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THEY LIVE IN GUINEAAmerican Studies Economics Environmental Studies Sociology
This video tells the story of a hardworking, self-sufficient, fiercely independent
community of fishermen and women working the waters of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay.
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DOG DAYSAmerican Studies Labor Studies New York City Sociology Urban Studies Directed by Women
This video examines the world of New York City's hot-dog vendors, revealing their
lifestyles, hopes and dreams, and the political struggle in which New York's
Mayor Rudy Giuliani is attempting to restrict their access to the city's streets. It features
interviews with a wide variety of vendors, and members of the city's Vendor Review
Panel and Business Improvement District.
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FREE VOICE OF LABOR: THE JEWISH ANARCHISTSAmerican Studies Jewish Studies Labor Studies New York City Sociology Immigration Pacific Street Films
A dramatic portrait of immigrant life in the U.S. as seen through the eyes of the
sweatshop workers who made up the Jewish anarchist movement.
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ROOSEVELT, NEW JERSEY: VISIONS OF UTOPIAAmerican Studies Jewish Studies Labor Studies Sociology
During the Great Depression, 120 families of Jewish garment workers from New York
City moved to the New Jersey countryside to develop a government-sponsored, agro-
industrial cooperative community. This film tells the story of the cooperative community
through archival footage, photos and interviews with original homesteaders and their
children.
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FROM SWASTIKA TO JIM CROWSociology Jewish Studies Education American Studies American History African-American Studies Directed by Women Pacific Street Films
In the 1930s Jewish intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to the U.S. faced an uncertain future. Confronted with anti-Semitism at American universities and a public distrust of foreigners, many sought refuge in an unlikely place-traditionally black colleges in the segregated South.
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SONS OF DERRYIrish Studies Sociology Directed by Women
Portrays the efforts of two men-the Protestant Glen Barr, one-time political advisor to
the Ulster Defense Association, and the Catholic Paddy Doherty, former spokesman for
the Derry Defense Association-to overcome the bitter enmities of the past with
imaginative solutions to the problems of Northern Ireland's second largest city.
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NO IRISH NEED APPLYAmerican Studies American History Sociology New York City Irish Studies Directed by Women Immigration
Novelist Peter Quinn hosts this documentary on Irish immigration into New York City in
the mid-nineteenth century. The video visits the NYC locations described in Quinn's
novel, The Banished Children of Eve, combining historical photos from the 1860's with
remnants of the buildings in the 1990's.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE TROUBLES: BELFAST STORIESIrish Studies Sociology Women's Studies Directed by Women
This documentary offers first-person accounts of the lives of two working-class
Belfast women told against the violent history of the last twenty-five years in Northern
Ireland.
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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 HARD ROAD TO KLONDIKEAmerican Studies Irish Studies Sociology Immigration
Based on the autobiography of Donegal-born Michael MacGowan, (
1865-1948), this video is a stirring account of his life
as a migrant worker and exile in America at the turn of
the century.
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SAN FRANCISCO GOOD TIMESAmerican Studies Sociology World History
A colorful portrait of the culture and lifestyles of the `Flower Power' era, 1968-72,
including rock music, brown rice, organic gardens, astrology, communes and collectives,
and assorted chemical contraband.
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ARE WE WINNING, MOMMY?: america and the cold warAmerican Studies Media Studies Sociology World History Directed by Women
An incisive examination of the historical roots of the Cold War and its effects on
American life.
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DAY THE COLD WAR CAME HOME, THEAmerican History American Studies Cinema Studies Sociology World History
In October 1947, screenwriter Gordon Kahn was one of those subpoenaed to appear
before the House on Un-American Activities Committee which was investigating
`communist subversion' of the film industry.
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THE RETURN OF JOE HILLAmerican History American Studies Labor Studies Music Sociology World History Immigration
Tells the story of Joe Hill (1879-1915), a Swedish immigrant to America who became a
songwriter, cartoonist and labor organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
and whose 1915 execution by the state of Utah for a crime he probably did not commit
transformed him into a martyr for the labor movement and an international folk hero.
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HULL HOUSE: THE HOUSE THAT JANE BUILTAmerican History American Studies Sociology Women's Studies Immigration
In 1889, amidst the slums of Chicago's Near West Side, pioneer social worker Jane
Addams (1860-1935) opened Hull House to aid the poor, largely immigrant residents of
the neighborhood.
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THE USA VS. TOKYO ROSEAmerican History Asian Studies Sociology World History
Tells the little-known story of the Justice Department's postwar pursuit and conviction
of Japanese-American Iva Toguri for what it deemed treasonous radio broadcasts during
WWII.
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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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UNFORGETTABLE: 100 YEARS REMEMBERED
This video is a veritable time capsule featuring interviews with survivors of a generation
who lived through one of the most remarkable centuries in human history.
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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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THE FORGOTTEN BATTLE OF FORT PILLOW AND THE BIRTH OF THE KU KLUX KLANAfrican-American Studies American History Sociology World History
This historical documentary uses Civil War re-enactments, historical footage, photos and
contemporary interviews to explore a controversial event in American and African-
American Civil War history.
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