking and incisive, the film paints a picture of a national nighmare, which is all too real for most. 87 min.
DVD 7797

Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety.
Directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, John Wellington Ennis, Holly Mosher.
This 50-minute documentary was created to give an in-depth, academic perspective on the questionable marketing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry, and features the commentary of investigative journalists and medical professionals including Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdosed America, and Prescription Access Litigation Project Director, Alex Sugerman-Brozan. Other notable interviewees include Dr. Bob Goodman of Columbia University, founder of the ‘No Free Lunch' program, and Dr. Jerome Hoffman of UCLA Medical School.
DVD 9106

The Prize of the Pole.
Directed by Staffan Julen.
Documentary of Inuit Hivshu a.k.a. Robert E. Peary II, on a quest to trace the story of his great grandfather while coming to terms with his own ethnic identity. Through archival footage, photos and audio recordings chronicles Peary's exploration of the Arctic over more than twenty years and his controversial 1909 claim to be the first man to reach the North Pole. Also explores the activities of Franz Boas, the "father" of American anthropology, who viewed the Eskimos as barbarians, as "living fossils" for scientific study, focusing on the fate of the six Eskimos who traveled to New York with Peary, including the sole survivor, Minik, a six-year-old boy. 78 min.
DVD 8637

Salud!
Directed by Connie Field.
A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud!looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ‘one of the world's best health systems.' From the shores of Africa to the Americas, !Salud!hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health—and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone's birth right. 93 min.
DVD 9329

When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.
Directed by Spike Lee.
An extensive documentary covering a wide variety of perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced. 255 min.
DVD 6725

2007

Country Boys
Directed by David Sutherland
Acclaimed producer, David Sutherland returns to rural America to tell an epic tale of two boys coming of age in Kentucky's Appalachian hills, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives. For Cody, that sense of belonging is found through his heavy metal Christian band and his relationship with his girlfriend. Chris, however, is torn between providing support for his family and the desire for an education.
DVD 5121

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig
Looks at the turbulent life of a genius musician battling manic depression who has spent the last three decades of his life in-and-out of mental institutions. A favorite with artists such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Beck, and many others, view the singer-songwriter-artist through his art and interviews, and in the eyes of his fans.
DVD 7273

The Devil's Miner
Directed by David Sutherland
The story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino as they work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico (Potosi). Abandoning their Catholic beliefs, Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there.
DVD 5345

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones.
Directed by Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia
Chronicles The Ramones from the band's CBGB and London heydays, the decade-long silence between Joey and Johnny caused by a dispute over a girl, through the deaths of Joey and Dee Dee Ramone and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2002. Includes unseen live and studio footage, along with extensive interviews with ex-band mates, family, friends and figures from New York City's punk scene.
DVD 7272

Grizzly Man.
Directed by Werner Herzog
Acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, who lived unarmed among grizzlies for 13 summers. Features Treadwell's video footage.
DVD 4899

The Ground Truth.
Directed by Patricia Foulkrod
Documents the stories of patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq and Afghanistan - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflicts, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, are a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home - with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth.
DVD 6785

Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action.
Directed by Roberta Grossman
Documents the stories of patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq and Afghanistan - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflicts, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, are a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home - with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth.
DVD 4604

In the Tall Grass: Inside the Citizen-Based Justice System Gacaca.
Directed by J. Coll Metcalfe
Focuses on the Hutu and Tutsi as they struggle through Rwanda's unique reconciliation process: Gacaca, a network of grassroots community courts. Shows the challenges faced by post-genocide countries as they transition from violence to peace.
DVD 7259

Life in the Undergrowth.
In five filmed segments, David Attenborough explores the world of invertebrates, detailing aspects of life-cycles of numerous species around the world.
DVD 7434

Murderball
Directed by Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro.
A film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. These men have been forced to live life sitting down, but in their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. Tells the story of a group of world-class athletes unlike any ever shown on screen. In addition to smashing chairs, it smashes every stereotype about the disabled.
DVD 4851

One Bright Shining Moment:
The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

Directed by Stephen Vittoria.
Presidential candidate George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon in 1972 and lost, but his bold grassroots campaign energized young Americans to a degree never before seen. Using a wealth of archival materials, features interviews with provocative figures of the time and extensive interviews with McGovern himself.
DVD 5490

Sir! No Sir!
Directed by David Zeiger
Recalls the unprecedented movement by American GI's against the Vietnam War, staged through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals and more, rocking the foundations of the American military. Includes archival material and interviews with key participants. DVD 6183

Street Fight
Directed by Marshall Curry
Chronicle of the bare-knuckled 2002 race between incumbent Sharpe James and newcomer Cory Booker for mayor of Newark, New Jersey . Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits the young challenger against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary, including harassment and police intimidation to crush its opponents. Though both candidates are African-American, the election becomes racially charged when the mayor accuses Booker, a Yale Law School grad -- of not being "really black."
DVD 4857

We Are Dad
Directed by Michael Horvat

Why We Fight
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future.
DVD 5766

2006

Born Into Brothels
Directed by Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
While living in the red light district of Calcutta and documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
DVD 4383

Busting Out
Directed by Laurel Spellman, Francine Strickwerda
A disarmingly honest and intimate exploration of our society's fascination with women's breasts. Directors Strickwerda and Spellman Smith unflinchingly examine the good, the bad and the ugly sides of this American icon, delving into the history and politics of breast obsession in the US. From breast-crazy men shouting "Flash those racks!" to the fears of breast cancer and the disparate attitudes of cultures worldwide, the directors leave no stone unturned in their quest to demystify the American breast.
DVD 5917

Control Room
Directed by Jehane Noujaim.
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POW's, the station has revealed everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration does not want the public to see. A seminal documentary that explores how "Truth" is gathered, presented, and ultimately created by those who deliver it.
DVD 3101

The Corporation
Directed by Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar
This documentary examines the history, inner workings and controversial potential futures of the big business corporation. The prognosis is grim -- for human beings, the environment, democracy and the very survival of the planet. Is there a cure for the pathological pursuit of profit at any cost, or can we only hope to apply restraints? Six years in production, this critical analysis includes extensive interviews with CEOs, top executives and academics.
DVD 3058

Girlhood
Directed by Liz Garbus.
Shanae was ten when she was gang-raped; she responded by drinking and drugging, and by age 12 had graduated to murder. Megan ran way from ten different foster homes before being arrested on assault charges. Both came to the Waxter Juvenile Facility in Maryland. Follow these two girls for three years, as they try to make a life for themselves both inside and outside of Baltimore's juvenile justice system.
DVD 5282

