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Film Library 1 of 45 2015-03-13 FNMM Library File.xlsx "Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice"Film Library 1 of 45 We support independent filmmakers. All films are loaned at no charge; donations are very much appreciated and allow us to maintain the film library. Donations are used to purchase films. Films are available for personal loan only. Obtaining Public Performance Viewing Rights are the responsibility of the borrower. Films are loaned for one week unless other arrangements are made. To borrow films please come to our movie night or contact us at "[email protected]". Thanks!! . Title Format Year Length Director-Producer Keywords Comments 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama DVD 2006 Rick Ray Films The 11th Hour DVD 2007 92 min Leila Conner's Environment, Global Petersen & Nadia Warming Conner's 15 Years of War Against the Iraqi People DVD 2006 67 min Bert Sacks Compilation on Sanctions and war against Iraq The 1919 Seattle General Strike (Excerpt from ‘Witness to DVD/MP4 2000? 4 min Lucy Ostrander Labor, Organizing Revolution’) 1984 (1956 version) 1956 Michael Anderson 1984 (1984 version) 1984 113 min Michael Radford 2012 Time for Change (Ironweed) DVD 2010 85 min Joao Amorism, Daniel Culture, Pinchbeck Collaboration 5 Broken Cameras DVD 2011 90 min Mead Burnat, Guy Palestine Davidi 8 Things to Ask Your Representatives (Also: Red State Road Trip) 9/11 Explosive Evidence: The Experts Speak Out DVD 2012 Richard Gage & AE 911 911Truth 9/11 Explosive Evidence: The Experts Speak Out - Copy DVD 2012 90 min 2 911 The Hijacking of America VHS 2003 101 min Carol Bouillet & Ken Jenkins 911 and Nationalist Faith DVD 2007 87 min David Ray Griffin 911 911 and the American Empire VHS 90 min David Ray Griffin 911 Donation 911 and the Neo-Con Agenda: Facing the Facts - Vol 1 DVD 2006 5 hrs, 25 Democracy University 911 of 4 min 911 and the Neo-Con Agenda: Facing the Facts - Vol 2 DVD 2006 5 hrs, 26 Democracy University 911 of 4 min 911 and the Neo-Con Agenda: Facing the Facts - Vol 3 DVD 2006 4 hrs, 27 Democracy University 911 of 4 min 911 and the Neo-Con Agenda: Facing the Facts - Vol 4 DVD 2006 5 hrs, 58 Democracy University 911 of 4 min 911 Blueprint for Truth DVD 2008 Richard Gage 911 911 Let’s Get Empirical 911 Mysteries - Part 1: Demolitions 911 911 Press For Truth With "Hijacking Catastrophe - Fear and the Selling of American Media" 9-11 Press For Truth DVD 2006 85 min Ray Nowosielski 911 Revisited DVD 2005 59 min Dustin Mugford 911 911 Road To Tyranny & 911 Library CD 2005 Assorted Collection of documents 9500 Liberty DVD 2009 80 min Annabel Park, Eric Immigration Byler Abajo el Colonialismo DVD 2005 26 min Calle y Media Colonialism, Collective Bolivarian Revolution Abe Osheroff – Art In The Struggle For Freedom VHS 2001 27 min Jesse Crawford Abe Osheroff - One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still DVD 2009 45 min Media Education Activism Dancing Foundation The Abortion Diaries – Copy 1 DVD 2005 30 min Penny Lane Abortion Lable The Abortion Diaries – Copy 2 DVD 2005 30 min Penny Lane Abortion 2015-03-13 FNMM Library File.xlsx "Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies"Seattle, WA. 2015-03-13 FNMM Library File.xlsx "Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice"Film Library 2 of 45 We support independent filmmakers. All films are loaned at no charge; donations are very much appreciated and allow us to maintain the film library. Donations are used to purchase films. Films are available for personal loan only. Obtaining Public Performance Viewing Rights are the responsibility of the borrower. Films are loaned for one week unless other arrangements are made. To borrow films please come to our movie night or contact us at "[email protected]". Thanks!! . Title Format Year Length Director-Producer Keywords Comments ACLU Freedom Files DVD 2006 5 hrs Robert Greenwald The Ad and Ego VHS 1997 57 min Harold Boihem Advertising Adbusters: The Production of Meaning DVD 2008? 20 min Adbusters Advertising, Consumption, American culture Advertising & the End Of the World DVD 1997 40 min Sut Jhally Advertising, American culture Aerosol Crimes (aka Chemtrails) DVD Clifford E. Carnicom Military small Affluenza DVD 1997 John degraaf, Vivia Overconsumption, Donation from Boe Materialism, QAMG Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death - Copy 2 DVD 2003 50 min Jamie Doran Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death - Copy1 DVD 2003 50 min Jamie Doran Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland DVD 2014 74 min Joe Biel Bicycling; Green transportation Against the Darkness - A Tribute To the Montana Coal VHS ?? 