http://www.frif.com/new.html New film titles released by First Run / Icarus Films Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:06:46 GMT ListGarden Program 1.02 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.frif.com/subjects/ccaption.html The follwing titles are now available with Closed Captioning:<br> SACCO AND VANZETTI<br> LAST GRAVE AT DIMBAZA<br> OUT OF PLACE: MEMORIES OF EDWARD SAID<br> DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:48:31 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bes.html Five Chris Marker's short films devoted to animals collected together and available for the first time! Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:31:44 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/hot.html With unique access to Israel's highest security facilities, explores the evolution of Palestinian prisoner society into a democratic community and the impact of this shift on Palestinian politics outside of prison. Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:32:33 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/angr.html Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:53:22 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/be.html How does it feel to have been pregnant or nursing for 25 out of 26 years of your married life? This film puts this and other questions directly to ultra-orthodox Jewish women for the first time. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:52:38 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bey.html After their gay son is murdered by a gang of skinheads, a close-knit French family tries to move toward understanding and even forgiveness in this devastating documentary. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:51:51 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bib.html A four-part series based on the best-selling book The Bible Revealed by Israël Finkelstein (Prof. of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University) and Neil Silberman (Director of the Ename Center for Public Archaeology & Heritage Presentation). Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:51:04 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bloc.html Made entirely from footage discovered in Russian archives, and featuring a meticulously reconstructed soundtrack, this film vividly re-creates the 900 day siege of Leningrad during World War II. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:50:26 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/cant.html In Potosí, Bolivia, some tourists go down the deadly silver mines, to see the medieval work conditions. Why do they crawl through contaminated tunnels on their vacation - to know a foreign culture, or to escape boredom? Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:49:47 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/case.html In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:49:04 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/cons.html Filmed shortly before Constant Nieuwenhuys' death, this is an intimate glimpse into the life and work of the painter, urban theorist, and influential member of the European avant-garde. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:48:21 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/dem.html A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:47:34 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/diar.html A portrait of the complex and contradictory personality of the man largely responsible for the Zionist enterprise in the Galilee during the 1930s and 40s. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:46:11 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/ever.html Seydou Konaté is a doctor in a remote area in Mali. But he is at the center of a global issue: bringing quality health care to rural people left behind by development. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:45:35 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/glen.html Enchanting examination of the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:44:29 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/gfi06.html An exciting series of eight feature films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that promote cross-cultural understanding through the cinema. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:43:48 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/hhap.html What is happiness? And how do we get more of it? Visiting leading figures in positive psychology and observing clinical experiments, this is a light-hearted but serious investigation. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:42:35 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/insi.html Transsexuals in Iran. Intimate conversations with doctors, religious authorities, and transexuals about the mind/body conflict, Islamic interpretations, and the impact of sex-change treatments on their lives. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:30:32 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/lac.html A unique film from the archives, a documentary based on a 1971 university speaking appearance by Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), the most influential psychoanalyst after Freud. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:28:45 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/dimb.html Shot secretly and smuggled out of South Africa at the height of the apartheid era, this was the most widely screened and influential anti-apartheid documentary. Now restored and on DVD for the first time. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:27:26 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/afgh.html An Afghan-American filmmaker reveals the extent of the infant mortality tragedy in Afghanistan by documenting the return of her father, an OB/GYN who emigrated to the U.S. in 1972. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:22:38 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/pwl.html A complex tale of art world profit, deception and crime, framed by O. Winston Link's stunning iconic photographs of the last of the American steam locomotives. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:16:38 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/pla.html Does the convergence online of current affairs (like the Iraq war) and computer games herald the future of news and entertainment? And if so, is it dangerous, or a new way to reach a young audience? Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:15:29 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/renz.html An intimate working portrait of the world-renowned, non-conformist architect, designer of the Pompidou Center in Paris, the De Mesnil Museum in Houston and the Kansai airport in Japan. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:14:46 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/sac.html The definitive examination of one of the most famous court cases in American history, and a timely reminder of the fragility of our liberties in times of crisis. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:14:09 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/sal.html Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:13:35 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/sau.html Personal profiles of ambitious women in Saudi Arabia, one of the most closed and conservative Muslim societies in the world. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:12:45 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bab.html A two-part examination of the psychological development of babies, from intrauterine life to the first months after birth. How do fetuses and babies perceive their worlds, and ours? Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:12:04 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/shig.html A profile of the Japanese architect noted for his use of inexpensive construction materials, such as cardboard tubes, used in prefab housing adopted by the UN High Commission for Refugees. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:11:22 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/two.html The complicated, traumatic story of a young woman, the filmmaker's mother, a well-off, Polish Lutheran before WWII, who afterwards married a Jewish Warsaw ghetto survivor. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:10:49 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/wan.html Thirty years after the end of the war against the United States, two Vietnamese veterans continue to search for the remains of their dead comrades. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:10:13 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/zor.html Four 12-year-olds are preparing for their bar or bat mitzvot. A critical and ironic look at Jewish tradition and its interpretations, while exploring the diffuse terrain of adolescence. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:09:19 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/49up.html The seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:38:20 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/bat.html In the war-torn Beirut of 1983, a family struggles not only with nightly bombing in the city, but also with the battle taking place inside their own home. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:37:11 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/blow.html The first major documentary about three decades of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:43:31 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/en.html One-hour documentary about the humanitarian work of Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Secretary Kofi Annan's special envoy to Iraq who was killed in Baghdad in 2003. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:42:48 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/hats.html Jerusalem can rightfully be called the hat capital of the world, and this colorful and personal trip takes us along the diverse headdresses of the three religions populating the city. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:41:50 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/agad.html Agadez, Niger: Alongside the laws of the state, another judicial system exists. The living heritage of the muslim tradition. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:25:43 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/mali.html Short but sweet look at the work of the renowned African artist whose photographs have documented social and cultural changes in Mali over a forty-year period. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:25:17 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/rmk.html The astounding and surprisingly humorous story of how an elderly couple faced and survived Hurricane Katrina. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:40:06 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/aris.html A dramatic political journey and balanced expose about the rise and fall of the first elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, featuring insiders on all sides of the story. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:32:16 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/soil.html A young Korean couple leaves the city to become farmers. They struggle to survive economically from the land, while trying to balance their political activism and family life. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:30:22 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/compa.html Thirty years after meeting Daniel Barrientos and his family in Lima, Peru, where they eked out survival scavenging in garbage dumps, the filmmaker returns, and re-enters their lives. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:29:52 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/dev.html Two brothers, Basilio (age 14) and Bernardino (12), work long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines in Bolivia. They brave deadly conditions, hoping the "mountain devil's" generosity will allow them to earn enough money to attend school. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:29:27 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/exc.html A dramatic investigation of the recent history of the Mafia and its integral relationship to postwar Italian politics. Based on the book by Alexander Stille. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:28:53 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/meng.html The remarkable story of Auschwitz survivor and former 'Mengele twin' Eva Mozes Kor and the transformation that led her to forgive the Nazi perpetrators as an act of self-healing. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:28:07 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/herm.html This kaleidoscope of people and events in the great museum unfolds into a poignant account of Russia's painful 20th century transformed by the "dwellers" intimate relationship with the art. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:27:37 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/herm2.html This five-part series is the expanded, in-depth version of THE HERMITAGE DWELLERS. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:27:05 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/jap.html Explores the origins of Japan's Constitution in the ashes of war, and the significance of its famous peace clause, Article 9, and the debates surrounding it, in the 21st century. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:26:30 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/koch.html A visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in Japanese tradition, and their relationships to modernist Scandinavian design. With two Pritzker Prize winners, Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:25:53 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/lula.html A snapshot of Brazil at the midway point in Luis Inacio da Silva's presidential term, and an examination of his failures and successes within the context of the election promises he made during his candidacy. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:14:04 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/nap.html Featuring the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, including "Napoleon's Coronation." Examines how art and propaganda were intertwined throughout Napoleon's career. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:25:20 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/remb.html The phenomena of human memory. A dialogue with one's own history? An incomprehensible flow of individual and collective references that determine our current and future life? Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:24:51 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/to.html A lively study of visual culture, and an exploration of an age-old urban cultural phenomenon, street art. What is art's role in the context of public space and urban culture? Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:24:23 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2006/try.html A mother returns to her home village Yantang, in China, with her son, to show him where she grew up, and to talk for the first time about the days of the Cultural Revolution. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:23:55 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/brut.html Exposes the violence occurring inside prisons throughout America, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:32:30 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/aug.html The first documentary about.one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:32:35 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/bet.html A case study of the troubling connections between corporations, Western consumption, and the 3rd World, and journey along the cross-Andes route of an oil pipeline in Ecuador. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:32:39 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/brul.html In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:33:49 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/clar.html The story of the young, Jewish, Ukrainian-born woman who in 1909 sparked the 'Uprising of the 20,000' -- the first massive strike of New York City garment workers. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:02:29 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/arn.html The two Aboriginal elders who set out to save their community from cultural extinction by combining traditional knowledge and contemporary scientific expertise. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:01:51 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/faln.html A remarkable time capsule of Venezuelan political and social history, and valuable background to the ongoing social conflicts in that country. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:01:17 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/fltl.html Israeli writers, musicians, actors and a Rabbi/philosopher - from varying countries and ethnic backgrounds - discuss the relationship between their mother tongues and Hebrew, for centuries a sacred language but today the language of everyday life in Israel. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:00:54 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/goeb.html Goebbels' diaries show how he stage-managed his life: from his early failure as a poet, his quick rise through the Nazi hierarchy, to his suicide with his wife and children. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:00:24 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/gfi05.html An exciting series of ten feature films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that promote cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:59:57 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/hamb.html Celebrates the use of the human body as an instrument, and traces the roots of body music back to 18th-century American history, when African slaves were forbidden to use drums, and so resorted to the body itself as a percussive instrument. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:59:20 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/jean.html From 1967, for the first time on video or DVD, a portrait of two of the most influential and controversial writers and thinkers of the 20th century. They discuss their work, lives, and the role of intellectuals in modern society. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:58:52 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/jst.html Takes a camera where few have been, a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, to record the social theatre, the structures of power, what is usually invisible. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:58:14 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/sier.html Tracing a year in the life of a neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia ruled by a paramilitary gang, this is a searing exploration of three lives defined by years of overwhelming violence. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:57:31 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/made.html Lisette Nigot seems an unlikely candidate for euthanasia. At 79, she is in good health, feels no pain, and does not seem depressed. But she says she sees no reason to continue living. And Dr. Philip Nitschke is willing to help her. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:56:36 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/dub2.html Reunites Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic documentary on Ireland in the Sixties. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:56:03 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/1bri.html Retracing George McGovern's doomed presidential campaign of 1972, this film asks: could the ultimate political defeat of the American Century, also have been its high watermark? Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:40:23 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/regu.html A lovely introduction to Mies van der Rohe, one of the 20th century's most influential architects, and a stimulating examination of modernism and our urban environments. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:39:31 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/kerb.html Filmmaker Katia Jarjoura joins religious celebrants on the 100-kilometer walk from Baghdad to Kerbala, offering rare insights into the political and religious turmoil of U.S.-occupied Iraq. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:38:25 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/dub.html The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:37:17 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/shi.html Across Iran, Lebanon and Iraq a cross-section of major contemporary Shiite figures discuss and debate the history, theology and values of this minority branch of Islam. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:36:35 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/shir.html In-depth introduction to Nobel Peace Prize winner in her Tehran office, interwoven with speeches at international conferences and a visit to the children's center she founded. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:35:59 GMT http://www.frif.com/new2005/song.html Traces the history of Ireland through her music, and Ireland's music through her history. Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:35:23 GMT