TITLE: Baby boomers: the generation that changed the world
5 videocassettes (290 min.)
SUMMARY: Watch the story of an American generation that challenged society's rules and changed the world. Discover how television captivated the world by revealing the brutality of war, the wonder of space and the power of the media [no. 1]. Relive post-war prosperity as the United States built, expanded and prospered as never before (no. 2). Watch the American Civil Rights movement explode from small southern towns to a national force (no. 3). Take to the street to see how youth rebellion rocked society for change and became a potent social and political force (no. 4). And experience how women broke down barriers to govern nations, lead corporations, confront the abortion debate and earn equal rights (no. 5). Includes rare archival footage, thought-provoking interviews and first-person accounts. TITLE: Inside the teenage brain
1 videodisc (60 min.)
SUMMARY:"It's the mystery of mysteries - especially to parents. Now the experts are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do and how the new discoveries can change the way we teach, or perhaps even understand, our teenagers"--Container. TITLE: Look us in the eye: The Old Women's Project
1 videodisc (27 min.)
SUMMARY:A film centered on an interview with Cynthia Rich (writer/activist), Janice Keaffaber (writer/artist/activist), and Mannie Garza (writer/editor/activist), who founded and together make up The Old Women's Project in San Diego, California. This group works to make visible how old women are directly affected by all issues of social justice, and to combat the ageist attitudes that ignore, trivialize or demean older women. They have organized a number of large protests, and are well known for their old woman larger-than-life puppet, POWER (Pissed Old Women Engaged in Revolution). TITLE: Different from you: unfulfilled promises to the mentally ill
1 videodisc (60 min.)
SUMMARY:One of the glaring social problems of American cities is homelessness, but only recently have we realized that most homelessness reflects psychiatric disease. This documentary follows the medical rounds of an urban family physician, Milt Kogan, 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. TITLE: Einstein and me: talking about learning disabilities
1 videocassette (33 min.)
SUMMARY:Learning disabilities are lifelong disorders which affect the manner in which individuals with normal or above average intelligence select, retain, and express information. Since learning disabilities do not affect physical appearance, they are sometimes referred to as "hidden handicaps." Panels of teens and younger students speak with Jerome J. Schultz, a clinical psychologist, about how they found out about their learning disabilities, the policies and people who have made life difficult, the programs which have helped them cope, their strengths and talents, and their futures. Intended for children, parents and teachers, and for educators and counselors who work with students who may have learning disabilities. TITLE: Sound and Fury
1 videodisc (78 min.)
SUMMARY: Examines the issues that arise in an extended family consisting of several deaf members when the opportunity arises for two of the children to receive a surgical implant that would enable them to hear. Explores the little-known world of deaf culture. TITLE: Vital signs : crip culture talks back
1 videodisc (48 min.)
SUMMARY:"Explores the politics of disability through the performances, debates and late-night conversations of activists at [This/Ability : An Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability and the Arts, held at The University of Michigan on May 19, 1995]. Featur[es] interviews with well-known disability rights advocates and artists, along with professors, students, and others with disabilities"--Container. TITLE:What Does Normal Mean?
1 videodisc (57 min.)
SUMMARY:A documentary film about the "inclusion" of children with disabilites in public schools. The film follows seven children, elementary to high-schoolers, with a broad range of disabilites, over an academic year. The children's struggles and triumphs give clear testimony to the value of equal educational opportunities for all. TITLE: Without pity: a film about abilities
1 videocassette (56 min.)
SUMMARY:Introduces a cross section of disabled Americans who live full, productive lives despite their disabilities. TITLE: Black is-- black ain't : a personal journey through black identity
1 videocassette (88 min.)
SUMMARY: 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. TITLE: Flag wars
1 videocassette (90 min.)
SUMMARY: "Flag Wars" is a poignant account of the politics and pain of gentrification. Working-class black residents in Columbus, Ohio fight to hold on to their homes. Realtors and gay home-buyers see fixer-uppers. The clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call your own. TITLE: The intolerable burden
1 videodisc (56 min.)
