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September 1997
Challenging the Status Quo September 1997
In this issue, we take a look at First New York City Sierra Club Film & Video Festival that explores hard-hitting environmental issues.
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Features
In the summer of 1994, the Simon Wiesenthal Center...
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![A man in overalls looks upward while holding his hat on his head from Pare Lorentz's 'The Plow that Broke the Plains.'(1936)](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/plowthatbroketheplains_sep1997.jpg?itok=Wz9jtf7o)
After a harsh winter, the coming of spring in New...
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![A child looks sadly; there's a corpse in the background. From Daniele Lacourse and Yvan Patry's 'Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold.' (Canada, 164 min., 1996)](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/chronicleofagenocideforetold_sep1999.jpg?itok=SH6jUGk_)
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival...