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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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The Pacific | To, Tony | 2010 | United States |
This epic miniseries follows the lives of three U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Through their experiences, viewers have a greater sense of the war's scale and contingency. It chronologically features battles in Guadalcanal,... |
Armadillo | Janus Metz | 2010 | Denmark |
This documentary follows a platoon of Danish soldiers on a six-month tour of Afghanistan in 2009. It focuses on the men's emotional response to war, from casual patrols encountering local people to intense fighting against Taliban soldiers. Its... |
A Jewish Girl in Shanghai | Genfa, Wang | 2010 | China |
An animated feature documents the experience of Jewish refugees in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II. Two young refugees and an orphan explore the city as various wars and politics reshape it. |
Southern Belle | Makley, Mary | 2010 | United States |
This documentary explores the Athenaeum Girls' School summer camp program, where young white teenage girls immerse themselves in the culture and idealized femininity of the Antebellum American South. Although the directors show their subjects... |
Top Secret Rosies: The Female 'Computers' of WWII | Erickson, LeAnn | 2010 | United States |
This documentary chronicles four American women mathematicians who worked as human computers at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II. Their work calculating ballistic analysis helped with the development of the first computer (ENIAC... |
Woman Rebel | Deol, Kiran | 2010 | United States |
This documentary traces the 10-year evolution of Silu (nee Uma Bhujel) from guerilla warrior to democratically elected assembly in Nepal. Silu was one of 40% of women who joined the People's Liberation Army as guerilla warriors during the Nepali... |
Upstairs Downstairs (2010) | Heidi Thomas | 2010 | United Kingdom |
In 1936, Sir Hallam Holland and his young wife Lady Agnes return from a diplomatic posting abroad and take up residence at 165 Eaton Place, formerly the home of the Bellamy family but vacant for several years. By chance, they ask Rose Buck, a... |
The King's Speech | Hooper, Tom | 2010 | United States |
Winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards, The King's Speech shows how a man becomes king in the years before World War II. Prince Albert seeks a speech therapist to help him overcome a lifelong stutter and build confidence in his... |
Noi credevamo / We Believed | Martone, Mario | 2010 | Italy |
In 1828, two aristocrats and one peasant join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement to strengthen the campaign for Italian unification and independence. Their separate stories reveal the cost of revolution and sacrifice on their personal and... |
Short Memory | Marwan Khneisser | 2010 | Lebanon |
Short Memory is an award winning Lebanese short film selected in numerous international Film Festivals and broadcasted on three TV channels. The film tells the story of two Children playing inside a building in the Beirut neighborhood of... |
Hitganvut Yehidim / Infiltration | Koshashvili, Dover | 2010 | France |
Based on one of the most popular Israeli novels by Yehoshua Kenaz, this film unravels the making of Israeli national identity through militarism as well as the ethnic, national, and class distinctions that still characterize Israeli society. Set... |
Kongo: 50 Years of Independence of Congo | Tilman, Samuel | 2010 | Belgium |
Informed by scholarship and archival records, this television docu-series explores the history of the Congo from the 15th century to the present. From the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to colonialism and independence, the three-part series examines... |