Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films (Filmakers Library)

2011-11-21 Thread Amy Aquilino
War (Karen Cherone) 4. Re: La Grande Guerra/The Great War (Jessica Rosner) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:26:13 -0500 From: Filmakers Library i...@filmakers.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films To: videolib

[Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread Widzinski, Lori
Can anyone recommend either a good core series of Western Asian films or titles about the films/filmmaking of the Western Asian diaspora? Thanks for your help! Lori Widzinski Head, Multimedia Collections and Services University Libraries University at Buffalo State University of New York Ph:

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread ghandman
Western Asia? What's Western Asia? That's California, isn't it? gary Can anyone recommend either a good core series of Western Asian films or titles about the films/filmmaking of the Western Asian diaspora? Thanks for your help! Lori Widzinski Head, Multimedia Collections and Services

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread Mike Tribby
Western Asia? What's Western Asia? That's California, isn't it? Har! Perhaps it's California, too, but in LC catalog-speak, Western Asia is approximately what is often referred to as the Middle East, maybe running a little further north than our usual conversational references to the Middle

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread ghandman
Wow! I've heard the ME referred to as part of The Orient...but Western Asia is a totally new one to me. Sorta smells of colonialism/orientalism to me... g Western Asia? What's Western Asia? That's California, isn't it? Har! Perhaps it's California, too, but in LC catalog-speak, Western

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread Brigid Duffy
From Wikipedia: Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmostportion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread US Institutional Sales / Ventes Institutionnelles EU
Development National Film Board of Canada (514)283-9461 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Widzinski, Lori Sent: November-17-11 10:57 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Western Asian Films Can anyone recommend

Re: [Videolib] Western Asian Films

2011-11-17 Thread Filmakers Library
Now that Brigit has defined the area, Filmakers Library has quite a few films on this subject. Here are some of them: Inside the Closed Kingdom:Saudi Arabia Ataturk:Founder of Modern Turkey Orthan Amuk:Facing Up to Turkey's Past Israel-Palestine: Two People. Two States for One Peace Oil