ITPS Alphabetic Descriptions

Malcolm X (B)
AAS VT0554B

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
AAS VT0569

Biography weaves interviews, archival footage, photographs, & original score to portray fascinating intellectual journey of a man whose ideas resonate today. 150 min

Nikki Giovanni Speech 1/96
AAS VT0621

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. 1/25/96

African Origins & the 18th Century Slave Trade Dr. D. Littlefield 2/96
AAS VT0622

Lecture by Dr. Daniel Littlefield

Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass: Lesson of the Hour
AAS VT0636

Abolitonist Frederick Douglass comes to life in performance featuring Fred Morsell as he recreates Douglass's speech on slavery & human rights. With an eloquence & intelligence rarely matched Mr. Douglass became a giant in struggle against racial injustice. 60 min

Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings (1954-56)/Fighting Back (1957-62)
AAS VT0639A

Vol. 1 In Mississippi, one Black man stands up to racial injustice. In Montgomery, Mrs. Rosa Parks & Rev. Martin Luther King spark a yearlong boycott by thousands to desegregate city buses. To expand this mass movement, Rev. King & other ministers form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ordinary people play extraordinary roles in the burgeoning movement for civil & human rights. FIGHTING BACK (1957-1962) Vol. 1 In schools of South battle lines are drawn with unforgettable images: in Little Rock, 9 Black teenagers dare to integrate Central High School, aided by U.S. paratroopers; in Mississippi, James Meredith & NAACP lawyers face mob violence integrating U. of Miss. From schoolhouse to White House, confrontation between state & federal governments escalates.

Eyes on the Prize: Aint Scared of Your Jails (1960-61)/No Easy Walk (1961-63)
AAS VT0639B

AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS (1960-1961) Vol. 2 Thousands of young people join ranks of movement, giving it new direction. Students across south organize lunch counter sit-ins & nationwide boycotts, & form Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Students & veteran activists are attacked on Freedom Rides organized by Congress of Racial Equality to end bus segregation below Mason-Dixon Line. 1960, President Kennedy's election is aided by Black support. NO EASY WALK (1961-1963) Vol. 2 Mass demonstrations become a powerful protest vehicle. In Albany, GA a police chief wages a sophisticated challenge to Rev. King's nonviolent tactics. In Birmingham, children march & are met by violent fire hoses & snarling dogs. At Univ. of Ala., Gov. Wallace challenges President Kennedy over school integration. The triumphant March on Washington brings together 250,000 people, capturing worldwide attention & helping to shift federal policy.

Eyes Prize: Mississippi; Is This America? (1962-64)/Bridge to Freedom (1965)
AAS VT0639C

MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA? (1962-1964) Vol. 3 Mississippi becomes a testing ground of constitutional principles as civil rights activists focus their energies on right to vote. In 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers is silenced by an assassin's bullet. In Freedom Summer 1964, tensions between White resistance & movement activists climax in the murder of 3 young civil rights workers. Amidst horror, Civil Rights Bill of 1964 is passed & seeds of political change are planted. BRIDGE TO FREEDOM (1965) Vol. 3 TV is by now a major player in struggle for civil rights. In spring of 1965, a young civil rights activist is shot & nation is horrified by TV images of troopers gassing demonstrators on a Selma bridge. From across nation 25,000 people amass to make historic march from Selma to Montgomery, helping to ensure passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come (1964-66)/Two Societies (1965-68)
AAS VT0639D

THE TIME HAS COME (1964-1966) Vol. 4 In South & urban North, leaders emerged who helped transform civil rights movement into a broader struggle for human rights. Their message was direct: "The Time Has Come." This urgency was best articulated by Malcolm X who exhorted African Americans to build a base of power founded on self-respect, self-reliance, & independent Black institutions. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee responded to Malcolm's call by launching an independent political party in Alabama using the symbol of a black panther to counter existing Democratic Party's white rooster. Malcolm X's influence also reverberated in call for "Black Power," raised by SNCC chairman Stokely Carmichael during a march through MS. TWO SOCIETIES (1965-1968) Vol. 4 "Two Societies" reveals divisions that existed between African Americans & Whites in America's cities where African Americans had gained little from southern freedom movement by late '60s. In Chicago one of most segregated cities in country, we see southern civil rights movement's attempt to bring nonviolent movement noth. Dr. King & his Southern Christian Leadership Conference led protest marches through White suburbs where its nonviolent methods were tested. In Detroit tensions exploded during the summer of 67 & more than 100 cities shared the pain of racial violence. A presidential commission warned that America had become "2 societies, separate & unequal".

Up With Multiculturalism-11-3-94 Garrett Center
AAS VT0754A

11/3/94 @ Garrett Center.

Step-by-Step: Desktop Design: #1
ART VT0163

Intro to basic electronic graphic processes. 1988 31 min

A Legacy of Principled Leadership
ITM DVD0276

A Legacy of Principled Leadership Peoria, IL April 27, 2007

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
ITM PC0051

Mac Version

Sunergy-From New Delhi
CMS VT1029

Rise of new application service providers is having impact on relations within IT industry. Many companies are scrambling to determine how & where they will play in this market. Subscriber services are threatening traditional software revenue & changing relationships within developer community at large. This edition we turn our sites towards this change in world of software development & distribution. 12/14/99. 60 min

Project Management Series: Part 3 - Managing The Project
CMS VT1046

Failure of a software development project to meet management & client expectations can be blamed on many things - unrealistic user expectations, inadequate funding, changing technical environments. In reality when a project fails it's usually result of some failure in strategic planning process or in project management process. Explains how to scope, estimate, plan, schedule & budget for projects & how to make sure clients & management know what they're going to get & are committed to project's success before it's too late.

No More Privacy: All About You
CMS VT1164

A camera crew stood on a freeway overpass & picked a car license number at random. This documentary shows what they were able to learn in half a day by searching public records & spending $13: a dossier on two people they'd never met, containing the car owners' names, where they live, their business & its financial status, their religion, the husband's health problems, the names of their grandchildren, the basic floor plan of their home. Program examines rapid exchange of vast amounts of information made possible by computers & bought & sold without the subject's knowledge or permission. color. 59 min

Man And Machine: Redrawing The Boundary
CMS VT1174

What is a human? What is a machine? From artificial retinas to artificial intelligence, science & technology are beginning to blur the distinction between the two. In this program ABC's Ted Koppel & Robert Krulwich talk with Michael Schrage of the MIT Media Lab; engineer Danny Hillis; inventor Ray Kurzweil; Kevin Warwick professor of cybernetics & others about the present state of human/machine hybrids & future advances that may lie just over the horizon. 45 min

Secrets of Silicon Valley
CMS VT1249

An illuminating peek into the hidden world of high tech sweatshops. It's a photoflash insight into new forms of community organization, worker & social activism. A prophetic glimpse of the next labor movement. Secrets of Silicon Valley is a shocking expose of the hidden downside of the Internet revolution & also a funny & moving meditation of America's love affair with technology. Told without narration, the film chronicles a tumultuous year in the lives of tweo young activists, Magda Escobar & Raj Jayadev, grappling with rapid social change & the meaning of globalization on their own doorsteps. Tells it like it is. The Golden Age of Technology is not benefiting all of us but instead driving us apart - widening the gap between the haves & the have nots. this movie should be seen by everyone who cares about democracy - who believes that the fruits of the new technology should be available to everyone. 60 min

Computer Architecture
CMS VT1276

This technical program provides a step by step explanation of the infrastructure of computers & how they actually work. An overview of the processor includes discussions about howits interconnections make memory possible. Other topics include the bus & binary works & memory storage locations. Using excellent computer graphics, we see how the arithmetic & logic unit (ALU) adds two binary numbers & how the information is stored. A discussion of the ALU & flags concludes the program. 17 min

History of Computers
CMS VT1277

The history of computers is not just the story of a specialized machine but of a great idea & the people who made it happen. Initially designed as large scale calculators, computers have quickly become indispensable tools in every field of endeavor. This fascinating program traces the course of technological innovations leading up to today's computers, from Charles Babbage & his analytical engine of the 1860s to the latest laptops. All the major concepts, advances & companies are explored using demonstrations, expert commentary & historic film footage & interviews. The program shows how ideas such as Boolean logic, the binary system, magnetic/iron core memory, & microprocessors have dramatically increased the capacity of computers while drastically reducing their size, a phenomenon known as Moore's Law. The personal computer or PC boom is easily seen as an inevitable event, with software programmers such as Steve Jobs & Bill Gates emerging as its leaders. 26 min

Hackers: Outlaws and Angels
CMS VT1351

This alarming program reveals the daily battle between the internet's outlaws and the hackers who oppose them by warding off system attacks, training IT professonals and police officers, and watching cyberspace for signs of imminent infowar. Through interviews with fromline personnel from the Department of Defense, NYPD's computer crime squad, private detective firm Kroll Associates, X-Force Threat Analysis Service, and several notorius crackers, the program provides penetrating insights into the millions of hack attacks that ocur annually in the U.S. - including one that affected the phone bills of millions and another that left confidential details of the B-1 stealth bomber in the hands of teenagers. The liability of wireless networks, the Code Red worm, and online movie piracy are also discussed.

Communicating Betwen Cultures
COM DVD0129

Communicating Between Cultures shows how to make some of these pratterns visible and improve communication. A series of cross-cultural situations show how even good intentions often go astray. 23 Mins.

Interracial Marriage
CWC VT0500

Examines how & why couples of different colors, religions, & ethnic roots are drawn to one another, how their differences affect their marriages, how they deal with friends & how their parents make peace with children-in-law they wish were of their own race or background. 52 min.

Jennys Song
CWC VT0501

Grief of young girl upon loss of her father through death. 1991

5 Healthy Relationships
CWC VT0575

Building healthy relationships comes naturally for some people, but it's a skill that can be learned. Session helps participants assess current support network & develop a plan for building & maintaining close personal friendships.

Mirror
CWC VT0685

2 women share stories about their struggle with anorexia & bulimia. Another woman shares story about struggling to help her anorexic friend. 14 min

In Love
CWC VT0836

Weaving personal stories with dance & fiction interludes, is story about desire & power. Four women reflect upon their journey through love turned sour & complicity in their own oppression. Tracing a continuum from 'normal' love to extreme of emotional & physical abuse examines social & cultural constructions of love, coupling & self. 29:44 min

Best Campaign Commercials of 86
DOC VT0006

In this year of elections fought mostly with 30-second TV spots, a supplier of campaign products & services has assembled the "best" campaign advertisements. Among 80 selections are 86's award winners & the notable ads. 1986. 60 min.

One Show Interactive: Advertisings Best Interactive & New Media Volume IV
DOC CDR0015

Nothing but the best. That's what The One Show standard is. So when some of the top creative directors in interactive & new media come together to narrow down such an exciting & growing field to those few deserving of One Show honors, here's the result: creative excellence in concept, copy, art & design & information architecture. In fact, One Show Interactive has been named the top interactive awards show worldwide by Advertising Age International (June 2000). Inside you'll find an interactive CD-ROM with links to the active sites at the time of publication including the images of winning sites, banners & digital advertising. But the best part is that we take you into the minds of these talented people. They provide background, strategy & insight to give you a better understanding of what it takes to excel in this dynamic media. So, point, click & enjoy.

The Directors - Wes Craven
DOC DVD0027

One of the undisputed masters of horror cinema, Wes Craven has been widely credited with reviving the once-declining genre. Initally gaining fame and notoriety for his grim and gory work in the 1980's, Craven enjoyed a second wave of popularity a decade later with the phenomenally successful Scream Trilogy - a series that effectively spoofed the conventions of teen horror films. Craven;s other spine-tingling movies include Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Serpent and the Rainbow and The People Under the Stairs. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - David Cronenberg
DOC DVD0028

Although the began his career making quirky low-budget features, writer-director David Cronrnberg quickly grew from cult status to mainstream acclaim in the 1980's. A controversial and unique filmmaker, he has firmly established his reputation as a well-respected suteur. Cronenberg's films have won him awards and recognition around the world - his offbeat masterpieces include Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash and eXistenZ. Color/ Approx. 60 min./ Documenary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Spike Lee
DOC DVD0029

Spike Lee has established himself as one of Hollywood's most important and influential filmmakers. He has been quited as saying, "I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I am still bankable." His insightful fmils include Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Get on the Bus and Summer of Sam. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Barry Levinson
DOC DVD0030

Academy Award winning director Barry Levinson began his career writing for television and working as a screenplay collaborator with Mel Brooks. He has since gone on to become one of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers. Known for their quality and intelligence, his motion pictures include Diner, The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man, Bugsy, Sleepers, Wag the Dog, Liberty Heights and An Everlasting Piece. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Adrian Lyne
DOC DVD0031

The British-born director Adrian Lyne cut his teeth professionally in TV commercials and would later incorporate many of that genre's stylistic techniques into his films. In the 1980's he struck box-office gold with his masterful direction of several sexually-charged psychological dramas and continues to prove himself as a highly influential filmmaker. His stunning motion pictures include Flashdance, Nine 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Indecent Proposal and Lolita. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Robert Altman
DOC DVD0032

After six decades in the motion picture industry, Robert Altman remains one of Hollywood's most prolific directors. Famous for using large ensemble casts, Altman practices an improvisational style of filmmaking that gives his actors the rare luxury to freely interpert their riles. His memorable films include M*A*S*H, Nashville, Popeye, The Player, Short Cuts, Ready to Wear and Cookie's Fortune. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Garry Marshall
DOC DVD0033

In the four decades since his career began, Gary Marshall has established himself as one of Hollywood's most respected writers, producers and directors of television, film and theatre. Even after his numerous successes in these fields, he still insists that you must be prepared for failure and rejection. His directing credits include such blickbusters as Dear God, Frankie and Johnny, Pretty Woman, and Beaches. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - John McTiernan
DOC DVD0034

John McTiernan has directed only a handful of feature films, yet those films have established him as on of the industry's foremost directors of action/adventure movies. His work has gained him a worldwide following, signigicant critical acclaim and has set the standard for an entire genre of films. His wokr includes Predator, Last Action Heor, The hunt For Red October, Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengeance and The Thomas Crown Affair. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Sydney Pollack
DOC DVD0035

Sydney Pollack's films have received 46 Academy Award nominations, including four for Best Picture. Pollack himself has been nominated three times and was awarded an Oscar for his direction of Out Of Africa. He began his directiong career in 1965 and has gone on to direct such bloskbusters as They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, They Way We Were, The Electric Horseman, Tootsie and many more.

The Directors - Rob Reiner
DOC DVD0036

Rob Reiner has carves out a brilliant career as a top Hollywood director and before that as a successful actor. He grew up in show business and his movies show it. His movies include Ghosts of Mississippi, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me and The Story Of Us.

The Directors - Clint Eastwood
DOC DVD0037

One of Hollywood's most popular and enduring stars, Clint Eastwood has achieved success both in front of and behind the camers. As a filmmaker, Eastwood was heavily influenced by Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, two skilled directors he worked with early in his career. He later adapted their techniques into hos own personal style - a style which has earned him an Academy Award for "Best Director." Eastwood both starred in and directed many of his films including Play Misty for Me, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County, True Crime and Space Cowboys. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Milos Forman
DOC DVD0038

Two time Academy Award winning director Milos Forman began his filmmaking career in his native Czechoslovakia, where he was an influential figure in the Czech New Wave movement. But it was not until Forman immigrated to the U.S. that he achieved his greatest success. His Hollywood triumphs include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hair, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

CBS News - Bush/Rather Interview
DOC VT0269

"Arms For Hostages Sale" topic of 1988 interview. CBS 17 min

60 Minutes: Larry King Interview (10/92)
DOC VT0426

10/92. 45 min

The Directors - John Frankenheimer
DOC DVD0039

As a filmmaker, John Frankenheimer has had an extraordinary career. Many of his films express his views on important social and philosophical topics and he's never hesitated to tackle controversial subjects. The films of Frankenheimer reflect the care and integrity in whichi he creates his projects. His movies are numerous and include The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alzatraz, Seven Days In May, Grand Prix, Ronin and many more. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - William Friedkin
DOC DVD0040

William Friedkin has directed seventeen feature films, all of which have inspired audiences in one way or another. Friedkin has never been one to shy away from controversial material as evident by films such as The Exorcist, The French Connection, Cruising, Jade, Blue Chips and Rules of Engagement. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Terry Gilliam
DOC DVD0041

Writer, actor and director Terry Gilliam is a filmmaker who insists on following his own instincts. His movies are not for everyone, nor does he want them to be. He has direted such innovative cult classics as Monty Python and teh Holy Grail, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Mnchausen, The Fisher King, Twleve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Ron Howard
DOC DVD0042

Mention the name Ron Howard and most people think of "Opie Taylor" or "Richie Cunningham." As proud as Howard has a right to be about his popular acting achievements, he has gone on to even greater fame as a first-rate feature film director of such hits as Ransom, Apollo 13, Edtv, Parenthood, Backdraft and Night Shift. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Norman Jewison
DOC DVD0043

Norman Jewison has been a vibrant force in the Motion Picture Industry for over three decades. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards as well as three Best Director awards from the Directors Guild Of America and a number of international awards. His films endure from generation to generation and include such blockbusters as In The Heat Of The Night, Fiddler On The Roof, A Soldier's Story, Moonstruck, Other People's Money and many more. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Lawrence Kasdan
DOC DVD0044

The man who brought to the screen one blockbuster hit after another began his career as a screenwriter. To Lawrence Kasdan it was a way to achieve his ultimate dream...to become a director. His movies include Body Heat, The Big Chill, Silverado, The Accidental Tourist, Grand Canyon, Wyatt Earp and Mumford. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Joel Schumacher
DOC DVD0045

Joel Schumacher entered the film industry as a costume designer. His desire to become a director lead him to writing, which felt was the quickest way to the directors chair...and it worked. He went on to direct such blockbusters as A Time To Kill, The Client, Dying Young, Flatliners, Cousins, St. Elmo's Fire and many more.

The Directors - Martin Scorsese
DOC DVD0046

Born in New York, Martin Scorsese is a director whose films resonate with his own personal ideology and vision. A consummate storyteller and visual stylist, Scorsese has directed some of the most popular motion pictures of the past three decades and has become one of the most renowned filmmakers of his era. Scorsrsr's many cinematic triumphs include Mena Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Color of Money, goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casion and Bringing Ou the Dead. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Steven Spielberg
DOC DVD0047

A man whose films have almost single-handedly revolutionized the motion picture industry, Steven Speilberg is perhaps Hollywood's most celebrated director of the modern era. His name, when associated with any film, automatically signifies the higest level of quality and entertainment value. A two-time Academy Award winner for "Best Director," Speilberg has directed such contemporary classics as Jaws, Close Encouners of the Third Kind, The Color Purple, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Amistad and Saving Private Ryan. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

The Directors - Robert Zemeckis
DOC DVD0048

Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis began making films with an 8mm camera while still in high school. A graduate of USC's School of Cinema, he made his directorial debut in 1978 with I Wanna Hold Your Hand, and has since proven himself time and again as one of the most talented filmmakers in Hollywood. Zemeckis has directed such modern day classics as Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, Contact, What Liesd Beneath and Cast Away. Color/ Approx. 60 mins./ Documentary/ Not Rated

Spellbound
DOC DVD0089

Spellbound follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the National Spelling Bee. Think this sounds boring? Prepare to be blown away. The Bee is as intense a competition as any olympic match, and for the spellers and their families, the stakes are just as high. the unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary as it is felt by ordinary teenagers. Watch as the Bee becomes a dramatic backdrop for the bigger story about kids and families today as we discover that within the roller coaster ride of the National Spelling Bee can be found the heart of America. DVD/Color/1 hour 37 min/not rated

Into The Arms Of Strangers
DOC DVD0091

Just prior to World War II, an extraordinary rescue operation aided the youngest victims of Nazi terror. Ten-thousand Jewish and other children were transported from German-held lands to foster homes and hostels in Great Britain. Some built new family ties. Some endured the Blitz. Some, amazingly, found ways to liberate their own parents from Hitler's tyranny. And all have unforgettable stories to tell. DVD/B&W & Color/117 min/Rated PG

Brothers Keeper
DOC DVD0093

On the morning of June 6, 1990, the village of Munnsville (pop. 499) was just another forgotten corner of rual America. But in the days and months that folowed, this New York farming community would become the center of one of the most celebrated and bizarre murder trials in U.S. history. Brother's Keeper tells the story of the "Ward Boys," four eccentric brothers who shared the same dilapidated two-room shack for over 60 years. Living in isolation, without heat or running water, these elderly bachelors had virtually no contact with the outside world - until one was found dead in the bed he shared with his brother. By day's end, Delbert Ward "confessed" to suffocating his ailing brother as an act of mercy, but Munnsville believed Delbert had been framed. Was Delbert, an uneducated hermit with a low IQ an innocent victim of police abuse? Was it a mercy killing - or was there another motive? Ten years after mesmerizing audiences and critics everywhere, Brother's Keeper - one of the most successful nonfiction films of all time - is back to grip the nation with this 10th Anniversary Edition. DVD/color/Aprox. 105 min/Not rated

Great Speeches:Todays Women XI
DOC VT0076K

Elizabeth Dole - Mary Fisher - Tipper Gore - Heather Lamm - Margaret Thatcher

One Day In September
DOC DVD0094

One Day in September is the incredible, story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage, the tension-filled negotiations that followed and the shocking conclusion at a German airport that stunned the world. Featuring the frightening perspective of the only surviving terrorist and revelatory facts about what really happened on that dark night. DVD/Color/Approx 91 min/Rated R-Some graphic violent images

Dark Days
DOC DVD0095

In the pitch black of the tunnell, rats swarm through piles of garbage as high-speed trains leaving Penn Station tear through the darkness. For some of those who have gone underground, it has been home for as long as twenty-five years. Deeply moving and suprisingly entertaining, Dark Days is an eye-opening experience that shatters the myths of homelessness by revealing a thriving community living in tunnels beneath New York City and honestly capturing their resilence and strength in their struggle to survive. DVD/B&W/84 min/Not rated

Capturing The Friedmans
DOC DVD0096

Capturing the Friedmans, the most riveting, critically-acclaimed, and hotly debated film of the year, explores the elusive nature of truth through the prism of one of the strangest criminal cases in Amarican history. Despite their tendency to ham it up in front of home-movie cameras, the Friedmans are a seemingly normal middle-class family living in the affluent New York suburb of Great neck. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers at home for a guiet holiday dinner, their front door explodes, splintered by a police battering ram. Officers rush into the house, accusing Arnold Friedman and his youngest son Jesse of hundreds of shocking crimes. The film follows their story from the public's perspective and through unique real footage of the family in crisis, shot inside the Friedman house. As the police investigate, and the community reacts, the fabric of the family begins to disinteegrate, revealing provocative questions about justice, family, and - ultimately - truth. DVD/Color/Approx 235 minutes/Not Rated

Sound and Fury
DOC DVD0097

If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? sound and Fury follows the intimate, heartrending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they conforont a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture and their bonds with each other. for the Artinians, both of whom are deaf, a surgical ear implant for their five-year old daughter Heather means a choice between two worlds: an unfamiliar hearing world and the deaf world, a robust culture in its own right united by a uniquely visual and artistic language. Heather Artinian a precocious, vivacious, and avidly curious about implant surgery is caught between her deaf parents and her hearing grandparents, as they argue passionately about her future. When all is done, Sound and Fury speaks volumes about the choices we make and the battles we fight in order to be heard. DVD/Color/Approx 80 min./not rated

Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
DOC DVD0100

While advertising is the visible component of the corporate system, perhaps even more important and pervasive is its invisible partner, the public relations industry. This video illuminates this hidden sphere of our culture and examines the way in which the management of "the public mind" has become central to how our democracy is controlled by political and economic elites. Toxic Sludge is good for you illustrates how much of what we think of as independent, unbiased news and information has its origins in the boardrooms of public relations companies. This video tracks the development of the PR industry from early efforts to win popular American support for World War I the role of crisis management in controlling the damage to corporate image. The video analyzes the tools public relations professionals use to shift our perceptions including a look at the coordinated PR campaign to slip genertically engineered food past public sctutiny. It urges viewers to question the experts and follow the money back to the public relations industry so as to challange its hold on democracy. DVD/45 min/No Rating

The Ballad of Ramblin Jack
DOC DVD0110

From his unlikely roots as the son of a Jewish doctor in Brooklyn, to his ongoing wanderings as the last of the singing cowboys, Ramblin Jack has packed so many adventures into his life that he seems more myth that man. After running away to join the rodeo at the age of fifteen, he traveled and sang with Woody Guthrie and became friend and mentor to Bob Dylan. His music helped ignite a folk revolution in the '60s and has influenced some of the most popular musicians and performers of our day. DVD/Rated PG13/Approx 112 min/color

Bus 174
DOC DVD0111

On June 12, 2000, a bus filled with passengers was hijacked in Rio di Janeiro in broad daylight. The kidnapper, Sandro do Nascimento, terrozied his victims for four and a half hours as the whole country watched the drama bradcast live on Brazilian TV. Based on an extensive research of stock footage, interviews and official documents, Bus 174 is the careful investigation of the hijacking-focusing on Sandro do Nascimento, his childhood, and how unavoidably he was doomed to become a bandit. DVD/Color/widescreen/approx 120 min/rated R/In Portugese with English subtitles 2 copies available

The Fog Of War
DOC DVD0112

Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. As leader of the world's most powerful military force during this nation's most volatile period in recent years, McNamara offers new and often suprising insights into the bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. DVD/color/Approx 107 min/subtitles-French, Portguguese, Spanish, Japanese/Rated PG-13

Life Goes to the Movies- Golden Age of Hollywood
DOC VT0058

Host: Shirley MacLaine introduces 30's. Sums up fantasy, glamour & escape that films provided from grimness of depression. Hollywood also documented reality of era. Many critics think 1939 was year Hollywood made more great movies than any other did. 1976. 35 min

Life Goes to the Movies- War Years
DOC VT0059

assemblage of film clips show how Hollywood used propaganda techniques to depict Germans & Japanese as totally immoral. 1976. 34 min

Live Goes to the Movies- Post War Era
DOC VT0060

Host: Henry Fonda. Late 40's & early 50's were periods of heavy readjustment, & after a brief production of 'returning heroes' films, Hollywood turned to new themes. Films of period have been referred to as 'dark cinema' they explored crime, prejudice, mental idleness, drugs, alcoholism & a pervading cynicism invaded screen. Science fiction films appeared in early fifties. 1976. 20 min

Life Goes to the Movies- The 50s
DOC VT0061

Host: Liza Minnelli. The 50's were alternately characterized by Eisenhower Administration nuclear threat, Cold War innuendo of McCarthy hearings, passivity of youth, automobile culture, civil rights activism & flight to suburbs. TV brought entertainment into home & overnight halved weekly attendance at theaters. Hollywood fought back. 1976 28 min

Live Goes to the Movies- Movies Today
DOC VT0062

Hosts: Liza Minnelli & Shirley MacLaine. Collage of films & newsreel clips which follows a confirmation of Bob Dylan's song warning, "The Times They Are A Changing. " The 60's were a time of division: black & white, young & old, rich & poor. 1976. 30 min

Great Speeches: I
DOC VT0076A

John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address: Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream": Douglas MacArthur - Farewell Address: Franklin Roosevelt - 1942 State of the Union: Adolph Hitler - 1934 Nazi Party Keynote

Am. Assoc. for Counsel.&Dev.:Rollo May on the Art of Counceling
ELH VT0459

30 min

Great Speeches: II
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Winston Churchill - Two Wartime Speeches: Barbara Jordan - Statement on Impeachment: Richard Nixon - "Checkers" Speech: Adlai Stevenson - Cuban Missile Crisis: Golda Meir - "Peace in the Middle East"

Great Speeches: III
DOC VT0076C

Jesse Jackson - Rainbow Coalition: Richard Nixon - Presidential Resignation: Geraldine Ferraro - Vice President Acceptance: Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Atoms for Peace": Jeane Kirkpatrick - KAL 0007 Disaster

Great Speeches: IV
DOC VT0076D

Mario Cuuomo - 1984 Democratic Keynote: Ronald Reagan - 1980 Acceptance: Barbara Jordan - 1976 Democratic Keynote: Hubert Humphrey - vice-presidential Acceptance: John F. Kennedy Speech to Houston Ministerial Assn.

Great Speeches: V
DOC VT0076E

Franklin D. Roosevelt-First Inaugural & Declaration of War: Lyndon B. Johnson - 1965 Voting Rights Act: Ronald Reagan - Tribute to the Challenger Astronauts: Robert Kennedy-Eulogy to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great Speeches: VI
DOC VT0076F

Martin Luther King, Jr. - "Mountain Top" Speech: Eleanor Roosevelt - United Nations Address: George Bush - Defense of Saudi Arabia: Richard Nixon - "Watergate" Speech: Edward Kennedy -"Truth & Tolerance in America"

Great Speeches: VII
DOC VT0076G

Lech Walesa - RFF Foundation Awards Keynote: George Bush - 1991 State of the Union: Jimmy Carter - Energy Crisis: Jesse Jackson - 1988 Democratic Convention: Jerry Falwell - South Africa

Great Speeches: VIII
DOC VT0076H

Fulton Sheen -"Role of Communism/Role of America": John Kennedy - "I am a Berliner" Speech: Harry Truman - Whistle Stop Campaign: Ann Richards - 1988 Democratic Keynote: Stokeley Carmichael - "We ain't Going" Speech

Great Speeches: IX
DOC VT0076I

Albert Gore -1992 Vice Presidential Acceptance: Barbara Bush - 1992 Republican Convention: Mikhail Gorbachev - Westminster College: Dwight Eisenhower - Farewell Address: Franklin Roosevelt - 1941 Radio Address

Great Speeches: X
DOC VT0076J

Bill Clinton - Inaugural Address: Gerald Ford - Assuming Presidency: Lyndon Johnson - "Let Us Continue": Hillary Clinton - Address to the A.M.A.: Boris Yeltsin - Address to U.S. Congress

Moyers
DOC VT0207

Profiles I. Lee & E. Bernays, 2 of first people to recognize significance of public relations through manipulation of mass communication. 55 min.

Moyers
DOC VT0208

Examine critical role of TV advertising in presidential campaigns as Moyers presents political TV spots, including 1st presidential campaign ads ever created, controversial ads which relied on subtle rather than hard facts, & ads from recent presidential campaigns. 55 min.

Interpersonal Competence Series
DOC VT0214A

3 parts: orientation skill, skills for initiating relationships, skills for expressing self. 53 min

Interpersonal Competence Series
DOC VT0214B

4 parts: perception-checking skills, skills for expressing emotions, descriptive language skills, nonverbal communication skills. 42 min

Interpersonal Competence Series
DOC VT0214C

4 parts: listening & responding skills, relationship maintenance skills, skills for building supportive climates, skills for managing interpersonal conflicts. 57 min

How to Record Sound for Video
DOC VT0243

Explains techniques involving use of sound in home videos, including how to eliminate ambient noise & how to add sound afterwards. Also covers innovative use of sound & describes audio legalities you need to know. 30 min

How to Shoot Sports Action
DOC VT0244

Features how-to tips for photographing eight different sports. Describes equipment, camera placement, sound techniques & dramatization of a story. 30 min

Broadcast Journalism
DOC VT0246

Contains material for 5 different stories, includes background material, interviews, cutaways, B-roll, graphics, academy leader, bars, & tone. 45 min.

Making of Television News
DOC VT0247

PART 1: Looks at process of making TV news. Takes viewer into media market newsroom & shows process of news gathering, reporting, editing, & on-air presentation. PART 2: Shows process reporters use in editing story for 6pm newscast. Viewer sees what goes on behind scenes as newscast is assembled. 45 min

Booknotes: Rehnquist
DOC VT0398

Chief Justice William Renquist Aired: 7/92

How to Light for Videography
DOC VT0250

Lighting equipment, concept of lighting, control of light, creative lighting & basic safety are covered in this how-to program for beginning videographer. 30 min

How to Shoot Video
DOC VT0251

A "must" for students interested in creating home videos. Covers basic techniques of sound, lighting, composition & directing. 30 min

Operation Urgent Fury
DOC VT0272

Frontline: Seymour Hersh investigates dramatic rescues of American students during 1983 invasion of Granada. In "Operation Urgent Fur," Hersh exposes inept U.S. military operation in Granada & examines whether complex rescue was actually necessary. 1989. 60 min.

Race Against Prime Time
DOC VT0329

Scrutinizes way television news represents African-Americans. Takes us behind scenes to newsrooms of Miami's 3 network affiliates during 1980 Liberty City riots. Provides classic case study of how news gets made - what we see, & what we don't. 1985. 58 min.

Communications That Count
DOC VT0346

Introduces public relations "novice" to field, using case histories that explore different facets of modern public relations practice including media relations, shareholder relations, community relations, public affairs, & publicity.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
DOC VT0362

Story of 3 men of genius, vision, determination, & fascinating complexity whose lives were more dramatic than anything heard on medium they created. Spans years 1906 to 1955. 2 hr

Inside Television News (5-part series)
DOC VT0404

Analyses how TV news operates. Attempts to portray strengths & weaknesses. Addresses questions from teenagers & how well TV communicates to them. Details how stories are determined & delivered. Professionals in TV news are interviewed to define their roles in stories presented. 52 min (5 parts/1tape)

World of Gestures
DOC VT0428

We see people from dozens of nations performing gestures that are powerful, poignant, subtle, & outrageous. Different gestures are shown, including those for beauty, sexual behavior, suicide, aggression, friendship, & love. Captures these gestures with humor & spontaneity.

FEED
DOC VT0450

Documentary from Kevin Rafferty & James Ridgeway links footage shot during New Hampshire primary with intercepted satellite feeds of candidates prepping to go on air. 76 min

Smithsonian World: Speaking Without Words
DOC VT0455

Modern communications are a part of daily life. Scope of communication begins with silent language of symbols. Explores ways in which monuments in Washington, DC, communicate to visitors, & also features striking portraiture of 19th century lithographers. Language of animals, modern art & mathematics is highlighted as well as less familiar forms of communication, such as roadside architecture & way in which archaeological bones recount history.

ABC News:The Big Bucks
DOC VT0471

Nov. 79, nation gripped by images of American Embassy in Tehran seized by Iranian "students". ABC News was first to do coverage of drama unfolding thousands of miles away in a nightly news segment, titled, "America Held Hostage". From this, "Nightline" was spawned; beginning one of most successful news programs in TV history. Each night, "Nightline" & the ABC team bear witness to reality as it occurs throughout the world.

FRONTLINE: Inside the Jury Room
DOC VT0482

For 3 years, Frontline attempted to gain access to a jury room to witness actual deliberation. Wisconsin State Court System allowed them to document efforts of 12 men & women as they debated meaning of justice in significant case of Leroy Reed.

Michel
DOC VT0485

WEEK-TV Peoria 10-29-93

FRONTLINE: AIDS
DOC VT0488

Investigates 10-year history of AIDS & blood supply, asking why nation's guarantors of safe blood, including Red Cross & FDA, failed to safeguard blood supply from deadly virus in 80's, & why, today, some of nation's largest blood banks are not yet in compliance with federal regulations on blood safety.

Power of The Paper
DOC VT0495

11 min. Feb. 1994 WEEK-TV

American Tongues
DOC VT0502

Goes to streets & countryside to listen to American English in its diversity & color. From Boston to Louisiana teenagers, from Texas to NY, American Tongues elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking comments about our society. 56 min.

Document Accounting Soultions (Print Release System 2.6)
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Print Release System 2.6

Violence & Sex on TV: Phil Donahue
DOC VT0533

Donahue explores effect in young people raised on diet of TV violence & whether it has altered their view of reality, whether there should be government restrictions & determined by whom.

Decl. Stand.News:Is It All TVs Fault? "News Standards-Why Should We Care?"
DOC VT0521C

Leading news professionals debate charge from journalism critics that sex, celebrity, scandal, murder, & mayhem are engines fueled by competition for readers & ratings that increasingly drive the news industry.

Pilgrim Must Embark
DOC VT0563

Produced by Mara B. Adelman, Ph.D. & Peter Shultz. 25 min.

Mission
DOC VT0573

Epic about a man of sword & a man of cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th century colonial empires.

Human Face
DOC VT0600

Explores power of face. 12 different facial properties are examined, & importance of this extraordinary human instrument is demonstrated for each.

FRONTLINE: High Stakes in Cyberspace
DOC VT0603

Tracks new land rush to stake claims in cyberspace by asking questions about optimistic predictions for a cyber-revolution. Reports on effect changes will have on individual & society.

Visions of Heaven & Hell: Welcome to the Jungle
DOC VT0616

Explores how new technologies are poised to transform drastically way we live & work. Explores Internet, with its free flow of anonymous contacts & information. Fastest & most obvious difference created by this revolution will come in work place.

CNN O.J. Simpson Trial: The Verdict
DOC VT0628H

Tapes of coverage of O.J. Simpson murder trial. 9/95

Taking Care of Business
DOC VT0669

Examines how advances in computer science, telecommunications, robotics & other changes are redefining both local workplace & global marketplace. 58 min

Private Universe
DOC VT0675

Makes us aware of misconceptions we have that block learning; focuses on science.

Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
DOC VT0726

Lecture that unpacks one of central ideas of cultural studies - that reality is not experienced directly, but always through lens of culture, through way human beings represent & tell stories about world in which they live. Using concrete examples, Hall shows how media & especially visual media have become key players in process of modern story telling. 55 min

Valuing Diversity Multicultural Communication (2 copies)
DOC VT0733

Video addresses multicultural American stereotypes. 19 min

Cyberspace: Virtual Unreality?
DOC VT0734

Information Age has been hailed as quantum leap forward for humanity; opportunity to achieve Marshall McLuhan's "global village" in which "medium is message." But what kind of people are being created in cyberspace? While computer technology has changed all aspects of life, critics argue this technology is contributing to growing social isolation of people. 26 min

Cyberspace: Freedom or Regulation?
DOC VT0735

As popularity of Internet has grown so has issue of whether to regulate content. With pornography, recipes for bombs, & messages of "cyberhate" just a mouse click away, should Internet be regulated the way FCC regulates TV & radio? 29 min

MEDIAWAVES-Print News #118
DOC VT0792A

Introduction to mass communication. Focuses on traditional newspaper, what considered news & how changes in technology has affected print media. Introduces viewer to basics of newspaper business, focusing on how they are run. 27:40 min

MEDIAWAVES-Global Media #126
DOC VT0792B

Introduction to mass communication. Global Media deals with impact of communication technology on world. Focuses on how technology affects traditional nation & international economy, as well as society. 27:40 min

Skin Deep
DOC VT0795

Captures subtle nuances & visceral raw simplicities of today's students struggling to deal with racial, ethnic & cultural differences. Presentation of group of students examining attitudes about race & being willing to talk about it provides model for public, who often find issue of race one of the most awkward to discuss openly. 53 min

Teleconference with Neil Postman 12/97
DOC VT0801

Teleconference between students of BU's COM 417 class with Dr. Postman of NY University. Conducted by Dr. Lamoureux.

File Maker Pro 5 for Mac
ITM PC0054

Software Requirements: Mac OS version 7.6.1 or later

Moyers
DOC VT0838A

From jazz laced street speech of African American poet Sekou Sundiata's Harlem nights to Naomi Shihab Nye's delight in wonder of everyday objects, both artists in opening program of series celebrate cultures of today & way those cultures have become part of American mosaic. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838G

3 poets who revel in language's ability to reveal culture & history, Adrienne Righ, Victor Hernandez Cruz & Michael S. Harper are changing way poetry is heard, read & absorbed. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838B

Coleman Barks has dedicated much of his work to bringing poems of 13th century Islamic mystic Jelaluddin Rumi to contemporary American audiences. In poems that are alternately ecstatic, wise & hilarious, prolific Rumi comes alive in the 20th century. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838C

Two courageous women artists who have turned potential tragedy into triumph are testimony to healing powers of poetry. Award winning authors Sandra McPherson & Linda McCarriston revel in beauty of love, family & nature, exploring & elevating their lives through wondrous & passionate words. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838D

Poetry's ability to bridge gaps & cross boundaries is highlighted in works of Robert Hass, Claribel Alegria & Carolyn Forche. A diverse collection of charisma, background, & style, these three artists are united in their ability to transport audiences to new places, new feelings & new hopes. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838E

Gary Snyder & Daisy Zamora have each engaged in battle. Staunch defender of natural world & soldier of Nicaraguan civil war share same weapon, power of language to change way we think, feel, & act. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838F

Poetry offers way for individuals to understand themselves, their motivations & fears, past & future. Through writing, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Robert Bly have all found routes to self-discovery & personal reconciliation. 58 min

Moyers
DOC VT0838H

2 poets reflect on cultural legacies they have inherited. Lucille Clifton & David Mura bring their talent & humor to bear as they look at past & lives they live in America today. 58 min

net.LEARNING: Learning From Socrates to Cyberspace
DOC VT0883

Overview of history of education & distance learning, includes interview with Neil Postman from first TV classroom of 50's. From there explores case studies involving distance learning: a homeless woman gets her GED, etc. Talks about how teachers can shape educational environment to include distance learning. Experts discuss future of on-line education. 64 min

net.LEARNING: Distance Learning The Great Controversy
DOC VT0884

Literature teacher argues benefits of on-line learning while her department chair presents arguments against it. Methods used to conduct an effective on-line "class" are demonstrated. Criticism of distance learning includes tendency to deny student/teacher connections & to inhibit student interaction. Examples are given by students as to how it has helped them achieve their educational goals. 57 min

Davis
DOC VT0893

Recorded during 10th Paris Jazz Festival Nov 1989 60 min

Miles & Quincy - Live at Montreux
DOC VT0894

There have been few events in jazz history that have endured in our memory above & beyond anything else that occurred in same generation. Such were collaborations of genius improviser, Miles Davis & genius arranger Gil Evans. The music they produced was magisterial & timeless yet Miles refused to look back at his brilliant yesteryears. It took persuasive powers of Quincy Jones to convince him that moment had come to revive, at Montreux Festival some of those products of 50's that remain proudest achievements of Miles & Gil. The evidence of that magic visit to a glorious past is here in this video. 74 min.

