Videos on the U.S. and American Studies

Brothers and others 2004

Noam Chomsky, Nicolas Rossier, Trilby MacDonald, Sandra Petraglia, and Baraka Productions

Depicts the social conditions of Muslims and Arabs living in the United States after September 11, 2001 (Brothers and others). Interviewee Noam Chomsky presents ideas about 9/11 and racism (On power, dissent and racism). 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-449

 

In my own skin the complexity of living as an Arab in America 2001

Sheds the light on the complexities of the Arab American experience through the candid, in-depth interviews with five young Arab women living in New York in the months following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. 1 videodisc (16 min.)

MEDIA 10-3925

 

Nazrah a Muslim woman's perspective c2003

Farah Nousheen, Tasveer Films, Sankosa Films, and Arab Film Distribution

A diverse group of Muslim women living in the Pacific Northwest discuss their views on Islam, Islam's image in the popular culture, and their feelings about women in Islamic culture. 1 videodisc (55 min.)

MEDIA 10-448

 

Women of Islam veiling and seclusion  2004

Farheen Umar, Syed Uamr, Clint Burkett, and Arab Film Distribution

"During times of conflict with Islamic regimes, such as the recent war in Afghanistan, Western journalists and politicians tend to use the burqua (or veil) worn by some Muslim women as symbol of oppression.  They seem to suggest that once these women have been freed from oppressive Islamic rule, they will immediately cast off their veils and rejoice in wearing the latest fashions of the West. In reality, this has not been the case. In Women of Islam: Veiling and Seclusion, director Farheen Umar travels throughout Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the USA to talk with Muslim women and challenge the assumptions about the practice of wearing veils. This landmark documentary explores the origins of these stereotypes and confrots misconceptions about the tradition of covering in Muslim society"--Container. 1 videodisc (50 min.)

MEDIA 10-421

 

Working with Arab Americans c2008

Jon Carlson, Naji Abi-Hashem, American Psychological Association, Governors State University, and Division of Digital Learning and Media Design

Demonstrates the cultural issues of the Arab American community in counseling. 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.)

MEDIA 10-1915

Brothers and others 2004

Noam Chomsky, Nicolas Rossier, Trilby MacDonald, Sandra Petraglia, and Baraka Productions

Depicts the social conditions of Muslims and Arabs living in the United States after September 11, 2001 (Brothers and others). Interviewee Noam Chomsky presents ideas about 9/11 and racism (On power, dissent and racism). 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-449

 

Caught in the crossfire Arab Americans in wartime 2002

David Van Taylor and Brad Lichtenstein

Examines the lives of three Arab Americans--a police officer, a Christian pastor, and a journalist--in New York City in the months since the terrorist attacks of Sept., 2001. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-2378

 

Lest we forget c2003

Jason DaSilva, Roopa de Choudhury, Suheir Hammad , In Face Films Productions, and Newsreel (Firm)

After the Terrorist attacks of 9/11, some Americans began defining a new "enemy alien"--American Arabs, South Asians, Muslims. This film explores a lesson that history has forgotten; of a country alienating its own citizens and violating their civil liberties once again. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

DANA 3024

 

Nazrah a Muslim woman's perspective c2003

Farah Nousheen, Tasveer Films, Sankosa Films, and Arab Film Distribution

A diverse group of Muslim women living in the Pacific Northwest discuss their views on Islam, Islam's image in the popular culture, and their feelings about women in Islamic culture. 1 videodisc (55 min.)

MEDIA 10-448

 

The new Americans c2003

Ismael Bashey, Renee Tajima-Pena, Steve James, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Susana Aikin, Carlos Arapicio, Indu Krishnan, Gita Saedi, Fenell Doremus, Evangeline Griego, Kartemquin Films, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), and Independent Television Service

Depicts the journeys of five families from their homes in the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Mexico and India to new lives in the United States. 3 videocassettes (ca. 400 min.)

MEDIA 2-6796 - 2-6798

 

Tales from Arab Detroit c1995

Joan Mandell, Sally Howell, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, Olive Branch Productions, and New Day Films

"When an Arab American community center brings an Egyptian poet to perform a 1000-year-old epic, sparks fly.  The result is a familiar American tale: parents trying to pass on cherished traditions and language, while their children are at home in a world of McDonald's and MTV"--Container. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

DANA 2025

 

The way home 1998

Shakti Butler

Women representing a cross-section of cultures in America share their experiences of oppression through the lens of race. Women are separated into eight ethnic councils (Indigenous, African-American, Arab, Asian, European-American, Jewish, Latina and Multi-Racial).  1 videocassette (92 min.):

MEDIA 2-3873

 

Women of Islam veiling and seclusion 2004

Farheen Umar, Syed Uamr, Clint Burkett, and Arab Film Distribution

"During times of conflict with Islamic regimes, such as the recent war in Afghanistan, Western journalists and politicians tend to use the burqua (or veil) worn by some Muslim women as symbol of oppression.  They seem to suggest that once these women have been freed from oppressive Islamic rule, they will immediately cast off their veils and rejoice in wearing the latest fashions of the West. In reality, this has not been the case. In Women of Islam: Veiling and Seclusion, director Farheen Umar travels throughout Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the USA to talk with Muslim women and challenge the assumptions about the practice of wearing veils. This landmark documentary explores the origins of these stereotypes and confrots misconceptions about the tradition of covering in Muslim society"--Container. 1 videodisc (50 min.)

MEDIA 10-421

 

Working with Arab Americans c2008

Jon Carlson, Naji Abi-Hashem, American Psychological Association, Governors State University, and Division of Digital Learning and Media Design

Demonstrates the cultural issues of the Arab American community in counseling. 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.)

MEDIA 10-1915