Asking for it the ethics and erotics of sexual consent c2010
Harry Brod, Sut Jhally, and Media Education Foundation
A lecture by Dr. Harry Brod discusses the (often unclear) line between sexual consent and sexual coercion. 1 videodisc (38 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2264
Battered hearts c2005
Creed Spencer, Creedo Productions, and Fanlight Productions
Examines the spectrum of domestic violence, including both the physical and emotional assaults which may be used by the batterer to intimidate and control family members. Survivors of abuse discuss the feelings that result, and men who abuse talk about their own frustration, need for power, and in many cases the abuse they suffered themselves earlier in life. 1 videodisc (27 min.)
MEDIA 10-662
The Date-rape backlash the media and the denial of rape 1994
Sut Jhally and Callie Khouri
Examines the reasons for changes in the media's perceptions of date rape from its initial recognition of the problem in 1987, to its later skepticism of 1993. The results of research into date rape and male sexual aggression are also discussed. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 2-2544 10-208
Dreams deferred the Sakia Gunn film project c2008
Charles Bennett Brack, Eamonn Simone Films, and Newsreel (Firm)
A documentary on the events surrounding the death of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. The film includes the court hearing, arguments presented by both sides regarding the victim and the accused, and the sentencing. 1 videodisc (54 min.)
MEDIA DANA 10-1760 434
Hookers at the Point Hookers at the Point : going out again 2002
Brent Owens, Going Out Productions, Inc, Delta Entertainment Corporation, and MTI Film & Video
A look at the world of prostitution at Hunts Point in the Bronx. The director observes the underworld as well as gives several women a chance to tell their life stories. A special bonus, Hookers at the Point ; going out again is a follow up on the personalities from the first film and we see where "The Life" has led them. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
MEDIA 10-281
In the name of the family 2010
Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks, Bishari Film Productions, Women Make Movies (Firm), and CTV Television Network
On December 10, 2007, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, Aqsa, was strangled to death, her father and brother are charged with murder. Three weeks later, teenage sisters were shot to death in Dallas; their father fled the country and is still wanted for murder. Six months later a 19-year-old college student was stabbed by her brother; he was convicted and is now in jail in New York. Friends and family of the murdered girls paint a chilling portrait of the forces that led to their deaths, and Toronto schoolgirls talk about their lives of constant fear. While Muslim women organize to help girls at risk and the Imam at a Toronto mosque teaches that violence has no basis in Islam, some men continue to justify these crimes through patriarchal beliefs about family honour. This documentary challenges the traditions that lie behind the heartbreaking tragedies committed against young girls caught between two cultures in North America. 1 videodisc (60 min.) :
MEDIA 10-3641
The invisible war 2012
Regina Kulik Scully, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow, Kirby Dick, Chain Camera Pictures (Firm), Rise Films, and New Video Group
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Follows the stories of several idealistic young servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when they courageously came forward to report. 1 videodisc (98 min.)
MEDIA 10-3913
It was rape c2013
Cynthia Baumgardner, Merle Hoffman, Jennifer Baumgardner, and Soapbox Productions, Inc
Eight women tell their diverse personal stories of sexual assault. Ultimately, these stories shed light on how sexual assault affects us all. 1 videodisc (60 min.)
MEDIA 10-4133
The line c2010
Nancy Schwartzman and Media Education Foundation
"Documentary about the terrible personal reality of rape and sexual violence, and the more complicated and ambivalent ways sexual assault often gets framed and understood in the wider culture"--Container. 1 videodisc (24 min.)
MEDIA 10-2212
No! 2006
Aishah Shahidah Simmons, AfroLez Productions, and California Newsreel (Firm)
"No! provides a comprehensive lens through which to examine the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls -- calling to task in particular the behaviors and attitudes of Black men in reinforcing a cultural assault...No! includes messages from violence prevention advocates as well as testimonials from survivors who defy victimization..." -- Container. 1 videodisc (92 min.)