Nerds 2.0.1: Vol. One - Networking the Nerds;
DOC VT0917A

Vol 1 - Networking the Nerds - We learn how seeds of Internet were planted by Uncle Sam & how we owe it all to Sputnik. In reaction to Russia's Leap ahead in technology, President Eisenhower & Pentagon developed a new agency called ARPA. Developed by a Massachusetts company BB&N, ARPAnet was created to connect computer researchers at universities across nation. In 9 months, technology was invented, built & installed on time & on budget a government project??? 60 min

Nerds 2.0.1:Vol. Two - Serving the Suits
DOC VT0917B

Vol 2 - Serving The Suits - Enter PC. With a proliferation of computers in 80's first step was to connect them all to a network. First someone had to figure out how to do it. He was Bob Metcalfe, founder of 3Com who became industry's first millionaire. As market for networking evolved, battle for office began in earnest. 3Com, Sun, Novel, Cisco & a little company called Microsoft entered market creating civil war & billion dollar partnerships. 60 min

Nerds 2.0.1: Vol. Three - Winning the World
DOC VT0917C

Vol 3 - Wiring The World - We visit Excite, a success story that keeps growing. Excite began like most Silicon Valley entrepreneurial adventures - in someone's garage. Throughout series, we've followed evolution of this company ever since 6 burrito-eating nerds, fresh out of Stanford, started a business in 1994. 60 min

World of Differences
DOC VT0935

Dedicated to proposition that cross-cultural communication can be successful -- IF we strive to recognize & understand powerful differences that separate people from two cultures. When we encounter people from other cultures, we may fail to understand them because of differences in language, values, gestures, emotional expression, norms, rituals, rules, expectations, family background & experiences.

Super Bowl Commercials - Dr. Gerszewski
DOC VT1058B

1-25-87 Dr. Gerszewski. 53 min

Molly Ivins Cant Say That
DOC VT1302

Lecture given by Molly Ivins on BU campus 3-28-02. Ms Ivins has specified this video not be checked out. It can, however, be viewed in ITPS, Bradley Hall, Room 4.

He Said
DOC VT1196

Dr. Tannen is on the linguistics department faculty at Georgetown University. The program is divided into 7 parts: 1. Boys & Girls 2. Status & Connection 3. Directness & Indirectness 4. Public Talk & Private Talk 5. Ritual Opposition 6. Conversational Style 7. Conclusion The division of the program into sections will allow you to selectively view desired portions of the presentation, to pause for discussions between appropriate sections or to view the program in its entirety. Teacher guides also available. 50 min

In-Depth
DOC VT1197

Deborah Tannen: IN DEPTH is the companion video to HE SAID, SHE SAID. In this additional 25 minute presentation, sit down with Dr. Tannen as she goes in-depth, addressing key issues, implications and criticisms about He Said, She Said, including: The nature/nurture question: are conversational styles born or made? Is gender the most important factor affecting conversational interaction? Are these patterns cross-cultural? What about power and dominance? How are linguistic and psychological approaches different? And much more! 25 min

Twelve OClock High
DOC VT1223

This gritty World War II action drama starring Gregory Peck is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics & perils of war. Convinced an air force commander is at the breaking point, Brigadier General Savage (Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. Kind & understanding, he adopts a crushing descipline to revitalize the demoralized troop. At first resentful & rebellious, the flyers gradually change as Savage guides them to amazing feats. But the stress of command soon takes its toll & the weary general reaches his own breaking point. Authentic aerial battle film & numerous acclaimed performances make "Twelve O'Clock High" a credible, stirring tale of courage & sacrifice. 1949 B&W 132 min

Dead Poets Society
DOC VT1224

Robin Williams delivers a brilliant performance in one of the most compelling & thought-provoking motion pictures. He portrays passionate English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats & cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming..."Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm - changing their lives forever. Deat Poets Society earned unparalleled praise among audiences & critics. Discover for yourself what all the cheering's about!! 128 min

Apollo 13
DOC VT1225

It had been less than a year since man first walked on the Moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight - until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) & Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission control, astronaut Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), flight director Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) & a heroic ground crew race against time - & the odds - to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage, faith & ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it's true! 2 hr 20 min

Bridge On The River Kwai
DOC VT1226

When British P.O.W.'s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in "The Bridge On The River Kwai". Spectacularly produced the video captured the imagination of the public . Even its theme song, an old WWI whistling tune, the "Colonel Bogey March," became a massive worldwide hit. "The Bridge On The River Dwai" continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time. 162 min

Hunt For Red October
DOC VT1227

Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, & starring Sean connery & Alec Baldwin, "The Hunt For Red October" seethes with high-tech excitement & sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him & prove it - because the entire Russian naval & air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!! 1990 color 135 min

2000 Winners - London International Advertising Awards
DOC VT1234

Contains the 1999 winners tape of the London International Advertising Awards. The very best in TV advertising throughout the world in 17 product categories as well as the winners in technical and special categories. 45 min

Hoosiers
DOC VT1240

This triumphant tale of a high school basketball teams' long-shot attempt to ascend to the State Championship is filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense & breathless excitement! Featuring fast-break cinematography that catches the pace of the game & intense, heart-rending performances by Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey & Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers redefined the sports movie with a realism & frankness that make you believe in its small-town characters & cheer for them over & over again. Hackman is Norman Dale, a basketball couch whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance potition with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members, an icy fellow teacher (Hershey) & townspeople who nearly have him fired, Dale persevers with a gritty demeanor & an unwavering passion for the game. But winning over the team is only half the battle in a world where small-town teams can end up playing big-time rivals.......& a downtrodden outsider can rouse the pride of an entire county. 1 hr 55 min

Media Equation
DOC VT1270

Presents the results of psychological studies showing how people respond to media technology, & why it seems the human brain has not evolved enough to assimilate 20th century technology. 1998 60 min

FRONTLINE: Hackers
DOC VT1297

The Internet has become home to confidential information from virtually every nation in the world. But how safe is that information if computer-literate teenagers can break into top-security computer systems? Frontline examines the role of hackers & reveals how their exploits highlight the profound insecurities of the Internet & the software that drives it. 60 min

Moyers
DOC VT1303

60 minute program with Bill Moyers.

Beyond Human
DOC VT1304

The remarkable synergy between biology and technology is blurring the line between man and machine. We are at a critical juncture in our evolution: as technology continues to progress, humans are becoming more machine-like and machines are becoming more human. With striking 3D animation and special effects, Beyond Human joins inventors, scientists and philosophers for an unprecedented voyage into the future of bioengineering and robotics. Part 1 - Body Electric Part 2 - Living Machines 120 min

CEO Exchange - Entertainment in the Digital Age
DOC VT1305

This series of one-hour television specials features in-depth, candid interviews with internationally recognized and respected CEOs in conversation about high-level business issues. Each show also reveals the personal side of business as guests discuss some of the intangible values that drive their business philosophy, strategy and decision making. CEO EXCHANGE is taped live on the campuses of prominent graduate schools of business. 60 min

Living & Learning Series
DPT VT0662A

Instructional videos for Physical Therapy related to stroke patients.

Living & Learning Series
DPT VT0662C

Instructional videos for Physical Therapy related to stroke patients.

FRONTLINE: The Merchants of Cool
DOC VT1306

Frontline investigates a broad spectrum of important events and the year's most critical issues. This series probes into the heart of the issues behind the latest headlines, often with exclusive repotrs and offers an unparalleled collection of studies in American and world history, the environment, government and politics, military and business affairs and a wide variety of social issues including adoption, divorce, drug abuse, healthcare and racism, to mention only a few. Teenagers today have more money and independence than ever before. Their lives have become the object of obsessive focus by corporate America. Frontline explores the culture in which today's American teenager is growing up and how they've come to view themselves and their parents. 60 min

She Says: Women in News
DOC VT1314

Ten women in positions of power in the news industry describe how women in news are changing the news agenda, the culture of the newsroom and the culture itself. Among the women featured in the program are: Judy Woodruff, prime anchor and correspondent, CNN; Helen Thomas, dean of White House correspondents, Hearst, formerly UPI; Anna Quindlen, Newsweek columnist, former Op Ed page columnist, New York Times; Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent, NPR, Carole Simpson, anchor world News Tonight Sunday, ABC news; Geneva Overholser, Washington Post; Judy Crichton, first woman producer of CBS Reports; Paula madison, Vice President and General manager, KNBC, Los Angeles. The women describe their early experiences in the business and tell specific news stories that women in decision-making positions in the newsroom have indluenced. 60 min

Sexual Stereotypes
DOC VT1326A

It can sway what we do. it can effect what we buy. it can even alter our views of the people around us. this fast-paced three-part series investigates the pervasive influence of the media in American culture.

Why We Buy What We Buy
DOC VT1326B

Why We Do What We Do
DOC VT1326C

No Logo: Brands Globalization Resistance
DOC VT1400

In the age of the brand, logos are everywhere. But why do some of the world's best-known brands find themselves on the wrong end of the spray paint can - the targets of anti-corporate campaigns by activists & protestors? No Logo, based on best-selling book by journalist & activist Naomi Klein, reveals the reasons behind the backlash against the increasing economic & cultural reach of multinational companies. Analyzing how brands like Nike, The Gap & Tommy Hilfiger became revered symbols worldwide, Klein argues that globalization is a process whereby corporations discovered that profits lay not in making products (outsourced to low-wage workers in developing countries), but in creating branded identities people adopt in their lifestyles. Using hundreds of media examples, No Logo shows how the commercial takeover of public space, destruction of consumer choice, & replacement of real jobs with temporary work - the dynamics of corporate globalization - impact everyone, everywhere. It also draws attention to the democratic resistance arising globally to challenge the hegemony of brands. 42 min

Rich Media
DOC VT1401

If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In Rich Media, Poor democracy Robert McChesney lays the blame for this state of affairs at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice & more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion & formulaic programming. Through numerous examples, it is demonstrated how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Sony, Viacom, News Corp & AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism & low on information. They suggest that unless citizen activism can reclaim the commons, this new corporate system will be characterized by a rich media & an every impoverished, poor democracy. Robert McChesney teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 30 min

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump; The Making of an Extraordinary Film
DOC VT1410

How did the wizards behind Forrest Gump create some of the most amazing moments in movie history? Learn how director Robert Zemickis and his special effects team crafted the illusion of Forrest's meetings with several U.S. presidents. What sort of movie magic made Lt. Dan and amputee? Discover how they filmed the ping-pong game, the hurricane and more. So many questions...and all the answers are here in this insightful companion piece to everyone's favorite film, Forrest Gump. Hear directly from Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field and Michael Humphreys, the film's "young Forrest." Make your Forrest Gump experience even better-see it Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump! 1994/Color/37 min/not rated

Harlan County USA
DOC VT1425

Portraying a classic twentieth century conflict between labor and management, Harlan County, U.S.A. chronicles the efforts of 180 coal mining families to win a United Mine workers contract in Kentucky. The real beauty of Harlan County, U.S.A. is the intimacy with which we come to know those 180 families. We see the emotions and changes which occurred during their year long strike. And finally, we come to realize the strike is only a year out of a lifelong struggle. VHS/Color/103 minutes/Rated PG

Hoop Dreams
DOC VT1426

They have nothing except talent and a dream and in this tough Chicago neighborhood, dreams are all they can count on. Hoop Dreams is the critically acclaimed true life story of Arthur Agee and William Gates and the unforgettable five year experience that turns them into men. You will come to know them and root for them as they were your friends, your family, as against all odds, these boys prove that with faith, talent and a little luck, anyone can achieve the American Dream. An amazing and uplifting chronicle, Hoop Dreams has been heralded as a spellbinding chronicle. VHS/color/approx 176 min/Rated PG-13

35 Up
DOC VT1428

Every seven years, Michael Apted has returned to record the lives of 14 people, tracing their ambitions, successes, their failures, their loves and even one's madness. Seven years are up. Discover where they are now. VHS/color/2h 8 min/not rated

The Face of Russia: The Face of the Firewood Part 1
DOC VT1429A

Icon painting, the first Russian art form, has survived and flourished during Russia's many times of troubles, including the devastating anti-clerical decrees wrought by Communism. It reveals the spiritual ideas that have animated russia for 1,000 years and witnesses recent restorations of churches and monasteries from Kiev to the Kremlin. Color/60 minutes/closed captioned/Not rated

The Face of Russia: The Facade of Power Part 2
DOC VT1429B

The Facade of Power examines Russian architecture, from the Eastern inspired onion domes on churches to Western type palaces of unparalled splendor. The program also looks at the writings of Cogol, who revealed the human suffering behind Russia's Facade of Power. Color/60 minutes/closed captioned/not rated

The Face of Russia: Facing the Future Part 3
DOC VT1429C

In Boris Godunov, the great composer Musorgsky dramatized the conflict between power and the people during Russia's original Time of Troubles. Sergei Eisenstein retold history with silent films of such power that they became more real than actual events. Facing the Future expolores the advance of Russian music and cinema, and looks at how new media forms are shaping Russia during its current time of change. Color/60 minutes/closed captioned/not rated

Ed King/EHS (11/91)
EHS VT0411

BU 11/91

Independent Media In A Time Of War
DOC VT1438

Part scathing critique, part call to action. It reminds us that dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy, and that independent media has a crucial responsibility in times of war to "go to where the silence is" to represent the diverse voices of people engaged in dissent. Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of the daiy radio and television program Democracy Now!, makes the compelling argument that the news media have failed to represent "the true face of war." Goodman criticizes the refusal to report civilian war casualities during the 2003 Iraq invasion and the new phenomenon of "embedded reporters" as examples of a pro-military bias in the corporate press, as she makes the case for an expanded and emboldened independent media movement. color/VHS/approx 30 min/contains graphic imagery of war/not rated

Nightline: Americas Working Poor 4/15/04
DOC VT1446

ABC news production of Nightline On The Edge: America's Working Poor #1 VHS/color/Not rated/Approx 30 min

Assessing Breath Sounds
DPT VT0461

Learn to identify normal & abnormal breath sounds & what causes them physiologically. By developing your skills for detecting even subtle changes in breath sounds, you'll gain important insights you need to act in an emergency. 30 min.

Muscular Dystrophy
DPT VT0570

MD attacks muscles so that people lose ability to walk, talk & breathe. About 2/3 are children but symptoms can appear any time between birth & adolescence. Shows how sufferers deal with disease that has no cure. 26 min

Biology of Death
DPT VT0571

Covers state of current knowledge about biology of death & its causes, including normal aging process. Also discusses legal & social response to death, & the role of society in investigating & regulating it.

Polio & the Post-Polio Syndrome
DPT VT0572

In first half of century, polio crippled thousands of people, many of them children. Today many survivors are facing new problems after years of dormancy, their pain & disability are returning in a condition called post-polio syndrome. Reviews history of polio, looks at syndrome, & examines worldwide polio eradication programs. 28 min

Living & Learning Series
DPT VT0662B

Instructional videos for Physical Therapy related to stroke patients.

Living & Learning Series
DPT VT0662D

Instructional videos for Physical Therapy related to stroke patients.

Living & Learning Series
DPT VT0662E

Instructional videos for Physical Therapy related to stroke patients.

Burn Care: A Team Challenge
DPT VT0782

Video for Physical Therapy from University of Maryland. 1997

Mosbys Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage: Massage Overviews & Draping
DPT VT0974A

1. Massage Overview And Draping Procedures: Included: Objective & subjective benefits of massage; Scope of practice; Client categories; Personal hygiene for therapist; Client positioning & placement of body supports; Taking a client history; Draping procedures; Assisting clients with special needs.

Mosbys Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage: Body Mechanics
DPT VT0974B

2. Body Mechanics: Included: Comparison of proper & improper positioning; Warm up & stretching; Self massage; Use of stools for support; Working with a mat; Using leverage; Lean & lift technique.

Mosbys Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage: Massage Manipulations
DPT VT0974C

3. Massage Manipulations: Included: Resting position; Effleurage; Petrissage; Compression; Vibration; Shaking; Rocking; Tapotement; Friction.

Mosbys Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage: Massage Techniques
DPT VT0974D

4. Massage Techniques: Included: Guidelines for using massage techniques; Active range of motion; Active assisted range of motion; Muscle energy techniques; Postisometric relaxation; Reciprocal inhibition; Pulsed muscle energy procedures; Direct manipulation; Positional release techniques; Stretching techniques.

Medical Imaging (with teacher guide)
DPT VT0988

Video for physical therapy.

Facing Differences: Living Together on Campus
EHS VT0449

12 min.

Administering the WISC-R: Part I
ELH VT0191A

Teaches administration & scoring of WISC-R. Ideal for assisting instructors in teaching of techniques of administration & scoring, as well as procedures for handling & presenting test materials. 41 min.

Good Old Fashioned Discipline
ELH VT0194

Features discussion between Deputy Undersecretary of Education Gary Bauer, Joe Clark, & proponents & critics of expulsion policy as they attempt to answer question: "Are schools to be repository for everyone below a certain age, or should those who disrupt classes & prevent others from learning be barred?" 28 min

Memory: Fabric of the Mind
ELH VT0195

Looks at various areas that brain researchers are now exploring: What kind of brain chemistry can explain memory? If long term memory is a permanent pattern on fabric of the mind, what structural changes occur in brain? Are different types of memory located in different areas of brain? Are specific memories stored in separate places? What is process of forgetting? Is it possible to improve memory? 28 min

Am. Counsel. Assoc. Process Leadership & Supervision Pt I Early Dev.
ELH VT0646A

Beginning development of group is discussed. Members learn icebreakers, norms for group, & set goals. 45 min

ABC News: "College Drinking"
ELH VT0843

20/20. 3/98

Cleopatra (B)-Part 2
ENG VT0710B

Story of Queen of Nile & her love affairs with Julius Caesar & Mark Antony.

Edu. & Dev. Psy.: Head of the Class
ELH VT0196

Aroused tremendous interest when it was broadcast on 60 minutes. Reveals high pressure of Japanese education system, whose goal is solely to gain admission to best university. American educators must decide which elements of Japanese education they should draw on to improve our own. 14 min

Edu. & Dev. Psy.: The Developing Child
ELH VT0197

Ways in which mental growth can be assisted in normal infants & young children. As infants learn to control their environment, they are learning a task in which parents can provide help by encouraging learning without creating stressful conditions. Also covers issues of group behavior & IQ testing. 26 min

Alcohol: The Social Drug
ELH VT0256

Designed to present facts about alcohol that place it in a social context of number-1 drug of choice. Identifies physiological & psychological effects of alcohol, distinguishes between moderate use & abuse, examines some of main reasons teenagers drink, presents personal views on drinking or not & encourages responsible decision-making about alcohol uses.

Consultation to a Divorcing Family
ELH VT0377A

Stuart Sugarman, M.D. Dr. Carl Whitaker interviews a divorcing family. His technique confuses in a therapeutic attempt to push their understanding of their difficulties. It is often disconcerting & the family clearly doesn't "like" Whitaker but it appears to be quite effective.

Pederson: Developing Multicultural Awareness
ELH VT0487

108 min

Am.Coun.Assoc.Pro.Leadership&Super.Pt II Mov.Through Transition..
ELH VT0646B

Group in transition; enables it to switch from beginning to therapeutic working stage. Members experience anxiety, defensiveness, resistance, member conflict, control, power, & trust issues. 45 min

Am.Coun.Assoc.Pro.Leader.&Super.Pt III Working Stage & Termination
ELH VT0646C

Members receive more interaction, self-disclosure, & feedback. Introduces termination stage, where members open up completely to other members. 45 min

Vanishing Line
ELH VT0889

When does life become fate worse than death? Maren Monsen explores implications of this medical dilemma. Chronicles her personal & professional challenge regarding end of life issues. Also follows a hospice worker as he visits some of his terminally ill clients. He shares story of his wife's prolonged death from multiple sclerosis & explains how that experience effected way he views end of life. 1998. 52 min

Tough Guise: Media Images & The Crisis In Masculinity
ELH VT1195

Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college & high school students to systematically examine the relationship between images of popular culture & the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century. In this analysis, Jackson Katz argues that the widespread violence in American society - including the school shootings in Littleton, CO, Jonesboro AK & elsewhere needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. Tough Guise is extensively illustrated with examples from popular culture. Part 1: UNDERSTANDING VIOLENT MASCULINITY Part 2: VIOLENT MASCULINITY IN ACTION. 80 min

New Urban Renewal
ELH VT1258A

This episode focuses on community development corporations that weave an interlocking web of physical & human support, from new housing to business & social services, literally rebuilding communities from the ground up. 60 min

New Urban Renewal
ELH VT1258B

This episode profiles innovative programs that help at-risk youth to succeed in school, avoid gangs & drugs, & learn entrepeneurship & business skills - all of which prepare them to participate in the social & economic manistream. 60 min

New Urban Renewal
ELH VT1258C

The final episode examines resident management of public housing, through which tenants wrest control from overburdened or mismanaged bureaucracies to revitalize their physical & human environment. 60 min

Discovering Everyday Spirituality - Activity
ELH VT1320A

Program profiles ordinary people who seek to reclaim and nurture the sacredness that can be found in everyday life. Host Thomas Moore reflects on how by following their example we can all gain greater satisfaction in our lives and come to a deeper knowledge of what it means to be human. ACTIVITY: All our activities - work, are or chores - can enhance and deepen our spiritual lives. 45 min

Discovering Everyday Spirituality - Place
ELH VT1320B

Program profiles ordinary people who seek to reclaim and nurture the sacredness that can be found in everyday life. Thomas Moore reflects on how by following their example we can all gain greater satisfaction in our lives and come to a deeper knowledge of what it means to be human. PLACE: By paying attention to our own homes and neighborhoods we discover the spiritual geography of our lives. 45 min

Discovering Everyday Spirituality - Story
ELH VT1320C

Program profiles people who seek to reclaim and nurture the sacredness that can be found in everyday life. Thomas Moore reflects on how by following their example we can all gain greater satisfaction in our lives and come to a deeper knowledge of what it means to be human. STORY: Stories have the power to heal and set free - particularly the stories of our own lives, recreated, reimagined and relived. 45 min

MidSummer Nights Dream
ENG VT0544A

An enchanting production of comedy of magic, mistaken identity, reconciliation & self-discovery. 2 hr 45 min

Discovering Everyday Spirituality - Ritual
ELH VT1320D

Program profiles ordinary people who seek to reclaim and nurture the sacredness that can be found in everyday life. Thomas Moore reflects on how by following their example we can all gain greater satisfaction in our lives and come to a deeper knowledge of what it means to be human. RITUAL: Rituals give order and meaning to our lives, linking our inner and outer worlds. 45 min

That Obscure Object of Desire
ENG DVD0049

Luis Bunuel's final film explodes with eroticism, bringing full circle the director's lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire. An urbane widower, tortured by his lust for the elusive Conchita. With subversive flare, Buneul uses two different actrsses in the lead roll. color/1977/104 min/in french with opitonal english subtitles

Jaws
ENG DVD0050

This Special 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition is Digitally Mastered and contains exclusive footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes material. Steven Speilberg directed this classic film that became one of the most enduring action-suspense films of all time. "JAWS" was an instant blockbuster, a phenomenon, and today it is still among the highest grossing films in motino pitcure history, acclaimed by critics and sudiences alike. Anniversary Collector's Edition with Special Features Color/ Widescreen/ 2hrs. and 5 minutes

Barton Fink
ENG DVD0051

John Turturro shines in the lead role in Barton Fink the Coen Brothers' hailarious satire set in 1940s hollywood. Fink is a New York playwright who reluctantly relocates to hollywood to write screenplays. Ordered to write a low budget screenplay about wrestling, Fink manages to type one sentence and then....nothing! Although his chatty insurance salesman neighbor Charlie helps out by teaching Fink about wrestling, the clock ticks, the temperature rises, and Fink;s life spins more and more out of control. Color/ 116 mins./ Widescreen/ Rated R Bonus Features

Duel
ENG DVD0052

Before spinning cinematic gold from sharks, dinosaurs and homesick aliens, a young Steven Spielberg directed this high-velocity thriller about an innocent motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg's first full-length movie, Duel helped jumpstart the diretor's big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that "...belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers." Dennis Weaver stars as the traveling salesman waging a desprate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out for destruction. Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, roaring 40-ton truck with more sheer manace than most flesh-and -blood villains. Color/ 1Hr. 30 Mins/ Rated PG Collector's Edition with Special Features

Death in Venice
ENG DVD0053

Abroad on a rest holiday, composer Gustav Aschenbach is to all the world reserved and civilized. But when he glimpses someone who inspires him to give way to a secret passion, it foreshadows his doom. Widescreen/rated PG/color/131 minutes/subtitles

Through a Glass Darkly
ENG DVD0054

While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness. B&W/1961/89 minutes/in Swedish with optional English subtitles 1 of 4 in a series

Winter Light
ENG DVD0055

Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. In this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation. When he is asked to assist a troubled parishioner with his debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can offer nothing but his own uncertainty. B&W/1962/80 min/in Swedish with optional English subtitles 1 of a 4 part set

The Silence
ENG DVD0056

Traveling home by train through a country seemingly on the brink of war, two sisters-the sickly, intellectual Ester and the sensual, pragmatic Anna-along with Anna's young son Johan, are forced to disembark in an unknown city in order for Ester to rest. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to their personal vices while vying for Johan's affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their ambiguous relationship. B&W/1963/95 minutes/in Swedish wit optional English subtitles 1 of 4 in a set

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
ENG DVD0057

While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjoman suggests to Swedish Television that they take the opportunity to record with the acclaimed director. In August, Sjoman and the television crew begin to capture what would become a comprhensive five-part documentary on teh making of Winter Light, offering views of set construction and lighting, rehersals and editing, as well as intimate conversations with Bergman and members of his cast and crew. B&W/1963/146 minutes/in Swedish with optional English subtitles

Project Greenlight
ENG DVD0058

The entire first season of the acclaimed HBO hit series plus the finished film Stolen Summer. A special 4 disc collector's set that includes every episode of the smash-hit Project Greenlight, more than 6 hours of bonus material. DVD/Rated PG/uncut-uncensored/7 hours 33 ninutes/color

Bloody Sunday
ENG DVD0059

A staggering re-creation of the events of Sunday, January 30th, 1972 when British troops clashed with unarmed protestors in Derry, Northern Ireland. 2002/Color/110 min/Rated R/widescreen

The Way We Laughed
ENG DVD0060

The epic story of two brothers who emigrate to the northern Italian city of Turin, to escpe the poverty of their Sicilian hometown. Told over a period of six years, from 1958 to 1964, the story unfolds into a series of chapters, each one representing one year in the brother's lives. The older, illiterate brother has a desire to see his beloved brother become a school teacher. He makes tremendous sacrifices to earn money for his education, totally unaware that he's been skipping school and squandering his book money. When his morals are compromised, and his obsession with making money transforms him into a ruthless labor boss, his brothers loyalty is put to the test. In the deeply moving conclusion. One brother will make a sacrifice that wll cost them both dearly. Color/128 min/in Italian with optional English subtitles/Italy 1998

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
ENG DVD0082B

Widescreen edition/PG-13/Color/116 minutes Also available in Full-screen DVD

Night & Fog
ENG VT0630

Describes what Nazis did to Jewish people. Very descriptive.

How Difficult Can This Be?
ETE VT0338

70 min

First Knight
ENG DVD0061

A new vision of King Arthur's Camelot, a vision of breathtaking battles, of heart-pounding courage, of he undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees.....and the undying passion that made it live forever. Richard Gere, Sean Connery, Julia Ormaond, and Jerry Zucker. DVD/color/Rated PG-13/Multiple language subtitles/133 minutes

Knights Tale
ENG DVD0062

The 14th century takes a rocking new twist in A Knights Tale. Heath ledger is William Thatcher, a peasant squire who breaks all the rules when he passes himself off as a nobleman and takes the jousting world by storm. The only thinkg that stands between William and his dream of becoming the world champion of the extremest of sports is the bad boy of the sport Count Adhemar. And when the two rivals go lance to head at the world finals to determine who will be named the ultimate champion, you better arm yourself and hang on tight for the thrill ride of your life! DVD/color/132 minutes/Rated PG-13

The Sword in the Stone
ENG DVD0063

Engaging characters and brilliant Disney animation bring the timeless legend of King Arthur to sparkling life. When they learn that whoever pulls a bewitched sword from deep within a large stone will become the next King of England, many try to remove the sword and fail. For an awkward squire-in-training, the quest seems impossible. But with help form the legendary wizard Merlin, the young man's incredible dream just might be relized. Walt Disney animated classic gold collection. DVD/79 min/color/subtitles/fullscreen

Tootsie
ENG DVD0070

Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antogonized every producer in New york. Now his agent insistsno one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of lifetime.

Apartment
ENG DVD0071

C.C."Bud" Baxter knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake, he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik, elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl... or his job.

Marathon Man
ENG DVD0072

Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman plays the likeable graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwillingly trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving a nazi figutive, Christian Szell. Laurence Olivier received an Academy Award nomination for his chiling portrayal of the sadistic Szell, who turns dental intruments into tools of torture with dispassionate ease.

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
ENG DVD0073

No one is quicker than Butch cassidy when it comes to get rich quick schemes, and his sidekick Sundance is a wizard with a gun. When these two bungling bank and train robbers tire of running from the law, they set out for Bolvia with Sundance's girlfriend. Though they can barely speak enough Spanish to communicate 'This is a stick-up', that's only a minor detail to the two nicest 'bad-guys' who ever rode the West.

Odd Couple
ENG DVD0074

Two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleaniness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado.

Unforgiven
ENG DVD0075

Eastwood and Morgan freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless. Big trouble is coming to Big Whiskey.

Night of The Living Dead
ENG DVD0076

They stagger out of the dark and toward the farmhouse, dull eyes informed by nothing but hunger, hands outstretched. There is no reasoning with them, no pleading with them. They will rip the lips off your face, gouge the eyes out of your sockets, pull your guts from your living belly. you will watch yourself eaten by themas you die... and then, after an all-too-brief period of darkness, you too will rise... and search... and feed...

Good Will Hunting
ENG DVD0077

The most brilliant mind at america's top university isn't a student... he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psycology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him!

Princess Bride
ENG DVD0078

Featuring a spectacular cast that includes robin wright, cary elwes, mandy patinkin, and billy crystal, this wonderful fairy tale about a princess named buttercup and her beloved is a " real dream of a movie!".

Frankenstein; Mary Shelleys
ENG DVD0079

Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm and John Cleese star. True to the original, here is the story of a young doctor whose obsession with death leads him to create a life. But his "creature," crafted from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a briliant scientist, is a hiedous mockery of humanity. And when the creature realized he will never be accepted by men, he seeks revenge on Dr. Frankenstein and his family. An inspired adaptation that's emotionally complex and truly terrifying, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is 100% pure excitement. Visually stunning and refreshingly different. Rated R/Color/123 min

Richard III: The Classic Collection
ENG VT0263

Performances by Laurence Olivier, Claire Bollom, Ralph Richardson, & Cedric Hartwicke. 1956 158 min

In Search Of Shakespeare-Part 2
SHA VT1434B

See Part 1 description

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
ENG DVD0082A

Like mother, like daughter; neither New York playwright Sidda Lee Walker nor her eccentric Louisaiana mother Vivi will likely take steps to mend the rift between them. No, this is a job for the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. The Ya-Yas-sworn lifelong friends of Vivi-stage an unorthodox "intervention" to bring daughter and mother together in this warm adaptation. Rated PG-13/color/full screen/116 min

FontAgent Pro for Mac OS X
ITM PC0015

System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Jaguar) or 10.3.2 (Panther) with the latest Mac OS X software updates

The Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance
ENG DVD0099

From a small Italian community in 15th Century Florence, the Medici family would rise to become one of the most powerful dynasties in Europe. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would use this power to help ignite the most important cultural and atristic revolution in Western history - the Renaissance. Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Galileo all received Medici patronage. But the forces of change the Medici helped unleash would one day topple their ordered would. An epic drama played out in courts, cathedrals and palaces, it is both the tale of one family's powerful ambition, and of Europe's tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages. DVD/color/220 minutes/not rated/PBS

Girl With a Pearl Earring
ENG DVD0109

Delft, Holland, 1665. Seventeen-year-old Greit must work to support her family and becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she gradually attracts the master painter's attention. Johannes and Griet must hide their inspiration of each other from his volatile wife Catharina. The wealthy and troublemaking Master van Ruijven senses the intimacy between the artist and his maid and contrives a commission for Vermeer to paint Griet alopne. The result will be one of the greatest paintings ever created, but at what cost? DVD/2003/color/100 minutes/rated PG-13

Boiler Room
ENG DVD0126

Seth Davis runs a small-time casino operation out of his apartment. With his streetwise business smarts, he's recruited to join the city's newest and hottest stock brokerage firm, an aggressive, renegade corporation far from the traditions of Wall Street. Trained by the company's top young turks, Chris and Greg, Seth takes quickly to his new job's instant riches and fast-life pleasures. He even gains new favor with his estranged father. When Seth wins the eye and the heart of Greg's ex-girlfriend Abbie, it all seems to good to be true. But he's about to learn the devastating secret behind all this intoxicating success. Just as quickly as he was seduced into the firm, Sith finds himself caught in a trap that could bring himself, his father and his whole world crashing down. Color/120 minutes/Rated R

King Lear (Ian Holm)
ENG DVD0130

Lear, King of Britain, has three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Intending to divide his kingdom among his daughters according to their affection for him, he asks them to say which loves him most. Goneril and Regan profess their extreme affection, and each receives one-third of the kingdom. Cordelia, disgusted with their hollow flattery, says she loves him according to her duty, no more or less. Infuriated with this reply, Lear divides her portion between Goneril and Regan. Eventually the two daughters reveal their true heartlessness and a tragic chain of events are set into motion. DVD/Color/Not Rated Approximate running time: 150 minutes

Age of Innoncence
ENG DVD1349

Martin Scorese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) Best Actor, My Left Foot), Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Neland risks eveything for a chance at true love. The Age Of Innocence is a spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret.

Black Orpheus
ENG VT0005

Legend of Orpheus & Eurydice unfolds against colorful background of carnival of Rio de Janeiro. In black section of city, Orpheus is a streetcar conductor & Eurydice a country girl fleeing from a man sworn to kill her. 1959. 96 min.

Lysistrata
ENG VT0325

Lysistrata is an Athenian woman disgusted by way men have ruined country with endless wars. Rallying other women, she proposes they impose an embargo on sexual relations with their men as long as war lasts. This "sex strike," brings men to their knees. 97 min

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
ENG VT0421

The traveling hypnotist who performs with his sleepwalking assistant Cesare is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked & carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During the search to find her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare & discovers the director of the asylum is none other than Dr. Caligari. It is then revealed that Francis himself is a patient in a mental institution &, among faces of other inmates, we see Jane & Cesare. 52 min.

Raisin in the Sun
ENG VT0431

A $10,000 insurance check can allow Youngers to finally escape their frustrating life in a Chicago apartment. But, escape means different things to each family member. 128 min

Last Laugh
ENG VT0432

Silent-film told entirely by camera. It's a masterpiece in character development. A pompous old hotel doorman who feels important is demoted because of age. Working in a wash room, he becomes a tragic & broken figure. Then, by a strange turn of fortune, he becomes a millionaire. Scenes are as funny as earlier scenes were pathetic. 1924 74 min

Moyers
ENG VT0458

Explores "image & reality in America"; how public opinion is formed through mingling of fact & fiction in society saturated with images.

Doctor Faustus
ENG VT0463

Dr. Faustus is aging scholar who makes a bargain with devil for youth, knowledge & a dazzling temptress. Sent to distract him from questioning his decision, the devil's disciple, Mephistopheles, lures Faustus into a spellbinding world of spectacular visions & erotic diversions. When scholar encounters a bewitching seductress who transforms from one legendary beauty to another, fate of Faustus' soul is sealed.

Business Communication - WRITING
ENG VT1208

Video on business communication writing. 20 min

An Unknown Country & The Elle River (4/91)
HIS VT0312

2 hr.

Adobe Creative Suite Premium Education
ITM PC0017

System Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.2.8 through version 10.3 with Java Runtime Environment 1.4.1

Inherit the Wind
ENG VT0497

The "Monkey Trial" of 1925 pitted attorney Clarence Darrow & fundamentalist leader William Jennings Bryan in a clash over teaching of evolution in a Tennessee School & captivated nation. 2 hr 8 min

King Lear
ENG VT0504

Focuses on Lear's relationships with his daughters, presenting all of play's essential elements, while eliminating a number of subplots that have made its staging so cumbersome. Welles' performance as the monarch has been widely recognized as top performance in his career.

Tony Morrison : Protrait of a Writer
ENG VT0505

Profile of a Writer: Ms Morrison has established herself as leading chronicler of black experience in America & as one of America's finest novelists. On eve of publication of her novel Beloved she talks about problems of slavery & its appalling legacy with an approach that is at once warm, generous, intelligent & knowledgeable. 1987 52 min

Master Teaching Series (9/94)
ENG VT0514

Programs designed to promote effective teaching in higher education. 1st program deals with large sized classes & how to maximize student engagement in these classes. 2nd attests to importance of fostering a more ethical learning community.

MidSummer Nights Dream
ENG VT0544B

An enchanting production of comedy of magic, mistaken identity, reconciliation & self-discovery. 2 hr 45 min

Look Back in Anger
ENG VT0567

Kenneth Brannaugh & Emma Thompson star in production of 1 of great classics of postwar British drama. Play's protagonist is Jimmy Porter who, as a child watched his father die poor & alone & has grown up to be an angry young man who despises establishment & vents his bitterness & frustrations on his wife & her upper-class background. Playwright himself hailed Brannaugh as "the best Jimmy Porter ever. Emma Thompson plays wife who must be made to feel pain equal to Jimmy's so their marriage can survive.

Native American Novelists: James Welch
ENG VT0597

Part Blackfoot, part Gros Ventre Indian, Welch finds his subject matter in his Indian heritage & his plots in human emotions & trials common to all humans. Welch discusses his background, his sources, his vision, & his personal way of particularizing universal.

Native American Novelists: Leslie M. Silko
ENG VT0606

Leslie Marmon Silko's work is strongly rooted in her own matrilineal tribal background. Like all writing of lasting value, it uses particular experiences & places to reveal universal truths. Here, she discusses her own background & interrelationship between her smaller, Indian world & larger, brutal world.

Twelfth Night: Part 1
ENG VT0640A

Play by Shakespeare. Classed as a comedy because order is restored, evil punished & all live happily ever after. Music is major element of play. 165 min.

Twelfth Night: Part 2
ENG VT0640B

Play by Shakespeare. Classed as a comedy because order is restored, evil punished & all live happily ever after. Music is major element of play. 165 min.

Brothers Karamazov
ENG VT0643

Based on Dostoyevsky's story of greed, vindictiveness & lust, video brings 19th century Russia to life in a splendid production. Yul Brynner stars. Karamazov is the father of 4 wildly desperate sons, one of whom is in love with the same woman as his father. Film weaves a web of intrigue & murder. 1957. 2 hr. 27 min

Rappaccinis Daughter
ENG VT0647

Set in 18th century Italy, is tale of a young scholar named Giovani who falls in love with a beautiful girl who tends her father's poison garden. Strange & unearthly beauty of Beatrice masks terrifying curse, which Giovanni must discover. Her father has made her subject of a diabolical experiment. 57 min

Hiroshima Mon Amor
ENG VT0651

French actress enters into brief romance with Japanese architect. She relives a traumatic wartime romance & tries to find truth, love & freedom from past. 88 min

Im a Fool
ENG VT0694

Traveling from town to town during summer of 1919 Andy left his Ohio home in search of adventure & romance as a horse trainer on county fair racing circuit. He learns a bittersweet lesson about life when he meets Lucy at racetrack. He leads Lucy to believe he's wealthy. Soon one lie leads to another until there is no way to tell Lucy truth. Irony is that Lucy & Andy have fallen in love. As Andy admits on his way out of town, all is lost because "I'm a Fool". 38 min

Blue Hotel
ENG VT0698

Nebraska in 1880's; bleak, lonely & far from what you'd expect Wild West to be. For a Swedish immigrant, frontier parlor of The Blue Hotel represents quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince him that his dimestore notions about West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him & in terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably he attracts tragedy. Who is responsible? The negative Swede or cliquish hotel guests? Story of how society punishes outsiders for being different. 55 min.

