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ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS007-0056 · Item · 2008
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Honkala is the founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, an organization dedicated to empowering the poor and homeless in Philadelphia. Cheri argues that the poor are being made invisible by the urban redevelopment programs of the last 20 years. But the prosperity of shiny new urban centers is an illusion that simply forces hunger and homelessness out of site. With the erosion of U.S. manufacturing jobs, Americans are filing for bankruptcy in record numbers and credit card debt is soaring. “In this country there is no safety net and there is no security. You can be ok for one minute and the next day you can be living out on the street and nobody will give a damn about you”.

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Homo Toxicus
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S014-SS001-0115 · Item · 2008
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Every day, tons of chemicals are released into the environment, without any certainty about their possible long-term toxic effects on living organisms. Moreover, the majority of the 100,000 molecules developed since World War II that are used in everyday products have never been tested… Some of them have already found their way into our bodies and into fetuses. Up to 247 toxic substances have been found in newborns. We are bequeathing our toxic legacy to our children along with our DNA! The conclusions are disturbing and challenge the way we live.

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House with the Green Roof
ES ES-OVNI RSC-3417 · Item · 2010
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

This movie tells the life stories of two women - Jewish and German. The war affected lives of both – they had to change their homes as well as their citizenship. The present is mixed with the past, current shots with unique archival films. Reminiscences in motion cut through the historical events of the 20th century. Isa was born in India, grew up in the Czech borderland, lives in Italy and considers herself European. After sixty years, she visited „the house with the green roof“. Her family was forced out of the home due to their German citizenship in 1945. Isa encounters a city of different appearance than preserved in her memory. The city was called Reichenberg then, and was inhabited predominantly by Germans. Edith survived the war in exile in Britain. Before the Nazi occupation, she belonged to the Jewish community in Liberec of 1400 people. Only 37 people returned from concentration camps. Edita still remembers life in the local synagogue which burned down during Kristallnacht in November 1938. For decades, a parking lot was placed in its stead. Today, a modern library stands there in symbiosis with a Jewish prayer room. The film portrays two different personalities. Both women listen to each other's experiences and feelings. Gradually, they overcome distrust and their own prejudices. Isa and Edita find courage for a difficult friendship. Copyright © 2009 by Blanka Závitkovská

ES ES-OVNI RSC-4147 · Item · 1994
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

A team of the All African Television network, wanders into the darkest regions of the Eastern Alps. They observe the habits and rituals of the natives and make not one, but two ethnological major break-through discoveries.

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How I Love You
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S008-SS004-0003 · Item · 2001
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

A exploration of sexuality among gay men in Lebanon. Five characters talk about their sexuality, about commitments, about their relationship to their bodies, about their passions and love in a society where homosexuality is still punished with imprisonment. The video uses light to produce a white veil, rendering almost impossible character identification.

How to Be a Man
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S014-SS001-0123 · Item · 1951
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

For centuries, parents have struggled to usher their children through the magical, often treacherous, journey to adulthood. But in mid-century America, a new form of tutelage was engineered: the classroom film. Suddenly, the prickly issues of sexual development and juvenile delinquency could be addressed in tidy, ten-minute sermons disguised as dramas. To deal with the subtleties of behavior and the importance of fitting in, "social guidance" films were made on such topics as coping with failure (Planning For Success) and teasing (The Other Fellow's Feelings).

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