Innovative independent videos and stock photos

 

STARTING OVER IN AMERICA
Personal stories told by Hungarian refugees who
came to the United States after the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution and how they made this country their home.

(57 min. video 2002)
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TRADITIONS FOR SALE
A behind-the-scenes look at some very special Hungarian folk artists and how their embroidery,
hand-painted furniture, folksongs, and dances are being revived and sold to tourists
(50 min.video 1996)
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SHOIL
A retrospective look at a fascinating "ahead-of-her-time" California woman, Shirley Cytron, (my mother), on the occasion of her 80th birthday, tells her life's story and shares her memories. (35 min. video 2000)

LANGOS [lon-go-sh]
Langos is Hungarian fried bread. In this short, we watch as it's being made with flour, yeast, water, and salt. And when ready, it's rubbed with fresh garlic and topped with sour cream. (1 min. video 1998)

LAS VEGAS
The glitter, glamour, and lights of Las Vegas are ours to see as John Mayall sings "Mail Order Mystics."
(4 min. video 1999)

INDIAN ACTORS' WORKSHOP
Urban American Indians, with their organizer
Jay Silverheels (Tonto of the Lone Ranger),
came together to learn how to act so as to
prepare themselves to do parts in Hollywood films and plays. In improvisations, they discuss militancy, their identity, and the differences in generational attitudes.

(20 min. black and white film 1969; edited l988)

TEACHING TECHNIQUES
FOR THE ESL LITERACY CLASSROOM
A three-part program showing students interacting with ESL Literacy teachers.
(1) Essential Tools
(26 min.)
    - all the materials you'll need
.
(2) Listening and Pronunciation
(30 min.)
    - ways to help students hear what others say
.
(3) Communication Skills (15 min.)
   - ways to help students with questions and answers,    dialogues, idioms, courtesies, and leavetakings.
(71 min. video 1995)

MASTER YOURSELF
(in production)

Director
Cinematographer
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City College of San Francisco,
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SALLY GATI sallygati@earthlink.net FRANK GATI
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