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The War Campaign is a probing investigation of the way Denmark, the US, and the UK orches-trated and implemented the campaign leading to the invasion of Iraq by a coalition of nations in March 2003. The invasion was a radical

breach of 150 years of foreign policy practice, and in many countries the grounds given to justify the invasion have since been declared illegal. The film dissects the process leading to the decision,

At the end of 2012, the Kyoto Protocol expired. All the countries that ratified the protocol guaranteed that they would cut down on their carbon emissions and curb the greenhouse gasses. The question is: how can that be done?

One solution is carbon credits. If a developed country has problems reaching their goals, they can buy carbon credits from the poor countries. It all looks good in the official documents, but what about reality? In Bangladesh, numerous

How much time do we have left to find permanent solutions to the problems this world faces: rising ocean-levels, rising populations, rising levels of CO2, rising tempera-tures? What about the world’s growing short-

ages of food, fresh water, and space for all the species on our planet to live?

In the search for solutions, the world’s leading experts analyze the planet’s condition. Episode One: Forest in Peril travels through the

The War CampaignA film by Boris Benjamin Bertram

Carbon CrooksA film by Tom Heinemann

The Green Planet Produced by Sebra Film

suggesting how present and future campaigns may be organized in order to sell wars and unpop-ular decisions to doubters and the general public.

2013. 59 min. DVD: $295. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-2358-1. Not available in Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania

nations have bought carbon credits from new “smokeless” brick factories that, in truth, expose workers to hazardous fly ash. In Kenya, 900,000 water purification filters were distributed for free to reduce firewood use and save carbon emis-sions, despite the fact that only one quarter of the population actually uses firewood to boil their water.

What do these dodgy local initiatives and other large-scale frauds mean for the future of the environment?


Pacific, Korea, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Scandinavia, America, and Easter Island to examine extraor-dinary projects underway to protect our trees. Episode Two: Striking the Right Balance visits the Maldive Islands, Canada, Brazil, and northern Europe to find out how local citizens are addressing increasing shortages of important resources. Episode Three: Road to Recovery moves from Easter Island to China to Namibia to explore unique initiatives with the common purpose of restoring a green planet.

2013. 50 min. each. Individual DVDs or three-year streaming: $295. Series DVDs or three-year streaming: $750. 978-1-4631-2385-7

This acclaimed series visits the highest offices of the US government and documents efforts across the country to change the way that the United States handles the bedrock national identity issue of immigration.

The Game Is On, Story 1Summer 2001: Secret negotiations between the governments of the US and Mexico break into front-page news, igniting a national debate on the overhaul of the US immigration system. Advocates see the pro-reform perspective shared by President Bush and Senators Ted Kennedy and Sam Brownback as an incredible alignment of the stars. Then 9/11 attacks shatter any hope of comprehensive reform. But around the country, the issue resurfaces in November’s local elections. 91 min. 978-1-4631-2365-9

Mountains and Clouds, Story 2Spring 2002: Kennedy and Brownback have rejoined forces, though security is now the focus. Their Border Security Bill must come before immi-gration reform but there’s a mysterious hold-up in the Senate. This unexpected detour creates more trouble every day it lasts. Can they overcome the deadlock? 93 min. 978-1-4631-2366-6

Sam in the Snow, Story 4Summer 2002: The Border Security Bill is now law. Kennedy, Brownback, and staffers are eager to move on immigration. But once Republicans take the Senate in November midterms, Senator Brownback begins his own re-election campaign. Will one of the Senate’s most compassionate advocates scale back his role in the immigration conversation to help secure his re-election? 93 min. 978-1-4631-2368-0

How Democracy Works NowA film series by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini

The Kids across the Hill, Story 5Winter 2003: As the new Congress begins, a lot of people have ideas about an immigration bill. For pro-immigration advocates, the best bet remains Kennedy’s plan. Across the Hill in the House, young staffers for two Republican congressmen from Arizona, Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake, are quietly crafting something that sounds very different—a revolutionary guestworker bill with a path to citizenship. 82 min. 978-1-4631-2369-7

