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Asian Studies Bibliography Media Resources 8/10 HC Bangladesh TITLE Community PUBL INFO Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1996. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY Women and men in the Satkhira district of southwestern Bangladesh show their progress in creating economic opportunity while establishing new roles and relationships for men and women. Also shows the positive long term change that can come with women's participation in community affairs. CALL# HQ1745.6 C64 – Videocassette TITLE The JVC video anthology of world music and dance PUBL INFO Tokyo : JVC, Victor Company of Japan [production company], 1988 ; Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records [distributor], [1990]. DESCRIPT 30 videocassettes (1523 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 9 guides. CONTENTS v. 14 CALL# M1627. J72 v. 14, book 1-9 - Videocassettes + Guides TITLE Life & death on the River Ganges PUBL INFO Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2005. DESCRIPT 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. SUMMARY "Traveling from Gaumukh, the source of the holy Ganges, to Gangasagar, where the river enters the sea, this program acquaints viewers with some of India's venerable cultural traditions--and reflects on environmental factors that are steadily destroying this sacred Indian waterway"—Container. CALL# GS1340. G25 L53 2005 – DVD TITLE Sixteen decisions PUBL INFO Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY Examines the social charter of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and the 16 principles which undergird its success by examining the life of Selina, one of the 2.4 million Bangladeshi women building stronger rural economies through microcredit lending. CALL# HG3290.6 A8 G7383 2000 – Videocassette 1 TITLE That’s why I’m working PUBL INFO New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1999. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY Film discusses child labor in the slums of Dacca, Bangladesh, and attempts to educate these children. CALL# HD6250.B3 D32 1999 – Videocassette TITLE Village women of Bangladesh PUBL INFO [Carlsbad, Calif.] : Distributed by CRM Films, [1989?]. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (3 p.). SUMMARY Tells the story of the lives of daughters, wives, and mothers in the rural villages of Bangladesh. Describes the traditions which bind them to their families and to the agriculture of the region. CALL# HQ1075.5 B3 V54x – Videocassette & Guide TITLE The women’s bank of Bangladesh PUBL INFO Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY Describes the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. It follows the activities of women who have taken out loans, and shows those who oppose the bank's efforts. CALL# HG3290.6 A8 G7388 1997 – Videocassette Bhutan TITLE Bhutan, land of dragons PUBL INFO Washington, D.C. : The Services, [1978]. DESCRIPT 79 slides : col. ; 2 x 2 in. + 1 sound cassette (4-track, stereo., 36 min.), 1 booklet and 1 map in box 28 x 25 x 8 cm. SUMMARY A general view of the geography, ethnic makeup, politics, arts and crafts, customs, and religion of Bhutan. Emphasizes the influence of modern technology on this traditional society. CALL# DS485. B503 B48x – Slides, Cassette, Booklet & Map TITLE Frontline world: stories from a small planet PUBL INFO [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c2002. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY The first segment, Gunrunners, investigates illegal arms trafficking that brings weapons into Sierra Leone and the effects of the resulting injuries and devastation on the civilian population. The second segment, Living with terror, examines life in Sri Lanka amid continuing acts of terrorism. The third segment, The last place, looks at Bhutan, the last country on Earth to bring in television. CALL# DT516.826 F76 2002 – Videocassette 2 TITLE Frontline world: stories from a small planet PUBL INFO [Alexandria, VA?] : PBS Video, 2003. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY In section 1, Philippines : islands under siege, early this year, amidst military preparations for a war in Iraq, the United States announced it was sending 3,000 soldiers to Mindanao, the southernmost region of the Philippines. Frontline/world correspondent Orlando de Guzman, a Filipino reporter from the north, journeyed to Mindanao, where Muslim rebels are fighting a guerrilla war against the Philippine government -- a war in which the United States may soon be embroiled. Section 2, Israel/Palestinian territories : in the line of fire - when journalists become targets, reviews the dilemmas and dangers reporters have faced covering the violence in the West Bank and Gaza over the past several years. Canadian TV producer Patricia Naylor interviews Palestinian cameramen and other journalists who say they have been shot by Israeli soldiers. [This story was originally broadcast in March of 