Research Guides: Videos on Global Conditions: Poverty and Homelessness

Poverty and Homelessness DVDs

The 51st state 2008

T. N Mohan, Julia Sartorio, Betina Goldman , Cristina Brandner Garcia, Lathika International Film & Entertainment, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Discusses the growing issue of the working poor in America. Explores the realities faced by people in low-wage jobs who must often make choices between paying the rent, buying groceries, or going to the doctor. Also discusses how standards of living are measured, how suburban areas have produced economic hardship, and welfare-to-work programs and their effects. Finally the program discusses connections between America's immigration challenges and the swelling numbers of working poor. 1 videodisc (57 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2552

Beyond borders 2003, c2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-258

Born with a wooden spoon welcome to poverty U.S.A 2007

T. N Mohan, Julia Sartorio, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

This program analytically and sympathetically discusses the effects and implications of poverty, examining factors such as illiteracy, insufficient job skills, substance abuse, and crime. The phenomenon of multigenerational poverty is also addressed, underscoring the disturbing pattern of poverty begetting poverty. Interviews with impoverished people and those who reach out to them put a human face on a demographic group that lives below the radar of wealthy and middle-class Americans. 1 videodisc (60 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2553

Casa mia c2007

Explores the thoughts and memories of two 14-year-old boys living on their own without their families. Follows them as they reveal their dreams and set out for two different destinations. 1 videodisc (63 min.)

MEDIA 10-1437

City of promise 1995

The context for the war on poverty shifts after 1965. Urban rebellions provoke a sense of urgency for some, while others now see the war against poverty as hopeless. Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city black communities. This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerless, and the anger and frustration of the middle class at having to pay for "others' mistakes." It also examines attempts made in Newark, New Jersey, to reclaim the inner city through public/private partnerships. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-3531

Cognitive therapy for challenging problems 2010

Judith S Beck, Professional Education Systems, and Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research

"In this seminar, [Dr. Beck] will teach you how to diagnose, conceptualize, plan strategy and implement solutions for the challenging problems that arise when treating clients. She discusses how to specify problems, differentiate between practical and psychological problems, use a cognitive framework to understand why the latter set of problems has arisen and use a variety of interventions from various psychotherapeutic modalities."--PESI. 4 videodiscs (342 min.) :

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Doing the right thing c2001

Hilary Sandison, Luke Gawin, Television Trust for the Environment, Bullfrog Films, and BBC Worldwide Ltd

Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, was once an ordinary, dirty, Brazilian port city. Through a direct democracy program known as the "participatory budget," transformation has taken place, including a fallen unemployment rate, an excellent public transportation system, and the dramatic improvement of poor neighborhoods. This program traces the experiences of two women, both born in poor slum areas, who have risen through this program as neighborhood leaders. 1 videodisc (28 min.)

MEDIA 10-4326

Dokhtaran khorshid Daughters of the sun 2004, 2000

Maryam Shahriar, Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Hossain Alizadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

Amanagol, the daughter of a poor rural family in Iran, becomes "Aman" when her father shaves her head, disguises her as a boy, and dispatches her to another village to work weaving carpets. Proficient at the job, "Aman" is nonetheless exploited by the owner and isolated from all those around her. Her secret becomes jeopardized when a co-worker falls in love with her. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-603

Down-- but not out! a look at situational poverty c2008

T. N Mohan, Julia Sartorio, Michael Harris , and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"For many Americans, the threat of sudden poverty has less to do with the nation's overall economy than it does with personal circumstances. This program discusses the hard facts of situational poverty with a focus on the four most common triggers: job loss, the fastest way to become impoverished; health issues, such as severe injury or long-term illness; the loss of a spouse through divorce or death; and natural disasters. The program also talks about where to turn to for help and provides supportive words of hope. People in the grip of situational poverty may be down, but they aren't out!"--DVD case. 1 videodisc (56 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2554

Gideon's army Follows a group of public defenders as they work in the South trying to defend their clients who have been charged with a variety of crimes. The attorneys speak about the stress and difficulties working with so many clients, with such limited funds and time to devote to all of them. 1 videodisc (96 minutes)

MEDIA 10-4894

Given a chance 1995

Early 1965 is a critical period for President Johnson's war on poverty. The Office of Economic Opportunity's goal to have the poor themselves design and run anti-poverty programs attracts strong opposition from local and state governments. Head Start is created to provide poor children with adequate nutrition, health care and the educational advantages that other American children enjoy. This program focuses on the Head Start program in Mississippi. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-3528

The global dimension 2003, 2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

1.5 billion people in developing countries live in extreme poverty, and the living conditions for twice that number are almost as deplorable. This program investigates how both trade and financial aid are being used to help Costa Rica and other third-world nations bridge the technological divide and gain much-needed know-how so that they can improve their ways of life and prosper in the burgeoning global economy. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-263

Hummingbird c2004

Holly Mosher and Hollywoodnt Productions, LLC

"In Recife, Brazil, two unconventional non-profit organizations work with at-risk children, teens, and women to try to break the cycle of violence that often can lead them to a life on the street." -- Container. 1 videodisc (48 min.)

