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January 2008
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Forei gn Films
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New to View
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The Foreign Films New to View newsletter is a monthly publication designed to keep you up to date on some of HCPL's latest foreign films on DVD. The selections in this newsletter are just a sample of the rich variety of films available to you through your library. Use the sign-up box above to have this newsletter sent directly to your e-mail every month, with new, recommended movies for you to view. See Foreign Films Archive.
HCPL has been creating a small but impressive collection of foreign documentaries over the past few years. Take a look below for some especially intriguing titles available for your viewing.
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Bus 174, directed by Jose Padilha and Felipe Lacerda
(in Portuguese, with English subtitles)
In 2000, a street kid, homeless and desparate, hijacked a city bus in Rio de Janiero, hoping to steal some money and maybe get some attention. He got a lot more than that. With the hijacking gone wrong, riders found themselves in far worse danger than anyone had anticipated, and not just from the hijacker.
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The Gleaners and I, directed by Agnes Varda
(in French, with English subtitles)
Gleaners are people who follow the harvesting to search the fields for what remains. They clean up that which has been rejected and cast off by others. Varda uses this image as a metaphor and the focus of her documentary about those in our world who reuse what is rejected or thrown out, the original recyclers, whether they be in a farmer's field or on the streets of Paris.
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Into Great Silence, directed by Philipe Groning
(in French, with English subtitles)
The Order of the Carthusians is quite possibly the strictest order of monks in the Catholic Church. Into this ascetic world of work, prayer, and nearly total silence, director Groning lived for six months, working alongside the monks and filming whenever he could. With very little dialogue, the film allows the viewer to witness, however briefly, the lives of the monks in their reclusive and prayerful days.
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Iraq in Fragments, directed by James Longley
(in Arabic and Kurdish, with English subtitles)
After the American invasion of Iraq, the Iraqi social fabric was and remains fragmented. Director Longley looks at the lives of several people impacted by the war: an 11-year-old boy whose parents have disappeared, a group of Kurdish farmers, and Islamic fundamentalists in Moqtada al-Sadr's Shiite army. Longley uses the verite style, with no scripted dialogue, for authenticity of style.
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The Story of the Weeping Camel, directed by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni
(in Mongolian, with English subtitles)
In the Gobi Desert, camel herders know that each and every newborn camel is precious. When a colt is rejected by its mother, the herders resort to ancient tradition to try to get the mother to accept and nurse the baby. Will they succeed? Viewers will learn much about the solitary lives of these quiet, peaceful people, herding camels, while encountering the modern world of TV and motorcycles.
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To Be and To Have, directed by Nicolas Philibert
(in French, with English subtitles)
Georges Lopez teaches in a small school in rural France. His pupils range from pre-kindergarten up to middle school, all in one room, all seeking his devoted attention and careful instruction. From instruction in arithmatic, reading, dictation, and much more, he teaches it all, keeping order in the class, while never raising his voice, always speaking in soft, gentle tones. He teaches far more than the usual subjects, taking the pupils out for sledding expeditions, showing them how to cook crepes, and generally caring for their needs, as they struggle with their lessons and their lives. |
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