SUMMARY: Documentary film of how Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled the youngest eight of their thirteen children in the public schools of Drew, Mississippi in 1965, which were all white. The Drew school board had initiated a "freedom of choice" plan to bring the district in compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act, but Blacks were not expected to choose all white schools. Examines the conditions of segregation prior to 1965, the hardships the family faced during desegregation, and the massive white resistence, which led to resegregation. TITLE: Material witness: race, identity and the politics of gangsta rap
1 videocassette (42 min.)
CONTENTS: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 afflicteds' 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-essentialism.
SUMMARY: Dyson 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. TITLE: The psychological residuals of slavery
1 videocassette (18 min.)
SUMMARY: Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy examines the negative psychological legacy of slavery for African Americans. TITLE: Asian insight series
6 videocassettes (288 min.)
SUMMARY:This series introduces the people and cultures of the Asian Pacific. With a balanced, objective approach, Asian Insight presents past and present social structures, mores, beliefs, art and architecture to give viewers a well-rounded look at an increasingly influential area of the world. TITLE: Mitsuye and Nellie
1 videocassette (58 min.)
SUMMARY:Shows how a common heritage as Asian-American women binds poets Mitsuye Yamada and Nellie Wong in this examination of Asian ethnicity in the United States. They recite their poetry and discuss the impact of Japanese and Chinese cultures on their upbringing. TITLE: Letters to Thien
1 videocassette (55 min.)
SUMMARY:Letters to Thien is a documentary video detailing the life and death of Ly Minh Thien. The video is also an examination of how his death affected Thien's community and of how it is affecting our communities. TITLE: What does it mean to be white?: the invisible whiteness of being
1 videodisc (50 min.)
SUMMARY:Through a series of interviews, Dr. Sue defines white privilege and uses examples to indicate how white privilege serves to keep Whites relatively oblivious to the opposite effect this has on persons of color. Â SUMMARY:Features the up close and personal stories of white activists and their ongoing journeys of transformation. Participants will talk about being unconscious about their learned and internalized sense of white supremacy. They will share what was required and what actions they took to move through the common first stages of denial, defensiveness, guilt, fear and shame into making solid commitments towards ending racism. The video uses art, theatre, movement, photographs and music to amplify stories that share richly varied experiences and life processes informed by deep reflection and social justice action. The individuals' interviews will also be enhanced by historical sources, spoken word, photographs and video archives which will serve to address systemic racist oppression. Â TITLE:Hispanic Americans : one or many cultures
1 videodisc (44 min.)
SUMMARY: Examines what unites and divides various cultural groups comprising Hispanic Americans. Three Hispanic Americans are spotlighted: a Puerto Rican American, New York Justice Frank Torres, a Cuban American, former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez, and a Mexican American restauranteur, Gordino Velesco. Also, journalist Felipe Luciano discusses the importance of voting by the Hispanic American community as the means for achieving common political goals. TITLE: Hispanic Americans: the second generation
1 videodisc (44 min.)
SUMMARY: Examines how the second generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of Hispanic Americans are interviewed, including pop film director Robert Rodriguez. The program explores how they view themselves and how they view each other. TITLE: Hispanics: the changing role of women
1 videodisc (44 min.)
SUMMARY: In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the center of family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male perspective. TITLE: Jewish soul, American beat
1 videocassette (60 min.)
SUMMARY:An exploration of the fate of American Jewish identity -- will it face evaporation or reinvigoration as a result of intermarriage and assimilation? Or is there a return to Jewish identity and tradition among young people that portends a future of vitality and strength? TITLE: Oregon Jews
1 videocassette (20 min.)
SUMMARY:Covers the rich history of the Oregon Jews from 1850 through the 1990's. This video is based on the book, The Jews of Oregon 1850-1950, by Steven Lowenstein. TITLE: The three rabbis: three men, half a century, one community
1 videodisc (56 min.)
