Sociology - Videos and DVDs

Listed below - most recent first - are videos and DVDs on sociology-related topics. To schedule a video for your class use the UMD Library Online Media Booking Request Form.

The Meth Epidemic. WBGH Educational Foundation, 2006. 1 videocasette 60 minutes. VC 4934

Young, Muslim, and French: Stories of Assimilation and Defiance. 2006. 57 mins. DVD 1051

The America of the Amish. 2005. Films Media Group. DVD 1019

The New Asylums. WGBH Educational Foundation, 2005. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. VC 4937

The O.J. Verdict. PBS Video, 2005. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. VC 4935

The Corporation: A Documentary. Zeitgeist Films, 2004. 1 videodisc 145 minutes. A critique of modern business corporations in the international context. [Based on the book, "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power" by Joel Baken] DVD 192

Crash. Lions Gate Entertainment, 2004. 1 videodisc 122 minutes. DVD 838

Ghosts of Rwanda. PBS Video, 2004. 1 videocassette 120 minutes. VC 4938

Hotel Rwanda. 2004 Facets. 122 min. DVD 1085

The Plea. WGBH Educational Foundation., 1 videocassette 90 minutes. VC 4940

Synesthesia: Derek Tastes of Earwax. 2004. Films for H&S. 50 mins. DVD 1029

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience. FFH Home Video, 2003. 4 videocassettes 90 minutes each. Traces the history and experiences of Chinese Americans. Includes interviews with prominent Chinese Americans. VC 4880

Birth Order and Its Effects. Meridian Education Corporation, 2003. 1 videodisc 17 minutes. This program examines the effects of birth order on personality. It looks at the only child, first born, middle, and youngest child and gives insight into their behaviors and attitudes. DVD 191

A Dangerous Business. PBS Video, 2003. 1 videocassette 46 minutes. VC 4936 & VC 4849

Failure to Protect: Case Worker Files and National Dialogue: The Taking of Logan Marr. 2003. Frontline. 120 mins. VC 4942

Life and Debt. New Yorker Video, 2003. 1 videodisc 86 minutes. DVD 187

Making Friends. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003. 1 videodisc 60 minutes. DVD 207

Personality. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003. 1 vidoedisc 60 minutes. DVD 206

Race: The Power of Illusion. California Newsreel, 2003. 1 videodisc 168 minutes. Three episodes: 1) "The Difference Between Us" (56 minutes) - explores how scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of race, 2) "The Story We Tell" (56 minutes) - traces history of the race concept, and 3) "The House We Live In" (56 minutes) - shows how institutions shape and create race. DVD 136

Alcatraz is Not an Island. Berkely Media, 2002. 58 mins. DVD 1208

The New Patriots. Richter Productions, 2002. 1 videocassette 19 minutes. VC 4768

The Barcelona Blueprint. City Life Series 9. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. This film explores Barcelona, once the industrial heart of the region of Catalonia in Spain but which had fall on hard times. It coduments a change under a visionary local government that decided to radically redevelop the city in the run for the 1992 Olympics. It is now considered a model 21st century city, combining historic buildings with modern architecture. Includes a debate on the issues facing cities and those who live in them that was part of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in New York in 2001. VC 4557

Brazil: Winning Against AIDS. City Life Series 16. TVE, 2001. 1 videcassette 27 minutes. Documents an impressive HIV/AIDS treatment program in Brazil with free antiretroviral drugs, clinical care, and monitoring. Since Brazil started to manufacture its own HIV/AIDS drugs in 1997, more has been available to the country's patients and the Brazilian government's national HIV/AIDS program has halved the death rate, prevented thousands of new patients from being hospitalized, and helped stabilize the epidemic. This program examines whether Brazil's program can be replicated in other countries. VC 4564

City Life. City Life Series 1. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Follows Marta Suplicy, the mayor of São Paulo, Brazil, as she visits schools, hospitals, favelas, and a shelter for battered women, in her quest to improve the living conditions of the city. VC 4547

Doing the Right Thing. City Life Series 7. TVE, 2001. 1 videocasssette 30 minutes. Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, was once an ordinary, dirty, Brazilian port city. Through a direct democracy program known as the "participatory budget," transformation has taken place, including a fallen unemployment rate, an excellent public transportation system, and the dramatic improvement of poor neighborhoods. This program traces the experiences of two women, both born in poor slum areas, who have risen through this program as neighborhood leaders. VC 4555

A Fistful of Rice. City Life Series 12. TVE, 2001. 1 Videocassette 28 minutes. Nine out of every ten children in Nepal suffer from some form of malnutrition, which ironically goes unnoticed. This program examines the complex causes and effects of protein energy malnutrition through the stories of people in Nepal who live with it on a daily basis. It also looks at ways of changing attitudes toward food and gender. VC 4560

Gaza Under Siege. City Life Series 10. TVE, 2001.1 videocasssette 30 minutes. The Gaza Strip is home to a million Palestinians, most of whom are refugees whose parents and grandparents went there in 1948 after Israel moved in. In this program, we meet Reyidh and Sabah, members of one refugee family trying to cope. This program also examines why the United Nations fails to criticize Israel's aggression and denies Palestinian statehood. VC 4558

