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AH-01 |
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces |
Asfour Stah |
Arabic |
A charming tale of a young boys sexual awakening in muslim tunisia. Boughedirs style is sensual and full of joy celebrating the pleasures of everyday life. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 02/24/2004 Run time: 98 minutes Director: Ferid Boughedir |
Available |
Film/Video |
DVD |
98 |
2004 |
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Yes |
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AS-01 |
Sesame Street #2 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
DVD does not work right. Not recommended for check-out |
No |
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AS-02 |
Sesame Street #3 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-03 |
Sesame Street #5 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-04 |
Sesame Street #6 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-05 |
Sesame Street #7 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-06 |
Sesame Street #8 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-07 |
Sesame Street #9 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-08 |
Sesame Street #10 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AS-09 |
Sesame Street #14 |
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Arabic |
Episodes of Sesame Street from Kuwait |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1975 |
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No |
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AT-01 |
Terrorism and the Kebab |
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Arabic |
Terrorism and the Kebab is a farce denouncing the absurdity of bureaucracy in modern Egypt. Adel Imam, Egypt's leading comic actor, is a father who wants to move his son to a school closer to home. He goes to El-Mugamaa, the center of Cairo's monolithic bureaucracy, to pick up the required documents.
Frustrated by the lack of response, he ends up attacking a fundamentalist official who spends most of his office time praying. A heavily armed police unit puts in an appearance and in the melee a machine gun accidentally finds its way into Imam's hands. As a terrorist, his demands to the Minister of Internal Affairs are simple.
Shish Kebab, made of high-class lamb. After having a hearty meal with his hostages, however, his demands become more political. He asks for medicine, better schools and ultimately for the cabinet's resignation. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
155 |
1992 |
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No |
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AW-01 |
Wedding in Galilee |
Urs al-jalil |
Arabic |
A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for agreeing. Women ritually prepare the bride; men prepare the groom. Guests gather. The Arab youths plot violence. One Israeli officer swoons in the heat and Arab women take her into the cool house. A thoroughbred gets loose and runs to a mined field; soldiers and Arabs must cooperate to rescue it. As darkness falls, tensions between army and villagers rise, and the groom's wedding-night anger and impotence threaten family dignity and honor. Can cool heads prevail? |
Not Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
113 |
1995 |
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Yes |
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CA-01 |
Aladdin |
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Chinese |
Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan's advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar's plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a "diamond in the rough" can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fit that description, but that's not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
90 |
1993 |
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Yes |
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CB-01 |
The Blue Kite |
Lan feng zheng |
Chinese |
On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. A year later their son, nicknamed Tietou (Iron Head), is born. The Party is everywhere: Mao's photograph, loud-speaker announcements, visits from the neighborhood committee.
Shaolong dies in a reform camp; a close family friend, who protects Shujuan and her son partly out of guilt for lying to authorities about Shaolong, succumbs to malnutrition; a confrontation with the Red Guard leads to injury, imprisonment and death.
Shujuan's love for Tietou sustains her, and the child's blue kite embodies hope: "I can make another for you," says Tietou's dad; by the end, Tietou promises this to a small child. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
138 |
1998 |
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No |
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CC-01 |
City on Fire (1987) |
Lung fu fong wan |
Chinese |
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chow, a reluctant undercover cop who must replace a fellow officer killed while attempting to infiltrate a group of jewelry thieves. He's done this sort of thing before with disastrous consequences, but his uncle, a police chief, pressures him back into it.
As he earns the trust of the criminals, he begins to develop a tight friendship with one of the thieves, which only serves to complicate matters during the heist. Meanwhile, Chow is trying to salvage what's left of his relationship with Huong (Carrie Ng), with little success. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
106 |
2001 |
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No |
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CC-02 |
Chinese Americans |
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Chinese |
Celebrates the heritage of Chinese Americans by tracing the history of their emigration to North America. Viewers take a special look inside the life of a Chinese family, meeting three generations of family members who share memories of their country of origin and their motivations for journeying to North America. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
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No |
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CC-03 |
Chinese Ghost Story |
Sien nui yau wan |
Chinese |
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple.
There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or 'yang element'). |
Available |
Film/Video |
DVD from VHS |
93 |
1998 |
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No |
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CC-04 |
A Chinese Ghost Story III |
Sien lui yau wan III: Do do do |
Chinese |
The evil Tree Spirit is back with yet another ghost played by Joey Wong. The Swordsman Yen and Leslie Cheung characters are replaced by a Buddhist Abbot and disciple (Tony Leung). Jacky Cheung also pops up again, this time as a money-grabbing swordsman with a neat bag of tricks. |
Available |
Film/Video |
DVD from VHS |
106 |
1998 |
At the beginning of this film, the VCR likes to stop. Just hit play again once you get past the previews, it runs fine. |
No |
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CC-05 |
Chungking Express |
Chung Hing sam lam |
Chinese |
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month.
By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
102 |
1998 |
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Yes |
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CC-07 |
Chinese Tea Ceremony |
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Chinese |
A taped demonstration of Prof. Smith preparing, drinking and giving the history of Chinese tea. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
40 |
2001 |
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No |
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CD-01 |
Dragon Spirit of China, The |
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Chinese |
The Dragon Spirit of China documentary |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
45 |
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No |
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CD-02 |
Dust in the Wind (1986) |
Lian lian feng chen |
Chinese |
"Filled with details of urban Taipei, and depicting the transition from rural to industrial life in contemporary Taiwan, this is also a poignant story of young love lost. A teenaged couple moves to the city to find work, but is separated when the boy is drafted. A heartbreaking film of profound humanity, name 'One of the Top Ten Films of the Decade' by J. Hoberman, Premiere Magazine." |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
109 |
1986 |
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No |
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CE-01 |
Eat Drink Man Woman |
Yin shi nan nu |
Chinese |
Retired Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
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1996 |
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No |
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CE-02 |
The Emperor and the Assassin |
Jing ke ci qin wang |
Chinese |
In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng, heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying's strategy is to seem invincible. Ying sends his concubine Zhao to the Han Kingdom as a spy, to enlist an assassin he can conquer. Zhao persuades Jing Ke, but falls in love. |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS Tape |
161 |
2001 |
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Yes |
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CF-02 |
Fei-hsia A-ta (Knight A-da) |
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Chinese |
??? |
Available |
Film/Video |
VHS |
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No |