American History
THE BIG HAmerican History American Studies World History Labor Studies
This video is a film-noir spoof, private eye Clio Malarkey investigates the central role played by working Americans in U.S. history and the hazards of misinterpreting the past.
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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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SOWETO TO BERKELEYAfrican-American Studies American History American Studies African Studies Peace & Conflict Political Science Sociology
Examines the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the University of California at Berkeley
during 1985-86, which led to similar student protests nationwide.
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REIGN OF THE DOG: A RE-VISIONIST HISTORYAmerican History Animation Children & Young Adult Short Films Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
This provocative animated film, featuring a voracious mongrel dog and an evocative
synthesizer score by Kasandra Woodring, uses allegorical and documentary images, maps
and texts to explore and deconstruct the history of the conquest of the Americas.
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THE OTHER HALF REVISITED: THE LEGACY OF JACOB RIISAmerican Studies American History Media Studies Photography Art History Pacific Street Films
More than 100 years ago, in his journalism and his influential book, How the Other Half
Lives, photojournalist Jacob Riis dramatically portrayed issues of homelessness, poverty,
crime, public health, and race relations in America.
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PUERTO RICO: ART AND IDENTITYAmerican History American Studies Art History Economics Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Puerto Rican Studies Religion & Spirituality Short Films Sociology Spanish Language Women's Studies Directed by Women
Surveys the work of plastic artists in Puerto Rico during the 20th century, as well as
significant forerunners in the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on the artists' expression
of national identity. The video combines illustrations of hundreds of art works with
interviews with a dozen major contemporary artists and commentary by art critics.
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