Between two worlds c1990
Barry Greenwald, Peter Raymont, Barbara Sears, William Whitehead, Investigative Productions, Telefilm Canada, First Run/Icarus Films, and West Glen Communications
Tells the tragic story of Joseph Idlout, an Inuit hunter, who attained celebrity status in 1950's Canada as a model eskimo in the "good Indian" mold. Through his son, Peter Paniloo, the film takes us on a poignant journey through Idlout's life. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Brownsville, black and white 2002
Richard Broadman, Janice Gray, Nighttime Films (Firm), University of California (System), and Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning
"This poignant and powerful documentary explores the complex history of interracial cooperation, urban change, and social conflict in Brownsville, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, from the 1930s to the present. 1 videocassette (ca. 83 min.)
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Continuous journey 2004
Ali Kazimi, Peripheral Visions Film & Video, Inc, V Tape (Firm), and TVOntario
In 1914 the Komagata Maru, a vessel with 376 immigrants from British India, became the first ship carrying immigrants to be turned away by Canada. The consequences were felt throughout the British Empire. This film combines rare photographs, newsreels, official documents and never-before-seen footage to unravel a little-known story. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :
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The die is caste 2004
Ranjan Kamath and RKO Moving Media
An exploration of caste dynamics and an appraisal of three decades of the Naxalite movement, in the state of Bihar in Eastern India. Against the backdrop of elections in Bihar between 1999-2001, the film portrays the change in social and political status of the Scheduled Castes, the benefits accruing to the middle castes, and the consequent violent backlash from upper-caste landlord militias like the Ranvir Sena. 1 videodisc (83 min.) :
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A dream in doubt c2007
Tami R Yeager, Tami R Yeager, TRY Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), and Independent Television Service
This documentary profiles a Sikh family in Phoenix, Arizona, who were victims of hate crimes following the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Viewers are challenged to think deeply about individual responsibility in the face of bigotry and what it means to be a true patriot. 1 videodisc (ca. 57 min.)
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The fairer sex? 2008
Chris Wallace, Diane Sawyer, Rick Nelson, Ed Eaves, ABC News, and ABC News Productions
In an exposae of sex discrimination in the marketplace, a man and woman pose as new residents of Cincinnati, Ohio as they attempt to purchase cars and household items, and try to find a job. 1 videodisc (12 min.)
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A force more powerful 2000
Ben Kingsley, Peter Ackerman, Steve York, and York Zimmerman Inc
Episode 1 in this series is about the move for desegregation in Nashville, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and Gandhi's campaign for full independence in India. Episode 2 looks at Danish resistance to German occupation, the solidarity movement in Poland and Chilean resistance to General Pinochet. 2 videodiscs (videodisc) (154 min.) :
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Her brilliant career 2008?
Patricia Gabel, Ian McLaren, Jean Hollands , Productions Grand Nord, CBC Newsworld, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, RDI (Television station : Montraeal, Quaebec), and Filmakers Library, inc
Although women make up more than 46 per cent of the labor force in Canada, less than half of all public corporations have any women on their boards. Examines discrimination against women in the workplace and politics, and introduces the viewer to Jean Holland's controversial Bully Broads program for women executives. 1 videodisc (50 min.)
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Hollywood harems c1999
Tania Kamal-Eldin, Her Way Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Examines Hollywood stereotypes of the East, with particular attention paid to the Middle East and the depiction of women. 1 videodisc (24 min.)
MEDIA 10-1166
Ich bin meine eigene Frau die Lebensgeschichte der Charlotte von Mahlsdorf = I'm my own woman : the life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf c1994
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Rosa von Praunheim, Valentin Passoni, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn, Robert Dietl, Beate Jung, Sylvia Seelow, Evelyn Cron, Utz Krause, Rainer Luhn, and Cinevista (Firm)
East German Lothar Berfelde, a.k.a. Charlotte Mahlsdorf, is a transvestite and proud of it. In this film, "Charlotte" serves as a guide through his own life story, as he coaches young actors through the dramatized sequences of this documentary. Illustrates the persecution homosexuals endured during the Nazi and post WWII eras. 1 videodisc (91 min.)
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In my genes c2009
Lupita Nyong'o, 7th Sense Communications, and Newsreel (Firm)
Sheds light on the stigma, discrimination and persecution that albinos in Kenyan culture face, due of the difference of their skin color. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :
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Made in Dagenham 2011
Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Lorraine Stanley, Sally Hawkins, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Nigel Cole, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), BBC Films, HanWay (Firm), BMS Finance (Firm), Lipsync Productions (Firm), Number 9 Films, and Audley Films (Firm)
In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally. 1 videodisc (113 min.) :
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Mickey Mouse monopoly 2002, 2001
Chyng-Feng Sun, Miguel Picker, and Monique Fordham
Commentary by Henry A. Giroux, Alvin Poussaint, Justin Lewis, Gail Dines, Diane Levin, Carolyn Newberger, Elizabeth Hadley, Jacqueline Maloney, Jack Shaheen, Deirdre Almeida, Marisa Peralta. Takes a close and critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company and the cultural values and assumptions propagated in terms of race, gender and class. Includes contributions from cultural critics, media scholars, child psychologists, educators and children. 1 videodisc (52 min.)
