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THE FABULOUS SIXTIES: 1964American Studies American History
The Beatles invade the U.S.; Khrushchev overthrown; LBJ in the White House; Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives Nobel Prize; Cassius Clay; Marshall McLuhan; China becomes nuclear power; Civil Rights workers killed in Mississippi.
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THE FABULOUS SIXTIES: 1963American Studies American History
Racial tensions in the South; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Kennedy forms Peace Corps; Vietnam under Diem; Surgeon General's report on smoking; Hugh Hefner and Playboy magazine; nuclear test ban treaty signed with Moscow; JFK assassinated.
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THE FABULOUS SIXTIES: 1962American Studies American History Cuban Studies
Malcolm X; bomb shelters; Cuban missile crisis and threat of nuclear confrontation; JFK vs. the steel companies; James Meredith goes to school; Thalidomide tragedy; Seattle World's Fair; Marilyn Monroe dies.
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THE FABULOUS SIXTIES: 1961American Studies American History
JFK inauguration; first man in space; Kennedy meets Khrushchev; East Germany builds the wall; Bay of Pigs invasion; trial of Adolf Eichmann; Civil Rights Freedom Riders; the pill; Chubby Checker and the Twist.
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THE FABULOUS SIXTIES:1960American Studies American History
Presidential Election: Kennedy vs. Nixon; U-2 spy plane incident; African independence and the Congo; Sharpeville massacre in South Africa; Caryl Chessman executed; Ban the Bomb demonstrations; Payola scandal; Elvis Presley is drafted.
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BLOOD MEMORY: THE LEGEND OF BEANIE SHORTAmerican Studies American History
Short was a poor man's Jesse James, a Confederate Army deserter who took to raiding and robbing in and around Turkey Neck Bend, just above the Tennessee border in Kentucky. His memory is alive today not because of history books--nothing was written about his exploits for over 100 years--but due to a tradition of oral history and local storytelling.
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TIME CAPSULE: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
This video examines the phenomenon of time capsules, tracing their evolution from
ancient times to modern days, and exploring the human impulse to leave messages for the
future.
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KAMIKAZE SUMMERAmerican Studies LGBTQ Religion & Spirituality
This unusual documentary reveals the "friendly" face of modern-day discrimination in America. A lesbian and a gay man from San Francisco, in an effort to discover why the Religious Right perceives homosexuality as a threat to civilization, embark on a road trip into the heartland of religious bigotry in America.
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WE PUT HER THERE: THE CONTRIBUTORSAmerican History American Studies Architecture Labor Studies New York City Sociology Urban Studies Directed by Women
From the first concept to the final rivet, The Statue of Liberty was the creation of volunteers. Strange to say, no government was involved.
This documentary tells the exciting story of who was involved: hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens from all walks of life, even children, gave their small earnings to realize Miss Liberty, first in France and then in the U.S. It took 14 years to consummate.
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EARLY MISGIVINGS: A FILM ON CHILD ABUSEAmerican Studies Children & Young Adult Criminal & Law Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
Examines the problem of child abuse and its root causes and shows methods of treatment
and prevention. The film includes interviews with parents, doctors, counselors and other
professionals, as well as former victims of child abuse, stressing the need for an
interdisciplinary approach to this far-reaching problem.
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SENTENCED TO LEARNAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Education Sociology
Examines the problem of illiteracy among America's prison population by portraying a
peer-tutoring program in which long-term, educated inmates fill teaching positions left
vacant due to budget cuts.
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FRAME-UP!American Studies Criminal & Law Latino Studies Political Science Pacific Street Films
Examining the case of Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo,
New York who was framed on drug possession charges in 1967 and sentenced to prison,
this film shows how the American justice system can be abused for purposes of political
repression.
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THE GRAND JURYAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Pacific Street Films
Examines the nature and function of the Grand Jury system and explores the relationship
of the grand jury to the rest of the criminal justice system by following a case from arrest
through indictment.
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THROUGH THE WIREAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies Directed by Women
Reveals the shocking conditions at the Female High Security Unit at the federal prison in
Lexington, Kentucky, where three women political prisoners, currently serving sentences
ranging from thirty-five to fifty-eight years in solitary confinement, have been subjected
to psychological experimentation (including sensory deprivation and constant video
surveillance) and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment.
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COPS: BEHIND THE BADGEAmerican Studies Criminal & Law New York City Psychology & Psychiatry
This behind-the-scenes documentary follows police officers in Houston and New York
City on their daily patrols, showing the demanding and often dangerous situations they
confront regularly.
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THE JAILAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
This documentary offers a revealing, inside look at the structure of prison
society in America, particularly its class, racial and sexual aspects, by focusing on the San
Francisco County Jail.
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PRESUMED INNOCENTAmerican Studies Criminal & Law New York City Psychology & Psychiatry
Filmed at New York City's House of Detention for Men on Riker's Island, this
documentary examines the constitutional issues and human problems that accompany
pretrial detention.
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ACTS OF VIOLENCEAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
Examines the high level of deadly violence in American society focusing on three types of
murder--those of the mass murderer, the serial murderer, and the political assassin--and
analyzes not only why these acts are committed but also why they are peculiarly
American.
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MURDER: NO APPARENT MOTIVEAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
Examines the growing phenomenon of serial murders in the U.S., their underlying causes,
and ways in which the killers can be more quickly identified and apprehended.
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HOMEBOYSAmerican Studies Chicano Studies Latino Studies Sociology Directed by Women
Depicts life in Cuatro Flats, a housing project in East Los Angeles, as seen through the
eyes of Chicano gang members, or "homeboys."
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