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The magic flute: onstage and backstage duration 42 minutes 12 seconds The magic flute: onstage and backstage The magic flute: onstage and backstage	The magic flute: onstage and backstage An innovative television broadcast of… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Kennith Branagh Producer Kennith Branagh Series No Running time 0:45 Year of production 2007 Country Switzerland Program description in session This innovative programme involved the live broadcast on the Swiss national broadcaster SF1 of a performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and a simultaneous broadcast on a 2nd network, SF2, showing what was going on back-stage as the performance was taking place revealing a world that is normally hidden from the audience. The television audience for this unique live event was able to switch at will from the front stage to the back stage view by changing channels, as we will do in this screening at Input.
Mr Dial has Something to Say duration 1 hour 0 minutes Mr Dial has Something to Say Mr Dial has Something to Say	Mr Dial has Something to Say This film investigates the current historical… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Celia Carey Producer Celia Carey Series No Running time 1:00 Year of production 2007 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session This film explores the works and life of the African-American artist Thornton Dial through his “discovery” in the 1980s by a white art historian and collector named William Arnett. The narrative follows the incredible journey and the immense struggles they experienced together over two decades, while trying to have Dial’s work – and Southern African-American art – recognised by the elite contemporary art world. In the late 80s, with Arnett’s help, representation and connections, Dial became a major rising star of the art world. Famous contemporary artists such as Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat visited Arnett’s Atlanta home to see Dial’s work and gain inspiration. Inexplicably, a catastrophic, efamatory profile appeared on the TV show 60 Minutes leading to death threats for Arnett and cancellations of every Dial exhibit planned around the world. The film reveals and analyses how race and class are decisive issues at all levels. Who decides what art is? Have terms such as folk, visionary, outsider art been used to degrade the work of major artists? 21 UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v 38
The stones of the kingdom duration 53 minutes 2 seconds The stones of the kingdom The stones of the kingdom	The stones of the kingdom (pending) 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title A Pedra do reino Director Luiz Fernando Carvalho Series Yes Series of title A Pedra do reino Episode number in series 5 Running time 0:53 Year of production 2007 Country Canada Genre Animation Program description in session Part of a series that uses the storytelling form and exaggerated characterisation of Commedia dell’arte in adapting stories by Brazilian authors. Scheduled at prime time, the series challenges the audience to put aside TV soaps and soccer to watch a programme that draws on literary and theatrical traditions that are themselves spectacular – in this case, adapting a work by 20th-century author Ariano Suassuna and shooting this 1930’s story in 18th century costumes on location in a baroque town in northeastern Brazil. UPF shelf location PN1992.13.I56 2008 v 81
Sleeping Betty duration 10 minutes 28 seconds Sleeping Betty Sleeping Betty	Sleeping Betty An entertaining animated short film based on a… 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title Isabelle au bois dormant Director Claude Cloutier Producer Marcel Jean Series No Running time 0:10 Country Canada Genre Animation Program description in session Old tales have a long future… For those who think nothing new could be told about the wellknown fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty – think again. This short animation is loud, brave and humourous. What else could you ask for? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.64
Shoot the messenger duration 1 hour 33 minutes Shoot the messenger Shoot the messenger	Shoot the messenger Joe is a teacher with a mission. He’s… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Ngozi Onwurah Producer Anne Pivcevic Series No Running time 1:33 Year of production 2007 Country United Kingdom Genre Fiction Program description in session Originally titled Fuck Black People, this uncompromising ? lm is black guy vs “the black people”. Joe gives up his high-paying IT job, to become a teacher in a school. He decides to save the black kids by educating them – whether they like it or not. But how can one help one’s own people if they don’t want to be helped? These are some comments from people who watched the film: “I’ve never seen anything so unremittingly negative about black people in years.” “If it was about Asian people or Jewish people or white people it would never have been commissioned.” “Is this what black people have to do to get on TV?” “How does this inspire black people?” “The way to heal is to air things. This is one of the first films in a long time that does that.” Does the use of the fake diary cam ad to the narrative? Have audiences misunderstood the use of satire? Lets talk about a film that got Britain talking. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.63
