93 minutes, documentary, color, 2009

A film by Mark Hopkins

UPC: 7-20229-91473-4
Catalog #: FRF 914734D
SRP: $27.95 / CAN. $29.95

Street Date: June 21

Bosnia. Rwanda. Kosovo. Sierra Leone. Pakistan. Just a few of the world’s humanitarian and political crises in the past years. Whether the result of war or nature, these disasters devastate populations and cripple health systems. Despite the immense dangers and difficulties of the work, one organization, Doctors Without Borders, has continuously intervened at these frontlines of overwhelming human need.

Set in war-torn Congo and Liberia, LIVING IN EMERGENCY interweaves the stories of four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under the most extreme conditions.

Two volunteers are new recruits: a 26 year-old Australian doctor stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon struggling to cope under the load of emergency cases in a shattered capital city. Two others are experienced field hands: a dynamic Head of Mission, valiantly trying to keep morale high and tensions under control, and an exhausted veteran, who has seen too much horror and wants out.

Amidst the chaos, each volunteer must confront the severe challenges of the work, the tough choices, and test the limits of their own idealism.

• Shortlisted for Best Documentary, 2010 Academy Awards

“ Fascinating.” - USA Today

“Inspiring against the heaviest of odds.” - Wall Street Journal

“Critics' Pick. Riveting.” - New York Magazine

“Expertly crafted.” - Los Angeles Times

“Powerful.” - Washington Post

“ER at its most vibrant is like Mary Poppins compared to this stuff.”
- Roger Friedman’s Showbiz411.com

“M*A*S*H without the sugar coating.” - Nashville Scene

80 minutes, documentary, color, 2009

A film by Liz Canner

UPC: 7-20229-91467-3
Catalog #: FRF 914673D
SRP: $27.95 / CAN. $29.95

Street Date: June 21

THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF FEMALE PLEASURE

In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos to be used for a drug trial sponsored by a pharmaceutical company that is developing an orgasm cream for women. The experience launches Canner on a nine year odyssey as she follows the companies that are racing to be the first to win FDA approval for a product to cure a new condition - “female sexual dysfunction”. The potential prize: billions of dollars in profits.

Featuring illuminating footage and powerful interviews with sexperts, therapists, doctors and scientists, this enlightening film explores the strange science of female pleasure and in the process reveals the warped mentality of our pharmaceutical and medical industries. Upbeat, engaging and provocative, ORGASM INC. will change the way you think about sex.

“Critic's Pick! By taking a playful approach to a deeply serious subject, Orgasm Inc. explores the link between female sexuality and corporate profits with a style that’s as entertaining as it is revelatory. Vitally important story.” - The New York Times

“A desperately needed antidote to all the hype generated by pharmaceutical companies pursuing their holy grail: a female Viagra.” - Newsweek

“A sexy indictment of Big Pharma that gives a lot of great laughs!” - Toronto Star

“Eye-opening.” - The Hollywood Reporter

“A must-see! An expertly crafted, common-sense attack on Big Pharma’s shameless corporatization of health.” - Variety

“Both poignant and hilarious, Orgasm Inc. will leave you hot and bothered.” - Time Magazine

385 minutes on four discs, fiction, b/w, German w/English subtitles

Four classic films about Nazi Germany • Starring Academy Award nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl (Utz, Shine, Eastern Promises) and Hildegard Knef (The Snows of Kilimanjaro)

UPC: 7-20229-91471-0
Catalog #: FRF 914710D
SRP: $59.95

Street Date: June 21

This new DVD box set features the following four films about Nazi Germany:

THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US
Using a film noir style infused with expressionism and a documentary- like point of view, this feature, the first produced in post-war Germany, follows a man and a woman returning to war-torn Berlin. (1946)

I WAS NINETEEN
This gritty, realistic film, based on director Konrad Wolf’s actual experiences, follows a young Soviet soldier of German descent who returns to his homeland as part of the victorious Soviet Army. (1968)

THE GLEIWITZ CASE
To justify invading Poland, the Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. (1961)

NAKED AMONG WOLVES
Starring Oscar Nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl and based on true events related by Buchenwald survivor Bruno Apitz, this was the first German film about life and death in a concentration camp. (1963)

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