Films

Films are available for lending at no charge for up to two weeks at a time. To reserve a film, please fill out the reservation form and send it via e-mail or snail mail to Alta Schwartz, Outreach Director.  If you would like us to send the film to you, return shipping charges apply. Please allow one week for delivery when school is in session. During breaks, please call the center for delivery times.

The GMESC’s lending library is located in the Middle East Institute at Georgia State. If you would like to visit us in person, please make an appointment with Alta Schwartz by phone (404-413-6146) or by e-mail at aschwartz@gsu.edu. [Please see the directions link on the sidebar to the right of this page.]

Films in the Middle East Institute’s Library

1. 11’ 09’’ 01 September 11.  A film by eleven directors: Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, and Shohei Imamura. Galatée Films/Studio Canal. http://mirabaifilms.com

1. 20 Years Old in the Middle East. Film by Amal Moghaizel. First Run/Icarus Films. http://www.frif.com/new2003/twen.html

1. Globe Trekker: The Arab Gulf States.  Presented by Megan McCormick. Pilot Film & TV Productions. www.pilotguides.com

1. AL JAZEERA: Voice of Arabia. Film by Tewfik Hakem. First Run Icarus Films.www.frif.com

1. Afghanistan Unveiled. Film by Brigitte Brault & Aina Women Filming Group. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. Afghanistan: The Lost Truth. Film by Yassamin Maleknasr. Women MakeMovies. www.wmm.com

1. ARABS & TERRORISM. Film by Bassam Haddad. Arab Film Distribution. http://www.arabsandterrorism.com/

1. Be Fruitful and Multiply. Film by Shosh Shlam. First Run/Icarus Films. http://www.jofa.org/about.php/programs/befruitfulan

1. Beyond Baghdad. Presented by Mark Smith. Frontline. PBS Video. www.pbs.org 

1. Boujour Monsieur Shlomi. Film by Shemi Zarhin. Strand Releasing. http://www.strandreleasing.com/in_Theaters_Details.asp_Q_id_E_146

1. The Bride Market of Imilchil. Film by Christian and Steffen Pierce. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Caught in the Crossfire. Film by David Van Taylor and Brad Lichtenstein. Lumiere Production in association with the Independent Television Service. www.frif.com

1. Children of Fire. Film by Mai Masri. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Children of Heaven. Film by Majid Majidi. Miramax Films. www.arabfilm.com

1. Children of the Holocaust. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. www.films.com

1. Days & Nights. Film by Abdel Halim Hafez. Arab Film Distribution. http://www.arabfilm.com/item/410/

1. Destiny. Film by Youssef Chahine. www.arabfilm.com

1. The Dupes. Film by Tewfik Saleh. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Children of Heaven. Film by Majid Majidi. Miramax Films. www.arabfilm.com

1. Door to the Sky. Film Farida Ben Lyzaid. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Egypt’s Golden Empire. PBS DVD VIDEO. www.pbs.org

1. The English Sheik and the Yemeni Gentleman. Film by Bader Ben Hirsi. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. For a Place Under the Heavens. Film by Sabiha Sumar. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. Forgetting the Arabs: Europe on the Cusp of the Renaissance. Films for thHumanities & Sciences. www.films.com

1. From Arabic to Latin: The Assimilation of Arab Knowledge. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. www.films.com

1. Gaza Strip. Film by James Longley. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com
   

1. The Glories of Islamic Art. Part 1: The Umayyads and Their Capital Damascus. Landmark Media Incorporated.
   http://www.landmarkmedia.com/video.php?video=1090

1. The Glories of Islamic Art. Part 2: Two Islamic Regimes in Cairo. Landmark Media Incorporated. http://www.landmarkmedia.com/video.php?video=1091

1. God’s Sandbox. Film by Doran Eran. Indican Pictures. http://www.indicanpictures.com

1. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds. Film by Kevin McKiernan. www.arabfilm.com

1. Grapes and Figs are in Season: A Palestinian Woman’s Story. Film by Emily Mansur Shihadeh and Victoria Rue. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Hanan Ashrawi: A Woman of Her Time. Film by Mai Masri. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Haram-Yemen, the Hidden Half Speaks. Film by Fibi Kraus and Gudrun Torrubia. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com
2. Halfaouine, Boy of the Terraces. Written and directed by Ferid Boughedir.Cinetelefilms/France Media Scarabee. Recommended by the Arab Film Festival. www.aff.org

1. Hidden Wars of Desert Storm. Film by Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Honey and Ashes. Film by Nadia Fares. Movie description on the Arab Film Festival’s website: http://www.aff.org/archive/1998/

1. Hothouse. Film by Shimon Dotan. First Run/Icarus Films. http://www.frif.com/new2006/hot.html

1. Human Weapon. Film by Ilan Ziv. First Run Icarus Films. www.frif.com

1. Images of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco. www.saudiaramco.com

1. Inside Mecca. National Geographic. www.nationalgeographic.com

1. In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great. Hosted by Michael Wood. PBS HOME VIDEO. Movie description provided on the following site linked to PBS’s website: http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/