Shake the devil off duration 1 hour 41 minutes Shake the devil off Shake the devil off	Shake the devil off Six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Peter Entell Producer Alberto Chollet,Christian Cools &Irène Challand Series No Running time 1:41 Year of production 2007 Country Switzerland Genre Documentary Program description in session America and New Orleans, under the microscope,six months after the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Families have lost everything: homes,work, parents, brothers and sisters. And now the axe has just fallen on their beloved church and the preacher is about to be sent away. What are the issues involved when a filmmaker decides to make a film without funding, particularly when it requires long distances and working in a different culture? Where ís the point of view? Can the filmmaker really get inside the hearts of his characters? How do you find a new angle to a story that has been broken and extensively covered by global news networks? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.62
Antonia duration 29 minutes 44 seconds Antonia Antonia	Antonia In vila Brasilandia, a favela of Sao Paolo, four… 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title Toque de recolher Director Amaral. Tata Producer Meirelles, Fernando; Berlinck, Bel; Barata, Andrea Series Yes Series of title Antonia Running time 0:30 Year of production 2006 Country Brazil Genre Fiction Program description in session This is not a traditional police series but is one that explores crime, violence and social issues in Brassilandia a favela in Sao Paulo. The series focuses on the lives of Preta, Barbarah, Mayah and Lena, for young singers who fight racial and social prejudice through their music. Does the use of this alternative help explore social challenges in these comunities? If these four artists are social detectives what are the conclusions they help the audience reach UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v 6
The cop, the judge and the murderer duration 55 minutes 4 seconds The cop, the judge and the murderer The cop, the judge and the murderer	The cop, the judge and the murderer In the spirit of great French thriller series but… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Hinant, Yves Producer Libon, Jean Series No Running time 0:52 Year of production 2006 Country Belgium Genre Documentary Program description in session Police series are the bread and butter of the television drama. Rather than buying and off-the-shelf sanitised Holliwood cop show, RBTF- Belgium's public broadcaster-chose to make one from real situations in its own back yard. This verite-style documentary series, simple and assuming, is every bit as gripping as drama and possibly more revealing. We are on the scene of the crime, we meet the usual gallery of suspects, investigator and interrogator and, of course, the body. It's realistic and intriguing, but is it right?
Mississipi cold case duration 1 hour 28 minutes Mississipi cold case Mississipi cold case	Mississipi cold case Filmmaker David Ridgen works with Thomas Moore to… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Ridgen, David Producer Ridgen, David Series No Running time 1:25 Year of production 2007 Country Canada Genre Documentary Program description in session A thrilling piece of documentary filmmaking in which director David Ridgen, together with Thomas Moore, attempt to crack a United States civil rights murder cold case in wich Moore's brother was a victim. In 2005 the two discovered new evidence and went on a long road trip with a camera to confront a Ku Klux klan memeber who was involved in the brutal killings. What a re the challenges when the main characters is your friend? How does TV confront dilemmas and questions of ethics? What is the role of filmmaker in the context of justice and law? Is it time for public television to reasert itself as the vehicle for such stories? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v 36
Night lodgers duration 52 minutes 34 seconds Night lodgers Night lodgers	Night lodgers Founded in 1953 and boasting 370 rooms and a huge… 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title Hospedes da noite Director Lícinio de Azevedo Producer Abdul Manafe Series No Running time 0:52 Year of production 2007 Country Mozambique Genre Documentary Program description in session This experimental documentary is truly a document: two aged ghosts (former employees) visit a luxury hotel on the seashore abandoned long ago and inhabited for the last twenty years by families of squatters – including some who live in the cold-storage rooms in the basement. No running water, no electricity, but hundreds of people desperately waiting for a better tomorrow. What is the film telling us about the tenuous nature of hope in an uncivil society? A vision of Hades that Dante would have appreciated. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.41
