Director: Beth Gage & George Gage
Run Time: 73 min.
Call Number: QH77.3.C57 B53 2012
"Bidder 70 tells a uniquely American story. Only in the United
States would the president auction off protected wilderness to energy
and mining companies to help the government turn a profit. Only in the
U.S. would a college student show up to the auction and outbid the
companies, then be taken to court and ultimately thrown in federal
prison for falsifying his bids. That president was George W. Bush, of course. The wilderness was in Utah. And the college kid, Tim DeChristopher, proves a fascinating subject for Beth and George Gage's new documentary."
—Diana Clarke, The Village Voice
Director: Stephen Vittoria
Run Time: 120 min.
Call Number: HV8701.A28 L66 2013
"[T]he movie begins rather bravely with a montage of right-wing pundits who object to Abu-Jamal being described as a 'political prisoner' and want to see him executed. But it quickly takes a detour from the haters to the fans, lining up such famous backers as Alice Walker, Cornel West, Angela Davis and Peter Coyote . . . Mumia gradually becomes a persuasive attempt to celebrate the content of his character, not the violence that apparently led to his imprisonment. Indicting the 'police state' created by Philadelphia’s leaders during the late 1970s/early 1980s, Vittoria creates a context that suggests how easily innocents could be railroaded."
—John Hartl, The Seattle Times