Lost Boys of Sudan
Directed by Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk.
Focuses on the journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by the war in Sudan, who travel to America looking for a safer environment where they find they must grapple with extreme cultural differences and learn to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.
DVD 3110

My Architect: A Son's Journey
Directed by Nathaniel Kahn.
Nathaniel Kahn documents the life and works of his father, Louis Kahn. Louis Kahn had an "official" family, including his wife Esther and daughter Sue Ann. He had two other secret families: with fellow architect Anne Tyng he had a daughter, Alexandra, and with his colleague Harriet Pattison he had Nathaniel.
DVD 3670

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains never-before-seen footage, exclusive interviews, and rare concert performances.
DVD 4394

Ryan
Directed by Chris Landreth.
A collection of seven groundbreaking animated films. Ryan: Creating a hand-animated three-dimensional world, Chris Landreth explores the life of Ryan Larkin, a pioneer in Canadian animation who now lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change. Alter egos: Incorporating the animated documentary Ryan, Laurence Green's film explores the paths of animators Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth and the relationship that developed between the two men. Syrinx: Using animated charcoal sketches, the Greek legend of how Pan made his pipes is brought to life. Walking: The way people walk is observed. Street musique: A visual improvisation is created from the music performed by sidewalk entertainers. The end: An animator discovers he's a character in his own work. Bingo: Answers the question, What if a lie is told long enough and loud enough?
DVD 4572

Shipbreakers
Directed by Michael Kot.
For the past two decades more than 7,000 rusting hulks of the world's largest ships have been driven onto the remote beaches off the Arabian Sea to be dismantled for scrap by hand, piece by piece. Sold for scrap, the ship owners rarely bother to abide by the U.N. Basel Convention which bans shipments of transboundary waste. A sign reading "Safety Is Our Motto" may hang over the gateway, but the workers have another, more telling slogan: "A ship a day, a death a day." One worker a day, on average, dies on the job, evaporated in explosions, crushed by falling steel, cut in half by cables or broken up from falls. Of the remainder, one in four will contract cancers caused by asbestos, PCBs and other toxic substances. Shipbreakers vividly captures both the haunting beauty of the ships and the deplorable conditions of the workers --- in an unforgettable portrayal where Third World ingenuity meets 21st century global economics.
DVD 5647

This Black Soil
Directed by Teresa Konechne. This inspiring and provocative new film chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, Virginia, a small and severely impoverished rural African-American community, to pursue a new vision of prosperity. Catalyzed by the defeat of a state plan to build a maximum-security prison in their backyard, the powerful women leaders and residents created the Bayview Citizens for Social Justice, a non-profit organization, secured $10 million in grants, purchased the proposed prison site land and are now building a new community from the ground up.
DVD 5718

Waging a Living
Directed by Roger Weisberg, Pamela Harris. More than 30 million Americans are stuck in jobs that pay less than the federal poverty level for a family of four. Shot over a 3 year period, this documentary chronicles the day-to-day struggles of four low-wageearners to support their families. Jean Reynolds (nursing assistant) and Mary Venittelli (waitress) of New Jersey, Jerry Longoria (security guard) of San Francisco, and Barbara Brooks (student and single mother) of Freeport, N.Y. relate their dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments.
DVD 3660

2002

30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle
A film by Rustin Thompson.
Former news cameraman Rustin Thompson pursues the story of the protests that surrounded the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999, offering his evolving view of the week-long chaos.
Video/C 7631

Book Wars.
Written, directed, edited and narrated by Jason Rosette.
A highly original portrait of the quirky and competitive world of New York City street booksellers, as documented by Jason Rosette, one of their own.
Video/C 8757

Chinatown Files
Director, Amy Chen.
Amy Chen's documentary is the first to explore Chinese-American experience during the "climate of fear" that McCarthyism produced, reminding viewers of the tenuous nature of civil rights.
Video/C 8426

Dark Days
Directed by Marc Singer
Marc Singer's film explores the lives of dwellers in a shantytown community within an Amtrak tunnel under New York city.
DVD 854

Genghis Blues
Directed by Roko Belic.
Roko Belic's documentary chronicles the remarkable journey of Paul "Earthquake" Pena, a blind San Francisco blues singer who traveled to Tuva (Upper Mongolia) in 1995 to participate in a throat-singing competition.
DVD 414

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
Produced and directed by Daniel McCabe and Paul Stekler.
Daniel McCabe and Paul Stekler's film paints a complex portrait of the late four-time governor of Alabama, whose virulent segregationist stance ironically helped force civil rights to the forefront of American politics.
Video/C 7056

Into the Arms of Strangers
Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris.
Mark Jonathan Harris's film interviews Holocaust survivors rescued by the Kindertransport, a pre-World War II operation in which 10,000 Jewish children from German-held lands were sent to foster homes and hostels in Great Britain.
DVD 1042

Merchants of Cool
Director, Neil Docherty.
This Frontline documentary exposes the tactics used by corporate media giants to package "cool" and sell it to America's lucrative teenage market.
Video/C 8130

Napoleon
Writer, Director, David Grubin.
David Grubin's absorbing biography of France's 18th century soldier-cum-emperor provides an entertaining and instructive reminder of the ephemeral nature of power and empires.
DVD 1127

The Old Man and the Sea
Directed by Alexander Petrov
Alexander Petrov's elegant adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's classic is a masterwork of hand-painted animation.
Video/C 999:3257

One Day in September
Director, Kevin MacDonald.
Presents the shocking true story of the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
DVD 1040

Return of Navajo Boy
Director, Jeff Spitz.
When filmmaker Jeff Spitz returns a 1950's silent film to a Navajo family, he triggers their search for identity.
Video/C 8913

School: The Story of American Public Education.
Director, Sarah Mondale. Distributor: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Sarah Mondale's history of American education intertwines personal rememberances, archival footage, and expert interviews to explore school's impact on individuals and society.
Video/C 8328- 8331

Sound and Fury
Director, Josh Aronson.
Josh Aronson's documentary about deaf culture follows the divisive story of two brother's families, one for and the other against a new cochlear implant treatment that would restore partial hearing to their children.
Video/C 7541

Strange Invaders
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Parenthood meets science fiction in Cordell Barker's whimsical animated short about a couple whose dream turns into a nightmare when a "child" invades their home.