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Not just a game c2010
Dave Zirin, Chris Boulton, Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally, and Media Education Foundation
We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix. In this documentary, Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation magazine, takes viewers on a tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly of American sports culture -- showing how sports have helped both to stabilize and to disrupt the political status quo throughout history. Explores how American sports, at their worst, have reinforced repressive political ideas and institutions by glamorizing things like militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, as well as looking at a history of rebel athletes who dared to fight for social justice beyond the field of play. 1 videodisc (62 min.)
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Playing unfair the media image of the female athlete 2002
Kenyon King, Loretta Alper, Jessica Nachem , Mary Jo Kane, Pat Griffin, and Michael A Messner
It has been 30 years since Title IX legislation granted women equal playing time, but the male-dominated world of sports journalism has yet to catch up with the law. Coverage of women's sport lags far behind men's, and focuses on female athletes femininity and sexuality over their achievements on the court and field. 1 videodisc (30 min.)
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Race and sex what we think (but can't say) c2007
John Stossel, Frank Mastropolo, Ann Varney , ABC News Productions, and Films Media Group
Typecast, label, pigeonhole, it doesn't matter what word is used, they all mean the same thing -- to stereotype. As John Stossel reports, many people say it's natural to stereotype, and psychologists say we still categorize by things like age and race and gender because our brains are wired to do it automatically. 1 videodisc (39 min.)
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Reel injun 2009
Neil Diamond, Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes, Linda Ludwick, Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Graham Greene, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill, Russell Means, Adam Beach, Zacharias Kunuk, Rezolution Pictures Inc, National Film Board of Canada, and CBC Newsworld
Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Native peoples. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell Means, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to the present day. 1 videodisc (88 min.)
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Sexual stereotypes in media superman and the bride 2004
Gavin Richards, Stephanie Turner, Charlie Stafford, Julie Covington, Jayne Meadows, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
This program explores the history of sexual stereotypes as presented in the media. Film clips, television advertisements and sitcoms, and so-called documentaries from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s show men as domineering masters, and women as their doting subordinates. As a classroom teaching tool, the program encourages discussions regarding the media's continuing role in reinforcing sexual stereotypes, as well as the ongoing sexual biases that nurture them. 1 videodisc (35 min.)
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The slanted screen Asian men in film and television c2007, c2006
Jeff Adachi and Daniel Dae Kim
"Explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experiences of actors who have struggled against Hollywood's ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices ... drawing upon a wealth of materials, including 50 rare film clips spanning a century." -- Container. 1 videodisc (55 min.) :
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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.)
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American gypsy a stranger in everybody's land 1999
Jasmine Dellal, Ian F Hancock, and William A Duna
America is home to one million Gypsies, or Rom, whose rich culture has long been mysterious to outsiders. A flamboyant Romani leader -- defying widely held stereotypes and his own people's code of secrecy -- invites the viewer into this world when it comes under threat. He leads us through the history of his people through civil rights courts, Las Vegas casinos and beyond. 1 videocassette (80 min.) :
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Among the non-believers 1993
Akbar Ahmed and Jonathan Drori
Over 40 percent of the world's Muslims live as minorities, but is it possible to live a true Muslim life outside of the Islamic world? This program asks whether Muslims suffer particular discrimination or difficulties compared to other minorities. And does life in a secular society compromise their faith? 1 videcassette (50 min.) :
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And still I rise 1993
Ngozi A Onwurah, Kanayo S Onwurah, Sarah Carr, and Suzette Llewellyn
Prominent black women comment on the history and experiences of the Black slave woman in white European society. Film uses images from popular culture to reveal the way media misrepresented Black women's sexuality which in turn impacted on the real lives of Black women. Includes interviews with Caron Wheeler (singer), Buchi Emecheta (novelist), Stella Dadzie (writer) along with many others. 1 videocassette (30 min.) :
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Anita Hill vs. Clarence Thomas the untold story 1994
Kerry Smith Marash, Martin Phillips, Peter Bull, Forrest Sawyer, and Michel McQueen
Discusses the women who were willing to testify against Judge Thomas at his confirmation hearings but who were not called upon to do so. Includes interviews with them, Anita Hill, former members of the Senate judiciary committee, and authors of the book Strange justice. 1 videocassette (48 min.) :
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Ballot measure 9 1995, 1994
Heather MacDonald
In 1992, Oregon and Colorado became testing grounds for ballot initiatives to amend the states' constitutions. Colorado's Amendment 2 and Oregon's Measure 9 would prohibit and revoke laws which protect homosexuals from discrimination. The Oregon referendum, sponsored by the Oregon Citizens' Alliance, further mandated that all government agencies and schools recognize homosexuality as "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse," and that no government property or monies could be used to "facilitate" homosexuality. This is the story of what happened in Oregon, with a focus on the grass-roots campaign to kill the measure. 1 videocassette (72 min.) :
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Behavior modification teaching language to psychotic children 1969
O. Ivar Lovaas
Examines the steps involved in teaching psychotic children the functional use of speech, and discusses the need for correction of self-stimulation and destructive behavior before learning can begin. Describes how instruction may proceed through reward and punishment techniques in the imitation of sounds, labeling of objects, discrimination among alternatives, recall of experiences, and the development of a degree of spontaneity. 1 videocassette (43 min.) :
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Beyond black and white affirmative action in America 2000
Charles J Ogletree
All sides in the affirmative action debate say that they believe in the Constitutional right to equality regarding race, creed and sex, but they bring very different interpretations to what that means. A distinguished panel of experts discuss this issue. 1 videocassette (58 min.) :
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Black is-- black ain't a personal journey through black identity 1995
Marlon T Riggs, Nicole Atkinson, and Christiane Badgley
American culture has stereotyped black Americans for centuries. Equally devastating, the late Marlon Riggs argued, have been the definitions of "blackness" African Americans impose upon one another which contain and reduce the black experience. In this film, Riggs meets a cross-section of African Americans grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contradictory definitions of blackness. 1 videocassette (88 min.) :
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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.) :
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Brownsville, black and white 2002
Richard Broadman, Janice Gray, Nighttime Films (Firm), University of California (System), and Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning
"This poignant and powerful documentary explores the complex history of interracial cooperation, urban change, and social conflict in Brownsville, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, from the 1930s to the present. 1 videocassette (ca. 83 min.)
