Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
New Acquisitions - April 2006

21st century sons and mothers 2004

Program presents both scientific and anecdotal evidence to illustrate the dynamics of the mother/son relationship.

1 videodisc (48 min.)

DANA 253

27 dollari 27 dollars 2000

A documentary about the Grameen Bank, founded in Bangladesh in 1983 for the purpose of making micro-loans to poor people, enabling them to start small businesses and rise out of poverty. Includes interviews with women running businesses funded by Grameen Bank and with the founder, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunas.

1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-7321

5 girls 2001

Follows five young teenage girls going to schools in Chicago. Looks at their family life, their behavior at home and school, and their friendships and other relationships.

1 videocassette (ca. 113 min.)

MEDIA 2-7334

Afghanistan unveiled Regards D'Afghanes 2003

In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video journalists and camera operators, traveled to rural regions of Afghanistan to interview their countrywomen. In the span of two months, they met and spoke with women eking out an existence in caves, women risking punishment by daring to appear on film and women whose lives and families had been destroyed by years of bombing and oppression.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-7336

Against my will 2002

Investigates violence against women in Pakistan, where concepts of family honor and the status of women as property perpetuate the practice of "honor killing", the murder of women by male relatives for behavior deemed socially or morally unacceptable.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7302

Arlit, deuxieme Paris Arlit, the second Paris 2005

Arlit, Deuxieme Paris is a case study in migration and environmental racism set in an uranium mining town in the Sahara desert of Niger.

1 videocassette (78 min.)

MEDIA 2-7353

The art of Barbara Hepworth 2004

As one of the world's foremost sculptors, Barbara Hepworth left a legacy of creations that continues to inspire new generations of artists. This program reveals the beauty and the power of her sculptures through footage of her naturalistic carvings of the 1920s. The program also uses Dame Barbara's own words, drawn from writings, correspondence, and archival interviews.

1 videodisc (49 min.)

DANA 248

At play in the fields of the Lord 1992

The tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. One is an American mercenary hired to drive the Niaruna Indians off their land, who joins forces with them instead. The other is a missionary sent to convert the natives to Christianity.

2 videocassettes (186 min.)

MEDIA 2-7348 cassette 1

At play in the fields of the Lord 1992

The tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. One is an American mercenary hired to drive the Niaruna Indians off their land, who joins forces with them instead. The other is a missionary sent to convert the natives to Christianity.

2 videocassettes (186 min.)

MEDIA 2-7349 cassette 2

The attendant 1993

A homoerotic fantasy that takes place in an art museum.

1 videocassette (8 min.)

MEDIA 2-7328

Banu-yi Urdibihisht The May lady 2003?

A successful documentary filmmaker lives with her teenage son. Her family life is beset with problems, which become more complicated when she meets a man. At the same time, she is making a film on exemplary mothers. Finishing the film would seem to provide answers for her personal life.

1 videodisc (86 min.)

MEDIA 10-586

Bill Moyers presents a conversation with Alice Walker 2004

A leading voice among American writers, Alice Walker has published books of influential poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and criticism. In this program, Ms. Walker talks with Bill Moyers ..."--Container.

1 videodisc (58 min.)

DANA 227

Bill Moyers presents a conversation with Maya Lin 2003

One of the rare few who have managed to excel in both art and architecture, Maya Lin creates places of refuge and contemplation in highly public spaces. Constructed on an intimite human scale, they invite visitors to touch, feel, respond and reflect. In this program, the acclaimed sculptor and architect talks with Bill Moyers about a life and career that has been shaped by her Chinese-American heritage and a profound respect and love for the natural environment.

1 videodisc (55 min.)

DANA 228

Black women on: the light, dark thang 1999

Explores the politics of color within the African-American community. Afro-American women, representing a variety of hues, speak candidly about the longstanding "caste system" that permeates black society and share personal stories about how being too light or too dark has profoundly influenced their life and relationships.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-7333

Busting out 2004

A disarmingly honest and intimate exploration of our society's fascination with women's breasts.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-7326

Charlemagne 1995

The life and times of Medieval Europe's most heroic and legendary figure are dramatized in Charlemagne. Intense passions, bloody betrayals and political intrigues surround an extraordinary leader who changes the course of history, and sets aside his own happiness for the greater good.