2001

42 Up
Producer/director Michael Apted.
Filmmaker Michael Apted revisits 11 of the 14 Britons he's interviewed every seven years since 1964 when they were children in this remarkable sociological project.
Video/C 7378

American Movie: The Making of Northwestern
Director Chris Smith.
Chris Smith's portrait of filmmaker Mark Borchardt's attempts to make a movie offers a humorous, insightful and oddly moving behind-the-scenes look at fringe independent filmmaking.
DVD 288

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Producer, writer, director Michael Paxton.
In this Oscar-nominated feature-length biopic, Michael Paxton presents an altogether fascinating portrait of the controversial philosopher/novelist.
DVD 630

The Brandon Teena Story.
Producers, directors, editors Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir
The life and tragic murder of Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, illustrates one community's response to issues of gender and identity. <
Video/C 6125

Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment.
Director Peter Wintonick. Producer Adam Symansky.
Filmmaker Peter Wintonick explores the influential cinema verite film movement of the 50's and 60's through interviews with masters of the genre and clips from key films.
Video/C 7004

Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians.
Writer, producer, director Anne Makepeace.
Anne Makepeace's moving biography of Edward S. Curtis, the pioneer photographer of American Indians, also visits descendants of Curtis's subjects who today use his images to revive the past.
DVD 3194; vhs 7339

Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way.
Director Grant Greschuk.
Grant Greschuk's luminous biography travels from Chicago to Hollywood, London, and Vancouver, as African-American dancer Jeni LeGon, students, friends, and historians review her extraordinary life and career in a segregated society.
Video/C 7464

The Legacy: Murder and Media Politics and Prison.
Writer, producer, director Michael J. Moore.
Michael J. Moore's thought-provoking film traces the genesis of California's "three strikes" law, and examines the haunting "legacy" of an expensive system heavily populated by non-violent offenders.
Video/C 6370

On Our Own Terms (Moyers on Dying)
Producer/director Gail Pellett.
Bill Moyers explores the agonizing decisions made by terminally ill patients and their families in this informative and touching four-part series.
Video/C 8422-8423

One Day Longer: Story of the Frontier Strike.
Producer/director Amie S. Williams. Distributor: CineVegas
For seven years Las Vegas hospitality workers fought their for jobs, wages, and benefits at the Frontier Hotel, in the longest strike in labor history.
Video/C 7867

Rabbit in the Moon.
Producers Emiko Omori and Chizuko Omori.
Filmmaker Emiko Omori's memoir examines the effects of World War II internment on Japanese-Americans, focusing upon the lasting divisions within their minority community. Distributor: Transit Media.
Video/C 6310

Sing Faster: The Stagehand's Ring Cycle.
Producer/director/writer, Jon Else.
The feats and follies of the San Francisco Opera Company's technical crew are profiled in this funny, irreverent, behind-the-scenes view of Wagner's 17-hour Ring Cycle.
DVD 2776; vhs 5925

Stranger with a Camera.
Producer/director Elizabeth Barret.
Elizabeth Barret revisits the murder of Canadian filmmaker Hugh O'Connor in poverty-stricken Jeremiah, Kentucky, circa 1967, while also questioning the media's ethics in publicly shaming a poor community.
Video/C 7192

Walking with Dinosaurs.
Producer Jasper James.
Jurassic Park meets National Geographic in this realistic, animated view of 155 million years of dinosaur history. The DVD version shows how animators and paleontologists worked together to answer scientific questions.

Well-Founded Fear.
A film by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini.
Told from the perspective of political asylum applicants and asylum officers, this real-life drama examines the utterly human mix of humanity, bureaucracy and serendipity in deciding the course of people's lives.
DVD 7564; vhs Video/C 7297

2000

An American Love Story. 5 parts (10 programs)
Producer and Director, Jennifer Fox.
In a film as complex and unpredictable as the family it chronicles, Jennifer Fox brings viewers into the lives of a multi-racial couple and their daughters.
Video/C 6503

Dear Jesse
A film by Tim Kirkman.
Tim Kirkman's video letter to North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms uses their parallel lives to explore homophobia, racial discrimination, and self-affirmation.
Video/C 7185

The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison
Producers and Directors, Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus.
This Oscar-nominated documentary offers a disturbing portrait of five inmates condemned to life sentences inside Louisiana's maximum security prison.
Video/C 6147

The Farmer's Wife
Producer and Director, David Sutherland. Co-producer, Nancy Sutherland.
David Sutherland's beautifully filmed Frontline documentary presents a deeply involving look at the tribulations and triumphs of a struggling Nebraska farm family.
Video/C 6115

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
Producer and Director, Errol Morris.
Errol Morris creates a thought-provoking exploration of four eccentric individuals and how they make sense of their world.
Video/C 6107

Forgotten Fire
Director, Michael Chandler.
Michael Chandler's documentary probes church burnings in a small South Carolina town, revealing the complex historical and social dimensions of racial violence.
Video/C 7456

Future Remembrance: Photography and Image Arts in Ghana.
A film by Tobias Wendl and Nancy du Plessis.
In this entertaining exploration of photography and image making, viewers gain insight into the role of art in everyday life.

I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Art
6 parts. Directors, Sam Pollard and Tracy Heather Strain.
This historical survey of artists, musicians, dancers and authors chronicles the evolution of African American culture and consciousness in American arts.
Video/C 6262- 6267

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
2 parts. A film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes.
Ken Burns and Paul Barnes eloquently tell the story of pioneer feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony against the backdrop of the early women's movement and the struggle for women's suffrage.
Video/C 6600-6601

Pop.
Producer and Director, Joel Meyerowitz.
Celebrated photographer Joel Meyerowitz's "home video" takes viewers on a compassionate and often humorous road trip with his father, who suffers from Alzheimer's.

When the Day Breaks.
Direction, Animation, and Lyrics, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Producer, David Verrall.
In 9 ½ minutes, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis offer an animated meditation on chance, death, and life.

1999

The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords.
Produced by Half Nelson Productions. Director, Stanley Nelson. Distributed by California Newsreel. This moving documentary masterfully traces the birth, evolution and impact of African American journalism since Reconstruction.
Video/C 5445

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Director, Jessica Yu.
Poet/journalist Mark O'Brien offers profound reflections on life from inside an iron lung.
Video/C 4841

Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
Director, Laura Angelica Simon.
Filmmaker/teacher Laura Angelica Simon explores the conflict surrounding the public education of illegal immigrants.
DVD 9929 [preservation copy]; vhs 5246

Henry: One Man's Way
Director, John Swindells.
This tribute to animal rights activist Henry Spira demonstrates the power of one person to effect social and political change.

