Sociology
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JOHN MCCRAE'S WAR: IN FLANDERS FIELDSWorld History Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Literature Health
This biographical video tells the story of John McCrae, a Canadian army physician in WWI. Shaken by the experience of having to pick up for burial the body parts of a best friend, the victim of a direct hit from a German shell, McCrae later wrote "In Flanders Fields," one of the most famous anti-war poems of all time, while looking out over the grave.
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SCANDALIZE MY NAMEUrban Studies Sociology Political Science Performing Arts New York City Cultural Studies American Studies African-American Studies Directed by Women
Scandalize My Name examines the way Red Scare politics were used to impede the emergence of African-Americans as full participants in the political, social, and cultural aspects of postwar American life. Because television was born into this era and adopted the political attitudes of the time, the story is told through the confrontations of African-American performers with blacklists, loyalty oaths, and discrimination in casting.
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A BAILAR!: THE JOURNEY OF A LATIN DANCE COMPANYSociology Performing Arts Music Latino Studies Dance American Studies Directed by Women
Tells the story of Eddie Torres, who recruits the best of New York's salseros-Hispanic
club and street dancers-and, with the musical collaboration of Tito Puente, molds them
into a professional dance troupe.
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MAMA, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOULGBTQ Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Family Relations
This autobiographical video, in which the filmmaker reveals his homosexuality to his mother,
explores the awkward situation of being ‘out’ to friends but closeted to family.
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WOMEN OF VISION: 18 HISTORIES IN FEMINIST FILM AND VIDEOWomen's Studies Anthropology Sociology Cinema Studies Directed by Women
Profiles a variety of women active in independent-feminist film and video, including production, distribution and education, whose work expresses a variety of political and esthetic viewpoints.
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LIGHT SITE-INGSSociology Art History Architecture Directed by Women
Documents the making of a public art piece that raises questions about the meaning of private and public space and the role of public art.
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