Marking up the Dream, Story 6October 2003: The DREAM Act gets a chance, but the Senate Judiciary Committee markup is heated. After two weeks, an amended version is finally recommended for full Senate debate. But what exactly did Senators agree to in the confusing markup? Can staffers negotiate a deal before it’s too late? 60 min. 978-1-4631-2370-3

Ain’t the AFL for Nothin’, Story 7Fall 2003: Esther, Senator Kennedy’s Immigra-tion Counsel, has plenty of reasons to worry. She’s got eight weeks to accomplish a small miracle: get business and labor to agree on a compre-hensive immigration deal, and find a Republican to co-sponsor it in the Senate. But Esther learns forces inside the AFL-CIO are working to derail her efforts. 70 min. 978-1-4631-2371-0

Protecting Arizona, Story 9Summer 2004: Across America, supporters and opponents of comprehensive immigration reform are ready to fight it out at the ballot box. In Arizona, no one can ignore it—voter frustration is at a boiling point. If things go badly in Arizona, they will surely go worse in Washington. 99 min. 978-1-4631-2373-4

Brothers and Rivals, Story 10Fall 2004–Spring 2005: Congressmen Kolbe and Flake’s innovative 2003 guestworker bill left them with tough primary challenges in 2004. The very different campaigns, both hot and colorful, leave the winners vowing to do something about immigration. By winter, staffers for Kennedy, McCain, Kolbe, Flake, and Democrat Luis Guti-errez all sit down in the same room. Can they join forces to create the first bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform ever introduced in the US Congress? 93 min. 978-1-4631-2374-1

The Senate Speaks, Story 11January 2006: The House just passed the toughest anti-amnesty, enforcement-only immi-gration bill in history. Finally the Senate tackles immigration reform. Millions of people take to the streets all over the US. But leaders in both parties seem to want an election issue, not a bill. What will it take for the Senate to respond? 96 min. 978-1-4631-2375-8

Last Best Chance, Story 12Spring 2007: This year, immigration advocates expect great things. But Senator Kennedy has lost his partner McCain to presidential primaries and the Republicans now put a very different offer on the table. Ted Kennedy will be forced to decide how much he wants the deal, and what he’s willing to trade for his greatest legacy. 102 min. 978-1-4631-2376-5

2013. Individual DVDs or three year streaming: $295. Series of ten DVDs or three-year streaming: $995. 978-1-4631-2381-9. Stories 3 and 8 are currently in production.

“Without question How Democracy Works Now is the best documentary film series on government ever produced. There is nothing even close.” – Forbes.com

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The survival of one of Los Angeles’s last remaining black cultural centers is being threatened by city politics and a strug-gling economy. Beyond the Echo of the Drum follows three passionate community members as

they strive to secure a positive future for Leimert Park Village, a cultural oasis in the midst of some of LA’s most notorious communities.

Damien, a young political activist, guides viewers through the daily life and struggles of

Approximately 45 percent of black women are single and will never marry. In a culture where it is more common to see African American men dating outside of their race, what keeps black women from doing the same?

Stepping Out? explores the complexities surrounding single, college-educated, African American women who consider looking for love outside of their race. Director Yaminah McKessey reflects on the status of her own singlehood

In modern-day Mongolia, apartment blocks have replaced traditional tents. Hyun-dais and Hummers have taken over for horses. Businessmen walk where nomads once roamed. Capital city Ulaanbaatar offers an intimate look at

an ancient culture entering the 21st century.Told through the passionate voices of young

rappers, traditional musicians, and the sights

Stepping Out?

Beyond the Echo of the DrumDirected by Lori Webster, produced by Jamari Perry and Chao Thao

Stepping Out?Directed by Yaminah McKessey

Mongolian BlingA film by Benj Binks

residents and merchants in the area. In the midst of the bustle of the busy Crenshaw corridor, Patrick paints a 40-foot mural on the empty wall of a liquor store. As he struggles to make ends meet, he toils night and day to finish his mural in hopes of inspiring a community. Just a few blocks north, Tamica, world-class choreographer and daughter of Lula Washington, carries on her parents’ legacy, inspiring a new generation to embrace their cultural heritage through dance.