5 videocassettes (60 min. each)

MEDIA 2-7343 cassette 1

Charlemagne 1995

The life and times of Medieval Europe's most heroic and legendary figure are dramatized in Charlemagne. Intense passions, bloody betrayals and political intrigues surround an extraordinary leader who changes the course of history, and sets aside his own happiness for the greater good.

5 videocassettes (60 min. each)

MEDIA 2-7344 cassette 2

Charlemagne 1995

The life and times of Medieval Europe's most heroic and legendary figure are dramatized in Charlemagne. Intense passions, bloody betrayals and political intrigues surround an extraordinary leader who changes the course of history, and sets aside his own happiness for the greater good.

5 videocassettes (60 min. each)

MEDIA 2-7345 cassette 3

Charlemagne 1995

The life and times of Medieval Europe's most heroic and legendary figure are dramatized in Charlemagne. Intense passions, bloody betrayals and political intrigues surround an extraordinary leader who changes the course of history, and sets aside his own happiness for the greater good.

5 videocassettes (60 min. each)

MEDIA 2-7346 cassette 4

Charlemagne 1995

The life and times of Medieval Europe's most heroic and legendary figure are dramatized in Charlemagne. Intense passions, bloody betrayals and political intrigues surround an extraordinary leader who changes the course of history, and sets aside his own happiness for the greater good.

5 videocassettes (60 min. each)

MEDIA 2-7347 cassette 5

Chimpanzees 2003

The first program goes into Tanzania's Gombe National Park to observe the daily life of the chimpanzee clan Jane Goodall has known since the days of her research in the 1960s. The second program delves into the questions are chimps and other primates similar to us? How does their intelligence compare to our own? Answers are found both in the laboratory and in the wild. The program also goes to Central Zaire to observe pygmy chimps (bonobos) in the wild.

1 videodisc (112 min.)

MEDIA 10-584

China: the dragon's ascent: Family values 2004

"This program captures a transitional phase of Chinese history in which many parents are struggling to instill Confucian values and their own received wisdom about life into their children ... who must weigh filial obedience, social obligations, and acceptance of established gender roles against a yearning for personal space and independence."--Container.

1 videodisc (58 min.)

DANA 244

La condanna The conviction 1994

A story which explores the sexual complexities of men and women; what constitutes coercion and consent? what constitutes force in a sexual relationship? what do men and women really want? A night of wild love-making in a locked museum leads to a rape trial and to further encounters that raise these questions.

1 videocassette (92 min.)

MEDIA 2-7313

A conversation with Susan Sontag 2005

1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.)

DANA 238

Dreaming rivers 1988

After the death of their mother, who emigrated to England from St. Lucia to be with their father, two sisters and a brother of white English and Black Caribbean parentage attempt to fathom her psyche, her homesickness and depression after their father left the family, and their own ambiguous sense of identity and belonging.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-7332

El Cid 1989

The epic story of Spain's immortal warrior-liberator who drove back the invading Islamic hordes in the 11th Century.

2 videocassettes (ca. 172 min.)

MEDIA 2-7340 cassette 1

El Cid 1989

The epic story of Spain's immortal warrior-liberator who drove back the invading Islamic hordes in the 11th Century.

2 videocassettes (ca. 172 min.)

MEDIA 2-7341 cassette 2

The execution of Wanda Jean 2005

In 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was given a lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma, making her the first black woman to be executed in America in fifty years. Chronicles the methodical way the criminal justice system proceeds to execute Wanda Jean, a convicted murderess with a low IQ bordering on retardation. While pleas for clemency are exhausted, she faces her inevitable death.

1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.)

MEDIA 10-583

Failure to protect the caseworker files 2003

Failure to protect, the caseworker files: Looks closely at the Maine Department of Human Services. Failure to protect, a national dialogue: A Frontline/Fred Friendly seminar in which a panel of national experts as well as ordinary citizens explore a hypothetical case involving foster care.

1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-7308

Failure to protect the taking of Logan Marr 2003

Logan Marr lived in three foster homes before she died. Frontline investigates how the foster care system failed Logan Marr and what went wrong with the oversight provided by the Maine Department of Human Services.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7307

Fair play 2004

Set at Fulmore Middle School in Austin, Texas, this program exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain.

1 videodisc (57 min.)

DANA 251

The fall of the Roman Empire 1991?