2003]. In section 3, Bhutan : the last place, television arrives in a Buddhist kingdom. Explores the impact of television on a remote Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas. After centuries of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan legalized TV in 1999 -- the last country in the world to do so. Rinzy Dorji, the local "cable guy," hooks up "an electronic invasion." CALL# E183.8 P6 F76 2003 – Videocassette Burma TITLE Inside Burma PUBL INFO Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 1998 DESCRIPT 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. SUMMARY Investigates the history and brutality of the military dictatorship in Burma. CALL# DS530.65 I57 1998 - DVD 3 Cambodia TITLE Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam PUBL INFO Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [1996]. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (1 sheet). SUMMARY Progress versus culture, preserving archaeological sites, and rebuilding war-torn nations are featured in this program. CALL# DS521. A85 1996 – Videocassette + Guide TITLE Cambodia: year ten: a special report PUBL INFO [Princeton, NJ] : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [c1990]. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY Shows the effects of the Khmer Rouge policy of turning Cambodia into an Iron Age rural economy, the cost of the resulting mass murder and mass starvation and disease, the unlikely role of Communist Vietnam as invader and savior of Cambodia, and the likely outcome of the Vietnamese army's departure: the reemergence of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and more devastation. CALL# DS554.842 C34x – Videocassette TITLE Cambodia’s killing fields PUBL INFO Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]. DESCRIPT 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. SUMMARY "This program scrutinizes U.S. violence against technically neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War, attacks carried out in an effort to deny a haven for communist forces. The decade of upheaval that followed what has been called the low point in American diplomacy is also addressed, as an allegedly U.S.-backed coup drove Norodom Sihanouk into the arms of China and opened the door to the ruthless Khmer Rouge. Commentary by Emory "Coby" Swank and Noel Deschamps, former U.S. and Australian ambassadors to Cambodia; David Whipple, CIA station head in Cambodia; Lao Mong Hay, of the Khmer Institute of Democracy; and historian Stephen Heder is featured"—Container CALL# DS554.842 C365 2003 - DVD TITLE Emerging Burma and Cambodia: A film PUBL INFO Chicago, Ill. : Questar Video, 1995. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY An inside look at two countries that have been hidden from the world's view, but which are now attempting to progress alongside the other countries of Southeast Asia. CALL# DS554.382 E44- Videocassette 4 TITLE The JVC video anthology of world music and dance PUBL INFO Tokyo : JVC, Victor Company of Japan [production company], 1988 ; Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records [distributor], [1990]. DESCRIPT 30 videocassettes (1523 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 9 guides. CONTENTS v. 6 CALL# M1627. J72 v.1-30, book 1-9 - Videocassettes + Guides TITLE The Killing fields PUBL INFO Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video [distributor], c2001. DESCRIPT 1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. SUMMARY Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand. CALL# PN1995.9 W3 K54 2001 – DVD TITLE Land of widows PUBL INFO Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1996. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (10 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY The subject of this film is the current status of women and the desperate inequality between men and women in post war Cambodia. The film looks at the delivery of family planning and maternal health services. CALL# HQ1750.3 L35 – Videocassette TITLE Monkey dance PUBL INFO Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, [2005]. DESCRIPT 1 videodisc (65 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. SUMMARY Explores the lives of three Cambodian American teenagers as they come of age in the United States while holding on to some aspects of their Cambodian culture such as Cambodian dance. CALL# E184 K45 M66 2005 – DVD TITLE Never Again?: genocide since the Holocaust PUBL INFO Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2002. DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. SUMMARY "The chronicle of genocide continues with a look at Mao's purges in China, Cambodia under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, the Arab/Israeli conflict, border wars in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and killing in Central America."—Container. CALL# HV6322.7 N48 2002 - Videocassette TITLE Phnom Penh, Saigon, Bangkok PUBL INFO [United States?] : PowerSports International, c1997.