More than a vivid and colorful portrait of a community, Beyond the Echo of the Drum is a testament to how the efforts of a few individuals can reverberate for the greater good of an entire community.

while probing the realities of interracial relation-ships as experienced by three black women who have decided to date, marry, and start families with white men. The film delves into the unex-pected, funny, and painful reactions that African American women face from society, their friends, and even from their families when they decide to date white men.

2011. 22 min. DVD: $250. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-1857-0

and sounds of this bustling city, Mongolian Bling explores contemporary culture on the edge of the steppe. From the slums of the Ger District to the top of the city’s apartments, Mongolia is bouncing to a fresh beat, and a new identity is being created that reflects this dynamic region.

2012. 90 min. DVD: $295. Three year-streaming. $199. 978-1-4631-2352-9


Steve Jobs revolution-ized the face of communication as we know it, helping launch the computer into a ubiquitous house-hold appliance and transforming the very purpose of the mobile phone. But that’s just

the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Apple and Pixar’s renowned CEO.

What made this visionary genius tick? What was it like to work for, cook for, or design a

How did a simple immigrant house-painter from Italy pull off the greatest little-known art heist in modern time? Was his motivation more than money?

Writer-director Joe Medeiros traces the path

of Vincenzo Peruggia, charged with the 1911 theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the Louvre, and finds the story of a daughter mourning the

“A compelling portrait of this ‘impatient, compassionate, crusading’ writer…” –The Daily Telegraph

As the first woman to achieve an interna-tional reputation as a war reporter, Martha

Gellhorn broke the mold. Her work mirrored that of her first husband, Ernest Hemingway, with its focus on the war and its consequences. A lifelong pacifist, she ultimately settled in Great Britain out of disapproval of the Vietnam War.

Steve Jobs: His StoryA film by Future Sight Entertainment

Mona Lisa Is Missing: The Man Who Stole the MasterpieceDirected by Joe Medeiros, produced by Justine Mestichelli Medeiros

Martha Gellhorn: On the RecordA Peter Williams Television production

product for the man who accepted nothing short of perfection? Through interviews with close friends, personal employees, and colleagues, Steve Jobs: His Story provides an in-depth profile of the man who redefined technology.

Subjects interviewed include Pixar CEO John Lasseter, Pixar executive Brad Bird, wife Laurene Powell Jobs, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, current and former Apple CEOs, Bill Gates, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ashton Kutcher, and more.

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father she never knew and a country recovering from old wounds. Combining historical photo-graphs, animation, and interviews with Peruggia’s descendants, Medeiros answers why and how Peruggia absconded with and kept the legendary painting in his dingy room in a Parisian ghetto for more than two years while the world searched for the masterpiece.

2013. 55 min. DVD: $295. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-2363-5. Avail-able only in North America

But despite her own acute observations on the human condition, she was an intensely private person. In his second documentary about her life, Peter Williams explores the unseen motivations behind this determined woman. The film explores the truth about her marriage to Hemingway, her work covering conflicts from the Spanish Civil War through the D-Day landings and World War II, and her tangled relationships with her family and men she met along the way.




The Dark Side of a Pill is an exclusive, case-driven investigation into one of the medical success stories of our time. One in ten adults in the Western world is on antidepressants. With global sales of approximately 20 billion dollars, these prescription drugs are among the most lucrative products of the medical industry. But the wonder drug has a dark side.

In the US, David had never had a record of violence nor problems with the police, until suddenly he committed a terrible crime just days after taking antidepressants: stabbing and killing his twin daughters. In Canada, a grieving mother is distraught that her son’s killer was released

Across North America, millions of children are being raised by their grandparents. GrandParenting takes an intimate look at the lives of these diverse seniors and their charges, giving an in-depth view of the challenges and joys

these families encounter.The film features Betty Cornelius, who has

been raising her granddaughter Asheleigh, now 20, since birth. Betty now runs CanGrands, a

What Makes Me Tic? is a powerful film about Americans living with the often misunderstood disorder Tourette’s Syndrome. How do their “tics” affect their daily lives? Are they seen as weird or crazy in public? Does

living with Tourette’s cause them to be anti-social or depressed? The film interviews four unique individuals to find out how they live and work with the disorder.