The Roman Empire is at the height of its glory in 180 A.D., but slowly crumbling under its own corruption and the barbarians from the north and east.

1 videocassette (ca. 182 min.)

MEDIA 2-7327

Fallen angels 2003

Abandoned and filled with a mysterious past, Holy Angel School For Girls is about to reveal its secrets of betrayal, jealousy, and vengeance.

1 videodisc (97 min.)

MEDIA 10-203

For a place under the heavens 2003

Beginning with the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sumar traces the relationship of Islam to the state in an effort to understand how women are coping with and surviving the increasing religiosity of civil and political life in her country.

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-7335

Furious flower II regenerating the black poetic tradition 2005

A three part video anthology of African American poetry offering intimate portraits of leading poets reading and discussing their own works.

3 videocassettes ( 214 min)

MEDIA 2-7351 cassette 2

Furious flower II regenerating the black poetic tradition 2005

A three part video anthology of African American poetry offering intimate portraits of leading poets reading and discussing their own works.

3 videocassettes ( 214 min)

MEDIA 2-7350 cassette 1

Furious flower II regenerating the black poetic tradition 2005

A three part video anthology of African American poetry offering intimate portraits of leading poets reading and discussing their own works.

3 videocassettes ( 214 min)

MEDIA 2-7352 cassette 3

Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, or, The witch's curse 2002

Each Lord of Ruddigore is cursed to commit a crime a day or die. Robin, who is the Lord of Ruddigore living incognito to avoid the family curse, is exposed and forced into a life of crime until logic offers an ingenious solution and reunion with Rose Maybud.

1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.)

MUSIC 80

Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri 2002

Iolanthe used to be the life and soul of Fairyland but was banished 25 years ago for marrying a mortal. Now, pardoned by the Fairy Queen she returns as a beautiful teenager, but with a 24-year-old son, Strephon, who is half fairy, half mortal. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of the rather susceptible Lord Chancellor. For a while, these complications wreck havoc with the proceedings of the House of Lords, giving Gilbert a chance to poke fun at that august institution.

1 videodisc (114 min.)

MUSIC 78

Gilbert & Sullivan's The yeomen of the guard, or, The merryman and his maid 2002

Phoebe Meryll's father has a plan to save Colonel Fairfax from execution. Fairfax needs to marry before he dies, and Elsie, the sweetheart of Jack Point, the professional jester, agrees to be his temporary bride.

1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.)

MUSIC 79

Girl with a suitcase 1997

A rich young aristocrat abandons a young woman after a brief fling with her. She traces him to his home, where the sensitive younger brother of sixteen falls in love with her; she comes to have strong feelings for him, while realizing the relationship cannot last.

1 videocassette (96 min.)

MEDIA 2-7314

God sleeps in Rwanda 2004

Five women struggle to rebuild their lives and redefine women's roles in a country torn apart by war and genocide.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-7331

Halvan kahvin uhrit The victims of cheap coffee 2003

This film describes the human consequences that the collapse of coffee prices has caused in the producer countries of Nicaragua and Vietnam.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7323

Hell in the Pacific 2001

Documents the true story of the brutal battle arena of the Second World War. Contains rare and extraordinary archive film and eyewitness accounts of the brutal conflict.

1 videocassette (ca. 200 min.)

MEDIA 2-7359 cassette 1

Hell in the Pacific 2001

Documents the true story of the brutal battle arena of the Second World War. Contains rare and extraordinary archive film and eyewitness accounts of the brutal conflict.

1 videocassette (ca. 200 min.)

MEDIA 2-7360 cassette 2

Homo sapiens 1900 1999

Examines the history of eugenics, racial hygiene and the ideas of the "new man," as developed in the early 20th century in Germany and the Soviet Union.

1 videocassette (88 min.)

MEDIA 2-7329

I shot Jesse James 1996

The story of Bob Ford, the man who shot down the famous outlaw Jesse James.

1 videocassette (81 min.)

MEDIA 2-7298

Identificazione di una donna Identification of a woman 1999

An unusual and contemporary love story based on a film maker's chance encounters with two women.

1 videocassette (125 min.)

MEDIA 2-7311

Kapo 1996

The story of a Jewish girl from Paris sent to a concentration camp during World War II. In the camp the girl is befriended by a kindly doctor, who helps her hide her true identity and work as a camp guard, or "kapo." Unfortunately, her new found power goes to her head, and her abuse of that power is very nearly on the same level as the Nazis.

