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Casae Resource Library ETHNIC STUDIES FILM LIBRARY INVENTORY Descriptions – Alphabetized by Title Updated: October 27, 2016 -A- Aboriginal Architecture-DVD #544-Native American/Aboriginal, Pueblo, Mohawk, Inuit, Crow, Navajo, Coast Salish, Haida Aboriginal Architecture Living Architecture offers a fascinating in-depth look into the diversity of North American Native architecture. Featuring expert commentary and stunning imagery, this program provides a virtual tour of seven Aboriginal communities – Pueblo, Mohawk, Inuit, Crow, Navajo, Coast Salish and Haida – revealing how each is actively reinterpreting and adapting traditional forms for contemporary purposes. DVD/93 min. Act of War-DVD #001-Asian/Pacific Islander, Hawaii Produced and directed by Puhipau and Joan Lander of Na Maka o ka 'Aina in association with the Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii. Historical documentary focusing on the overthrow of the Hawaiian government in 1893 from the point of view of native Hawaiians. Crosscurrent Media, National Asian American Telecommunications Association. DVD/60 min. 1993 Adelante Mujeres!-VHS #284 -Chican@/Latin@, Spanning five centuries, this comprehensive video, produced by the National Women’s History Project, focuses exclusively on the history of Mexican-American/Chicana women from the Spanish invasion to the present. Hundreds of previously unpublished photographs, art works, and contemporary footage pay tribute to the strength and resilience of women at the center of their families, as activists in their communities, and as contributors to American history. A companion to the groundbreaking Chicana, iAdelante Mujeres! is suitable for young adult and college-age audiences, and community and women’s group. VHS/30 min. Women. Affirmative Action Lecture by Dana Hiatt-DVD #140 -African/Black American, CSU By Dana Hiatt. CSU’s EEO manager lectures before a 1996 class on affirmative action. DVD/53min. Africa Rising DVD #604-African/Black American, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Somalia, Tanzania Every day, 6000 girls are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With little more than fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave African activists are breaking the silence and leading a formidable and fearless grassroots movement to end 5000 years of this human rights violation. Traveling through remote villages in five African countries, this extraordinary film presents an insightful look at a quiet revolution taking the African continent by storm. DVD/62 min./2009. African American Cinema,The-DVD #306-African/Black American, Crime, Racism Part I: Within Our Gates Oscar Micheaux’s “Within Our Gates” is the earliest surviving feature directed by an African American. However, this startling film, unseen for 75 years, is far more than a historic curiosity. The 1993 Library of Congress intertitle restoration reveals it as passionate social history, confronting racism head-on through a story of a young African American woman who seeks a Northern white patron for a Southern school for black children. The scenes of lynching and attempted white-on-black rape may be response to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and remain shocking to this day. DVD/ 78 min. 1 of 138 Back to Top Part II: Scar of Shame The Scar of Shame is a rare surviving silent example of what the film industry once labeled “race movies”: films with African American casts intended for African American audiences. An aspiring middle-class black composer marries a woman to rescue her from ghetto crime and harassment but soon comes to shun her lower-class status. Through a melodrama of dance halls and gunfights, the film depicts poverty, ambition, and prejudice within the black community in ways otherwise unseen in silent film. Filmed in Philadelphia by a mixed-raced production team (black producer/white director and writer), THE SCAR OF SHAME makes a companion to Within Our Gate with its black producer/writer/director and mixed race cast. Preceding The Scar of Shame is an early experimental musical short from 1923, documenting team of Noble Sissle (on vocals) and Eubie Blake (on piano). DVD/79 min. 1926. African American Inventors: From Dreams to Reality-DVD #002-African/Black American, Technology, Health Presentation of several minority inventors who have contributed to science, technology, and medicine. Educational Video Network. DVD/20 min. African Americans-Many Rivers to Cross-DVD #717-African/Black American, Identity, Slavery Written and presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of WEB Du Boise Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, this six-hour series explores the evolution of the African American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds. Commencing with the origins of slavery in Africa, the series moves through five centuries of remarkable historic events right up to the present-when America is led by a black president, yet remains a nation deeply divided by race. By highlighting the tragedies, triumphs and contradictions of the black experience, the series reveals to viewers that the African- American community has never been a uniform entity, and that its members have been actively debating their differences from their first days in this country. Throughout the course of the series, viewers will see that the road to freedom for black people in America has not been linear, but more like the course of a river, full of loops and eddies, slowing, and occasionally reversing the current of progress. DVD/360 min./2013. After the Earthquake-DVD #216-Chican@/Latin@, Nicaragua, Politics Before the revolution (1979) and after the earthquake, a woman from Managua unexpectedly encounters her Nicaraguan fiancé in San Francisco. The film questions the pursuit of self-serving interests in the face of larger issues, in this case the Somoza regime, and integrates political concerns with a love story. A film by Lourdes Portillo. DVD/27 min. Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance-DVD #247-African/Black American, Art, Harlem Renaissance This video tells how black artists triumphed over formidable odds. This documentary, narrated by actor Joe Morton, features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by black artists, and even more rarely seen archival footage of those artists at work. DVD/60 min. AIDS and the Native American Family-DVD #03-Native American/Aboriginal, AIDS As one of the first videos to have a personal focus on the family, AIDS and the Native American family addresses the need for cultural and family support. A less sterile approach to AIDS. DVD/11 min. 2 of 138 Back to Top A.I.D.S.: Montana State & PSA’s -VHS #429-Native American/Aboriginal, AIDS, PSA AIDS is a disease that doesn’t discriminate. It effects regardless of race. But AIDS alone doesn’t kill, the ignorance of the disease is as deadly as the disease itself. Get to know all the facts of AIDS before AIDS gets to know you. This is an informational film that discusses the effects of AIDS and how important it is to know how to prevent the deadly disease. VHS/30 min. Alcatraz Is Not an Island- DVD #771 – Native American/Aboriginal, US Foreign Policy The story of the occupation of Alcatraz is as complex and rich as the history of Native Americans. This documentary examines the personal sacrifices, tragedies, social battles and political injustices many Native Americans experienced under the United States Government’s policies of assimilation, termination and relocation –– all eventually leading to Alcatraz. Out of Alcatraz came the “Red Power” movement of the 1970s, which has been called the lost chapter of the Civil Rights era. Thirty years after the take over of Alcatraz, Alcatraz is Not an Island provides the first in-depth look at the history, politics, personalities and cultural reawakening behind this historic event, which sparked a new era of Native American political empowerment, and a cultural renaissance. Among the many people interviewed for the production of Alcatraz is Not an Island are occupation leaders John Trudell, Dr. LaNada Boyer and Adam Fortunate Eagle, along with several other prominent participants, including Wilma Mankiller, Grace Thorpe, Leonard Garment and Brad Patterson. Associate Producer and Historical Consultant Dr. Troy Johnson and Native American author/historian Robert Warrior provide much of the historical commentary in the film. Also included in the documentary is an abundance of historical photos by Michelle Vignes and Ilka Hartmann and archival 16 mm footage –– much of which has never been seen by the public. DVD/60 min. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention for People with Disabilities-VHS #452-Health, This video was filmed at the Maryland Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, Maryland. In this video, people with disabilities, counselors, and others present their views on the issues of alcohol and other drug prevention for people with disabilities and encourage the viewers to become involved. The video seeks to develop a general awareness of the topic, encourage discussion, and engage the audience in identifying ways in which they and their community can become involved. VHS/15 min. Aleut Story-DVD #460-Native American/Aboriginal, Alaska, Documentary, Racism In the turbulence of war, in a place where survival was just short of miraculous, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves – and America.
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