The Dark Side of a PillDirected by John Goetz and Poul-Erik Heilbuth

GrandParentingA film by Karen Shopsowitz

What Makes Me Tic?Produced by Matt Duhamel, co-produced by Heather Duhamel

from prison after a short 14-month sentence. The judge ruled that Prozac was to blame for her son’s death. In Germany a wife and loving mother committed suicide just weeks after beginning to take Prozac. Her husband is convinced that there is a link between suicide and antidepressants. Is he right?


non-profit online support group for elder parents with chapters across Canada. Peter and Elaine are homeschooling 11-year-old grandson Larry and struggling to have their grandson Joseph placed in their home. With money tight and any retire-ment dreams dashed, Peter, a former fire chief, is back at work part-time training firefighters.

2013. 58 min. DVD: $295. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-2350-5. Not available in Canada

Josh has been living with Tourette’s since he was a child. Today, his ambitious personality has helped him succeed in his career as a librarian and to write the best-selling memoir The World’s Strongest Librarian. Once diagnosed with one of the worst cases of Tourette’s Syndrome in the United States, Peter too has beaten the odds. He underwent experimental brain surgery to help reduce his severe tics which previously caused him to shake and sweat, and now looks ahead with his message of hope and determination.


Reporting on the Times is a short docu-mentary film inspired by Laurel Leff’s award-winning book Buried by the Times. The film explores how The New York Times handled reports of the Holocaust during World War II. It

also investigates why The Times, a Jewish-owned newspaper, buried more than one thousand arti-cles about the Holocaust in its back pages. Was

This documentary series chronicles how digital activists are fighting for freedom of speech against repressive regimes in Cambodia, Egypt, and China.

The internet helped activists in the Arab

world to orchestrate their fight against corrup-tion and censorship. Evidence of abuse has been uploaded to YouTube, spread rapidly through Twitter, and shared on Facebook pages, playing a key role in the rebellion against the dictatorship.

Voices is a documen-tary that addresses the future of the South African movie genre, advancements, chal-lenges, and ways of finding a place in the era of globalization. The film strives to illustrate the challenges film-

makers face when creating motion pictures, and will generate interest in new and different ways of thinking about film. Although South African cinema is known primarily in English-speaking

Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the HolocaustDirected and produced by Emily Harrold

Cyberwar: Behind the Firewall Series A film series by Jakob Gottschau

Voices: The Film Industry in South AfricaA film by Joachim Landau

it simply an oversight? Or did the publishers and editors fear an American anti-Semitic backlash?

Though interviews and testimony of a Holo-caust survivor, historians, and New York Times journalists, Reporting on the Times encourages audiences to reevaluate America’s reputation as “the great liberator.” The film also asks viewers to consider the power of the press in creating change.


The films document the new face of social media as a tool for activists to spread a political message across the world. It shares the unprec-edented levels of communication now possible, for people in the Arab world with no prospect of education, the educated middle class in China struggling against corruption and censorship, and the human rights activists in Cambodia striving to document the atrocities of land theft.

2013. 28 min. each. Individual DVDs or three-year streaming: $199. Series DVDs or three-year streaming: $525. 978-1-4631-2386-4. Not available in Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania

countries, the film counterbalances this view by sharing stories that introduce a richer and more diverse picture of foreign cinematography.

Voices shares the stories and perspectives of directors, producers, and other film professionals, including Terry Tselane, Belinda Van Heerden, Tendeka Matatu, Nico Dekker, Matshepo Maja, Bridget Pickering, and more. The film ultimately ponders the future of the South African film industry in a post-apartheid world. How does democratization affect the cultural sector?




Every aspect of the written word is changing—from publishing and writing to selling and reading. If books are the founda-tion of civilization, how does that change the world of ideas? And how does it change us?