Cape Fear (1991)
ENG VT0762

Later version of the above film starring Robert DeNiro as the ex-con & Nick Nolte as the lawyer. 1991. 2 hr. 8 min

Wild by Law
ENG VT0705

Story of Wilderness Act of 1964 & 3 men responsible for its passage; Leopold, Marshall, & Zahniser. More than story of historic struggle to preserve natural world, it provides overview of roots of environmental movement, offering deeper understanding of one of most important issues facing contemporary civilization.

Virginia Woolf: A Room of Ones Own
ENG VT0708

A woman must have money & a room of her own if she is to write fiction. So spoke Virginia Woolf in 1929 as she discussed problems of writer & of women in general. Woolf's talk represents perhaps most persuasive of all her writings on liberty, literature, & role of women in her society. She spoke about writing as a woman, in an age when women were deprived of virtually every possibility of earning their own living. 53 min.

Shermans March
ENG VT0713

Quest for true romance: filmmaker Ross McElwee, after an old girlfriend deserts him, trains his lens with phallic resolve on every accessible women he meets along original route of General Sherman's Civil War March. 157 min

Oleanna
ENG VT0729

Tormentor becomes tormented when student turns tables on manipulative professor in portrait of sex, power & betrayal. Desperate to pass one of her classes, Carol approaches her professor behind closed doors of his office. Words are exchanged; a touch; a glance & what began as a simple meeting between teacher & student spirals out of control. When Carol files harassment charges against him, wheels are set in motion for a high stakes game of cat & mouse with shocking results. How far is too far: Whatever side you take you're wrong. 90 min

To Sir
ENG VT0740

Novice teacher faces class of rowdy punks in film that reflects some of problems & fears of teens in '60's. Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as Thackeray, an out of work engineer who turns to teaching in London's tough East End. The graduating class sets out to destroy him as they did his predecessor by breaking his spirit. But Thackeray, meets challenge by treating students as young adults who will soon enter a world where they must stand or fall on their own. When offered an engineering job Thackeray must decide if he wants to stay. 105 min

Cape Fear (1961)
ENG VT0761

Gregory Peck & Robert Mitchum star in tale of revenge & murder. Mitchum is an ex-con determined to exact a terrible revenge on Peck & his family. Peck plays a small town lawyer whose worst nightmare comes true when the criminal he helped put away returns to stalk his beautiful young wife (Polly Bergen) & teenage daughter. Despite help from the local police chief & a private detective, Peck is legally powerless to keep Mitchum from playing his sadistic game of cat & mouse. Finally Peck must put his family's lives at stake in a deadly trap that leads to one of the most suspenseful & heart-pounding confrontations ever committed to film. 1961. 1 hr 46 min

Birds
ENG VT0763

Unexplainable attack on residents of Bodega Bay by birds is subject of Hitchcock thriller. Thousands of real birds & nearly 400 trick shots make reality of seemingly impossible, & lend an air of sheer terror that you will never forget. The Birds represents Hitchcock at his very best. 1963. 2 hr.

Daisy Miller
ENG VT0764

Daisy Miller is a woman who did as she pleased but seldom pleased anyone but herself. Adapted from Henry James' classic novella about an expatriate American living abroad in Europe with her daffy mother & bratty brother. She is very much ahead of her time as her behavior scandalizes Victorian society of 1878. 1974

Babettes Feast
ENG VT0765

Babette is French chef living among a pious congregation on a desolate coast of Denmark. As cook to 2 elderly, women, she's never called upon to prepare anything more exciting than traditional boiled codfish & soup. She wins 10,000 francs & decides to spend it by creating the most memorable meal consumed even though the villagers will have no idea what they're eating. Treat yourself to this look at life, pleasure & artistic passion. 1988. 102 min

Great Expectations
ENG VT0766

When Pip receives property from an unknown benefactor he starts a new life believing his good fortune has come from an eccentric old woman, only person of wealth he knows. But when his true benefactor reveals himself, Pip must re-evaluate his great expectations & lend a hand to person he met briefly long ago. 119 min

Apocalypse Now
ENG VT0767

Lt. Willard receives orders to seek out renegade military outpost led by mysterious Colonel Kurtz. Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." One of most powerful films of all time, "Apocalypse Now" was nominated for 8 Academy Awards.

Vampyr
ENG VT0768

Story of young man who becomes involved with 2 sisters, one of whom, wasting away with strange sickness, turns out to be victim of vampire. 1931 B&W. 75 min

Ox-Bow Incident
ENG VT0769

When a rancher is reported murdered by cattle rustlers, people of Ox-Bow decide to take justice into their own hands & lynch alleged killers. Henry Fonda plays drifter who tries to come to their defense. Stunning indictment of injustice. 1943. B&W 75 min

Sense & Sensibility
ENG VT0770

Tells of Dashwood sisters whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. 136 min

King Lear (Russia - 1971)
ENG VT1238

King Lear (Russia - 1971) Directed by Grigori Kozintsev B&W/English subtitles 140 min

Childhood: Great Expectations/Louder Than Words
ETE VT0357

Personality Development 1991

Masque of the Red Death
ENG VT0771

Fearing revolt amongst villagers, Prince Prospero has 2 of them thrown into prison. The men are brought to banquet hall to entertain prince & guests. Each man is forced to cut himself with a dagger, one of which is tipped with poison. When he dies other prisoner is set free. He vows to return. But it is not until Prince's Masque Ball that a mysterious guest appears & transforms his revels into a grisly dance with death! 1964. 89 min

An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
ENG VT0772

A man is about to be hung, accused of sabotage during Civil War. Story of his final moments on gallows. 29 min

Bartleby
ENG VT0773

Young clerk rebels against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying, "I prefer not to". This is carried on at absurdum until office is in chaos because other employees must do Bartleby's work. His boss is unable to fire him & eventually has him placed into a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him crux of the film. 1972. 79 min

How To Make An American Quilt
ENG VT0779

A Berkeley graduate student is spending the summer at home of her grandmother & great aunt. Their house is a quiet haven where she intends to finish her latest thesis & think over a marriage proposal. When she meets sexy, smoldering Leon things get complicated. As she wrestles with her decision women in her grandmother's quilting bee confide stories of loves that shaped their lives. Brings unbridled passion, true love, betrayal, joy & heartbreak vividly to life in a way that celebrates finding your way & following your heart. 1995. 1 hr 57 min

Barn Burning
ENG VT0785

Southern tenant farmer sets employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son is horrified. The farmer escapes justice for lack of proof but he & his family are told to move on. No sooner do they move than he is offended by his rich new employer. Torn between trying to win his father's acceptance & aversion to what his father will do the son must act quickly. Shows the complex world of class divisions & family relationships through a boy's attempt to liberate himself from hatred & poverty. 1985. 40 min

Ivanhoe
ENG VT0786

Return to world of knights & maidens in adaptation of Sir Walter Scott classic. Set against 12th-century England story follows one brave man's attempt to restore Richard The Lion-Hearted to throne stolen by his brother. 1952. 1 hr 47 min

Meet John Doe
ENG VT0787

Protesting corruption in society, John Doe writes to a newspaper declaring his plan to commit suicide on New Year's Eve. An overwhelming response from readers turns John Doe into an overnight celebrity. Unfortunately John Doe doesn't exist. He was invented as a prank by a reporter. The down & out fellow chosen by newspaper to play John Doe is pushed into limelight & becomes flagbearer of everyday man. 1940 130 min

Handmaids Tale
ENG VT0808

Once upon a time in near future a country called Gilead went wrong. Ecological disasters ravaged land resulting in war, political turmoil & sterility. Only a few women can still bear children. They were called Handmaids. Captured trying to escape Gilead, Kate soon befriends Moira in prison like training center for few surviving fertile women. Moira escapes but Kate is sent to home of Commander. Her role is to bear commander's child for his infertile wife but revolutionaries have other plans for Kate. Passionate drama explodes as Kate breaks free & strikes a fatal blow for revolution. 109 min.

House Made of Dawn
ENG VT0809

Story of outcast Native American & his search for destiny in a world that doesn't know him. Abel is young man who experiences mystical visions of his ancestors, one of whom leads him into a real-life gun battle with a villainous cowboy. After serving prison time for manslaughter, he is sent to LA where he falls under spell of Tosamah, a charismatic leader. An outsider in another man's world, Abel fights to resurrect spirits of his once proud people & find a home in a strange land that was once his own. 77 min.

Jane Eyre
ENG VT0820

Jane Eyre is young woman whose will to overcome a life of hardship leads her into a romance with a handsome gentleman. Swept up in possibility of a happy new life, Jane is shattered when terrible, untold secrets from his past are revealed. William Hurt & Charlotte Gainsbourg are featured.

Bastard Out of Carolina
ENG VT0837

Anney Boatwright gives birth to an illegitimate child nicknamed Bone. Although she grows up in South Carolina in the 50's Bone & her mother share deep & loving bond. Bone's stepfather is jealous of the bond between them. 108 min

Women of Brewster
ENG VT0839A

Examines group of women neighbors in same slum who have been affected by misguided idealism. Luciela can't detach herself from an untrustworthy husband; life in fast lane has run aground for Etta Mae; after bright lights of NY have dimmed Kiswana has renounced her middle class roots bringing her into conflict with her mother. Serving as matriarch is Mattie, a woman with an unshakable resolve to create a better life for herself & those she loves. 180 min

Women of Brewster Place
ENG VT0839B

Changeling
ENG VT0859

Jacobean parody of Shakespeare written in 17th century. Beatrice is contracted to marry Alonzo but is in love with Alsemero. She hires deviant DeFlores to kill Alonzo. DeFlores, enamored of Beatrice is blind to the price he will pay. 92 min

Revising Prose
ENG VT1296

Video on how to revise prose; by Richard A. Lanham.

Helen of Troy
ENG VT0874

Arrows rain death. Courageous soldiers clamber up stone walls. Swords clang, men shout, fires rage. Yet waves of combatants storming Troy are turned back. To defeat undefeatable requires brains as much as brawn. So Greeks, feigning withdrawal, offer a gift of treachery; a mammoth wooden horse that secretly houses their fighting men. 141 min.

Antigone - Movie
ENG VT0875

Sophocles' drama of heroine who defied the state to bury her brother, casualty of a desert war. 85 min. 1990

Knights of the Round Table
ENG VT0876

Newly crowned King of England dedicates his reign & fellowship of Knights of Round Table to ideals of peace, justice & chivalry. Supporting Arthur in his vision are Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot & Merlin. Lancelot & Guinevere are torn between their love for one another & their loyalty to king. Plotting against Arthur are his halfsister Morgan LeFay & her evil consort, Modred. 1953 1hr 56 min.

Camelot (A)
ENG VT0877A

Legend of King Arthur has enchanted generation after generation. His perfect kingdom was shattered because of tragic passion between Queen Guenevere & knight Lancelot. 180 min.

Camelot (B)
ENG VT0877B

Legend of King Arthur has enchanted generation after generation. His perfect kingdom was shattered because of tragic passion between Queen Guenevere & knight Lancelot. 180 min.

Odyssey
ENG VT0878

Set in heroic age of mighty warrior-king Odysseus as his victorious return from Trojan War becomes a decade long quest to reach his homeland & his faithful wife, Penelope. Aided by goddess Athena, Odysseus braves all terrors & temptations of a mysterious world matching wits with a fantastic array of beings both mortal & monstrous. 165 min

Accidental Tourist
ENG VT0892

Where can you find your favorite hamburger in Paris? How many packets of laundry soap do you need on a trip to Atlanta? Ask Macon Leary. He's The Accidental Tourist whose guidebooks are revered by home loving business travelers who prefer the carpet path between the microwave & VCR over flight path between NY & London. What do you do when your ex wife comes back into your life while a ditzy dog trainer named Muriel also tugs at your heart. Don't ask Macon. He doesn't have a clue. This odd woman helped me, Macon says. Which is funny because odd defines Macon's family. Holed up in their Victorian home they let the phone ring, as it may be bad news. 121 min

Lover
ENG VT0897

French teenager engages in affair with wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For 1st time in her life she has control & wields it deftly over her lover throughout a series of meetings. But though lovers are able to transcend differences in age, race & class; theirs is a future that French colonial Vietnamese society will never allow. Brilliantly captures essence of sexual awakening & forbidden desire like no other film has done before. 1 hr 51 min

Good Mother
ENG VT0906

Every passion has its price. For Anna Dunlap a recent divorcee & mother of a young daughter, Molly, price may be devastating. Discovering true passion for first time in her life after meeting artist Leo Cutter, Anna's life couldn't be more perfect. But shocking charges against young woman place her newfound lifestyle under scrutiny, shattering her relationship & forcing her to prove that she is a good mother. 104 min

Joy Luck Club
ENG VT0918

Tells story of 4 friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy & heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of startling events & conditions that have shaped their lives & how these experiences have affected hopes & dreams they hold for each of their children. 139 min

Dangerous Liaisons
ENG VT0922

Is an opulent minuet of "nasty, decadent fun". Settings are 18th century. Characters are Merteuil, the rich widow; Valmont, predatory rake; & Madame de Tourvel, whose beauty & virtue doom Valmont to violate his personal credo: don't fall in love. 120 min

Ballad of the Sad Café
ENG VT0926

A Southern-Gothic love triangle revolves around the eccentric Miss Amelia. Plain faced & unhappy she is shocked to learn that Marvin Macy, a charming con man, has fallen in love with her. More shocking she agrees to marry him. But her public humiliation of her weak-willed husband sets him on course for revenge. Climaxing in an unforgettable battle of wills Marvin does his best to break America's spirit & her heart. 100 min

1968: The Year That Shaped a Generation
ENG VT0928

Year that saw TET Offensive in Vietnam, assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. & Robert Kennedy, police riot at Democratic Convention in Chicago, a near revolution in France & Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Thirty years later & on eve of new century we have a chance to look back & reflect on what it meant for the world. 60 min

Out of Africa
ENG VT0929

True story of Karen Blixen who with her philandering husband runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914. To her astonishment she soon discovers herself in love with land, its people & mysterious white hunter. 2 hr 41 min

Rise of Greek Tragedy Sophocles
ENG VT0945

Explains tragedy as a form & to acquaint audiences with what is probably its foremost example. Using tragic masks production emphasizes modernity & eternity of play as well as its lasting emotional impact. 45 min

Member of The Wedding
ENG VT0953A

Frankie Addams, motherless 12 year old struggles with awkwardness of adolescence & dreams about life's possibilities. When she's not picking fights with her cousin John she shares dreams of fine, traditional family life she has never known with her kindhearted nanny. But after Frankie's older brother announces his engagement & upcoming wedding the young girl misunderstands what is happening & plans to join them on their honeymoon. When newlyweds nix idea a rejected Frankie runs away from home & discovers harsh realities of adult world. 91 min

Jack Kerouacs Road
ENG VT0998

Revolutionized form of American journalism; did not understand English until he was 6 years old. Grew up in Massachusetts he spoke French. Shows how his restless seeking embodied a pattern of emigration. Most famous novel is On the Road.

Wuthering Heights
ENG VT1000

Emily Bronte's tale of love & passion comes alive in film starring Juliette Binoche & Ralph Fiennes. Story of 2 generations of Earnshaw & Linton families as their lives & fortunes intertwine in a complex web dominated by passionate relationship between doomed lovers Heathcliff & Cathy. 1992 107 min

Kerouac
ENG VT1016

Jack Kerouac found style in Thomas Wolfe & Walt Whitman & beat of his free-flowing prose in jazz. A mystical figure he searched for answers by bumming across Mexico & US & settling in San Francisco during heyday of its literary renaissance, experimenting with drugs & Zen Buddhism. His life is examined, beginning with his impoverished boyhood through his development as one of most important modern American authors; to his self-destructive demise at age of 49. Kerouac is an accurately detailed documentary & moving drama.

Twelfth Night
ENG VT1034

Outlandish tale of troublesome twins who win hearts of an entire kingdom is more relevant & funnier today than when it was first performed almost 4 hundred years ago. 133 min

Prosperos Books
ENG VT1036

Prospero, a magician, inventor & Duke of Milan is exiled by his enemies & set adrift in a small boat with his beautiful daughter Miranda. They land on an enchanted island inhabited by nymphs & spirits. With help of 24 magical books, Prospero transforms his new world into a miniature Renaissance kingdom & uses his unearthly powers to wreak revenge upon his enemies. 2 hr 14 min

Born on the Fourth of July
ENG VT1055

Portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. Based on a true story film follows young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, & struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. 2 hr 25 min

Shawshank Redemption
ENG VT1056

Morgan Freeman plays Red Redding, a lifer who knows what it takes to cope with bleak hopelessness of Shawshank State Prison. Tim Robbins is new inmate Andy Dufresne, a quiet banker convicted of murders he didn't commit. Red is sure this mild newcomer won't last a night before he cracks. Red is wrong. Andy's will earns Red's respect & friendship & his resourcefulness brings hope & change to entire prison. Andy is full of surprises & he saves his best for last, leading to one of most satisfying finales in movie history. 142 min

Kids
ENG VT1085

Powerful & passionate, colorful & compelling, KIDS is 24 frenetic hours in lives of a group of teenagers who believe they are invincible. With breathtaking images from one of world's most renowned photographers Kids is a deeply affecting, no-holds-barred landscape of words & images depicting with raw honesty experiences, attitudes & uncertainties of innocence lost. 102 min

Buena Vista Social Club
ENG VT1086

Reveals astonishing life stories, vibrant personalities & unforgettable music of talented but long-overlooked performers who collaborated on legendary album 'The Buena Vista Social Club' with guitarist Fy Cooder. From crumbling barrios of their native Havana to their triumphant, sold out concerts in Amsterdam & NY, it's an emotional journey into passion, pride & humanity of artists whose music sparked a world wide musical phenomenon! 105 min

Gladiator
ENG VT1127

The General who became a slave. The slave who became a Gladiator. The Gladiator who defied an empire. A dazzling combination of vivid action & extraordinary storytelling that critics call 'a stunning, explosive, breathtaking epic!' 2 hr 35 min

All Quiet On The Western Front.
ENG VT1131

A devastating story of war & a generation destroyed. In 1914 a group of German schoolboys, idealistic & inflamed with youthful patriotism, set off to fight in the 'glorious' war. During their brutal basic training disenchantment begins: then, boarding a train for the front they see wounded being rushed back to hospitals. They begin to grasp the grim reality of war. On their first night in action they come under heavy attack. In the trenches they begin to fall. Their youth is stripped away by violence & the boys become as sullen as veterans do. When Paul (Richard Thomas) shoots a Frenchman & watches him die he realizes futility of war. Wounded he returns home to a different world, a place where he cannot fit in. Sent back into battle he meets destiny on a day when the German High Command Communiqué states, 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' 131 min

Soldiers Home
ENG VT1132

(By Ernest Hemingway) Harold Krebs went off to fight WWI. Then he came home & found he wishing it had never ended. To Ernest Hemingway, the hardest part of war was coming home. This is the essence of the video - a story with many similarities to the experience of our Vietnam veterans. Harold finds he doesn't fit in anymore. He's outgrown his old life & now needs peace & quiet to work things out for himself. Yet he's pressured by his loving but misunderstanding mother to rejoin a community in which he feels alien. An intense & personal character study from the giant of literature, Harold discovers going home is never easy - & maybe it isn't even possible. 41 min

Godfather
ENG VT1327A

Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleones' family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel.

Something Magical
ETE VT0429

28 min

Life And Death In Britains Ancient Theatres
ENG VT1134

Ancient Mysteries with Leonard Nimoy travels the world to explore the hidden secrets of our ancient past a past that has much to tell us about the present and future. From the timeless legend of Atlantis to the secrets of ancient healing that are just being rediscovered today, this fascinating series uncovers an astonishing wealth of drama & wisdom buried in time. 50 min

Remember The Titans
ENG VT1170

A stirring & uplifting film based on a reallife drama. Remember The Titans is a rousing celebration of how a town torn a by resentment, friction & mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony. The year is 1971. After leading his team to five winning seasons, football coach Bill Yoast is demoted & replaced by Herman Boone, tough, opinionated & as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. How these two men overcome their differences & turn a group of hostile young men into champions plays out in a remarkable & triumphant story full of soul & spirit. You & your family will never forget the Titans. 114 min

Where The Heart Is
ENG VT1171

Sometimes life's closest, most powerful ties are not those we're born with but the ones we create along the way. Ashley Judd & Natalie Portman star in this offbeat slice of life about a down on her luck southern teen who, after gaining 15 minutes of fame for giving birth to "The Wal-Mart Baby" begins to put her life together with the help of the kind, quirky strangers who become her surrogate family. It is an inspiring celebration of love, friendship & self worth. 120 min

Fried Green Tomatoes
ENG VT1172

Step back in time to the sleepy little Southern town of Whistle Stop. Kathy Bates & Jessica Tandy star in this remarkable drama that had critics raving & continues to keep audiences captivated. In Fannie Flagg's best selling novel, this heartwarming tale depicts the strength of the human spirit through laughter, devotion & a special friendship that defies all obstacles. 2 hr 17 min

Sophies Choice
ENG VT1176

A drama set in 1947 post-World War II, Brooklyn. Meryl Streep plays Sophie Zawistowska. Kevin Kline plays her lover Nath The story revolves around Sophie's struggle as a Polish-Catholic immigrant in the U.S. who had survived a Nazi concentration camp. The lovers' drama unfolds through the observations of a friend & would -be writer, Stingo. As the trip grows closer, Stingo discovers the hidden truths that they each harbor, resulting in a narrative that is both captivating & moving. 150 min

Writing For Results
ENG VT1209

What writing skills separate those who communicate effectively with their writing from those who don't? The goal of writers, whether they be students or professionals, is to achieve some end result from their writing. For students, the desired result can be getting a good grade, being accepted by their school of choice, or receiving a job offer. Professionals hope to inform, persuade, & motivate...their success in achieving these results affects future promotions & raises. This video teaches step by step procedures for Writing For Results. Students see the importance of determining & understanding their audience & defining their desired result. They learn how to: select a subject; gather material; record research; organize thoughts; present a final product that accomplishes the desired result. Students of all writing levels will benefit from this lesson in de-mystifying the writing process.

Richard III
ENG VT1212

Shakespeare's immortal tale of ambition, lust, & murderous treachery is brilliantly updated in this riveting masterpiece. In 1930's Britain, a savage civil war between two royal families has just concluded. But even as the newly installed King Edward takes the reins of power, his ruthless, physically deformed younger brother Richard sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the crown for himself. Enlisting the aid of equally duplicitous allies in the court, Richard embarks on a merciless, single-minded campaign of betrayal, seduction & cold-blooded murder to achieve the goal that has obsessed him all his tortured life: to be king...at any price. Starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey, Jr, Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith & John wood. Color 1995 1 hr 44 min

Metaphysical Poets
ENG VT1214

In a reaction against Elizabethan-period poetry, 17th-century English poets such as John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, & Andrew Marvell began writing in a new style. Although derisively dubbed "metaphysical" because of its unseemly - that is, intellectual - nature, metaphysical poetry soon became appreciated for its remarkable blend of emotion & erudition, as evidenced by complex conceits, unconventional imagery, & the avoidance of smooth & regular meter. This program spotlights the works of the genre's founder, John Donne, as Dr. Daniella Havenstein of Oxford University & Judith Aldridge of the University of Central England interpret & analyze some of his best-known poems, along with the works of other metaphysical poets. 30 min

Paradise Lost
ENG VT1215

Patterned after Greek & Roman classics, yet achieving a voice of its own by defying the strict dictates of classical subject matter, Milton's epic poem is a masterwork of overwhelming proportions. His diverse & often awesome use of language creates an effect even more surreal & powerful than Dante's Inferno. This program features probing analysis by Professor Thomas Winnifrith, University of Warwick, & Professor Robert Wilcher, University of Birmingham, who dissect the key passages of the work. Topics include Milton's cration of hell as one of the great imaginative accomplishments of literature. Also examined are the poem's anti-Catholic tone; the use of the Narcissus myth; the weak, headmaster-like characterization of God; Eve as the strong, archetypal woman; Satan as hero; & criticism of Milton as a mysogynist. A brief biography of Milton highlights philosophica debates of the period & reveals the work as product of it time. 29 min

Taming of the Shrew
ENG VT1255

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton sparkle & amuse as Katharina & Petruchio in william Shakespear's comic look at male chauvinism & women's lib in the 16th century. Petruchio, a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona, journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he encounters the fiery Katharina, a selfwilled shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. Their honeymoon becomes a humourous battle of wit & insult with kate as determined to maintain her independence as petruchio is to "tame"her. when the embattled couple returns to Padua, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that his is the most obedient of wives. But in reality, the shrewish Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate. 122 min

Waiting For Godot
ENG VT1274

A key work in modern theater & acknowledged throughout the world as a classic, Beckett's most famous play is shown here in a definitive film version starring Zero Mostel & Burgess Meredith as the two remarkable tramps, Vladimir & Estragon. They wait for the perhaps mythical personage, Godot, & through their suffering, patience & often hilarious wit, transcend themselves to become a portrait of the suffering of mankind itseof. This Waiting for Godot is a remarkable performance of one of the most important plays of the twentieth century. 102 min black and white

Barabbas
ENG VT1291

This is the fictionalized story of Barabbas based on a fascinating passage in the New Testament: when Pontius Pilate asks the people of Jerusalem whom they want freed - Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas. And though he is set free, the event is one that haunts Barabbas for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines & then to a gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixtion, that he discovers his faith. 134 min

Gattaca
ENG VT1299

Engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investogator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel. 106 min

Language
ETE VT0303

Explains that language is not only a product of learning, but also a part of man's genetic endowment. 30 min

Training Day
ENG VT1300

Rookie cop Jake Hoyt wants to stop crooks, not become one. But staying on the right side of the line that separates cop from criminal will be more challenging than anything he's faced. Because Hoyt's senior partner for the next 24 hous is Alonzo Harris, an undercover narc meaner than any of L.A.'s mean streets. In a powerful departure from his frequent good guy roles, Denzel Washington plays the fiercely charismatic Harris. Crusing the 'hood in his flashy low rider G-ride, laying down the patter of his twisted crimefighting logic, Harris both attracts and repels as he becomes the kind of thug he's supposed to collar. 122 min

All Quiet on the Western Front
ENG VT1313

Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Rich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilizing for war. The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. As the central character Paul Baumer declares, "We live in the trenches and we fight. We try not to be killed - that's all." "All Quiet" is an anthology of now famous scenes: Paul trapped in a shell crater with a man he has killed; the first meeting of the recruits and the veterans; infantrymen being mowed down to machine-gun visual rhythms; a moonlight swim with French farm girls; Paul's pacifist speech to his astonished schoolmates; and the final shot of the soldier's hand reaching for a fatal butterfly. B & W 2 hrs 12 min

Bringing Down a Dictator
ENG VT1317

In the year 2000 in a war barely noticed outside Yugoslavia the indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold power. he controlled a battle hardened army, a tough police force, and most of the news media. But he underestimated his opponents led by a student movement called Otpor who attacked the regime with ridicule, rock music and a willingness to be arrested. Their courage and audacity inspired others to overcome their fear and join the fight. 56 min

Godfather
ENG VT1327B

Glass Menagerie
ENG VT1331

One of Tennessee Williams' best and most poetic works is lovingly brought to the screen by director Paul Newman in this magnificent film based on the landmark Broadway play. the touching drama about people who live on the fine line between fantasy and reality tells the story of Amanda (Joanne Woodward), a strong willed woman who attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter laura (Karen Allen). Although dominated by her mother, Laura finds solace through the attentions of her troubled brother Tom (John Malkovich) and Jim (James Naughton), a "Gentleman Caller". The immortal play, filled with some of Williams' most poignant and powerful prose, is forever captured in this splendid film. 2 hr 14 min

Dolls House
ENG VT1332

Joseph Losey's beauty and powerful production brings new dimensions to Ibsen's classic tale. Jane Fonda stars as the spirited young woman whose acts correspond to the battles waged today by women's liberation. David Warner is Torvald the husband who rejects the wife who has given everything to make the marriage work. Jane Fonda as Nora, the "model wife," commits forgery and risks destruction in order to save her husband's health...but then, in one of the theatrical literature's most resounding gestures she closes the door on her husband and children to begin a new life alone.

Gawain and the Green Knight
ENG VT1335

This beautiful dramatized version of the late-14th-century poem offers a bonanza to the English teacher: one of the best known of the Arthurian legends, a portrait of life in Arthurian days as the Pearl Poet imagined it, a baker;s dozen of discussion topics about human virtue and human imperfectibility--and a fascinating plot involving a challenge by the Green Knight(green is of course the color of magic), who departs Arthur's castle holding his own head, which Gawain has just lopped off; Gawain's quest to keep his word and prove his worthiness while remaining alive; and the very moral surprise ending.

Beowulf and the Roots of Anglo-Saxoon Poetry
ENG VT1336

Beowulf is the oldest written epic in English literature. In this program, Dr. Robert DiNapoli-- teaching fellow in Old and Middle English at the University of Birmingham, England--and Professor John Burrow of Bristol University examine th symbolism and the influence of Christianity in Beowulf and other masterpieces of English and Germanic poetry. The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Dreamn of the Road, and The Battle of Maldon are also analyzed. The program is an indisputable aid in teaching this watershed period in Western literature.

Queen Margot
ENG VT1341

A classic tale of intrigue and forbidden love, Queen Margot is the powerful hit universallly aclaimed by critics. Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.

Wit
ENG VT1348

Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, WIT features the Academy Award winning actress Emma Thompson in a movie directed by Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols. Vivian Bearing is an English Professor with a biting wit that educates but also alienates her students. With her teaching and life both rigidly under control, Vivian would never let down her defenses, until the day comes when they are taken down for her. Diagnosed with a devasting illness Vivian agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. For eith months her life must take an unchartered course. No longer a teacher, but a subject for others to study, Vivian Bearing is about to discover a fine line between life and death that can only be walked with wit.

Who Owns The Past
ENG VT1353

This outstanding documentary relates the powerful history of the American Indian struggle for control of the ancestral remains. In 1990, after a long struggle between Indian rights groups and the scientific establishment, the Native American Graves Repatriation and Protection Act (NAGPRA) returned to Indian people the right to control the remains of their ancestors. For American Indians, this was perhaps the most inportant piece of civil and human rights legislation of the 20th century. Skeletons and grave goods that had been gathering dust in museums around the country could come home again, and Indian graves would be protected from further descreation. Indian people were not only being heard; their moral claims on their past were being turned into law. Now a new case is testing these claims. The discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington, has re-ignited the conflict between antrhopologist and Indian people over the control of human remains found on the ancestral Indian lands. Anthropologist insist these remains hold the key to America's past and must be studied for the benefit of mankind, while many Indian people believe the exhuming and studying them is a desecreation of their ancestors. Ar the heart of the conflict are two very different and seemingly irreconcilable belief systems. Who Owns The Past? uses the Kennewick Man case as a frame to explore the roots of this conflict, roots that reach bacl to the beginnings of American history.

Return Of Navajo Boy
ENG VT1354

Set in the stunning landscape of Utah's Monument Valley, this uniforgettable, universally acclaimed documentary chronicles the extraordinary saga of how a rediscovered 1950s silent film reel leads to the return of a long-lost brother to his Navajo family. Since the 1930s, members of the Cly family have lived in Monument Valley and appeared as subjects in counless photographs, postcards, and Hollywood westerns-even in a home movie by legendary director John Ford and a propaganda film by a uranium miming company. 1997 filmmaker Jeff Spitz resurrects an old 1950s film called Navajo boy and was able to track down the original subjects, the Cly family, to show it to them. Family matriarch Elsie Mae Cly Begay saw-on film-the faces of her late mother and, most heart-wrenching of all, her infant brother, who had been adopted by white missionaries and never heard from again. The vintage movie prompts Elsie to tell her family's story for the first time, from their work with filmmakers and tourist to the injurious effects of unranium mining on their health and culture. Through a news story about the rediscovery of the old Navajo Boy film, Elsie's long-lost brother, named John Wayne Cly after the movie star, dicovers his own lost heritage and travels to Utah for an emotional reunion with his brothers and sisters. The Return Of Navajo Boy weaves the Cly family's voices, feelings, and personal stories into a powerful, revelatory depiction of one Native American family's experiences over the last century. The film cast a revealing light on the Native American side of the picture-making and of the human cost of uranium mining in the Southwest.

Scotland
ENG VT1420

Burgers, fries....and a side of mayhem. Welcome to McBeth's where fast food and ambition make up a daily special filled with murder and mystery, 70's style. color/104 minutes/rated R

Capturing Excellence: Elementary School Science Education
ETE LVD0018

A. Infusing Technology I & II B. Methods of Teaching Science & Classroom Excellence. C. Process Skills I & II. D. Interdisciplinary Science & Questioning. E. Authentic Assessment I & II.

Institutional Effectiveness & the Classroom
ETE VT0564

90 min

The Gospel According To St. Matthew
ENG VT1433

This is one of those rare achievements appreciated by widely varying audiences. Italy's controversial writer-poet-director has avoided the over-dramatization so characteristic of films on Jesus' life. Pasolini's unconventional approach is reflected in his use of rugged Italian landscapes, costumes of coarse material and faces without makeup. Pasolini's Christ is a man who preaches with urgency; feels deeply for the afflicted people around him; experiences anguish, impatience and anger. The film is a beautifully simple recreation of a human drama, set against the everyday life of the times. VHS/Black & White/136 minutes/Not Rated

In Search of Shakespeare-Part 1
SHA VT1434A

He is the most famous of Englishmen, and yet our biographical knowledge of William Shakespeare has always been scant. Now Michael Wood, with the help of the Royal Shakespeare Company and many other insightful experts unravels the mysteries, to tell the story of the great bard. His times, his politics, his youth, his loves, his lost years, his career, his plays. PBS home video/color/2 parts/240 minutes total

The Pilots Wife
ENG VT1441

Kathryn Lyons perfect life takes a jolting nose-dive after news of a fatal mid-air explosion aboard Flight 274, piloted by her husband. The tension ratchets up a notch when the black box is recovered revealing shocking rumors that the crash was possibly caused by her husband have secretly been a terrorist? was her entire life with him a lie? VHS/Color/PG-13/89 Minutes

Straight Talk About Autism With Parents and Kids
ETE DVD0011A

This two-part DVD-Video features interviews with kids with autism and their parents. They examine the key issues encountered during childhood and adolescence. Childhood Issues covers the difficulty of getting an accurate diagnosis, parental acceptance of the disability, dealing with communication deficits and beginning school. Adolescent Issues features hypersensitivities, splinter skills, teasing, Circle of Friends programs, social skills, school-to-work transition and independent living. 83 min total

Breakthroughs: How to Reach Students with Autism
ETE DVD0011B

A hands-on, how-to-approach to reaching and teaching students with autism, based on Karen Sewell's groundbreaking teacher's manual of the same name. In this video, Sewell demonstrates successful techniques for working with students with autism that she has refined in her 30 years of special education instruction. Watch as she makes significant progress over a four month period with a three year old preschool student, through a rigorous but compassionate program of early intervention, high expectations, tough love, physical prompting, modeling, and attending to task. 25 min total

Autism Spectrum Disorders
ETE DVD0011C

Educational psychologist and author Glenis Benson, Ph.D. presents a comprehensive overview of autism spectrum disorders. her developmental perspective covers major issue areas: Cognitive style, diagnostic characteristics, communication skills and deficits, social behavior, support strategies and challenging behaviors. 39 min Total

Asperger Syndrome
ETE DVD0011D

In recent years schools have seen a marked increase of Asperger Syndrome diagnoses. The DVD looks at Asperger students in general and focuses in on 12 year old Andres. Includes an in depth interview with Dr. Tina Iyama, M.D., University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. She explains the causes, symptoms and strategies for coping with Asperger Syndrome. Andrew shows that with appropriate supports it's possible to flourish outside the accepted social and educational bell curve. 17:30 min Total

One-on-One
ETE DVD0011E

This video is for those who teach students who are non-compliant and have minimal skill repertories. Developed by Marilyn Chassman, One-on-One chronicles her five year effort to home school her son Brian, a child with autism who exhibited very aggressive behaviors and was non-communicative. The One-on-One video chronicles Brian's history, shows Chassman working with her sona dn highlights her teaching techniques. Focuses on reducing aggression, developing communication skills and learning to trace letters. 25 min total

Principal as an Instructional Leader
ETE VT0030

ASCD visited 4 elementary & secondary schools across country to observe firsthand effective principals at work. They recorded comments of teachers & building personnel in order to see how principal's instructional leadership behaviors were reflected in actions & feelings of staff. Research focuses on 5 leadership behavior patterns common to effective instructional leaders: Vision, Resourcefulness, Instructional Support, Participative, Monitoring. 1985 60 min

Making Contracts: The Power of Networking
ETE VT0035

Look at networking as way to stay state of art in career field. Kennedy talks about contacts, & takes viewer through networking process & shows how it can be beneficial. 25 min.

Dynamic Interviewing
ETE VT0036

Talks with employers to provide viewer necessary steps of interview process. Mistakes & pitfalls interviewee should avoid are discussed. Organization of a basic interview is examined; standard questions & guidelines for answering those questions are discussed. 35 min

Moving Up
ETE VT0037

Takes look at how to turn a present job into a promotion. Things to consider are why one wants to move up, what is present role, factors influencing role value, & strategies for moving up in one's company. 30 min

Negotiating Competitive Salaries & Benefits
ETE VT0038

Subject of money & how to negotiate for better salary & benefits discussed. Also market value of a job, how to research job value, steps of negotiation, & how to get raise. 20 min

Planning a Successful Job Hunt
ETE VT0039

Looks at what, where & how of a successful job hunt. Organization is key. Step by step process is explained. Expenses & temporary work are discussed. 20 min

Paying the Freight
ETE VT0213E

Addresses issue of accountability, questioning whether taxpayers are getting their money's worth when it comes to education. 1989. 60 min

Writing Resumes That Sell
ETE VT0040

Discusses what to include & avoid on a resume & cover letter during job hunting. Resume organization & helpful tools to accomplish this organization are suggested. 30 min

Adobe InDesign for Macintosh
ITM PC0010

System Requirements: PowerPC 604 or faster processor (PowerPC G3 recommended) Mac OS Software version 8.5 or later

Apple Computer: Grade School Experiment
ETE VT0190

Apple placed computers in classrooms & homes of students in Memphis. Children were from a low social-economic background. Experiment showed that computers sparked student's as well as parents' interest in learning. 30 min.

Learning in America: The Education Race
ETE VT0213A

When it comes to preparing today's children for tomorrow's work force, many schools are failing. By contrast, high school students in other countries graduate with significantly more sophisticated math & science skills & are better prepared for employment. Goes to schools throughout America & Japan to examine these differences in detail. 1989. 60 min

Learning in America: Teach Your Children
ETE VT0213B

Are our students learning subjects necessary for survival in 21st century? Ongoing argument of textbook reform will be examined, as will role of technology in classroom. Also, concern for a lack of values on part of today's students is producing a growing debate about how humanities are being taught in our schools. 1989. 60 min

Learning in America: Upstairs/Downstairs
ETE VT0213C

Critics argue that U.S. has created a two-tiered educational system consisting of well-funded public & private schools, other made up of schools in urban & rural areas which lack resources necessary to raise standard of education. Examines why children are falling through cracks of educational system & looks at some of programs, which are helping to make a difference. 1989. 60 min

Learning in America: Wanted a Million Teachers
ETE VT0213D

With profession in a critical state in this country, teachers are caught in center of education reform issues. Number of those entering profession has declined in recent years, just as need for more & better teachers has increased. Many teachers in system complain of "burnout," due to poor pay, low morale, & an overload of administrative duties. 1989. 60 min

Oh Say What They See: An Intro. to Indirect Language Stimulation Techniques
ETE VT0258

Techniques help adults talk with children, ages 1 to 4, in ways that promote language acquisition. Simple techniques are helpful. Helps viewers learn how children acquire language; how we help children build receptive & expressive language by talking with them; how to help children build vocabulary by giving them word labels for things they touch & see; & how to follow a child's lead in conversation & encourage talking. 30 min.

Lets Talk: First Step to Conversation
ETE VT0270

Teaches important communication skills that adults sometime overlook when trying to talk with young children. Shows how to help them feel comfortable & interested in talking. 30 min

Day Care Nightmares
ETE VT0324

Primetime Live takes cameras undercover for surprising & shocking look at America's day care facilities. 6/91. 25 min

Including Me
ETE VT0331

View to heighten understanding of handicaps of 6 children & how appropriate education effects them. Focus on being blind, deaf, multiple handicapped retarded & paraplegic. 59 min

America in the 21st Century
ETE VT0337

Futurists, scholars, & politicians present views at conference in Washington D.C. Includes comments about education, business, competitiveness, politics, family, immigration, race & future.29 min.