1 videocassette (87 min.)

MEDIA 2-7305

Knights Templar 1997

Explore the legends and history of the Knights Templar, mysterious sword welding monks known for their fanatical courage.

1 videocassette (46 min.)

MEDIA 2-7358

Latin American women artists, 1915-1995 2005

Features the work of important artists of the recent past, like Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral and Mexico's María Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo. Includes recent interviews with living artists such as Colombian painter Fanny Sanín, Chilean multi-media artist Soledad Salamé, Venezuelan sculptor Elba Damast and Cuban multi-media artist María Campos Pons. "Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995" gives a comprehensive history of art made by women working in "La América Latina" throughout the twentieth century.

1 videodisc (27 min.)

DANA 240

Leonardo a dream of flight 1999

A dramatization of the life of Leonardo da Vinci.

1 videocassette (ca. 49 min.)

MEDIA 2-7364

Liberia an uncivil war 2005

Provides an in-depth case study of one of the many brutal civil wars that have sprung up like wild fires across Africa.

1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-7356

Little women 1995

Classic story by Louisa May Alcott about the March family of four daughters, a strong mother and a father away during the Civil War.

1 videocassette (ca. 119 min.)

MEDIA 2-7338

Lost boys of Sudan 2004

This extraordinarily rich, true-life journey follows two Sudanese refugees as they travel from Africa to America to forge a new life, all the while grappling with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American life.

1 videocassette (87 min.)

MEDIA 2-7317

Luchino Visconti's the damned Götterdämmerung 1995

The degradation of a great family, set against the historical background of the "Night the long knives" and the rise of Nazism.

1 videocassette (146 min.)

MEDIA 2-7312

Luci del varietr Lights of variety 1919

Story of the hand-to-mouth existence of a troupe of engaging but not especially talented vaudeville performers who are joined by an ambitious, beautiful young girl of limited talents. She becomes the center of attraction for the company, but she deserts them all for a more upscale show.

1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-7303

Maharajah Burger 1997

This film takes a wry look at the cultural confrontation of East and West, as reflected in Hindu attitudes towards the slaughter in England of cows sick with Mad Cow disease.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7322

Le malentendu colonial 2004

The filmmaker looks at European colonialism in Africa through the lens of Christian evangelism as the model for the relationship between Africa and western countries today. The history of German missionaries in Namibia in the 19th and 20th centuries is discussed by African and German historians and theologians, revealing how colonialism destroyed African beliefs and social systems and replaced them with European ones.

1 videocassette (73 min.)

MEDIA 2-7354

Mery per sempre Forever Mary 1991

An idealistic school teacher tries to make a difference in a rigid reform school.

1 videocassette (100 min.)

MEDIA 2-7304

My house is on fire 1997

Ariel Dorfman's acclaimed play, written in exile in Amsterdam twenty years ago, originally depicted the fear and confusion of two children growing up under the Chilean dictatorship. The short film, seen through the eyes of the young children, creates the atmosphere of fear, anxiety, and unknowing that permeate the experience of being "illegal.".

1 videocassette (ca. 19 min.)

MEDIA 2-7330

The National Museum of Women in the Arts a woman's touch 2005

Presents the story of the founding of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The founder and curator of the museum discuss the characteristics and importance of women's art, including the reason for founding the musuem.

1 videodisc (28 min.)

DANA 239

The night porter 1999

The chance meeting of a woman and a former Nazi SS officer brings back memories of their sado-masochistic relationship in a concentration camp years before.

1 videodisc (118 min.)

MEDIA 10-585

North of 49 W & P Productions presents ; producers, Richard Breyer, David Coryell, Ralph Singh 2003

This video examines the aftermath of arson on Nov. 18, 2001 at a Sikh temple, Gobind Sadan U.S.A., in upstate New York.

1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-7320

On the edge America's working poor 2004

Presents an examination of the working poor in the United States. Several families describe their lives as members of the working poor community where one unexpected expense, sudden illness, or a missed payment could mean financial ruin.

1 videorecording (22 min.)

DANA 237

Pasqualino settebellezze Seven beauties 1998

A small-time casanova with no political convictions and fewer brains shoots his sister's pimp to save the family honor. He is caught, tried, sent to an insane asylum, volunteers for the Italian army and ends up in a Nazi concentration camp, where he learns to survive at any cost.