With the unique perspective gained as a director at the Library of Congress and the UC

“It’s an outstanding documentary.” –Fred Fisher, President and CEO, The ALS Association Golden West Chapter

“Running for Jim … is a film every student-athlete should see.” –Olympic gold

medalist Michael Johnson

“A powerful film about the will to finish.” –ESPN

Running for Jim chronicles the story of Jim Tracy, the deeply dedicated, brutally honest and tough-loving coach of the San Francisco University

Out of PrintDirected by Vivienne Roumani

Running for JimDirected by Robin Hauser Reynolds and Dan Noyes

Berkeley Library, filmmaker Vivienne Roumani tackles the questions confronting today’s word industry and shows that much more is at stake than how quickly we can access the latest byte.

Out of Print is narrated by Meryl Streep and features Jeff Bezos, Scott Turow, Ray Bradbury, Jeffrey Toobin, Robert Darnton, Jane Friedman, Alberto Manguel, booksellers, cognitive scientists, architects, educators, parents, and students.


High School cross-country team. Under Jim’s leadership, the University High School girls’ cross-country team holds a record nine state champion-ships, making Jim the most decorated high school cross-country coach in California history. In June 2010, Jim Tracy was diagnosed with fatal Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Sixteen-year-old Holland Reynolds and her cross-country teammates brought Jim’s story to international attention on November 27, 2010, when Holland “hit the wall” and collapsed several meters from the finish line during a championship. With a state record at stake, Holland, suffering from dehydration and hypothermia, crawled across the finish line, securing the record for her team and ailing coach.

For the previous 17 years, despite being at

times penniless and homeless, Jim committed his time and energy to training teens to run. Now, as Jim faces the challenge of his life battling ALS, he poignantly personifies the strength and fortitude he unequivocally demands of his athletes.


PrimaryPrimary, Drew’s best-known film, was the first documentary to use a sync-sound camera to capture events as they unfolded. Drew spent a week in close quarters with John F. Kennedy, filming him around the clock at the height of his 1960 presidential campaign against Hubert Humphrey. 1960. 53 min.

On the Pole: Eddie SachsDrew lays the groundwork for the future of sports profiles with this portrait of Indianapolis 500 driver Eddie Sachs, captured during the 1960 and 1961 race seasons. 1961. 61 min.

The Masterworks of Robert Drew

Mooney vs. FowleDrew’s careful editing heightens the drama surrounding the journey of two rival high school football coaches as their teams clash in Miami’s Orange Bowl. 1961. 63 min.

The ChairWinner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, The Chair follows lawyers as they plead for the life of a convicted murderer just days away from execution. 1962. 79 min.

Susan Starr A fundamental precursor to reality TV, this film captures the emotion-laden experiences of a finalist in a prominent New York piano competi-tion. It illustrates rebellious Susan’s relationship with her overbearing mother and her budding romance with, and consequent marriage to, another competitor. 1962. 53 min.

JaneThis portrait of a young Jane Fonda tracks her professional and personal struggles leading up to the Broadway opening of The Fun Couple, which critics named one of “the five worst plays of all time.” 1962. 54 min.

BlackieA blueprint for future programs such as 48 Hours, this film captures two days in the life of pilot

Harold “Blackie” Blackburn as he conducts his final transatlantic flight on his 60th birthday and ruminates about his forced retirement. 1962. 53 min.

Storm SignalInitially rejected by major networks for its controversial themes, Storm Signal shares several months in the life of a Bronx couple and their child as the pair’s heroin addiction drives their downward spiral from happiness to desperation. 1966. 53 min.

Man Who DancesDrew delivers an intimate peek behind the curtain at the life of Edward Villella, a principal dancer at the New York City ballet whose overbooked schedule and overworked muscles are beginning to take their toll. 1968. 53 min.

A President to RememberA close, candid view of John F. Kennedy’s political life, this compilation film follows him from his campaign through to his early days in the White House and the aftermath of his assassination. 2008. 86 min.

Individual title three-year streaming: $199. Series three-year streaming: $995.