The Global Banquet. Maryknoll World Productions, 2001. 1 videocassette 50 minutes. Examines corporate farming and the impact of globalization on the food system. Part 1. Who's Invited? (25 mins)--Part 2. What's on the Menu? (25 mins). VC 4770

The Global Trade Debate. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001. 1 videocassette 41 minutes. "This program offers a balanced look at the reality of globalization ... Since the founding of the International Monetary Fund, the world has seen a 12-fold increase in global trade. But local economies and the environment have paid a heavy price." VC 4218

The Health Protestors. City Life Series 3. TVE, 2001.1 videocasssette 30 minutes. Frustrated doctors, health professionals, and civil rights activists from around the world met in Dhaka in December 2000 at the People's Health Assembly to draw up their demands for health care in a new People's Health Charter. This program follows the process, from a 50,000-person rally in Calcutta, to late-night drafting sessions, to the final publication of the charter on the last day of the Assembly. VC 4551

Holy Smoke: Cambodians Fight Tobacco. City Life Series 22. TVE, 2001.1 videocasssette 30 minutes. Developing countries like Cambodia bear the brunt of aggressive marketing techniques by huge multinational tobacco companies. There are no health warnings on tobacco products in Cambodia and no bans on sales to minors. Ssince the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, previously suppressed religion has come forth as an agent of change and Buddhist monks are now spearheading the campaign to persuade Cambodians to give up tobacco. VC 4570

Juvenile Justice. Frontline Production, PBS, 2001. 1 videocassette 90 minutes. "Explores whether children who commit serious crimes should be tried as juveniles or adults" [from container]. VC 4449

Lines in the Dust. City Life Series 20. TVE, 2001. 1 videocasssette 30 minutes. In a small village in northern Ghana, a group of men and women discuss their daily chores with the help of a chart they've drawn in the dust. This village is part of a program called Reflect, which aims to reach the 900 million illiterate adults across the world. Reflect uses participants' own knowledge and experience as starting points for learning. Lines in the dust looks at this program in Ghana and India, and how it not only teaches people to read, write, and work with numbers, the participants are also changing ideas about men's and women's separate workloads, standing up for their rights, earning more money for their families, and becoming self-assured. VC 4568

Mickey Mouse Monopoly. Media Education Foundation, 2001. 1 videocassette 52 minutes. A critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company especially in areas of race, gender, and class. VC 3970

The Miller's Tale: Bread for Life. City Life Series 15. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional disorder in the world, affecting more than two billion people. The easiest way to combat the problem is to fortify the flour in bread, but complex social and cultural issues in the Middle East make fortification difficult. Bread has been sacred since ancient times, and many millers refuse to add anything unnatural to their bread because of their beliefs. This program looks at the efforts to introduce fortified flour in Yemen and Egypt, two of the most affected countries. VC 4563

Missing Out. City Life Series 17. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, and less than a third of the population has access to any health care. Malnutrition remains the main cause of maternal and infant mortality, and over half of all pregnant women suffer from iron deficiency anemia. In Tanzania, malaria is blamed for the increase in anemia. UNICEF believes that the solution is providing micromultinutrient pills which contain iron folate and other vitamins. This program follows two traditional birth attendants as they try to persuade women to take iron folate supplements and visit hospitals. It also looks at what could happen when donors pull out of distribution programs. VC 4565

My Hanoi: Personal Reflections by Thuy Linh. City Life Series 19. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. This program tells the story of Tran Thuy Linh, whose family has lived in the flower village area of Hanoi for generations but must now move. Thuy describes the extended family she grew up with and looks at their lives against the changing city. VC 4567

My Mother Built This House. City Life Series 8. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. There are four million homeless people in South Africa who live in shacks in slums or squatter settlements. Government programs are building houses for these homeless, but it is a slow process. This program looks at the difference the South African Homeless People's Federation is making. The federation members, most of whom are women, save up money to add to their government grants, allowing them to build larger houses, helping women and their families live in a home of their own. VC 4556

The New Rulers of the World. Bullfrog Films, 2001. 1 videocassette 53 minutes. VC 4771

The Other Side = El Otro Lado. City Life Series 14. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Examines the devastating impact of Mexican-United States migration. The families and communities left behind are disabled, and their languages and cultures are being destroyed. This
program looks at villagers who strive to ensure that their children will no longer have to migrate
to have a better life. VC 4562

Paradise Domain. City Life Series 5. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. A tiny nation in the South Pacific, Tuvalu and its 10,000 people suffer from underdevelopment and a lack of jobs, subsisting on fishing and harvesting coconuts. Tuvala had one valuable asset: its coveted domain name, dot tv. In 1999, the prime minister sold the name to an American dot.com company in exchange for several million dollars and access to the wired world. Now it is difficult to determine who is reaping the benefits--the Tuvalu islanders or the United States corporation. VC 4553

