Re: [Videolib] Vendor for Russian films?

2014-08-07 Thread Brian W Boling
Lisa, Not a vendor, per se, but many older Soviet-era titles are available for free streaming from the rights-holder Mosfilm. I recognize this isn't an ideal option for fulfilling the library's function of preserving cultural materials, but it has come in handy for just-in-time course use. They

[Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Mandel, Debra
Hi- Northeastern will have a History/Jewish Studies course this fall on America and the Holocaust. Please send me your recommendations on this topic. Thanks! Debra Debra Mandel Acting Associate Dean, User Services Northeastern University Libraries 320 SL 360 Huntington Avenue. Boston, MA

Re: [Videolib] film about lawyers careers

2014-08-07 Thread Kankiewicz, Michael
_You Have the Right to an Attorney_ You Have the Right To an Attorney is a documentary short profiling public defenders of the South Bronx. Young and idealistic, they struggle on a daily basis to serve a never-ending tide of court-bound clients while hoping that their work might affect broader

Re: [Videolib] Vendor for Russian films?

2014-08-07 Thread Jessica Rosner
Basically Ruscico is Mosfilm so one other option might be to try to contact them directly to see if they can sell you a copy with English titles. They seem to have made pretty much everything they have online and much of it on DVD. I would try to just ask them directly about a copy as they seem

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Jessica Rosner
I think the subject Maureen is looking for is specifically America and the Holocaust. Kino has a title that is over 30 years old but was one the first on the topic called WHO SHALL LIVE AND WHO SHALL DIE which is directly on point though I imagine there are newer ones on the topic of the US

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Uhrich, Jonathan Andrew
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Spielberg Film and Video Archive has an amazing collection of home movies online at http://www.ushmm.org/online/film/search/simple.phphttp://www.ushmm.org/online/film/search/simple.php., a number of which show visits by Americans to Europe before the War.

Re: [Videolib] Vendor for Russian films?

2014-08-07 Thread Jo Ann Reynolds
Someone posted this link to Russian films on this list a while back. I believe they are free. http://cinema.mosfilm.ru/?gmt=240 Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Jeffrey Pearson
I'm surprised Anthony Anderson has not jumped in. He must be on vacation. He has created these Lib Guides for USC: Holocaust Documentary Films in Leavey Library Holocaust Feature Films in Leavey Library Holocaust Studies http://libguides.usc.edu/profile.php?uid=6368 Jeff P. UMich On Thu, Aug

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Elizabeth Sheldon
A newer release from Kino Lorber is What The Allies KNew, which explores how much the US government, and the British and French governments, knew about the concentration camps. Synopsis This documentary delves into never before seen archival footage and documents to investigate how much the

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Mandel, Debra
Thanks, all for sending me your lists and recommendations!! Its just a few weeks away from the start of fall, hard to believe. Enjoy the rest of your summer, Debra On 8/7/14 11:12 AM, Jeffrey Pearson jwpea...@umich.edu wrote: I'm surprised Anthony Anderson has not jumped in. He must be on

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Anthony Anderson
Debra! USC does indeed has an extensive collection of Holocaust films, both feature films and documentaries. See my two LibGuides: Documentaries: http://libguides.usc.edu/holodoc Feature films: http://libguides.usc.edu/holofilm Should you need more recommendations, I would be most pleased

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Anthony Anderson
What the Allies Knew is a superb documentary and one very much worth acquiring. [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB227.8E825AD0] Cheers! Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213)

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations for videos on America and the Holocaust

2014-08-07 Thread Nina Riddel
Hi Debra, We have a film about Holocaust museums in the US that may be of use: The http://icarusfilms.com/new2003/holo.html Holocaust Experience Sixty years after WWII, how do we keep the memory of the Holocaust alive? This is the central question in THE HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCE, which

[Videolib] re America Holocuast

2014-08-07 Thread nahum laufer
Hi Debra I did not notice CABARET in the lists you received Lisa Minelli as Sally is an American, I saw the film lately in lecture serie on films on Holocaust/ I recommend the footage filmed by Alfred Hichcock's team the day Patton (American Army) liberated Bergen Belsen death camp, Our film

Re: [Videolib] re America Holocuast

2014-08-07 Thread Anthony Anderson
Nahum! That is actually Liza with a Z, and The Darien Dilemma is also a superb documentary and well worth acquiring. Cheers! Anthony [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB230.43766280] -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

[Videolib] Good Copyright listserv

2014-08-07 Thread Moshiri, Farhad
Can you recommend a good general listserv for discussions on copyright issues? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Music Librarian University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway - CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 81, Issue 25

2014-08-07 Thread Brian Burns
Debra, Take a look at this link (http://72.10.224.7/search~S0/X?(holocaust)SORT=AXm=gm=y) of titles related to the Holocaust. All the internal links are to our library catalog at Hampden-Sydney College and you should be able to see the descriptions. From the list I can highly recommend Blessed

[Videolib] Holocaust Studies films from Filmakers Library

2014-08-07 Thread Andrea Traubner
Dear Debra, Filmakers Library has a collection of twenty documentaries about the Holocaust, the most recent being *Reporting on the New York Times. * Please take a look at their descriptions here: https://www.academicvideostore.com/subjects/holocaust Thanks, Best regards, Andrea Traubner

Re: [Videolib] Good Copyright listserv

2014-08-07 Thread Deg Farrelly
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Re: [Videolib] Good Copyright listserv

2014-08-07 Thread Moshiri, Farhad
Thanks Deg. Farhad -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 3:16 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Good Copyright listserv Digital

[Videolib] Your reactions to streaming terms?

2014-08-07 Thread Deg Farrelly
I know what I have already said (to our licensing agent to pass along to the filmmaker). But I am curious as to my professional colleagues' take on these terms to stream an independent self-distributed documentary film. I am not interested in launching a discussion on the cost of producing a

Re: [Videolib] Your reactions to streaming terms?

2014-08-07 Thread Brewer, Michael M - (brewerm)
That model and pricing is unlikely to result in wide usage of the film. We would certainly not license it under those terms. mb On Aug 7, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Deg Farrelly wrote: I know what I have already said (to our licensing agent to pass along to the filmmaker). But I am curious as to my

Re: [Videolib] Your reactions to streaming terms?

2014-08-07 Thread Ravas, Tammy
Hey All, Deg, I wouldn't license this film either unless they were willing to negotiate things down to more reasonable terms on your end of things. In fact, I'd give them specific feedback as to why I wouldn't be doing business with them. I once had an instructor who absolutely needed a

Re: [Videolib] Your reactions to streaming terms?

2014-08-07 Thread Randal Baier
If this were something like Essential Blue Eye or Killing Us Softly 4, 5, 6, Infinity that I could guarantee over 700 annual viewings, then the perpetuity cost might be worth it. But we would not have the funds for this kind of license. I would get the DVD for ca. $250 and work with the prof.