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Director, Ken Burns.
A beautifully realized account of the Lewis & Clark expedition that expands our knowledge of both American history and the American spirit.
Video/C 5996

A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Produced and directed by Ada Gray Griffin and Michelle Parkerson.
This rich social and personal history explores the life of black feminist poet Audre Lorde.
Video/C 5667

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Director, Monte Bramer.
This inspiring film chronicles gay activist and writer Paul Monette's choice to live life to its fullest in the age of AIDS.
Video/C 6042

Silence.
Director, Orly Yadin. Distributed by Filmaker's Library.
In a unique blend of animation and archival footage, a Holocaust survivor finally tells her story.

Stomp Out Loud.
Directors, Luke Crasswell and Steve McNicholas.
A stunning musical odyssey that rolls through the Manhattan cityscape, transforming everyday life into percussive poetry.
DVD 686; vhs Video/C 9378

You Don't Know Dick.
Director, Candace Schermerhorn.
These interviews with six female-to-male transsexuals reveal lives notable for their profound emotional complexity and bravery.
Video/C 5085

Peabody Awards

First presented in 1941, the George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. The awards program is administered by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Selection is made each spring by the Peabody Board, a 16-member panel of distinguished academics, television critics, industry practitioners and experts in culture and the arts.

Note: For a complete listing of the Peabody Awards by year see: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/

2008

Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research
Director: Maria Finitzo.
Neither scientific facts nor ethical complexity nor emotional drama was sacrificed in this documentary about a neurologist who took up stem-cell research after his beloved daughter suffered a spinal injury.
DVD 8707

King Corn
Directors: Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney
Mosaic Films, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Starting off like a post-grad goof -- two college buddies plant one acre of corn and follow it to market -- the documentary ended up raising questions about everything from crop subsidies to animal cruelty to our obesity epidemic: What's in YOUR gullet?
DVD 9238

Campaign (Senkyo)
Director: Soda Kazuhiro
Soda Kazuhiro's revealing, sometimes painfully funny documentary observed the ragged political campaign of a naif handpicked and backed by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
DVD 9249

Nanjing (Nanking)
Directors: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Human decency rises to confront human atrocity in this powerful, newly documented remembrance of a small group of Westerners who saved thousands of Chinese during the 1937 "rape of Nanking" by Japanese invaders.
DVD 9884

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Entourage
Lost

2007

Art 21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century
Created and produced by Susan Sollins, Susan Dowling; directors, Catherine Tatge, Deborah Shaffer.
For most of us, "art" is what appears on walls, in sculpture gardens, on film or video or in installations. But for the artists themselves, art begins long before these artifacts take final form. For them, art is a process that involves observation, description, analysis, and synthesis. Art is about making ideas, concepts and visions into something tangible or visible, something to be experienced. "Art 21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century" captures the exciting creative processes that precede the making. In segments dealing with "romance" or "protest," for example, we watch as artists describe their own thinking, their approaches to understanding those words. We see how thoughts are given form and marvel as materials are manipulated and modified. We watch works of art emerge. And we learn that common words can -- and should -- inspire works that trouble meaning and conventional wisdom. For making "art" more knowable and familiar, yet more individualized, more distinctive, and more personal, "Art 21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century" receives a Peabody Award.
DVD 2811 (Season one) DVD 2811 (Season two)

Cheney's Law
Written, produced and directed: Michael Kirk
For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, Frontline meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.
DVD 9085

Planet Earth
Written, produced and directed: Michael Kirk
Eleven-part nature series. 40 camera teams were shooting at over 200 different locations all over the world for more than 5 years to get the pictures seen in the series. Each segment is followed by a sequence investigating the techniques and challenges of wildlife photography within that segment.
DVD 7435

Sisters In Law
Directed by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi.
A documentary record of a courtroom in Kumba, Cameroon, where a female prosecutor and judge work to put an end to their community's tacit acceptance of child abuse, wife beating and rape. With fierce compassion, the tough-minded state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president Beatrice Ntuba dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair measure.
DVD 5460

Taxi to the Dark Side
Directed by Alex Gibney
An investigation into the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process. Takes an in-depth look at the case of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was suddenly detained by the U.S. military one afternoon and died in his Bagram prison cell five days later. This gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power demonstrates how one man's life and death symbolizes the erosion of our civil rights.
DVD X373

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30 Rock
Mad Men

2006

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Directed by Ric Burns
Andy Warhol and his entourage redefined painting, sculpture, film, music and celebrity at his Factory workspace-playroom. Through on-camera interviews and still and motion picture footage this extensive documentary expores the entire length of Andy Warhol's career in art from the 1940's until his death in 1987.
DVD 6510

Baghdad ER
Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
An unforgettable look at the 86th Combat Support Hospital, which is the premier U.S. Army medical facility in Iraq. Watch as doctors and nurses fight to save lives of wounded soldiers on a frighteningly routine basis.
DVD 6203

Elizabeth I
Directed by Tom Hooper
A television mini-series exploring the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world. Cast: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Dancy, Ian McDiarmid, Patrick Malahide, Toby Jones.
DVD 6080

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Directed by Spike Lee
An extensive documentary covering a wide variety of perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
DVD 6725

Why We Fight
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future.
DVD 5766

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The Boondocks
The Office

2005

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains never-before-seen footage, exclusive interviews, and rare concert performances.
DVD 4394

Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Directed by Shola Lynch
Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm campaigned to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. From the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami that July, Chisholm's fight for inclusion encompassed all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political establishment, Chisholm asks people of color, feminists and young voters for their support to "reshape our society and take control of our destiny ..." To the surprise of many, voters responded.
DVD 3669

Two Days in October
Directed by Robert Kenner
Examines the critical events that took place in the fall of 1967, from the ambush of an American battalion by the Viet Cong that led to skepticism of whether the Vietnamese conflict was winnable, to the first violent anti-war demonstration on a campus in Wisconsin.
DVD 4654

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Battlestar Galactica
South Park
The Wire

2004

Balseros
Directed by Carles Bosch, Josep M. Domenech
A gripping look at the daring escapes of seven Cubans and their families on homemade rafts in 1994 and their depressing U.S. destinations. The film presents Cuba in a negative but wistful light, a light that seems all the brighter when the battered Cubans begin their new lives as Americans. The little these people had in Cuba is eventually pined over when they must begin anew with nothing in the United States.
Video/C 9875

Bus 174
Directed by Jose Padilha and Felipe Lacerda
Based on extensive research, stock footage, interviews and official documents, investigates the tragic series of events that followed a desperate bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro in 2000 that turned deadly when a SWAT team took evasive action against a drug-addled hijacker.
DVD 4033