Patently Obvious. City Life Series 13. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Protection of intellectual property is the foundation of the 21st century new knowledge economy. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Professor Anil Gupta travels from village to village seeking out grassroots inventors and helping them document their work and protect it with patents. Gupta's work not only helps these traditional knowledge keepers earn more money, but also allows them to earn respect and interest from the next generation. VC 4561

Pavements of Gold. City Life Series 6. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Urban poverty is one of the largest problems facing the world in the 21st century. Looking at Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams. VC 4554

Paying the Price. City Life Series 21. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 27 minutes. Paying the Price investigates the history of AIDS treatment in Africa. It details Uganda's success with a UN-sponsored program of price reduction and medical education, and South Africa's refusal to begin a national AIDS treatment program despite defeating a drug company court challenge to the government's import and manufacture of generic antiretroviral drugs. Finally, it looks at the success of smaller local programs that are bringing hope for the future to many infected Africans. VC 4569

People Like Us: Social Class in America. 2001. CNAM Film Library. 124 mins. DVD (with guide) 1010

Scottsboro: an American Tragedy. PBS. 1 videocassette 90 minutes. Nine young African American men face rape charges by a white woman in 1931 leading to a significant legal battle and exposing race tensions in America. VC 4601

Senorita Extraviada. Women Make Movies, 2001. 1 videocassette 75 minutes. Film about the over 250 young women who were kidnapped, raped and murdered from the city of Juárez, Mexico in the 1990s and a situation in which the perpetrators have not been apprehended. VC 4602

Stop the Traffick. City Life Series 18. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. This program examines child labor, including sex work, by Cambodian children in Thailand, and new efforts by the International Labor Organization and local groups to rescue the children and stop the traffic. VC 4566

Take if From Me. (2001). Pureland Pictures. 1 DVD 79 mins. Follows four mothers over one year as they try to meet work requirements, obtain reliable daycare, deal with drug issues, confront domestic violence, and otherwise adapt after "welfare reform" is implemented. DVD coming soon

Together Against Violence. City Life Series 4. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Bennetlands is a ghetto community in the heart of Kingston, Jamaica, which was once a peaceful place with a primary school, two churches, and a health clinic. In the 1980s rival gangs began a
war over the main street, terrorizing the neighborhood. When one of the gang leaders was shot outside the health clinic, the community decided to change things, and local leaders challenged the gangs to heal their differences and work together to restore a sense of community and peace in the neighborhood. VC 4552

Waiting to Go. City Life Series 11. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. According to the United Nations, there are 375,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, most of whom live in poverty. This program follows a Palestinian doctor working in the PLO-funded Haifa hospital in Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp, Beirut. She earns $200 per month and she is forbidden in any Lebanese hospital. Other refugees with degrees are allowed to pick oranges, but none are allowed to rebuild their houses. Those who can get out do, but all hope to one day return to their villages in Palestine. VC 4559

War on Drugs: A War With Ourselves. ABC News. 1 video 40 minutes. ABC News correspondent John Stossel looks at the war on drugs in the United States and compares it to what is being done in such places as Amsterdam; suggests options for what might be done to restrict drug use and abuse. VC 4466

Gender and Communication: Male-Female Differences in Language and Nonverbal Behavior. University of California Extension for Media and Independent Learning, 2001. 1 videocassette 42 minutes. Explores the impact of gender on verbal messages and communication as well as nonverbal modes of communication such as touch, movement, and gesture. VC 4388

Breaking the Bank. Independant Media Centers, 2000. 1 videocassette 74 minutes. Documentary on the issues surrounding the protests against the WTO and IMF meetings in Seattle and in Washington DC. VC 4757

Cities. Bullfrog Films, 2000. 1 videocassette 49 minutes. Discussion of contemporary urban issues around the world including: population growth, environment, transportation, urban sprawl, socioeconomic divisions, and quality of life. Looks at what sustainability means in urban context. VC 4411

Dying to be Thin. WGBH Educational Foundation, 2000. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Looks at eating disorders including anorexia vervosa and bulimia. Also explores current treatments for eating disorders and the American obsession with thin women. VC 4240

Hidden Wars of Desert Storm. Arab Film Distribution, 2000. 1 videodisc 60 minutes. Explores controversial issues about the 1991 Gulf War and Desert Storm. Based on primary sources and interviews with Desert-Storm Commander General Norman Schwarzkopf, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Dennis Halliday, former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and others. DVD 186

How to Handle Conflict and Confrontation. Kineticvideo, 2000. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Presentation of conflict techniques for work environments, aimed at building stronger workplace relationships and improving team collaboration. VC 4675

Killing Us Softly 3. Media Education Foundation, 2000. 1 videocassette 34 minutes. Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on their images of themselves. VC 3750

Legacy. California Newreel, 2000. 1 videocassette 90 minutes. An African American honor student from a Chicago housing project was to be the subject of a documentary but the day filming was to begin was accidently shot. VC 4258

License to Kill. Filmakers Library, 2000. 1 videocassette 45 minutes.

