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Le Fils de Caroline chérie

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Caroline and the Rebels
Call Number: VHS00267
by Brigitte Bardot; Guy Casaril; Patty Shepard; Micheline Presle; Westlake Entertainment Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Westlake Village, Calif. : Westlake Entertainment Group, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (97 mins.); Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent;
Summary: Bardot plays a young girl in a romantic action western with an ending of excitement and ever lasting love.
OCLC #: 50862033
Also: Edition also contains The Legend of Frenchie King (VHS00267)
Added: November 4, 2008
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Les Pétroleuses

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Legend of Frenchie King
Call Number: VHS00267
by Brigitte Bardot; Claudia Cardinale; Michael J Pollard; Christian-Jaque; Westlake Entertainment Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Westlake Village, Calif. : Westlake Entertainment Group, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1971 (95 mins.);
Summary: Super sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stars as Frenchie King, leader of an all-female outlaw gang.
OCLC #: 50862033
Also: Edition also contains Caroline and the Rebels (VHS00267)
Added: November 4, 2008
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Molière

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Royal Shakespeare Company: Moliere
Call Number: VHS00266
by Antony Sher; John Carlisle; Dusty Hughes; Mikhail Afanasʹevich Bulgakov; RKO Home Video.; Royal Shakespeare Company.; Stratford-Barbican Television.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : Stratford-Barbican Television Productions ; [Encino, CA] : RKO Home Video [distributor], 1984.
Notes: Originally released in 1984? (112 mins.); Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Moliere by Mikhail Bulgakov;
Summary: In this vivid picture of the demeaning nature of tyranny, Molier̀e, at the beginning an imposing, confident theatre director, playfully wooing his mistress, gradually disintegrates to a grovelling, broken-down sycophant, snivelling at the Sun King’s feet. This consummate artist plays the supplicating child, depending on the crown to continue his art. Based on events in the life of the renowned French playwright, the play shows Molière as a man beset by church and state because of his sharp-penned satire of both in “Tartuffe.” Both plays focus on the theme of hypocrisy–and both were initially banned from production in their originating countries.
OCLC #: 13533155
Added: November 4, 2008
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Teen Kanya

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Two Daughters
Call Number: VHS00265
by Satyajit Ray; Rabindranath Tagore; Anil Chatterji; Aparna Sen; Chandana Bannerji; Soumitra Chatterji; Janus Films.; Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm); Chhayabani Private, Ltd.;
Format: VHS
Language: Bengali with English subtitles
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1961 (115 mins.); Based on two stories by Rabindranath Tagore;
Summary: Two stories “The Postmaster” and “The Conclusion” express the hungers, pains and joys of youth in terms of compassionate understanding and truth.
OCLC #: 16988575
Added: November 4, 2008
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Pièces d'identités

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Identity Pieces
Call Number: VHS00264
by Ngangura Mweze.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998.
Notes: Originally released in 1998 (93 mins.);
Summary: A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend, a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of coincidence (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends.
OCLC #: 48443900
Added: November 4, 2008
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La Tête dans les nuages

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
La Tête dans les nuages
Call Number: VHS00263
by Jean-Marie Téno; Ben’s Belinga; Olivier Pessina; Bonaventure Takoukam; Roland Kepseu; Emmanuel Chediou; Henriette Fenda; Alain Eock; Jocelyne Ruiz; Stéphane Foucault; Carole Ferrand;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles  
Publisher: [San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1999]
Notes: Originally released in 1999 (61 mins.);
Summary: examines the impact of an unaccountable government and economic mismanagement on the people of Yaoundé.
OCLC #: 43405387
Also: Edition also contains the feature: Chef! (VHS00263)
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Chef!

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Chief!
Call Number: VHS00263
by Jean-Marie Téno; Christiane Badgley; Brice Wassy;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles  
Publisher: [San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1999]
Notes: Originally released in 1999 (61 mins.);
Summary: In “Chef!”, the director visits his ancestral village in western Cameroon to film the dedication of a monument to his relative, the local king, when he realizes that the celebration is also for President Paul Biya and his party. The film then explores, through interviews, the problems of one-man rule, from the village to the city, focussing on a variety of human rights issues.
OCLC #: 43405387
Also: Edition also contains the feature: La Tete Dans Les Nuages (VHS00263)
Added: November 4, 2008
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Flame

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Flame
Call Number: VHS00262
by Ingrid Sinclair; Barbara Jago; Philip Roberts; Simon Bright; Joel Phiri; Marian Kunonga; Ulla Mahaka; João Costa; Elisabeth Moulinier; Black & White Film Company.; JBA production.; Onland Productions.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: San Francisco : California Newsreel, [1996]
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (87mins.);
Summary: Dramatization of the role of women fighters in the Zimbabwean liberation struggle, and of the abuses committed against women and peasants in the military and in Zimbabwean society at large.
OCLC #: 39491396
Added: November 4, 2008
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Princesse Tam Tam

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
 
Princess Tam Tam
Call Number: VHS00261
by Edmond T Gréville; Josephine Baker; Albert Préjean; Germaine Aussey; Axlixo Grenet; Jacques Dallin; Kino International Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles 
Publisher: [S.l.] : Arys Production ; [New York, N.Y.] : Kino International Corp., ©1989.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (80 mins.);
Summary: An exotic Pygmalion-like musical comedy about a French author who goes to North Africa to write a novel but becomes distracted and entranced by a native girl whom he transforms into a princess.
OCLC #: 84395093
Added: November 4, 2008
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Wu kui

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Wooden Man’s Bride
Call Number: VHS00260
by Jianxin Huang; Shi Zhang; Lan Wang; Pingwa Jia; Xi’an dian ying zhi pian chang.; Evergreen Entertainment (Firm); Arrow Releasing (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Chinese with English subtitles  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Evergreen Entertainment, [1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (114 mins.); Based on a novel by Jia Pingau;
Summary: Love story set in the 1920’s in China’s remote northwestern desert, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with the bride he has been hired to transport to her arranged marriage.
OCLC #: 42484698
Added: November 4, 2008
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