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The Burning times 1990
Donna Read, Mary Armstrong, Margaret Pettigrew, and Martha Henry
Discusses legends and misconceptions regarding the term "witch" ; also church and state sanctioned torture and killing of women during witch burning times. 1 videocassette (58 min.) :
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Calling the ghosts 1996
Mandy Jacobson, Karmen Jelinci c, and Julia Ormond
Women survivors of Omarska Detention Camp describe the camp and the situation in Bosnia and Herzagovnia. Their release and recovery process are also described. 1 videocassette (60 min.) :
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Campus rape 1990
Alan Burns, Seth Freeman, and Gregory Hoblit
The 20-minute documentary-style film, hosted by L.A. Law stars Susan Dey and Corbin Bernsen, examines campus rape and its impact through interviews with 4 college students who were assaulted on different campuses. Two of the students were attacked by strangers ; the other two were assaulted by acquaintances. The film also includes interviews with college students who discuss their attitudes about rape, sex-role stereotypes and communication between men and women. In addition, the film presents many effective techniques for preventing both stranger and acquaintance rape. 1 videocassette (21 min.) :
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Can you see the color gray? 1996
Alexandra K Corbin
Discusses the idea of prejudice as a learned behavior. Also examines language and how it affects perceptions and behavior in regard to race. Children from differing age groups are interviewed to see how early prejudices begin, and how they may be prevented. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :
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The celluloid closet 1996
Jeffrey Friedman, Robert Epstein, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin, Hugh M Hefner, James C Hormel, Steve Tisch, Vito Russo, Sharon Wood, Carter Burwell, and K. D Lang
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen, taking into account public attitudes, attitudes within the film industry, and official censorship. 1 videocassette (102 min.) :
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A Class divided 1986
William Peters, Charlie Cobb, and Judy Woodruff
Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled: The eye of the storm. Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. 1 videocassette (57 min.) :
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The color of fear 1994
Mun Wah Lee, Richard C Bock, Roberto Almanza, David Christensen, and Gordon Clay
Eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino, and African descent describe the pain and anguish that racism has caused in their lives, and the defense mechanisms they use to survive. 1 videocassette (90 min.) :
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The color of fear 2 walking each other home c1998
Mun Wah Lee and Stir-Fry Productions
Eight North American men of different races continue to talk together about how racism affects them and how their time together has changed their initial anger and racial perspectives. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
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Dadi's family 1988
Michael Camerini, Rina Gill, Michael Camerini, and James MacDonald
Presents an intimate portrait of several generations of women in a village family in India. Tells how they perceive their various roles, enjoy the benefits of family life, and cope with family crises. Attempts to promote international understanding and to break stereotypes of women. 1 videocassette (60 min.) :
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Dear Lisa 1990
J Clements
Thirteen women describe incidents from their lives revealing their socialization as women and the roles society expects women to play. This film is a comprehensive and multicultural look at women's hopes and dreams and the realities of being female in the 1990's. 1 videocassette (46 min.) :
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A different image 1982
Alile Sharon Larkin and Adisa Anderson
Presents a portait of a beautiful young African American woman attempting to escape becoming a sex object and to discover her true heritage. Through a sensitive and humorous story about her relationship with a man, the film makes provocative connections between racism and sexual stereotyping. 1 videocassette (52 min.) :
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Don't be a TV television victim 1992
Jenai Lane, Ann J Simonton, and Laura Chavez
Helps viewers think more deeply about the violence, sensationalism, gender stereotypes, and racial prejudices that are all too familiar on TV. 1 videocassette (18 min.) :
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A dream in doubt c2007
Tami R Yeager, Tami R Yeager, TRY Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), and Independent Television Service
This documentary profiles a Sikh family in Phoenix, Arizona, who were victims of hate crimes following the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Viewers are challenged to think deeply about individual responsibility in the face of bigotry and what it means to be a true patriot. 1 videodisc (ca. 57 min.) :
MEDIA 10-1331
Ducktators 1998
Guus van Waveren, Wolter Braamhorst, Sody Clampett, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Eric Loren Smoodin, Elfriede Fischinger, Thomas Andrea, Mike Glad, and Karl F Cohen
A unique look at the use of cartoons during World War II which proved to be an excellent way to deliver propagandistic ideas in a seemingly innocuous manner. The film blends documentary war footage with animated material and music from the period to reveal insights about the psyche of the public at that time. Also includes interviews with Sody and Bob Clampett, the wife and son of animator Bob Clampett, and animator Chuck Jones. 1 videocassette (46 min.) :