The Money Lenders: The World Bank & International Monetary Fund: A Global Report. Richter Productions, 2000. 1 videocassette 86 minutes. Discusses the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and the effects of the loans given to real people in real places. Shows how the money has been used and the consequences of these loans. VC 3868

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq. Bullfrog Films, 2000. 1 videocassette 75 minutes. VC 4761

This Is What Democracy Looks Like. Big Noise Films, 2000. 1 videocassette 67 minutes. VC 4759

America Needs Human Rights. Food First/ Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1999. 1 videocassette 23 minutes. Told in the voices of welfare mothers, homeless men and women, low-wage workers, seniors, veterans, and health care workers, America needs human rights uses a human rights framework to portray the social ills of contemporary America and lay the basis for a powerful movement for fundamental change. VC 3676

Conflict Management: The Art of Making Peace. ITAA, 1999. 1 videocassette 55 minutes. Tape of a workshop (with additional footage) of George A. Kohlrieser, Ph.D., specailist in hostage negotiation. Cause of and solutions for conflict are presented in the context of transactional analysis. VC 4672

Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Compas de la Primavera, 1999. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Traces the history of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, focusing on the relation of the IMF, the World Bank, and U.S. agencies to the area. VC 4758

Democratic Promise. University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1999. 1 videocassette 57 minutes. Film about the life and influence of Saul Alinsky, noted social activist in civil rights, farm workers movement, and other collective action. VC 3800

Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999. 2 videocassettes 60 minutes each. VC 3501

Frontline: Real Justice. PBS Video, 1999. 2 videocassettes 150 minutes. VC 4349

Global Village or Global Pillage? World Economy Project, 1999. 1 videocassette 26:46 minutes. Portrays activists who are challenging some of the negative features of globalization. Includes Ralph Nader, Charles Kernaghan, Thea Lee, Loretta Ross, Dennis Brutus. Based on the 1994 book of the same title. VC 4760

Homeland. University of California, 1999. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Explores contemporary life on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota highlighting both the problems and the rich cultural benefits of reservation life. VC 4417

Legacy: Murder and Media, Politics and Prisons. films for the Humanities, 1999. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. From murders to manhunts to a win-at-all costs political campaign, this riveting expose presents the disturbing story behind the passage of California's stringent "three strikes" law. Through candid interviews and news footage, Mike Reynolds and Marc Klaas--brothers-in-arms turned bitter opponents-- and other key players including judges, legal analysts, and state officials illuminate both sides of this heated issue. VC 3649

Made in Thailand. Women Make Movies, 1999. 1 videocassette 33 minutes. VC 4419

Six Billion and Beyond. University of California Extension Center for the Media and Independent Learning, 1999. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. Explores the issues of reproductive health, population, and environment in the following six countries: Mexico, Kenya, India, China, Italy, and the United States. VC 4389

Sweating For A T-Shirt. Global Exchange, 1999. 1 videocassette 23 minutes. VC 4775

Teens: What Makes Them Tick? Films for the Humanities, 1999. 1 videocassette 41 minutes. VC 4573

Arms For the Poor. MaryKnoll World Productions, 1998. 1 viseocassette 25 minutes. VC 4769

Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour. New Day Films, 1998. 1 videocassette 53 minutes. History of the Barbie doll and exploration of interest in and controversy over this cultural icon. VC 4228

Dirty Secrets. New Day Film Library, 1998. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. An American woman searches for her husband, a Guatemalan peasant revolutionary, when he "disappeared" after capture by government forces. VC 4365

Family Conflict Patterns. Insight Media, 1998. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Discussion of various healthy and unhealthy conflict patterns. VC 4673

Zapastista. Big Noise Films, 1998. 1 videocassette 54 minutes. VC 4774

Affluenza. Bullfrog Films, Inc., 1997. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. Uses personal stories, expert commentary and old film clips to illustrate the causes and consequences of consumerism in American society. VC 3060

Children of Divorce. PBS Video, 1997. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Host Fred Barnes interviews psychologists, authors, children of divorced parents, and divorced parents about the emotional, social, and economic toll that divorce has taken on children of divorced parents since the 1960's. VC 4426

A Gathering of Men. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997. 2 videocassettes 88 minutes. Bill Moyers interviews Robert Bly about the confusion men feel today about their roles in society and in their inner lives. Alternates between this interview and a workshop in which Robert Bly leads a group of 100 men into a deeper understanding of their own grief. VC 3243 Part 1

The Gender Tango. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997. 1 videocassette 48 minutes. This program looks at the different ways women define themselves and are defined by others in diverse cultures. VC 3261

Tuskegee. 1997. Films for Humanities and Sciences. 23 mins. DVD 987

Why Can't We Live Together. NBC News, 1997. 1 videocassette 49 minutes. Examines the realities of racial separation in American suburbia even after the end of legal discrimination in housing. Looks at Chicago's changing south suburbs, particularly Matteson. Discusses the social and economic consequences of black families moving in to middle-class, predominantly white suburbs and the resulting white flight, which can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Examines white fears of increasing crime, falling property values, decreasing quality of education, and interracial dating and black perspectives on the attitudes of their new neighbors. VC 3995