1. Iran, Veiled Appearances. Film by Thierry Michel. First Run Icarus Films. www.frif.com

1. Iranian Journey. Film by Maysoon Pachachi. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. Islam, A Pictoral Essay in Four Parts. Written by Victor Danner, Martin Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Fons Vitae. http://www.fonsvitae.com/islamvideo.html

1. Kadosh. Film by Amos Gitai. Kino Video. www.amosgitai.com

1. The Ladies Room. Film by Mahnaz Afzali. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. The Language of Life, A Festival of Poets. Directed by David Grubin and written by Bill Moyers. David Grubin Productions. http://www.grubin.com/filmography.html

1. Late Marriage. Film by Dover Kosashvili. Magnolia Pictures. http://www.rickmcginnis.com/movies/latemarriage.htm

1. Living with the Past. Directed by Maysoon Pachachi and produced by Elizabeth Fernea. First Run Icarus Films. www.frif.com

1. Marcel Khalifé, Voyageur. Music DVD. Nagam Records. http://www.marcelkhalife.com

1. Globe Trekker: The Middle East, Travel Guide DVD. Hosted by Ian Wright. Pilot Film & TV Productions. www.globetrekkertv.com
2. Mahmoud Darwich: As the Land is the Language. Film by Simone Bitton. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Mother of the Bride. Film by Tahiya Karioka and Emad Hamdi. Arab Film Distribution. http://www.arabfilm.com/item_print.html?itemID=407

1. Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet. Directed by Michael Schwartz. Unity Productions Foundation. www.theislamproject.org

1. Music of the Middle East. Educational Video Network. www.edvidnet.com

1. Naguib Mahfouz, The Passage of the Century. Film by Francka Mouloudi. First Run Icarus Films. www.frif.com

1. Muslims. Written and produced by Graham Judd and Elena Mannes. The Independent Production Fund for Frontline. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/

1. My Beard Forever. Film by Afif Arabi. Arab Film Distribution.www.arabfilm.com

1. Nusrat! Live at Meany, A Concert of Qawwali. Produced by the University of Washington. www.arabfilm.com

1. On Power, Dissent, and Racism: A Series of Discussions with NoamChomsky. Baraka Productions. www.barakaproductions.com

1. Paradise Now. Film by Hany Abu-Assad. Warner Independent Pictures. http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/

1. Paradise Lost. Film by Ebtisam Mara’ana. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-PalestinianConflict. Produced by Bathsheba Ratzkoff. The Media Education Foundation.www.mediaed.org

1. Picture Me an Enemy. Film by Nathalie Applewhite. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. Power and Terror, Noam Chomsky in Our Times. Film by John Junkerman. First Run Features. www.frif.com

1. Private. Film by Saverio Costanzo. Typecast Releasing. http://www.typecastfilms.com/privatefilm/home.html

1. Promises. Film by Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg, and Justine Shapiro. New Yorker Video. www.newyorkerfilms.com

1. The ROAD to KERBALA. Film by Katia Jarjoura. First Run/Icarus Films. http://www.meforum.org/article/1015

• Sallah. Film by Efraim Kishon. United King Films.

1. Salut Cousin! Directed by Merzak Allouache. LEO FILMS. www.arabfilm.com

1. Saudi Arabia, Culture & Heritage.

1. Search for Freedom. Film by Munizae Jahangir. Women Make Movies. www.wmm.com

1. The Secrets of the Human Body: Islam’s Contributions to Medicine. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. www.films.com

1. Secrets of the Pharoahs, Episodes One--Three. PBS Home Video. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/
2. Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said. Documentary by Emmanuel Hamon. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. The Settlers. Film by Ruth Walk. First Run Icarus Films. www.frif.com

1. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan. Atlantic Productions, Incorporated.

1. Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo. PBS Video.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/oslo/
2. The Silences of the Palace. Film by Moufida Tlatli. A Mat Films, Cinetelefilms, and Magfilm co-production. www.arabfilm.com

1. The Silk Road, An Ancient World of Adventure. Central Park Media.www.centralparkmedia.com
2. Tango of Yearning. Film by Mohammed Soueid. Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com

1. Time of Favor. Film by Joseph Cedar. Kino Video. http://www.rickmcginnis.com/movies/timeoffavor.htm

1. Frontline: Truth, War, and Consequences. Produced by Martin Smith. PBS Video. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/

1. Umm Kulthum. Film by Michael Goldman. Arab Film Distribution.www.arabfilm.com

1. Umm Kulthum, AVoice Like Egypt. Narrated by Omar Sharif. Arab Film Distribution. http://www.arabfilm.com/item/148/ 

1. Ushpizin. Film by Gidi Dar. Picturehouse. http://www.ushpizin.com/

1. Walk on Water. Film by Eytan Fox. Samuel Goldwyn Films. http://www.splicedonline.com/05reviews/walkonwater.html

1. The Wind Will Carry Us. Film by Abbas Kiarostami. New Yorker Video.  www.newyorkerfilms.com

1. Women Like Us. Film by Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri. Women Make Movies.www.wmm.com

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Alta Schwartz
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aschwartz@gsu.edu

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