MEDIA 10-484

In service to America 1995

By 1967, poverty warriors increase the sophistication of their tactics at the same time that a number of outspoken opponents rise to national prominence. This program highlights the beginning of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Lawyers team up with migrant farm workers in California to fight for better education, health care and working conditions, and VISTA volunteers and local residents organize against strip mining in Appalachia. Both stories raise significant questions about activities the government funds in the name of fighting poverty. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-3530

In this affluent society 1995

In the early 1960s, hundreds of Kentucky coal miners are displaced by machines and strike out at their former employers. Millions of others displaced by machines across Appalachia and the rural South head north to begin a new life in Chicago, where they face overcrowded tenements and schools, and the familiar inequities of segregation. This program recounts these stories of desperation and hope and explores the origins of the federal government's war on poverty and how attitudes toward race and faith in the accessibility of the American dream shape the battle plans for the nation's greatest effort to reduce poverty. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-3532

The Indian miracle? 2008

Ashok Prasad, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Juniper Communications, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Filmakers Library, inc

As the gap between the rich and the poor in India turns to a chasm, a renowned news journalist questions the social stability of a country that will soon enter the top five of the world's economic giants. 1 videodisc (49 min.)

MEDIA 10-1740

Inocente c2012

Documents the inspirational life of Inocente Izucar, a homeless, undocumented fifteen-year old girl in San Diego, a bourgeoning artist, and the extraordinary challenges she must contend with on a daily basis. 1 videodisc (40 min.)

MEDIA 10-4147

July '64 2006?

Carvin Eison, ImageWordSound (Firm), Independent Television Service, WXXI (Television station : Rochester, N.Y.), California Newsreel (Firm), and National Black Programming Consortium

In the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York--the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial discrimination and a significant event in the Civil Rights era. Using archival footage and interviews with those who were present, the film explores the genesis and outcome of these three nights. 1 videodisc (54 min)

MEDIA 10-753

The legacy of Malthus 2007?

Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. It contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India. 1 videodisc (50 min.)

MEDIA 10-4337

Living broke in boom times lessons from the movement to end poverty c2007

Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, Kathleen Dara Kell, Paco de Onķs, Willie Baptist, Liz Theoharis, Cheri Honkala, Skylight Pictures (Firm), and New Day Films

"In 1989, Skylight Pictures began to document poor Americans fighting to end poverty. They made three films about it. Three activists who were there now look back at condensed versions of those films and share the lessons they learned." - title screens. "Living Broke in Boom Times" has condensed three groundbreaking documentary films by Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy (Takeover, Poverty Outlaw & Outriders) into segments of ideal length for classroom use. These films examine activist efforts by and on the behalf of the homeless and destitute, with contemporary interviews and commentary from key activists who led the movement and were featured in the original films. Willie Baptist, Liz Theoharis, and Cheri Honkala discuss the strengths and weaknesses of organizing, and their experiences as part of the anti-poverty movement. 1 videodisc (74 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3473

Michael Harrington and today's other America 1999

Michael Harrington, Bill M Donovan, Tracy Leipold, Gloria Steinem, William F Buckley, and Charles A Murray

Discusses the essence of the ideas of Michael Harrington, the pre-eminent spokesman for socialism in America. Includes archival footage of Harrington speaking and interviews with those who knew and worked with him, as well as those who were in total disagreement with him. 1 videocassette (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-2210 2-5447

My brother's keeper 1995

The Nixon Administration and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) bring the nation to the brink of overhauling the federal social security system and replacing welfare with a guaranteed income for all citizens. When it appears the guaranteed income will be quite low, the NWRO joins an alliance of conservatives and liberals to defeat the proposed legislation. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-3551

My mother built this house c2001

Toni Strasburg, Luke Gawin, Steven Markovitz, Malefane Mosuhli, Big World Cinema (Firm), Television Trust for the Environment, Bullfrog Films, and BBC Worldwide Ltd

There are four million homeless people in South Africa who live in shacks in slums or squatter settlements. Government programs are building houses for these homeless, but it is a slow process. This program looks at the difference the South African Homeless People's Federation is making. The federation members, most of whom are women, save up money to add to their government grants, allowing them to build larger houses, helping women and their families live in a home of their own. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-4327

The new rulers of the world a special report c2001

John Pilger looks at how globalization has increased the gap between the very rich and the very poor. In particular he looks at Indonesia as an example of how globalization and corrupt government has thrown millions of people into poverty and how multinational corporations support the abuse of these poor workers in sweatshops. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-4339

Northern light "The lives of three families change profoundly in the north woods of Michigan, where winters are unforgiving, jobs are hard to come by, and the line between living life and simply surviving is razor-thin ... As snowmobile racers and their families pin their hopes to a 500-mile-long test of endurance, small trimphs and giant sacrifices are made along the way" --Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.)