113 duration 53 minutes 35 seconds 113 113	113 As a school essay 113 is a rather ambitious… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Talgat Bektursonov Series No Running time 0:53 Year of production 2007 Country Uzbekistan Genre Drama Program description in session As a school essay, 113 is a rather ambitious project. Not because it is a large project, but for the dramatic intensity necessary to communicate to an audience a story with only two characters— a prisoner, and somebody whose job is to continuously observe him through a television circuit and to punish him if he does not behave according to some unidenti? ed rules. They do not communicate by words, but by deeds. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v 2
Su Merce duration 48 minutes 59 seconds Su Merce Su Merce	Su Merce A gang of youngsters roam the streets of Mexico… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Isabel Muñoz Cota Callejas Producer Angeles Castro Series No Running time 0:48 Year of production 2007 Country Mexico Genre Documentary Program description in session “I can only sing what I see” says one of the protagonists in this story of a gang of youngsters living in the streets of Mexico City, the most populated city in the world. All seem to live with death at the door in a world of crime, hunger and drug addiction. They take us on a trip to visit this world, with a tentative smile on their lips. Each is conscious of being a poet of the inferno in which he/she exists. Possibly they think that music is their only salvation. In a postscript we are informed that they too have failed.
Operation homecoming duration 54 minutes 6 seconds Operation homecoming Operation homecoming	Operation homecoming A documentary that explores firsthand accounts of… 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title Operation homecoming writing the wartime experience Director Richard E. Robbins Producer Richard E. Robbins Series No Running time 0:52 Year of production 2007 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session This documentary explores first-hand, the experiences of American soldiers in the Iraq war, as told through their own writings about the war. The programme weaves interview with actuality footage, fi gurative graphics overlaid with a soundtrack featuring recitation of memoirs and poetry. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.46
Hello, Willy! duration 45 minutes 4 seconds Hello, Willy! Hello, Willy!	Hello, Willy! Twenty years ago he could be seen in the streets… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Evgeny Golynkin Producer Evgeny Golynkin Series Yes Running time 0:44 Year of production 2007 Country Russia Genre Documentary Program description in session The story of an old musician who lies about his identity. The director knows, or at least suspects, that the man is a liar, but uses his story to uncover a bigger story. Could it have been more interesting without this fake central character? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v 24
Probably the most modern country in the world duration 45 minutes 10 seconds Probably the most modern country in the world Probably the most modern country in the world	Probably the most modern country in the world An astonishing and innovative television series… 2008 +2 More From UPF Original title Världens modernaste land Director Karin af Klintberg Producer Fredrik Lindström & Karin af Klintberg Series No Running time 0:44 Year of production 2006 Country Sweden Genre Documentary Program description in session A self portrait of Sweden the nation and its people. Who they really are, what they think of themselves, what others think of them. So why should we care? You will find the answer to that question in this programme. This skillful combination of old fashioned studio look and the innovative use of bluescreen, makes for an interesting psychological exploration of this society. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.54
Not my daughter duration 26 minutes 48 seconds Not my daughter Not my daughter	Not my daughter The cutting of the clitoris is a cultural… 2008 +2 More From UPF Director Cosby Bikpe Producer Akofa Asiedu Adjeani (EP) Series No Running time 0:26 Year of production 2007 Country Ghana Genre Docudrama Program description in session A Ghanaian woman who has given birth to a baby girl, leaves her husband and runs away with the baby just before her child’s circumcision ceremony. Is she representative of Ghanaian women who are opposed to the practice? Is female circumcision – considered by some as mutilation and others as an act of beutification – a matter that generates strong debate within Ghanaian society? Was this programme broadcast on public television in Ghana? What was the consequence? The programme was sponsored by a mobile phone company. What was the purpose of the sponsorship? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2008 v.43