1 videocassette (ca. 115 min.)

MEDIA 2-7319

Pornography Andrea Dworkin 2005

An exposé of the pornography industry and its implications for wider questions of sexuality and violence--not so much a portrait of Andrea Dworkin, as an account of the struggle she and other women are waging against what they perceive as a radical social evil.

1 videodisc (52 min.)

DANA 250

Reinventing the Taliban? 2004

This program follows Ms. Sharmeen Obaid in her travels thoughout Pakistan as she exposes inequity and injustice, particularly in regard to women, while seeking to understand why and how the Taliban's ideology is being given new life in her home country.

1 videodisc (46 min.)

DANA 243

Rich media, poor democracy 2003

Demonstrates how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Viacom and AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism and low on information.

1 videocassette

MEDIA 2-7301

The right to femininity fighting female circumcision in Africa today 2006

The custom of female circumcision faces growing opposition in Africa. This program presents multiple perspectives on the issue, interviewing health care personnel, professional circumcisers, women who have undergone the ritual, and men who are against it. Examining medical and emotional problems that follow genital mutiliation, the video also features signs of positive change, including a Nigerian drama troupe that stages anti-circumcision productions and groups like UNICEF, CARE Austria, and the Girls' Power Initiative that campaign in areas where the ritual's effects are most profound.

1 videodisc (46 min.)

DANA 236

The rise and fall of Legs Diamond 1991

True story of a legendary gangster, Jack "Legs" Diamond, who built a criminal empire in New York in the '20s.

1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-7300

Rising from the ashes out of poverty 2003

The toll of a war or an earthquake is usually measured by the number of human losses. The work opportunities that they destroy amount to millions. From natural disasters in India or El Salvador, from the war in Croatia to the economic collapse of Argentina, this film shows how the ILO's "Infocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction" succeeds in restoring the dignity of survivors-- by creating a new life for them with decent work.

1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-7316

Riso amaro Bitter rice 1999

In the rice fields of the Po Valley, a thief on the run meets a girl who tries to steal his loot.

1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA 2-7297

Romero 1990

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and the oppression in his country. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a comitted leader of the Salvadoran people.

1 videocassette (105 min.)

MEDIA 2-7342

The royal hunt of the sun 2005

Fueld by promises of gold, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his explorers venture across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru. There, Pizarro captures King Atahuallpa, Inca's godlike monarch, and promises his freedom upon the deliverance of gold. But friendship and respect develop between the two leaders and when the King is sentenced to die, Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor for the King.

1 videodisc (97 min.)

MEDIA 10-587

Sa-i-gu 4.29 1995

Explores the embittering effect the Rodney King verdict and subsequent April 29, 1992 riot had on Korean American women shopkeepers who suffered more than half of the material losses in the conflict. Film underscores the shattering of their American dream while taking the media to task for playing up the "Korean-Black" aspect of the rioting.

1 videocassette (42 min.)

MEDIA 2-7362

Saheri's choice 2004

Examines the custom of arranged marriages in India. Follows the story of one girl and her family as they confront the reality of an impending marriage that was arranged when the girl was barely six years old.

1 videodisc (27 min.)

DANA 246

A scattering of seeds: Episode 26: The Haitian heart of love the creation of Canada 1998

Karl Lévêque came to Canada from Haiti in 1959, and settled in Québec. Priest and bon vivant, philosopher and karate aficionado, a man of privacy and a radio host, Lévêque came from bourgeois origins and dedicated his life to the poor. Many Haitians came to Québec in the early sixties and Karl Lévêque became their protector. In this film, taxi drivers, Christian activists, teachers and home workers alike remember Karl as their friend.

1 videocassette (ca. 23 min.)

MEDIA 2-7363

Search for freedom 2003

Traces the dramatic social and political history of Afghanistan from the 1920s to the present through the stories of four remarkable women during the Taliban regime.

1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-7337

Shackled women 2004

Program assesses second- and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment and examines how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation.

1 videodisc (41 min.)