MEDIA 10-5626

Pavements of gold c2001

Urban poverty is one of the largest problems facing the world in the 21st century. Looking at Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-4325

Rue Cases-Nčgres Sugar Cane Alley c2004

Euzhan Palcy, Darling Legitimus, Garry Cadenat, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé, Joseph Zobel, SU.MA.FA. Productions, Orca Productions, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), and New Yorker Video (Firm)

The teenage life and adventures of young José, who lives in a shanty-town on Martinique in the mid-1930s, comprises the body of this film. José lives with his grandmother and is well aware of the French colonial presence. He gets into mischief, learns valuable lessons on living from an old former slave, drinks too much one time, and even sets fire to one of the run-down shanties. Regardless of his pranks, José never neglects his education. 1 videodisc (107 min.)

MEDIA 10-803

Salaam Bombay! 2002

Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chandra Sharma, Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala, Mitch Epstein, MGM Home Entertainment Inc, Film Four International, NHDC-Doordarshan, Cadrage S.A. (Firm), La S.E.P.T, and Channel Four (Great Britain)

Krisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in the streets. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-773

Take it from me welfare is only part of the story c2008

Emily Abt, Geeta Gandbhir, Eliot Ferguson, and Pureland Pictures

Follows four mothers in New York City over the course of a year as they struggle to comply with new work requirements, find reliable child care and transportation, battle drug addiction and depression, confront domestic violence, and try to make ends meet in the new era of welfare reform. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-1535

Tijuana, nada mįs 2010

Yolanda Pividal, Masood Haque, Placer Productions, and Newsreel (Firm)

Presents the story of four homeless children in the busiest border city in the world: Tijuana. Jonathan and Jesus are two nińos polleros who work for the Coyotes leading immigrants across the border until one day they decide to change their lives and become part of a "family"; Bladimir is an L.A. gangmember who has been recently deported and has to start over again; Enrique is a 14-year-old callejero (street child) who blows fireballs on the streets for a living and still believes in the promise of a better life in Tijuana. Tijuana, Nada Mįs takes us into the world of these children who cross the porous U.S. border while certain boundaries in their own lives remain impassable; exclusion, poverty and an uncertain future are the highest fences for them. Even if they cross the border, will they get to the "other" side? 1 videodisc (27 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3494

Waging a living c2004

Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions, Inc, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and Filmakers Library, inc

More than 30 million Americans are stuck in jobs that pay less than the federal poverty level for a family of four. Shot over a 3 year period, this documentary chronicles the day-to-day struggles of four low-wage earners to support their families. Jean Reynolds (nursing assistant) and Mary Venittelli (waitress) of New Jersey, Jerry Longoria (security guard) of San Francisco, and Barbara Brooks (student and single mother) of Freeport, N.Y. relate their dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments. 1 videodisc (85 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3272

When the mountain meets its shadow 2011

Alexander Kleider, Daniela Michel, Romin Khan, Eckes Malz, Dokwerk Filmkooperative (Firm), and Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

"Cape Town, South Africa: In hardly any other city of the world can poverty and wealth be found as close together. When the mountain meets its shadow tells the stories of Ashraf, Mne, Zoliswa and Arnold, each in their own way, struggle for survival in the informal settlements around Cape Town"--Container. 1 videodisc (80 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3393

The woman's film women's caucus, San Francisco newsreel, 1971 p2008.

Newsreel (Firm) and Cine News (Firm)

Features interviews with women in a support group, who talk about their marriages, jobs, and women's status in the society during their times. Shows how they are victimized by the system, by class, racial, and sexual inequality, and how they feel about it. Points out that women are expected to play a supportive role to men, and that their needs as human beings and women are not recognized. 1 videodisc (40 min.)

MEDIA 10-2006

Poverty and Homelessness

27 dollari 27 dollars c2000

Giorgio Garini, Filmakers Library, inc, Amka Films Productions, Monogatari (Milan, Italy), and Televisione della Svizzera italiana

A documentary about the Grameen Bank, founded in Bangladesh in 1983 for the purpose of making micro-loans to poor people, enabling them to start small businesses and rise out of poverty. Includes interviews with women running businesses funded by Grameen Bank and with the founder, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunas. 1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-7321

Ainsi meurent les anges Moussa Sene Absa, Thierno Ndiaye Doos, Zéka Laplaine, Odetta Laurent, MSA productions, Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France), and California Newsreel (Firm)

"Mory [is] a troubled Senegalese poet living outside Paris with his French wife and their children. We watch his marriage fall apart under cross-cultural pressures, specifically his father's demand that he take a second wife in Senegal. Homeless in winter, separated from his children, his poems scattered over a Paris street, Mory returns to Senegal, penniless and with uncertain prospects. At the same time, black-and-white sequences reveal the psychological origins of Mory's present malaise.". 1 videocassette (57 min.)