Teaching Students w/Special Needs: an Introduction To Social Studies
ETE VT0339

Methods compared for teaching social studies & science. 30 min

Classroom Assessment: Putting It Into Practice
ETE VT0345

Dr. T.A. Angelo, Boston College, collaborates with K.P. Cross to develop methods to implement classroom research. 119 min

Global Geography: South Asia
ETE VT0355A

1. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? 14:46 min: 2. South Asia: How Does Change Occur? 14:47 min: 3. Japan: Why Does Trade Occur? 14:46 min: 4. Soviet Union. 14 min

Global Geography: East Asia; Australia/New Zealand; North Africa/SW Asia
ETE VT0355B

5. East Asia: 6. Australia/New Zealand: 7. North Africa/Southwest Asia: 8. Africa South of Sahara

Global Geography: Central and South America; Europe
ETE VT0355C

9. Central and South America 14:45 min: 10. Europe 14:45 min

Self-Esteem II
ETE VT0356

Focuses John Foppe. In spite of fact that he was born without arms, he has been able to develop a high sense of self-esteem. He discusses his handicap, shares his views on life, & stresses that self-esteem is a personal choice. 20 min

Redesigning Assessment
ETE VT0363

Designed for administrators, teachers, parents, school board members, corporate & community leaders. Provides overview of assessment to help audience reflect on why we need to redesign classroom assessment. 24 min

Conjoint Family Therapy & People Making
ETE VT0378

Stuart Sugarman, M.D. Virginia Satir, M.S.W. demonstrates her ability to join the family that is in great pain, empathetically connect with each individual in the family & gets the family to see their strengths & loving connectedness that hopefully will find them energy to move on & heal. Note: This is the same family that Dr. Whitaker sees. The contrast of her style with the family is remarkable & is an excellent contrast for teaching.

Seasons of Life: Infancy & Early Childhood (0-6)
ETE VT0382A

Begins with 1st years of life; exploring influences of biological & social clocks, how children develop views, gain confidence & curiosity to venture beyond family. 60 min

Seasons of Life: Childhood & Adolescence (6-20)
ETE VT0382B

After period of childhood growth a dramatic move of biological clock brings on puberty. Examines formative years before & during adolescence & stressful task of molding an identity while biological & social clocks are out of synch. 60 min

Seasons of Life: Early Adulthood (20-40)
ETE VT0382C

Young adults hear message from social clock: to separate from family, get a job, find a mate, set goals, etc. It's a period of intense social growth, when adults face development legacies of previous seasons & make choices that will affect their lives into future. 60 min.

Seasons of Life: Middle Adulthood (40-60)
ETE VT0382D

Some people in middle of life have attained their goals & achieved personal & social command. Others have experienced losses, which prompt change in their life direction Biological & social clocks are now fading in importance, & psychological clock has greater influence. Creating a legacy for next generation takes on new importance. 60 min

Seasons of Life: Late Adulthood (60+)
ETE VT0382E

Final season of life is dominated by psychological clock, while biological clock begins to wind down. Series concludes with examination of this stage of development, when people consider whether story of their life has been a good one. What might they still do to change or add to their lives in this last season? 60 min

Integrating Instruction & Assessment
ETE VT0383

Explores nature of assessment & impact on curriculum & instruction; to identify economic & political pressures for accountability, which have driven schools to adopt inadequate approaches to assessment; to highlight alternative assessment strategies & tools those that help teachers make good instructional decisions, as well as those that help students develop self-monitoring & self assessment strategies. Many standardized tests in use are administratively efficient & psychometrically accurate, but for a variety of reasons have served to distort instruction & definition of achieving student. Addresses need for alternative instruments of assessment that are multidimensional & longitudinal, involves use of resources, addresses possibilities for improvement, reflects good classroom practice; demonstrates standards shared by teachers & students. 42 min

Life Habitat: The Secret of the Pond
ETE VT0394A

Series of 6 that Missouri Botanical Garden is producing on different ecological habitats. A group of children take a field trip to a pond to investigate plant & animal life there. Several important ecological concepts are introduced: community, habitat, food chain, & plant growth requirements.

Life Habitat: The Puzzle of the Rotting Log
ETE VT0394B

Jim, poses an interesting puzzle to a group of 8-year olds: "Trees have been living & dying on this earth for thousands of years, so why isn't earth covered with dead ones? We follow our group through woods as they discover pieces that solve puzzle, & learn about decomposition & nature's recycling system.

Life Habitat: Whats in Your Backyard
ETE VT0394C

Our enthusiastic 8 year olds find that investigation & discovery can be a great deal of fun. It's not necessary to travel to some far off, location for experience.

Life Habitat: The Story of the Woodland Stream
ETE VT0394D

Where does water in rivers, & lakes come from? Where does it go? What kind of effect does it have on earth & its inhabitants? Our group has a lot of fun finding answers, as they explore a woodland stream. Children learn basic facts about water cycle & erosion.

Life Habitat: Life in the City Habitat
ETE VT0394E

Our 8-year-olds & their guide, Jim, explore business, industrial & residential areas of a city. They discover organisms that have adapted to life there, & learn how they survive in a habitat originally built for people.

Life Habitat: Down on the Forest Floor
ETE VT0394F

How does forest floor get a new carpet every year? Why do spring flowers come up so early, & disappear so quickly? How do different plants & animals survive changing seasons? Answers to these & other questions are discovered by our group as they explore forest floor.

Space to Grow
ETE VT0422

Takes viewer on tour of a model language-based preschool classroom, planned to support child in developing cognitive, motor, & social skills with special emphasis on helping children acquire language skills. Featuring teacher-child interactions, shows how learning center design enables adults to teach language informally through preschool day. 30 min

Technology Update:New Directions in the Classroom
ETE VT0438

BU 4-93

Breaking Silence
ETE VT0479

Award winning film on incest & child abuse. 58 min.

Stuttering & Other Speech Disorders
ETE VT0436

Focuses on stuttering, & other speech problems resulting from trauma, & on therapies used to treat them. Profiling a 41-year-old stutterer, who describes how his speech impediment has affected his life, shows how self-help groups are helping stutterers; it emphasizes how important it is for parents to recognize problem early. Also shows 17-year-old girl learning to speak again after suffering brain damage from oxygen deprivation. 19 min

Multisensory Social Studies
ETE VT0457

Teaching learning disabled study skills & learning strategies.

Astin
ETE VT0494

BU Lecture 2-94

Autism: Learning To Live
ETE VT0524

Shows how to become a capable person with this handicap.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553A

Why were Jason's fish dying? In solving mystery, our young detectives learn what elements make up a healthy environment, & what happens when one of its parts is damaged/missing. Introduces idea that environment is composed of important parts.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553B

While checking out activities of neighbor, our kids learn about water & water pollution. Your children will learn about how important water is as a natural resource, why we need to keep this resource clean, & ways to use less in our daily lives.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553C

Introduces concepts about atmosphere which include air that all living things need to stay alive. As our youngsters investigate effects of air pollution on a deteriorating statue, they learn how important air is & why we need to work hard to reduce air pollution.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553D

One of the great environmental tragedies of 20th century is rapid loss of thousands of plants & animals. Follows our young detectives as they discover causes of loss of these resources, & identify ways to help reduce future extinction.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553E

As they try to find a lost book report, our kids discover something important; that overwhelming amount of trash that is thrown away each day is not caused by an "evil villain", but by people like us. Helps children understand that individual actions will help save landfill space & money.

Environmental Video
ETE VT0553F

Energy crisis hits home when electricity goes out on our detectives. As they investigate why a neighbor still has electricity, they discover far more than expected. Introduces children to types of energy, how much we use in US, & how to use less.

W.E.B. DuBois of Great Barrington
ETE VT0555

Portrait of African-American William Edward Burghardt DuBois. Traces his life from birth in 1868, through years in Africa, where he died at 94-day before March on Washington & Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Through interviews, photos, & works, examines his life & accomplishments & how he was influenced by his childhood experiences & close family ties. DuBois makes ideal audiovisual resource for classes of library collections, especially in area of African American studies, history, sociology, & political science. DuBois, regarded to be 1 of leading intellectuals of 20th century, is most famous for being 1 of founders of NAACP. He served as editor of their magazine for 35 years. 1st African American to receive a doctoral degree from Harvard, DuBois was a pioneer in American sociology, newspaper writer, historian, novelist & poet, & was active politically most of his life. He was committed to providing information about Africa & African Americans, struggle in America for civil rights & the creation of unity among Afrocentric cultures worldwide.

Kids & Race: Working It Out
ETE VT0556

Shows an approach to racism: a weekend encounter in which 9 young people of varied backgrounds explore their feelings about stereotypes & prejudice. 52 min

Autism: Breaking Through
ETE VT0561

Examines causes & symptoms of autism & options available: use of drugs; behavior modification; & treatment developed by Dr. Kiyo Kitahara, which relies on physical exercise & group interaction with normal children. This has led to establishment of a research center outside Boston dedicated to confirmation of hypothesis that symptoms displayed by autistic children result form physiological, hormonally controlled anxiety. 26 min

Opposite Sex
ETE VT0568A

VOL. 1 What is real difference between men & women? In fresh approach to this ancient question, video sets out to unravel answer. Using combination of science, observation, & opinion, series looks at men's & women's bodies, brains, emotions, & behavior to get to heart of these matters.

Opposite Sex
ETE VT0568B

VOL. 2 What is real difference between men & women? In fresh approach to this ancient question, video sets out to unravel answer. Using combination of science, observation, & opinion, series looks at men's & women's bodies, brains, emotions, & behavior to get to heart of these matters.

Education in America: 17th & 18th Centuries
ETE VT0577

From early New England School laws to educational provisions of Northwest Ordinance, beginnings of American education are re-enacted in actual locations of Dame Schools, Latin Grammar Schools, church schools & pauper schools. With colonial colleges these early beginnings were foundation of education in colonial America. 16 min.

Funding Educational Technology
ETE VT0670

John Lawson speaks about funding. 2 hr.

State of America Education Address U.S. Secretary of Edu. 2/98
ETE VT0814

No description

Fat Fighters
FCS VT0374

Dub of 16 mm film.

Education in America: 19th Century
ETE VT0578

Development of free public school systems from Northwest Ordinance to 1900 includes westward movement; change to secular education; influence of American textbooks; rise & decline of district school; struggle of tax support & state control; contributions of Daniel Webster, William McGuffey, Gideon Hawley & Horace Mann; effect of Civil War; compulsory attendance laws; & rise of teacher training institutions. 16 min

Education in America: Twentieth Century Developments
ETE VT0579

Effects of industrial revolution of education in America; influences of Herbart, Binet, Dewey, Thorndike & others; appearance of junior high school & graduate education; building of central consolidated schools, federal aid to education through the Depression, G.I. Bill; & Supreme court decisions are studied. 16 min

Hands On: A Year In An East Kentucky Classroom
ETE VT0655

Takes you into 2nd grade Knox County, Kentucky classroom. Cinda Oxendine examines Foxfire method & whole language techniques. 28 min

End of Education
ETE VT0661

Neil Postman, returns to subject that established his reputation as one of our most important & insightful social critics; using history of education, history of technology, educational theory & cultural criticism as his canvas.

Constructivism: Putting the Learner First
ETE VT0679

Part 1

Seans Story
ETE VT0681

Story of an 8 year old boy with Down's syndrome who was part of battle over "inclusion" practice of placing mentally or physically challenged students in regular classrooms. Teachers felt inadequately trained & also asked if inclusion was in best interests of all students. Discussion on both sides of issue. 52 min

Ritalin: Drug Treatment For Attention Deficit Disorder
ETE VT0684

Takes look at Ritalin, drug which has gained wide acceptance as treatment for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Examines whether Ritalin is being over prescribed as quick cure to a complicated problem & looks at dangers of misusing drug. 20 min

Language & Hearing Impaired Children
ETE VT0722

Objective is to emphasize importance of utilizing a "total communication" approach (manual & oral) when teaching language skills to profoundly & severely hard of hearing children.

Unequal Education: Failing Our Children
ETE VT0732

Graduates of NY City's public school system visited 2 Jr. High Schools in NYC. One was a middle class & one a lower class. They observed 2 students; one white & one minority to show differences in education each was receiving. 22 min

Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder In Children
ETE VT0781

Not so long ago, Andy might have been labeled a problem, a hyperactive child. In fact, he has one of most common behavioral disorders among American children - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD. Explains what ADD & ADHD are: causes, symptoms, proper evaluation, diagnosis & approaches to treatment. Emotional impact of ADD & ADHD on those suffering from disorder & their families can be devastating. Offers advice on coping with this challenge. 24 min.

Piagets Developmental Theory: An Overview
ETE VT0841

Jean Piaget born 1896 in Switzerland died 1980. Examines his contribution to study of developmental psychology by dividing his work into 4 periods. 1st (early to late 1920's). 2nd (late 20's to early 30's). 3rd (late 30's to 60's). 4th (1960's to death 1980).

Spirit of the Dawn
ETE VT0873

Explores dramatic changes in Indian education from boarding schools of past, where children were beaten for speaking their language in school, to more culturally sensitive classrooms of today. On Crow Reservation in Montana we meet 2 sixth graders as they participate in a writing program that encourages them to create beautiful poems celebrating Crow culture & history. 29 min

New Schools New Teachers
ETE VT0879

Third of ongoing series of programs produced by Agency for Instructional Technology & Phi Delta Kappa for teachers, administrators, & all educators involved in improving nation's schools. Contains two parts, "School Reform" & "Teacher Preparation." 1995. 60 min.

Affirmative Action: The History Of An Idea
ETE VT1149

Program explores historical roots of affirmative action & current debate over its usefulness. It looks at several different affirmative action programs, from the Univ. of California, Berkeley, where the university is struggling with how to maintain diversity without minority preferences, to the city of Chicago whose affirmative action programs for its police & fire departments are being challenged. Program includes archival footage & features interviews with a wide array of academic scholars. 56 min

How To Start The School Year Right
ETE VT1150

A 15-minute video that identifies steps teachers can take to successfully launch a new school year. Classroom examples show how teachers can: effectively plan & prepare resources; organize support from other teachers & administrators; involve students, parents, guardians & the community; prepare for special events & emergencies. Program is part of a how-to series specifically designed for teachers who are looking for practical examples to improve their daily work.

Dairy Nutrition Council: Food at its Finest
FCS VT0159

Inventions such as refrigerators, dehydration are explored. Tips for shopper are given. 14 min

Shvitz
HIS VT0565

1994

Respecting Diversity In The Classroom
ETE VT1153

The Agency for Instructional Technology is a nonprofit U.S.-Canadian education agency, founded in 1962, whose mission is to foster learning for pre-K through adult students. AIT develops, acquires & distributes quality technology-based instructional resources & services; & it provides leadership to the educational technology policy community. 61:43 min

Learning Disabilities And Social Skills
ETE VT1190

Playing with friends is a daily ritual for most children. But kids with learning disabilities are often isolated & rejected This video addresses the social problems these children face - & offers some practical solutions for parents. Every child has experienced embarrassment or rejection in social situations. Richard Lavoie explains why that happens - & what parents can do to help children improve their social skills. 62 min

Last One Picked
ETE VT1222

Playing with friends is a daily ritual for most children. But kids with learning disabilities are often isolated & rejected. This video addresses the social problems these children face - & offers some practical solutions for parents. Every child has experienced embarrassment or rejection in social situations. Host Richard Lavoie, a nationally known expert on learning disabilities, explains why that happens - & what parents can do to help children improve their social skills. 62 min

Writers Workshop
ETE VT1229

The Agency for Instructional Technology is a nonprofit U.S.-Canadian corporation established in 1962. Its mission is to foster learning by developing, acquiring, and distributing quality electronic technology-based resources and services; and by providing leadership to the educational technology policy community. 26 min

Seeing Red
ETE VT1266

Beautiful and talented, Coral Atkins had fame, fortune and a life of luxury. One day, while appearing at a charity event, she witnessed the distress of a young child in foster care and her life changed forever. Despite furious battles with authorities, Coral Atkins revolutionized the fostering system. Her determination to help children whom the system had failed led her to buy and renovate a rambling country house, which she transformed into the home where many children experienced real affection for the first time. Highly disturbed and abused chilren found themselves in the often unruly, but never dull world of Coral Atkins. Hers is not only an exceptionaly story but also a penetrating indictment of the social services. 120 min

Moyers
ETE VT1267

Overcrowded, underheated, torn-up textbooks, condemned buildings..... You'll want to root for "Children In America's Schools" a heart-wrenching journey through our nation's public schools. Powerful visual images of rural, inner-city, & suburban schools will reveal the savage inequalities in American public education. You will wonder about the future of our nation's public schools - and the future of our nation. 2 hrs

Allyn & Bacon Interactive Video for Foundations of Education & Introduction to Teaching
ETE VT1307

Contents: Topic 1: The Teaching Profession Clip 1: Educational Careers - Time 3:21, Topic 2: Multicultural Education Clip 2: Multiculturalism in the Classroom, Topic 3: Philosophy of Education Clip 3: Meet the Greek Philosophers Time 3:18 Clip 4: Cooperative Learning with Cathy Sadler Time 3:48, Topic 4: History of American Education Clip 5: American History Time 2:39 Clip 6: Serving Students with Disabilities Time 1:53, Topic 5: The School Community Clip 7: Classroom Management Time 5:07 Clip 8: Cynthia Small; Family Involvement Time 1:23, Topic 6: Curriculum Clip 9: Connected versus Integrated Instruction 3:57 Clip 10: Campus Curriculum Initiative 1:23 Clip 11: working with Challenging Students 2:46, Topic 7: Special Needs Clip 12: Inclusion at Griffin Elementary School 1:52 Clip 13: Sunridge Learning Center 2:33 Clip 14: Special Education Vocational Training 2:04, Topic 8: Technology Clip 15: Students Producing Multimedia 4:38, Topic 9: Social Realities Clip 16: Police Beat Live! 3:00, Topic 10: School Reform Clip 17: School Improvement 2:57 Clip 18: Buckingham Charter School 0:43, Topic 11: School Financing Clip 19: Oklahoma Revenue 2:06, Topic 12: Teaching Portfolios Clip 20: Creating a Teaching Portfolio 1:55, Topic 13: Global Education Clip 21: Students in South Africa 3:36, Topic 14: Assessment Clip 22: Interview with an Expert on National Standards 3:03

Excellence in Teaching - Avoiding Burnout
ETE VT1308A

Both novice and experienced teachers face challenges in the classroom, from difficult students to potential burnout. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers and provides effective tips and techniques for improvement. Written by education professors and veteran teachers these programs are filled with clear narration, easy to apply strategies, classroom reenactments, and a bit of humor! Each program is perfectly suited to enrigh a department meeting, to reinforce an in service workshop, or simply to take home for personal growth. AVOIDING BURNOUT: The stresses and strains of the classroom environment effect everyone differently. Teachers can become frustrated and overwhelmed. This video provides insights and simple tips for teachers under pressure. 33 min

Excellence in Teaching - Managing Student Conflict
ETE VT1308B

Both novice & experienced teachers face challenges in the classroom, from difficult students to potential burnout. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers & provides effective tips & techniques for improvement. Written by professors & teachers, these programs are filled with clear narration, easy to apply strategies, classroom reenactments, & a bit of humor! Each program is suited to enrich a department meeting, to reinforce an in service workshop, or simply take home for personal growth. MANAGING CONFLICT: This program examines positive techniques for helping students resolve interpersonal conflicts without hostility or violence. Reenactments demonstrate how to intervene in potentially volatile situations. 34 min

Excellence in Teaching - Keeping Control of the Class
ETE VT1308C

All teachers face challenges in the classroom. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers & provides tips & techniques for improvement. Each program is suited to enrich a dept. meeting, reinforce an in service workshop or to take home for personal growth. KEEPING CONTROL OF THE CLASS: Classroom control is a prerequisite for learning. Experts offer tips for minimizing social talking, keeping students' attention, & maintaining a productive environment. When a class is fully cooperative, teaching is easier! 28 min

Excellence in Teaching - Constructive Parent Conferences
ETE VT1308D

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers. Each program is suited to enrich a dept. meeting, reinforce an in service or take home for personal growth. CONSTRUCTIVE PARENT CONFERENCES "What are you saying about my child?" Parent conferences can quickly become confrontational. How can teachers present the facts without making parents defensive? Learn strategies for turning parents into supporters rather than adversaries. 28 min

Excellence in Teaching - Assigning Effective Homework
ETE VT1308E

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers. ASSIGNING EFFECTIVE HOMEWORK Homework is intended to reinforce the learning. Educators want more and students want less! What is the ideal amount and what are the most effective formats? Experts explain and provide suggestions. 29 min

Excellence in Teaching - Integrating Computers in the Curriculum
ETE VT1308F

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers. INTEGRATING COMPUTERS IN THE CURRICULUM In the modern age, computer skills are essential for all students. However, using technology in the classroom can be a puzzling and daunting task! Discover ideas for projects that involve computers and the internet. 33 min

Consumer Reports: Cars (8-3-00 outdated per Dr. Nina Collins)
FCS VT0008

HOW TO BUY A NEW OR USED CAR AND KEEP IT RUNNING (ALMOST) FOREVER Includes 1986 ratings (very outdated) 50 min

Excellence in Teaching - Lesson Planning
ETE VT1308G

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. Series examines issues that are important to them. LESSON PLANNING Successful lesson planning is a combination of scheduling, conceptual organization, and practical implementation. Review strategies for creating perfect plans to facilitate outcome-based learning and reach teaching objectives. 34 min

Excellence in Teaching - Cooperative Learning
ETE VT1308H

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. This series examines the issues that are important to teachers and provides effective tips and techniques for improvement. COOPERATIVE LEARNING Experts praise cooperative learning as an effective method that empowers students. But how can we use it in the classroom? How can we overcome students' resistance to group work? This revealing program provides insights. 41 min

Excellence in Teaching - Creative Teaching Methods
ETE VT1308I

Teachers facd challenges in the classroom. Series examines the issues that are important to them. CREATIVE TEACHING METHODS Discover innovation ways to make learning come alive for students! Explore how to enrich units with games, role playing, projects, debated, and many more exciting activities. Retention improves when students are involved. 28 min

Excellence in Teaching - The Beauty of Teaching
ETE VT1308J

Teachers face challenges in the classroom. Series examines the issues that are important to them. THE BEAITY OF TEACHING Teaching is an extraordinary profession, benefitting young people and enriching society. This unique, motivational program highlights all the reasons the field of education is so important and fulfilling. Inspire teachers to greatness! 27 min

Prentice Hall - Critical Issues in Multicultural Education - Cassette One
ETE VT1309A

ABC News/Prentice Hall Video Library presents "Critical Issues in Multicultural Education" Cassette One: Segment#1: A Teen's Video of Growing Up in the City 12:43 min 05-18-95 Segment#2: Smart Kid, Tough School 19:09 min 10-06-94 Segment#3: Denying School to Children of Illegal Immigrants 7:36 min 03-26-96

Prentice Hall - Critical Issues in Multicultural Education - Cassette Two
ETE VT1309B

ABC News/Prentice Hall Presents "Critical Issues in Multicultural Education" Cassette Two Segment #4: The Fairer Sex? 17:05 min 10-07-93 Segment #5: Billy Golfus 4:32 min 09-13-96 Segment #6: My Child 14:41 min 02-25-93 Segment #7: Colleges & Religion 4:53 min 06-07-95 Segment #8: Standing Alone 12:53 min 10-27-95

Prentice Hall - Critical Issues in Multicultural Education - Cassette Three
ETE VT1309C

ABC News/Prentice Hall Presents: "Critical Issues in Multicultural Education" Cassette Three Segment #9: Ebonics and Teaching Standard English 6:49 min 12-26-96 Segment #10: Sex, Truch, and Videotape 15:23 min 03-20-96 Segment #11: Minority Education Support 4:12 min 03-06-96 Segment #12: Children and Race 9:50 min 05-18-95

Prentice Hall ABC News - Critical Issues in Education
ETE VT1312

ABC News/Prentice Hall Video Library: Critical Issues in Education, vol., 2 Segment #1 - School Bussing 6:32 min (Nightline 10-2-97) Segment #2 - Looking for a Chance in Appalachia 5:33 min (WNT 7-5-99) Segment #3 - America in Black and White 18:43 min (Nightline 2-28-97) Segment #4 - The Secret Life of Boys 15:34 min (20/20 1-24-99) Segment #5 - The Doctor Who Almost Wasn't 11:06 min (20/20 11-19-99) Segment #6 - God and Evolution in Kansas Classrooms 17:46 min (Nightline 7-27-00) Segment #7 - A Closer Look 5:41 min (WNT 5-10-99) Segment #8 - Survival Lessons 18:41 min (Nightline 6-21-99) Segment #9 - American Spoken Here 7:10 min (20/20 9-3-99)

Its a Wild Ride
ETE VT1362

It's a Wild Ride at O'Leary Junior High introduces an interdisciplinary math, science and language arts project. Students learn about and apply laws of motion, linear functions, and technical reporting as they design and present an ultimate roller coaster-one that will bring more attendance to an amusement park threatened with bankruptcy. The video serves as a "table of contents" to introduce the resource-rich Web site.

Partnerships That Work
ETE VT1363

Economic and social barriers often put a community's great museums and science centers beyond the reach of many young people. Partnerships That Work, a 49-minute videotape and learning guide, shows how three of Boston's most popular science institutions joined with three community organizations to create an afterschool and summer science program that turns urban middle school kids on to science. The videotape and guide examine the program from a variety of perspectives: museum and zoo educators, community organization administrators, and the kids themselves. Packed with how-to details and insights, PartnershipsThat Work provides a valuable model for promoting institutional-community education collaborations nationwide.

Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology
ETE VT1364

Increasing the use of modern instructional technologies to improve student learning is a priority for countless communities around the nation. Many colleges of education, particularly, are looking for promising practices that will support their own faculty and student development.

Human Instinct Deepest Desires
FCS DVD0064

What conditions of physical attraction tend to subtly speak out to members of the opposite sex? Why is there typically a fundamental difference in attitudes between men and women toward sexual relations? What physiological factors can influence men and women to stray from their partners? This program seeks to answer those and other questions as it sheds light on the mystery of sexual attraction. The relationships between pheromones and an attractive immune system, status symbols and marital appeal, and ovulation and facial feature preference are also explored. Contains cinically explicit language. DVD/color/49 minutes

Getting Your Moneys Worth
FCS VT0014

Divides home improvement protection into 6 steps: learning laws that protect, choosing contractor, getting clear accurate contract, insisting on quality work, avoiding home improvement scams, & filing complaint if contractor fails to fulfill obligation.

Diet
FCS VT0181A

Am.Institute for Cancer Research guide to eating. 30 min

Sanitation & Safety
FCS VT0400

Sanitation & kitchen safety.

How Young Children Learn To Think
FCS VT0019

Dr. C. Kamii, Univ. of AL. discusses how children learn number concepts & underlying need to be able to think logically in order to understand numbers are more than words. Offers suggestions to parents & teachers on how to teach not only math but also social values by asking questions instead of giving instructions. 30 min

Man Made Fibers
FCS VT0026

Tour of U.S. man made fiber industry. Opens with history & highlights industry's growth. Shows scenes in a man made fiber plant & illustrates uses for newest fiber names. Covers some career opportunities during interviews with individuals discussing jobs in industry. Explains federal labeling laws governing fiber content, care & country of origin. 1985 15 min

To Your Credit-EFT at Your Service
FCS VT0034

Using examples of 3 families, explains some of pressures, problems, & conflicts that can arise from poor household credit management. Provides tips on handling a budget, comparison shopping for credit, & financial goal setting. 18 min: EFT AT YOUR SERVICE: Explains Electronic Funded Transfer, new banking method in which money is never handled. Transferring of funds is done electronically by employer, employee, businesses, etc.

Consumer Reports-Traveling
FCS VT0056

Guide to going places without going broke, shows how to pick the right travel agent, to find the best bargains, what to do in emergencies, & enjoyable vacations with the kids. 1987. 60 min

Consumer Reports-Houses & Condos
FCS VT0057

Whether a 1st time buyer or veteran homeowner, you'll receive advice that will give strategies you need to make the right choice & sound investment. 1987. 50 min

Home Economics-The Multidimensional Profession
FCS VT0079

Overview of home economics profession, as career choice for 90's & beyond. Explores diversity found in areas of education, research, business, & human services. 7 min

Fashion Video: Italian/Great Britain
FCS VT0160

Autumn/Winter 88/89,Italian designers: Ferre, Missoni, Biagiotti, Complice, Byblos, Genney, Krizia, Versace. Great Britain designers: Conran, Capelline, Galliano, Oldfield, Jackson, Costelloe, Price, Blair, and Ozbek.

Fashion Video: American Best/International Spirit
FCS VT0161

Autumn/Winter 88-89 fashion show. American designers: DeLaRenta, C. Klein, Blass, Beene, A. Klein, Ellis, Lauren, Karan, Roehm, and Mackie. International designers: Moschino, Hamnett, Johnson, York & Cole, Gigli, Westwood, Sprouse, Premonville, LaGroix.

Fashion Video: Paris Classics/French Flair
FCS VT0162

Autumn/Winter 88/89 fashion show, Paris Classics: Chanel, Rykiel, Dior, Givenchy, Kenzo, Miyake, De Ribes, Ungaro, Valentino. French Flair: Thomas, Castelbajac, J. Koshine, Coveri, Yamamoto, Sitbon, Kelly, H. Koshino, Lagerfeld.

Consumer Fraud: Games Con Men Play
FCS VT0186

Discusses "get rich quick" schemes offered through mail order, fraud through auto sales, door-to-door sales, etc. Gives info about how to avoid mistakes. Stresses importance of fully understanding what you sign. 15 min

Why You Buy: How Ads Persuade
FCS VT0198

Explores techniques advertisers use to influence buying decisions: create involvement, appeal to emotions, buzz words, association, positioning & market segmentation. 1988. 33 min.

Risk Classification: The Fair Approach
FCS VT0202

Shows importance of fairness in people's lives, & explains how insurers keep premiums fair by grouping together individuals with similar levels of risk. 10 min.

Calling for Your Dollars
FCS VT0205

Unsolicited phone calls-most common source for being swindled. Stories of being swindled through "get rich quick" deals. 15 min.

Food Safety is No Mystery
FCS VT0228

Dept. of Agriculture explores food safety by addressing: sanitation, food preparation, contamination, safe cooling & reheating. 35 min

Warning: Dieting May be Hazardous to Your Health
FCS VT0245

Examines health risks of very low-calorie diets & diet pills, along with common sense methods for losing weight. Emphasizing there is no simple, quick fix for dieters, show tips for creating your own weight loss approach. 28 min.

You Can Be Too Thin: Understanding Anorexia & Bulimia (A)
FCS VT0267A

First segment presents portrait of Maggie, young woman on collision course with bulimia. 10 min.

You Can Be Too Thin: Understanding Anorexia & Bulimia (B)
FCS VT0267B

High school students & Dr. Timothy Walsh, specializing in treatment of eating disorders, take a look at Maggie's problem. 30 min.

You Can Be Too Thin: Understanding Anorexia & Bulimia (C)
FCS VT0267C

Students role-play ways that Maggie might have handled herself. Segment ends with discussion of what friends can do when they are worried that someone is in trouble. 17 min.

Fashion Video (10/92)
FCS VT0414

BU 10/92

Bulimia: The Binge-Purge Obsession
FCS VT0273

In order to keep weight down over half of America's teenage girls by the age of 16 try dieting; of these an alarming percentage are beginning to view binge eating & vomiting as routine aspects of everyday life. Tape covers hazards of dieting behaviors; sociocultural drive toward thinness; predictable weight crisis points for young women; purging - the seductive trap; health risks & coping strategies. 25 min

One Step Ahead
FCS VT0310

Film about child safety awareness. Teaches parents safety awareness - need to be constantly vigilant & never complacent about children's safety. 1989 18 min.

Serving Sizes: Nutritional Equivalents (outdated per Dr. Davidson)
FCS VT0319

Dieticians recommended serving sizes are shown for meats, vegetables, fruits etc., & professionals discuss health benefits of eating right amounts of food.

It Only Takes One Bite: Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis
FCS VT0322

(Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis) Video will help you learn how to do right thing whether you're patient, parent, family member, caregiver or school staffer caring for a person with food-induced anaphylaxis. You'll find out what anaphylaxis is, how to prevent reactions & what to do if a reaction does occur. 1993. 18 min

Alexander
FCS VT0323

He wears sneakers/baseball cap & unlike all the other elephants, Alexander can't eat peanuts because he's allergic to them. In video Alexander gets some advice from his mother about his feelings when it comes to coping with a food allergy. Among those feelings, he talks about what it's like to be different from his friends, to be teased & to be afraid of eating something he shouldn't. Designed to show children that they are not alone in having food allergies & to discuss feelings that go along with having them. 1994. 9:53 min

Eating Healthy: When Dining Out
FCS VT0358A

Dietitian makes rounds from French cuisine to French fries, offering nutrition tips for every dining out occasion. 24 min

Eating Healthy: For Heart Health
FCS VT0358B

Concerns about heart disease & staying trim are encouraging a change in way traditional dishes are prepared. CNN's dietitian gives realistic look at nutritional guidelines aimed at controlling fat in-take & reducing cholesterol levels. 25 min

Eating Healthy: For Kids
FCS VT0358C

Statistics reveal 49% of all children choose at least a portion of food they eat. CNN's dietitian takes look at various ways to encourage children to practice & learn good nutrition habits which includes teaching kids how to grocery shop, dining out, kids cooking, weight & cholesterol control. 22 min

Eating Healthy: For Life
FCS VT0358D

Join CNN's dietitian on nationwide nutrition trip through a 24-hour day where healthy foods never looked so good & eating right never sounded so easy. Visit chefs as they cook healthy gourmet foods & learn from people whose lives have been changed through good nutrition & fitness. 23 min

Eating Healthy: For Weight Control
FCS VT0358E

With 25% of population overweight, CNN's dietitian takes a look at nutrition tips aimed at reducing calorie & fat intake in various settings. Dining out, eating & cooking during holidays, grocery shopping, & everyday food preparation are all examined for helpful tips that make it easy to eat healthy while controlling weight. 24 min

Buyer Be Aware: Avoid Rip-Offs
FCS VT0359

Illustrates schemes worked to bilk consumers of millions of dollars. Not necessarily fraudulent but succeed because of consumer ignorance. Some exploit young people just starting on their own. 24 min.

Credit Cards: Living With Plastic
FCS VT0360

Teaches how to "shop" for best credit card. Shows how ignorance about credit cards can cost thousands of dollars. Illustrates common misconceptions about use, tells what questions to ask about cards & reveals how to be a smart credit card user. 22min

Food & Cancer Prevention
FCS VT0399

How foods you eat may help prevent cancer.

Kitchen Safety: Preventing Falls
FCS VT0405

Viewers see proper step-by-step techniques necessary to work safely with machinery & other kitchen equipment. First aid procedures for coping with work-related accidents are described. 30 min.

Quality & Cost Control
FCS VT0406A

Part 1: Storing Foods and Receiving; Part 2: The Food Purchasing Process

Quality & Cost Control
FCS VT0406B

Part 3: Controlling Food Costs; Part 4: Following Receipts

Wide World of Food Service Brushes
FCS VT0408

Each year health inspectors close hundreds of restaurants, & hundreds of thousands of people are infected with food borne illnesses, caused by lack of proper cleaning procedures. In a majority of cases using improper or worn out brushes was a significant factor. 18 min.

Body Culture (10/94)
FCS VT0517

Teaches high school athletes about connection between a nutritious diet & peak performance. 6 min.

Performance Factor
FCS VT0530

11:30 min

Is Your Number UP?
FCS VT0478

If health care in future will focus more on prevention, people need access to information that will help them make healthy decisions. Provides audiences with clear information on one of leading causes of heart disease: high cholesterol. It takes audiences on site to speak with health care workers, patients, & physicians about some of most successful programs for lowering cholesterol. Also included are simple explanations of HDL & LDL, latest outlook on breakthrough treatments, & more. 60 min.

Making Choices With The Environment In Mind
FCS VT0519

56 min

FDA/USDA Food Safety Challenge of Raw & Partially Cooked Foods
FCS VT0520

FDA/USDA challenges safety of cooked foods. 2 hr

Take Aim At Sanitation
FCS VT0523

Produced by Foodservice & Packaging Institute & U.S. Food & Drug Administration demonstrates 6 ways to store food.

Credit Wise: Coming To Terms (2 copies)
FCS VT0532A

Consumers can learn how to "define the fine print" in evaluating credit card offers, with helpful advice from consumer experts.

Family & Consumer Sciences Fashion Show10/29/94
FCS VT0539

Oct-94

Winning Sports Nutrition: The Training Diet
FCS VT0540

THE TRAINING DIET. 34 min

Putting Consumers in Charge: Credit Education Strategies 12/94
FCS VT0547A

teleconference 2 hr

Training Teleconference for Putting Consumers In Charge
FCS VT0547B

teleconference 2 hr (2nd copy)

Human Nutrition Methodologies: Pt. 3: Energy Expenditure Assessment
FCS VT0581

Part 1: Body Composition; Part 2: Dietary Assessment; Part 3: Energy Expenditure Assessment. 69 min

Making Smart Choices About What Athletes Eat
FCS VT0583

Provides overview of principles of nutrition, including food guide pyramid & 6 primary classes of nutrients, emphasizing their effects on athletic performance. Reviews how to read a nutrition label to fuel bodies for success.

Look
FCS VT0590

Focuses on 3 fashion designers for whom cloth is essence of art of design. Features fashion collections of Gianni Versace, Christian La Croix & Issey Miyaki.

World of Design: Pt. 1-Terra Nova; Pt. 2-Masterworks of 20th Century
FCS VT0592

Vol #1-Terra Nova; Vol. #2-Masterworks of 20th Century

Secrets of Selling: How Stores Turn Shoppers into Buyers
FCS VT0620

Reveals tactics to help consumers make intelligent, purchases. Illustrates how every detail of a store is carefully "engineered" to encourage a purchase, especially on impulse. 24 min

Recent Foodborne Disease Outbreaks: Lessons Learned & Whats Next
FCS VT0627

90 min.

Choice
FCS VT0645

Teaches fundamentals of insurance within context of secondary school subjects. Insurance touches our lives. Lessons can be used as teaching tools in subjects of social sciences, history, civics, government, math, consumer economics, business, economics, life skills, family management, home economics & drivers education.

Nutrition Pathways (Preview)
FCS VT0648

Telecourse; it is an introduction to human nutrition, produced in conjunction with Dallas Community College & PBS. 89 min.

Fashion Through The Ages: Fashion In The Ancient World
FCS VT0688A

Fashion in the Ancient World Pt. 1 25 min

Fashion Through The Ages: The Dark Ages Through The 17th Century
FCS VT0688B

The Dark Ages Through the 17th Century Pt. 2 36 min

Fashion Through The Ages: The Late 1680s Through The 19th Century
FCS VT0688C

The Late 1680's Through the 17th Century Pt. 3 24 min

Fashion Through The Ages: The Twentieth Century
FCS VT0688D

The Twentieth Century Pt. 4. 21 min

American House
FCS VT0813

Teaches how to identify most common styles of American houses. Gives vocabulary to enable viewers to speak intelligently about the styles of houses they see everyday. 23 min

Library of Nutrition & Cancer: An Introduction To Diet
FCS VT0816A

An excellent choice for continuing education. Puts together much of current knowledge, which bears on nutrition & cancer. 43:28 min

Library of Nutrition & Cancer: Phytochemicals
FCS VT0816B

Tells names, chemical structures & proposed mechanisms by which these natural food ingredients might lower risk for cancer. 15 min

Library Nutrition & Cancer:Nutrition For Prevention & Adjuvant Ther.of Cancer
FCS VT0816C

Discusses RDAs. Illustrates how to increase fruits & vegetables & decrease fat & calories to lower cancer risk. 15 min

Fit For A King
FCS VT0827

Developed to help youngsters 8 to 11 & parents understand role of nutrition & regular physical activity in a healthy lifestyle. Fairy tale format is entertaining & educational. 9 min 1998

Blended Families: Yours
FCS VT0830

29 min

Children of Single Parents: Whered My Other Parent Go?
FCS VT0831

Discusses issues of single parent homes. 16 min

Fad Diets: The Weight Loss Merry-Go-Round
FCS VT0834

In interviews with teens who have been on diets, program helps clarify dangers & frustrations of fad diets, as well as how to loose weight safely & maintain a weight that is right for individual. 16 min

Low-Fat Cooking
FCS VT0835

About a diet high in fat contributing to many health problems, including heart attacks, heart disease, diabetes, obesity & cancer. Because we've begun to understand connection between diet & health, Dept. of Agriculture has recommended that we limit our fat intake to no more than 30% of total calories. Unfortunately national average is 37%. We need to learn more about fat content in foods we eat & how to reduce amount of fat in our diets. 15 min

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 1 Muito Prazer
FLD VT0264A

Muito Prazer

Furniture: A Buyers Guide
FCS VT0845

Casual buyer wanders around showroom floor saying "like it" or "don't like it" & occasionally sits in a chair or sofa. The intelligent buyer actively investigates, inspects carefully, measures, tests, looks beneath & behind furniture. Teaches viewers how to become an intelligent buyer of upholstery & case goods.