SUMMARY:In the mid-1900s, three young men arrived in Portland, Oregon to join the thousands of Jews before them who had come west seeking the freedom of a self-determined life. Though they were stangers to the city and to each other, they chose to work together, fulfilling their destinies as rabbis, and along the way, they led an old-world community into the 21st century. TITLE:Yidl in the middle: growing up Jewish in Iowa
1 videocassette (57 min.)
SUMMARY:Looks at growing up "different" in America. Filmmaker Marlene Booth probes her Iowa-Jewish roots. Through home movies, period photos, her high school reunion, and current interviews with Louise Noun and others, she examines the complicated process of negotiating identity--as an American, a Jew, and a woman. TITLE: Doubles: Japan and America's intercultural children
1 videocassette (59 min.)
SUMMARY:After World War II, despite orders forbidding it, fraternization between U.S. soldiers and Japanese women resulted in a number of children born in and out of wedlock. This film focuses on interviews with American soldiers, Japanese women, and their biracial children thirty years after the Allies occupied Japan. Includes documentary footage of the allied occupation between 1945 and 1952. TITLE: America in black and white. A question of identity
1 videocassette (23 min.)
SUMMARY:The story of Wayne Joseph Nelson, an African-American man who, after having his DNA tested to determine how much of him is African, readdresses the age old question "Who am I?" TITLE: Muslims
1 videodisc (120 min.)
SUMMARY:Looks at what it means to be a Muslim in the 21st century. Filmed in Egypt, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey, Nigeria and the United States, this program explores the influence of culture and politics on religion, looks at the political forces at work among Muslims around the world, emphasizes Islam's kinship with Christianity and Judaism, and examines the diverse interpretations of Islam among the Muslim people. TITLE:Muslims in America: Islam in exile
1 videodisc (57 min.)
SUMMARY:"Examines the surprisingly rapid growth of Islam in the heart of America's Bible Belt, a predominantly fundamentalist Christian locale. Yet for Muslims living in Appalachia, the daily challenge lies not so much in acceptance by their neighbors as with practicing their religion in a country whose overall culture is so often at odds with their own beliefs. Interviews with refugees living in the region and with experts in American Islam reveal the resiliency of a faith that can thrive in exile. The history of Islam, Islamic contributions to the arts and sciences, and common ground between Muslims and Christians are also highlighted"--Container. TITLE:The Quran and the American dream
1 videodisc (52 min.)
SUMMARY:"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. The Reverend Jesse Jackson adds a powerful note of support for the newest addition to America's religious mix"--Container. TITLE: According to the earth: the museum at Warm Springs
1 videocassette (28 min.)
SUMMARY:Video talks about the Native Americans living in Oregon and how they have adapted, changed and survived. TITLE: Fulfilling the vision = Oyate Iglukinipi
1 videocassette (30 mins.)
SUMMARY:This documentary "examines the struggle of the Sioux generation that came of age in the '70's and '80's to redefine the nation's identity." It "addresses contemporary socioeconomic issues, spirituality and traditional wisdom." TITLE: Half of anything
1 videocassette (25 min.)
SUMMARY:A documentary that poses the question "What is a REAL Indian?" to four participants who examine the notion of how Indian identity is constructed from their individual and often very personal perspectives. Struggling at times to answer the question, they reveal the difficulty of determining what identity is. TITLE: The Indigenoid
1 videodisc (16 min. )
SUMMARY:The Indigenoid is someone somewhat marginalized who moves in both the mainstream and the Native world. He has embraced a pop-culture, technology-centered lifestyle, which defies the stereotypes of an Indian being frozen in time and is inconsistent with society's image of a "real" Indian. Thus, being part of the mainstream is not mutually exclusive to the Indigenoid's other identity-that of an indigenous individual. In a smattering of minutes we will explore, through film, the juxtaposition of daily images of an Indian, both those constructed by the mainstream and that of a "real" Indian. We shall see the interplay of mainstream culture and the bifurcated individual; we shall watch the Urban, mixed Native in its habitat. TITLE: Honey Moccasin
1 videocassette (47 min.)
