Peace & Conflict
MY CYPRUS: THE COUNTRY,THE CONFLICT, THE MISSINGPeace & Conflict Europe Directed by Women
Provides an informative historical overview of the ongoing conflict between the Greek and
Turkish Cypriot communities initiated over twenty years ago by the Turkish invasion of
this Mediterranean island.
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AQABAT JABER: PASSING THROUGHSociology Peace & Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Islamic Studies
Portrays life in Aqabat Jaber in the West Bank, one of sixty Palestinian refugee camps
built "temporarily" by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) in the
early 1950s. The film portrays daily life in the camp, and includes interviews with
representatives of three generations of Palestinians.
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HANAN ASHRAWI: A WOMAN OF HER TIMEWomen's Studies Sociology Political Science Peace & Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Islamic Studies Directed by Women
Profiles Hanan Ashrawi, former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization
during the Middle East peace talks with Israel, but who later turned down a position in
the new government in favor of continuing her efforts on behalf of peace and human
rights.
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RECONCILIATION IN ZIMBABWEAfrican Studies Sociology Political Science Peace & Conflict
In 1980, following a fifteen-year-long guerilla struggle against the white-ruled government
of Rhodesia and a negotiated cease fire, ZANU leader Robert Mugabe was elected Prime
Minister of the newly independent nation of Zimbabwe. This documentary offers a
historical overview of these events and examines the first ten years of independence, with
a special focus on relations between white (minority) and black (majority) citizens.
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OF COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCEAfrican Studies Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Peace & Conflict
Features interviews with young people in South Africa, both white and black, who fought
on opposing sides during the country's era of apartheid rule, from youthful cadres
engaged in the liberation struggle and members of black township self-defense units
engaged in guerrilla war, to the white conscripts in the South African Army's border war
and young Afrikaners fearful of social change.
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WAR LABWorld History Sociology Science Peace & Conflict Directed by Women
A compilation historical documentary offering a critical look at the development of bombs
and other weapons of mass destruction since WWII.
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IS THIS DREAMING?Sociology Political Science Peace & Conflict American Studies
Chronicles the history of arms control and disarmament negotiations since WWII,
discusses ways in which international conflicts can be most effectively resolved, and
suggests how ordinary people can influence progress towards disarmament.
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THE THIRD GENERATIONEurope Jewish Studies Middle Eastern Studies Peace & Conflict Children & Young Adult
Focusing on the activities of the German-Israeli Youth Exchange Program, this video
shows three generations of Germans and Israelis who, confronted with the historical
legacy of the Holocaust, are actively involved in building new personal relationships while
trying to come to terms with ambivalent, often negative, attitudes about one another.
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MILLION BRICKS, AIrish Studies Peace & Conflict Religion & Spirituality Sociology Urban Studies
This video tells the story of Springfield Park, a housing estate built in the early Sixties in
West Belfast, made up of both Catholic and Protestant families who lived side by side in
harmony.
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THE TEARS OF PELELIUAmerican History Asian Studies Peace & Conflict Sociology World History
Where The Thin Red Line leaves off, The Tears of Peleliu picks up some fifty years later,
as it follows five American WWII veterans as they meet their former Japanese adversaries
on the bloodiest battlefield in the history of warfare. The residents of Peleliu, a tiny island
in the South Pacific, regard with some trepidation the return of the men who destroyed
their island.
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GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTSEconomics Peace & Conflict Sociology
From executions in Nigeria to riots in Indonesia, this video examines the impact of
"globalization," the economic engine that is rocking financial systems worldwide, and
questions whether or not economic trade can be linked to human rights and democracy,
whether it is possible for profits and principles to coexist.
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IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEYAfrican-American Studies American Studies American History Peace & Conflict Sociology
Examines Pulaski, Tennessee, the town where the Ku Klux Klan was founded
right after the Civil War, and where today its memory still runs very deep.
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