DANA 1988

America's war on poverty 1995

Lynne Thigpen

5 videocassettes (300 min.)

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The apple 1998

Samira Makhmalbaf, Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban-Ali Naderi, MK2 Productions, Iranian Movies (Firm), and Mana Video (Firm)

In a poor area of Tehran, some people inform the local welfare authorities that one of their neighbours is keeping his twin 11-year-old girls, Zahra and Masume locked up in his house and they have been living virtually as prisoners of their poor father and blind mother. 1 videocassette (82 min.)

MEDIA 2-6492

Bastard out of Carolina c1999

Anne Meredith, Amanda DiGiulio, Anjelica Huston, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, and Laura Dern

Born an illegitimate child to a young mother, "Bone" grows up poor in South Carolina in the 1950s. When her mother marries, her new stepfather becomes jealous of the powerful bond between mother and daughter. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

DANA 208

Beyond borders 2003, c2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-258

The Breeding of impotence perspectives on the crisis in our communities and schools 1993

John Arthos

Examines the causes and consequences of the culture of failure that is endemic among children of poverty and children of color in the United States. The effects of the tendency for some children and groups of children to be held in lesser regard is traced through one educational system, particularly with regard to special education. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-2427

The Burk family of Georgia 1977

David Maysles and Paul Wilkes

Documents the daily life of a poverty-stricken family with 13 children, living in rural Georgia. Depicts the family's great pride and love for one another, and their overriding concern for keeping the clan together. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-5020

Cain adolescente 2001?

Román Chalbaud and Latin American Video Archives

A young man tries to find his place in a tragic world of poverty and confusion. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-7226

Calcutta 199-?

Louis Malle and Elliott Kastner

Documentary film of the minute details of individual lives and situations of poverty in the overpopulated and impoverished city of Calcutta. 1 videocassette (99 min.)

MEDIA 2-2735

Camden kids 2008

Diane Sawyer, Claire J Weinraub, Anna Sims Phillips, Caroline Borge, Ivan Stevens, Billy Joe Marrero, Andrieana Rodriguez, ABC News, ABC News Productions, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Diane Sawyer updates viewers on three young people first introduced on the program in January 2007: 4 year-old Ivan Stevens, 17 year-old Billy Joe Marrero, and 6 year-old Andrieana "Moochie" Rodriguez, all from Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in the United States. Provides an update on the three after overwhelming response from viewers, which included financial donations to the children, their families and community. Includes sequences of Governor Corzine meeting with some of Camden's children. 1 videodisc (29 min.)

DANA 477

Campamento 1972

Tom Cohen, Richard Pearce, Leon Janney, Tricontinental Film Center, and Amram Nowak Associates

Examines the struggles of a group of slum dwellers in Chile to educate themselves, to build houses, schools, and roads, and to develop a new consciousness of their role in Chile and in their society. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA D-107

City of promise 1995

Lynne Thigpen and Werner Bundschuh

MEDIA 2-4088

Coffee a sackful of power 1998

Alexandre Valenti and Gisele Catel

The film explains the difference between the Brazilian and Costa Rican system of production and why the Brazilian system has led to such poverty. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6018

Daughters of the Golden Bengal women in the struggle against poverty 1995

Magdalena Metker and Monica Solem

Depicts the growing movement of women in Bangladesh who, with the assistance of aid societies, run profitable cottage industries in their villages, often risking severe reprisals as they defy repressive social customs and religious doctrines in order to become financial contributors to their families and villages. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-5101

Different from you unfulfilled promises to the mentally ill c2002

Demetrio James Cuzzocrea, University of California (System), Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, Pistachio Productions, and Fanlight Productions

This documentary follows the medical rounds of an urban family physician as he services the homeless mentally ill. Through his interactions and through commentary by the mentally ill and by mental health professionals, the film illustrates how patients experience symptoms, deal with vagrancy, drug abuse, and societal hostility, and maintain hope and aspirations. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7390

Dokhtaran khorshid Daughters of the sun 2004, 2000

Maryam Shahriar, Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Hossain Alizadeh, and Facets Video (Firm)

MEDIA 10-603

Dollar a day, ten cents a dance a historic portrait of Filipino farmworkers in America 1995

Geoffrey Dunn, Mark Schwartz, T. C Golez, Impact Productions, and Center for Asian American Media

Presents a portrait of Filipino farm laborers who came to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s expecting a more prosperous life-style. Voicing their recollections these now elderly men reveal the poverty and social and cultural difficulties they experienced. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-7397

Dominicans/Dominicanas 1997

Carmen Sarmiento

Focuses on the lives and hardships of women of the Dominican Republic. At first glance a tropical paradise, the poor and underdeveloped country offers little economic opportunity for women or men. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA MEDIA 2-5418 In English 2-3111 In Spanish

