[Fwd: [Videonews] 2 documentaries on libraries and democracy]

[delin@xxxxxx (Delin, Peter)]

Zur allgemeinen Information. Weitere Informationen zum Film:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=167-sab
http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/SaveandBurn.htm

zu "The library in crisis"
http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/LibraryCrisis.htm

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>Save and Burn
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>A documentary by Julian Samuel
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>Save and Burn builds from The Library in Crisis by deepening an
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>understanding of the history of civilization through the phenomenon of the
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>library. From ancient China, India, Islam, and the Graeco Roman world, we
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>see how the library radiated knowledge and spiritual values, and facilitated
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>the cross fertilization of ideas from one culture to another.
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>Save and Burn puts the institution of the library within a startling
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>political context. Generally considered a preserver of culture, the
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>documentary points out how libraries are subject to the ideologies of their
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>time and place ­ and not above them, as may have been assumed. The film
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>assays the commercialization of libraries, the irresponsible weeding and
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>closing of libraries, the excesses of copyright law, but most of all, the
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>fact that the West has not recognized the Orient for much of its cultural
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>heritage..
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>The film is provocative. Historically, libraries have been used
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>to promote or inhibit democratic debate, with a nod to the Patriot Act. The
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>filmmaker, who was born in Pakistan, combines exquisite footage of the
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>Alexandrian Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and Bromley
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>House in Nottingham. Interviews include Tom Twiss, Government Information
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>Librarian, University of Pittsburgh, who gives testimony on the destruction
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>of Palestinian libraries by Israeli soldiers, accompanied with painful
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>footage, as well as the fate of Iraqi libraries during the "liberation."
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>80 min. DVD only. Sale $295. Rental $75.
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>"All librarians should see this film? librarians must leave their beautiful
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>houses of culture, and join the fight to protect them from the despots East
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>and West?" - Steve Fesenmaier, formerly director of the West Virginia
>Library Commission
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>Film Services
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>Filmakers Library Inc.
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>Linda Gottesman
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>124 East 40th Street,
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>New York,
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>N.Y. 10016
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>p: 212 808 4980
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>e: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Gary Handman
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