Violence Against Women. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1997. 1 videocassette 46 minutes. The secrecy sourrounding domestic violence is the focus of the program. It contains stories of hope for women who are currently in violent relationships, and provides valuable information on how to leave an abusive partner. VC 3262

Affirmative Action: The History of an Idea. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1996. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. This program explores the historical roots of affirmative action and the current debate over its usefulness. The program looks at several different affirmative action programs today, from the Univ. of California, Berkeley, to the city of Chicago. The program includes archival footage and features interviews with a wide array of academic scholars. VC 2790

Ajit. Filmakers Library, 1996. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. A close-up view of an eight-year-old boy who works as a domestic in a middle class Calcutta household. He is shown at his daily tasks--sweeping, cleaning, laundry, and caring for his employer's children. There is not time for school but when he is interviewed, Ajit says he is fortunate for in this household he is given ample food as wages, while in the countryside he often went hungry. VC 3110

Blue Eyed. California Newsreel, 1996. 1 videocassette 93 minutes. Jane Elliott conducts a workshop where an arbitrarily selected group of individuals is targeted to experience prejudice and bigotry. Based on the blue eyed-brown eyed exercise. VC 2751

The Fragile Promise of Choice (Abortion in the U.S. Today). Women Make Movies, 1996. 1 videocassette 57 minutes. A documentary that surveys the current climate in relation to abortion including legislative, funding cutbacks, anti-choice activities, and work of clinics and activists. Includes film footage and interviews. VC 4441

One Survivor Remembers. HBO, 1996. 1 videocassette 39 minutes. VC 2816

20th Century with Mike Wallace: Sexual Harassment and Pornography. A&E Television Networks, 1996. 1 videocassette 50 minutes. Examines sexual harassment of women by men in the workplace and the explosion of sexual harassment cases. Also examines the growth of pornography and effects on women. VC 3925

America's War on Poverty. PBS Video, 1995. 5 videocassettes 300 minutes. VC 246

Banking on Life and Debt. Richter Productions, 1995. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. This documentary will show you how millions of children are sacrificed for the sake of financial stability. The video traces the post-World War II change, which led to the current world economic order. Viewers travel to three continents for reports. VC 2889

From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion. Cocentric Media, 1995. 1 videocassette 57 minutes. A documentary on the efforts to legalize abortion in the United States and on the social and medical dangers of illegal abortions prior to Roe vs. Wade. Also portrays the underground network that helped women procure safe illegal abortions. VC 4442

The Unknown Generation X. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1995. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. 'Generation X' is called a myth by some, a reality by others. Whatever the case may be, the generation of young adults born between 1965 and 1980 faces challenges that no other generation has had to deal with. This program examines some of the stereotypes and issues that society has created for 'Generation X.' VC 2595

Violence Against Women: Beyond the Statistics. Human Relations Media, 1995. 1 videocassette 32 minutes. VC 2757

What Can We Do About Violence? A Bill Moyers Special. Films for the Humanities, 1995. 2 videocassettes 56 minutes each. VC 2461

Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia. New Day Films, 1994. 1 videocassette 47 minutes. Explores the American dream of home ownership in Los Angeles area and the struggles of three women and a teenager dealing with current social-economic condtions. VC 4244

School of the Americas, School of Assassins. Richter Productions, 1994. 1 videocassette 18 minutes. VC 2566

All University Forum on Diversity III. UMD, 1993. 1 videocassette 140 minutes. Conference on cultural diversity held within the University of Minnesota, involving all branches. Discusses getting input from minority students on how they want to be treated and on what issues are important to them. Includes panel discussions, film of Crookston students, a skit, and student discussion. VC 2920 Part 1

Dealing With Diversity. Governors State University, 1993. 24 videocassettes 60 minutes each. A sociology course, hosted by J.Q. Adams, which helps students come to know people from many diverse populations, to understand their constraints and motivations, and to recognize the common elements of humanity between individuals and groups of people. A key objective is to help the student develop an awareness that society is strengthened not from striving for uniformity but from a free and unfettered expression of individuality in all its diverse manifestations. VC 2136

In My Country: An International Perspective on Gender. Utah Valley State College, 1993. 2 videocassettes 85 minutes. Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures with regard to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan, Mexico, Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean), Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire, England, China, El Salvador, and Japan. VC 3317

Rural Communities: Legacy & Change. Ohio University Telecommunications Center, 1993. 13 videocassettes 780 minutes. The course explores rural conditions in the United States from a sociologist's viewpoint. It moves from the definition of rural to the practice of living, surviving and prospering in rural communities. The course is wrapped up by a discussion group led by Patricia Dewees. Rural sociologists Cornelia Flora, Jan Flora, Louis E. Swanson, Mark Weinberg and Jacqueline Spears participate in the discussion. VC 2080

The Split Horn: The Life of a Hmong Shaman in America. Filmakers Library, 2001. 1 videodisc 58 minutes. DVD 538

Enhancing Race Relations on Campus: New Challenges and Opportunities. Matthews and Associates, Inc., 1992. 1 videocassette 120 minutes. Interactive videoconference discussing a solutions oriented program for sharing positive ideas for productive change in the matter of race relations on America's campuses. Concentrates on curriculum changes and open discussion between all segments of the university population to facilitate a multicultural environment on college campuses. VC 3056

