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DVDs Owned by  BMCC

To use or view these titles, either fill out this online form or consult with staff in room S408 (inside the library).

Forgiveness: A Time to Love & a Time to Hate

Call Number: DVD 547

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: a documentary in 9 chapters

Call Number: DVD 657

See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainment Documentary

Call Number: DVD 557

Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections: New math of American elections

Call Number: DVD 488

The First Grader: It's Never Too Late to Dream

Call Number: DVD 656

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Call Number: DVD 501

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Call Number: DVD 478

BaadAsssss Cinema: A Bold Look at 70's Blaxplotation Films

Call Number: DVD 536

The Characters of Shakespeare: Shakespeare for Students

Call Number: DVD 482

Here are just a few of the quality titles the BMCC Library has on the moving image industry. Should you want to look for more titles than these, research the CUNY Catalog.

100 Ideas that Changed Film - David Parkinson

Call Number: PN1997.8 .P375 2012

American Film in the Digital Age - Robert C. Sickels

Call Number: PN1994 .S532 2011

Reinventing Cinema: Movies in the Age of Media Convergence - Chuck Tryon

Call Number: PN1993.5 .U6 T79 2009

The YouTube Reader - Pelle Snickars (Editor); Patrick Vonderau

Call Number: HM851 .Y68 2009

Divas on Screen - Mia Mask

Call Number: PN1995.9.N4 M327 2009

Branded Entertainment: Product Placement & Brand Strategy in the Entertainment Business - Jean-Marc Lehu

Call Number: HF6146 .P78 L4413 2009

The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays into Film - John C. Tibbetts; James M. Welsh; Steve Allen (Foreword by)

Call Number: PN1994 .E53 2010

A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema - Paul Monaco

Call Number: PN1993.5 .U65 M55 2010

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made - Vincent Canby

Call Number: PN1995 .C343 1999

Children of War

"Filmed in northern Uganda over a period of 3 years, Children Of War is a unique and incandescent documentary which follows a group of former child soldiers as they undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing while in a rehabilitation center.

Having been abducted from their homes and schools and forced to become fighters by the Lord's Resistance Army - a quasi-religious militia led by self-proclaimed prophet and war criminal Joseph Kony - the children struggle to confront and break through years of captivity, extreme religious indoctrination, and participation in war crimes with the help of a team of trauma counselors.

As these fearless allies guide the children forward into new lives, Children Of War illuminates a powerful and cathartic story of forgiveness and hope in the aftermath of war."

Free screening pass expires:

27February 2013 

First  White House Summit on Community Colleges

 President Obama and Dr. Jill Biden (Vice-president Joe Biden's wife) spoke to the first-ever Community College Summit about the role community colleges play in developing America's workforce and furthering education. 

On, October 05, 2010, this summit brought together community college administrators, faculty, and students, business and philanthropic leaders, as well as federal and state policy leaders to discuss how community colleges can ensure that the USA has the most educated workforce in the world - so American businesses can compete in the global economy and that we can achieve the President’s goal of leading the world with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.  They addressed the critical role of community colleges as part of America’s economic vision for the future.

What is a "Moving Image"?

A combined definition of "moving image" from the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens (NYC) and The Association of Moving Image Archivists is any "stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures, television, and digital media" (including video and computer games) and recognizes them "as important educational, historical, and cultural resources."  

Moving images have been used as a tool for teaching and learning ever since these media were created. Presented here is a centralized hub of Web 2.0 open access digital moving image websites to aid in your teaching and learning endevours.

If you have any suggestions or comments please email them to me.

Prof. Dorothea J. Coiffe

As Jefferey Gentry noted in 2008, "Video-sharing websites provide an entirely new educational laboratory."  Using YouTube: Practical Applications for 21st Century Education  p3

To find media owned by BMCC Library - Use the advanced search of the Library Catalog to locate films owned by the BMCC Library- enter DVD or VHS in one of the search boxes.

• Click on the title to see more info on a film listed in the BMCC Library's online catalog. 

• To request a media title owned by BMCC for either viewing inside the library (students) or in the classroom (professors), fill out the online media request form at least 2 weeks in advance (or go in person to room S408 -inside the library) M-F, 8am-4pm.

BMCC Faculty, did you know:

• If BMCC does not own the film, we might be able to borrow it from another college library?

• That you could have either a clip or an entire movie uploaded to the BMCC library's E-Reserves (E-Res)? (Videos on E-Res must be owned either by BMCC or yourself - NOT one from another library or rented)

Take a look at our film databases!

Every member of the BMCC community may access these excellent visual sources for their researc & their pleasure. 

(To use Off campus sign in, like any other database.)

Films on Demand
Films in Demand has 1,000s of documentaries, dramas, & newsreels from the world’s most recognized producers and distributors.  After you've signed into your account (best to do this while on-campus), you may view, share, and/or embed clips or entire films. You will be surprised what you'll find here!

  and more!

American History in Video

American History in Video provides a large & rich collection of video available online of American history. This collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. American History on Video currently provides 5,864 titles, equaling approximately 1,529 hours, with more to be added in the future.

Trial Database: Theatre in Video (Sign in to Create, Edit, and Share playlists or clips)

Theatre in Video is a collection of more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video. These definitive performances, by leading actors and directors, have been painstakingly licensed from a wide range of copyright holders. For the first time, students, instructors, and researchers can bookmark specific scenes, monologues, and staging examples and then include those online links in their papers and course reserves.

This database allows you to make clips of selected videos. You may then share, embed them for your research or your classes!

Living Newspaper: Turning History into Theater

Watch highlights of the stage production and hear the fascinating background from professors Sherry Engle, Elizabeth Chaney, Alkis Papoutsis, & Christopher Peifer (all of the Speech/Communications/Theatre Arts department) and student actors Katie Wright & Amy Jacobs of the Fall 2012 BMCC production of 

Living Newspaper: Turning History into Theater 

This BMCC Moving Image Media Hub LibGuide was Funded by a 2011 PSC-CUNY Grant.

Displaying of badges is the new digital way people let you know what they are a member of or what they have done or earned - so keep a lookout for them. (Kind of like the Girl or Boy Scouts merit badges.)

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Life's a Dream [Play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca,1600- ~1681]

In April 2012, talented BMCC students gave a performance of Life's a Dream.  

"Life's A Dream poses fundamental questions about the nature of existence - are we truly awake or do we dream our way through life?  This poignant tale is of a prince imprisoned at birth by his astrologer-king father and liberated on the same day a beautiful woman stumbles into his life. The interwoven themes of love, loss, power, and destiny make it the peer of other plays as Oedipus and Hamlet." 

"Vida es Sueno" was published in 1636/1637 before Calderon was 40.  Plays in 17th century Spain were written primarily for immediate production, this play was probably presented on the Madrid stage before it was published. (This is also true of Shakespeare's plays.)

Life's a Dream 

Cast & crew for BMCC's April 2012 production

DIRECTED by

Diane Dowling