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Evening the odds is title IX working? 1999
In 1972, Title IX was established, a civil rights act that prohibits gender discrimination at any school that receives federal funds. In this program, Elisabeth Brackett, of WTTW in Chicago, goes to Indiana University -- alma mater of Olympic diving medalists Lesley Bush and Cynthia Potter - to investigate higher education's Title IX track record in the area of sports. The IU administration is working diligently to meet Title IX conditions by creating new athletics programs and spreading out scholarship dollars more evenly between male and female athletes. But a USA Today survey found that only seven Division 1 schools have met the Title IX standards for gender equity. IU does not expect to be in compliance until 2004, and the National Women's Law Center, which has filed complaints against a number of other schools for discriminating against female athletes in scholarship funding, is doing its best to speed up the process. 1 videocassette (12 min.) :
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The exception and the rule c1997
Joel Zito Araújo, Tapiri Cinema e Vídeo, Núcleo de Estudos Negros (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil), and ArtMattan Productions
This is the story of three Black Brazilians who have experienced employment discrimination based on their race. When they pursue legal restitution, only one, the exception, is reinstated while the other two are denied justice. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
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Exploring society Race and ethnicity [videorecording] 2002
Ken Harrison, Amy Lou Abernethy, and Lynn Mathis
Discusses the meanings of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and how these attitudes affect people in various ethnic groups. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) :
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The fairer sex? 2008
Chris Wallace, Diane Sawyer, Rick Nelson, Ed Eaves, ABC News, and ABC News Productions
In an exposae of sex discrimination in the marketplace, a man and woman pose as new residents of Cincinnati, Ohio as they attempt to purchase cars and household items, and try to find a job. 1 videodisc (12 min.) :
MEDIA 10-1369
Game over gender, race & violence in video games 2000
Nina B Huntemann, Erica Scharrer, Andrea Haviston, Michael Morgan, Eugene F Provenzo, and David Grossman
This educational documentary addresses the fastest growing segment of the media, video games, through engaging questions of gender, race and violence. What are the messages of video games? Why are the majority of game players male? Are video games desensitizing children to violence? How is race represented? Are interactive video games different from television? What images of masculinity and power are offered? What images of women exist in the video game world? 1 videocassette (41 min.) :
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Gene blues dilemmas of DNA testing 1997
Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin
As geneticists unlock the DNA code, genetic engineering increasingly holds promise for alleviating human suffering, but what are the risks? This program looks at some problem areas: loss of privacy unless access to personal genetic information is protected; discrimination in employment and insurance based on genetic tests; and loss of respect for people with disabilities as the public comes to view inherited conditions as "avoidable" and some call for restricting reproductive rights. 1 videocassette (31 min.) :
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Half the people, 1970 1999
Alfre Woodard and Anne Moir
"Inspired by the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, women began to challenge discrimination on the basis of gender. The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 to support full equality for women in America. In the boardroom and other bastions of male power, women pressed their demands with growing success."--Container. 1 videocassette (60 min.) :
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Handgun nation an epidemic of violence 1999
Glenn Baker and Kathryn Schultz
Handgun Nation, a newly revised version of the popular Guns R Us, illustrates how handgun violence has become a broad public health crisis, rather than simply a crime issue. Using updated statistics and new information, the video looks at the social impact of this violence, particularly held stereotypes and misconceptions about handgun violence, it also seeks to de-glamorize handguns by depicting them as dangerous consumer products, no more, no less. 1 videocassette (29 min.) :
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Hate and the Internet web sites and the issue of free speech 1999
Ted Koppel, Don Black, and Floyd Abrams
"What is the price of free speech? Protected by their first Amendment rights and the Internet's cultural philosophy of 'post it all and let the readers decide', American hate groups are having a field day on the World Wide Web, creating virtual communities of intolerance. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel investigates the proliferation of hate online with Don Black, founder of the white nationalist Web site Storm Front, and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney who has represented the New York times and ABC News."--Container. 1 videocassette (22 min.) :
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Her brilliant career 2008?
