Sociology
CZECH WOMEN: NOW WE ARE FREEWomen's Studies Sociology Eastern Europe Directed by Women
The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" of November 1989, which put an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, has led to a remarkable transformation of people's day-to-day lives.
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THE OXCARTAmerican Studies Latino Studies Literature Sociology
Based on a play by Puerto Rican playwright Rene marques, this video potrays the migration of a Puerto Rican family from the countryside to the San Juan ghetto and then to New York's Spanish Harlem.
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GOOD FORTUNEAmerican Studies Asian Studies Cultural Studies Family Relations Sociology Children & Young Adult Directed by Women
Examines the adoption of Chinese children by U.S. parents, profiling six diverse families who share their adoption stories, meeting a parent who worked inside an orphanage before ever planning to adopt, one who lived through China's Cultural Revolution, and another who has spent over twenty years researching adoption in China. It is a video about building families, as well as overcoming cultural myths and misunderstandings.
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SECRET HEBRON: THE SCHOOL RUNEducation Islamic Studies Middle Eastern Studies Sociology Children & Young Adult Directed by Women
This video reveals the plight of young Palestinian children in the West Bank city of Hebron who regularly risk being attacked by Israeli soldiers as they try to go to school each morning.
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CAUTION: SHOW DOGSAmerican Studies Performing Arts Sociology Directed by Women
Caution: Show Dogs profiles four top breeders and their dogs, who share the years of knowledge and experience required to produce consistent champions, and behind-the-scenes footage and interviews at numerous dog shows reveal the excitement and exhilaration of the world of Show Dogs.
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GRASS WAR!: PEASANT STRUGGLE IN BRAZILLabor Studies Latin-American Studies Political Science Sociology Directed by Women
In 1959, some 800 families resisted efforts to remove them from their remote farms. One peasant leader, Jofre Correa Netto, became known as the “Fidel Castro of Brazil,” and became the target of an assassination attempt.
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WOMEN OF VIEQUESWomen's Studies American Studies Latin-American Studies Political Science Puerto Rican Studies Sociology Directed by Women
This video shows the involvement of Puerto Rican women in the continuing protest movement against U.S. Navy use of the island of Vieques as a military training site.
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NO EASY WALK (series)African Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
This series chronicles the history of colonialism and the
struggle for independence in three African countries - Ethiopia,
Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
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WHO BUILT AMERICA? (series)American Studies American History Labor Studies Education Women's Studies World History Sociology
This ten-part series on nineteenth and twentieth-century American history uses period graphics and innovative computer animation to make history accessible and exciting for high school, college and adult education students.
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TURNED OUT: SEXUAL ASSAULT BEHIND BARSCriminal & Law American Studies Human Sexuality Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
This video is a shocking but insightful expose of the taboo subject of homosexual rape and homosexual relations in prison.
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SEEN BUT NOT HEARDAmerican Studies Chicano Studies Criminal & Law Labor Studies Latino Studies New York City Sociology Terrorism Studies Women's Studies Immigration
This video follows the lives of four Mexican women and their families whose undocumented husbands and partners, as workers at the World Trade Center, lost their lives in the tragic events of 9/11.
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PROM NIGHT IN KANSAS CITYAmerican Studies LGBTQ Human Sexuality Psychology & Psychiatry Family Relations Children & Young Adult Dance Sociology Directed by Women
Filmmaker Hali Lee grew up in suburban Kansas City, where she remembers her own high school prom as a drag. In later years, however, she became obsessed with trying to understand the appeal of this quintessentially American tradition—was it the pageantry, the poignant pretensions of teenagers dressing up as ‘adults,’ the myth of prom as a pagan coming-of-age ritual, or the ersatz memories?
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