Tip-Top Tots: The Nutrition Pyramid for Preschoolers
FCS VT0847

Good nutrition is important at all ages, but during early growing years when eating patterns & habits are established it is most important. Child care providers share a responsibility in serving nutritious foods to children in their care (specifically ages 2 to 6) & helping them develop healthful eating patterns. Discusses ways to help children eat healthful foods by understanding 1) how we can positively influence eating patterns of infants & toddlers, 2) Food Guide Pyramid & 3) recommended serving sizes for children 2 to 6. Includes suggestions for serving fun & healthy meals & snacks as well as a "Nutrition Song" for children to learn. 20 min

So Easy To Preserve - Canning Vegetables
FCS VT0881

Learn how to can vegetables in a pressure canner at home. Demonstrated is canning green beans, from start to finish. Discusses why a pressure canner must be used to prevent botulism in home canned vegetables.

So Easy To Preserve - Caning Fruits & Tomatoes
FCS VT0882

Shows how to can fruits & tomatoes so that you have a delicious product. You'll see how to can pear & tomatoes.

All About Iron
FCS VT0913

What makes blood red? I bet you answered iron. Redness of blood depends on mineral that we are going to discuss. Our literature is rich in word pictures about iron, such as "red blooded man", meaning iron-rich or "pale as death", meaning no iron. A lack of iron is number one mineral deficiency problem in the US. Many dietitians believe that iron deficiency anemia is second only to obesity as nutritional problem.

Alcohol and Nutrition
FCS VT0914

Alcohol is not a food, nutrition & not necessary for good health. Yet drinking has many nutritional consequences. Moving very quickly through digestive system, alcohol takes only about 20 minutes to get into the blood if you're drinking on an empty stomach. In contrast, food takes hours to make the same trip. From the bloodstream, it moves to every cell. That's why drinking can have such a strong effect & why it is so popular.

School Food Allergy Program
FCS VT0950

Minor injuries, & illnesses can occur in children during school day. They are usually well handled by school nurse. True medical emergencies are rare. Many school systems have part time school medical advisors & nurses who are responsible for more than one school & may not be readily available. Therefore burden of emergencies may fall on teachers, principals or other personnel. It is important for school administrators to formulate a guide for emergency care. 1999

Promotion-How Retailers Use Special Events to Improve Market Share
FCS VT0962

How retailers use events to improve market share. 1999

Nutrition-Focused Physical Assessment Skills for Dietitians
FCS VT0971

Overview of nutrition-related physical assessment. Includes demonstration of basic techniques involved in performing a nutrition-focused physical examination. 1997 31 min

Smart Shopping With The Food Label
FCS VT1021

Video on shopping using the food label.

Retailing Trends in the New Millennium
FCS VT1028

Shows how retailing is changing in major cities & small markets. New competition with catalog, TV shopping, etc. To remain profitable it is imperative for retailers to study shopper for their needs. Video lists new trends for retailers to follow.

Are You Making Your Family Sick?
FCS VT1070

Keep your family healthy & happy! Make your kitchen safest room in the house! Highlights: hand washing; proper food storage; safe refrigerators; cooking temperature; food handling; sanitizing work space; dish washing, etc. 45 min

Window Treatment Basics
FCS VT1110

Many people don't think much about windows & role they play in our everyday lives. Almost without notice, windows bring light & fresh air into rooms. When closed, they protect us from hot & cold weather. Windows can be decorated to provide an interesting look to a room & give privacy. 11:45 min

Money And Marriage
FCS VT1156

For most couples, managing money means much more than just paying bills. How you treat finances says a lot about other key issues in your marriage: partnership, control, independence, self-esteem & coping with change. Program features practical, real-world examples on learning to work together on family finance. It brings the issue to life by simulating actual counseling sessions. 1994. 50 min

Packaging: The Science Of Temptation
FCS VT1178

Every package is a Trojan horse hiding an army of motivators, persuaders & decision-makers. Packages are so commonplace we fail to realize their immense impact. 20 min

Buy Me That 3! A Kids Guide To Food Advertising
FCS VT1183

A kid's guide to food advertising. 28:46 min

Problem With Food
FCS VT1184

Eating disorders are more prevalent than ever. Learn how to identify the warning signs, deal with the causes, & successfully cope with anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive overeating. Most eating disorders occur between the ages of 13-25. They can impede a young person's ability to finish school, find a job, or manage the challenges of becoming a mature adult. The statistics are alarming: Anorexia nervosa strikes approximately 1 in every 200-250 young women in that age group. Up to 5% of college women in the United States are bulimic. Up to 40% of people who are obese may be binge eaters. The incidence of eating disorders is increasing in all socioeconomic classes. Video examines how real people deal with eating disorders. You'll meet counselors, parents & most important teenagers & young adults who are dealing with eating disorders every day. You'll learn from their first-hand experience & see how they are overcoming their problem with food. Remember that there is no single ideal weight that is right for everyone. However, if you are concerned that you or someone you love is indeed suffering from an eating disorder, this program can help. 27 min

Prenatal Development
FCS VT1285

short video on prenatal development

French in Action (M)
FLD VT0204M

Lecture 25 & 26 2-17-89

Digestive System
FCS VT1191

This program explores how the digestive system breaks down food into a usable form & distributes it to the circulatory system to be carried to the living cells for energy. Students learn that the digestive system is made up of the digestive tract & the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small & large intestines & that the liver & pancreas are organs that also help in the digestive process. 1997. 21 min

Food Sensitivities: Allergy & Intolerance
FCS VT1198

We all have to eat to survive. But, just because we have that in common doesn't mean our reactions to the foods we eat are all the same. In fact, our reactions to food are very different depending on whether we have food allergies or food intolerance. Video is designed to introduce viewers to the 2 separate categories of food reactions & teach them to draw distinctions between the two. If you are unsure of the differences between food allergy & food intolerance, you are not alone. Experts say the terms are often confused. A national study shows they are pretty common when you consider there are millions of Americans coping with some type of food allergy alone right now. Video is useful to virtually everyone, because eating is a necessity, so understanding our reactions to it is vital our quality of life. 10 min

Diet & Weight Managment: What Really Works
FCS VT1199

Our challenge is to provide thorough, informative and timely educational products that are unique, entertaining and make an impact.

Power Of Play
FCS VT1203

The Power of Play presents a convincing case for the value of play in the social, emotional & mental growth of children from birth through age eight, years crucial to their development. Appearing are award winning teachers & other early childhood experts who use real life scenes of infants, toddlers & school age children in the Kohl children's Museum, in classrooms, parks, beaches & most importantly at home, to illustrate their reasoning for the importance of play. The key role of parents, say these experts, is to provide playspace, playmates & playtime. Especially meaningful as parents struggle to establish family priorities in a complex & time-demanding world, the Power of Play message is clear & compelling: Children need unstructured time & opportunities to PLAY - alone, with other children & especially with their own fathers & mothers. 38 min

Still Shiny
FCS VT1231

Using beautiful shots of a diverse group of babies, & an entertaining narrative that describes new life from two infants' point of view, this heartwarming & humorous presentation covers every aspect of newborn care. From sleeping & crying, to burping & bathing, expectant parents will enjoy the irresistible babies they see on screen while learning all about proper care of their newborn. With 'Still Shiny', parents will have the information & confidence they need to care for & breastfeed their babies successfully. 50 min

Buy Now * Pay Later Credit Basics
FCS VT1271

Video is about surviving in a world that runs on credit. Viewers meet Bill & Carol, a young couple with dreams bigger than their income. They attempt to buy a TV after seeing an ad promising "no payments till September." The young couple quickly learns that putting off payment means going into debt. The store requires them to fill out forms & pass a credit check. But an error on Bill's credit history leads to a rejection letter & sends them to explore the world of credit. While exploring, they learn: The Importance Of Credit; The Basics OF Credit Histories; Legal Rights In Using Credit; Credit Repair; and How To Establish Credit. Comes with a study guide. 23 min

Visual Merchandising
FCS VT1272

Enclosed booklet includes Discussion Questions as follows: 1. Discuss how visual merchandising is a broader term than is display. 2. List the four elements of the AIDA selling concept. 3. What is probably the most powerful device that can be used to draw attention to a display? 4. What is the difference between formal & informal balance? 5. List at least three arrangement patterns discussed in the video. 6. Why is it better to use odd rather than even number of items when displaying in multiples? 23.30 min

Introduction To Interior Design
FCS VT1355

Considering the interior environment as a complex place that needs careful attention, planning, design, and supervision, this video traces the history of interior design, from the world of kings and queens to modern society's display of corporate buildings, 200-person design firms, and title and practice acts that regulate designers daily. Experienced professionals discuss the phase of the design process and address the importance of the client relationship.

Supermarket Persuasion: What Marketers Know
FCS VT1369

Take a video trip to a supermarket and learn what marketers know about consumer behavior. Learn how food stores shape shopping behavior to encourage buying the most profitable foods.

Stock Market Basics
FCS VT1437

This program is about the econics of daily life. It is about how we use opportunities, how we spend time, make choices and share limited resources. VHS/Learning Seed/24 minutes

Interior Design the Basics
FCS VT1449

Develop a design concept by defining: -Personal style -Who's using the room -The room's function Tour a furniture store and view examples of various styles Learn how scale drawings can save you money and time. View examples of lighting, color, and fabric selection to create an environment you love. VHS/Color/21 minutes/Not rated

Heart of the Home
FCS VT1450

Join a thrilling journey of exploration in an acclaimed documentary. Take a front-row seat at a sold out concert. Lose yourself in the intrigue of a chilling mystery, or get swept away by an epic romance. Color/VHS/50 min

Don Quichotte
FLD DVD0068

Ballet in one prologue and three acts based upon a few episodes of Miguel Cervantes' novel. DVD\\color\\122min

The Return of Martin Guerre
FLD DVD0098

It tells the suspenseful true story of a 16th centruy peasant who disappears shortly after his marriage. When he returns from the war nine years later a much changed man, his identity is questioned by everyone - including his own wife. It is only at the end of an intense trial that the truth becomes established. Color/DVD/123 minutes/not rated/language in French with English subtitles

La Meteo
FLD VT0158

Different weather persons give reports in a series of different newscasts from different days on French TV stations. 20 min

French in Action (A)
FLD VT0204A

Lecture 1 & 2 2-14-89 28:28/28:28 min

French in Action (C)
FLD VT0204C

Lecture 5 & 6 2-15-89 28:37/28:35 min

French in Action (E)
FLD VT0204E

Lecture 9 & 10 2-15-89 28:38/28:34 min

Paris (French)
FLD VT0182

Guide to Paris features some of best-known landmarks & monuments, includes some of most unusual sites, & focuses on buildings & sections of city which have been completed within last 10 years. 58 min.

Shoot the Piano Player (French)
FLD VT0203

About dance bar piano player, Charlie, who is haunted by past & lives with his younger brother & prostitute girlfriend. When Charlie's other brothers who are being chased by gangsters, arrive, Charlie's quiet life becomes full of drama. 84 min

French in Action (B)
FLD VT0204B

Lecture 3 & 4 2-14-89 28:38/28:38 min

French in Action (D)
FLD VT0204D

Lecture 7 & 8 2-15-89 28:40/28:35 min

French in Action (F)
FLD VT0204F

Lecture 11 & 12 2-15-89 28:24/28:38 min

French in Action (G)
FLD VT0204G

Lecture 13 & 14 2-16-89 28:32/28:54 min

French in Action (H)
FLD VT0204H

Lecture 15 & 16 2-16-89 28:50/28:35 min

French in Action (I)
FLD VT0204I

Lecture 17 & 18 2-16-89 28:40/28:45 min

French in Action (J)
FLD VT0204J

Lecture 19 & 20 2-16-89 28:43/28:44 min

French in Action (K)
FLD VT0204K

Lecture 21 & 22 2-17-89 28:43/28:40 min

French in Action (L)
FLD VT0204L

Lecture 23 & 24 2-17-89 28:43/28:44 min

French in Action (N)
FLD VT0204N

Lecture 27 & 28 2-17-89

French in Action (O)
FLD VT0204O

Lecture 29 & 30 1-29-89

French in Action (P)
FLD VT0204P

Lecture 31 & 32 2-05-89

French in Action (Q)
FLD VT0204Q

Lecture 33 & 34 2-12-89

French in Action (R)
FLD VT0204R

Lecture 35 & 36 2-14-89 28:48/28:52 min

French in Action (S)
FLD VT0204S

Lecture 37 & 38 2-19-89 28:50/28:41 min

French in Action (T)
FLD VT0204T

Lecture 39 & 40 2-25-89 28:52/28:36 min

French in Action (U)
FLD VT0204U

Lecture 41 & 42 3-04-89 28:52/28:38 min

French in Action (V)
FLD VT0204V

Lecture 43 & 44 3-11-89

French in Action (W)
FLD VT0204W

Lecture 45 & 46 4-11-89 28 min each

French in Action (X)
FLD VT0204X

Lecture 47 & 48 3-26-89 28 min each

French in Action (Y)
FLD VT0204Y

Lecture 49 & 50 4-01-89 28 min each

French in Action (Z)
FLD VT0204

Lecture 51 & 52 4-08-89 28 min

LeBourgeois Gentilhomme (The Would-Be Gentleman)
FLD VT0211

(The Would-Be Gentleman)"Comedie-Ballet in prose for entertainment of King." "Would-Be Gentleman" in this case is adorned with an elegant dressing gown & absurd chapeau, as he aspires to a higher station in life. Music is by Jean Baptiste Lully, whose music set pattern for French Opera, concert music symphonic orchestra in years to come. Opulence to both ear & eye came from Moliere & Lully in abundance. (English subtitles.) 1982 97 min

Japanese Drills -3B thru J - Lesson 1A
FLD VT0262A

Spoken Language #1-Lesson 1A-Drill A through Lesson 3B-Drill J

Japanese Drill - 5B thru M - Lesson 4A
FLD VT0262B

Spoken Language #2-Lesson 4A-Drill A through Lesson 5B-Drill M

Japanese Drills - 7B thru R - Lesson 6A
FLD VT0262C

Spoken Language #3-Lesson 6A-Drill A through Lesson 7B-Drill R

Japanese Drills - 9B thru M - Lesson 8A
FLD VT0262D

Spoken Language #4-Lesson 8A-Drill A through Lesson 9B-Drill M

Japanese Drills -11A thru Q - Lesson 9B
FLD VT0262E

Spoken Language #5-Lesson 9B-Drill A through Lesson 11A-Drill Q

Japanese Drill -13A thru K
FLD VT0262F

Spoken Language #6-Lesson11B-Drill A through Lesson 13A-Drill K

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 2 Uma Casa Portuguesa
FLD VT0264B

Uma Casa Portuguesa

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 3 Portugal Descobre o Mundo
FLD VT0264C

Portugal Descobre o Mundo

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 4 A Africa de Expressao Portuguesa
FLD VT0264D

A Africa de Expressao Portuguesa

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 5 Todos Somos Brasileiros
FLD VT0264E

Todos Somos Brasileiros

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 6 Os Brasileiros
FLD VT0264F

Os Brasileiros

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 7 O Norte - A Regiao Amazonica
FLD VT0264G

O Norte - A Regiao Amazonica

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 8 O Nordeste do Brasil
FLD VT0264H

O Nordeste do Brasil

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 12 A Televisao Brasileira De Pernas Pro Ar
FLD VT0264I

A Televisao Brasileira De Pernas Pro Ar'

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 11 O Sul do Brasil
FLD VT0264J

O Sul do Brasil

Portuguese: Travessia Unit 10 O Centro-oeste do Brasil
FLD VT0264K

O Centro-oeste do Brasil

Portuguese: Travessia unit 9 O Sudeste do Brasil
FLD VT0264L

O Sudeste do Brasil

SCOLA - Channel 6 Cable (Foreign Lang. 9/90)
FLD VT0278

9-90 Mexico, Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, Austria, Mexico, France, Argentina, Chile

SCOLA - (9/90)
FLD VT0279

9-90 Japan (English), England, Kenya, Pakistan, Afganistan

S.C.O.L.A. - French News Report (2/91)
FLD VT0313

2-22-91; 2-25-91; 2-26-91

French TV Commercials
FLD VT0413A

French TV commercials. 30 min

French TV Commercials
FLD VT0413B

French TV commercials. 30 min

Allons Voir!
FLD VT0437

Explores French life, such as family relations, cooking, leisure & professional activity. Through visits & interviews, students gain a wide exposure to a variety of people & lives.

Lope de Vega: Fuenteovejuna
FLD VT0557A

Greatest Spanish work of Siglo de Oro is presented as a magnificent feature film that painstakingly & lovingly recreates medieval world of Lope's play. Spain's greatest actors are cast in this production. Spanish. 2 hr 22 min

IAO Lecture - Prakash Singh - Fundamentalist Terrorism 4-25-02
ISO VT1301

Lecture at BU, 4-25-02, on fundamentalist terrorism.

Lope de Vega: Fuenteovejuna
FLD VT0557B

El Cantar de mio Cid
FLD VT0558

Introduction to study of Spanish literature & culture: an accurate production of one of basic works of Hispanic study. El Cid is unique among world's great epics in having been composed as close to actual historical events in which it took part (40 years after death of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid himself) that we are able to distinguish between man & legend. Meticulous attention to historical detail, spectacular production values, & swashbuckling plot itself make filmed medieval epic superb modern entertainment as well as educational.

Garden of Delights
FLD VT0989

(El Jardin de las Delicias) - Focuses on millionaire industrialist who suffers from amnesia & paralysis as result of car accident. Confined to wheelchair, he is forced by his family to relive painful incidents from his past. Gradually we learn his greedy relatives are staging dramas in an attempt to jolt him into remembering number of his Swiss bank account. Disturbing, surrealistic portrait of frustration caused by helplessness. Touches on subjects of selfishness, corruption, & stifling repression of Spanish fascism. 1970 101 min

Flower of My Secret
FLD VT0990A

Leo writes romance novels - but with a loveless marriage she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a tough & gruff journalist with an iron will & a heart of gold. When their paths happen to cross, they discover something neither had expected - a real-life love affair! 107 min

Don Juan My Love
FLD VT0991

The world's most famous lover seduces him way into hearts & bedrooms of some happily surprised women in a most hilarious & sexy adventure. For 450 years Don Juan has been lying in purgatory trying to repent for his sins. Now he's been given one more chance to perform a good deed to free himself from a phantom existence. Fast paced & luscious comedy where an arrogant cad & utterly passionate romantic face off to the death. Spanish with English subtitles. 96 min

Miracle In Rome
FLD VT0992

Story of Margarito Duarte, a man whose 7 year old daughter dies suddenly. Upon visiting her grave 12 years later, he finds his daughter's body just as he had left it. Fellow townspeople call event a miracle but town bishop wants girl reburied. Margarito must fight his way through red tape to have his daughter declared a saint & in end, it will take a miracle of a different order for him to get his wish. Spanish with English subtitles. 76 min

Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty)
FLD VT0993

Story of Fernando, a handsome young Spanish Civil War deserter who befriends a freethinking artist. He finds himself in romantic dilemma when the artist's four beautiful daughters return to country home - which woman should he romance? The answer is simple, as Fernando is seduced instead, by each of the high-spirited sisters. A rollicking sensual romp through a period of new found sexual freedom for woman. 109 min

Demons in the Garden
FLD VT0994

Saga of family damaged by fratricidal rivalries & morally wasted by corruption as seen through eyes of a small boy, Demons examines its characters & their society with insight, complexity & depth more characteristic of a powerful novel than most movies. One of most vigorous & inventive of new young Spanish directors, Gutierrez Aragon established his reputation with this engrossing tale, which is almost as drolly comic as it is darkly tragic. Spanish with English subtitles. 1982. 100 min

Ay
FLD VT0995

Spain, 1938, country is torn apart by Civil War between Republicans & fascist forces. Carmela & Paulino are Republican traveling entertainers who innocently make a wrong turn & end up prisoners of Fascists. They are about to be executed along with town of Republican prisoners when they are discovered by a young theatre-loving Lieutenant. He persuades army to let them stage a show to entertain troops & Paulino agrees in order to save his & Carmela's life but she is unaware of his betrayal. Paulino rewrites their cabaret to suit conquering army & all is made ready for the big night. But show that could save their lives becomes a curtain raiser to disaster when Carmela discovers this. 1991 105 min

Im The One Youre Looking For
FLD VT0996

Through exotic streets of Barcelona's underworld, darker side of love & sexuality comes to life in a taut psychological thriller about a beautiful celebrity model seeking revenge from her rapist. Vengeful desire becomes an uncontrollable obsession when she teams up with a short-tempered taxi driver & a hot-blooded erotic dancer in her frantic search. Bizarre pitfalls & dangerous plot twists weave this film into a turbulent & suspenseful thriller. 85 min

Tristina
FLD VT0997

Don Lope, a liberated aristocrat who seduces his beautiful young ward, Tristana. Given opportunity she flees with her lover but illness forces her to return & later marry Don Lope. Result is a tense union in which Tristana slowly gains upper hand. 1970. 98 min

Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
FLD VT1112

Pedro Almodovar, Spain's premiere writer-director creates an off-kilter universe of madness, mayhem & fun. High atop one of Spain's penthouses 3 women have come to end of their mental ropes. Pepa is forever teetering around in her skyscraper spikes as she obsesses over Ivan the lover who just jilted her over the answering machine! Her friend Candela is seeking refuge at Pepa's because she realized her lover is a terrorist. Ivan's ex-wife Lucia was just released from a 20 year stint in a mental institution. They're all mad, in fact they're on verge of a nervous breakdown & one of them is about to commit murder unless other half crazed women can stop her. Spanish with English subtitles. 1 hr 29 min

Memories Of Underdevelopment
FLD VT1113

The first film from post Revolutionary Cuba to be released in U.S., film had a widespread impact unequaled in the history of Third World cinema. Set in early 60's it centers on an Europeanized Cuban intellectual too lazy to leave for Miami but too decadent to fit into New Cuban society. It is a remarkable demonstration that political commitment & entertainment are not incompatible; it is also a shrewd, passionate & sexy film. Spanish with enhanced subtitles. B&W. 97 min

Simon Of The Desert
FLD VT1117

Spanish with English subtitles. Director Luis Bunuel. 45 min

Americas Response to the Holocaust
HIS VT0446

BU Dr. David Wyman Lecture

Origins/Indias Hindu Civilization
ISO VT0716

22 min

Criminal Life Of Archibaldo De La Cruz
FLD VT1114

Due to a childhood experience with death of the family maid (under erotic circumstances), Archibaldo grows up with psychopathic killer tendencies toward women. He is constantly thwarted in his efforts to carry out any murders. The film not only pokes fun at the decadent bourgeoisie & Latin male, but also at director's own obsessions. Director: Luis Bunuel. 1955 Spanish with English Subtitles. 91 min

Against The Wind
FLD VT1115

Story of a re-encounter between brother & sister. Juan, fleeing from an incestuous relationship with sister Ana has taken refuge in an almost uninhabited area of Andalucia. After a year's separation Ana decides to visit her brother.... Her one & only love & decides to move into his house. At the arrival of Ana, Juan tries to lose himself in Rosario a girl who is hopelessly in love with him. Juan cannot prevent old feelings stirring inside him again which provokes a difficult & unexpected situation, where fear lies & shadow of desire mingle with murky feelings of an unconfessable love. Staring Antoni Banderas, Emma Suarez. 1990. Color. 89 min. Spanish with English subtitles.

Elisa Vida Mia
FLD VT1118

Film about estranged daughter who returns home to her ailing father who is writing his biography from her point of view. Ironically as she experiences 'her' recollections, she arrives at a deeper understanding of her father enabling the two to reunite. Story is richly textured with memory & perspective gradually drawing us into emotional rapprochement achieved by characters in the film. 1977. Spanish with English subtitles. 125 min

Fencing Master
FLD VT1119

Story of Don Jaime de Astarloa, an aristocratic swordsman who takes on a female pupil, mysterious Adela de Otero after she wins him over with her skill & beauty. In their secret lessons Don Jaime teaches Adela his deadly thrust to throat & finds himself falling in love. One of Don Jaime's pupils is found murdered by a thrust to throat & Don Jaime is drawn into world of politics & intrigue. To fencing master's bewilderment this is merely first in a series of crimes. 88 min

Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
FLD VT1120

Magical realism & comic confusion blend in startling film about visions & expectations. Amid debris of a Columbian cyclone lands 'A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings' whose miraculous anatomy attracts curious & devout from around world. Silent & disheveled, this 'creature' is housed in a chicken coop as his hosts & onlookers wait for his heavenly message, which turns out to be a very mixed blessing. Spanish with English subtitles. 1991. Color. 90 min

Baton Rouge
FLD VT1121

Murder mystery with sexual overtones film is story of a gigolo who seduces a wealthy woman & moves in with her. Plagued by nightmares woman consults a psychiatrist who becomes involved with gigolo. To fund his dream of joining his brother in Baton Rouge, Louisiana gigolo & psychiatrist decide to murder woman's husband & frame her for crime. But plot backfires setting off a chain reaction of deceit & double-crosses. 95 min

Peppermint Frappe
FLD VT1122

The eerie story of a bachelor obsessed with his friend's wife; film explores the fierce conflict between repressive religious upbringing & sexual desire. Julian, a respected doctor devoted to the Catholic Church & Pablo, a free spirit caught up in the modern ways quickly engulfing traditional Spain are distinct opposites. When Julian meets Pablo's bride Elena he imagines she is the mysterious woman he had seen beating a drum at a Holy Week ritual then attempts to transform his nurse Ana into a second Lena. 1967. Spanish with English subtitles. 92 min

I
FLD VT1123

Assumpta Serna stars as brilliant & beautiful poet Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz in magnificent portrayal of 17th Century Mexico. In order to pursue her love of writing Juana enters convent & gains international renown. When Inquisition comes local Vicereine becomes Juana's protectress & erotic muse, & soon begins a thrilling romance of startling passion & intensity. Spanish with English subtitles. 107 min

French City Speaks
FLD VT1298A

A French City Speaks has been designed as a media tool which can serve a wide range of courses and programs at the secondary and university levels. 103 min

French City Speaks
FLD VT1298B

A French City Speaks has been designed as a media tool which can serve a wide range of courses and programs at the secondary and university levels. 77 min

French City Speaks
FLD VT1298C

A French City Speaks has been designed as a media tool which can serve a wide range of courses and programs at the secondary and university levels. 103 min

French City Speaks
FLD VT1298D

A French City Speaks has been designed as a media tool which can serve a wide range of courses and programs at the secondary and university levels. 77 min

Don Quixote
FLD VT1411

Somewhere in the great elsewhere there is a higher calling, a nobler ambition, Don Quixote is sure because he's read so many books about chivalry. But aged Quixote is not merely content to read. So he adorns himself in armor, takes up a makeshift lance and rides off to set the world right. John Lithgow portrays the wide-eyed knight errant, Bob Hoskins is his donkey-riding squire Sancho Panza and Vanessa Williams (as Dulcinea) and Isabella Rossellini (as a wily duchess) also star in this vibrant adaptation of the Cervantes masterwork that's the basis of the stage/movie musical Man of La Mancha. Peter Yates directs from a script by John Mortimer and serves up a dreamy array of special effects both subtly and grandly scaled. Why would Quixote engage windmills in battle? Better yet, why not? To see the world through his eyes is to embrace life as the fullest adventure. Not Rated/color/120 min

Monsignor Quixote
FLD VT1454

Father Quixote, a simple man and parish priest of sleepy El Toboso. The ancestor of the legendary Don Quixote, the father leads an uneventful life far removed from the exploits of his distant relative - - until a chance encounter with a traveling bishop promotes him to the rank of Monsignor. To prepare fo his new responisiblities, Quixote sets off on a road trip with his best friend Sancho Zancas, ex-town mayor and diehard Communist. What begins as a casual vacation soon turns into an adventure of discovery for the naive preist. From a wayward kidnapper to a secluded bordello, from a lewd film house to the ever-present, ever-watchful militia, Quixote encounters a host of hilarious oddities with Sancho as his earthy guide. But when the quiet Quixoite comes face-to-face with the ridiculous antics of one small viallage, he can remain passive no longer. He assumes the courage and fury of his demented namesake to "tilt at the windmills" and do battle with evil. Color\\118min\\Not Rated

Last Frontier
GES VT0025

17th Century legends portray manta ray as a dreaded horned dragon or devil fish, capable of crushing vessels beneath their monstrous wings. John Stoneman & members of Foundation For Ocean Research travel to Sea of Cortez to observe this fascinating & peaceful animal at close range. 1986. 24 min

Living & Fossil Ostracoda
GES VT0589

Introduction to study of living & fossil ostracodes. Ostracodes are minute bivalved marine & freshwater Crustacea in Phylum Arthropoda that range in length from less than 1mm to several centimeters; they have been described as microscopic clams, each with a shrimp inside.

Walking Among The Sharks
GES VT0774

Dropping 1,000 ft down an underwater wall cameras take viewers on a walk with sharks. Diver braves waters to search for six-gill sharks. Jaws has created climate of fear that has contributed to decimation of shark populations. Video reveals diminishing numbers. Scientists lead viewers through scientific process to establish problem, hypothesize a cause, gather data & offer solution. 60 min

Incredible Suckers
GES VT0775

They have survived millions of years & communicate with light & color. They have largest brains of any invertebrate animal & we know little about them. A decade of discoveries leads us to possibility that prime intelligences in ocean may not be whales & dolphins but "incredible suckers", cephalopods - chambered nautilus, cuttlefish, octopus, & squid. 60 min

Shark Attack
GES VT0778

Violent jolt; flash of teeth; streak of blood in water & terrified surfer tries desperately to paddle for shore. Spy on these predators in action - stalking & snatching up seal pups, albatross chicks, & other prey. Take seal's eye view of an attacking shark & then decide if it's safe to go in water. 60 min

Walking With Dinosaurs (A)
GES VT1035A

Take a journey back in time to reign of dinosaurs. State of art digital effects & animatronics combine to form living images that put you in scene of a lost world. Using latest scientific findings video examines 155 million-year history of these creatures from Coelophysis to Tyrannosourus Rex, the most terrifying carnivore on planet. 180 min.

Walking With Dinosaurs (B)
GES VT1035B

I Dig Fossils
GES VT1060

Real life adventure for children of all ages. Chances are, your children will never touch a 65 million year old dinosaur unless they're in a museum. With your help, they can find fossils far older than dinosaurs & bring them home to keep. Come along as Scott & his dad go on a real-life adventure to find 300 a million-year-old fossil. Enjoy journey through Scott's eyes as he explains how fossils are formed & how he & his dad hunt for treasures you may have assumed only paleontologists could find. If your son or daughter is captivated by fossils & dinosaurs, & you want to begin a family activity that can last a lifetime then this video is the adventure for you. 1993

Webs Of Intrigue
GES VT1061

Enter world of ancient creature that has become an expert weaver, a consummate hunter, & with more than 30,000 faces - a master of adaptation. Over millions of years spiders have developed numerous methods of capturing prey & spinning a web is just one of them. You'll witness these weavers & hunters in action! Meet giant Nephila spider whose enormous web can trap small birds; Dolomedes spider that plunges underwater to fish out a meal; & ogre-faced spider that ambushes & traps its victims in a net stretched between its legs. Watch a male St. Andrews cross spider risk life & limb to court a hungry mate. 1992. 45 min

Searching For The Origins Of Life
GES VT1063

In beginning of solar system young life as we know it didn't have a chance. It emerged from strangest place & scientists have found it & it could lead to origin of life. The organisms that live in hot pools of Yellowstone may have some answers. 1998. 50 min

Sea Nasties
GES VT1065

It's just another day at beach for Leslie Nielsen. In coat & tie, bathing suit & boots, he's a human hermit crab too afraid to go in water & for good reason...ocean is full of sea nasties! To prove his point he recruits a mermaid to reveal all the dangerous creatures that slither, scuttle & hide on ocean floor. You'll snorkel up to poisonous catfish, sea snakes, urchins, jellyfish, & more. You'll visit Sting Ray City where humans swim with stingrays. By end of this deep-sea journey even Leslie is ready to dive in!! 1997. 60 min

Earthquakes: Living On The Edge
GES VT1066

Romans called earth solid ground. Not true. It is made up of giant plates size of continents. Oceans are on a core of rock. When plates shift an earthquake like one in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 1989 can occur. It measured 7/1. Video is about these earthquakes, their destruction, and etc. 1996. 50 min

Unknown World
GES VT1068

They're hiding in your closet. They're lurking in your bed. They're all over you - snacking on your skin, burrowing through your scalp, munching on your mascara. They're creepy crawlers of unknown world & now thanks to microphotographing you can catch these critters in the act, magnified to monster size. Spy from an unexpected angle. Zoom in; a secret drama is taking place, in, on & around us in a hidden world. 60 min

Topsy-Turvy
HIS DVD0002

Tensions abound and the music swells in the story about the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two men who were extremely different in size and stature were even more different in temperament and style. Yet, they still managed to create memorable theater. This is the story of the making of one of their most famous collaborations, The mikado. 161 min

Echoes that Remain
HIS VT0340A

The story of people of Shetetl, world that was.

Nights of Cabiria
HIS VT0909

110 min

India: Land of Spirit and Mystique
ISO VT0901

60 min

Man Who Would Be King
HIS DVD0003

Based on a Rudyard Kipling story & packed with spectacle, humor, excitement & bold twists of fate, John Huston's film of The Man Who Would Be King earns its crown as "an epic like no other. One of the screen's great adventure yarns". Sean Connery & Michael Caine - chins out, shoulders squared & with a sly wink - star as British sergeants Danny Dravot & Peachy Carnehan. The Empire was built by men like these two. Now they're out to build their own empire, venturing into remote Kafiristan to become rich as kings. 129 min

Elizabeth
HIS DVD0004

Video is a thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I. England, 1554. Young, passionate Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne amidst bloody turmoil. Among her courtiers are the venerable Sir William Cecil, her lover the Earl of Leicester, the imperious Duke of Norfolk, & her advisor Walsingham. She must learn to weigh her counsel carefully & ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown - & her head. 124 min

Pledge
HIS DVD0005

The murder suspect confessed, then took how own life. Case closed? Not for Nevada homicide cop Jery Black. He has his own instincts about the crime. And even though he's ready to begin a gone-fishin' early retirement, he promised the victim's family he'd find the killer. Jack Nicholson (as Jerry) heads an all-star cast in the gripping tale of a detective, driven to seek the truth... & driven into the darker reaches of his own mind by obsession.

Legend of Rita
HIS DVD0006

The Legend of Rita is a striking political thriller set in the later years of the cold War. The film recounts the struggles of a young West German woman as she flees from the consequences of her radical past. Rita starts her journey as a member of a bankrobbing, terrorist group, loosely based on the real Baader-Meinhof gang, who sparred with the West German police throughout the seventies. After a series of complications, these anti-capitalist revolutionaries are forced to disband, but Rita decides to take refuge in East Germany under a false identity. "Susanne Schmidt", a worker at a fabric dyeing plant, this former socialist activist begins to encounter some of the drab and discontented reality of a communist state. with remarkable dexterity, the film captures the conflicts at the heart of a socialist system, even as Rita becomes personally involved with an alcoholic factory worker and then a young physics student. As the years pass and Rita is forced into other identies the film becomes a vivid portrait of her growing sense of slienation, although her devotion the the distant ideal of socialism never changes. German with English subtitles 101 min

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
HIS DVD0007

Two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst eneny - and the inescapable power of love. Set against 19th century China's breathtaking landscape film is action-packed. 120 min

Dont Tell Anyone
HIS DVD0008

The groundbreaking story of a man's search for his sexual identity in an intolerant country. All his life, Joaquin has known he prefers men. But he dared not tell anyone, not his father, a racist and unobliging male chauvinist patriarch who tries to beat the secrets of masculinity into him nor his mother whose Catholicism deepens his sense of guilt. But soon he begins an affair with Gonzalo that puts him face to face with his own sexuality as well as with the forces in Peru that work to keep him locked in the closet. 114 Spanish with English subtitles

Circle
HIS DVD0010

A woman gives birth to a baby girl. Little does she know, but she and her daughter are already unwanted. Three women are released from prison and their need for money leads them to take desperate measures. An unmarried woman seeking an abortion is rejected from her father's house by the violent threats of her brothers. Their crimes are vague, their guilt or innocence unimportant. Their paths cross, the suspense of their intrigues heightens. Their plights are often too tragically similar. Their world is one of constant surveillance, bureaucracy and age-old inequalities. But this stifling world cannot extinguish the spirit, strength and courage of the circle of women. 91 min

Sex & Drugs
HIS DVD0012A

Gererations of American children sat in dark classrooms and absorbed wisdom in the form of 16mm educational and social guidance films. Through the flicker of dim projector bulbs and the warble of optical soundtracks a blueprint for better living in the Atomic Age was spelled out in no uncertain terms. Now, just as you remember them, Fantoma presents this collection of sex education and drug prevention films, ranging in date from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. Some historical, some hysterical and all filled with more important misinformation than you can digest in just one viewing. Learn all about the dangers of marijuana, the perils of heavy petting, the difference between boys and girls, and the joys of menstruation. Films include: LSD; Insight Or Insanity?, It's Wonderful Being a Girl, Narcotics: Pit of Despair, LSD; Case Study & Marijuana. 2 hrs

Social Engineering 101
HIS DVD0012B

Generations of American children sat in dark classrooms and absorbed wisdom in the form of 16mm educational and social guidance films. Through the flicker of dim projector bulbs and the warble of optical soundtracks a buleprint for better living in the Atomic Age was spelled out in no uncertain terms. Now, just as you remember them, Fantoma presents this collection of social guidance and etiquette do's and don'ts films, ranging in date from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. Some historical, some hysterical and all filled with more important misinformation that you can digest in just one viewing. Discover how to fit in, keep clean, choose between right and wrong and behave yourself in the cafeteria. Films include: Lunchroom Manners, Soapy The Germ Fighter, The Outsider, Why Doesn't Cathy Eat Breakfast?, and Shy Guy. 2 hrs

House of the Spirits
HIS DVD0013

The House Of The Spirits is a hauntlingly romantic epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba family. At its core is the stormy, yet passionate relationship between the supernaturally gifted Clara and her controlling husband Esteban, who resists change both politically and personally. It is a timeless story about secrets and seduction, revenge and forgiveness, and the ultimate power of love to conquer any obstacle - even death. 133 min

Le Million
HIS DVD0020

An impoverished artist discovers he has purchased a winning lottery ticket at the very moment his creditors come to collect. the only problem is the ticket is in the pocket of his coat...which he left at his girlfriend's apartment....who gave the coat to a man hiding from the police...who sells the coat to an opera singer who uses it during a performance. By turns charming and inventive Rene Clair's lyrical masterpiece had a profound impact on not only the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin but on the American Musical as a whole. 1931 81 min B&W

Short
HIS DVD0021

Short is award winning films from around the world in a digitally enriched environment of sight: Lajetee is the classic short which inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys. Big Brass Ring has also been turned in a feature starring William Hurt. A Guy Walks Into a Bar stars Fred Savage in a Wild Western yarn. Cafe Bar is a classic brushstroke animation short. Depth Solitude is an underwater ode to isolation. Eye Like A Strange Balloon is a whimsical tale from Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin. 120 min

Mulholland Dr.
HIS DVD0022

This sexy thriller has been acclaimed as one of the year's best films. Two beautiful women are caught up in a lethally twisted mystery - and ensnared in an equally dangerous web of erotic passion. 2 hr 27 min

Dr. William J. Wilson
HON VT0803

Lecture given by Dr. Wilson, a leader in field of Sociology, regarding issues of race & class in America & its effects on our culture. 11/18/97 1hr 3 min

Hommage a Noir
HIS DVD0023

Scene Access Menu 01 Intro/National Holiday in Maroua 02 The Fantasia Riders 03 Market in Bamenda 04 Secret Oudjilla 05 The Elephantmen Society 06 In the Village/Ritual of the Priests 07 Largo for a Day in Africa 08 Procession in Foumban 09 Warriors of Foumban 10 The Dance of the Queens 11 Begging Children 12 Holy Life in Bafut 13 Men in the Masks 14 Stiltdance 15 The Smoke King/Coda Hommage A Noir is a visual, musical poem to the people of contemporary Africa conceived by Ralf Schmerberg. Not one word is spoken for none are necessary. The haunting imagery of the film is accompanied by a continous soundtrack, a seamless fusion of traditional rhythms and cutting edge electronica. Shot on location in Cameroon the journey yields indelible impressions of a remarkable cross section o society from nobility to the masses, from western influences to ancient rituals. Film is unlike any documentary on Africa you have ever seen. 47:30 min B&W

The Most Beautiful
HIS DVD0024

At the later stage of the Pacific War, theJapan Gevernment organized groups of women to work in factories for the manufacture of weapons. They whipped into a productive frenzy by a strong willed foreman who exhorted them to become production warriors. Though the film was blamed for propagate Imperialism, the native image of Yoko Yaguchi was well accepted by the audience. The film also possesses a lively rhythm. (B&W--86 minutes--full screen--english-french-spanish subtitles)

Grave of the Fireflies
HIS DVD0026

In the aftermath of a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To Seita and his four-year-old sister, the helplessness and indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than the enemy raids. Through desperation, hunger and grief, these children's lives are as heartbreakingly fragile as their spirit and love is inspiring. Grave of the fireflies is a tale of the true tragedy of war and innonence lost, not only of the abandoned young, but of an entire nation. English sub-titles/88 min/not rated/contains violence/1992

The Duellists
HIS DVD0065

Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel star in this dramatic film about two officers in Napoleon's army who violently confront each other in a series of duels. The duels begin as a reaction to a minor incident and escalate into a consuming passion that rules the lives of both men for a period of 30 years. DVD/color/rated PG/widescreen/1977/100 minutes

Mister Johnson
HIS DVD0066

Set in Africa, Mr. Johnson is a thrilling story of two men's determination to overcome overwhelming obstacles to build a road through South Africa in 1923. Friendships and people's trusts are strained by the greed of progress....but, will Mr. Johnson's spirit prevail? DVD/color/104 minutes/not rated

Ridicule
HIS DVD0067

Ridicule is an exceptionally entertaining tale of passion and deceit! In a desperate quest to save his hometown, a young man quickly learns that a sharp wit is the key to open any door in the Versailles court of Louis XVI! But his mission is complicated when he finds himself locked in a dangerous triangle with two very seductive: a sophisticated older woman who can help him....and an innocent young beauty with nothing to offer but her love! DVD/color/french with yellow english subtitles/103 min/rated R

The Affair of the Necklace
HIS DVD0069

Jeanne de la Motte - Valois knows what she wants. She also knows how to get it - by conniving, deceiving and betraying. And by doing it so scandalously that it heps send Queen Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. 117min\\R\\color

Frida
HIS DVD0081

Frida is the triumphant motion picture about an exceptional woman who lived an unforgettable life! A product of humble beginnings, Frida Kahlo (Hayek) earns fame as a talented artist witha unique vision. And from her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera, to her scandalous affairs, Frida's uncomprominsing personality would inspire her greatest creations! DVD/Rated R/123 minutes/Color

Edward Said On Orientalism
HIS DVD0087

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talk about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient". Said argues that the Western (especially American) understaning of the Middle East as a place full of villains and terrorists ruled by Islamic fundamentalism produces a deeply distorted image of the diversity and complexity of millions of Arab peoples. He unearths the intellectual roots of "orientalism" in the history of imperial conquest stemming back to the 18th century. Looking ahead to the 21st century, he argues that it is a legacy of "difference" and mistrust that must be overcome if conflict, discord and violence are not to be humanity's permanent future. DVD/color/40 min. approx.