30 min Montana Dept. of Labor Rights Miner State Lands Against the Tide DVD 2013 45 min First Films Live aboards on Donation Bainbridge The Age of Stupid DVD 2009 Franny Armstrong Climate Change 2 disks Agony of the Ganges The Agronomist DVD 2003 90 in Jonathan Demme Haiti, human rights, journalism Al Franken: God Spoke DVD 2006 84 min Nick Doob & Chris Hegedus Allende de Valparaiso al Mundo DVD (donated by Alfonso) Almost Home DVD 2005 Brad Litchenstein & Aging Small Lisa Gildehaus The Amahs of Hong Kong - A Woman’s Place: 6 Short VHS 1995 11 min + Anastasia Edwards Stories 60 min Amandla – A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony DVD 2003 103 min Lee Hirsch Music, Peace America – Freedom To Fascism DVD 2006 107 min Aaron Russo Gov’t, Economy America the Beautiful - Is America Obsessed with DVD 2009 105 min Darryl Roberts Quest for physical Beauty? perfection America’s Best Known Whistle Blower Speaks Out American Casino DVD 2008 89 min Leslie & Andrew Sub-prime Cockburn mortgage, Financial collapse American Drug War: The Last White Hope DVD 2007 120 min Kevin Booth Drug War, Corruption in Govt. and Law Enforcement, Racism, American Fascists – Chris Hedges 3/30/07 DVD 2007 56 min Chris Hedges & TUC Radio American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee DVD 2013 82 min Grace Lee Grace Lee Boggs Boggs The American Ruling Class DVD The American Southwest: Are We running Dry? DVD 2009 71 min Jim Thebaut Water On the DVD: “Running Dry” The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? 71 min American Winter DVD 2013 90 min Joe Gantz Middle Class, Family Struggles, Portland, Employment, Under- employment American: The Bill Hicks Story DVD 2011 113 min Matt Harlock and Paul Social Commentary, Thomas Comedy, Humor, Biography Ancient Futures - Learning from Ladakh DVD 1993 John Page Environment, Helena Norberg- Culture, Hodge. Industrialization Donation from QAMG Animation Nation – Mark Fiore Animations DVD 2004 Shorts Mark Fiore Small Another World Is Possible - Copy 1 DVD 2002 24 min Mark Dworkin and World Social Forum, Melissa Young Brazil Another World Is Possible - Copy 2 DVD 2002 24 min Mark Dworkin and World Social Forum, Melissa Young Brazil 2015-03-13 FNMM Library File.xlsx "Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies"Seattle, WA. 2015-03-13 FNMM Library File.xlsx "Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice"Film Library 3 of 45 We support independent filmmakers. All films are loaned at no charge; donations are very much appreciated and allow us to maintain the film library. Donations are used to purchase films. Films are available for personal loan only. Obtaining Public Performance Viewing Rights are the responsibility of the borrower. Films are loaned for one week unless other arrangements are made. To borrow films please come to our movie night or contact us at "[email protected]". Thanks!! . Title Format Year Length Director-Producer Keywords Comments Antarctic Oasis DVD Filed under Tipping Point” with “Life In Plastic” Aqui Se Puede: Farm Workers In Washington State (On DVD 1991 13 min Melissa Young & Mark Labor Organizing, the ‘Social Justice’ Compilation) Dworkin Arctic Tale DVD Argentina: Hope In Hard Times -Copy 1 DVD 2004 74 min Melissa Young & Mark Economics, Dworkin Community, Argentina: Hope In Hard Times -Copy 2 VHS 2004 74 min Melissa Young & Mark Economics, Dworkin Community, Argentina: Turning Around - Copy 1 DVD 2008 37 min Melissa Young & Mark Economics, Sequel to Dworkin Community, Argentina: Hope In Hard Times Argentina: Turning Around - Copy 2 DVD 2008 37 min Melissa Young & Mark Economics, Sequel to Dworkin Community, Argentina: Hope In Hard Times. Donation from QAMG Arid Lands - Copy 1 DVD 2007 98 min Grant Aaker and Josh Wallaert Arid Lands - Copy 2 DVD 2007 98 min Grant Aaker and Josh Donated by Wallaert QAMG Arlington West – Copy 1 DVD 2004 56 min Peter Dudar & Sally Marr Arlington West – Copy 2 DVD 2004 56 min Peter Dudar & Sally Marr Arlington West – Copy 3 DVD 2004 56 min Peter Dudar & Sally Marr Arms For The Poor VHS 1998 25 min Maryknoll Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the DVD 2003 60 min Small Military Industrial Complex – Copy ?? Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the VHS 2003 60 min Military Industrial Complex – Copy ?? Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the DVD 2003 60 min Military Industrial Complex – Copy 1 Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the DVD 2003 60 min Military Industrial Complex – Copy 1 Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The Space Program and the DVD 2003 60 min Military Industrial Complex – Copy 2 As If We Plan To Stay DVD The Ascendancy of Obama …And the Continued Need For DVD 2009 Revolution Books NYC Resistance and Liberation The Ascent of Money - A Financial History of World DVD 2009 240 min Niall Ferguson Money, global finance Asparagus! Stalking the American Life DVD 2009 53 min Anne de Mare & Food, globalization, Also contains: Kirsten Kelly Sustainability “A Growing Season” and “Good Stewards” The Assassination of Richard Nixon DVD 2005 95 min Niels Mueller Assume The Position: Stories that Made America, and DVD 2006 Robert Wuhl History Donation the Stories America Made Up - Mr.
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