MEDIA 10-877
Power and control domestic violence in America 2010
Peter Cohn, Rick Baitz, Hillcrest Films, and New Day Films
A dramatic and timely exploration of domestic abuse, which examines the persistence of violence against women in the US, through the story of Kim, a mother of three in Duluth, MN. Duluth was the birthplace of a revolution in the way society approaches battering, and the film tells the story of the leaders from Duluth who remain on the front lines today. The film also looks at the debate launched by researchers and academics who have challenged the Duluth approach. 1 videodisc (64 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2356
Power and control domestic violence in America 2010
Peter Cohn, Hillcrest Films, and New Day Films
A dramatic and timely exploration of domestic abuse, which examines the persistence of violence against women in the US, through the story of Kim, a mother of three in Duluth, MN. Duluth was the birthplace of a revolution in the way society approaches battering, and the film tells the story of the leaders from Duluth who remain on the front lines today. The film also looks at the debate launched by researchers and academics who have challenged the Duluth approach. 1 videodisc (52 min.) :
MEDIA 10-3618
Private violence This film "explores a simple but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. Every day in the U.S., at least four women are murdered by abusive (and often, ex) partners. Through the eyes of two survivors-Deanna Walters, a mother who seeks justice for the crimes committed against her at the hands of her estranged husband, and Kit Gruelle, an advocate who seeks justice for all women-we bear witness to the complex realities of intimate partner violence. Their experiences challenge entrenched and misleading assumptions, providing a lens into a world that is largely invisible; a world we have locked behind closed doors with our silence, our laws and our lack of understanding. [This film] begins to shape powerful, new questions that hold the potential to change our society: "Why does he abuse?" "Why do we turn away?" "How do we begin to build a future without domestic violence?" (container). 1 videodisc (77 min.)
MEDIA 10-5414
Rape culture 1983
Examines popular advertising, films, music and adult entertainment and documents the insights of rape crisis workers and prisoners working against rape. Considers the rape of women in relation to the cultural and social forces that produce rapists and rape victims. Includes interviews with male prisoners against rape, a convicted rapist, rape crisis center workers, and others associated with the problem. 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.)
MEDIA 10-5618
Rape in the ranks the enemy within 2010
Pascale Bourgaux, Mercedes Gallego, and Filmakers Library, inc
"This hard-hitting film is the first to cover the shocking story of sexual harassment and rape of American women soldiers. The Pentagon has acknowledged receiving 3,000 reports of sexual mistreatment in one year alone. These female soldiers were not attacked by the Afghan or Iraqi enemy, but by colleagues in their own platoons and sometimes by their own superior officers. Each year the number of reported sexual assaults has skyrocketed but not the number of convictions: only 2% of accused rapists are ever court-martialed. The double traumas of sexual persecution and combat may be why a 2008 RAND study found that female veterans are suffering twice as much depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as their male counterparts."--Container. 1 videodisc (29 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2905
Sex, murder, and video games c2003
David Allen Walsh, Monica Walsh, Douglas A Gentile, Seraphim Communications, and National Institute on Media and the Family
In response to video games that graphically depict women as sexual objects and victims of brutal violence, Sex, Murder, and Video Games explores how violence against women is promoted, how power and violence are related, and how violence against women is paired with entertainment . 1 videodisc (16 min.) :
MEDIA 10-3645
Sin by silence c2009
Olivia Klaus, Quiet Little Place Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Tells the story of Convicted Women Against Abuse, an inmate-led group in a California prison, and its quest to raise awareness about domestic abuse. 1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.)
MEDIA 10-1577
Soldiers raping soldiers conduct unbecoming c2005
Chris Bury, Michel Martin, ABC News, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Sexual assault in the U.S. armed forces is a persistent problem--one that the Pentagon recently acknowledged in a report that highlights serious deficiencies in the way the military has handled cases of rape withinits ranks. In this ABC News program, two career servicewomen, each alledgely sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier, and the director of the panel that produced the Pentagon report open a much-needed dialogue on soldiers raping soldiers. 1 videodisc (22 min.)
MEDIA 10-410
Very young girls 2008?
David Schisgall, Nina Alvarez, Priya Swaminathan, Swinging T Productions, Showtime Networks, and Girls Educational & Mentoring Services
"Very young girls is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York's streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. The film follows the barely-adolescent girls in real time, using verite and intimate interviews. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services), a recovery center founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of sexual exploitation."--Producer. 1 videodisc (84 min.)
MEDIA 10-1893
War zone c2002
Hank Levine, Maggie Hadleigh-West, Film Fatale, Inc, and Media Education Foundation
Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West uses a video camera to demonstrate the gender rules of the street, where access to women's bodies is regarded as a male right. 1 videodisc (ca. 35 min.)
MEDIA 10-246
Working with women survivors of trauma and abuse 2005
Jon Carlson, Laura S Brown, American Psychological Association, Governors State University, and Communication Services
Session attempts to capture the therapy approach and clinical style in as close to real circumstances as possible. 1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.)
