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DOLORESFamily Relations Latino Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Women's Studies
This short drama on domestic abuse, based on extensive research with battered Latinas,
focuses on a Hispanic family, showing how the father's machismo has intimidated both
wife and daughter into continual fear of physical abuse and alienated the son who resents
his father's authoritarian attitudes.
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MOTHER'S JOURNEY, AAsian Studies Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies
Chronicles the experience of 46-year-old Suzanne, an unmarried American woman who,
desiring to create a single-parent family of her own, adopts a baby abandoned on the
streets of China in the wake of that country's notorious population laws. Her emotional
ordeal illuminates both the joys and problems involved in adopting foreign children and in
being a single parent.
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WOMEN IN BLACK (by claudia sherwood)Religion & Spirituality Women's Studies Directed by Women
Growing up Catholic has had a strong impact on many people. This kaleidoscope of baby
boomers' memories features adults describing, with a sense of humor and a sense of
survival, childhood experiences of physical and psychological punishment during their
education by Catholic nuns, especially in the Fifties and Sixties.
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RAPE/CRISISCriminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies
A compelling investigation of the trauma of rape, portraying the aftermath of a rape and
the work of the Rape Crisis Center in Austin, Texas.
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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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HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR SERIES: WOMEN IN THE CORPORATION
This film shows how a firm with 60% women employees, most of whom felt stuck in clerical jobs with no chance for advancement, instituted an affirmative action program, dealt with attitude change, self-awareness and management training.
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SHEPHERD'S PIE AND SUSHIAsian-American Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Women's Studies Directed by Women Immigration
In 1993, Mieko Ouchi, a half-white, half-Japanese actress, began researching a
documentary about her Japanese immigrant grandfather. Shortly thereafter, she was cast
to star in The War Between Us, a feature film on the WWII internment of Japanese-North
Americans, thus re-enacting a key episode in her own community's history.
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UP SOUTHWorld History Women's Studies Labor Studies American Studies African-American Studies
Part of the Who Built America? series, this video tells the vivid tale of the African-American exodus from the rural South to northern industrial cities during World War I.
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DOING AS THEY CAN: slave life in the american southAmerican Studies American History African-American Studies World History Women's Studies Labor Studies
This video features a fugitive woman slave describing life, work, and day-to-day resistance to slavery on a North Carolina cotton plantation during the 1840s and 1850s.
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TEA PARTY ETIQUETTEAmerican Studies American History World History Women's Studies Labor Studies
This video is based on the life of Boston shoemaker George Robert Twelves and reveals how working people helped make the American Revolution.
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SUDDEN CHANGES: POST HYSTERECTOMY SYNDROMEHealth Human Sexuality Sociology Women's Studies Directed by Women
Examines the reasons for the high number of hysterectomies performed on women every
year, the alternatives available, the side effects and after-effects. Includes interviews with
doctors, other professionals, and women who have undergone the operation.
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THE ULTIMATE TEST ANIMALWomen's Studies Sociology Human Sexuality Health
Examines the birth control injection Depo Provera and the international controversy over
its use, raising disturbing questions about racism and sexism in health care, population
control vs. birth control, and how drugs are tested and marketed.
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CONTRACEPTION: THE STALLED REVOLUTIONAIDS American Studies Health Human Sexuality Women's Studies
Journalist Linda Ellerbee examines the state of contraception in the U.S. today, including
women's dissatisfaction with the methods currently available.
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TEENAGE MOTHERS: A GLOBAL CRISISCultural Studies Education Family Relations Health Human Sexuality Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Women's Studies Children & Young Adult Cuban Studies
Examines the worldwide crisis in teenage pregnancies through four case studies of teenage
mothers in Ghana, England, Cuba, and the U.S., thereby providing a cross-cultural survey
of the underlying reasons for the increasing rate of adolescent pregnancies and also
discussing the hazards to the health and well-being of such young mothers.
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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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AFRICA BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITYWomen's Studies Art History American Studies African Studies Short Films
Showcases the view of African life featured in the paintings, drawings and etchings of
Betty LaDuke, one of America's most accomplished multicultural artists.
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BETTY LaDUKE: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY FROM THE BRONX TO TIMBUKTUWomen's Studies Art History Cultural Studies American Studies Short Films
This video takes us on a trip through six decades and over twenty countries in tracing the
development of Betty LaDuke, one of America's leading multicultural artists. Her vision
encompasses not only American culture, but also influences from Native American,
Mexican and African cultures and lifestyles.
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CHARLES DANA GIBSON: PORTRAIT OF AN ILLUSTRATORWomen's Studies Art History American Studies Short Films
The Gibson Girl, the first popular image of the American woman, was created by Charles
Dana Gibson, one of the nation's greatest illustrators, during the "Golden Age" of
illustration, when America's national magazines, such as Life and Collier's, influenced
every aspect of American culture.
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CISSY HOUSTON: SWEET INSPIRATIONWomen's Studies Music African-American Studies
This biographial profile of a woman whose career has successfully combined gospel and
popular music moves from smoky clubs to a Sweet Inspirations reunion concert, from
nostalgic gospel singing with The Drinkard Singers to a sold-out concert with Cissy's
daughter Whitney.
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SINGING IN COLORChildren & Young Adult Women's Studies Sociology Performing Arts Peace & Conflict Music Cultural Studies African Studies African-American Studies
This video follows the world-famous Chicago Children's Choir on their 1996 tour of
South Africa and shows how music can convey a message of peace.
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