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Summer Pasture
Filmed in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet, Summer Pasture offers a closely observed portrait of a young nomad couple and their infant daughter at a time when their traditional way of life is increasingly threatened by rapid modernization. Summer Pasture captures this young family at a crossroads, ultimately revealing the profound sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter's future. Read more 
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Shugendô Now
A poetic journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism as they seek experiential truth during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. DVD also available in a Classroom Edition, which divides the feature film into two parts for easy teaching use. Read more
NOW AVAILABLE
Daughter from Danang
Now back in distribution, this Academy Award-nominated film is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. When Heidi, an "all-American girl" from Tennessee, is reunited with her birth-mother, from Danang, Vietnam after being separated for 22 years, she and her Vietnamese relatives find themselves caught in a confusing clash of cultures. Read more
DIGITALLY REMASTERED
Dead Birds
Robert Gardner's classic Dead Birds is now available in a new digitally remastered 2-DVD set. This special-edition set comes with many extra features, including commentary by Robert Gardner with Ross McElwee, Lucien Taylor, and Octavio Paz, a French-language translation by Jean Rouch, original outtakes, a photo gallery, and much more. Read more
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Films of Richard Broadman
Regarded as an independent among independents, Richard Broadman (1946 - 2000) was an uncompromising documentary filmmaker who specialized in chronicling the American urban experience through oral history. DER is proud to inherit this invaluable film collection, most of which are now available on DVD for the first time. Read more
COMING SOON
Richard Leacock & Valerie Lalonde:
The Paris Years 1989 to 2009
A wonderful collection of 11 films made by documentary luminary Richard Leacock with his great love and creative collaborator Valerie Lalonde. In 1989, the then-new Video-8 cameras delivered them from the costs of shooting on film, and allowed them a freedom to film what had always interested them most — life itself, in all its beauty, charm and poignancy. Read more
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Southern Belle
At the 1861 Athenaeum Girls' School, young women eagerly sign up to become that iconic image of Southern identity: the Southern Belle. Captures the divisive historical memory of an American subculture and examines attitudes that continue to define and divide America today. Read more
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Young Bird Season
Each week, the flyers at the Braintree Pigeon Racing Club in Massachusetts send their birds hundreds of miles away, and then they let them race home. With is a humor and insight, Young Bird Season looks at the rhythms and logistics of pigeon racing, the guys who fly, and the birds themselves. Read more