MEDIA 10-375
Wrestling with manhood boys, bullying and battering 2002
Sut Jhally, Jackson Katz, and Vince McMahon
Drawing the connection between professional wrestling and the construction of contemporary masculinity, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz show how so-called 'entertainment' is related to homophobia, sexual assault and relationship violence. They further argue that to not engage with wrestling in a serious manner allows cynical promoters of violence and sexism an uncontested role in the process by which boys become "men.". 1 videodisc (60 min.)
MEDIA 10-202
The Accused 1989
Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, and Jonathan Kaplan
The victim of a gang rape finds herself battling the legal system as she goes after her attackers and the onlookers who encouraged the assault. 1 videocassette (110 min.) :
MEDIA 2-700
The amazing normal story c1998
Flavyn Hannah Feller, Savvy Productions, and Filmakers Library, inc
This is the true personal story of the filmaker, Flavyn, who became sexually involved with a man old enough to be her father when she was twelve years old. This documentary is a sensitive portrayal of the courageous journey she takes to rediscover and understand her past, her peculiar family relationships, and then to finally confront the man who molested her. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
MEDIA 2-6485
Battered hearts c2005
Creed Spencer, Creedo Productions, and Fanlight Productions
Examines the spectrum of domestic violence, including both the physical and emotional assaults which may be used by the batterer to intimidate and control family members. Survivors of abuse discuss the feelings that result, and men who abuse talk about their own frustration, need for power, and in many cases the abuse they suffered themselves earlier in life. 1 videodisc (27 min.)
MEDIA 10-662
Battered women fighting back 2000
Robert Higgins and José Díaz-Balart
When a woman kills a man who beats her, is it murder? Or is it justice? This program examines the legality of when, ever, a victim of domestic violence is justified in killing her abuser. The Jane Abbott and Linda Logan cases assess the courtroom admissibility of evidence of battering, while the high-profile Lorena Bobbitt case and others raise the question of whether the plea of battered woman syndrome can be manipulated into a license to maim--or kill. 1 videocassette (45 min.) :
DANA. MEDIA 1762 2-5297
Battered women under siege 2000
Robert Higgins and José Díaz-Balart
Why do some beat - and even kill - the women they profess to love? Battered women speak about their experiences and answer the question "Why did you stay with him?" The case of Lisa Bianco, who relied on the due process of law for protection and was murdered by her ex-husband, is included. 1 videocassette (45 min.) :
DANA. MEDIA 1761 2-5298
Breaking our silence Gloucester men speak out against domestic abuse c2002
Susan Steiner, William Greenbaum, Henry Ferrini, and Gloucester Men Against Domestic Abuse
This documentary gives insight into the activist efforts of a group of men in the town of Gloucester, MA. Includes footage from anti-violence marches, and centers on community men speaking out against violence and domestic abuse. 1 videocassette (10 min.)
MEDIA 2-6885
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.) :
MEDIA 2-1319
The color purple c1997
Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Alice Walker, Warner Bros, and Warner Home Video (Firm)
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive. 1 videodisc (154 min.)
DANA MEDIA 309 2-483
The Date-rape backlash the media and the denial of rape 1994
Sut Jhally and Callie Khouri
Examines the reasons for changes in the media's perceptions of date rape from its initial recognition of the problem in 1987, to its later skepticism of 1993. The results of research into date rape and male sexual aggression are also discussed. 1 videocassette (58 min.) :
MEDIA MEDIA 2-2544 10-208
Date rape violence between friends 1991
Barbara Weisberg and Frank Beck
Examines societal factors which lead to date rape, and presents strategies for preventing date rape. 1 videocassette (22 min.) :
MEDIA 2-1954
Dating rites gang rape on campus 1991
Alison Stone, Richard Briggs, and Ron Matsko-Ensel
Presents a dramatization of a gang rape at a campus dorm party. Includes follow up discussion of rape and date rape by students. Additional comments by a professor of social psychology and a sexual assault counselor. Interviews with a convicted rapist and a rape survivor. 1 videocassette (28 min.) :
MEDIA 2-5711
Defending our lives 1993
Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich, and Stacey Kabat
Shows the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. This video features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. Each of these women tells her own horrific tale of beatings, rape and torture at the hands of her husband or boyfriend. 1 videocassette ( 30 min.) :
MEDIA 2-2277
Domestic violence 1985?
