A documentary on fighting "terrorism" in Peru
http://www.hrw.org/iff/2006/london/films.html#state_of_fear
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485046/
Nishan has purchased a privately, a copy can go to the KC library.
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Saturday, 2 August 2008
BOOK: Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka: Efforts, Failures & Lessons: Volume Two
Editor: Kumar Rupesinghe
Contributors: (include) Bradman Weerakoon, Austin Fernando, G.L.Pieris, Priyan Seneviratne and Dinidu Endaragalle
Available from vijitha yapa
Contributors: (include) Bradman Weerakoon, Austin Fernando, G.L.Pieris, Priyan Seneviratne and Dinidu Endaragalle
Available from vijitha yapa
BOOK: Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka: Efforts, Failures & Lessons: Volume One, 2nd Edition
Editor: Kumar Rupesinghe
Contributors: (include) Sumanasiri Liyanage, Thomas Abraham, J.N.Dixit, Bernard Tilakaratna, Ketheshwaran Loganathan
Available from vijitha yapa
Contributors: (include) Sumanasiri Liyanage, Thomas Abraham, J.N.Dixit, Bernard Tilakaratna, Ketheshwaran Loganathan
Available from vijitha yapa
BOOK: The Broken Palmyra, the Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka, An Inside Account
by Rajan, Somasundaram, Daya, Sritharan, K and Rajani Thiranagama Hoole
- Paperback: 468 pages
- Publisher: The Sri Lanka Studies Institute (1992)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000OGS3MW
Monday, 14 April 2008
DVD: The Imam & the Pastor
The Imam and the Pastor' depicts the reconciliation between Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, and the peace-making initiatives which have flowed from it. The film, narrated by Rageh Omaar, traces their remarkable story. It depicts the dynamics of personal forgiveness, and highlights some of the difficulties that arise in Christian-Muslim partnership and how they can be tackled.
Available for Purchase from:
http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/imam.html
Available for Purchase from:
http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/imam.html
Saturday, 5 April 2008
BOOK: Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
By Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Published 1992, University of Chicago Press
ISBN:0226789497
Available from Nishan
BOOK: Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka
by Richard F. Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere
Published 1990, Princeton University Press
ISBN:0691019010
Available from Nishan
BOOK: Tigers of Lanka - from boys to guerrillas
Thursday, 3 April 2008
BOOK: Reaping The Whirlwind
By K.M. de Silva
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=2660
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=2660
BOOK: A History of Sri Lanka
By K. M. de Silva
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=64
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=64
BOOK: 19th Century Newspaper Engravings of Ceylon- Sri Lanka
By R.K. de Silva
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=24071
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=24071
BOOK: Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan period 1590s to 1815
By Michael Roberts
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=20842
Available at Vijitha Yapa
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=20842
DVD: Favela Rising (2005)
by Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist
See here for details:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455949/
See here for details:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455949/
DVD: My Daughter the Terrorist
Winner of Best Documentary at Message to Man International Film Festival in St Petersburg.
can be bought from here:
http://www.oslodocs.com/product_pages/my_daughter_product.html
can be bought from here:
http://www.oslodocs.com/product_pages/my_daughter_product.html
Monday, 31 March 2008
DVD: Water (2005)
A film by Deepa Mehta
Four years after production was shut down in India, filming resumed in Sri Lanka. The movie was shot under the fake title "Full Moon" to avoid attention.
Details can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/
Four years after production was shut down in India, filming resumed in Sri Lanka. The movie was shot under the fake title "Full Moon" to avoid attention.
Details can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/
DVD: Sulanga Enu Pinisa (2005)
The Forsaken Land (english title)
A film by Vimukthi Jayasundara
see details at:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413358/
A film by Vimukthi Jayasundara
see details at:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413358/
DVD: Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997)
Death on a Full Moon Day (english title)
A film by Prasanna Vithanage
Available at:
this link to the Kapruka Shop
A film by Prasanna Vithanage
Available at:
this link to the Kapruka Shop
BOOK: The Giniralla Conspiracy
by Nihal de Silva
(winner of Gratien Award in Sri Lanka)
Available at:
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=22903
(winner of Gratien Award in Sri Lanka)
Available at:
http://www.vijithayapa.com//pdesceription.php?id=22903
BOOK: The Road From Elephant Pass
DVD: Tani tatuwen piyabanna (2002)
Flying with One Wing (International: English title)
A film by Asoka Handagama
In order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife
A film by Asoka Handagama
In order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife
DVD: Documentaries That Changed The World - John Pilger
Documentaries That Changed The World - John Pilger (4 Disc Box Set)
DVD: No More Tears Sister
Details can be found at
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491081/
The comments to this post provides details on how to order
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491081/
The comments to this post provides details on how to order
Sunday, 30 March 2008
BOOK: Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict
@book{spencer1990slh,
title={{Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict}},
author={Spencer, J.},
year={1990},
publisher={Routledge}
}
BOOK: Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
@book{tambiah1986sle,
title={{Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy}},
author={Tambiah, S.J.},
year={1986},
publisher={IB Tauris}
}
BOOK: Politics in Sri Lanka, 1947-1979
@book{wilson1979psl,
title={{Politics in Sri Lanka, 1947-1979}},
author={Wilson, A.J.},
year={1979},
publisher={MacMillan Publishing Company}
}
2nd edition
BOOK: The Break-up of Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict
@book{wilson1988bus,
title={{The Break-up of Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict}},
author={Wilson, A.J.},
year={1988},
publisher={C. Hurst \& Co. Publishers}
}
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