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September 25, 2006 Video Collection

Refrigerator Mothers - Purchased Clips

For examples of choices made AGAINST the application of fair use by an independent filmmaker, consider the decisions made by Kartemquin Films when making Refrigerator Mothers. The film is available in its entirety from Fanlight Productions.

In this group of clips, the filmmakers purchased the rights to the copyrighted material.

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Puff the Magic Dragon ()

Puff the Magic Dragon: a film by the My Company and the song written and composed by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton – Puff the Magic Dragon is an animated videotape chosen by one of the documentary’s non-verbal autistic subjects to watch while he visits his mother from his group home. His choice of the film is deliberate and one which he makes almost every time he visits his mother. It supports his mother’s on-camera statement that he tries to communicate with her about himself through this movie, which tells the story of a boy who cannot talk or communicate in any way.

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Mother ()

Mother: a song written and recorded by John Lennon - The song is used under the film’s opening credits to set a tone for the film and accompany a photo montage.

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Psychoanalytic Institute stock footage ()

This series of clips of autistic children was taken from 16 mm films held at the Institute’s library in Chicago. The scenes were imbedded in industrial films and were originally produced by European organizations 40 to 50 years ago.

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