DANA 245

Shake hands with the devil the journey of Roméo Dallaire 2004

The story of Canadian Lt. Gen. Romo Dallaire, and his controversial command of the United Nations mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA 2-7357

Shirin Neshat the woman moves 2004

An acclaimed photographer, filmmaker, and video artist, Iranian-born Shirin Neshat addresses the complex forces shaping the identity of Muslim women throughout the world and explores the social, political, and psychological dimensions of women's experiences.

1 videodisc (42 min.)

DANA 254

Six generations 2004

From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her great-great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Jenkins-Sahlin, six generations of Stanton women have fought for equality in the voting booth, the classroom, and the workplace. A concise overview of the women's movement in America.

1 videodisc (15 min.)

DANA 252

Le soldatesse the soldierettes 1996

Shortly after Italy conquered Greece in 1941, impoverished Greek women survive by working in Italian military brothels. An Italian major falls in love with one of the women.

1 videocassette (ca. 97 min.)

MEDIA 2-7306

St. Patrick the Irish legend 2000

The life of Irish hero, St. Patrick, whose belief that good conquers evil would liberate Ireland and alter the course of history.

1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-588

State of denial 2003

South Africa is the country with the highest number of HIV positive people in the world. This video illustrates how they must fight not only the disease but the drug cartels and the inactivity of their own government to get treatment.

1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-7355

The Statue of Liberty building a colossus 2004

This highly acclaimed documentary tells that remarkable and little known true story of the Statue of Liberty.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-7299

Stories of women in Kabul a report 2006

The producers of this program were granted unlimited access to Kabul's Baghe Zanana, or Garden of Women-- perhaps the only public place in Afghanistan where men are not welcome. Here, women can gather, dance, and remove their burqas without fear of violence or alienation. In stark contrast, a women's prison is also visited. The courageous figures who inhabit these settings--including a resident therapist who conducts support groups for the frightened and the traumatized, and a cafeteria employee struggling to improve her family's living conditions--demonstrate how far Afghanistan must go to overcome its repressive and war-ravaged history.

1 videodisc (27 min.)

DANA 235

The storm 2005

"The storm" investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. Veteran Frontline producer/reporter Martin Smith will lead a team to ask hard questions about the decisions leading up to the disaster and beyond.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7318

The story of mothers & daughters 2004

Over 500 women were interviewed for this film about mother/daughter relationships. Their stories form a diverse tapestry of age and race, anger and understanding, sorrow and joy. Like the timeless cycle of motherhood itself, the program is arranged into basic sections: birth, growing up, separation, woman to woman, and death and renewal.

1 videodisc (46 min.)

DANA 242

Street gangs of Los Angeles 1992

Documentary film of life in the streets of Los Angeles.

1 videocassette (ca. 44 min.)

MEDIA 2-7296

Street life inside America's gangs 1999

Police estimate that there are 31,000 gangs currently operating in the U.S., many whose members are female. Includes interviews with both female and male gang members and unscripted video footage shot by gang members providing a glimpse of life inside.

1 videocassette (43 min.)

MEDIA 2-7295

Thirst 2004

The survival of communities is threatened when big business buys the water supply.

1 videocassette (62 min.)

MEDIA 2-7325

Ultimate challenge: Pain beneath the rage 1990

This program examines a teenage girl's adjustment to her first experience of positive parenting and shows how her foster parents address adolescent sexuality, the struggle for independence, birth family conflicts, and the effective use of community resources.

1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-7315

The Viking sagas 1997

Ralf Moeller is battling the barbaric forces of darkness. Only the protection of the magical ghost-sword, the teachings of a legendary warrior and the love of a beautiful woman can hope to sustain him in his struggle for victory, revenge and redemption.

1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-7339

Wearing hijab uncovering the myths of Islam in the United States 2004

Six women who were born into Muslim families or who chose to convert to Islam talk about being Muslim in the United States, and their choice of whether to wear the traditional veil, the hijab.

1 videodisc (34 min.)

DANA 247

Women artists the other side of the picture 2004

Respected artists in combination with curators, art historians, and others, discuss the dearth of women's artwork in major galleries and examine the poignant social history of women in the fine arts. Spotlights the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

1 videodisc (54 min.)

DANA 249

Zora Neale Hurston a heart with room for every joy 2006

Illuminating biography of Hurston--a compelling story of a free spirit who achieved national prominency yet died in obscurity--examines the rich legacy of her writings.

1 videodisc (42 min.)

DANA 234