27m; India-U.S.
Director: Sonali Gulati
Synopsis (IMDB): A personal narrative documentary film told from the perspective of an Indian living in the U.S., the film journeys into India’s call centers where telemarketer’s acquire American names and accents to service the telephone support industry of the U.S. Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night incorporates animation, live action, and archival footage to explore the complexities of globalization, capitalism, and identity.
90m; U.S.
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes and Lionel Atwill
Synopsis: Prostitution; based on Zola’s novel.
12m; Canada
Director: Tim McCaskell
Synopsis: A DIY experiment illustrating the impact of neoliberal economics on class, race and gender equality.
94m; U.S.
Director: Charles Lederer
Cast: James Cagney, Shirley Jones and Roger Smith
Synopsis (IMDB): Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot’s attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan. And all set to music!
30m; U.S.
Director: Jerri Zbiral
Synopsis: Celebrates the life and work of 90 year old artist and activist Peggy Lipschutz, who pioneered the “chalk-talk”— a performance art form combining drawing and music before a live audience. This film explores Peggy’s unwavering commitment to art, peace, justice and social change.
Contact: http://www.neverturningback.net/index.html jerri@thecollectedimage.com jerrizbiral@yahoo.com
Director: Gordon Quinn
USA, Kartemquin/PBS Independent Lens, 2004 (411 minutes)
Synopsis: Interweaves stories of immigrants & refugees
https://www.kartemquin.com/films/the-new-americans/about
Contact: Gordon cel: cel 773-339-7692 773-235-0816, and Kartemquin, 773-472-4366.
The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland’s conflict.
Kartemquin assembled a team of talented directors including the creators of Hoop Dreams, Who Killed Vincent Chin, and Vietnam, Long Time Coming. The detailed portraits that resulted were woven into a seven-hour miniseries that presents a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a first impression of the U.S. that few born in America can imagine.
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