The N Word
Directed by Todd Larkins
Features commentary from celebrities, journalists, historians and everyday people regarding their personal history with and society's use of the N word ("nigger"). Explores the history and relevance of the word and the social status within and between the races.
DVD 6438

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Deadwood
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004
The Kumars at No. 42

2003

Flag Wars
Directed by Linda Goode Bryant; codirected by Laura Poitras
Filmed over a 4 year period, "Flag Wars" is a poignant account of the politics and pain of gentrification. It explores the effects on a long-established working-class black neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio when gay white professionals move into and begin to transform the area. The clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call your own.
vhs Video/C 9863

The Murder of Emmett Till
Directed by Stanley Nelson
The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
DVD 9526; vhs Video/C 9440

The Two Towns of Jasper
Directed by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams .
In 1998 in Jasper, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., a black man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death by three white men. The town was forever altered, and the nation woke up to the horror of a modern-day lynching. The filmmakers set out to document the aftermath of the murder by following the trials of the local men charged with the crime. The result is an explicit and troubling portrait of race in America, one that asks how and why a crime like this could have occurred.
vhs Video/C 9470

War Photographer
Directed by Christian Frei
Photojournalist James Nachtwey has been very close to the subjects he photographs for over 20 years -- a time period in which he has not missed a single war. This documentary follows James as he goes from Kosovo to the West Bank to Indonesia in search of pictures he can publish. This committed, shy man, is considered one of the bravest and most important war photographers of our time.
DVD 2224

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
The Office
The Wire

2002

9/11
Directed by Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet, James Hanlon
On the morning of September 11, 2001, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York City firefighter. Hearing a roar in the sky, Jules turned his camera upward - just in time to film the only existing image of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center Tower 1. With cameras rolling, the Naudets follow NYC firefighters into the heart of what would be known as Ground Zero. A striking tribute to real-life heroes who rose to extraordinary acts of courage and compassion.
DVD 1320

Stage on Screen: Beckett on Film
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Bringing Down a Dictator
Directed by Steve York
In 2000, Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold power in Yugoslavia. His opponents were led by a student movement called Otpor! (Serbian for "resistance"), who attacked the regime with ridicule, rock music, and a willingness to be arrested. Their courage and audacity inspired others to overcome their fear and join the fight, leading to Milosevic's fall from power, arrest, and extradition to the Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity.
vhs Video/C 9705

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Directed by Richard Wormser
In 2000, Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold power in Yugoslavia. His opponents were led by a student movement called Otpor! (Serbian for "resistance"), who attacked the regime with ridicule, rock music, and a willingness to be arrested. Their courage and audacity inspired others to overcome their fear and join the fight, leading to Milosevic's fall from power, arrest, and extradition to the Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity.
DVD 3048

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Six Feet Under
The Wire

2001

A Huey P. Newton Story
Directed by Spike Lee
Actor and writer Roger Guenveur Smith presents a solo perfomance of Huey P. Newton's life in a stream-of-consciousness monologue inspired by the writings and interviews of Newton, the late co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Director Spike Lee complements Smith's performance with an imaginative mixture of multiple camera angles and documentary footage. Based on the taped performance before a live audience in New York City, the film also features an award-winning score by Marc Anthony Thompson and guest solos by Branford Marsalis.
DVD 5791; vhs Video/C 9568

America: A Tribute to Heroes
Executive producer, Joel Gallen.
A 2 hour telethon, which aired on all the major TV networks where celebrities and entertainers raised money for the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.
vhs Video/C 8523

Ann Frank
Directed by Robert Dornhelm
A dramatization that paints the true portrait of Anne Frank both before and after she went into hiding. Get to know the high-spirited and popular girl before the war, and experience the challenges of the brave people who risked their lives trying to keep her safe. This film also explores the enduring mystery of who betrayed the Frank family and reveals what happened next.
DVD 922

Band of Brothers
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Tony To, David Frankel
Tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, this television drama tells of the extraordinary bravery and fear faced by the soldiers in this elite rifle company who parachuted into France early on D-Day morning, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150% casualties, and whose lives became legend.
DVD 1421

Conspiracy
Directed by Frank Pierson
On January 20, 1942, 15 German officials attended a conference at Wannsee - on the outskirts of Berlin. The meeting is comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers. The meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann under the direction of Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was a polite conference, but under this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By the end of the meeting, the fate of six million lives would be decided and the shape of the world would be altered forever.
DVD 1378

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Directed by Aviva Kempner
Warm, nostalgic and wry, this film tells the story of Hank Greenberg, the first Jewish baseball star. Handsome, and humble, he transcended religious prejudice to become one of major league baseball's great sluggers -- a hero to sports fans and an icon for a generation of U.S. Jews.
DVD 7150

My Father's Camera
Directed by Karen Shopsowitz
Looks at home movies and their unique place in popular culture. Director Karen Shopsowitz traces the history of home movies from the 1920s to the amateur explosion of the '30s and '40s and beyond. She interviews members of the Toronto Film Club, a Japanese-American archivist who sees home movies as an expression of cultural diversity and a collector who hosts popular Webcasts that highlight new acquisitions.
vhs Video/C 9351

Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Directed by DeWitt Sage
Readings by Campbell Scott, Laura Linney, Amy Irving, William Sadler. Presents a portrait of the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing on his life and work, his tortured marital relationship and his troubled friendships with fellow colleagues such as Ernest Hemingway.
DVD 2530

Wit
Directed by Mike Nichols
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. No longer a teacher, but a subject for others to study, she discovers that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
DVD 836

2000

1900 House: An Extraordinary Living Experiment
Directed by Jonathan Barker, Caroline Ross-Pirie
Just how good were the good old days? Travel back in time with the Bowler family, smitten by the idea of experiencing the Victorian lifestyle right down to corsets, chamber pots and cutthroat razors, as they turn back the calendar to spring of 1900. Their eye-opening experiences of the grueling demands of a bygone era help them to understand another era with an exceptional clarity and a unique perspective.
vhs Video/C 7174

Cry Freetown
Directed by Sorious Samura
Award-winning cameraman Sorious Samura returns to Sierra Leone to expose the horror of his country's civil war. In January 1999, the rebel forces attacked Freetown, the capital, killing thousands of civilians. Despite journalists being threatened with death, Samura filmed on the streets of the city throughout capturing extraordinary and disturbing footage of innocent victims of a civil war largely ignored by the West.
vhs Video/C 8327