“Every film in this box-set is highly recommended… The importance of these works to the history of media, film and television histories cannot be overstated.” –Video Librarian

“These films are about the pain and joy and poetry of being human, and they are a testament to the patience, sensitivity and respect that the great filmmakers at Drew Associates paid to their subjects. Today’s documentary community, as well as the next generation, would benefit greatly from what this collection has to offer.” –International Documentary Association

“Mesmerizing, heart-breaking, sometimes tough to watch, this is a must-see about our ongoing immigration discussion.” –Charlotte Observer

“The Undocumented. . . is heartening in a sense, even though it deals with

a grim subject: the high number of deaths among migrants who try to cross the Arizona desert. A variety of people in this film—border patrol agents, medical personnel, humanitarian workers—quietly demonstrate a commitment to treating human beings with dignity no matter what their immigration status.” –The New York Times

The UndocumentedA film by Marco Williams

Marcos Hernandez entered the United States from Mexico, settling in Chicago after a life-threatening border crossing through the Sonora Desert in southern Arizona. Each month, he sends money to his mother in Mexico City to buy medi-cine for his brother, Gustavo, who needs a kidney transplant. But Marcos has another reason for moving to Chicago. He is searching for his father.

Chronicling Arizona’s deadliest summer months, the film weaves Marcos’s search with the efforts of humanitarians and Border Patrol agents who are fighting to prevent migrant deaths, the medical investigators and Mexican Consulate workers who are trying to identify dead border crossers, and Mexican families who are struggling to accept the loss of a loved one.

In true cinéma vérité style, The Undocumented

reveals the ongoing impact of immigration laws and economic policies on the very people who continue to be affected by them. By going beyond politics, the film also tells a story that is deeply personal.

2013. 88 min. DVD: $295. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-1828-0. Available only in the US and Canada.

Director and producer Robert Drew, who began his career as a corre-spondent for Life magazine, made an indelible mark on the film industry with his contributions to the cinéma vérité movement. This ten-film collection highlights many of his greatest stylistic contributions to the documentary film world, including his objective approach to capturing candid footage of events in real time.

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The Latino List presents a unique glimpse into the vibrant and burgeoning culture of Hispanic America through a series of highly personal video portraits of Latinos who have richly contributed to the fabric of contemporary society. Funny, poignant,

and irreverent, The Latino List illuminates the Latino experience today, at a time when the Latino population in the US is booming.

Volume 1 spotlights a diverse range of notable prominent Hispanic Americans who discuss such

The Latino List: Volume 2 features interviews with an extraordinary cross-section of Hispanic Americans who represent a variety of professions, disciplines, and backgrounds, each speaking to the unique

struggles and triumphs he or she has faced.The film consists of intimate first-person

vignettes, with each subject speaking simply and directly into the camera about a number of

The Latino List: Volume 1Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

The Latino List: Volume 2Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

The Out ListDirected by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

subjects as the childhood inspirations that fueled their ambitions, how they achieved success, the evolving American cultural landscape they helped mold, the importance of preserving a distinct cultural identity for future generations to embrace, and the challenges of discrimination.

Subjects featured in The Latino List: Volume 1 include Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, America Ferrera, Sandra Cisneros, José Moreno Hernández, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, John Leguizamo, Eva Longoria, Robert “Bob” Menendez, Pitbull, Juan Antonio “Chi-Chi” Rodriguez, Anthony D. Romero, Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Julie Stav, and Dr. Marta Moreno Vega.

topics—from the hot-button issue of immigration to childhood inspirations that fueled their ambi-tions, to the evolving American cultural landscape they helped mold, to the importance of preserving a distinct cultural identity for future generations.

Volume 2 features activist Dolores Huerta, journalist Soledad O’Brian, NY Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, model and humanitarian Christy Turlington, actors George Lopez and Judy Reyese, former Telemundo president of entertain-ment Nely Galan, Univision network president Cesar Conde, and political figures like Raul Yzaguirre, the US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

romance, along with painful instances of intoler-ance and discrimination, offering unique modern perspectives on being out in America.