Patricia Gabel, Ian McLaren, Jean Hollands , Productions Grand Nord, CBC Newsworld, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, RDI (Television station : Montraeal, Quaebec), and Filmakers Library, inc
Although women make up more than 46 per cent of the labor force in Canada, less than half of all public corporations have any women on their boards. Examines discrimination against women in the workplace and politics, and introduces the viewer to Jean Holland's controversial Bully Broads program for women executives. 1 videodisc (50 min.) :
MEDIA 10-1674
Hollywood harems c1999
Tania Kamal-Eldin, Her Way Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Examines Hollywood stereotypes of the East, with particular attention paid to the Middle East and the depiction of women. 1 videodisc (24 min.) :
MEDIA 10-1166
How biased are you? 2001
Forrest Sawyer
Explores the history and practice of racism. Uses hidden cameras to show the different experiences of black and white persons in the same situations and examines the Implicit Association Test, a bias-sensitivity test. Also looks at prejudice in children of various ages. 1 videocassette (45 min.) :
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I have a problem, Madam 1995
Maarten Schmidt, Thomas Doebele, and Bernard Neuhaus
A fascinating glimpse into a society where women are only now beginning to be heard in a traditionally male culture. Run by female lawyers, FIDA-Uganda has set up several legal aid centers for women in domestic trouble. With the help of a weekly radio show, the centers fill daily with women waiting to tell their stories. FIDA lawyers attempt to reconcile the women and their men in face to face meetings, even if it means traveling to isolated villages. The attitudes of both men and women are beginning to change, but this slow process sometimes leads to conflicts between offical and traditional law. 1 videocassette (59 min.) :
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Ich bin meine eigene Frau die Lebensgeschichte der Charlotte von Mahlsdorf = I'm my own woman : the life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf c1994
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Rosa von Praunheim, Valentin Passoni, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn, Robert Dietl, Beate Jung, Sylvia Seelow, Evelyn Cron, Utz Krause, Rainer Luhn, and Cinevista (Firm)
East German Lothar Berfelde, a.k.a. Charlotte Mahlsdorf, is a transvestite and proud of it. In this film, "Charlotte" serves as a guide through his own life story, as he coaches young actors through the dramatized sequences of this documentary. Illustrates the persecution homosexuals endured during the Nazi and post WWII eras. 1 videodisc (91 min.)
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In a dark time 1991
David Hoffman, Rocky Collins, and Carol Rissman
This episode looks at the effects of the Vietnam War on America and the increasing polarization of its supporters and opponents. It also examines the mounting racial tensions that sparked riots in cities nationwide, and the elements of fear, disenchantment and frustration that were evident across the country. Finally, it leads viewers to the violent year of 1968 as political protest began to fuse with social ferment. 1 videocassette (60 min.) :
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In my country an international perspective on gender 1993
Ron J Hammond
Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures with regard to gender. 2 videocassettes (85 min.) :
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Introduction to the end of an argument Muqaddimah Li-Nihayat Jidal 1990
Jayce Salloum and Elia Suleiman
Combining news soundbytes, movie clips and documentary footage shot in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the filmmakers critique Western-based representations of Arab culture. The artists cleverly mimic the Western media tableau in an exhilarating mix of fragmented stereotypes from mainstream movies to prime-time news. 1 videocassette (41 min.) :
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A Lady's portion 1997
Bessie Rayner Belloc, Emilie H Peacocke, Kate Broome, Lesley Manville, Sonia Ritter, and Elizabeth Bradley
"The lives of Bessie Parkes and Emilie Peacocke, two pioneering women journalists, are featured in this program. Dramatizations use material from personal diaries to describe a lifelong struggle with sexism in both the newspaper industry and Victorian society in general"--Container. 1 videocasette (30 min.) :
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The life and times of Sara Baartman "The Hottentot Venus" 1998
Zola Maseko, Philip Brooks, Harriet Gavshon, Phillip V Tobias, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Yvette Abrahams, Steve Martin, and Brian Daubney
A documentary film on the life of a Khoi Khoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
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Little things prejudice 2002
Karen C Saunders, Elizabeth Vargas, and Lena Williams
Reporter Lena Williams polled and interviewed focus groups on how statements, gestures and even body language can be interpreted--rightly or wrongly--as racial prejudice. 1 videocassette (10 min.)
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Long way from home 2003
Kavery Kaul and River Films
In this documentary three young women grapple with the challenges of diversity in schools -- and the world of the future. 1 videocassette (82 min.)
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Man oh man growing up male in America 1987, 1988
J Clements, Jeff Ebbage, and Scott Musgrone
Using interviews with men, family films, and a pastiche of sounds and images, documents what it is like to grow up as a male in America today. Looks at what shapes a boy into a man and the roles and stereotypes men have to deal with in today's society. 1 videocassette (18 min.)
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Material witness race, identity and the politics of gangsta rap 1995
Michael Eric Dyson and Sut Jhally
Living with difference -- The denial of race -- Race and language -- Black essentialism as defense -- American hybridity -- Complexity of black identity -- An American mix: DuBois & the classics -- Hip-hop culture as material witness to urban neglect -- Representin' the afflicted's story -- Gangsta rap and the market -- The burden of the race artist -- A limited choice: purity or stereotype -- A wrong response: the elders react -- Towards a politics of anti-essentialismDyson talks about the important issues of essentialism and notions of identity within the context of race, and discusses hip hop culture and the conflicts around gangsta rap. 1 videocassette (42 min.)