King Gimp
Directed by William A. Whiteford
An Academy Award winning documentary that chronicles the life of Dan Keplinger who has cerebral palsy, from his childhood through his early twenties.
vhs Video/C 7283

Napoleon
Directed by David Grubin
For nearly two decades Napoleon strode the world stage like a colossus -- loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the island of St. Helena, this documentary bears witness to a man riddled with contradictions that are the essence of his glory and his undoing.
DVD 1127

Regret to Inform
Directed by Barbara Sonneborn
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn took a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.
DVD 5428; vhs Video/C 6746

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The Sopranos
The West Wing

1999

Arguing the World
Directed by Joseph Dorman
Traces the lives of four of the 20th century's leading thinkers, Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer, Irving Howe and Irving Kristol. They have been disagreeing with a vengeance since they studied together at New York City College in the 1930s. This film traces their early idealistic days, their controversial role in the McCarthy era, their battle with the New Left in the sixties, and their vastly differing political views today.
vhs Video/C 5541

I'll Make Me a World
Executive producer, Henry Hampton
An exuberant and inspiring look at a century of African-American arts
vhs Video/C 6263-6267

The Life of Birds
Host: David Attenborough
Six-part series exploring the intriguing world of the plant kingdom.
vhs Video/C 9118-9122

The Mississippi: River of Song
Paul Johnson and Mitsuo Kojima, executive producers
An extremely novel approach to the radio presentation of song, this expansive radio series--as expansive as the Mississippi River itself--captures the spirit and soul of American music along the great river.
vhs Video/C 6250-6253

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Directed by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes
Presents the history of women's suffrage through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship between Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony who were born into a world ruled entirely by men. By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of a majority of American citizens.
vhs Video/C 6600-6601

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
The Sopranos
The West Wing

1998

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Executive producer, Orlando Bagwell
A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America, from the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War.
DVD 814-815; vhs Video/C 5838-5841

Alexander Calder
Directed by Roger Sherman
A biography of Internationally acclaimed sculptor, Alexander Calder, who invented an art form, the mobile, which incorporates motion into sculpture. Having created over 16,000 works of art, ranging from tiny mobiles that would fit in a matchbox to soaring monuments over seven stories high, Calder ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important artists.
DVD 4436; vhs Video/C 6327

America 1900
Directed by David Grubin
A 4 part series examining the turn of the century pivotal year: 1900.
vhs Video/C 5810-5811

Cold War
Executive producer, Jeremy Isaacs; Series producer, Martin Smith
A biography of Internationally acclaimed sculptor, Alexander Calder, who invented an art form, the mobile, which incorporates motion into sculpture. Having created over 16,000 works of art, ranging from tiny mobiles that would fit in a matchbox to soaring monuments over seven stories high, Calder ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important artists.
vhs Video/C 5735-5742

Frank Lloyd Wright
Directed by Ken Burns
A two part documentary portrait of the life and work of architecture giant Frank Lloyd Wright, a brilliant, arrogant figure unbowed by scandal and personal tragedy. Part 2 continues to review his turbulent personal life and the advance of his career. Examines Wright's architectural creations of Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, Taliesin West in Arizona and the controversial design of the Guggenheim Museum.
DVD 8826; vhs Video/C 5728-5729

Riding the Rails
Directed by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell
The Depression forced some four million Americans onto the tracks in search of work, food and lodging. Of these "tramps," more than 250,000 were children. Seamlessly interweaving archival footage, personal photos and interviews, this film relates the experiences and sometimes painful recollections of these now elderly survivors of the rails.
vhs Video/C MM826

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Ally McBeal

1997

Blue Note, A Story of Modern Jazz
Directed by Julian Benedikt
The story of Blue Note Records, the jazz record company founded in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The history of the company has been intimately linked with the evolution of jazz music and the development of jazz musicians. Includes many recordings of live performances by Blue Note artists as well as interviews of staff, performers and critics. Illustrated with photos by Francis Wolff.
vhs Video/C 5277

The Castro (Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco)
Directed by Peter L. Stein
Chronicles the history of the Castro district from a working class neighborhood to the center of gay and lesbian life in San Francisco.
DVD 9561 [preservation copy]; vhs Video/C 5004

A Healthy Baby Girl
Directed by Judith Helfand
Presents the filmmaker's experience of coping with her own hysterectomy at twenty five for cancer caused by her mother's use of D.E.S., a synthetic hormone administered to prevent miscarriage.
vhs Video/C 5015

In the Land of the Deaf
Directed by Nicolas Philibert
This documentary explores deaf life and culture in France, and the growing controversy involving "curing" deafness. Includes portraits of a charismatic sign language teacher, a woman treated as mentally ill because her hearing problem was misdiagnosed, a young man who remembers the first horrifying experience of hearing with an aid, and a newlywed deaf couple trying to communicate with a real estate agent.
vhs Video/C 4866

Liberty! The American Revolution
Directed by Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
What does it mean to be an "American?" In a country of immigrants, ill-defined by race or ethnicity, political beliefs and principles are our common thread. No single era of American history has more to do with shaping those beliefs than does the revolutionary period. What the American revolution created, and how it continues to influence a nation now heading into the 21st century, are the subjects of "LIBERTY!" Spanning 1763 to 1789, this six-part dramatic documentary chronicles the impressive, often conflicted story of how 13 diverse colonies became a nation, bound by faith in a new kind of government.
vhs Video/C 5411-5413

The Nazis, A Warning From History
Written and produced by Laurence Rees
Six-part indepth exploration of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime.
DVD 4173

The People's Century
See 20th Century Overviews for descriptions

The Presidents Series
See US Politics & Government videography for descriptions

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Directed by Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher
A documentary of the struggle of the Jordan family in Iowa as they attempt to fight off foreclosure of their farm, land that has been in their family for 125 years.
vhs Video/C 5197

1996

The Celluloid Closet
Directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
DVD 706; vhs Video/C 4717

Gate of Heavenly Peace
Directed by Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton
Discusses Tiananmen Square incident, June 4, 1989. Includes still photographs, eyewitness accounts, interviews, and newsreels.
vhs Video/C 4192

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Directed by Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton
The war to end all wars - - the war to make the world safe for democracy - - "The Great War," as its contemporaries knew it, began when Europe erupted in flames in August 1914. By its end in November 1918, millions were dead, and the world was forever changed. "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" relies on a wealth of original and vintage film, rare photos, letters, and diaries, to create a haunting, stunning, and absorbing series.
vhs Video/C 5256-5259