Subjects featured in The Out List include screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black, legendary promoter and drag queen Lady Bunny, R. Clark Cooper, former professional football player Wade Davis, comedian Ellen Degeneres, ballroom performer Twiggy Pucci Garcon, actor Neil Patrick Harris, playwright and activist Larry Kramer, advocate and writer Janet Mock, actress Cynthia Nixon, author and TV host Suze Orman, New York councilwoman Christine Quinn, vocalist Jake Shears, comedian Wanda Sykes, Dallas County sheriff Lupe Valdez, and educator and Muslim women’s activist Wazina Zondon.


2013. 59 min. DVD: $325. Three-year streaming: $199. 978-1-4631-1824-2.


The Legacy Project: Volume IIProduced by the Dramatists Guild Fund, filmed and directed by Transient Pictures

Thomas Meehan is best known for his work as the librettist on the Tony Award-winning shows Annie, The Producers, and Hairspray. Interviewed by Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu). 37 min.

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt are best known for their musical The Fantasticks. Its original Off-Broadway production ran for a record-setting 42 years and introduced the hit song “Try To Remember.” Other works include 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do!, and Celebration. Interviewed by Carol Hall (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas). 49 min.

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty wrote the music and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime. Their other works include Once on This Island, Seussical, and A Man of No Importance. Inter-viewed by Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party). 51 min.

Mary Rodgers is the composer of the Tony-nominated musical Once Upon a Mattress, one of the most produced musicals in the world. Daughter of legendary composer Richard Rodgers, her other theatrical works include Hot Spot and Working. She also penned the children’s book and

subsequent screenplay Freaky Friday. Interviewed by Marsha Norman (‘night Mother). 36 min.

Jules Feiffer is the author of the Obie-winning play Little Murders; the Tony-nominated Knock, Knock; Elliot Loves; and A Bad Friend. Interviewed by Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey). 44 min.

Terrence McNally was cited as “one of our most original and audacious dramatists” by The New Yorker. His work spans plays, films, televi-sion, operas, and musicals. His librettos include Ragtime and Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Notable plays include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; The Lisbon Traviata; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Master Class; Corpus Christi; and Deuce. Interviewed by Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation). 46 min.

Tina Howe is the mastermind behind the celebrated works The Nest, Birth and After Birth, Museum, The Art of Dining, Painting Churches, Coastal Disturbances, Approaching Zanzibar, One Shoe Off, and Pride’s Crossing. Interviewed by Sarah Ruhl (In the Next Room—or The Vibrator Play). 39 min.

Charles Fuller is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with his play A Soldier’s Play. He also founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia. Other plays include the Obie-winning Zooman and the Sign, The Perfect Party, and The Brownsville Raid. Inter-viewed by Lynn Nottage (Ruined). 45 min.

Frank Gilroy is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Subject Was Roses. Other notable plays include Who’ll Save the Plowboy? and Contact With the Enemy. Interviewed by Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife). 53 min.

John Guare authored the critically acclaimed play The House of Blue Leaves winning an Obie and a New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was first produced on Broadway. Its 1986 revival won four Tony awards. Guare’s landmark work, Six Degrees of Separation, received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Olivier Best Play Award. Interviewed by Theresa Rebeck (Seminar). 42 min.

2013. DVD series: $895. Three-year streaming series: $895. 978-1-4631-1817-4

The Legacy Project: Volume II documents and preserves the creative process of America’s most esteemed writers for the theater in a series of filmed conversations, each featuring an established stage author (or team of collaborators) being interviewed by an emerging writer.

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Alternately humorous and poignant, The Out List features a diverse cross-section of accom-plished leaders from entertainment, business, sports, and public service sharing intimate stories on childhood, understanding gender and sexuality, building careers while out, and reflecting on the

challenges still facing the LGBT community. Against the backdrop of historic Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage and financial equality, subjects recall joyous moments of acceptance and


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acclaimed Volume II, Filmakers Library Online:

Volume III brings together 100 more of the top

documentaries from 2010 to the present for libraries

worldwide, including many of the titles found in

this catalog.

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Filmakers Library 2014 Catalog for Print