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Mauvaise conduite Improper conduct 1996
Margaret Menegoz, Barbet Schroeder, Nestor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez-Leal, and Michael Dumoulin
Interviews with exiled Cuban intellectuals and homosexuals, repressed and persecuted during moral purges by the Castro regime. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
MEDIA 2-5220
Mental illness unraveling the myths? 1990?
Peter Troust
Examines the ways that bias against the mentally ill is reinforced by society and the media. Panelists include Joanne Verbanic, founder of Schitzophrenics Anonymous ; Dr. Otto Wahl, associate professor of psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA ; Alexander D. Brooks, professor of law at Rutgers Law School, Newark ; Phyllis Vine, research consultant for the alliance of the mentally ill, New York, and author of Families in pain : children, siblings, spouses, and parents of the mentally ill speak out ; and Patricia Deegan, director of the Northeast Independent Living Program, MA. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA 2-947
Mickey Mouse monopoly 2002, 2001
Chyng-Feng Sun, Miguel Picker, and Monique Fordham
Disney's media dominance -- Disney's gender representations -- Disney's race representations -- Disney's commercialization of children's cultureCommentary by Henry A. Giroux, Alvin Poussaint, Justin Lewis, Gail Dines, Diane Levin, Carolyn Newberger, Elizabeth Hadley, Jacqueline Maloney, Jack Shaheen, Deirdre Almeida, Marisa Peralta. Takes a close and critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company and the cultural values and assumptions propagated in terms of race, gender and class. Includes contributions from cultural critics, media scholars, child psychologists, educators and children. 1 videodisc (52 min.)
MEDIA 10-133
Miles of smiles, years of struggles the untold story of the Black Pullman Porter 1983
Jack Santini, Paul Wagner, and Rosina Tucker
Chronicles the organizing of the first black trade union--the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This inspiring story of the Pullman porters provides the most in-depth account on film of African-American working life between the Civil War and World War II. 1 videocassette (59 min., 30 sec.)
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Misunderstanding China 1972
Irv Drasnin and Charles Kuralt
Describes the history of American attitudes toward China and the Chinese people and shows how misguided attitudes rather than realistic appraisals have affected U.S. relations with China. Illustrates the manner in which new stereotypes could easily replace existing ones. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA D-102
Mother Ireland 1989?
Anne Crilly
Examines the centuries-old imagery which has portrayed Ireland as a woman and discusses the social function of these stereotypes of Irish womanhood and their relationship to the nationalist struggle and Irish women today. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-834
Murder on a Sunday morning 2003
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet, Maha Productions, Pathe Doc, New Video Group, and Docurama (Firm)
When Brenton Butler, a15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice. 1 videocassette (111 min.)
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North of 49 W & P Productions presents ; producers, Richard Breyer, David Coryell, Ralph Singh 2003
Richard Breyer, David Coryell, Joanne Shenandoah, W & P Productions, and Filmakers Library, inc
This video examines the aftermath of arson on Nov. 18, 2001 at a Sikh temple, Gobind Sadan U.S.A., in upstate New York. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
MEDIA 2-7320
Open letter, grasp the bird's tail and, Picturing oriental girls, a (re)educational video 1995
Valerie Soe, Rick Wong, Brenda Joy Lem, CrossCurrent Media, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Peace of the Heart Productions, and Oxygen Productions
Open letter, grasp the bird's tale: an Asian woman comments upon racially motivated violence and her fears of being an Asian woman in a world of anti-Asian hostilities. Picturing oriental girls, a (re)educational video: a compendium of stereotypical portrayals of Asian women in American film and television. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
MEDIA 2-6956
Organizing America a history of trade unions in the U.S 1994
Kyle Boyd, Susan Pointon, Michael Martin, Joseph W Powell, Joe William Trotter, Rex Hardesty, Ken Sullivan, Maurine Weiner Greenwald, and J. Davitt McAteer
Broadly tracing American labor history, this program incorporates interviews, personal accounts, and archival footage to provide a fresh perspective on the history of labor issues including health and safety conditions, the minimum wage, discrimination, job security and strikes. It presents the struggle of American labor against the backdrop of major events that shaped American society as a whole: world wars, the industrial revolution, immigration, unemployment, class conflict, child labor, women in the workplace, civil rights and the emergence of high technology. 1 videocassette (40 min.)
MEDIA 2-3804
Physical/mental ability issues 2001
Mark Kundla, J. Q Adams, and Linda Hunt
Focusing on people with disabilities, this video addresses the high rate of discrimination faced by people with disabilities and explores some of the false assumptions and prejudices that fuel this discrimination. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
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Picturing the genders 2002
Charles Harrison, Trish Evans, and Tony Coe
A documentary that looks at women as artists, as subjects of paintings by both male and female artists, and the roles of and discrimination against women artists historically. 1 videocassette (31 min.)