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
African-American athletes today are much-loved heroes in American sports, but this has not always been true. In the past, many black athletes faced crushing racial discrimination, were rejected by their fellow competitors and fans, and had to wage a lifetime struggle to achieve equality on the playing field. Captured here are some of the Afro-American greats who led the way.
vhs Video/C 5430

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hillsat
Directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Examines the brutal slayings of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the investigation, arrest and trial of the three teenagers (the West Memphis Three) whose only crime seems to have been that they dressed in black, listened to heavy metal music, and were fascinated with the Wicca religion.
DVD 5124

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
NYPD Blue: Raging Bulls
Law & Order
NYPD Blue
The Simpsons
The X-Files

1995

Coming Out Under Fire
Directed by Arthur Dong
Gay men and lesbians who served in the United States military service during World War II discuss their experiences with the response of the military establishment towards their sexual orientation.
DVD 4423; vhs Video/C 3447

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Directed by Deborah Hoffmann
Shows interactions between an Alzheimer's patient and her daughter. The daughter discusses how she has dealt with her mother's illness and describes various stages of the disease.
vhs Video/C 3976

Hoop Dreams
Directed by Steve James
This documentary follows the two inner-city basketball phenoms' Arthur Agee and William Gates through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
DVD 3802; vhs Video/C MM505

Road Scholar
Directed by Roger Weisberg
Satirical poet, Andrei Codrescu takes a six week, 4,500 mile odyssey across America in a cherry-red '68 Cadillac convertible. From the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate he makes impromptu detours along the way in search of a nation's heart and soul, meeting an unforgettable assortment of Americans from across the country. Andrei's odyssey is a delightful, ironic and vividly drawn portrait of America in all of its confounding diversity.
vhs Video/C 4329

The Piano Lesson
Directed by Lloyd Richards
In this story of an Afro-American family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future, the Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.
vhs Video/C 999:2051

The Private Life of Plants
Host: David Attenborough; producer, Mike Salisbury
They smell heavenly, have multiple sex partners, and reproduce in the thousands. We can't live without them and yet if we get too close, they can draw blood. What are they? Plants. British naturalist David Attenborough explores the secrets of plant life throughout the world in this intriguing and fast-paced six-hour documentary series.
vhs Video/C 9791-9795

Rock & Roll
This ten-hour series for public television traces the history of rock from its renegade beginnings to its technology-driven present. See Music videography for description

Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation
Directed by Laura Silber & Allan Little,
This definitive record of the events associated with the collapse of Yugoslavia brings into focus the divergence of warring factions and the hostility among leaders on all sides.
vhs Video/C 7401-7403

Waco, The Inside Story
Directed by Michael Kirk
Chronicles the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in 1993, and the hostile interplay of FBI tactics teams and hostage negotiators.
vhs Video/C 4850

1994

China, Beyond the Clouds
Directed by Phil Agland
Filmmaker Phil Agland reveals the everyday drama and passion of contemporary China, a country "steeped in tradition and wracked by change," by focusing on life in one small town. Interwoven throughout the four segments of this documentary are the stories of a gang fight, in which one boy is killed, and the subsequent police investigation; a hill country teacher who leaves his charges temporarily in the care of a substitute while he takes a course to improve his skills; and the work of Dr. Tang who practices acupuncture and treats people with problems such as rheumatism and migraines as well as cerebral palsy. The blind masseuse treats the grannies' ailments and confides that she is in live with a blind pen pal. Although the focus is on the situation of children and youth in a changing world, the film does not ignore other elements of the community--the elderly, the entrepreneurs, the leaders of the "Street Committee," etc.--or the history and physical splendour surrounding this small town in China.
vhs Video/C 3899

Fat Chance
Directed by Jeff McKay
Rick Zakowich is fat. Many would call him obese. Now at 40 he feels he's come to that stage in his life where it's do or die. Nothing has ever worked before; and after 30 years of trying and failing, he wants to give it one more chance. He feels confident; he's got the support of his family and friends, but more importantly he believes in himself. This is the story of Rick's journey toward a new sense of self. Caught in a world where looks are everything, Rick aspires to thinness, but ultimately begins to question the real values of this world promulgated by media, fashion and diet-mania.
vhs Video/C MM65

FDR
Directed by David Grubin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt led America through the two greatest crises of this century, the Great Depression and World War II. Part one is based on Before the trumpet, by Geoffrey C. Ward. It covers Roosevelt's early years and early political successes. Part two is based on Geoffrey C. Ward's A first class temperament. It begins with Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 39 and ends with his election to the presidency. Also details Eleanor's rise in public life. Part three explores FDR's response to the Great Depression. Part four is based on No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in WWII, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It portrays FDR's leadership of the American people in the face of war until his death.
DVD 969; vhs Video/C 3885

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Directed by Orlando Bagwell
This definitive biography weaves together interviews, archival footage, photographs, and an original score to portray the fascinating intellectual journey of Malcolm X, a complex man whose ideas still generate controversy today.
DVD 6533; vhs Video/C 3218

Tales of the City (American Playhouse)
Directed by Alastair Reid
Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico, William Campbell, Thomas Gibson, Paul Gross, Barbara Garrick, Chloe Webb. In this chronicle of San Francisco in the 1970s, the carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane where landlady Anna Madrigal welcomes tenants by taping homegrown joints to their doors and presides over their lives with an almost maternal affection.
DVD X22

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
ER
Frasier

1993

I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
Directed by Susan Raymond
Stanton is a Chapter One school which receives federal funding because of the poverty in this area. Principal Deanna Bernie does her best to give these children the same quality education that more fortunate children have. Includes disciplinary methods, experimental classes, and information about the home lives of some of the children in this inner city environment.
vhs Video/C 6998

Silverlake Life
Directed by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
An extraordinary video diary of living with AIDS. Told with guts and humor by longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi who both have AIDS, this powerful documentary celebrates the human spirit while capturing the emotional challenges of living with a fatal illness.
DVD 5426; vhs Video/C 3229

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Homicide: Life on the Street

1992

Color Adjustment
Directed by Marlon Riggs
This study of prejudice and perception traces over forty years of race relations in America through the lens of prime time TV entertainment. Revisiting such popular hits as Amos and Andy, Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, I Spy, Good Times and Roots, viewers see how bitter racial conflict was absorbed into the non-controversial formats of the prime time series.
DVD 3047; vhs Video/C 2145

The Donner Party (American Experience)
Directed by Ric Burns
Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter.
vhs Video/C 2847

The Machine That Changed the World
Directed by Robert Hone
Since the dawn of recorded time, humankind has been inventing and then living with the consequences of technology. The current accommodation concerns "artificial intelligence," the development and implications of the computer revolution. This landmark five-hour documentary of the origin and current status of computing raises as many questions as it answers.
vhs Video/C 2452-2456