Women of Hull-House. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992. 1 videocassette. Historical photographs are used to tell the story of Hull House, the settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr. The contributions of Addams and other Hull House women in the fields of social welfare, women's rights, labor relations, education and world peace are recounted. VC 2208

When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories. Women Make Movies, 1992. 1 videocassette 28minutes. History of abortion in the United States before Roe vs. Wade. Women who risked their lives and doctors who risked their licenses speak frankly to bring alive the era of back-alley abortions.VC 4443

The Eye of the Storm. Center for Humanities, 1991. 1 videocassette 26 minutes. Award winning documentary records an innovative experiment in which a third-grade teacher divides her all-white class into "blue-eyes" and "brown-eyes," making each group superior or inferior on successive days. The program, NOW, demonstrates the nature and effects of bigotry by showing changes brought about in their behavior and learning patterns. VC 3119

Fast Food Women: A Videotape. Appalshop Film and Video, 1991. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Examines the working conditions of women in fast food restaurants in Eastern Kentucky. VC 2754

Gender, the Enduring Paradox. PBS Video , 1991. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. Explores how gender affects how we see ourselves, how others see us, and how gender shapes our human identity. VC 1813

Profiles in Progress. International Commentary Service, 1991. 5 videocassettes 270 minutes. Presents individuals and institutions, which are producing economic, social, and cultural progress in developing countries today. Nos. 1 and 3 discuss how and why some developing countries have been successful in improving their people's living conditions. Nos. 2 and 7 discusses The World Bank and its role in assisting the countries. No. 4 examines UNIFEM's help in establishing Third World women entrepreneurs. No.5 examines the media's reporting on the Third World. No. 6 is an interview with the Indian author Shashi Tharoor. He questions the West's basic assumptions about India, development and the forces that transform an ancient country into a modern land. No. 8 focuses on Maurice Strong, a leader in environmentally sound global development. No. 9 focuses on the Gulf War's impact on Jordon. VC 1915

After the Montreal Massacre. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990. 1 videocassette 27 minutes. One year after the massacre of fourteen women at Montréal's École Polytechnique on December 6 1989, this video looks at the issue of male violence against women, women's fear, and what we as a society must do. VC 2582

Women Seen on Television. New Dimension Media, 1991. 1 videocassette 11 minutes. Blends narration, clips of broadcast footage (advertising and program content) and rock music into a fast-paced, critical look at television's stereotypical view of women. VC 2346

Social Class. Insight Media, 1991. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Explores social class in the United States by focusing on two teenage girls from different classes. Shows how social class if reflected in their lifestyles and how they look at the world. Shows their life chances, questioning whether social stratification is inherently discriminatory. VC 2470

Social Stratification. Insight Media, 1991. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Explains the stratified nature of social structure and examines different types of stratification systems throughout the world and how they developed. VC 2476

A Feast Amid Famine: The World Food Paradox. PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service, 1990. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Thousands starve each day in the Third World while industrialized countries subsidize their agricultural production and spend millions to store and dispose their surplus. This program discusses the imbalance and through interviews with politicians and farmers offers possible solutions. VC 1773

Against Her Will: Rape on Campus. Coronet/MTI Film & Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 46 minutes. Case studies of acquaintance rape on American college campuses and how this can be prevented. VC 1933

Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More. (Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985, program 5). PBS Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. This video illustrates the pervasiveness of the black consciousness movement throughout the country in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. Describes the role of Muhammad Ali and the student movement at Howard University for black studies and explores the "coming of age" of black politicians and political activists through a description of the National Black Political Convention at Gary, Indiana. VC 1589

Annapurna Mahila Mandal (Bombay): An Experiment in Grassroots Development for Women. Upper Midwest Women's History Center, 1989. 1 videocassette 12 minutes. A brief look at an organization of women in Bombay that operates home-based businesses cooking for male migrant workers whose families remain in the countryside. VC 2609

Back to the Movement: 1979-mid 1980's (Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985, program 8). PBS Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. This video contrasts the situations of the black communitites in Miami and Chicago in the early 1980s and explores the themes of power and powerlessness. It describes the grassroots organizing effort leading up to Harold Washington's election and the continuing coalitions that evolved from the campaign. VC 1592

Dangerous Years. MTI Film & Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Discusses the societal and psychological factors that lead to teen suicide and violent behavior. VC 1655

Gap Between the Sexes. MTI Film & Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Describes current research and theories on whether the traits and skills associated with male and females are the result of genetics and hormones or acquired behavior because of training and attitudes of parents and society -is it nature or nurture? VC 1645

A Nation of Law? (1968-1971). PBS Video, 1989. 1 vidoecassette 60 minutes. This video examines the government's response to dissent from the Black Panther Party in Chicago and rebelling inmates at Attica Correctional Facility. Chronicles the FBI's covert program to disrupt and neutralize selected black organizations and explores the call for "law and order" as a campaign issue and as government policy. Documents the activities of an FBI informant in infiltrating the Black Panther Party. VC 1590