MEDIA 2-6076
Pink triangles a study of prejudice against lesbians and gay men 1982
Warren J Blumenfeld
Takes a look at the nature of discrimination against lesbians and gay men and challenges some of society's attitudes toward homosexuality. Also examines historical and contemporary patterns of racial, religious, political, and sexual persecution. 1 videocassette (34 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 2-1656 4-490
Playing unfair the media image of the female athlete 2002
Kenyon King, Loretta Alper, Jessica Nachem , Mary Jo Kane, Pat Griffin, and Michael A Messner
Taking the field: the impact of Title IX -- Out of uniform: the media backlash against female athletes -- Playing along: empowerment or expolitation? -- The glass closet: homophobia in sport and sports media -- Fair play: women athletes in actionIt has been 30 years since Title IX legislation granted women equal playing time, but the male-dominated world of sports journalism has yet to catch up with the law. Coverage of women's sport lags far behind men's, and focuses on female athletes femininity and sexuality over their achievements on the court and field. 1 videodisc (30 min.)
MEDIA 10-195
A question of race 2001
Susan Nelle and Roberta Oster Sachs
Pt. 1. A question of race -- pt. 2. How biased are you?In part 1, become a part of the debate questioning whether race is an accurate biological identification or a subcategory made up by humans to seperate us. In part 2, racial prejudice, or bias, is easily recognized in its extreme forms, but it infilitrates everyday life in subtle ways also. Discover just how common bias is as a hidden camera follows real-life adults as they interact with people of different races. 2 videocassettes (77 min.)
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The Quran and the American dream 2000
Chris Wells, Shigehiro Ryuke, Hitoshi Sakurai, Hideaki Shimamoto, and Jesse Jackson
In the U.S., Islam is prospering as never before - but some Americans are beginning to fear the burgeoning power of that group, currently 8 million strong. This program traces the rapid expansion of Islam in New York City, where it sustains and brings hope to Muslim citizens, recent Muslim immigrants, and converts drawn primarily from the downtrodden sectors of society. The program also features the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which strives to root out legal injustices and dispel prejudicial stereotypes. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-5537
Race and sex what we think (but can't say) c2007
John Stossel, Frank Mastropolo, Ann Varney , ABC News Productions, and Films Media Group
Typecast, label, pigeonhole, it doesn't matter what word is used, they all mean the same thing -- to stereotype. As John Stossel reports, many people say it's natural to stereotype, and psychologists say we still categorize by things like age and race and gender because our brains are wired to do it automatically. 1 videodisc (39 min.)
MEDIA 10-1603
Race portraits in black & white 1987
Tony Marshall
Deals with racism at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Five different students are interviewed: a black separatist, a white male who believe's he's a victim of reverse discrimination, a black woman with mostly white friends, a white man with a black girlfriend who has mostly black friends, and a woman who's the product of an interacial marriage. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
MEDIA 2-318
Racial profiling and law enforcement 2000
Ted Koppel, Michel McQueen, and Christopher A Darden
Focuses on racial profiling in law enforcement, investigating the issue from the victim's point of view as well as through the eyes of the police. 1 videocassette (44 min.)
DANA 1881
Radcliffe blues Claudia Weill and Tony Ganz
A Radcliffe student discusses her radicalization, both on campus in the early stages of the SDS movement, and during antipoverty work, speaking also of racism in America and the crippled condition of women. 1 videocassette (23 min.)
MEDIA D-92
Remedy for riot 2002
Harry Reasoner, John Sharnik, and Norman Gorin
In this news program from 1968, Harry Reasoner reports on the findings and recommendations of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Responses to discriminatory behavior 197-?
Martha M McCarthy
Presents discriminatory situations encountered by women in higher education and three possible resolution techniques (avoidance of confrontation, situation-oriented confrontation, and issue-oriented confrontation). 1 filmstrip (42 fr.)
MEDIA 111
Rites 1991
Penny Dedman and Debra Michaels
This program explores the custom of female circumcision which has been commonplace throughout history and is still practiced in many cultures. It discusses the efforts of women throughout the world to stop the practice. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-2591
Rosewood 1997
John Singleton, Gregory Poirier, Jon Peters, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, and Esther Rolle
In 1923 Rosewood, a black town in Florida, was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. 1 videocassette (ca. 142 min.)
DANA 1852
Seniority and discrimination 1973
John C Burgess
Dramatizes the grievance of a Black employee who claims he should have received a posted job not only because he has sufficient ability but also because of past discrimination. 1 film reel (26 min.)
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Sexual stereotypes in media superman and the bride 2004
Gavin Richards, Stephanie Turner, Charlie Stafford, Julie Covington, Jayne Meadows, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
This program explores the history of sexual stereotypes as presented in the media. Film clips, television advertisements and sitcoms, and so-called documentaries from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s show men as domineering masters, and women as their doting subordinates. As a classroom teaching tool, the program encourages discussions regarding the media's continuing role in reinforcing sexual stereotypes, as well as the ongoing sexual biases that nurture them. 1 videodisc (35 min.)
MEDIA 10-256
Shackled women abuses of a patriarchal world 1999
Keely Purdue
This program assess second- and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment and examines how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation. Focuses on topics such as dowry deaths, female circumcision, the Islamic zina law, the rigors of hijab, and child prostitution. Some content may be objectionable. 1 videocassette (41 min.)