Surviving Columbus
Directed by Diane Reyna
Using stories from Pueblo elders, interviews with Pueblo scholars and leaders, archival photographs, and historical accounts, this program explores the Pueblo Indians' 450-year struggle to preserve their culture, land, and religion despite European contact.
vhs Video/C 3882

Threads of Hope
Directed by Andrew Johnson
This powerful documentary tells the story of a group of Chilean women who banded together in silent protest and dared to defy a dictatorship. They are the sisters, mothers and wives of Pinochet's 'disappeared' and, armed with scraps of cloth, sewing needles and the overwhelming desire to find their loved ones, they set to work telling their stories by creating arpilleras: colourful handmade tapestries that chronicled the horror and injustice of Chile's reign of terror.
vhs Video/C 8677

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Roseanne
Seinfeld

1990

Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads
See African American Studies for descriptions

Days of Waiting: The Life and Art of Estelle Ishigo
Directed by Steven Okazaki
Documentary about artist Estelle Peck Ishigo, a Caucasian woman interned during World War II with her Japanese American husband at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyo. Vivid portrayal through her words and drawings and through photographs of the deprivations and humiliations of camp life, and the difficulties of readjustment at war's end.
vhs Video/C 2177

The Civil War
Directed by Ken Burns
A documentary series presenting the Civil War from the battlefields to the homefront, integrating original still photographs, narrated documents, and music derived from the period.
vhs Video/C 1810-1818

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
The Sopranos
Seinfeld
Saturday Night Live
Twin Peaks--Premier Episode

1989

Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt
Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Friends and family tell the stories of five individuals whose lives are lovingly represented by panels in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. David Mandell, Jr., an 11-year-old hemophiliac; Dr. Tom Waddell, Olympic athlete and organizer of the Gay Games; Robert Perryman, a former drug addict turned proud husband and father; Jeffrey Sevchik, the lover of film historian, author and gay activist Vito Russo; and David C. Campbell, a gay "everyman" whose story is told by his dying partner, Lt. Commander Tracey Torrey. The quilt, when displayed in Washington D.C. in October 1987, covered 14 acres, by 1996 it had grown to over 20 times that size.
DVD 2761; vhs Video/C 1774

Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Directed by Christine Choy
Documentary on racism in working-class America focuses on the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American, in a Detroit bar. Interweaves the murder with social concerns and questions about justice.
DVD 9435; vhs Video/C 1767

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
Lonsome Dove
Sesame Street

1988

Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam
Directed by Bill Couturie
A history of American involvement in the Vietnamese conflict told through letters of American service personnel and illustrated with contemporary news footage, home movies, and still photos.
vhs Video/C 1230

The Singing Detective
Directed by Jon Amiel
Cast: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, Janet Suzman. The hallucinations of a mystery writer stricken with a crippling skin disorder interweave memories of his past with a plot casting him in the role of a suave sleuth who croons with a big band.
DVD 1666; vhs Video/C 999:1750

1987

American tongues
Directed by Andrew Kolker and Louis Alvarez.
Illustrates various dialects of the English language within the United States and various attitudes about regional, social, and ethnic differences in American speech.
DVD 7571; vhs Video/C 993

Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution
Directed by Luis Valdez
Examines the influence of Corridos, Mexican and Mexican American ballads, which celebrate popular heroes and folk tales and provide a sense of history and standards of public morality. Includes performances of Corridos in a program originally produced for stage, with historical and critical commentary between performances.
vhs Video/C 6789

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years
See African American Studies for descriptions

The Japan Series
See East Asian Studies for descriptions

Shoah
Directed by Claude Lanzmann
The Nazi extermination of Jews is examined through interviews with survivors, witnesses and perpetrators and through footage of the sites of the death camps and environs as they appear today. Those interviewed include Jewish survivors of the death camps and the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Polish farmers and villagers who lived near the camps and Nazis who worked in the camps and the ghettos.
DVD 1929; vhs Video/C 943

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
LA Law
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Big Good-Bye

1986

The Story of English
Producer, William Cran; series writer, Robert McCrum; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.
We read in the Scriptures that 'In the beginning was the Word.' Increasingly, that word is in English. How did it happen? How is it that the Tower of Babel has toppled, to reveal English as the first truly global language? These are difficult questions, not particularly suited to demonstration and explanation on television. Yet, in a stunningly informative and entertaining nine-hour series, MadcNeil-Lehrer Productions and the British Broadcasting Corporation have effectively traced the evolution of our mother tongue.
DVD 4852; vhs Video/C 918-922

Unknown Chaplin
Using countless reels of footage and outtakes Chaplin wanted destroyed, film archivists Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have meticulously crafted an essential and fascinating documentary homage to the silver screen legend.
DVD 4852; vhs Video/C 1414

Other Winners (See TV videography of holdings)
The Cosby Show

1985

Crisis in Central America
Executive producer, Austin Hoyt.
This is a repeat appearance by FRONTLINE as a winner in the Peabody Awards competition. The exceptional four-part series, aired in the Spring of 1985, traces the historical roots of the crisis in Central America.
DVD 4004 [preservation copy]; vhs Video/C 774-777

1984

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
See Jewish Studies for descriptions

The Brain
Directed by John Heminway.
The eight one-hour documentaries which make up "The Brain" represent most of the things which go to make television useful and meaningful in our society.
vhs Video/C 955-959

1983

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Produced by Edgar J. Scherick Associates.
Jacques d'Amboise, principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, teaches children dance during school hours in fourteen schools in the metropolitan area. Tells the story of the children's experiences, from auditions, through the teaching process, culminating in an event at Madison Square Garden in which 1,000 children participate and celebrities perform with them.
vhs Video/C 751

The Making of a Continent
Directed by Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman
vhs Video/C 1273-1275

The Miracle of Life (NOVA)
Directed by Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman
Detailed microcinematography is used to explain the process of human reproduction with magnification of up to half a million times the actual size. Film shows the cell as the basic unit of life; the structure and function of the male and female reproductive organs; the fertilization, implantation and development of a human egg; the development of the embryo and fetus during pregnancy; and the birth of a baby.
DVD 266; vhs Video/C 1233

Vietnam: A Television History
Directed by Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman
Over the years, the Peabody Board has viewed countless programs documenting the impact of the Vietnam conflict on our national life. None can match the scope, intensity, and originality of this extraordinary achievement.
DVD 2796; vhs Video/C 1911-1917

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