SUMMARY:Investigates the authenticity, cultural identity, and the articulation of modern Native American experience in cinematic language and pop culture. TITLE: Live and remember = Wo kiksuye
1 videocassette (29 min.)
SUMMARY:A documentary about the Lakota Sioux nation's oral tradition, song and dance, medicine, spirit world, and perceptions of bicultural lifestyles discussed by Lakota elders, medicine men and traditional dancers. Includes commentary on the role of women in Indian society, alliances with animal nations, the Peace Pipe ceremony, and changing relationships within the reservations and non-Indian world. TITLE: More than bows and arrows
1 videocassette (52 min.)
SUMMARY:Deals with the role of the American Indian in shaping various aspects of American culture, ranging from food and housing to the democratic way of life. TITLE: My strength is from the fish
1 videocassette (30 min.)
SUMMARY:Explores the cultural relationship between the Indians of the Columbia River and the salmon they depend upon, and possible solutions to the complicated problems surrounding these rights. TITLE: Real Indian
1 videocassette (7 min.)
SUMMARY:Presents a personal look at the meaning of cultural identity. Describes the complex world of the Lumbee Indian culture and questions the viewer's perceptions of Native Americans. TITLE: The residential school experience: a century of genocide in the Americas
1 videodisc (18 min.)
SUMMARY:This film tells the story of Native American children being taken from their parents and forcibly sent to residential schools in Canada and in the United States. The film includes a quotation from the Genocide Convention which prohibits forcibly taking the children away from their parents because of their race. TITLE: Trail of broken treaties
1 videodisc (26 min.)
SUMMARY:Examines past and present injustices suffered by the Indian and looks at attempts of Indian leaders to improve the situation. TITLE: The 5 minute project
1 videocassette (105 min.)
SUMMARY:Includes 21 stories on women's issues, covering everything from food production to wife battering to university education. TITLE: Boy to girl to man: disproving the theory of gender neutrality
1 videodisc (50 min.)
SUMMARY:"When David Reimer was a newborn, his penis was burnt off in a botched circumcision. On the advice of Dr. John Money, a pioneering gender-reassignment specialist, David was renamed Brenda and raised as a girl. This program recounts the medical and psychological ordeals that Reimer underwent as both Brenda and then again as David before his suicide in 2004. Using moving dramatizations, previously unseen interview footage of David, conversations with his family, and transcripts of meetings between Dr. Money and his tormented patient, the program tells a cautionary tale of nature pitted against nurture"--Back of container. TITLE: Dreamworlds 2: desire/sex/power in music video
1 videocassette (57 min.)
SUMMARY:A controversial video that MTV tried to ban. Portrays the impact that sex and violence in media have on society and culture in our everyday life. Shows scenes from over 165 music videos to show how the media portrays masculinity, femininity, sex, and sex roles. Includes a scene of a brutal gang rape from the movie, The accused. TITLE: Finding our way: men talk about their sexuality
1 videocassette (41 min.)
SUMMARY:Follows the discussions of twelve men who meet at a weekend retreat focused on sexuality. The men range in age from 27 to 71 and come from a variety of backgrounds. Among them are a writer, an insurance agent, a clergyman, and the owner of a dry cleaning store. They are heterosexual, gay, and bisexual. The program explores the questions: What do men like about their sexuality? How did they learn about sex? What do men really want sexually? How does sexual expression change with age? TITLE: Hip-hop: beyond beats and rhymes
1 videodisc (61 min.)
SUMMARY:A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics. Â SUMMARY:Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on their images of themselves. Â TITLE: Not all parents are straight
1 videodisc (58 min.)
SUMMARY:Interviews with gay parents and their children about their lives together and relationships with each other as well as the challenges presented by society. TITLE: Stale roles and tight buns: images of men in advertising
1 videocassette (29 min.)
SUMMARY: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. Â SUMMARY:Looks systematically at the relationship between the images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the end of the 20th century. Jackson Katz argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution (e.g., rugged individualism, violence) come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men. Â TITLE: Black nations/queer nations? : lesbian and gay sexualities in the African diaspora
1 videocassette (52 min.)
