Documentary films

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2 Inches Tall is a documentary short which examines the hobby of miniature wargaming to ask the question: Why play with war? Through their motivations and practices, the film's four profiled wargamers construct a response to that question, expressing both

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"A Few Months is a personal documentary about two people in a long-distance relationship, one a performer and the other an independent filmmaker, who suddenly find themselves living together for a few months. The film experiments with perceptions of time, the spectacle of reality, and notions of "direct cinema"." -- Abstract

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Accumulation is a 19-minute autobiographical documentary meditating on themes of family, home, and loss through the lens of an indelible childhood memory. -- abstract.

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Affordable Asheville Attractions highlights the inexpensive attractions that Asheville has to offer. It focuses on outdoor activities, authors from the area, local arts and crafts, sports, restaurants, breweries and clubs. -- abstract.

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"Ark is an experimental documentary about a cruise ship at the end of the world. In this film we tour the ship and discover through anonymous voices that the present is actually the future." -- Abstract

Scope and Contents The Arthur Barron Collection contains 34 unbound scripts written, directed, or produced by Arthur Barron and spans film, television, and stage. The scripts were written between 1972 and 1999. Some collection items were filmed and aired while others were never produced or sold. Most scripts in the collection are documentaries. Of note is the script "Blind Sunday" which was produced as an ABC afterschool special and won the 1977 Writer's Guild of America Award for best children's script. A few...

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Over the last decade, the influence of Western culture on Japanese youth has been so great that an entirely new hybrid culture has emerged, much to the chagrin of the older population. In order to afford makeovers to appear more like their Hollywood idols

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A life list compiles all the birds a bird watcher has seen in their lifetime. For Elena Mead, starting her life list in the fall of 2010 was only the beginning. Starting the summer of 2011, Elena will attempt to film all 50 US state birds in their respect

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"Blue Rebellion is a project featuring a multimedia exhibition, as well as short-film documentary called, "Out of the Blue' which explores the story and colonial history of natural indigo dye, an indigenous product of Bengal that is now being revived in Bangladesh, through slow and sustainable fashion by local artisans and entrepreneurs. It is a project celebrating an important artisanal craft that exists at the intersection of indigenous expression and colonial legacy." -- Abstract

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This project is dedicated to the many boys in Bermuda who are growing up without fathers. In a time where violence is invading Bermudian culture, it is important to empower the youth positively, so they don't get lead down the wrong path. The Big Brother/

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A study of the American Revolution and the Nineteenth Century Literary Revolution both of which took place in Concord, Massachusetts. -- abstract.

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"The lives of three generations of Europeans are interlaced by a filmmaker who travels by train from Cambridge to Boston, Massachusetts and tries to find out if a story of a man that saved 1,000 children during the Second World War is true. The film is a reflection on the perception of past, true, and reality." -- Abstract.

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"'Cuts' is a documentary about a 47-year-old man's career path and his relationship between his two fathers." -- Abstract

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A 6-minute video shot in observational style and brought together with an experimental approach. Ramifications of individualistic societies as it refers to lonely and elderly are explored through observations from the streets of Boston. Themes like nece

Overview "Dream Factory is a feature-length, hybrid documentary following the "below-the-line" crew of a big-budget Bollywood film. A meditation on the intensely physicial, yet invisible, labor behind India's most popular art form, it is also a personal essay on the magic and contradictions that are the Indian film industry. Borrowing Bollywood's grammar to tell the stories of its most invisible workers, the film delves into the power of storytelling, and raises questions about the price that must be...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Overview "EL COLMADON is a short documentary film that explores how vital Dominican bodegas are to their surrounding communities while highlighting the semi-universal Dominican experience. The film serves as a homage to the Dominican colmados by highlighting the pivotal role bodegas play in preserving cultural identity and heritage for those who have made the pilgrimage off the island. Through a series of interviews with bodega owners and customers in Boston, New York City, and The Dominican...

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"Export My Love is a documentary about four divorced or widowed women trying to persue love by finding U.S. husband. It tries to raise the discussion of how the society treats those single women with kids." -- Abstract

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This is a twenty-five documentary that focuses on Clayton Carter and Kendra Michaud, the 'farmers-in-residence' at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. The piece not only explores the trials and tribulations of becoming farmers, but it is

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"Follows the filmmaker's journey out of the Mormon church -- a journey unexpectedly aligned with her first pregnancy. The film depicts her pregnancy from start to finish while exploring the emotional and spiritual weight of leaving Mormonism, its effect on the mother she hopes to become, and its effect on the mother who raised her." -- Abstract.