Down and out in America 1985

Lee Grant

Takes a hard look at suffering farmers in debt who can't hold on to their land, the poor who fill the shelters and are then thrown out, and the 20 million Americans who still don't have enough to eat. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-1188

Eating welfare Asians and welfare in New York City 2000

Southeast Asian youth from the Bronx filmed their community's struggles with welfare centers, forced work programs and daily community spaces. This is their story. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

DANA 1470

Given a chance 1995

Lynne Thigpen and Dante J James

MEDIA 2-4087

The global dimension 2003, 2001

Wilson Ruiz, Stephen Gardner, Cadec Pictures, Shoot for the Top Productions, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

MEDIA 10-263

Gosses de Rio Kids from Rio 1996?

Thierry Michel, Marisa Celestino Gabon, Luis Carlos, and Luciano de Souza

A documentary on the lives of homeless and abandoned teenage boys living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Focuses on a small group of companions. 1 videocassette (48 min.)

MEDIA 2-5788

Growing up on the streets 12 years later 2000

Robbie Hart, Luc Côté, Adobe Productions, and Cinema Guild

The filmmakers return to Cusco, Peru, to find four children featured in a documentary they made 12 years earlier. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-6571

Hansel Mieth vagabond photographer c2003

Nancy Schiesari, Cooper Wood, Barcelona Films, Cinigma Pictures, and Filmakers Library, inc

One of the great social documentarians of the 20th century, Hansel Mieth captured the plight of the poor and the oppressed. Only the second woman to join LIFE mnagazine's staff, she quickly became one of its most prolific photographers. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-7530

Homeless in the city 1989

Focuses on the problems of the homeless in New Jersey. Features interviews with the homeless and individuals living in shelters. Includes a discussion with Assemblyman David Schwartz, President of the National Housing Institute, Joan Parrott of the Lighthouse Community Center, and Victor DeLuca of the Coalition for Low Income Housing. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 141

Hummingbird c2004

Holly Mosher and Hollywoodnt Productions, LLC

MEDIA 10-484

In service to America 1995

Lynne Thigpen, Paige Martinez, Sam Sills, and Sheila Curran Bernard

MEDIA 2-4089

In this affluent society 1995

Lynne Thigpen, Terry Kay Rockefeller, and Susan Bellows

MEDIA 2-4086

The Indian miracle? 2008

Ashok Prasad, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Juniper Communications, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Filmakers Library, inc

MEDIA 10-1740

Inside life outside 1988

Sachiko Hamada and Scott Sinkler

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-912

It was a wonderful life hidden homeless women 1992

Michele Ohayon, Tamar E Glaser, and Jodie Foster

This film follows the stories of six different hidden homeless women as they struggle to survive, one day at a time, and find a place for themselves in a society ill-equipped to deal with the "used to haves". They challenge our notion of who can feel secure in our society. 1 videocassette (ca. 84 min.)

MEDIA 2-5110

July '64 2006?

Carvin Eison, ImageWordSound (Firm), Independent Television Service, WXXI (Television station : Rochester, N.Y.), California Newsreel (Firm), and National Black Programming Consortium

MEDIA 10-753

Juno and the paycock c1993

Alfred Hitchcock, Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, British International Pictures, Wardour Films, Hollywood Select Video (Firm), and Timeless Video Inc

After a poor man's legacy fails to come through his armless son is shot by an informer. A dramatic story of Ireland and the Dublin Rebellion from the play by Sean O'Casey. 1 videocassette (ca. 98 min.)

MEDIA 2-6696

Jupiter's wife 1996

Michel Negroponte, Gabriel Morgan, and Marguerite Cogan

Follows Maggie Cogan, a homeless woman in New York's Central Park for two years, trying to uncover the truth behind her cryptic stories about herself and her life. 1 videocassette (78 min.)

MEDIA 2-5013

Justice and the poor 1967

National Educational Television and Radio Center, Indiana University, and Audio-Visual Center

Reports on inequities in the present justice system and on some reforms which are being made. Asserts that the poor receive callous treatment from the police, are penalized by the bail system, and seldom can get a lawyer. Documents remedies, such as bail reforms, police-youth dialogs, and the use of a UNIVAC machine to provide lawyers for indigents. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA D-71

Kamala and Raji 1996

Michael Camerini and Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Presents the story of two poor women in Ahmadabad, India and their efforts to improve their lives. 1 videocassette (46 min.)

