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Diary of Anne Frank [videorecording]
IMG Entertainment ; Darlow Smithson Productions present ; adapted for the screen by Deborah Moggach ; producer, Elinor Day ; director, Jon Jones.
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2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
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We shall remain [videorecording] : America through native eyes
executive producer, Sharon Grimberg ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH-Boston ; an American Experience film ; in association with Apograph Productions Inc., Tecumseh LLC and Native American Public Telecommunications.
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3 videodiscs (394 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political ... These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land" -- Container.
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