Power: 1967-1968 (Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985, Program 5). PBS Video, 1989. 1 vidoecassette 60 minutes. This video explores the political path to power for Carl Stokes, the nation's first black mayor of a major city; describes the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California; examines the education experiment in New York's Ocean Hill-Brownsville section and the power and fragility of coalitions. VC 1587

Slaying the Dragon. Women Make Movies, 1988. 1 vidoecassette 60 minutes. Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures, television programs, commercials, newsreels and news broadcasts. Includes interviews with Asian historians, sociologists, actors and actresses and broadcasters. VC 2899

All the Wrong Moves. Dartnell, 1987. 1 videocassette 23 minutes. Discusses the legal and management implications of sexual harassment and shows supervisors how to deal with it in the workplace. 3 vignettes illustrate the hostile environment, superior/subordinate sexual favor relationships, and involuntary compliance. VC 1172

Down and Out in America. MPI Home Video, 1987. 1 videocassette 57 minutes. This Academy award winning film takes a hard look at the farmers who can't hold on to their land, the homeless and the 20 million Americans who still don't have enough to eat, and asks how long can we ignore the nightmare of poverty. VC 1278

Girls Apart. California Newsreel, 1987. 1 videocassette 40 minutes. A documentary on South Africa which provides a sociological study of how white South Africans' worldview screens them from the realities of apartheid. Shows the very separate lives of two 16 year old girls: one black, living in Soweto, arrested and tortured by the police, and one white, living in suburban Johannesburg in a family of government supporters. Their homes, churches, families, and schools are shown, and their very different attitudes toward their country and their lives are presented. VC 1493

Assault on Affirmative Action. PBS Video, 1986. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Examines the 20-year disagreement over affirmative action policies in America and reveals the points of view of those whom it affects. Looks at 1984 Supreme Court decision favoring seniority over affirmative action, and the Justice Dept's subsequent order that 50 cities tighten their policies. VC 1536

Ethnic Notions. California Newsreel, 1986. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. Presents black stereotypes depicted in American culture from the late 19th through the mid 20th centuries. VC 1069

Fighting Back (1957-62). PBS Video, 1986. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. VC 962

No Easy Walk (1962-66) . PBS Video, 1986. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. VC 962

Suburbs, Arcadia for Everyone. Films for the Humanities, 1986. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. Examines suburban life especially the home and attempts to recreate the country in the city. VC 4251

Whisper, the Waves, the Wind. Terra Nova Films, 1986. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Staged around an actual event on a Southern California beach, interviews with older women inspire the viewer to cast off stereotypes, to break through age and gender barriers and to see older women in a new light. VC 2773

A Woman's Place. View Video, 1986. 1 videocassette 25 minutes. Examines woman's traditional role in society and shows how women today are rethinking their roles. VC 2240

A Class Divided. PBS Video, 1985. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled the Eye of the storm. Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. VC 2243

Rate it X. Facets Video, 1985. 1 videocassette 95 minutes. An ironic portrait of American men's attitudes toward women. Filmmakers Lucy Winer and Paula de Koenigsberg used amazing interviews with a wide variety of men (businessmen, editors, purveyors of pornography, man in the street) to reveal the deep-rooted sense of machismo and the sexual double standards at work in our culture today. VC 1175

What's Wrong With Our Social Policy: Learning from the Great Society. UMD Learning Resource Center, 1985. 1 videocassette 77 minutes. The author of "Losing ground; American social policy" discusses his research on the U.S. welfare programs of the 1960-70's. He explains how his research leads to his conclusion that these programs have failed to reduce poverty and unemployment. VC 738

Abortion Stories from North and South. Cinema Guild, 1984. 1 videocassette 50 minutes. VC 1770

Affirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination. Media and Society Seminars of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1984. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. This seminar is made up of judges, journalists, government officials, lawyers, and teachers discussing a hypothetical case on the rights of men and women. VC 621

Children of Violence. Quest Productions, 1982. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. VC 735

Patterns of Family Interaction. The Consortium, 1982. 1 videocassette 25 minutes. Program presents vignettes of eight family structures, using the same four-member family and the same situation. Provides a graphic illustration of family alliances, communication or disengagement. Promotes discussion about the structures, behaviors, and coping styles of each family portrayed, predictions of the effect of future life events, and problems that might be encountered in treating or counseling family members. VC 786

Abortion Debate. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 31 minutes. In a debate format, Nancy Custer and Robert McCoy discuss whether or not the human life amendment should be enacted by the Minnesota legislature. VC 481

Interview with a Prostitute. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 45 minutes. Dr. David Marcotte interviews Rebecca, a prostitute; they discuss her background, attitudes and profession. VC 456

Men's Issues. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 59 minutes. Herb Laube and Michael Obaste discuss how men's roles are changing and why they are seeking help through men's support groups. VC 465

The Information Society. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1980. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Outlines the development of the information age. Discusses its effects and ramifications for human society. VC 131