MEDIA 2-6769

Khlebnyi den' Bread day 1998

S Dvortsevoi, Higher Course for Script Writers and Film Directors, and First Run/Icarus Films

Film shows the poverty faced by a small group of elderly people living in an almost abandoned village 50 miles north of St. Petersburg, Russia. Once a week a train unloads bread, and the elderly people push it in an uncoupled freight car back to their village through deep snow. Residents must fight one another for the small amount of bread available. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-6446

LaLee's kin the legacy of cotton 2006

Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles, Maysles Films, Home Box Office (Firm), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"For generations, the legacy of the cotton industry for African-Americans in the Mississippi Delta has been hardscrabble poverty and virtual illiteracy. This compelling program focuses on the family unit in crisis and the urgent need for education reform through the stories of two remarkable individuals."--Container. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

DANA 435

Legacy 2000

Tod S Lending and Nickcole Collins

Reveals the incredible struggles of an inner-city ghetto family to achieve success against overwhelming odds. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1619 2-5997

The Legacy of Malthus 1994

Deepa Dhanraj, Tulsi Bai, Gyarsi Bai, Gora Bai, and Teeja Bai

Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-5156

Los inundados The flooded 200-?

Fernando Birri, Jorge A Ferrando, Carlos Alberto Parrilla, and Latin American Video Archives

"A gently ironic story of the events that befall a peasant family forced to relocate after a flood. Moved from pillar to post, eventually ending up in an abandoned railway car, the family becames a symbol of the strength of Argentina."--Distributor website. 1 videocassette (87 min.)

MEDIA 2-7230

Los niños abandonados The abandoned children 1975

Danny Lyon

A documentary about the street children of Bogota, Colombia in which the facts speak for themselves. Boys beg and girls turn to prostitution in order to survive under conditions which seem to be inescapable. 1 videocassette (63 min.)

DANA 501

Lost in translation Latinos, schools and society 1998

Sonia Slutsky and John Merrow

Why do so many young Latinos drop out? John Merrow explores the complex answer involving language problems, inadequate resources, lack of opportunities, poverty and the lure of the street. Also examines the impact of California's Proposition 227, which would discontinue bilingual education. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5798

Michael Harrington and today's other America 1999

Michael Harrington, Bill M Donovan, Tracy Leipold, Gloria Steinem, William F Buckley, and Charles A Murray

MEDIA 2-5447

My brother's keeper 1995

Leslie D Farrell and Lynne Thigpen

MEDIA 2-4090

My mother built this house 2001

Toni Strasburg, Steven Markovitz, and Malefane Mosuhli

Government programs are building houses for these homeless, but it is a slow process. This program looks at the difference the South African Homeless People's Federation is making. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5911

Nargess 1999

Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Fereydun Jirani, Farimah Farjami, Atefeh Razavi, Abolfazi Pour Arab, and Reza Kaeam rezaie

"Afagh is an aging thief who has lost her beauty and is in danger of losing her rakish young lover, Adel. When Adel meets Nargess, the angelic daughter of a poor family, he resolves to break with his old life and go straight, but finding an honest job proves too hard, and he goes back to the old gang for one last burglary...."--Container. 1 videocassette (100 min.)

MEDIA 2-5046

The new rulers of the world a special report 2001

John Pilger and Alan Lowery

John Pilfer looks at how globalization has increased the gap between the very rich and the very poor. In particular he looks at Indonesia as an example of how globalization and corrupt government has thrown millions of people into poverty and how multinational corporations support the abuse of these poor workers in sweatshops. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-5929

Nuyorican dream 2000

Laurie Collyer, Julia Pimsleur, Katy Chevigny, John Leguizamo, Jellybean, and Robert Torres

Follows five years in the life of a New York Puerto Rican family struggling against poverty, drug addiction and incarceration, capturing the emotional immediacy of a family in a free-fall without a social safety net. It also celebrates elements of community life -- solidarity, sharing of resources, cultural citizenship -- which make day-to-day survival possible giving testimony to the central role played by Puerto Rican women in maintaining family and cultural ties. 1 videocassette (82 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1616 2-5368

On the edge America's working poor 2004

Ted Koppel, ABC News Productions, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Presents an examination of the working poor in the United States. Several families describe their lives as members of the working poor community where one unexpected expense, sudden illness, or a missed payment could mean financial ruin. 1 videorecording (22 min.)

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Once were warriors 1995

Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Alan Duff, Riwia Brown, Robin Scholes, and Lee Tamahori

In a poor suburb of Auckland, Jake and Beth Heke live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Jake, a complex man with a rascal's charm, is weighted down by a quick temper, alcoholism, and an evil streak of male entitlement. Beth's beauty has been scarred by broken dreams and Jake's beefy fists. Yet her inner strength and desire to save her family make her the solid center around which this story of tragedy and hope is constructed. 1 videocassette (113 min.)

MEDIA 2-2914

The outskirts of hope 1982

David Davis, Maya Angelou, American University (Washington, D.C.), and New Day Films

Examines the successes and failures of the "War on Poverty" through portraits of six Americans and their families. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA D-227

Pavements of gold 2001

Steve Bradshaw and Steve Bradshaw

MEDIA 2-5909

A Poor man shames us all 1992

David Maybury-Lewis, Richard Meech, and Michael Grant

Explore the alternative views of wealth and society that are exhibited in the lives of tribal cultures. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1716

Poor urban children in Accra Growing smart : Nairobi's street children 1997?

