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THE BLACK PRESS: SOLDIERS WITHOUT SWORDS
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DVD, 86 minutes, 1998, 
Facilitator Guide Available |
| Archival footage and interviews trace the history of African American newspapers and journalism from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights Movement. MORE... |
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FACES OF THE ENEMY
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DVD, 57 minutes, 1987, closed captioned on DVD only
Middle East DVD supplement provided with institutional orders only |
| How do individuals and nations dehumanize their enemies? Using documentary footage, interviews, political cartoons, and examples of propaganda, this powerful documentary examines the universal images used in mass persuasion and analyzes the psychological roots of enmity. MORE... |
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FURIOUS FLOWER II
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DVD, 3 Episodes, approx. 60 min. each on 1 DVD or 3 VHS, 2005,
Closed Captioned on DVD only
Facilitator Guide Available |
| Provides the definitive teaching tool for exploring the world of today's Black poetry. Surpassing the scope, ambition and accomplishments of its (1998) predecessor, Furious Flower II presents outstanding critical scholarship on Black contemporary poetry's origins and trends, its conflicts and consonances. MORE... |
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GOIN' TO CHICAGO
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DVD, 71 minutes, 1994
Facilitator Guide Available |
| The migration of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North and West during and after World War II is retold through personal stories of a group of Chicagoans born in the Mississippi Delta. MORE... |
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THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN
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| DVD, 52 minutes, Sierre Leone / Spain, 1998, in English and Mende with English subtitles |
| Images, instrumental music, song, interviews and narrative provide clues in the search for a lost song, its history, and its argument for cultural retention between aspects of African and African-American culture. MORE... |
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ALEX HALEY
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| DVD, 50 minutes, Switzerland, 1992 |
| The author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots discusses his life and work just before his death in 1992. MORE... |
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CA TWISTE A POPONGUINE
(Rocking Poponguine)
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| DVD, 90 minutes, Senegal, 1993, in French with English subtitles |
| A coming of age story set in a Senegalese fishing village about rival teenaged cliques living out their dreams against a backdrop of disillusioned adults. MORE... |
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CLOCKWORK
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| DVD, 25 minutes, 1982 |
| The only film on Frederick Taylor's work and its continuing influence on the modern workplace. The film includes original historical footage which Taylor and his contemporaries, the Gilbreths, shot for the pioneering time-motion studies which paved the way for the modern automated assembly line and unskilled factory worker. MORE... |
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THE DEBT OF DICTATORS
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| DVD, 45 minutes, 2005, English |
| The first film to expose the nefarious lending of billions of dollars by multinational banks and international financial institutions to brutal dictators throughout the world. MORE... |
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