MEDIA 2-5102
Silence & complicity violence against women in Peruvian public health facilities 1998
Carlos Cárdenas and Rita Moreno
Documents testimonies of women who were mistreated and sexually abused while seeking care in Peruvian health facilities. 1 videocassette (22 min.)
MEDIA 2-5706
Slaying the dragon c1995
Deborah Gee, Herb Wong, Asian Women United of California, Pacific Productions, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), and National Asian American Telecommunications Association
Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures, television programs, commercials, newsreels and news broadcasts. Includes interviews with Asian historians, sociologists, actors and actresses and broadcasters. 1 vidoecassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-6789
Son of border crisis 1990
Guillermo Gómez-Peńa and Isaac Artenstein
1. Son of border crisis -- 2. El post-mojado -- 3. The Mexican fly -- 4. Dear Californian -- 5. Employer sanctions -- 6. The year of the yellow spider -- 7. The year of the HispanicA performance art monolog which examines linguistic and cultural stereotypes. 1 videocassette (17 min.)
MEDIA 2-6215
Stale roles and tight buns images of men in advertising 1988
John Lapham, Walter Locke, Michael Weisskoff, and Michael Markovits
Critiques the image of the male figure as found in advertising. Uses negative stereotypes of men to argue for a well rounded view of issues involving male socialization. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1794 2-5962
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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Strangers and kin 1984
Herby Smith, Don Baker, Jeff Kiser, and Angie Debord
Attempts to dispel prejudices and misconceptions about Appalachian people and their mountain heritage. Shows Appalachian actors performing draatizations from literature and history and talking about their own relationships to their native hills. Includes excerpts from feature films and a popular TV series to illustrate the misrepresentations and stereotypes about this region. Art prints, archival photos, interviews, and traditional music are used to document the history and pride of the people known as "hillbillys.". 1 videocassette (58 min.)
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Struggles in steel a story of African-American steelworkers 1996
Tony Buba, Ray Henderson, and Dennis C Dickerson
Interviews with more than 70 retired black steelworkers who tell of struggles with the company, the union and white co-workers to break out of the black job ghetto. Film traces a century of black industrial history--the use of blacks as strikebreakers against the all-white union during the 1892 Homestead Strike, the Great Migration of fieldworkers to the North in World War I, the racial divisions between workers during the Great Steel Strike of 1919 and the ultimate success of the CIO organizing drives of the 1930s. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA DANA 2-2994 872
A Tale of "O" on being different 1978
Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Barry Stein
Using animation, explores the consequences of token representation in any group. Looks at what happens to any new and different kind of person in a work group and how the situation can be managed. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 2-1948 2-2097
Tom Brokaw reports why can't we live together 1997
Tom Brokaw, Craig Leake, and Andrea Malin
1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
DANA 1217
Two towns of Jasper 2003
Ted Koppel
This program documents the impressions and feelings of the townspeople and includes interviews with the original filmmakers. 1 videocassette (22 min.)
DANA 1887
Understanding race 1999
Lynn Dougherty and Peter Coyote
Examines the history and power of the artificial distinction called "race", viewing it within historical, scientific, and cultural contexts. Topics include the anthropological unity of Homo sapiens; sanctioned discrimination, such as segregation; cultural biases based on racial stereotypes; and the underlying humanity that inextricably links us all. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
DANA MEDIA 1880 2-5944
Waiting to go 2001
Charles Stewart, Di Tatham, and Lucy Briers
This program follows a Palestinian doctor working in the PLO-funded Haifa hospital in Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp, Beirut. She earns $200 per month and she is forbidden in any Lebanese hospital. Other refugees with degrees are allowed to pick oranges, but none are allowed to rebuild their houses. Those who can get out do, but all hope to one day return to their villages in Palestine. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
MEDIA 2-5914
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
Who's counting? Marilyn Waring on sex, lies & global economics 1995
Terre Nash, Kent Martin, and Marilyn Waring
A rich biography of ideas in which Marilyn Waring maps out an alternative economic vision while demystifying the language of economics, its elitist stance, and our compliance with political agendas that masquerade as objective economic policy. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
MEDIA 2-3076
Why can't we live together 2001
Tom Brokaw, Craig Leake, and Andrea Malin
Features correspondent Tom Brokaw examining discrimination and discriminatory policies in housing in the United States. 1 videocassette (48 min.)
DANA 1806
Women in a women's profession : strategies : a brief overview of the Preconference on the Status of Women in Librarianship sponsored by the American Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table Task Force on the Status of Women, Douglass College, Rutgers University, July 1974. [Videorecording] 1974
Carol Ansheim and Renee Feinberg
2 reels, ca. 55 min.
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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
Zinat 1999
Ebrahim Mokhtari, Atefeh Razavi, Farhang-Sara Bahman, and Bihruz Gharib pur
Zinat runs a health clinic in southern Iran. When she becomes engaged to Hamed his mother demands that she quit her job. 1 videocassette (88 min.)
MEDIA 2-5039