Joseph Camp
Examines the dangers to police officers that stem from investigating common domestic arguments. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) :
MEDIA 2-207
Domestic violence a social reality c1998
Roy Ramsey, Michael J Rice, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education (Spokane, Wash.), Learning Resources Unit (Firm), and Concept Media, inc
Defines domestic violence and explores the socially accepted myths about the causes of these destructive and sometimes lethal behavior patterns. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA 2152
Domestic violence behind closed doors 1994, 1993
Bette Bonfleur, Marjorie B Thomas, Cindy Andrews, and Robin Chapman
Women who have been abused by men talk about their experiences and describe how they left the abusive relationship and made a new life for themselves and their children. Community support and shelters are essential to help abused women. 1 videocassette (28 min.) :
MEDIA 2-3801
Domestic violence faces of fear c1996
Diane Sawyer, Janice Selinger, Hope Arvanitis, New Jersey Network (Firm), and PBS Video
Examines the crosscultural phenomenon of domestic violence and looks at how the medical community, law enforcement agencies, and corporate America are helping to end the silence. Highlights innovative responses throughout the country and around the world. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :
MEDIA 2-7745
Domestic violence identifying victims and batterers c1998
Roy Ramsey, Michael J Rice, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education (Spokane, Wash.), Learning Resources Unit (Firm), and Concept Media, inc
Identifies the help profession's standards of care on approaches, tools, and assessment strategies used to identify physical, emotional, and social injuries that occur with domestic violence. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA 2154
Domestic violence Institutionalized interventions c1998
Roy Ramsey, Michael J Rice, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education (Spokane, Wash.), Learning Resource Unit (Firm), and Concept Media, inc
Defines community standards of care for individuals affected by domestic violence and presents an organized approach for mobilizing communities and helping them to intervene with couples who are in abusive relationships. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA 2153
Domestic violence 'til death do us part 1995
Kevin Kirkaldie, Alan LaGarde, and Mark Hendricks
By examining the relationship of Audrey Stack to her husband, the program illustrates what makes an abusive relationship and how the victim can handle the situation. The program explores how to identify an abusive relationship, the dangers involved in an abusive relationship, some of the possibile causes of domestic violence, and the reasons it can be difficult for a victim to leave an abusive relationship. 1 videocassette (20 min.) :
DANA 866
Dreams deferred the Sakia Gunn film project c2008
Charles Bennett Brack, Eamonn Simone Films, and Newsreel (Firm)
A documentary on the events surrounding the death of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. The film includes the court hearing, arguments presented by both sides regarding the victim and the accused, and the sentencing. 1 videodisc (54 min.) :
MEDIA DANA 10-1760 434
The Fear that binds us violence against women 1981
Denise Dalton, Ann Follett, Christina Henderson, and Kathy J Seltzer
The personal stories of six women who have experienced violence in their lives are juxtaposed with the views of historians, activists, and social workers, as well as men who have perpetrated such violence. Explores the history, extent, and reasons for violence against women and how the behavior is affected by American values of power and success. 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.) :
MEDIA 2-1646
A Fighting chance 1983
Wendy Blair
Deals with women as victims of sexual assault. Discusses self-defense techniques. Features interviews with victims of sexual assault. 1 videocassette (30 min.) :
MEDIA 2-648
Hookers at the Point Hookers at the Point : going out again 2002
Brent Owens, Going Out Productions, Inc, Delta Entertainment Corporation, and MTI Film & Video
A look at the world of prostitution at Hunts Point in the Bronx. The director observes the underworld as well as gives several women a chance to tell their life stories. A special bonus, Hookers at the Point ; going out again is a follow up on the personalities from the first film and we see where "The Life" has led them. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
MEDIA 10-281
No! 2006
Aishah Shahidah Simmons, AfroLez Productions, and California Newsreel (Firm)
"No! provides a comprehensive lens through which to examine the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls -- calling to task in particular the behaviors and attitudes of Black men in reinforcing a cultural assault...No! includes messages from violence prevention advocates as well as testimonials from survivors who defy victimization..." -- Container. 1 videodisc (92 min.)