SUMMARY:"On March 9, 1995 an historic conference took place in New York City about the state of affairs among lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people of African descent. What resulted will shape debates around race, gender, sexuality and sexual practice well into the next century." TITLE: A boy named Sue
1 videodisc (57 min.)
SUMMARY:Documents the transformation of a female-to-male transsexual named Theo over the course of six years, highlighting changes in his relationships with his female partner and close friends. TITLE: I exist : voices from the lesbian and gay Middle Eastern community in the U.S
1 videocassette (55 min.)
SUMMARY:This documentary explores individual journeys of lesbian and gay people of Middle Eastern cultures living in the United States, including the cultural and religious challenges that many endure. TITLE: Jareena: portrait of a Hijda
1 videodisc (25 min.)
SUMMARY:This video offers a profile of a transsexual and her community in the Indian city of Bangalore. It provides a unique insight into the lifestyle of the Hijdas, a society of eunuchs numbering in the tens of thousands who have thrived in India for centuries. Jareena, who assumes the role of a man when she visits her family, explains this duality and how the Hijdas helped her form her identity and assert her true self. TITLE: On the Downlow
1 videodisc (54 min.)
SUMMARY:"On the Downlow" presents an intimate portrait of four men negotiating their bisexual desire within the African-American community of Cleveland, Ohio. These men selfdescribe as "dipping on both sides of the fence". The film showcases their secret lives and aspirations as it reveals the complex intersections of sexuality, race, class and family in contemporary middle America. We enter barely-understood sexual worlds to witness astonishing revelations, many of which have never been seen before. TITLE: Out in suburbia
1 videocassette (28 min.)
SUMMARY:Eleven lesbian women discuss their lives, including marriage, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes, and female roles. TITLE: Pink triangles: [a study of prejudice against lesbians and gay men]
1 videodisc (33 min.)
SUMMARY: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. TITLE: Two spirits: Native American lesbians and gays
1 videodisc (28 min.)
SUMMARY:This video explores the Native American belief in 2Two Spirit3 human androgyny. A combination of the ability to love another of the same gender, to encompass 'masculine' and 'feminine' attributes within the same person, to be many things at once. This unique documentary compiles interviews with Native Americans from throughout the Americas and works to redefine difference and the complexities of sexuality and culture. TITLE: Abandoned: the betrayal of America's immigrants
1 videodisc (54 min.)
SUMMARY:Films looks at the personal impact of new immigration laws in the U.S. Â SUMMARY:Documents the adaptation of a Hmong refugee family from northern Laos to life in America, where everything is culturally alien and everyone is a stranger. Incorporates archival footage of the family's heritage into poignant views of the daily encounters that the members have with foreign obstacles. Â TITLE: America beyond the color line
1 videodisc (225 min.)
SUMMARY:Gates travels to the east coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago, and Hollywood to investigate modern black America and interview influential Americans including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Willie Herenton and others. Â SUMMARY: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. Â Â  | TITLE: The complete Blue eyed
1 videodisc (30-minute blue eyed (the most concise version) / producers, Claus Strigel, Bertram Verhaag (30 min.) -- Essential blue eyed (trainer's ed., with debriefing with Jane Elliott) / producers, Claus Strigel, Bertram Verhaag (90 min.) -- Blue eyed (original version) / producers, Claus Strigel, Bertram Verhaag (93 min.) |
SUMMARY:For over 30 years Jane Elliott has been America's most highly acclaimed diversity trainer. Her powerful and controversial "blue eyed/brown eyed" exercise has had a life-changing impact on thousands in schools, corporations and government. The original "Blue eyed," the definitive record of her technique, proved so powerful that is has been made into three separate versions so it can be conveniently used in any setting. Â TITLE: Race: the power of an illusion
3 videocassettes (174 min.)
SUMMARY:Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race. TITLE: Skin deep
1 videocassette (53 min.)
SUMMARY:A diverse group of college students reveal their honest feelings and attitudes about race and racism. Students are interviewed alone, and then discuss the issues in a group setting. TITLE: True colors
1 videocassette (19 min.)
