July-August 2014 VOL. 29 THE VIDEO REVIEW MAGAZINE FOR LIBRARIES N O . 4 IN THIS ISSUE God Loves Uganda | The Hooping Life | Tim’s Vermeer | The Address | Life According to Sam | The Story of the Jews scene & he d LET BAKER & TAYLOR’S SCENE & HEARD TEAM HELP MAKE BUILDING AND MAINTAINING YOUR A/V COLLECTION EASIER WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL MEDIA PROCESSING (DMP) SERVICES! DMP off s a v iety of key benefi ts and feat es including: ■ Digitally reproduced original cover artwork ■ Personalized library contact information ■ Detailed content checklists and messaging ■ Circulation-tough polyvinyl CD and DVD cases ■ Single, double, multiple and locking security cases available ■ Large assortment of customized, embedded labels — genre, spine and more! 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He in which the African also spends time with much more inspiring Graphic Designer: Carol Kaufman nation of Uganda be- subjects: the Ugandan activists who are put- Marketing Director: Anne Williams came a hotbed for hatred aimed at gays and ting their lives on the line to continue their lesbians in the last decade, Oscar-winning work for human rights. DVD extras include director Roger Ross Williams’s powerful bonus shorts and deleted scenes. A provoca- Contributing Writers documentary begins with a look at American tive and disturbing film, this is highly recom- evangelical churches, and ends with the fu- mended. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh) Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate neral of a murdered Ugandan LGBT activist. Donald Liebenson, Reviewer, In between, God Loves Uganda explores how Entertainment Weekly, Amazon.com Bush-era policies meant to help Uganda com- A harrowing com- Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg, Librarian, bat the AIDS epidemic were quickly tied to a plementary title, Kath- Valdosta State University, GA mandatory “abstinence-only” theme adopted erine Fairfax Wright by the government. This development would Stephen Rees, Librarian, formerly with and Malika Zouhali- Bucks Co. Free Library, Levittown, PA create an opening for American extremist Worrall’s Call Me Ku- evangelical Christians—a marginal group chu (VL-11/13 HHH1/2) Frank Swietek, Associate Professor stateside—to go to Uganda and demonize gays focuses on veteran ac- of History, University of Dallas, TX and lesbians, whom they called organized tivist David Kato, the agents of humanity’s destruction. Williams first openly gay man in Uganda, whose captures the startling hysteria on Uganda’s murder is also covered in God Loves Additional Contributors: streets, in churches, and in the nation’s Uganda. Sean Axmaker parliament as laws are passed that make ho- mosexuality a crime, one that could result in Carson Block a life sentence or even death. The filmmaker Note: Video Librarian editor Randy Pitman Charles Cassady also documents the growing mob mentality, is on vacation. His “Final Frame” column will Ted Fry which led to people being attacked on the return in the next issue. 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