Ursula Loew and Jennifer Okungo

Poor urban children in Accra looks at the problem of children living in poverty in Accra, Ghana. Many children in Accra lack basic rights such as protection and education. Growing smart examines Nairobi, one of African's fastest growing cities. It also is one of the first cities to have street children. The number is estimated to be about 40,000. 1 videocassette (38 min.)

MEDIA 2-5125

Portrait of Genésia's family c1995

Carlos Alberto Vicalvi, Márcia Cunha, Rádio e Televisăo Cultura de Săo Paulo, Film Australia Pty Limited, TVOntario, and Insight Media (Firm)

Looks at Genésia's extended family along with other internal migrants from the north, who live in the favelas of Săo Paolo in conditions of poverty and high unemployment. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-6548

Profits and interest: where is the best return? ; Reducing poverty: what have we done? ; Public goods and responsibilities: how far should we go? ; Exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth? 1985

David Schoumacher, Richard T Gill, Frank Phillippi, Louis Barbash, Arlen J Slobodow, and Lyn Goldfarb

Lesson 23: Profits and interest: where is the best return? Explains the economic reasons for payments of interest and normal profits. Defines the causes of windfall profits. Lesson 24: Reducing poverty: what have we done? Examines the causes of income inequality and analyzes government policies to reduce poverty. Lesson 26: Public goods and responsibilities: how far should we go? Defines public goods and shows that a perfectly competitive market will not automatically result in the production of the proper amount of goods. Lesson 28: Exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth? Shows the effect of exchange rates on trade, domestic economic growth, and inflation. 1 videocassette (ca. 118 min.)

MEDIA 2-460

The promised land,1967-1968 1995

Paul Jeffrey Stekler, Jacqueline Shearer, and Julian Bond

Shows how Martin Luther King,in the final year of his life, began to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to Washington, D.C., where they would erect Resurrection City to embarrass and motivate a reluctant government. On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated. Soon after its construction, Resurrection City was shut down, marking the end of a chapter of the civil rights movement. 1 videocasette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4157

A question of fairness c2004

Mark Ganguzza, Bill D Moyers, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Public Affairs Television (Firm), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Bill Moyers investigates the growing gap between rich and poor by focusing on three cases: the impact of NAFTA on a Pennsylvania mill town; the collapse of WorldCom due to the financial deragulation in the 1990s; and the attempt to reform Alabama's state income tax system. 1 videorecording (58 min.)

MEDIA HC110.I5 Q47 2004
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Rich world, poor women c2003

Bill D Moyers, Sherry Jones, Mark Ganguzza , Public Affairs Television (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and PBS Home Video

Examines the female face of poverty in three segments. The first segment, Women's Word, delves into the world of laborers in Thailand. In Broken Promises, the second segment, NOW travels to Senegal and inside a seemingly inescapable cycle of poverty. In the final segment Bill Moyers interviws Dr. Vandana Shiva, who travels the world challenging the rules of globalization. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7764

Rue Cases-Nčgres Sugar Cane Alley c2004

Euzhan Palcy, Darling Legitimus, Garry Cadenat, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé, Joseph Zobel, SU.MA.FA. Productions, Orca Productions, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), and New Yorker Video (Firm)

MEDIA 10-803

Salaam Bombay! 2002

Krisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in the streets. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-773

Santa Marta two weeks in the slums 1986

Eduardo de Faria Coutinho

A look at daily life in a moutaintop slum on Dona Marta Hill, a shanty town in the middle-class southern zone of Rio de Janeiro. Includes interviews, songs, dances, and street theater presentations. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-730

SEWA: Self-employed Women's Association made in India c1999

Patricia Plattner, Light Night (Firm), Radio-télévision suisse romande, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

A portrait of the women's organization in India, called SEWA, that holds to the simple yet radical belief that poor women need organizing, not welfare. 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.)

MEDIA 2-7216

Shadow children c1991

Harry Mathias, Charlotte K Beyers, Cinema Guild, and Peregrine Productions

Myths about runaway adolescents are broken with live interviews of an array of homeless teens. Illustrates how pervasive and unapproached this problem is in the U.S. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6298

Social class issues in the U.S.A 1993

Tony Labriola and J. Q Adams

Discusses family income by ethnic group and the increase in poverty and homelessness in the U.S. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Stranger with a camera 2000

Elizabeth Barret

During the 1960s, filmmakers came to Appalachia to document the dire conditions of the region's poorest residents. The use of the striking images of poverty raised questions about whether media-makers with otherwise good intentions exploited and perpetuated long-held stereotypes of Appalachia. In 1967 this tension between media and community led Kentuckian Hobart Ison to kill filmmaker Hugh O'Connor. This film revisits this tragedy to explore the reason for the killing. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Street people 1986