Crow Dog's Paradise. Barr Media Group, 1978. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Captures the ritual, religion, and life in a Sioux Indian enclave on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Shows how the Crow Dog family preserves the spiritual and intellectual heritage of this traditional American Indian culture. VC 3950

Woman, Who is Me? Tricepts, 1977. 1 videocassette 10 minutes. An animated film which explores how men and women see each other and themselves. Designed to stimulate discussion about sexual stereotyping. VC 3294

Abortion Debate. UMD Learning Resources Center, 1976. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Mary Ann Kuhuri, chairwoman of the Feminists for Life, and Robert McCoy, director of the Midwest Health Center for Women, debate the issue of abortion before a UMD audience. Presents the pros and cons of abortion, and discusses the political, social, medical and religious/philosophical implications of abortion. VC 550

Society and the Individual. The Search for Opportunity. Great Plains National Instructional Television Library, 1976. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Describes contemporary Japanese social organization and changing lifestyles as contrasted with the older agrarian traditions. VC 832

Men's Lives. New Day Films, 1974. 1 videocassette 44 minutes. Uses a series of candid interviews in order to show what American boys and men believe about the American concept of masculinity. VC 3260

Going Past Go: An Essay on Sexism. KOCE-TV, 1970. 1 videocassette 59 minutes. A documentary on sexism, discussing definitions and examples of how it affects men and women in social, political and economic areas of society. Includes candid interviews with psychologists, government officials, beauty consultants and feminists. VC 180

Family Matters. Cornell University, 1964. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Family matters looks at two American families and shows the positive and negative impact jobs, friends and relatives, neighborhoods and schools have on their lives. VC 643

The Barcelona Blueprint. City Life Series 9. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Once the industrial heart of the region of Catalonia in Spain, Barcelona was becoming a failed European city when a visionary local government decided to radically redevelop the city in the run for the 1992 Olympics. It is now considered a model 21st century city, combining historic buildings with modern architecture. This programs takes a tour of Barcelona's seafront and listens to a studio debate on the issues facing cities and those who live in them. This debate was part of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in New York in 2001. VC 4557

Brazil: Winning Against AIDS. City Life Series 16. TVE, 2001. 1 videcassette 27 minutes. HIV/AIDS sufferers in Brazil today get the same treatment as HIV/AIDS sufferers in the USA and Europe-the same free antiretroviral drugs, clinical care, and monitoring. Since Brazil started to manufacture its own HIV/AIDS drugs in 1997, the country's patients have proved just as capable of taking their medicines on time as Americans or Europeans, and the Brazilian government's national HIV/AIDS program has halved the death rate from AIDS, prevented thousands of new patients from being hospitalized, and helped stabilize the epidemic. This has given the lie to the drug companies' arguements. So is Brazil's program the template for AIDS treatment elsewhere? This program examines whether it can be replicated in other countries. VC 4564

Holy Smoke: Cambodians Fight Tobacco. City Life Series 22. TVE, 2001.1 videocasssette 30 minutes. Developing countries like Cambodia bear the brunt of aggressive marketing techniques by huge multinational tobacco companies. There are no health warnings on tobacco products in Cambodia and no bans on sales to minors. However, since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, previously suppressed religion has asserted itself as an instrument of change. Buddhist monks are now spearheading the campaign to persuade Cambodians to give up tobacco. VC 4570

The Miller's Tale: Bread for Life. City Life Series 15. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional disorder in the world, affecting more than two billion people. The easiest way to combat the problem is to fortify the flour in bread, but
complex social and cultural issues in the Middle East make fortification difficult. Bread has been sacred since ancient times, and many millers refuse to add anything unnatural to their bread because of their beliefs. This program looks at the efforts to introduce fortified flour in Yemen and
Egypt, two of the most affected countries. VC 4563

The Other Side = El Otro Lado. City Life Series 14. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Examines the devastating impact of Mexican-United States migration. The families and
communities left behind are disabled, and their languages and cultures are being destroyed. This
program looks at villagers who strive to ensure that their children will no longer have to migrate
to have a better life. VC 4562

Stop the Traffick. City Life Series 18. TVE, 2001. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Thirty years of war have left Cambodia ravaged and poverty-stricken, making it particularly vulnerable to the child labor industry. Children as young as 10 years old are trafficked into cities from rural areas to become sex workers or trafficked out to Thailand to work as beggars, domestic laborers, or laborers on construction sites. This program examines the trade and new efforts by the International Labor Organization and local groups to rescue the children and stop the traffic. VC 4566

Democratic Promise. University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1999 1 videocassette 57 minutes. Film about the life and influence of Saul Alinsky, noted social activist in civil rights, farm workers movement, and other collective action. VC 3800

Family Conflict Patterns. Insight Media, 1998. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Discussion of various healthy and unhealthy conflict patterns. VC 4673

The Fragile Promise of Choice (Abortion in the U.S. Today). Women Make Movies, 1996. VC 9621 videocassette 57 minutes. A documentary that surveys the current climate in relation to abortion including legislative, funding cutbacks, anti-choice activities, and work of clinics and activists. Includes film footage and interviews. VC 4441