4 Little Girls
HIS DVD0088

September 15, 1963. It could have been a regular day in the life of Americans everywhere. Instead it became a day that would change their lives without mercy. Spike Lee takes an in-depth look at one of America's most terrible crimes, and the impact it had on the civil rights movement. When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern. DVD/Color/102 Min/Not Rated

Rabbit Proof Fence
HIS DVD0092

Rabbit-Proof Fence - is the powerful true story of hope and survival, and has been met with international acclaim? At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white socitety, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp! Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's "Stolen Generations," must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home! As shown by this outstanding motion picture, their universally touching plight and unparalleled courage are a beautiful testament to the undying strength of the human spirit! DVD/color/Approx 94 min/Not rated

Emma Goldman
HIS DVD0102

On a cold December morning in 1919, just after midnight, Emma Goldman, her comrade Alexander Berkman, and more than 200 other foreign-born radicals were roused from their Ellis Island dormitory beds to begin their journey out of the United States for good. Convicted of obstructing the draft during World War I, Goldmans's expatraition came 34 years after she had first set foot in New York--a young, brilliant, Russian immigrant. For more than three decades, she taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business and war. DVD/Color/B&W/90 minutes/Not Rated

Tupperware
HIS DVD0103

In the 1950's, American women discovered they could earn thousands-even millions-of dollars from bowls that burped. Bowl by bowl, they built an empire that now spans the globe. DVD/color/B&W/65 minutes/Not Rated

Israel Folk Dance Festival
HIS VT0021

Collection of best folkoric dance groups performing in Israel today. Action, colors & music, reflecting traditions & history of people. 1983. 60 min

Leo Sullivan Lecture 10/83
ISO VT0297

10-83 BU

Gandhi
HIS DVD0104

Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire country to freedom- he gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century, is explored in this breathtaking, unforgettable motion picture. DVD/Color/190 minutes/Rated PG

Boondock Saints
HIS DVD0105

Thou Shalt Not Kill-Its the one commandment they cannot keep. Tough, stylish and extreme, fans of "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" will thrill to the action, intensity and intelligence of this modern day morality tale written in blood. When the sadistic Russian mob starts muscling in on their South Boston Irish neighborhood, Connor and Murphy McManus know what must be done. Feeling that the vengeance of god is flowing through their veins, they set out to rid the streets of gangsters, criminals and lowlifes. As the body count rises, the brothers become local heros. Now, one unorthodox FBI agent must be cunning enough to bring them down. 1999/Color/Approx 110 min/Widescreen

House of Sand and Fog
HIS DVD0108

Two strangers whose conflicting pursuits of the American dream lead to a fight for their hopes at any cost. What begins as a struggle over a rundown bungalow spirals into a clash that propels everone involved toward a shocking resolution. "A suprise ending that will leave you breathless!" DVD/widescreen/Rated R/2 hrs. 6 min/color

Marat/Sade
HIS DVD0117

When notorious social critic - and inmate of Charenton's asylum for the insane - the Marquis de Sade stages a play about the murder of the French Revolution's Jean-Paul Marat, the production takes on an alarming life of its own. Anbd as tempers flare, arguments rage and chaos engulfs both the sane and the mad, the inmates finally turn against their keepers - in a brilliant, breathtaking and completely bizarre conclusion...that will leave you raving for more. 120min\\Not Rated\\color

Quills
HIS DVD0118

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, unitl a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun, inadvertenly stoking the excitement to a fever pitch. 124 min\\Color\\R

The Lady and The Duke
HIS DVD0119

Beautiful aristocrat Grace Elliott enjoys her comfortable upper-middle class life and warm friendship with her former lover the Duke of Orleans, until the turbulent French Revolution of the 1790s frighteningly begins. Their friendship unravels as Grace risks her life taking in a fugitive against the Duke's wishes. Soon Grace urges the Duke not to make a horrifying decision. But ultimately she's unable to prevent several bloody fates - including the possibility of her own. 129 min\\English Subtitles\\PG-13\\color

Vatel
HIS DVD0120

Vatel is based on the true story of an ordinary man, a decadent king and the woman caught between them! In the west of France, Prince de Conde has a scheme to save his bankrupt province: he'll regain the favor of King Louis XIV with a weekend of spectacle and merriment. The plan's success rests with Vatel, the one man who can deliver the sumptuous food, elaborate amusements and all-out decadence fit for this king. But in the midst of it all, Vatel catches teh eye of the beautiful Anne...and places himself in direct competition with the King! 103min\\Color\\PG-13

Amistad
HIS DVD0121

Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the US where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. An enthralling battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. But for the men and women on trial, it is simply a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom. 155min\\color\\R

Black Robe
HIS DVD0122

French Jesuit missionary Father Laforgue travels to the magnificently austere Canadian wilderness to save the souls of a "savage and godless" people - the native tribes of the Huron and Algonquin. But the natives who have their own spiritual value system that differs drastically from Christianity, are immediately suspicious, resentful and openly hostile toward the intrusive "Black Robe." And when Laforgue hires a reluctant group of Algonquin to escort him on a harrowing 1500-mile journey up the broad and sinuous St. Lawrence Reiver, a devastatting chain of events not only causes him to question his deeply held beliefs....but also forever changes the course of history for the natives' way of life. 101min\\color\\R

To Live
HIS DVD0123

Set against four decades of Chinese political turmoil, To Live follows heh lives of one couple, Fugui and Jiazhen, as they struggle to survive their own changing station within the upheaval. As the years go by, bringing bizarre twists, tragic losses...and profound hope, Fugui and his family persevere, striving to reach a calm within the storm so they can do the one thing they've always wanted: To Live. 133min\\color\\English subtitles

The Battle of Algiers
HIS DVD0124

One of the most influential plotical films in history, Gillo Pntecorvo's The Battle of Algiers vividly recreates a key year in the tumuluous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafes, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documnetary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terroist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. The Criterion Colllection is proud to present Gillo Pontecorvo's tour de force-a film with astonishing relevance today. 121min\\black and white\\english subtitles

A Tale of Two Cities
HIS DVD0125A

In the dock of a British courtroom, French aristocrat Charles Darnay stands accused of spying for the King of France. The outlook appears grim until some last-minute help comes from his astonishing lookalike, Sydney Carton. As Darnay goes free and makes plans to marry Lucie Manette, Carton keeps his secret desire for her to himself, yet assures her that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for her, "or for anyone you love." As Lucie and Charles settle into blissful married life in London, the French Revolution is exploding. Carton is in Paris on his own mysterious business just as the Darnays return to rescue a faithful servant from the chaos, only to be captured by a crowd thirsty for the blood of aristocrats. The guillotine beckons as does the promise Sydney made to his beloved Lucie years earlier. Amidst the turmoil of one of history's most barbaric eras, will one man's simple devotion be enough to quell the madness? 104 min (197 min total)\\color

A Tale of Two Cities
HIS DVD0125B

60 Minutes William Pierce
HIS VT0676

Interviews of Turner Diaries, regarded as patron saint of militia movement. 5/96. 14 min

Its A Wonderful Life
HIS DVD0221

No one is born to be a failure. No one is poor who has friends. Simple thoughts that were the inspiration for one of the richest, most uplifting, most beloved American films ever made. Frank Capra's classic tale of George Bailey and his Christmas Eve visit with a guardian angel was nominated for five Oscars. DVD/B&W/132 minutes/Not Rated

Divine Intervention
HIS DVD0127

In this darkly comic masterpiece, Palestinian director Elia Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems. The result is a palpable rage that is both personal and political. 2002/92 minutes/not rated/color

Good Bye Lenin!
HIS DVD0128

This coming-of-age adventure blends the fall of Communism with the salient emotions of a family's love. Good Bye, Lenin! is a beautiful introduction to a whole new, free world. In 1989, Christiane Kerner has lost her husband and is completely devoted to the Socialist East German state. A heart attack leaves her in a coma, and when she awakens eight months later, the Berlin Wall has fallen and it's a whole new world. To protect her from the shock, her son alex hatches a plan to keep her in the dark. Rated: R / Approx. 121 Mins. / Color / Language: German / Subtitles: English

Chicago: City Of The Century
HIS DVD1337

City of the Century tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy fromtier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. It's the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and the forgotten, the shop assistants and the millionaire retail barons who together created Chicago. It describes how through innovations, ingenuity, determination and sheer ruthlessness, the captain of industry created empires in a marshy wasteland. And it explores the hardships endured by the millions of working men and women-most of them immigrants from Ireland and Northern Europe-whose labor helped a capitalist class reinvent the way America did business.

Triumph of Love
HIS DVD1342

Academy-Award Winners Mira Sorvino and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this sexy and surprising romantic comedy that is "erotic.... inventive....witty". Mira Sorvino is captivating as a princess who has fallen head over heels in love with her sworn enemy, Agis(Jay Rodan), the rightful heir to her kingdom. Driven to exile, Agis now lives with a philosopher (Sir Ben Kingsley) and his spinster sister (Fiona Shaw) who have taught Agis to hate the princess. Determined to win Agis' love, the princess travels to his secluded villa. There, armed with her incomparable talents for disguise and deception, the bold and beautiful spins and ever tangling web of seduction that will leave no passion unstirred or heart untouched.

Gung Ho
HIS DVD1411

"Gung Ho!" dramatically tells the story of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, the group formed six weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The battalion's purpose was to raid Japanese-held islands and claim them for the United States. Led by Colonel Thorwald, the men endure grueling combat training in preparation for their first mission: to annihilate the much larger and firmly entrenched Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Intense battle sequences highlight this exciting morale booster of a movie. 1943/B & W/88 minutes

History In Motion: Milestones Of The 20th Century
HIS LVD0008

Scholastic, Inc; Purchased 12/93. CAV, 60 minutes, Bar Coded. Also with MacIntosh Point of View Disk. Based on The Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century this disc presents "mini-documentaries" of two dozen events & people arranged chronologically from World War I & the Jazz Age through the Civil Rights Movement & Watergate. Has a Bar Coded teaching guide & index. The disc may be used as a standalone Level I videodisc with bar code access or as an interactive Level III videodisc with direct links to the Point of View MacIntosh disk program.

Becket
HIS LVD0020

Historical account of King Henry II & his loving friendship with Thomas Becket. The account takes an ironic turn, however, after the King appoints Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. 1964, 150 mins.

Zulu
HIS LVD0021

Set in Africa in 1879, this beautifully crafted widescreen 1964 release recounts an incident following the epic battle of Isandhlwana. There, seasoned, well-armed British soldiers found themselves at a loss when confronted by a massive army of skillfully trained Zulu warriors - leading to what many historians have cited as the most humiliating military defeat in recorded history. Zulu begins only hours after this battle took place, showing how a small group of British soldiers stood their ground at a farm house against an onslaught of wave upon wave of Zulus.

Remains Of The Day
HIS LVD0022

Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths, as he serves his master, beautifully played by James Fox. Darlington, like some other members of the British Establishment, becomes a dupe of the Nazis in their plot to win the alliance of the British government. Emma Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high spirited, strong minded young woman who watches the goings on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, gradually she and Stevens fall in love - though neither will admit it and only give vent to their charged feelings vie fierce arguments. Marvelously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant. The Remains of The Day is "absolutely perfect!".

Madness Of King George
HIS LVD0023

Midnight romps with the lower classes ? Fisticuffs with the Prince of Wales ? Sexual indiscretions with the Queen's ladies ? Something is not quite right in Windsor Castle ... and it appears to be the King ! When George III loses the colonies in the American Revolution, his eccentric behavior becomes nothing less than mad. With Parliament battling for increased power and the Prince of Wales plotting his own rise to the throne, King George's unpredictable behavior sets the stage for a thrilling game of betrayal, politics and palace intrigue.

Tom Jones
HIS LVD0024

Albert Finney is Tom Jones. When Tom is discovered as an abandoned orphan on the bed of the Squire Allworthy, his origins are a mystery; but the Squire adopts him as his own and Tom begins a life of bawdy adventure. A goodlooking young man Tom has a way with women but loves only one: the daughter of a neighboring landowner. His attempts to woo her and the many adventures that befall him lead in one direction; to London where a duel with a jealous husband lands him in prison waiting to be hanged. WIll the secret of Tom's birth be revealed in time to save his life ? Superb comedy.

Nashville
HIS LVD0031

Robert Altman's NASHVILLE is an explosive drama and a human comedy that delineates and interweaves the lives of 24 major characters during five days in the country music capital of the world. Although its setting is Tennessee, NASHVILLE is a much broader vision ofour culture, a penetrating and multi-level portrait of America at a particular time and place. Five Academy Award nominations including Keith Carradine's Oscar-winning song "I'm Easy." 1975 160 min

FRONTLINE: The Struggle for Russia
HIS VT0542

A look at Yeltsin's presidency, exploring Russia's economic & social chaos & examining what went wrong with his "shock therapy" economic reforms.

American Enterprise Series (5 parts)
HIS VT0002

GOVERNMENT: Middle management employee discusses how Government has contributed to America's economic growth as employer, borrower, & consumer. Raises need for greater responsiveness to individual & national needs. 29 min.: INNOVATION: Industrial scientist discusses how inventive men have influenced America's economic growth & success. Encourages continued search for improved ways of doing things. 16 min. LAND: Farmer discusses how land in relation to transportation, has determined America's economic growth & success. 29 min ORGANIZATION: Entrepreneur discusses how America's economic growth is based on organizational techniques such as mass production & mass marketing. 29 min. PEOPLE: College professor discusses how American immigrant has contributed to economic growth through his previous knowledge & experience, his nonconformity, & his adventuresome spirit. 29 min.

Five Pillars of Islam
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World of Islam is shared by 800 million people of all colors, economic levels & social strata. They share faith which is today what it was at beginning, same in a King's palace & Filipino hovel. Essential principles on which Islam rests its 5 pillars are discussed, described, & put into historical context. Introduces international mosaic of Moslem believers, & conflict between traditional teaching & effects of industrialization. 30 min

People of E.Germany & The First All-German Elections
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Pt. 1 THE PEOPLE OF EAST GERMANY: An average family a self-employed carpenter, former Stasi members, Stasi victims, an air force officer, a teacher, a writer, & a politician talk about past hardships, as well as hopes for future in a united Germany; 2. THE FIRST ALL-GERMAN ELECTIONS: Probe questions of capital, relations with U.S. & Soviet Union, & economic problems of German unity.

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Stalin: Revolutionary
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Follows rise of Stalin, from early years training for priesthood, through transformation into a revolutionary sought by czarist police, to emergence as a leader in Communist Party. Gain insight into factors that led to formation of Stalin's personal goals, & learn how they influenced plans for his country. 1991. 58 min

Stalin: Despot
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Examines Stalin's manipulation of system he established to throw country into change. Policies of collectivization & rapid industrialization instituted by him in 1929 inaugurated a reign of terror that changed political course of history forever. By end of 30s, 20 million people had been killed, & 8 million were confined to labor camps. In spite of this, Soviet propaganda machine succeeded in convincing many that he was infallible & omniscient. 1991 58 min

Stalin: Generalissimo
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Focuses on Stalin as military leader & planner, outlines his domestic & foreign policies during last 20 years of his life. Hitler's invasion of Soviet Union in June 1941 caught Stalin by surprise, but by 43, Red Army had triumphed. After WW II, Stalin imposed Communist regimes on Eastern European countries now liberated from Nazi control, & he emerged as lord of a powerful empire. Although Stalin had undertaken a new purge just before his death, millions of Soviets still mourned him. 58 min

Genocide
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Story of the people of Shtetl, the world that was...

Americas 6: Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion
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Look at contemporary Latin America; examines issues confronting region by focusing on individual communities. Campesinos, city dwellers, artists, government officials, revolutionaries, & others bring forth the multi-layered diversity of the region.

Master Race
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Shows how Nazi concept of racial superiority developed, & how German nation organized. Focuses on 1936 Olympic Games as grist for German propaganda; organized, planned persecution as an element of government policy; political suppression & anti-Semitism; Mein Kampf as a blueprint; Nuremberg Laws defining racial purity; Joseph Goebbels & Big Lie; how youth were educated to support goals of Nazi state. 20 min.

Rise & Fall of Adolf Hitler
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Covers career of Austrian artist who nearly conquered world: series of events, people, history, happenings, confluence of economic, psychological, & political forces that turned a thousand minor events into huge murderous whole. There had been wars, slave labor, genocide, treaties made to be broken, & propagandists who came to believe their own propaganda; what made this experience different is what is documented: its vast scope, its documentation of film, its central character, Adolf Hitler.

Rise & Fall of Adolf Hitler
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President Salinas - Talking with David Frost
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David Frost interviews Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari who is considered champion of controversial North American Free Trade Agreement & widely credited as hero of Mexico's reviving economy. 60 min.

Longest Hatred
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Drawing on interviews with Semites & anti-Semites, as well as scholars in Europe, America, & the Middle East, traces anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to ominous outbreaks in Germany, Russia, & elsewhere. Documentary analysis of anti-Semitism explores attitude that often casts Jews as "permanent outsiders & threats to society"- an attitude that reached its full horror in Nazi Germany, though it neither began nor ended with Holocaust. 2 hr, 30 min

Ancient Peruvians
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Study of magnificent civilizations of pre-Columbian America. Explores origins of Chavin, Paracas Nasca, Mochica, & Tiahuanaco cultures. Continues with examination of Inca Empire, showing archaeological discoveries & ancient pottery. 29 min.

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Longest Hatred
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Mayan (1994)
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About history of Mayan's, 1,000 year chronicle of ancient Mexico & Central America. In depth look at ancient Mayan artifacts & temples reveals rituals & traditions that have puzzled archeologists for years.

Ancient Africans
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Tracing roots of African history from Stone Age to kingdoms of Kush, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mali, & Songhai, examines Africa prior to European colonization. Based on writings of such first hand observers as Ibn Battuta & Leo Africanus, it blends history, geography, & anthropology to provide analysis of the rich heritage of African society. 27 min.

Ancient Chinese
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Presents history of China's great dynasties. Examines the philosophy & religion of the ancient Chinese, as well as their beliefs about the relationship between man & nature. Discusses the development of a system of writing & looks at technology of the ancient Chinese. 24 min.

Hermitage
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Volume One: Catherine the Great: A Lust for Art: With stunning art & readings from Catherine the Great's diaries, program investigates a self-professed "glutton for beauty", who feasted daily on Rembrandts, Rubenses & Brueghels. Like her predecessor Peter the Great, who built St. Petersburg with best Europe had to offer, she ruled Russia with an appetite for Western culture. She purchased massive art collections from Europe's monarchs then created The Hermitage Museum in Winter Palace (1754-1762) to house her treasures. In less than 40 years she acquired more masterpieces than Louvre had amassed in four centuries. 54 min

Hermitage
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Volume Two: Tyrants & Heroes: Nineteenth Century Czars: Depicts violence of 19th century & resplendent art Russian royalty collected during turbulent era. Rod MacLeish puts remarkable paintings, statues, & end of century photographs in their historical contexts: War of 1812, when Russian officers lingered in Paris, absorbing Western ideas & buying artwork; autocratic reign of Nicholas I, who fiercely repressed people yet lavished money on The Hermitage: & progressive rule of Alexander II, which ended tragically in murder. 53 min

Hermitage
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Volume Three: From Czars to Commissars: A Museum Survives: Illustrates horrors of revolution & war plays counterpoint to breathtaking works by Matisse, Renoir, & Picasso. When Nicholas II succumbed to people's revolution & Lenin rose to power, Hermitage became world's largest museum, increased by thousands of works previously held in private collections. In shocking turn of events, Stalin, Lenin's successor sold many for cash. Yet, Hermitage survived Stalin, as well as WWII, when two thirds of its collection was transported out of Leningrad before Nazi siege. 55 min

Old Gringo
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Jane Fonda is Harriet, spinster who flees unrewarding life in America hoping to discover passion in her soul. Gregory Peck is Ambrose Bruce, Old Gringo, a retired journalist, & adventurer who wanders through hostile desert seeking meaning to last years of his life. Jimmy Smitts is Arroyo, fiery young general, driven by both Revolution, & desire for Harriet. Set in Mexican Revolution, their lives become drawn together as they face love, death, & war in adventure of a lifetime.

Mary Sillimans War
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Takes new approach to American Revolution. Instead of focusing on public dimensions, film brings an array of issues central to personal experiences of one woman & her family during Revolutionary War. 93 min

Isabel Allende: The Womens Voice in Latin American Literature
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Decribes emotions that inform her fiction & events that set them in motion. Niece of disposed Chilean president Salvador Allende, she fled Chile in terror & blossomed in exile to write of love, hate, & revenge that shape lives of people she knew, or dreamt about: her characters, her own legend in the making. 56 min

Murder of JFK
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Since 1989 private investigator Joe West had devoted his time, money & life to search for killer of President John Kennedy. After a journey filled with dead ends West had all but given up when he received a tip from an FBI agent who demanded to remain anonymous. The tip led West to Joliet State Penitentiary where an inmate by name of James Files was serving a 50-year sentence for shooting an Illinois state policeman. West had reason to believe that Files was involved in assassination. What followed was a relationship between West & Files which grew so close that files was ready to reveal his role in murder of the President. As fate would have it shortly before confession was to be taped Joe West suddenly died of a heart attack. Moved by what he believed was death of a real friend Files still agreed to give a complete interview in which he confessed his complicity in events that took place on that fateful day, November 22, 1963 in Dallas.

Art & Revolution in Mexico
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Nowhere but in Mexico has history been painted as superbly; nowhere else have outspokenly painters like Rivera & Siqueiros produced such great art. Art of revolution & revolution of art in this time & place seemed to have nurtured one another. 51 min

Man For All Seasons
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Henry VIII's wife Catherine is unable to produce heir. Henry, in love with Anne Boleyne, asks Pope to grant him divorce. King is backed by everyone except Sir Thomas More. When Cardinal Wolsey, Chancellor of England, names More as his successor, it becomes important for Henry to get More's support. But More cannot be swayed. Henry demands clergy renounce Pope & name him head of Church of England. Cromwell, leader of divorce campaign, frames More forcing him to resign. Eventually More is brought to trial, found guilty of treason & beheaded. 120 min.

Last Voyage of the Lusitania
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Why did Germany torpedo Lusitania, a civilian vessel? Why did it sink so fast? Take a plunge beneath Irish Channel & relive one of century's mysterious maritime tragedies. 62 min

Shame
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Starring: Liv Ullmann, Max Von Sydow. B&W. 107 min

Times of a Sign
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Film about reaction of an Indiana town to Iran-Contra scandal. It is instructive in it's handling of scandal's major characters & central questions that force us to think about unavoidable future relationship of American democracy to American foreign policy.

Caine Mutiny
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Mutiny aboard a naval vessel, based on novel by Herman Wouk. The behavior of Captain Queeg during maneuvers aboard the U.S.S. Caine attracts the attention of the ship's crewmembers & its executive officer Maryk. When Queeg's neurotic behavior reaches a breaking point during a typhoon, Maryk takes command of the ship. Queeg retaliates by having Maryk court-martialed. In a courtroom sequence, Lt. Greenwald breaks Queeg down on the stand. Maryk wins the case but the victory is short-lived as Lt. Greenwald reveals that the men have all been victims of a deceptive shipmate named Lt. Keefer who instigated the mutiny for his own purposes. 125 min.

W. LaFeber: Americans in Post Cold War World: Armstrong Lecture 4/95
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Armstrong Lecture. 4/95

Tom Jones-1
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When Tom is discovered abandoned on bed of Squire Allworthy, his origins are a mystery; but Squire adopts him as his own & Tom begins a life of bawdy adventure. A devilish, good-looking man, Tom has a way with women, but loves only one: Sophie Western, daughter of a neighboring landowner. His attempts to woo her & many adventures that befall him from forest sword fights to bedroom romps all lead in one direction: to London where a duel with a jealous husband lands him in prison waiting to be hanged. Will secrets of Tom's birth be revealed in time to save his life, love & love life? All is revealed in end. 121 min

Madness of King George
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Midnight romps with lower classes? Fisticuffs with Prince of Wales: Sexual indiscretions with Queen's ladies? Something is not quite right in Windsor Castle. It appears to be the King! When George III loses colonies in American Revolution, his behavior becomes nothing less than mad. With Parliament battling for increased power & Prince of Wales plotting his own rise to throne, King George's behavior sets stage for a thrilling game of betrayal, politics & intrigue. 110 min

Remains of the Day--
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Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, perfect English butler-an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths, as he serves his master, Lord Darlington. Darlington is duped by Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves & British government. Emma Thompson stars as estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, woman who watches goings on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she & Stevens fall in love-though neither will admit it & only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. 134 min.

Khartoum
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Chronicles Britain's crisis in Sudan & siege at Khartoum in 1883. Laurence Olivier as fanatical Arab leader Mahdi, who leads his desert tribesmen against British. Charlton Heston plays British General Gordon, sent to defend Khartoum & to squelch rebellion. Despite a mutual respect for each other they are unable to reach a compromise. So it is a test of wills to see who will win once Mahdi attacks. 1966. 2 hr. 16 min

Zulu
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1879, King of Zulu nation declared war on British Empire. Clad with only shields & spears Zulu warriors slaughtered over 1200 British troops. Only troops left after massacre were stationed at tiny mission at Rourke's Drift. Barely 100 determined soldiers remained to battle 4000 Zulu who were unmercifully attacking mission. 138 min

Schindlers List - Part 1
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True story of how German war profiteer & prison camp director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from gas chambers than any other single person during WWII. 3 hr. 17 min

Evita
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The true story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty & a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune & fame. Despite controversy, her passion changed a nation forever! 135 min

Unforgiven
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Clint Eastwood & Morgan Freeman play retired, down on their luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by vengeful prostitutes of remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Big trouble is coming to Big Whiskey & Unforgiven is a "western for all ages." 131 min

Sink The Bismarck
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True story of heroism at sea. Hard choices are made as English Navy tries to destroy most powerful battleship in world - the Bismarck. In spring of 1941, England remains only undefeated nation in Europe & stands alone against Germany. She can survive only as long as her ocean supply lines remain open. Featuring actual combat footage, film puts you on front lines of one of most crucial naval battles of WW II. 97 min

Night of the Shooting Stars
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Depicts final days of WWII in Italy, seen mostly through the eyes of 6 year old girl. In summer 1944 group of villagers flee from Nazi occupiers, risking their lives to reach GIs. To little girl, life on run is a succession of wondrous moments, both meaningful & horrifying: a young couple wed; a crowded church blown up; wealthy widow falls in love; Fascists & Resistance Fighters stalk each other. Journey is tragedy of desolation & celebration of life. It preserves a period of recent history that should never be forgotten. 107 min

Berlin Journey of a City
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Journey of 50 years: 1945, end of WWII with the defeat of Nazis. Allies occupy Berlin; 1948-49, Soviets blockade Berlin. Berlin Airlift by the western Allies; 1961, Rise of the Berlin Wall; 1963, President John Kennedy comes to Berlin; 1989, fall of the Berlin Wall; 1994, Allied military forces depart Berlin. 1995. Color & b/w. 57 min.

Fall of Communism
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One by one, Communist nations traded politics for a more democratic future. Video helps you understand depth of what happened, from tearing down of Berlin Wall, to independence movements in Poland, Lithuania & Mother Russia. 80 min

Heroes & Tyrants of the Twentieth Century: Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini was ruler with no identity, a man who neither understood himself nor his country. Follows this dictator as he goes from womanizer to casualty of war to Fascist leader & to victim at hands of his people. You'll witness theatrical personality, his march on Rome, his private war with Hitler & his defeats on battlefield. Containing startling war footage, Mussolini is a compelling study in madness. 50 min

Lodz Ghetto
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Reveals drama of 2,000,000 people trapped in longest surviving community of Jews in Hitler's Europe, bringing to life ordinary people caught in an unbelievable time. Assembled from diaries & photographs hidden away so that we would know what people of ghetto endured, it demands viewers' attention & crosses time bringing us into past by mixing modern & historical footage. View of greatest tragedy of our time is also inspirational in its poignant images of daily life among people who refused to give up love of family or to stifle drives to think & create. 1989,1992 Color/B&W. 118 min

Franco Prussian War
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Struggle between France & Prussia saw fall of Paris & left France politically divided & on brink of economic ruin. The fall of 2nd French Empire laid ground for Otto von Bismarck to establish German Empire. This was 1st European war in which both adversaries used railroads, telegraph, rifles & breech loading artillery; technological innovations that revolutionized warfare in 19th & 20th centuries. 50 min

Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
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His ideas transformed our concept of mind yet father of psychoanalysis was plagued by neurotic fears & troubling obsessions. Freud is one of most influential thinkers of modern times. His theories continue to inspire discovery & debate even as discipline he conceived grows in different directions. Through artifacts, letters, diaries & revealing interviews with biographers, psychiatrists & grandchildren video profiles man who was once derided as "the doctor of love." From his childhood to his worldwide fame, program explores Freud's life, including his obsessive behavior & bouts with addiction. 1995. 50 min

Un Chien Andalou/Land Without Bread
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Contains what is one of most memorable scenes in film history - a razor blade slicing an eyeball. Made in 1929 it aimed to shock rather than please & soon became a film classic. Was made in 1932 & portrays the everyday lives of indigent peasants on one of Spain's most desolate regions. 27 min

Shoeshine
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Story of 2 Roman orphans abused by Italian state reform system. Film unpopular in Italy as Italians were ashamed to see their "dirty linen" exposed to world. 1946. 90 min

Amadeus
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About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life & music & jealousy ridden 18th Century composer who torments Mozart. Incredible music of Mozart is heard throughout the film. 158 min

Open City
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Filmed on streets of Rome in first weeks of Allied liberation & employing number of non-actors, Open City placed itself at vanguard of Italian neorealist movement, evoking feelings of despair & determination that bound together partisan resistance in face of certain death. It was not proximity to actual events that made the film so spellbinding, but blend of gentle humor & terrifying violence.

Cinema Paradiso
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Story of small Italian boy's lifelong affair with movies. Salvatore yearns for secret of cinema's magic & is overjoyed when Alfredo, projectionist, agrees to reveal mysteries of movie making to him. As their friendship grows so does Salvatore, growing older with his good friend & the movies he adores. When Salvatore leaves the village Alfredo makes young man promise to never look back. And he does not for 30 years until a message arrives that beckons him back home to a secret discovery that awaits him there. 121 min

Battle of Algiers
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One of most realistic films of all time. Initially banned by French government, it won wide acclaim. Struggling to rid their country of French colonialism, Ali La Pointe & his terrorist group paint streets of Casbah red with blood of their enemies. Children shoot soldiers. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. French Colonel Phillipe Mathieu is called to quash the uprising but Algiers is on fire & the battle has just begun. 125 min

Man Escaped
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Tale of courage & faith recounts a Resistance fighter's escape from a Nazi prison, just hours before he was to be executed. Film details Lt. Fontaine's preparations for escape. Director Robert Bresson. 1956. 100 min/B&W. French with English subtitles. 1994 restoration

History Channel
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The First Firearms: Where past comes alive. From dawn of time to 20th century, from conflicts to inventions that changed world, series captures glory, tragedy, & drama of human experience. Brilliant, astounding & vibrant dramatizations bring past home to you. 50 min. 1999

History Channel
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The First Sword: Where past comes alive. From dawn of time to 20th century, from conflicts to inventions that changed world, series captures glory, tragedy & drama of human experience. Brilliant, astounding & vibrant dramatizations bring past home to you. 50 min. 1999

History Channel
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Castles & Seiges: Where past comes alive. From dawn of time to 20th century, from conflicts to inventions that changed world, series captures glory, tragedy & drama of human experience. Brilliant, astounding & vibrant dramatizations bring past home to you. 50 min. 1999

Multimedia: How Does It Really Work in The Classroom?
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History Channel
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Slings & Spears: Where past comes alive. From dawn of time to 20th century, from conflicts to inventions that changed world, series captures glory, tragedy & drama of human experience. Brilliant, astounding & vibrant dramatizations bring past home to you. 50 min. 1999

History Channel
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Mail & Plate Armor: Where past comes alive. From dawn of time to 20th century, from conflicts to inventions that changed world, series captures glory, tragedy & drama of human experience. Brilliant, astounding & vibrant dramatizations bring past home to you. 50 min. 1999

Satyajit
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Forced to abandon his education, Apu's prospects look bleak until fate intervenes in form of an insane bridegroom. To save abandoned bride from public disgrace, Apu marries her, beginning a new life as husband & father. Like earlier films in trilogy, Pather Panchali & Aparajito, The World of Apu is more than a mesmerizing look at Indian culture; it is a universal look at family love & personal sacrifice. 1959 B/W 106 min

Satyajit
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Saga of Apu & his family continues in Aparajito. Following Apu & his family to city explores crowded streets & busy waterfront, introducing us to a gallery of unforgettable images & characters. But when tragedy strikes Apu's family, boy becomes a man & must choose between life his father chose, a life of duty & disappointment, or a life of his own. 1956. B/W. 113 min

Satyajit
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The first Indian film to ever become a hit in West, Pather Panchali is moving story of a rural family cursed with bad luck. Father Hari is a dreamer & poet, while his hard-working wife struggles to feed family. But Durga, a petty thief, brings tragedy to family in a moment's carelessness. 1952-1955 B/W 113 min

Budapest October 1956
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Hope that countries east of Iron Curtain could act independently of Soviet Union, or that Communism could exist without totalitarianism, was crushed without pity - in East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia & Poland. When insurrection broke out in Oct of 1956 it at first appeared that Imre Nagy might win some concessions from Moscow. Instead, Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest & brutally suppressed uprising. Covers path of Communism spread by force of arms in Eastern Europe.

Germany
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Love story set during & after Nazi era, video is dialogue with German past. Explores private lives of a young bride & her Nazi soldier husband & her parents, who tolerated Hitler. 123 min

ThreePenny Opera
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Reconstructed in sixties - years after original negative was destroyed by Nazis, G.W. Pabst's Threepenny Opera remains a deliciously dark film adaptation of Brecht & Weill's musical. Pabst combines realism & expressionism for a biting satire of respectable society. About seedy underworld of 1890's London. There a dashing thief called Mack the Knife gets away with robbery on a daily basis until he marries daughter of Soho's Beggar King. When outraged king sends a force of crooked cops after Mack bandit must run for his life. 1957 pop hit Mack the Knife came from this satire. 1931 BW 113 min

Zero De Conduite
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Two boys return from holidays to a repressive school environment. They lead a student revolt against school authorities. A wonderful study of adolescence and strength of human spirit. B&W 1993 Director Jean Vigo 50 min

Creation of the Universe
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In ongoing exploration of subatomic particles scientists are turning up clues to origin of universe. Identifies & explains most challenging ideas & theories in modern science. 90 min

Broken Blossoms
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Richard Barthelmess gives sensitive portrayal of a Chinese man who travels to England to spread pacifist teachings of Orient but it is Lillian Gish who illuminates screen. In this most heartrending performance of her career she plays a 15 year old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by torment & neglect of her father the girl collapses outside shop of the lonely & disillusioned yellow man. As he tenderly nurtures her back to health a romance flowers between them awakening in each of them feelings of love they thought themselves forever denied. 1919. 90 min. tinted color

Sherlock Jr. and Our Hospitality
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Perhaps no other film offers as exciting a roller-coaster ride through golden age of comedy than Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. Dramatizing uproarious exploits of a meek theatre projectionist-turned-amateur sleuth, blends knockabout physical comedy normally associated with slapstick with more subtly-crafted moments of humor - such as when Buster leaps through silver screen in midst of action. 44 min

Tokyo Story
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Tale of an elderly couple who journeys to Tokyo, where they are received less than enthusiastically by their grown children; then generational conflicts are stilled by death. 134 min.

Nuremberg
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Europe 1945 - War is over but there is no peace. Slowly, painfully life came back to ruins of Europe. Despair crouched over continent. People wanted to know what happened and why. In palace of Nuemberg war criminals were prosecuted. Civilization could not tolerate them being ignored. B&W 76 min

Eastern Europe: Breaking With The Past "A New World of Television"
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Look at Eastern European TV as a reflection of their values, interests, lifestyles, & opinions.

Der Marsch Zum Fuhrer
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Marching boots were heard on German roads years before 2nd WW as each summer thousands of Hitler Youth traveled from their home towns to Nuremberg to participate in annual Nazi Party Congress. This propaganda film tells of these columns as they march through mountains, forests, fields & towns of Hitler's realm. B&W 50 min English subtitles.

Metropolis
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A futuristic fantasy with brilliant sequences creating genuine excitement & terror. In year 2000 workers live underground amidst revolt & unrest. A beautiful girl represents good & a mad inventor rides crest of evil. 126 min

Modern Times
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A satire on industrial life, Modern Times is first film in which Chaplin employed sound effects & marks final appearance of his "Little Tramp" character. In this comedy Chaplin plays a hapless factory worker who cracks under strain of his job & runs amok. Unemployed on streets of Depression America he joins forces with a young woman fleeing child-care authorities & they embark on a misadventure filled search for happiness. One of Chaplin's most popular films this deftly conceived, ingeniously executed social commentary is still every bit as insightful, relevant & entertaining as it was in the 30's. B&W. 1936. 87 min

Diary of a Country Priest
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Story of devout & withdrawn young priest's assignment to his first rural parish. His gullibility frequently makes him target of cruel manipulations & betrayals of his own parishioners, a situation which develops into a potent study of human nature. Also concerns relationship of priest, Laydu, with family of local Count who, he hopes, will contribute to church's work in village. And important is his relationship with one of schoolgirls who comes to catechism class at church. His way of life causes him to be reviled by most villagers, who consider him a drunkard. Hopelessly unworldly, self-tormented & in ill health, Laydu maintains a determined connection to his spiritual foundation. His only support comes from Vicar of the larger neighboring parish, whose paternal criticisms are tempered by his awareness of Laydu's near sainthood. 115 min

Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000
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A high spirited, freewheeling comedy, JONAH tells story of 8 veterans of 1968 stranded between revolution & accommodation, each with their own eccentric answers to problems of society. Watching this is like spending time with a group of your friends. 110 min

Lady Vanishes
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This film catapulted Hitchcock to fame. Combining comedy & mystery it pits a retired governess, a sharp-tongued debutante & an eccentric music scholar against ruthless spies. This early Hitchcock charmer remains one of his best. 1938 B&W 97 min

Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov)
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Dziga Vertov's film is considered one of most innovative & influential of silent era. Startlingly modern, film utilizes a groundbreaking style of rapid editing & incorporates innumerable cinematic effects to create a work of amazing power & energy. A dawn to dusk view of Soviet Union documentary follows activities of a news cameraman as he peers into lives of his countrymen.