Discusses the problems of homelessness and law enforcement in relation to the problem. Focus is on the city of Santa Barbara, Calif. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-399

Streetlife the invisible family 1988

Scott Chaffin and Ken Verdoia

A report of the status of the homeless, in particular, homeless families in Salt Lake City and agencies offering support, including: Travelers Aid Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society, "The Inn" (La Posada), and the Salt Lake Family Shelter School. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

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Streetwise 1984

Cheryl McCall, Martín Bell, and Mary Ellen Mark

A film documentary focusing on nine Seattle runaways and castaways who survive as panhandlers, prostitutes, petty thieves and small-time drug dealers. 1 videocassette (VHS) (92 min.)

MEDIA 2-277

Stromboli terra di Dio = land of God 1991

Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei, Art Cohn, G. P Gallegari, Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, and Mario Sponza

A Lithuanian refugee girl marries a poor Sicilian fisherman to escape internment in post-war Italy, but finds herself imprisoned by the primitive and rigidly traditional society when the couple moves to a desert island. 1 videocassette (107 min.)

MEDIA 2-2654

Take it from me welfare is only part of the story c2008

Emily Abt, Geeta Gandbhir, Eliot Ferguson, and Pureland Pictures

MEDIA 10-1535

Teaching tolerance 1992

An overview of the Southern Poverty Law Center, its memorial and its commitment to the fight against racism, the Klan and other hate groups, and prejudice against African-Americans, poor whites and immigrant groups such as the Vietmanese, not just in the South but in Kentucky, Texas--wherever the fight is needed. 1 videocassette (22 min.)

MEDIA 2-3604

Tire dié Throw a dime c2000

Fernando Birri, Latin American Video Archives, and Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (Argentina)

This film focuses on the underveloped suburbs of a city, Santa Fe, Argentina. Birri and his crew succeeded in filming a moving document about extreme poverty, and the main protagonists were children with no future. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

MEDIA 2-7249

Unequal education 1994

Bill D Moyers, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Carolie Jenkins, Robert Morris, and Joseph Camp

The initial segment "Failing our children" focuses on inequality in the education available in rich and poor New York neighborhood schools. A group of four recently graduated high school students produced and reported this segment. Also includes Kathleen Hall Jamieson commenting on the 1992 Presidential campaign and a discussion between Jonathan Kozol and John Chubb on school vouchers. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3295

Waging a living c2004

Roger Weisberg, Public Policy Productions, Inc, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and Filmakers Library, inc

Discusses the day-to-day struggles of four low-wage earners to support their families. Jean Reynolds and Mary Venittelli of New Jersey, Jerry Longoria of San Francisco, and Barbara Brooks of Freeport, N.Y. relate their dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-7531

Waiting on the world to change poverty in Camden, New Jersey 2008

Diane Sawyer, ABC News, ABC News Productions, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Moorestown, New Jersey, has been designated "the best place to live in America." Ten minutes away is Camden, the poorest city in America, also known as Murder City, USA. During a period of 18 months, Diane Sawyer follows the lives of three youngsters who are used to seeing drug deals on street corners and hearing gunfire at night. What is it like for kids to live with no electricity, rushing to finish homework before sundown? To have no food to eat before school? To sleep on the floor with roaches, grateful just to have a roof overhead? Four-year-old Ivan is homeless and hungry, but looks forward to learning to read in kindergarten. Seventeen-year-old Billy Joe is determined to graduate from high school and get an honest job to help his family. Six-year-old Moochie lives in a dysfunctional family and dreams of getting a good education. All they need is the opportunity to prove themselves. 1 videodisc (ca. 42 min.)

DANA 478

Welcome to North Korea 2001

Peter Tetteroo and Chu-yong Chong

Film shows a regime where 20 million people live in poverty, some on the brink of starvation and disease, while the former dictator Kim II Sung and his son built extravagant monuments to reflect their power. Also looks at efforts at re-unification between the North and South. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-6156

What in the world?: Malawi c2005

Ruth Meehan, Rodney Rice, KMF Productions, Radio Telefís Éireann, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Documents economic and social conditions in Malawi, where 3 million of a 12 million population life in abject poverty. This program offers a glimpse into human lives that revolve around the challenge of getting something to eat. 1 videocassettes (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-7127

Women, the new poor 1990

Bea Milwe, Allan E Sloane, Connecticut Public Television, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Follows the lives of four women in Connecticut who have become poor in various ways and explores how they cope with poverty. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-6368

A World of homeless people 1986

James Smyth

The worldwide and growing phenomenon of homelessness is presented. Special insights made by Maryknollers directly involved with homeless people compliment touching video features from Hong Kong and Bolivia. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

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