People of the Wind
DVD 1976 1 hr., 50 min.
In 1923 filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack recorded
the arduous migration of the Bhaktiari people across the Zagros
Mountains of western Iran in " Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life ".
Fifty years later filmmaker Anthony Howarth traveled with the Babadi,
part of the Bhaktiari people, across the same mountains. As this
documentary shows, though some technology has changed, the human
struggle remains much the same.
DVD Empire for $20.93 plus shipping, amazon.com for $26.99 and many
other online retailers.
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: [email protected]
On May 8, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Norma Leistiko wrote:
I have a patron looking for a movie; help me find it if you have ANY
suggestions:
Title: the patron does not know
Color: yes, in color
Location: shot in or represents IRAN
Story: Sheep hearder taking his flock for long journeys to new
grasslands ....long long trips across plains up mountains
Atmosphere: The sheepherders all wore colorful clothes, colorful
tents, beautiful collorsy
Story: crossing to other territories so sheep could eat
Drama: just the drama of traveling long long distances
Year: Film came out about 1970
Norma Leistiko, Reference Librarian
Hillsboro Public Library
2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy
Hillsboro, Oregon
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:53 PM
To: Lawrence Daressa
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Videolib] What Am I Doing Wrong?
hi again
I'm gonna forward my reply (below) and you query to the list.
in order to stream to the classroom you need a laptop with wireless
or IP
network access and you need a projector that will handle digital
output
(which is most of them)
Progressive downloads (streaming) is a pain in the ass. Don't go
there!
All that said, I would NEVER (ever) recommend that a faculty person
opt
for streamed delivery over DVD. I consider myself somewhat savvy and
possessing considerable sang froid when it comes to using tech to
teach,
and I can tell you from considerable experience that it's always a
total
crap shoot--an experience totally dependent on network vagaries and
equipment quirks.
Classes here start at 10 min after the hour, typically, which means
you
have 5-10 minutes to run into the class, boot out whomever is in there
milling around from the previous class, whip out your lap top, VGA and
audio cables, find the input box and hook them up, test the sound
level,
pray that the projector is working and that the network is not acting
hinky.
Not my idea of a good time.
Gary
Subject: Remote Streaming to Classrooms
Newsreel would like to call on the "wisdom of the list" to answer a
technical question. How difficult is it to stream content from a
remote
(not campus) server directly into a classroom? Can it be run directly
through a video projector or does it need a laptop with an internet
connection? What are the potential glitches we might encounter?
Finally, does it make a difference if the content is streamed using
real
time (RTMP) or progressive streaming? Please answer off-line to
[email protected]. Thanks.
If you could tell me how to post this or post it for me, I'd greatly
appreciate it. I have returned from my two week sojourn in Kyoto;
many
cherry blossoms, many Zen temples, no post-tsunami stress syndrome.
It's
the end of term so we should be able to schedule our long-postponed
lunch date.
Best Wishes
Larry.
Lawrence Daressa
California Newsreel
500 Third Street, #505
San Francisco, CA 94107
phone: 415.284.7800 x302
fax: 415.284.7801
[email protected]
www.newsreel.org
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-8566
[email protected]
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself."
--Francois Truffaut
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acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current
and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It
is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for
video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between
libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
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