Marvelous Melies
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George Melies advanced trick film & special effects of movies with his early short subjects. A magician, he transferred some of these routines to film then added camera tricks such as double exposure, stop motion, dissolves & other effects to amaze his audiences who had never seen such images before. All the typical gadgets & special effects are employed in film. B&W & part color/silent with music added/ 1 hr

Mindwalk
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Somehow it happens. A conversation begins then magic of interaction & fever of ideas take over. Next thing you know your train stop is miles back. Or restaurant is empty & waiter is gone. Or sun seeps into your dorm room. You've taken a Mindwalk. You're different than when you began. 1999

Shock of the Nude
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Scandal surrounded Paris 1865 exhibition of painting "Olympia". Manet had dared to portray visual art's most universal subject the nude as an unidealized woman - a prostitute who stares directly at viewer. He founded accepted ideas of beauty & propriety in art & outraged audiences. Although "Olympia" is now regarded as a masterpiece, visual artists continue to test society's conventions. 60 min

Menilmontant-The Charleston-Folie Du Dr Tube
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Menilmontant-Dimitri Kirsanov's film of trials & tribulations of 2 orphaned girls living on streets of Paris. Music score. (1926) The Charleston-Jean Renoir's space ditty has black astronaut landing in France where he & a young woman start dancing Charleston! Music score. (1927) Folie Du Dr. Tube-Abel Gance's short features mad scientist who sniffs cocaine in his lab while conducting experiments. Warped mirrors & optical effects are used to illustrate cokehead's trips. Silent with added music score.

Miss Julie
HIS VT1043

Haunting tale of emotional repression is masterwork of director Alf Sjoberg. Action of Miss Julie flows across a lush estate where servants dance in celebration of Midsummer's Eve. Their revelry provides stunning contrast to Miss Julie's anguish & self-denial, following her brief romantic interlude. Anita Bjork portrays tormented Julie. Ulf Paime is superb in role of her lover. 1950. B&W. 90 min

Masculin Feminin
HIS VT1044

Revolves around love affair between a young pseudorevolutionary & pretty pop singer film explores go-go generation, sexuality & Paris in 60's. Differing attitudes of sexes toward love & war are revealed in cafes, discos, bathrooms & bedrooms where enthusiastic conversations include discussions of birth control, Bra, Communism, Coca-Cola, Bach & The Beatles. 1966. B&W. 103 min

Women And Islam - Robin Wright Speaker BU 3-12-01
HIS VT1148

Speaker on Bradley's campus on 3-12-01.

Eastern Europe: Vaclav Havel: Leadership in Eastern Europe
ISO VT0271A

Portrait of Vaclav Havel & the emergence of new style of leadership in eastern Europe & world.

Vagabond
HIS VT1072

Shocking tale of homeless drifter found frozen to death in a ditch. Documentary style with testimonies from people who met Mona after she dropped out of middle-class society to drift across French countryside. In flashbacks we see Mona beg for food & shelter, steal, & engage in sexual encounters. Records Mona's fall into degradation with pure, bold images & an emotional distance that heightens sense of isolation & tragedy. Revelation of how little we truly know anyone. 1985. French/English subtitles. 105 min

Bridge
HIS VT1073

One of most realistic war films made, it takes you to a time & place that no longer exists - Germany, 1945, in final hours of war. As war rages to its bitter end, eight sixteen-year-old German schoolboys are drafted into Wehrmacht as a last resort to defend a bridge to their town. With patriotic enthusiasm the boys struggle bravely but futilely to carry out their orders against advancing American troops & tanks. A film of youth trapped in the fires of Hell. B&W. 1959. 102 min

Kanal
HIS VT1074

As Resistance fighters descend into Warsaw's sewer system to escape Nazis, Wajda leads us through a psychological descent into minds of a crushed people. Terror of war is intensified by stifling close quarters. Graphic images of makeshift army & civilians wading through refuse filled waters describe their futile struggle for liberty. Escapees teach a moving lesson in love, despair, fear & bravery. Based on actual events during Warsaw uprising in 1944. B&W. Polish with English subtitles. 1957. 96 min

War Game
HIS VT1079

Original & daring, sobering & stunning 'staged documentary' brings home reality of nuclear war. In so doing it remains as timely today as when it was first seen. Portrays effect of nuclear war by combining cleverly filmed simulated newsreels & interviews with a take no sides narration. In his scenario there's a 'Berlin crisis' result of which is an exchange of nuclear warheads between US & Soviet Union. BBC deemed it unsuitable for home viewing. Eventually it went on to earn an Academy Award. 48 min

Lost Honor Of Katharina Blum
HIS VT1084

Exposes hidden terror of yellow press. Katharina Blum is a shy housekeeper who has a one-night stand with an enigmatic young man she met at a party. Next morning police raid her apartment & arrest them both for terrorism. Brutally interrogated & wrongfully accused, how far will she go to reclaim her life? 109 min

Miracle In Milan
HIS VT1088

Story of an abandoned newborn who is raised by a kindly old lady to be a paragon of goodness, illustrates frustration of innocence in face of life's realities. 1951. B&W. 96 min

Wages Of Fear
HIS VT1089

Desperate to leave South American town that entraps them, 4 drifters accept a suicidal mission from ruthless U.S. oil company. Suspense builds to a fever pitch as they drive 2 truckloads of nitroglycerin over 300 miles of treacherous roads. Yves Montand plays a swaggering youth who rides his fear to a questionable victory. 43 minutes of restored footage make this an exercise in terror. French with English subtitles 1952 148 min B&W

Passion Of Joan Of Arc
HIS VT1090

(1928-France) Story of trial & execution of famous martyr. One of those films every student of cinema has to see. A masterpiece & one of most unusual films ever made (shot almost entirely in close-up) & with slow methodical pace of a grandfather clock ticking in a silent & stiflingly hot room. In today's terms, for lover of film with clearness of head, depth of faith, & numbness of bottom, it is nonetheless moving & emotional to a remarkable degree. Falconetti gives a devastating performance (that's exactly the way Joan must have looked & acted!) &one wonders why she never made another film. English titles. Silent film, music score, correct projection speed. 120 min

Day Of Wrath
HIS VT1091

Carl Dreyer changed course in 40's amidst Nazi occupied Denmark. Having discovered virtues of deep-focus photography he repositions fiery themes of passion & repression with longer takes & wider angles in story of a young & beautiful woman accused of being a witch. When Anna, wife of a well respected Pastor, falls in love with his son there is little she can do to avoid the stake & even less so when an old woman accused of witchery curses the Pastor & all he loves. Day of Wrath seizes upon truth behind legend & allegory. The women must be in league with devil because men cannot explain fissures in repressive morality they placed upon their community. 1943. B&W. 94 min

Earth
HIS VT1092

One of undisputed masterpieces of cinema, no single viewing of Earth will ever reveal all of its poetic brilliance although it is strikingly simple in plot. On eve of Collectivization in Ukraine, an old farmer dies peacefully in bed. His grandson has a new vision - village council will buy a tractor to be shared among the farmers. Struggling against superstition, rich landowners & nature itself, the grandson is ultimately victim of a tragic murder, but dawn brings forth a new life & promise of prosperity to the poor village. 1930. B&W. 69 min

Martin Luther
HIS VT1097

Work of a man, Martin Luther, his efforts for reform, his excommunication, & developments that led to origin & growth of Protestant movement. Fear of sin & God's judgment struck terror in Martin Luther's heart. Like many others in 16th century, young law student sought shelter in a monastery. No matter what he did, he was unable to escape fear of evil & punishment. He fought against sale of indulgences. He demanded that church of his day be cleansed of secular abuse & that authority for doctrine & practice be scripture rather than Popes or Council. To bring up abuse of indulgences for debate, he nailed 95 points of argument on church door. This agreement split Roman Catholic Church & Holy Roman Empire. B/W. 1953. 105 min

Elizabeth
HIS VT1102

England 1554. Young, passionate Elizabeth Tudor comes to throne amidst bloody turmoil. Among her courtiers are Sir William Cecil, her lover the Duke of Leicester, imperious Duke of Norfolk & her advisor Walsingham. She must learn to weigh her counsel carefully & ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown & her head. (Also have this in DVD) 124 min

Nous La Liberte
HIS VT1103

Two convicts plot to break out in this delightful musical comedy. Only one manages to & he rapidly becomes a successful entrepreneur. When his friend joins him they become involved in a plot of love & blackmail finally escaping to freedom & open road leaving behind bars, both actual & entrapment of success. French with English subtitles 87 min

La Marseillaise
HIS VT1458

(1937)...Jean Renoir's epic tale of the events of the summer of 1789 that led up to the French Revolution and the fall of King Louis XVI. French (English Subtitles)/130min

Passion Of Joan Of Arc
HIS VT1106

Centers on Joan of Arc's trial & execution. Derived from actual transcripts of her trial, story defies all conventions of filmmaking through use of close-ups, jarring angles, sweeping camera movements & disjunctive editing. The set, designed by Hermann Warm, was built without any square angles. 1928. B&W. 82 min

Grand Illusion
HIS VT1107

One of most celebrated anti-war films ever made, film filters its indictments through interactions & sacrifices of characters that are divided by class rather than national borders. Renoir (1894-1979) a pacifist & ambivalent Popular Front member made film in 1937 as WWII seemed unavoidable. Referring to film as 'a statement of man's brotherhood beyond political borders', he hoped it would be message for German soldiers to ignore their hyper nationalist leaders. Unfortunately, it never had a chance. Goebbels ordered all prints confiscated & destroyed calling it a cinematographic enemy. 1938. B&W. 114 min

Ballad Of Narayama
HIS VT1109

Imagine a village so impoverished that thieves are buried alive & elderly citizens must submit to death on a cold mountain peak. Based on Japanese legend & set a century ago, film focuses on a proud matriarch and her widowed son as they prepare for her final journey to Mount Narayama. With amazing performances, bold details of primitive life and stunning nature photography, the director brilliantly portrays the spiritual strength that coexists with cruel savagery. The intense conflict between love, duty and harsh reality builds to a chilling climax. 1983. Color. 129 min

Raise The Red Lantern
HIS VT1136

Prisons come in many forms. Some are encased with iron bars. But those bound by silken threads can be just as impenetrable. In 1920s China, there are few options for women. So after death of her father, a beautiful 19-year-old college student agrees to a wealthy nobleman. She is to be wife number 4 at his estate, where daily life revolves around an ancient family custom: the master raises a red lantern outside the house of the wife with whom he desires to spend the night. On the surface there is harmony between the wives but trapped inside their gilded cages, with nothing to do but compete for their husband's favor, the four 'sisters' are drawn into a web of petty rivalries that soon escalate into treachery & tragedy. 2 hr. 5 min

Atomic Cafe
HIS VT1137

Chilling...Intelligent...Hilarious--these are the elements of this collage - a film that took the nation by storm. Artfully culled from newsreel footage & government archives of the 1940's & 50's THE ATOMIC CAGE serves up the dark side of Cold War America in all its fear & paranoia & manages to blend this with a deep black humor. Highpoints include scenes of soldiers wearing only sunglasses for protection when sent into areas devastated by nuclear detonation, happy suburban families practicing use of their bomb shelters & 'Burt the Turtle' teaching children to 'duck & cover' as protection from nuclear fall-out. The Atomic Café has proven to be a true classic & a darkly comic look at a defining period in the 20th century. 1982. 88 min

Black Robe
HIS VT1138

In rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness Father Laforgue, a young, Jesuit priest is assigned to go up river into wilderness on a journey to convert Huron Indians. His Indian guides nickname him 'Black Robe.' His young aide & translator Daniel falls in love with beautiful daughter of Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires & ideals of priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested as expedition faces the elements. Attacked, captured & brutalized by Indians, experience challenges everything young priest believes. Together with his young companions he escapes to complete his mission & comes to understand the true spirit of the land & the spirit he sought to convert. 101 min

All The Mornings Of The World
HIS VT1139

A seductive tale of music & passion set in provocative 17th century France. Brimming with romance, lust, desire, devotion revenge & intrigue, it's the story of a reclusive composer & his 2 beautiful daughters, whose lives are changed by a flamboyant young student. 110 min

Topsy-Turvy
HIS VT1151

Tensions abound & music swells in story about famous musical team of Gilbert & Sullivan. The 2 men who were extremely different in size & stature were even more different in temperament & style. Yet, they managed to create memorable theater. This is story of making of one of their most famous collaborations, The Mikado. 161 min

Times Of Harvey Milk
HIS VT1152

The dramatic & moving story of the first openly gay person elected to political office in California - from his triumphant grass-roots campaign to his brutal assassination one year later by fellow San Francisco city supervisor Dan White. These events & the 'twinkle-defense' trial that followed united an entire city - first in mourning, & then in violent rage. A story of communities & values in conflict, told with humor & compassion, this griping film builds to its climax with the intensity & inevitability of classic tragedy. And when the fires die down, it is a life-affirming testament to courage & hope. 87:39 min

Geisha
HIS VT1158

One of Kenji Mizoguchi's last films, A GEISHA is an exploration of extravagant passions & exploitation of women & of monumental social changes in modern Japan. Set amid the alleys & paper lanterns of Kyoto's Gion video is the story of Eiko, a beautiful young girl who decides to follow in her mother's footsteps & become a geisha. With no money of her own she becomes the apprentice to Miyoharu, her mother's best friend. Eiko begins her training but slowly discovers that for a geisha in the new Japan, beneath the image of traditional beauty lies the hard truth that a woman must sell herself to live. 86 min

Devi The Goddess
HIS VT1159

Satyajit Ray's haunting tale of faith & corruption, DEVI tells the story of a beautiful obedient 17 year old bride whose powerful father-in-law believes she is reincarnation of the goddess Kali. Unable to offend him she submits to his delusion & like Kali brings both miracles & tragedy to those who believe in her. Film is a haunting exploration of love, duty & devotion told with the cinematic beauty for which Ray is so famous. 93 min

Nightjohn
HIS VT1160

When a courageous young slave girl dares to learn how to read, she defies tradition - and discovers the true meaning of freedom. From the moment her master (Beau Bridges) brings a new slave named Nightjohn to the plantation young Sarny feels that life will never be the same. With a reputation as a slave whose will has never been broken, Nightjohn is a man of many talents, including one skill forbidden above all others: he can read. He can also teach. Now a dazzling new world of knowledge opens up for Sarny, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words & the unconquerable strength of the human spirit. 96 min

Berlin; Symphony Of A Great City
HIS VT1161

Simple in concept, BERLIN photographically records a day in the workings of a city, capturing ordinary goings-on of busy restaurants, factories & sidewalks. Hardly an ordinary document BERLIN rushes along with velocity of a locomotive that carries viewer into the metropolis at the opening of the film. It rumbles & soars capturing sweeping action of the city's masses, as well as tiny details, all of which combine to form a glimpse of life in heart of the Weimar Republic. Germany. 1927. B&W. 62 min

Mini Dragons: Taiwan
ISO VT0321D

Foreseen as most successful of mini dragons, Taiwan endures to maintain its phenomenal economic success. 54 min

Charulata
HIS VT1162

Charulata is the story of a loyal, dutiful wife whose husband takes her devotion for granted. But when his young cousin, Amal, comes to live with them, Charulata catches a glimpse of what true love could be. Both heartbreaking & uplifting, it is a great movie. Bengali with English Subtitles. 1964. B&W. 117 min

Bay Of Pigs
HIS VT1168

The Bay of Pigs combines historical newsreels & archival film with interviews of combat veterans, historians, journalist former CIA officials & members of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. military & the Kennedy & Eisenhower administration Granted extraordinary cooperation by the Cuban government, the filmmakers gained access to film archives & permission to tape numerous interviews with Cuban military & government officials who have never before appeared in a program about the invasion. The program explores every aspect of this complex episode in history & considers the effects in both the United States & Cuba. 60 min

Global Assembly Line
HIS VT1175

Traveling from Tennessee to Mexico's Northern border, from Silicon Valley to the Philippines, video takes viewers inside our new global economy. A vivid portrayal of the lives of working women & men in the "free trade zones" of developing countries & North America, as U.S. industries close their factories to search the globe for lower-wage workforce. We take a rare look at the people who are making the clothing we wear & the electronic goods we use--as well as the business decisions behind manufacturing - on the global assembly line. 58 min

Rachel Carsons Silent Spring
HIS VT1180

By the time she published 'Silent Spring' in 1963, Rachel Carson had suffered a bout with cancer & the admonishment of friends who tried to convince her that a book on the chemical poisoning of the environment was too depressing for anyone to read. Carson had been a consulting biologist for the federal government's Fish and Wildlife Department when she first took note of the unregulated use of pesticides & herbicides - especially DDT - in "agricultural control" farming. When "Silent Spring" was published, Carson was viciously attacked. Huge sums of money were spent to discredit her. She was called "an ignorant & hysterical woman who wanted to turn the earth over to the insects." While her scientific methods were problematic, her message about the environment as an interrelated organic system struck a popular nerve. The smear campaign backfired. "Silent Spring" sparked a revolution in government environmental policy & became instrumental in creating a new ecological consciousness. This is the story of how one scientist's courage changed the way we think about our world. 60 min

Thirteen Days In October: Remembering The Cuban Missile Crisis
HIS VT1189A

Personal interviews & historical footage tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. From the first spy plane photos to ultimate nuclear standoff, you will understand the most frightening episode in modern history as never before. 2 videos. 90 min

Thirteen Days In October: A Spy Talks; Inside The Oval Office
HIS VT1189B

We explore ex-CIA agent, Erich Neumeth's incredible experiences as an accomplished espionage agent over an almost fifty-year career. From the British Secret Service to the White House, Neumeth shares his insight. Fifty years is a long time to keep a secret, but Erich Neumeth has done just that. Secrets about the final night of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the secret phone call from Kruschev. The events covered by these videos are astonishing and even more frightening because they are true. Our lives hung in the balance of the actions of these men. 2 videos. 90 min

Assault On Gay America : Frontline
HIS VT1204

In February 1999, 30 year old Bill Jack Gaither was murdered. The accused killer, a known white supremacist, testified he killed Gaither because he was "queer." Why have gays like Gaither & Matthew Shepard become the targets of such brutality? Frontline correspondent Forrest Sawyer explores the roots of homophobia in America & asks how these attitudes, beliefs & fears contribute to the recent rise in violence against gays. 60 min

Street Gangs: A Secret History
HIS VT1210

Where the past comes alive. From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the twentieth century, from the great conflicts to to the inventions that changed the world, History channel video captures the glory, tragedy & drama of the human experience. Brilliant specials, astounding documentaries, & vibrant dramatizations bring the past home to you.

In Search Of History: Five Points Gangs
HIS VT1211

Where the past comes alive. From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the twentieth century, from the great conflicts to the inventions that changed the world, History Channel Video captures the glory, tragedy & drama of the human experience. Brilliant specials, astounding documentaries & vibrant dramatizations bring the past home to you.

Long Walk Home
HIS VT1217

Whoopi Goldberg is Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman, who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek). When Odessa honors the 1955 Montogomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to & from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband & the White Citizen's Council, Miriam & Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect & lasting friendship forms. Together, in a difficult world of black versus white, they manage to discover a common ground. 98 min

Secrets And Lies
HIS VT1218

After her adoptive parents die, a young black woman seeks out her natural birth mother only to discover her mother is white. Equally shocked to learn the daughter she gave up for adoption is black, Cynthia insists it's a mistake. But she soon realizes it's true & when she springs her newfound daughter on the rest of the family, the resulting chaos leads to a series of secrets & lies being revealed at last. Bravura acting, the immediacy of real life & richly drawn characters easily make "Secrets & Lies" an enjoyable tale. 143 min

Sorrow And The Pity
HIS VT1219A

In 1969 this epic account of France under the Nazi occupation opened at a tiny theater on the Left Bank of Paris. The documentary, which had already been refused by French tV was immediately hailed as one of the most moving & influential films of all time. There are two parts for a total of 260 min 1971 B&W

Sorrow And The Pity
HIS VT1219B

In 1969 this epic account of France under the Nazi occupation opened at a tiny theater on the Left Bank of Paris. The documentary, which had already been refused by French TV, was immediately hailed as one of the most moving & influential films of all time. There are two parts with a total of 260 min 1971 B&W

Meiji: Asias Response To The West
ISO VT0715

Studies interconnections between Pacific nations & & U.S., within a geographical, cultural & historical framework.

Sounder
HIS VT1220

Sounder is the heartwarming story of a sharecropper family in Louisiana during the depression. Paul Winfield portrays the father who, in desperation, steals food for his family. Cicely Tyson is unforgettable as his wife, providing love, security & strength while he is in prison. Kevin Hooks is superb as the oldest son who bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns. Together, they love & laugh, struggle & survive, & hope for a more promising future. 1972 color 105 min

Weapons Of The Spirit
HIS VT1221A

During World War II in & around one village in Nazi-Occupied France 5,000 Jews were sheltered by 5,000 Christians! Pierre Sauvage, born & protected in LeChambon-sur-Lignon, returns there to tell the story. 25 min

Weapons of the Spirit
HIS VT1221B

New York A Documentary Film Episode One 1609-1825 The Country And The City
HIS VT1235A

This dramatic & lyrical first episode chronicles the rise of New York from its settlement by the Dutch in the early 17th century through the explosion of commercial growth sparked by the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Beginning with a consideration of themes to be explored throughout the entire series, the episode goes on to treat five crucial chapters in New York's facinating early history: the defining role the Dutch played in establishing the city's character, the impact of the British empire & the horrors of slavery, New York's strange & fateful role in the American Revolution, its brief tenure as the nation's capital, & the extraordinary burst of entrepreneurial energy that in the early 19th century launched it on its course to becoming the greatest city on earth. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Episode Two 1825-1865 Order And Disorder
HIS VT1235B

The second episode chronicles the rise of NY from merchant city to industrial metropolis as the commercial revolution triggered by the Erie Canal transforms every aspect of life in the city. As the immigrant population explodes & social problems of every kind emerge on the streets of Manhattan, the outlines of a modern mass metropolis begin to appear - including imaginative visions of the city's future, from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass to Frederick Law Olmsted's Central Park. By 1860, every tension in America can be felt on the streets of NY, now the most powerful - & divided - city in the nation. The eposide comes to a stunning climax during the Civil War, as the worst civil disturbance in the nation's history breaks out in New York: the catastrophic Draft Riots of 1863. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Episode Three 1865-1898 Sunshine And Shadow
HIS VT1235C

The third episode chronicles the history of New York during the giddy decades following the Civil War - what Mark Twain called "the Gilded Age." During this period, New York grows at a staggering rate - demographically, geographically, & financially - building on its position as the commercial & cultural capital of America to become the headquarters of an entirely new corporate economy. Along the way, the city takes on enormous physical challenges (including the building of the Brooklyn Bridge), sees the rise of Tammany Hall & Boss Tweed, & finally confronts the terrible conditions of its slums through the stunning photographs of Jacob Riis. By the end of the episode, NY has become home to the world's greatest concentration of wealth, & the greatest concentration of poverty - a vast chasm it is not yet able to address. The episode ends with the consolidation of the five boroughs to form Greater New York on January 1, 1898. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Episode Four 1898-1918 The Power And The People
HIS VT1235D

In this pivotal fourth episode, the forces of capitalism & democracy in New York come to a stunning crescendo, as the city's tremendous industrial engine draws in people from around the world - tripling New York's population in less than a single lifetime. Transformed by their experience in the new world , the immigrants in turn transform the city in extra- ordinary ways - physically, culturally, & in the end, politically. In addition to the epic story of immigration - the greatest movement of peoples in world history - the episode treats the building of the subway wystem, the construction of Penn Station & Grand Central Terminal, & on Wall Street, the creation of the world's first skyscrapers. The film comes to a stunning climax with horror of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, & the reform legislation passed in the aftermath, which would become the template for the New Deal. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Episode Five 1919-1931 Cosmopolis
HIS VT1235E

Nearly a century-and-a-half of capitalist growth & astonishing demographic & physical transformation comes to an extraordinary climax during the roaring twenties, as New York finishes assembling the components of a mass consumer society, & becomes the cultural capital of the world. Themes of democracy & capitalism are brought to t amoving zenith during the period, as New York's hybrid cultural sytle mixes high culture & low, black culture & white, in a new & distinctively American form, that is manufactured in New York & distributed to the rest of the world. As new media & new "clean" industries like radio, magazine publishing, advertising & public relations make their home in a new area of town - midtown - New York embarks on its most frenzied bout of speculative capitalism yet. The film concludes with the skyscraper war, the stock market rise, the Crash, & - in the deafening silence that followed - the building of the Empire State Building, the greatest icon on the New York skyline. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Eposide Six 1929-1941 City of Tomorrow
HIS VT1235F

The sixth episode chronicles the dramatic & increasingly fateful events following the crash of 1929 - as the greatest depression in American history plunged the city & nation into economic gloom. In little more than ten years, immense new forces were unleashed in New York, as two of the most remarkable New Yorkers of all time came to the fore - Fiorello La Guardia & Robert Moses - attempting to create in the darkest of times a bold new city of the future. Charting the demise of mayor Jimmy Walker & the ascendancy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, this pivotal episode traces the fate of Harlem during the Depression; the complex impact of the automobile on the city; & the immense public works projects that permanently altered the landscape of New York - from the Triborough Bridge & La Guardia Airport to the 1939 World's Fair - an eerily prophetic bluepring for a "World of Tomorrow," radically unlike the city that was its home. 120 min

New York A Documentary Film Episode Seven 1945 to Present The City And The World
HIS VT1235G

The story of New York comes to a stunning crescendo in the seventh & final episode of the series, which chronicles the turbulent & often harrowing years from 1945 down to the present. Emerging from the Depression & the Second World War as the most powerful metropolis on earth - a stature conformed by its selection as the home of the brand new United Nations - the city will soon be confronting urban woes of unprecedented proportions - & fighting for its very existence. Exploring the complex social, economic & physical forces that swept through NY in the post-war period, the episode treats the great African American & Puerto Rican in-migrations; the beginnings of white flight & suburbanization; & the massive physical changes wrought by highways & the urban renewal - directed in NY by one man: Robert Moses. The episode comes to a climax with the destruction of Penn Station, the battle over the Lower Manhattan Expressway, the social & fiscal crises of the 1960's & 70's - & the city's miraculous revival in the last quarter-century. 140 min

Snapper
HIS VT1236

One little secret is about to cause a big commotion in this funny hit comedy that has everyone talking!! When the oldest daughter of a riotous, close-knit family announces her unexpected pregnancy, everyone wants to know who fathered the "snapper" she's carrying. But the young woman's refusal to reveal anything about her predicament sends the entire town into a tizzy! Critics praised "The Snapper" as one of the year's finest and funniest films - it's sure to deliver nonstop laughs to you! 95 min

Gas Food Lodging
HIS VT1237

Love & sex complicate the lives of Nora Evans & her two daughters in this smart, sassy film about coming of age in a small New Mexico town. Seventeen year old Trudi Evans is beautiful, rebellious & very promiscuous - much to the dismay of her mother. Her younger sister Shade fantasizes about love watching afternoon movie matinees. And Nora auditions a colorful cast of suitors while waiting tables in the local diner. But life takes a wild turn when Trudi announces she's pregnant & the father of her baby mysteriously disappears. The girls' long-lost father appears out of nowhere hoping to make up for lost time. Shaping their lives in unpredictable ways each new change teaches Nora & her daughters about love, life & each other. 101 min

Faces of Women
HIS VT1239

A lively, adventurous film that combines raucous comedy & pulsating African music in two intriguing stories about women in today's Africa. In the first, a young woman is unhappily married to a jealous husband. Attracted to her visiting brother-in-law she decides to give her husband something to worry about. In the second story a successful businesswoman tries to open a new restaurant but runs into difficulties that only her daughter's traditional wiles can solve. Linked by vibrant festival scenes of dancing crowds and a chanting female chorus, thers stories explore the lives of two women trying to balance the demands of tradition with the modern world. 103 min

Singin in the Rain
HON VT0623

With Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds & Donald O'Conner at their liveliest, excellent direction by Kelly & Stanley Donen, unforgettable music & lavish routines, this has just about everything you could ask for in a musical. 1hr 45min

Last Days
HIS VT1242

The winner of the 1998 Academy Award for Best Documentary, this powerful film traces the compleeing experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II. Including newly-discovered historical footage & a rare interview with a former nazi doctor at Auschwitz, the film tells the remarkable story of five people - a grandmother, a teacher, a businessman, an artist & a U.S. Congressman - as they return from the United States to their hometowns & to the ghettos & concentration camps in which they were imprisoned. Through the eyes of the survivors & other witnesses, The Last Days recounts one of the most brutal chapters of this dark period in human history, when families were taken from their homes, stripped of their dignity, deported to concentration camps & untimately murdered. Above all, The Last Days is a potent depiction of personal strength & courage, & a testament to the power of the human spirit. 87 min

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
HIS VT1246

Seven women share their extraordinary true love stories set during the Second World War. Simply constructed as a series of interviews overlaid with beautifully restored archival footage & popular songs of the War period, War Stories presents seven women of different classes, races & cultural back grounds speaking about the impact of World War II on their lives. Revelation follows revelation as stories of sexual passion, illicit love, heroic adventure, & painful death are uncovered. color + b&w 95 min

Thirteen Days
HIS VT1248

For thirteen extraordinary days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable castastrophe. After the discovery of Soviet weaons in Cuba, events & tension escalate between two military superpowers & within the White House. President John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy & Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell (Kevin Costner) are in the hot seat as they struggle to prevent nuclear war. 147 min

Paragraph 175
HIS VT1253

Comparing Germany then and now learning/discovery of persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi finding the few survivors of the Holocaust that went through that persecution and hearing their stories (revisiting the past). 81 min Subtitles

Legend of a Sigh
HIS VT1254

This strikingly feminist film draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. According to legend, Ah is a handsome young man who materializes to succor those in need whenever he hears a heartfelt sigh. Milani's protagonist is a woman novelist, suffering from writer's block, who, with the halp of Ah, experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. From a wealthy Tehrani who feels unfulfilled by her life, to a poor servant, to a Turkman wife unable to leave the house without her husband's permission, to a rebellious student, the film offers a facinating portrait of a range of Iranian women and their problems. Milani considers "The Legend of a Sign" her favorite film. 1991 color 105 min Farsi dialogue, English subtitles

Taira Clan Saga
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(Aka. New Tales of the Taira Clan) (Orig. Shin Heike Monogatari) Mizoguchi's last color film was this rich & spectacular epic which examined the conflict between the decadent ruling courts & the exploited warrior class at the end of the 12th century. Japan 1955 110 min

Daughters of the Dust
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A film of spellbinding visual beauty & brilliant resonant performances, Julie Dash's film has become a landmark of American film. With great lyricism, 'Daughters' tells the story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th century. Using this simple tale, the film brings to life the changing values, conflicts & struggles that confront every family as they leave their homeland for the promise of a new & better future. In addition to this highly charged epic drams, Daughters of the Dust explores the unique culture of the Gullah people, descendants of slaves who lived in relative isolation on the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. As the generations struggle with the decision to leave, their rich Gullah heritage & African roots rise to the surface. Amongst a score of extraordinary performances are Nana, the matriarch of the Peazant clan, Eula, who has been raped by a white landowner & Yellow Mary, a woman of the world who has come home "ruint" from Cuba. Film is an African-American heirloom. U.S. 1991 113 min

Sansho the Bailiff
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Hailed by critics as one of the best films ever made, Sansho the Bailiff delivers a compelling story of injustice & suffering made even more remarkable by its extraordinary imagery. In this legendary tale set in the 11th century, a kindly governor is exiled, his wife forced into prostitution, & his son & daughter sold into slavery to the tyrannical bailiff Sansho. Film chronicles the son's escape 10 years later, his rise to power, & his harrowing search for his mother. In Japanese with English subtitles 125 min

My Name is Ivan
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My Name Is Ivan is the tender movie about the innocence & beauty of the bonds that form between people during wartime. Set during WWII, twelve year old Ivan is hell-bent on revenge after his family is killed by German soldiers. Because of his youthful sisze & agility, Ivan becomes a spy for his homeland & risks his life as he crosses the German border. Under a sky of exploding shells & a rain of machine gun fire, Ivan makes a new family out of the Russian soldiers who find his courage to be an inspiration. B&W 84 min Russian with English subtitles

Solaris
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A science fiction cult classic, Solaris is a mesmerizing & poetic masterpiece that can now be viewed in its original & unedited entirety. From a futuristic orbiting space station come reports of strange behavior & unexplained hallucinations from the cosmonauts who inhabit it. The mindbending images & altered consciousness surrounding Solaris seem to emanate from the planet itself as it communicates with its visitors. The surreal & intriguing images create a psychological thriller unlike any other movie you've ever experiences. 167 min color Russian with English subtitles two parts

Solaris
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A science fiction cult classic, Solaris is a mesmerizing & poetic masterpiece that can now be viewed in its original & unedited entirety. From a futuristic orbiting space station come reports of strange behavior & unexplained hallucinations from the cosmonauts who inhabit it. the mindbending images & altered consciousness surrounding Solaris seem to emanate from the planet itself as it communicates with its visitors. The surreal & intriguing images create a psychological thriller unlike any other movie you've ever experiences. color 167 min Russian with English subtitles

House of the Spirits
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The House Of The Spirits is a hauntingly romantic epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba family. At its core is the stormy, yet passionate relationship between the supernaturally gifted Clara and her controlling husband Esteban, who resists change both politically and personally. It is a timeless story about secrets and seduction, revenge and forgiveness, and the ultimate power of love to conquer any obstacle - even death. Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave and Maria Conchita Alonso also star in this compelling adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-selling novel. 109 min

Cromwell
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Richard Harris and Sir Alec Guinness star in this sweeping, handsomely-mounted epic drama recounting the battle which raged between the monarchy and a commoner over the very soul of Great Britain. In 17th-century England, ambitious country gentleman Oliver Cromwell (Harris) dared to challenge the political oppression and corruption which besieged his nation. Watching his power being unsurped by a commoner, King Charles I (Guinness) springs to challenge his adversary. One man will become absolute ruler - the other will be executed. Rousing battle sequences, excellent lead and supporting performances make Cromwell an outstanding historical drama. 134 min

Last Emperor
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True story of Pu Ti, who, at age of 3, toddled to Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord of 10,000 Years," China's last emperor. 1987 164 min

Silences of the Palace
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Tunisia in the 1950s: a time of rule by the Beys, the country's last princes. Within the confines of the palace walls, Prince Sid'Ali & his brother exercise their "rights of the bed chamber" over the women servants imprisoned forever under their command. Alia, the proud & beautiful daughter of one such servant is a gifted & enchanting singer still largely innocent of what is going on around her. But as she watches her mother dance for the princes, Alia begins to question her destiny. The director powerfully conveys the opulent & oppressive atmosphere of the palace & the resilience of its servants: the women are sensual, strong & full of humour, despite their serv itude. Outstanding performcnces, sumptuous visuals & haunting music from one of Tunisla's most popular musicians make the movie powerful & triumphant. 128 min Arabic with English subtitles

Diary of a Chambermaid
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A chambermaid takes a position with a decadent family on a Normandy estate in 1930 & finds herself in the middle of a hotbed of hypocrisy & perversion. The old man has a foot fetish, his daughter is a frigid hysteric, her husband a dissolute rake, the gamekeeper a racist & sadist, while the fascist neighbor compulsively throws his garbage on their property. When a child is raped & murdered, Celestine becomes obsessed with discovering & exposing the killer, even though she finds herself sex;ually attracted to him. Bunuel's first film to feature an international star (an exquisitely enigmatic Jeanne Moreau), DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID exerts a hypnotic fascination with the erotic while striking out against human hypocrisy & moral decay. B&W 97 min France: 1964

Chess Players
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The Chess Players, Satyajit Ray's first feature in English & Hindi, is a quietly humourous & sharply observed social satire set against the enchanting beauty of India. ray uses the powerful symbolism of the game to make an acute commentary on Anglo-Indian relations in Victorian times. Two noblemen indulge their destructive obsession for chess, regardless of the larger political game that surrounds them. The East India Company is moving to bring their province of Avadh under British rule. The company's resident manager uses the governmental nonchalance of the territory's musician-poet king as a pretext for deposing him. Fearful that they may be forced to fight for their ruler, the two noblemen run away from home & continue their game away from the gathering political storm - instead they end up fighting bitterly with each other. 125 min

An Enemy of the People
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In this version of Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, Satyajit Ray has transposed the action to contemporaty India. When Dr. Ashok Gupta, chief medical oficer at the hospital in the West Bengal town of Chandipur, discovers that the local 'holy waters' are dangerously polluted, his efforts to solve the problem are blocked by powerful local interests determined that nothing shall interfere with the lucrative flow of pilgrims & tourists. Gupta is, however, eventually supported by a coalition of progressive local interests, & the scene is set for a powerful conflict between science & superstition, idealism & self interest. A fine example of 'late' Ray, & a fascinating fusion of Ray & Ibsen. 98 min

Les Parents Terribles
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Les Parents Terribles is a gut wrenching tale of incestuous, emotional rivalries that destroy an already neurotic family. Michel, the son of a middle class Parisian family, announces his love for Madeline. Unknown to him , or his domineering & possessive mother, Madeline is the mistress of his philandering father, George. The mother & aunt plot to disrupt the affair between the two youngsters, but a change of heard & the mother's death brings the story to resolution. 1948 b&w 98 min

Woman In The Dunes
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Stranded in a remote region of Japan, an entomologist is given shelter for the night in a sand pit inhabited by a hapless woman. She slaves day & night to unearth the enormous amounts of sand necessary for her community's survival. When morning comes, he finds himself a prisoner to the sand pit, expected to work at her side & be her mate. To his surprise, the scientist develops an intense bond with his companion & resigns himself to an eternity of fypnotic routine. One of the most hauntingly beautiful films ever made, each shot is a powerful sensual tapestry of sand, flesh, water & wood. An allegory probing the depths of identity & alienation, Woman In The Dunes has become an enduring classic & is best known as a heavily symbolic erotic drama which effectively uses extreme closeups so that the characters become part of the landscape. 1964 123 min b&w In Japanese with English subtitles.