MEDIA 10-877
No lies 1972
Mitchell W Block, Shelby Leverington, and Alec Hirschfeld
A dramatization in cinema verité style which deals with problems of rape faced by a woman in New York City as she must confront the police, her doctor, her friends, and her conscience. 1 videocassette (16 min.) :
MEDIA 2-6157
No safe place violence against women c1996
Colleen Casto, Mary Dickson, NIMCO (Firm), and KUED-TV (Television station : Salt Lake City, Utah)
Explores the origins of violence against women, includes the stories of women who have been assaulted, interviews the men who commit them, and experts who look at the causes and solutions. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
MEDIA 2-6287
On trial the William Kennedy Smith case 1992
Marilyn Fletcher
A condensation of ABC's coverage of one of the most well-known court cases of the times--the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith, a member of one of America's most prominent families. Includes Diane Sawyer's interview with the woman who brought the charges, Patricia Bowman. 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) :
MEDIA 2-1880
Pahli & Bee marriage of abuse 2002
Va-Megn Thoj, Sonja Mee Lor, Teng Xiong, and Zong Kang Yang
A dramatization to illustrate an abusive marriage within the Hmong American community which was based on true events. 1 videocassette (29 min.) :
MEDIA 2-2362
Rape culture updated 1983
Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich, and Jackie Shearer
Considers the phenomenon of rape in relation to the cultural and social forces that produce rapists and rape victims. Includes the opinions of convicted rapists, rape crisis center workers, and others associated with the problem. 1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.) :
MEDIA 2-1672
Rethinking rape 1986
Jeanne M LePage and Barbara Walter
In an in-depth look at "acquaintance rape" and its social causes. Six persons of varying backgrounds, including a rape survivor, a social psychologist, and a male college student who nearly raped a good friend, share their personal experiences, research, and insights on this topic. 1 videocassette (26 min.) :
MEDIA 2-1276
The Rimers of Eldritch c2000
Matthew N Herman, Davey Marlin-Jones, Susan Sarandon, Rue McClanahan, Frances Sternhagen, Lanford Wilson, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films
This adaptation of Lanford Wilson's play is set in a ghostly town on the verge of disappearing, a place where the only movie house closed 8 years ago. The plot revolves around the sexual assault of a teenage girl and on unrelated murder trial in the town of Eldritch, exploring a community's reaction to rape, lies and murder. 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.)
MEDIA 2-7658
A room full of men 1997, 1991
Ian Preston, Darcy Mitchell, and Rod MacIntyre
This program examines male violence towards women by following three men with a history of abuse who have joined a program to help them stop their abusive behavior. 1 videocassette (48 min.) :
MEDIA 2-3802
Seven lucky charms 1992
Lisa Mann
A juxtaposition of optically printed images and feminist text with voice-over testimonials about women who are survivors of domestic violence. 1 videocassette (16 min.) :
MEDIA 2-3951
Sin by silence c2009
Olivia Klaus, Quiet Little Place Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Tells the story of Convicted Women Against Abuse, an inmate-led group in a California prison, and its quest to raise awareness about domestic abuse. 1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.) :
MEDIA 10-1577
Soldiers raping soldiers conduct unbecoming c2005
Chris Bury, Michel Martin, ABC News, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Sexual assault in the U.S. armed forces is a persistent problem--one that the Pentagon recently acknowledged in a report that highlights serious deficiencies in the way the military has handled cases of rape withinits ranks. In this ABC News program, two career servicewomen, each alledgely sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier, and the director of the panel that produced the Pentagon report open a much-needed dialogue on soldiers raping soldiers. 1 videodisc (22 min.)
MEDIA 10-410
War zone c2002
Hank Levine, Maggie Hadleigh-West, Film Fatale, Inc, and Media Education Foundation
Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West uses a video camera to demonstrate the gender rules of the street, where access to women's bodies is regarded as a male right. 1 videodisc (ca. 35 min.)
MEDIA 10-246
Working with women survivors of trauma and abuse 2005
Jon Carlson, Laura S Brown, American Psychological Association, Governors State University, and Communication Services
Session attempts to capture the therapy approach and clinical style in as close to real circumstances as possible. 1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.)
MEDIA 10-375
Wrestling with manhood boys, bullying and battering 2002
Sut Jhally, Jackson Katz, and Vince McMahon
Drawing the connection between professional wrestling and the construction of contemporary masculinity, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz show how so-called 'entertainment' is related to homophobia, sexual assault and relationship violence. They further argue that to not engage with wrestling in a serious manner allows cynical promoters of violence and sexism an uncontested role in the process by which boys become "men.". 1 videodisc (60 min.) :
MEDIA 10-202
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