SUMMARY:Follows two college educated men in their mid-thirties, one black, one white, as they involve themselves in a variety of everyday situations in St. Louis, Missouri, to test levels of prejudice based on skin colors. TITLE: Understanding race
1 videodisc (53 min.)
SUMMARY: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. Â SUMMARY:A continuation of the Color of Fear about eight North American men of different races who talk together about how racism affects them. Â TITLE: The way home
1 videocassette (92 min.)
SUMMARY:Over the course of eight months, 64 women come together to share their experiences of oppression through the lens of race. Separated into eight ethnic councils, Indigenous, African-American, Arab, Asian, European-American, Jewish, Latina, and Multiracial, the women explore their stories of identity, oppression, and resistance. TITLE: In the light of reverence
1 videocassette (73 min.)
SUMMARY:Across the United States, Native Americans are struggling to protect their sacred places. Religious freedom, so valued in America, is not guaranteed to those who practice land-based religions. This film presents three indigenous communities in their struggles to protect their sacred sites from rock climbers, tourists, stripmining and development and New Age religious practitioners. TITLE: World religions. Vol. 1, Many paths
1 videodisc (199 min.)
SUMMARY:Elda Hartley invites you to travel the globe and view through her camera lens the endlessly varied and vibrant pastiche of religious rituals practiced throughout the world. During the 1970s and 1980s, this award-winning filmmaker created documentaries on a number of the world's great religions that will open your eyes to the extraordinary differences and the striking similarities among individuals of different faiths. TITLE: Class dismissed: how TV frames the working class
1 videodisc (62 min.)
SUMMARY:"Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants, stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy"--Container. TITLE: No loans today: South Central Los Angeles
1 videocassette (56 min.)
SUMMARY:A Documentary film which examines daily life in the African-American community of South Central Los Angeles, which centers on the ABC Loan Company, a pawnshop/check cashing outlet and the economic services it provides to the local community. Through interviews with African-American business owners and local residents film examines the economic and social problems endured by community residents such as crime, gangs and unemployment. TITLE: No place like home
1 videocassette (25 min.)
SUMMARY:Features the daily life of a young girl, Barbara Faye Wilson, who resides with her mother, brother, and sister in homeless shelters and inexpensive motels. Examines a cycle of domestic violence, poverty, and abandonment which is transmitted from one generation to the next. TITLE: People like us: social class in America
1 videodisc (124 min.)
SUMMARY:How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? Discusses how social class plays a role in the lives of all Americans, whether they live in Park Avenue penthouses, Appalachian trailer parks, bayou houseboats or suburban gated communities. Travels across the U.S. to present stories of family traditions, class mobility, and different lifestyle choices. TITLE: Voices from inside
1 videocassette (60 min.)
SUMMARY:'Voices from Inside' follows German-born theater artist Karina Epperlein into a federal women's prison where she began teaching weekly classes as a volunteer in 1992. Her racially mixed group of women prisoners becomes a circle of trust and healing. Epperlein also talks to the children of the women. TITLE: Communicating across cultures
1 videodisc (30 min.)
SUMMARY:Designed to increase managers' awareness of the issues raised in a diverse work force. Introduces the demographic realities and workplace challenges of diversity by showing how assumptions, prejudice, ethnic differences, unwritten rules, and organizational culture affect performance. TITLE: The Mosaic workplace
10 videocassettes
SUMMARY:This series addresses the problems and opportunities of the demographic reality of the 90s and beyond. Native-born whites whose first language is English will soon constitute the minority in the workforce. A mosaic of colors, languages, and cultural traditions and values will present an immense challenge for both managers and workers. These programs address the numerous issues involved in making the mosaic workplace a more productive one. TITLE: Out at work
1 videdisc (58 min.)
SUMMARY:Discusses the perils that gays and lesbians face in companies in many states across the United States through case studies of two gay men and one lesbian worker who are exposed to job discrimination and finally take action to fight for their rights. | 