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Encore un Hiver
This wonderful film focuses on an older woman waiting on a park bench on a cold winter day for a lover who returns every year. Directed by Françoise Sagan, author of Bonjour Tristesse.

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639 itemsWelcome to Cultural & Academic Films

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”


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Media Burn
The Media Burn Archive contains a unique collection of 5,000 non-fiction videotapes reflecting historical, political and social reality as seen by independent producers from 1972 to 2002. It supplies a major dose of American studies, media history and electronic literacy. You are invited to enjoy...
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Films
In its 120-year history, the University of Pennsylvania Museum (www.museum.upenn.edu) has collected nearly one million objects, many obtained directly through its own field excavations or anthropological research. Three gallery floors feature materials from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Bible...
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Fadiman Social Documentaries
Oscar nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman's documentaries focus on social issues including education, women's rights, HIV prevention, and abortion. View a selection of her films here. Click for more information about Dorothy Fadiman's films.
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Cultura Digital: Cultural Hotspots
Over the past five years, Brazil's Ministry of Culture has created more than 600 "Cultural Hotspots" or Pontos de Cultura. These grassroots programs enable communities to utilize cyberspace as a common territory by offering web access, digital kits and open source software through which they upload...
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Academic Film Archive of North America
The mission of The Academic Film Archive of North America is to acquire, preserve, document, and promote academic film by providing an archive, resource, and forum for continuing scholarly advancement and public exhibition. They define academic film as any film sold into secondary school,...

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