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A biographical look at life and times Jane Austen, her novels and their interpretation of the society in which she lived.
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Discoveries....America - West Virginia (DVD)
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Caveh Zahedi is an artist and filmmaker who has found success through his experimental works such as A LITTLE STIFF and his film theories which are on display in the pages of FILM COMMENT and in the animated world of WAKING LIFE. Zahedi has also been riddled by failure and is plagued by self-deprecation despite critical acclaim for his films. This work from Zahedi is a video diary of a year in the filmmaker's life. Part of this experiment involved Zahedi filming at least one minute of every day of his life during this time which causes conflict between Zahedi and his girlfriend. Zahedi's passions go beyond filmmaking as he struggles with obsessions ranging from his appetite for reading to his interest in prostitutes. The film's title derives from a poem by John Ashberry, a reading of whose is attended in the documentary.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Single Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Bonus Short Feature - 1. I WAS POSSESSED BY GOD - Caveh Zahedi - Director
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This amazing documentary tells the tale of a war that was barely reported in the media, yet affected a shockingly large amount of people. The film centers around Rigoberta Menchu, an Indian woman who took on the might of the Guatemalan military. As they decimated a helpless Mayan population, they didn't bank on the strength and will power of the inspiring Menchu, but fortunately documentary filmmakers Pamela Yates and Newton Thomas Siegel were present to capture her tale.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Additional Footage - 1. Introduction by Susan Sarandon














2. Epilogue featuring Rigoberta Menchu Audio Commentary - 1. Pamela Yates, Newton Thomas Sigel, Peter Kinoy - FilmmakersText/Photo Galleries: Biographies
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In 1960, former Life magazine correspondent Robert Drew changed the face of documentary filmmaking when he introduced the first of his powerful films about President John F. Kennedy. Utilizing a small portable camera and sync sound recorder for the first time ever, Drew and his team of cameramen--nascent documentarians Richard Leacock, Terrence McCartney Filgate, Albert Maysles, and D.A. Pennebaker--went on the road with the then-Senator from Massachusetts during the height of his 1960 Democratic primary run against Hubert Humphrey in Wisconsin. Unlike the directed and narrated documentaries of the day, Drew's uniquely mobile cameras moved with their subjects and captured the action as it unfolded, allowing for an unparalleled immediacy never before seen on film. The resulting documentary, PRIMARY, is considered one of the most groundbreaking moments in cinema history--not only for ushering in the the revolutionary movement known as cinema verite, but also for being an intimate portrait of both Kennedy and the American political experience.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Drew - Filmmaker, Richard Leacock - Photographer Bonus Features - 1. Sun Valley Discussion with the Filmmakers Behind PRIMARY: Bob Drew, DA Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, and Richard Leacock















2. Robert Drew Retrospective: 30/15Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Biography - 1. Robert Drew - Filmmaker
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