Beyond Silence
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Acclaimed by critics & audiences everywhere, Beyond Silence is the powerful story of a young woman's battle for independence & her deaf parents' struggle to understand her gift for music. given a clarinet by her free-spirited aunt, Lara is immediately consumed by a new passion her parents cannot begin to fully comprehend. Determined to follow her dreams, Lara's ongoing pursuit of music creates an ever-widening rift that eventually threatens to tear apart her once close-knit family! An inspirational & highly entertaining motion picture. You'll be riveted as this family must somehow learn to reach beyond differences, expectations & beyond silence to bring their two worlds together once again! 1997 German with English subtitles 107 min

Steamboat Bill
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Flavored with Americana & loaded with cinematic inventiveness, Steamboat Bill, Jr. was Buster Keaton's final independent production before joining MGM (where his work suffered a steady decline in quality), a comic masterpiece that represents the full breadth of its maker's remarkable talents. Set on the Mississippi River in the old sidewheeler days, Steamboat Bill, Jr. follows the adventures of a spoiled young man who is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating. Over the course of the narrative, the scale of comedy gradually expands, from small-scale, nostalgic humor (as when Bill Sr. outfits his son with a new wardrobe) to some of the most elaborate sight gags of Keaton's career. Junior's attempts to single-handedly pilot the rag-tag "Stonewall Jackson" recall the mechanical brillance of The General & The Navigator, but the film's crowning achievement is its hurricane climax. highlighted by remarkable special effects (including the destruction of full-size structures) it includes the legendary stunt in which the front of a building collapses over Junior, who passes unharmed through an open window. 1928 b/w 69 min

Traffik
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Traffik sweeps us into one of the most dangerous worlds imaginable - the world of international drug smuggling. From the fields of Pakistan through the docks of Hamburg to the halls of London's elite, it carries us across continents to the dark side of the human soul. it's an adventure fueled by greed, paved with gold, & shadowed by sudden death. vivid characters bring Traffik to life as their stories interwine. From the opium farmer & the drug lord to the smugglers, the users, & the government agents in between, Traffik spins a web of poerful intrigue....An epic story you will talk about & remember long after it ends. Part One of Traffik takes us into a place of surreal, exotic beauty - the poppy fields of Pakistan, where the heroin trade begins. We are drawn into the lives of people who are tangled in its web...Fazal, the poor farmer whose land yields little else but opium poppies...Tariq Butt, the heroin exporter who turns the peasant's crop into "the riches weeds in the world"...Karl Rosshalde, the German businessman who's building a water system so farmers can grow food instead of poppies...Jack Lithgow, the British 'drug czar' who must decide if the water project warrants foreign aid. The danger rises as Traffik moves to Hamburg, & the deadly, high-stakes game played by....Dieter & Ulli, undercover policemen willing to risk anything for a major drug arrest....helen Rosshalde, the wealthy matron who'll stop at nothing to protect her life of privilege...Domenquez, the lawyer with motives as mysterious as his past. Traffik takes us finally to London, & into the carefree life of Caroline Litygow, the politician's daughter who brings the danger home in unexpected ways. 120 mi

Traffik
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Traffik sweeps us into one of the most dangerous worlds imaginable - the world of international drug smuggling. From the fields of Pakistan through the docks of Hamburg to the halls of London's elite, it carries us across continents to the dark side of the human soul. It's an adventure fueled by greed, paved with gold, & shadowed by sudden death. vivid characters bring Traffik to life as their stories intertwine. From the opium farmer & the drug lord to the smugglers, the users, & the government agents in between, Traffik spins a web of powerful intrigue...An epic story you will talk about & remember long after it ends. Part Two of Traffik takes us into the underworld - from the huts of the Pakistani heroin makers to the palaces of the drug lords. In Pakistan, the desperately poor farmer Fazal is lured more deeply into the heroin trade. The murderous exporter Tariq Butt pays off politicians & soldiers to protect his illegal game, but a trail of guilt moves closer to him each day. Back in Britain, the steely government minister Jack Lithgow wrestles with the drug problem while his daughter, his marriage & his career come apart at the seams. Meanwhile, in Germany, the smugglers' empire starts to crack as the pressure mounts. Karl Rosshalde fights for his freedom in court, while Helen rosshalde must outwit creditors, kidnappers & the police & make a deal with the devil himself. To detectives Dieter & Ulli, the lawyer Domenquez may be the key to solving their case. As the noose around him begins to tighten, murder pays the policemen a call, & the search for justice explodes into a passion for revenge. 120 min

Traffik
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Traffik sweeps us into one of the most dangerous worlds imaginable - the world of international drug smuggling. From t fields of Pakistan through docks of Hamburg to halls of London's elite, it carries us across continents to the dark side of the human soul. It's fueled by greed, paved with gold, & shadowed by death. Vivid characaters bring Traffik to life as their stories intertwine. From the opium farmer & the drug lord to the smugglers, the users, & the government agents in between, Traffik spins a web of powerful intrigue...An epic store you will talk about & remember long after it ends. Part Three of Traffik is a journey through dangerous terrain - from the lawless Khyber Pass to the ruthless politics of Karachi & London. Corruption is rampant in Pakistan as British envoy Jack Lithgow faces final negotiations to stem the tide of drugs. Meanwhile, in the undercover world of Hamburg, detective Ulli gets the lawyer Domenquez where he wants him, while Helen Rosshalde flies to Pakistan to face Tariq Butt - & a challenge beyond anything she's ever dared. In Part Four the debts come due - for the cutthroat herion smugglers, users & government agents who would stop it if they could. For Caroline Lithgow, the crisis has reached the breaking point & it takes everything Jack Lithgow can do to save her. At the source in Pakistan, Tariq Butt finds yet another way to sneak heroin across borders. The peasant Fazal will pay the price forever & he finds justice the only way he knows. 120 min

Battle of San Pietro
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John Huston's acclaimed exploration of the tragedy of war. He details the losses encountered in capturing a military objective and the ultimate frustration and futility of war. As the Italian citizens reappear following a battle, we wonder again at man's determined inhumanity to man and the innocent bystanders crucified at the cross of war. We celebrate the ultimate resiliancy of man as those citizens recommence their lives. 39 min

Common Threads - Stories From the Quilt
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From an Olympic athlete to an eleven year old suburban boy to an inner-city married man, common threads tells the story of five people who shared a common fate - they had AIDS. Their names are now commemorated in five panels of an ever-growing quilt that now covers 14 acres - the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. With compassiona dn quiet dignity, Common Threads tells of their lives and deaths - the support they found, the courage they summoned, and the love they shared. Common Threads tells the story of the first decade of AIDS in America. It shows the human face behind the cold statistics of the epidemic and provides an unforgettable testament to the strength and endurance of the human spirit. 79 min

IAO Lecture: Dr. Ray Ginsberg: U.S. & European Union at Turn of Century
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The U.S. & European Union At Turn Century: Trade, Money, Security 3-8-00

Great Religions of the World
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33 min

Trojan Women
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Based on a tragedy by Euripides, The Trojan Women, although dealing with the Trojan War, is strongly anti-war in its telling. The Trojan War has ended. All Trojan warriors and princes have been killed. Amidst the ruins, the conquerors must divide the only remaining spoils of war - the Trojan women and their children. The story consists of three major episodes, each centering on the fate of one of the captive women; Cassandra, Andromache, and Helen. The three are linked by the central character Hecuba, Queen of Troy who heroically withstands the tragic events. 105 min

Amistad
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Starring: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey Produced by: Steven Spielberg Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. when the ship LaAmistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. An enthralling battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. But for the men and women on trial, it is simply a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom. 2 hr 35 min

Genocide in the First Half of the 20th Century
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State-sanctioned violence has always existed, but technological advances have facilitated its use as a viable means of exerting political power. This program continues the examination of the history of genocide, focusing on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, the 1923 Rosewood Massacre, Stalin's forced Ukrainian famine, the Japanese Rape of Nanking, and the Holocaust. A host of survivors, experts, and scholars include Martha Barnett, President of the American Bar Association; Eddie Faye Gates; Iris Chang, author of the The Rape of Nanking; Yehuda Bauer, director of the Yad Vashem International Institute for Holocause Research; and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. 57 min color

Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler
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Between 1933 and 1945 the people of Germany surrendered their will to a charismatic demagogue who led them, and much of the world, to destruction. How it happened is the subject of this program. Its focus is on the appeal of Hitler's personality not only to Germans, but to leaders of other European nations. We see how Hitler's life influenced his leadership style, and how he used the Jews as scapegoats on whom to blame Germany's economic problems. Home movies of Hitler's private life, and interviews with those who knew him, complete this eerie portrait. This is an excellent catalyst for classroom discussion on how demagogues come to power, and what social and economic conditions make it possible 90 min color

Fascism
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This program looks at the appeal of fascist ideologies in the 20th century. In Germany, racism was an essential part of the Nazi state. The Nazi idea of creating a pure Germanic race to dominate the world demanded the extermination of so-called impure elements, primarily Jews. The program looks at how these ideas were systematically implemented and includes interviews with two people whose lives were tragically affected. In Germany, Italy and Japan, militarism led to the waging of aggressive war. War was almost an end in itself, glorified as a process o moral purification while also fulfilling the territorial ambitions of these states. The program examines the inspiration and sense of purpose that war provided and how, in the end, war proved to be the downfall of most of the fascist states. 48 min color

Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich
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A chilling chronicle of the road travelled by the Nazi physicians from providing a medical justification for the 1933 Nuremberg sterilation laws to trying to justify their role in the Holocaust as defendants in the 1046-7 Nuremberg doctors' trial. This Documentary studies the step-by-step process that led the medical profession in the Third Reich down an unethical road to genocide. It graphically documents the racial theories and eugenics principles that set the stage for the doctors' participation in sterilization and euthanasia, the selections at the death camps, as well as inhuman and unethical human experimentation. It provides the historical basis for many current dilemmas in bio-ethical work.

Eternal Jew
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A visit to the Lodz ghetto in Nazi occupied Poland, recorded by German camermen with the naive co-operation of the Jewish community, is combined with rare archival footage, clips from international newsreels and excerpts from related cultural films to portray the World's Jews as swindlers and parasites. This pseudo-logical, uncomfortably realistic and genuinely frightening documentary interprets Jewish life and history rom the viewpoint of traditional Europeon anti-semitism and Nazi ideology. A canded, cinematically unique expression of racial hatred. NOTE: This film, designed to incite its contemporary viewers against an ethnic minority, is extremely prejudicial in nature. International Historic Films wishes neither to condone nor to promote such prejudices when offering The Eternal Jew to its customers. It is being made available solely to provide further insight into a uniquely tragic epoch of civilization's recent past.

Theresienstadt: Gateway To Auschwitz
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In 1941 the Nazis converted the fortress town of Theresienstadt, in Czechoslovakia, into a ghetto for Jewish deportees enroute to annihilation in the East. Of some 15,000 children who were fifteen years old or younger at the time of their imprisonment, less than 150 survived. this film tells their unbelievable story, recounting tales of friendship, youthful adventure, first love, adolescent enthusiam and the strength of family ties. It is to those who did not survive, that this film is dedicated.

They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of The Holocaust
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From 1886 to 1988, Gay Block and Malika Drucker interviewed over 100 Holocaust rescuers representing 12 countries. In excerpts from the interviews this video reveals the great variety of people who risked their lives and the those of their families to save jews. Their passion and heroism fills every scene but they claim theirs' was the ordinary response.

Mr. Death
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From Errol Morris, the award-winning director of The Thin Blue Line, comes the provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., the son of a prison worker and a self-taught execution expert who consulted with the prisons across the country to make capital punishment more humane. When Leuchter is called in as a high-profile expert in a sensationalistic Canadian trial, his ego, bravado and absurd testimony reach national media prominence. Soon, a firestorm of controversy erupts. Ironically, what Leuchter thought was going to be an apex in his career only ruins it.

Barbarian And The Geisha
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In 1856, an American Diplomat embarks on a trade mission to negotiate with the hostile Japanese government. Neither threats, discomfort nor even a beautiful geisha can stand in his way as he goes about his formidagle task. Directed by John Huston, THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA is a finely crafted tale of adventure, intrigue and romance set against a fascinating historical backdrop. 104 minutes, Color, 1958

Behind The Rising Sun
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As one of the most powerful and controversial films to be made during World War II, Behind the Rising Sun dared to penetrate the isolated society of Imperial Japan to at once show the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers and also the decent Japanese who deplored their government's quest for world domination. the story is that of Seki, a nationalistic Japanese aristocrat who forces his American-educated son to join the military. To Seki's horror, the son ecomes a blood-thirsty kiler, And with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Seki sees many of his American friends being imprisioned and tortured. As a microcosm of the war, the film climaxes with a brutal battle between an American boxer (Robert Ryan) and a Japanese Jiujitsu expert. (88 minutes B& W)

Red Sorghum
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The most popular film of the acclaimed Chinese New Wave, Red Sorghum is one of the most beautiful films of recent years. Beginning as a lusty romantic comedy about a nervous young bride's arrival and ensuing secuction at a remote winery, and ending as a heroic and harrowing drama of partisan resistance during the Japanese occupation, the film builds to a spell-binding, explosive climax. Red Sorghum is a gorgeous fable that will sweep you along with its mixture of violent action, epic lyricism and toungue-in-cheek swagger reminiscent of Leone and Kurosawa 1987/91 minutes

Eastern Europe: Ceasescu: Eastern Europes Last Dictator?
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Portrait of last Stalinist leader in Eastern Europe & role of TV in his violent overthrow in Dec. 1989

Cairo as Seen By Chahine
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In this declaration of love to the city of Cairo from one of Egypt's greatet filmmakers, Chahine employs a rapid pace as he follows an actor in his quest to play a part. By filming with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transforms this portrait of a city into a self-portrait of a filmmaker. A wry, Godardian tale that was banned in Egypt for showing too much dirt, Cairo as Seen by Chahine originally began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoye Special. Color/Arabic with English subtitles/23 min/1991

Watergate: A Third Rate Burglary
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President Nixon declared war on his enemies and a secret police force took shape in the White House. When the president's men were caught red-handed in the Democrat's Watergate offices, exposure threatened. A massive cover-up, orchestrated by the President himself, seemed to succeed with Nixon's landslide 1972 re-election. Relive history in the words of the perpetrators themselves. Discovery Channel/color/90 min/no rating

Watergate: The Conspiracy Crumbles
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The cover-up begins to crumble when John Dean, the designated fall-guy, turns stool pigeon. the existence of the Oval Office Tapes is revealed. Nixon tries to strong-arm the FBI into shutting down the Special Prosecutor's office. And a tarnished vice-president is forced to resign. Relive history in the words of the perpetrators and prosecutors themselves. Discovery/color/52 min/not rated

Watergate: The Fall of a President
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Nixon's next, hand-picked Special Prosecutor uncovers evidence so damning that the President's staunchest supporters begin to defect. The House Judiciary Committee raises the specter of impeachment and slowly tightens the noose. A once-proud President Nixon resigns in disgrace. Relive history in the words of the perpetrators and prosecutors themselves. Discovery/color/52 min/not rated

Moulin Rouge
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Lautrec spends his time at the Moulin rouge cafe sketching the Can-Can girls, barmaids, and singer Jane Avril. he soon falls passionately in love with Marie, the first woman who is not horrified by his deformity. However their short-lived relationship is a stormy one that will forever cloud the painter's life. Drowning his sorrow. Lautrec paints a series of posters for the cafe that make him famous overnight. But his father, the Count condemns his son for disgracing the family name. Public acclaim is little solace to the sensitive genius who must now struggle for happiness in spite of his personal defeats. Color/1954/approx. 2 hours/not rated

Jefferson In Paris
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In this impassioned story of forbidden love! During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and sicially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistable, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! VHS/Color/approx 139 min/Rated PG-13

Lust For Life
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Kirk Douglas plays vincent Van Gogh in a first class tratment of the tormented artist's life. A failure as an evangelist, and a loser in the game of love, the everdriven Van Gogh turns to painting. His devoted brother, Theo finances and encourages him, and the excitement of late 19th century Paris when the Impressionists were changing the art world spurs his efforts. So, too, does his stormy friendship with the painter Paul Gauguin Van Gogh's genius, however, is marred by epilepsy and madness , which send him out of control. In an inspired and courageous performance, Douglas creates "a reare, affecting portrait of the mind and character of an artist" VHS/Color/123 minutes/1956/not rated

Race For The Superbomb
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In August 1945, atomic bombs destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, marking the end of World War II. Yet even as the victorious American troops arrived home, the Cold War was beginning. Scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union began a frantic race to create an even more devastating weapon-the hydrogen bomb, know as "the Super." Featuring newly discovered archival sources from Russia, civil defense films, and recently declassified military footage, Race For The Superbomb tells the story of a world at the brink of destruction. Color/Not Rated/VHS/120 minutes

The Murder of Emmett Till
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In August 1955, a fourteen-year -old black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South until three days later when two white men dragged him from his bed in the dwad of night, beat him brutally and then shot him in the head. Although his killers were arrested and charged with murder, they were both quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury. Shortly afterwards, the defendants sold their story, including a detailed account of how they murdered Till, to a journalist. The murder and the trial horrified the nation and the world. Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement. Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began. VHS/Color/60 minutes/Not Rated

John Browns Holy War
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He is the father of American terrorism and an inspiration to the Civil Rights movement. More than 150 years after his execution, questions swirl around John Brown: Was he a madman or a martyr? A bloodthirsty fanatic or a great American hero? John Brown saw himself as God's messenger. Others thought him no more than a killer. This video takes us inside this complex man-farmer and warrior, family man and avenging angel, to reveal the man behind the legend. VHS/color/90 minutes/Not Rated

Eleanor Roosevelt
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For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman, yet few of us really knew her. Millions adored her, but her FBI file was thicker than a stack of phone books. She spoke out fearlessly for civil rights, and the KKK put a price on her head. She helped FDR rise to power and was one of his most valuable political assets, but the media satirized her as an ugly busybody. Drawing on interviews with her closest surviving relatives, friends, and biographers as well as rare home movie footage. She was born to wealth and power and orphaned at ten. Her private life was marked by tragedy, infidelity, and a never-ending search for intimacy. Yet she persevered, fighting tirelessly for social justice fo all and taking a lead role in the United Nations landmark Declaration of Human Rights. Today, Eleanor remains on of the most admired women in history. VHS/Color/150 minutes approx./Not Rated

Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel
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An artist whose work influenced the liks of Mozart and Rossini, Beaumarchais the Scoundrel was one of history's most extraordinary figures: inventor, playwright, diplomat, playboy, Royal spay for King Louis XV, and emissary of the colonial attacks against Britain during the American Revolution. 100min\\French with English Subtitles\\color

Versailles the Visit
HIS VT1456

In the heart of Versailles, discover the palace, the park, and the gardens through a circuit arranged chronologically and by subject matter. Certain areas generally closed to the public are shown to you in all their intimacy. color/60 min/not rated/VHS

Mini Dragons: Singapore
ISO VT0321B

Examine Singapore's continuing struggle for independence & stability. 54 min

Applying Multimedia in Higher Education
ITP VT0425

10 min

David: The Passing Show
HIS VT1459

More than any other painter in history. David saw his art as a weapon for social change. Twice taken political prisoner during the French Revolution, he continued to work from his jail cell. His subjects were powerful and daring, including an actual murder. So incredible were his realistic details that the painting was exhibited alongside the very bathtub which was the scene of the crime! Using a replica of David's studio, the "newsreel" technique, and a commentary derived from David's own speeches, this film provides a fascinating insight into the man who became, ironically, the virtual dictator of arts in his day. VHS/color/50 minutes

After Life
HIS VT3016

If you had to choose your single happiest memory, what would it be? In After Life the recently deceased are asked this question. Aided by guides who help them sift through their past, they are given three days to come up with an answer. Once a decision is reached, the guides recreate the memory and capture it on film, giving the deceased a very personal heaven they will enter for eternity. With exquisite beauty, After Life shows us that while the memories people choose may seem simple, be it a first kiss or a last cigarette, their meaning lies in the sense they give of living in the moment and feeling truly and fully alive. And while these memories may seem simple, deciding upon them is no easy task. Using humour and compassion the 'guides' lead, urge and cajole their 'clients' to discover meaning and value in their past, for without a decision the dead will be stuck in limbo, forever recreating and filming the happiness of others.

Danton
HIS VT3017

In this powerful historical drama, acclaimed Polish director Andrzej Wajda creates stirring portrayals of the political figures involved in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The film centers on Georges Danton (Gerard Depardieu), the popular revolutionary leader, who returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Maximillian Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) and his allies have set up a montrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." In direct opposition to the government and Robespierre, Canton pleads with the people for and end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution. What begins as a public cause, soon turns into a personal conflict between Danton and Robespierre. Robespierre subsequently has Danton arrested for treason and France's one voice for peace faces the guillotine.

Hotel Terminus - Part One
HIS VT3019A

Hotel Terminus: The life and times of Klaus Barbie is Marcel Ophuls' award winning documentary work, spanning more than 70 years, three continents and 120 hours of interviews as it explores one of World War II's greatest mysteries. Klaus Barbie, a ruthless SS interrogator know as the "Butcher of Lyon," was implicated in 4,000 deaths and the deporation of 7,000 jews from occupied France and then he disappeared. Hotel Terminus traces the 40-year hunt for Barbie, a hunt initiated by the very government that later hid him and protected his family. Klaus Barbie, a wanted Nazi war criminal, was employed by the American government as an informant in Germany. When discovery was dangerously close, Barbie was smuggled out of Europe on an underground railway with ties to the Vatican. He took refuge in South America, where his "talents" were employed by the governments in Bolivia and Peru. Until he was finally brought to trial in 1987, governments harbored Barbie at the same time that his crime were being denounced. Hotel Terminus exposes a complex web of political intrigue, collaboration and deceit almost as unforgettable as the crimes

To Be and To Have
HON DVD0116

To Be and To Have, France's highest grossing documentary of all time is an intimate and touching portrait of life inside a one-room schoolhouse in a rural French village and one of the most emotionally gratifying films about teaching ever made. At the center of the story, and now an internaional celebrity, is George Lopez - a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all their school subjects and life lessons. Whether mediating fights, flipping omelets, or discussing a father's illness with a troubled student, Lopez upholds a firm, but gentle paternal approach. Director Nicolas Philbert's incredible film demonstrates how a teacher, if well trained, dedicated and sensitive to a child's educational and emotional needs, can hugely influence a generation of children at their most critical time of development. Those with warm memories of a favorite teacher will be deeply moved by this film. Running Time: 104 minutes/ Color/ In French with Optional English subtitles

Virdiana
HON VT0624A

Bunuel's outrageous & devastating attack on religion & society. Viridiana, about to take her vows as a nun, takes to pure Christian life by organizing a haven for blind men, leper, cripple & beggar. Full of Freudian symbolism, film ends in a famous orgy of destruction, containing Bunuel's famous scene of Last Supper. Spanish with English subtitles. 90 min

Viridiana
HON VT0624B

Treasure of Sierra Madre
HON VT0625

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston & Tim Holt play a trio of Americans on bum in 1920s Tampico. Pooling resources they strike off into mountains of Mexico in search of gold. Hounded by Indians, a fortune hunting Texan & cold-blooded banditos they finally must confront most dangerous adversaries of all - themselves. 1948. 2 hr 6 min

Heart in Winter
HON VT0626

A man & woman are locked in a slow sensual game of seduction that threatens to destroy them both in this story of unrequited love & mysterious music of human heart.

Rashomon
HON VT0629

Introduces greatness of masters in Japanese film industry. Illuminates subjectivity of truth through flashbacks. 4 narrators describe brutal act - a woman's rape & her husband's consequent death. Facts elude us because each interprets story to make himself appear in best light. B&W. 83 min

End of the World
HON VT0659

Astronomer Victor Francen announces arrival of a comet which will strike & destroy earth in approximately 30 days. He is both ignored & branded "a traitor" until comet becomes visible & world's population promptly goes nuts. 54 min

Latin Week 1983
ISO VT0074

Ambassador Maricio Sullig discusses both facts/interests & politics concerning Central America. One of focuses is human rights, & unrest in Central America. He also answers questions from audience. 1983 120 min

Twelve Angry Men
ISO VT0235

Henry Fonda heads an excellent cast in exciting drama of jurors trying to reach a verdict in murder trial. Eleven agree defendant is guilty, but Fonda believes man is innocent & sets out to prove he's right. 1957. 33 min

Spy Who Came in From the Cold
ISO VT0239

Step into chilling world of spies & counterspies. Richard Burton is British agent who refuses to "come in from the cold" to take a desk job - but instead launches into most dangerous assignment of his career, stalking the East German agent Oskar Werner. 1965. 110 min

Eastern Europe: Breaking With the Past: Touched by Revolution
ISO VT0271C

Dramatic changes in lives of Hungarians living in Romania.

Gandhi
ISO VT0241A

Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor had scientific gifts yet, did what others could not; led a country to freedom & gave people hope. 1986 187 min

Gandhi
ISO VT0241B

Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor had scientific gifts yet, did what others could not; led a country to freedom & gave people hope. 1986 187 min

Eastern Europe: Breaking With the Past: The Polish Experience
ISO VT0271D

Footage from first Solidarity Congress in 1980. A frightening look at severe pollution problems in Poland's Silesia region.

Mini Dragons: Hong Kong
ISO VT0321A

What makes Hong Kong such dynamic economic power & how will it change when in 1997 it returns to People's Republic of China?

Mini Dragons: South Korea
ISO VT0321C

Captures profound challenges faced by South Korea's people as they struggle with democracy. 54 min

Confucianism
ISO VT0689

How intertwining of opposites is key to understanding great religions of China; Confucianism, Taoism & Buddhism. 58 min

Hinduism & Buddhism
ISO VT0690

Explores two great religions to come from India. Historian can find anything he wants in India, enacted with intensity. Smith uncovers mysteries of multiphonic chanting among Tibetan Lamas, previously unknown in West. Characterizing these chants as holiest sound I have ever heard, Smith reveals chanting to be a form of meditation. 58 min

United Nations
ISO VT0721

30 minute documentary covers many aspects of UN, from origin 50 years ago & status as an international zone in center of NY City, to more traditional explanations of political divisions between developed & developing world.

Prize
ISO VT0818A

Trace turbulent rise of world's biggest business, how John D. Rockefeller controlled it & how reporter Ida Tarbell took him on in one of most famous exposes ever. Look at Rockefeller's controversial legacy, rise of modern business & how Tarbell served as role model for modern investigative journalist: Program 2: Empires of Oil: Witness capitalism on a grand scale: how Shell Oil & Royal Dutch merged then challenged supremacy of Rockefeller's Standard Oil. Tale of how oil transformed everyday life in farthest corners of globe, made Russia a great oil power & helped Allies win World War I.

Prize
ISO VT0818B

Roaring Twenties & magic of oil touches everyone. American oil industry wrestles with shortage & surplus as flamboyant entrepreneur Calouste Gulbenkian stakes his claim in Iraq: Program 4: War And Oil: Untold story of WWII: how oil dictated strategy to Hitler; how lack of oil slowed Japan's war machine; how it ultimately determined victory or defeat. Footage on critical impact of oil on decisive military events.

Prize
ISO VT0818C

Post-World War II America awakens to strategic importance of oil & witnesses a key moment in history when oil production shifts from U.S. to Middle East. Extraordinary cast of characters paint a global portrait of how oil shaped economy & politics: Program 6: Power to the Producers: It's heyday of cheap oil, dawn of Hydrocarbon Society & introduction of prosperous new automobile culture for Americans. Follow heroes & anti-heroes as producing countries & independent oil companies challenge "Seven Sisters" & open new era in world oil.

Prize
ISO VT0818D

Relive 2 decades of upheaval that shook world & changed our lives as power shifted & nations & companies jockeyed for position. View OPEC era, starting with British withdrawal from Persian Gulf & ending with burning oil wells of Kuwait: Program 8: The New Order of Oil: Gulf War marked beginning of new era for Hydrocarbon Society. Explores relation of oil & environmental conscience & technological race to balance energy, economic, & ecological needs in Information Age.

Introducing China
ISO VT0902

The landscape, history, lifestyle, religion & government that give China its beauty & uniqueness are explored. Learn how different dynasties, natural settings & other influences have contributed to development of the country. 28 min

Armstrong Lecture: Dith Pran 4-6-99
ISO VT0936

Spoke at BU 4-99. The man whose life the film "The Killing Fields" was written about.

Free Market Economies The Commanding Heights
ISO VT0980

As movement begun in 1970s to decentralize & deregulate continues, economies around world are being reshaped. Explored is tension between free markets & managed economies. The demise of European communist & socialist economic models & successful market-oriented initiatives in Europe & America support the thesis that minimal government intervention is healthy. But will big business seek a return to managed economies if world markets crash? 26 min

Effective Government in the Developing World: Cleaning up Corruption
ISO VT0981

Takes viewers to Uganda, Brazil & Singapore where anticorruption measures are opening up government & succeeding in producing less bureaucratic, more effective programs for citizens. Interviews with citizens who are demanding more participation in government decision making provide insights into workings of 3 vastly different societies. 29 min

Human Rights In China
ISO VT1012

China is booming economically. US companies are employing thousands in new factories. This has not translated into Chinese acceptance of Western ideas concerning human rights. Discusses progress that is being made. China may have a ways to go but "full bellies & controlled political evolution will keep it on course toward expanding human rights". 49 min

IS Seminar/Guest Speakers 4-18-01
ISO VT1187

Isreali-Palestinian Peace Process

Networked Information & The Scholar (A)
ITP VT0536A

Oct-94

Nixons China Game
ISO VT1015

In Feb.1972 world watched as Richard Nixon began his visit to China. It was first high level political contact between two nations since Communist takeover in 1949. It was culmination of a dangerous game of diplomacy that threatened to collapse at any moment. Takes us behind scenes of one of boldest diplomatic maneuvers in history. Richard Nixon forged a career by battling Communism. By contacting China he risked destroying his career & damaging America's relationship with Soviets. Yet his China game was punctuated by surprising turns of event & comic moments that rendered it on a distinctly human scale. 60 min

Soviet Disunion: Ten Years That Shook The World
ISO VT1027

10 year history of contemporary Russia since glasnost & perestroika presents a dismal picture of a nation in disarray, battling with seemingly insurmountable economic, social & political problems. Major topics include election of Mikhail Gorbachev; dissolution of gulag system; Boris Yeltsin's opposition to Gorbachev's initiatives; environmental legacies, including disaster of Chernobyl; breakaway of Baltic states; Gorbachev's arrest; rise of Yeltsin; creation of stock exchange, an explosion of crime; & decay of military. 57 min

Yugoslavia Death of a Nation
ISO VT1054

Violence, murder & disorder in former Yugoslavia have horrified world. Study how & why this once-unified country disintegrated into a combat zone of warring factions. Part One reveals how Serbian Communist party leader Slobodan Milosevic exploited his republic's resentment of Muslims to win favor & overthrow old comrades. Part Two begins with Milosevic controlling half of Yugoslavia. Explore his political maneuvering, & hear from Milosevic.

Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
ISO VT1087

Director Stephen Johnson brought together 41 of most talented international animators to produce this work. Video brings 30 articles to life in brilliant color. As entertaining as it is educational, English version is narrated by Jeff Bridges & Debra Winger. 1988. 20 min

Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Windows
ITM PC0021

System Requirements: Intel Pentium III or 4 processor or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2

Christianity: The First Thousand Years (A)
ISO VT1125A

They were one of many sects barely tolerated by Roman Empire. According to the Scriptures, 50 days after Jesus died his followers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages. With that event a religion was born. Video consults ancient text & modern scholars to chronicle first centuries of Christianity when Rome tried to destroy the new religion while converts spread gospel throughout the Mediterranean. Follow in footsteps of St. Paul; learn how James may have been related to Jesus. See how Emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians could not check growth of the faith that would be adopted by his successor. 50 min

Christianity: The First Thousand Years (B)
ISO VT1125B

For 300 years Christians were target of violence & hatred in Roman Empire. That changed when Emperor Constantine saw a vision of Jesus in a dream. The religion had gained its most important convert. Clear evidence that Christianity was growing in power leads many to question whether Constantine's conversion was genuine or political. Experts agree that the effects of the conversion were more important than reason behind it. From birth of the monastic movement to the shaping of New Testament, video traces the sweeping changes that eventually led to the triumph of the religion in the Western world & decline of Roman Empire. 50 min

Christianity: The First Thousand Years (C)
ISO VT1125C

Five centuries after death of Jesus, Rome fell to Goths, plunging Europe into Dark Ages. On both sides of continent, Christianity continued to grow though it would soon face a new challenge. Video visits magnificent sites of the Byzantine Empire. There learning & culture flourished while Europe suffered through Dark Ages. A new threat emerged as Islam swept from the Arabian sands to conquer half of Christendom in only 100 years. The answer to this danger lay in Ireland & British Isles where followers of St. Patrick established a network of monasteries. Scholars reveal how a religious revival was born that would spread throughout Europe. 50 min

Christianity: The First Thousand Years (D)
ISO VT1125D

The Golden Age of Christianity began on January 1st. On that day in the year 800 the Pope placed a crown on the head of Frankish king Charlemagne declaring him the new Holy Roman Emperor. Video details reforms that Charlemagne undertook that lifted Europe from Dark Ages & established Christianity as cornerstone of Western civilization. At same time military campaigns spread Word of God through the power of the sword while monks in the east invented a new alphabet to translate the Bible into Slavic tongues. By the year 1000 all of Europe was part of Christendom. The destruction of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Muslim warriors foretold of the violence that was soon to come... 50 min

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years (A)
ISO VT1126A

By dawn of second millennium, Christianity had risen from a beleaguered sect to become bedrock of Western Civilization. The last of European pagans had been converted & the Holy Roman Emperor was the 'Defender of the Christian Faith' as well as supreme monarch of Europe. But a new wave of challenges awaited the surging religion & strongest would come from Islam. Video recounts how two centuries of Holy Wars were launched by a single speech & details its unforeseen consequences - including creation of a sect of warrior monks so powerful they would eventually have to be destroyed by the Church. 50 min

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years (B)
ISO VT1126B

By 13th century, the Church's power was at an all-time zenith. But its role as undisputed authority in all matters would soon come to an end in face of dissent from within. Video documents how rising tide of ambition & greed within the Church sparked events that would change it forever. The charges of a French sect sparked the 500-year horror of the Inquisition. A civil war divided the faithful, drove true pope from Rome & led to the Avignon Papacy. Pervasive corruption eventually drove an unknown friar named Martin Luther to shake Christianity to its very foundations. 50 min

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years (C)
ISO VT1126C

The Church counterattacked in the wake of the Reformation & the separation of the Church of England, splitting Europe into warring camps of Roman Catholics & Protestants who would clash in brutal religious wars for over a century. Video brings tumultuous era to life through period accounts & analysis of scholars. The struggle was at once universal & personal as illustrated by the fate of the 20,000 Huguenots slaughtered at the whim of a Catholic queen in the St. Bartholomew Day massacre & the trial of Galileo for heresy. Ultimately the years of conflict strengthened & updated Christianity but another threat was just around the corner... 50 min

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years (D)
ISO VT1126D

Modern world has challenged Christianity for nearly 400 years. Initial response was as predictable as it was futile. The religion struggled to keep pace with a changing world ever since. Focuses on reforms of the 20th century. See how long process of reconciliation & acceptance among sects was furthered by the changes of Vatican II. Taken out of the church & into streets by clerics like Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu & Mother Teresa tension between age old doctrines & & evolving society remains & will likely define course the faith follows for the next thousand years. 50 min

Samurai And The Swastika
ISO VT1169

From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the 20th century, the History channel captures the glory, tragedy & drama of the human experience. 50 min

Mac OS X Server v. 10.2
ITM PC0023

Version 10.2

Parallels Desktop for MAC
ITM PC0034

for MAC

Nationalism Blood And Belonging: A Nation Returns; Germany
ISO VT1147

A neo-Nazi skinhead thinks democracy is unnatural; a typical liberal prefers to be a citizen of the world; a far-right office holder fantasizes about his hard-working, disciplined, Aryan fatherland. Program looks at Germany reunified: while there was an East/West, communist/capitalist split, Germans could forget about nationalism, which is now back with a vengeance. Liberals, we discover, don't like the Germany they have, while the neo-Nazis love a Germany that doesn't exist; after 45 years of longing for reunification, the two Germanys hardly recognize one another. 50 min

Confronting Communism: And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
ISO VT1165

From rise of Lenin to fall of Berlin Wall, 20th century witnessed birth & death of Soviet Union. Program anchored by Peter Jennings confronts impact of Bolshevism, from Russian Revolution to Cold War, featuring spread of Communism to China, Korean War, Berlin Airlift, McCarthyism, Hungarian uprising, Sputnik, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Glasnost & Perestroika & raising of Iron Curtain. 2/01. 61 min

Ethnic Identity
ISO VT1213

This documentary examines efforts to promote & safeguard peace in the 20th century, a century defined by its wars. Even today, more than a dozen wars are raging, many of them in Africa. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan discusses the history & the role of the United Nations, using the conflict between Ethiopia & Eritrea as an example. Other scholars explore the purpose of the state, what it requires to function, & what happens when it disintegrates. Additional issues such as world government are addressed as well. 50 min

Womens Bank Of Bangladesh
ISO VT1232

More than 100 million people live below poverty level in Bangladesh - many of them women. Thanks to the Grameen Bank & the small-business loans it makes to women only, many of them & their families are beginning to prosper. This program describes the philosophy, development, & function of the bank, then follows the daily activities of three women who have taken out loans to fund their cottage industries. We follow the women to bank-sponsored support groups & business classes, & watch as they sign their names & receive their loans. "Allah is going to punish anybody involved in the Grameen Bank!" shouts one Islamic leader, who, along with most males, opposes the loans as being contrary to Islamic law. But bank founder & economics professor Muhammad Yunus defends the bank's policies, stating that women in the region are more competitive in business than men. The Grameen Bank model has been copied in more than 40 countries throughout the world 47 min

International Terrorism
ISO VT1233

This program describes the origins, growth & effects of the major players in international terrorism: the Palestinians & the Shite fundamentalists. It explains the motivations of individuals like Mahmud Khaled, who killed 13 passengers & wounded 80 others in an orgy of violence at the Rome airport. It also examines the moral dilemmas posed by such acts to governments that respect human rights: Is it justifiable to sacrifice the lives of hostages to deter future terrorism? Is it permissible to use violence as a deterrent to terrorism when innocent people might be killed? 52 min

IAO Forum - "Globalization & Human Rights" 4-3-02
ISO VT1286

Forum videotaped by International Studies on 4-3-02 concerning Globalization & Human Rights. approximately 1 hour

Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation: The Cracks Appear; Descent Into War
ISO VT1325A

2 of 6 parts of the fall of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation: The Collapse of Unity; The Gates of Hell
ISO VT1325B

2 of 6 parts concerning the fall of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation: No Escape; Pax American
ISO VT1325C

2 of 6 parts concerning the fall of Yugoslavia.

Global Generations; A World Without Borders
ISO VT1408

As globalization gains momentum, industrialized and developing countries are, to a greater or lesser extent, becoming increasingly similar, with middle-class luxury and abject poverty coexisting side by side. This program explores the repercussions of globalization as well as a growing resentment toward the G8 countries and nongovernmental organizations. Concerns over third-world debt, environmental degradation, biodiversity, the concentration of power, and the future of democracy are aired by globally oriented young adults who are poised to inherit a world without borders...or rules. (26 minutes, color)

Golden Oldies Jukebox
ITP CDI0005

CD-I disc, 1991 Philips Interactive Media, Produced by American Interactive Media.

Palm Springs Open
ITP CDI0006

CD-I disc; 1991; ABC Sports; Philips; Produced by American Interactive Media and Fathom Pictures.

Time-Life Photography
ITP CDI0007

CD-I Dics, 1990; Philips; Produced by Compact Publishing Co. in association with American Interactive Media and Time-Life Books.

Treasures Of The Smithsonian
ITP CDI0008

CD-I disc

Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia
ITP CDI0009

CD-I disc; 1992, Compton's NewMedia, Philips Interactive Media

Richard Scarrys Busiest Neighborhood Disc Ever
ITP CDI0012

CD-I Disc, 1991. Games, music & interactive learning & fun.

Max Magic
ITP CDI0013

CD-I disc, 1994. Interactive magic kit.

Designers Club
ITP CDR0001

(Located in Room 106). (EPS Only) MacIntosh. Provides high contrast illustrations in assorted styles and subjects, suitable for a variety of applications. July 93 - Jun 94. (12 discs) DC07/93 July, 1993. DC08/93 August, 1993. DC09/93 September, 1993. DC10/93 October, 1993. DC11/93 November, 1993. DC12/93 December, 1993. DC01/94 January, 1994.

History Of The World
ITP CDR0002

ISDN # 1-878805-14-2, Product # 3921, Bureau Development, Inc. MacIntosh and IBM-PC, ISO-9660 standards. Dec. 1993. A complete and authoritative world history reference on CD-ROM. From prehistoric times to present day, all major events of world history are documented.

Media Clips - Tropical Rainforest
ITP CDR0007

Windows, DOS & Mac version of rainforest images & sounds. One hundred still images, 25 action video clips & 100 native audio clips.

Modern Art
ITP CDR0009

Windoes & MPC/MacIntosh Version 1.0

Pictorial Encyclopedia
ITP CDR0011

Earth Science/Geology

National Park Series
ITP CDR0014

Arches National Park; Bryce Canyon National Park.

Advanced Interactive Technologies
ITP LVD0001

National Science Center. Shows emergin new technologies through motion & still sequences. Provides overview of CD-ROM, IVD, DVI, CD-I & teleconferencing.

How to Create Better Overhead Presentations
ITP VT0351

How presentations can be enhanced with visual aides. 1991

Americans With Disabilities Act: New Access To The Workplace
ITP LVD0002

MTI Film & Video, 1993; Purchased 2/14/94. CAV 2 sided disc with barcoded index, teacher/leader guide, laminated barcode index cards, student workbooks. Disc One of three on three ADA workshop sessions. Designed for use in providing workshops on ADA Act. Provides chapters on: Overview of ADA; Understanding Law; Employment Requirements; Undue Hardships; Illigal Discrimination; Steps Required to Implement the ADA; Dispelling Myths; Effective Interviewing Techniques; Questions to Avoid Asking; An Interview Incorrectly Handled; The Interview Correctly Handled & Where to Turn for Help. All segments may be instantly accessed with barcoded commands on Laminated quides.

Computing Technology Videodisc
ITP LVD0003

Sunbelt Technologies, 1990. CAV, 1,000 still frames & 20 motion segments. The first visual database on computers & related systems.

Groliers Knowledge Disc
ITP LVD0007

Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. CAV, no audio, text only, early version, purchased 8/86. The first VideoDisc Encyclopedia contains the 9 million words of Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia - a 20 volume reference library in one convenient, compact, easy-to-use resource.

Guide to Better Audio
ITP VT0336

Basic concepts of microphone selection & use, followed by specific rules for obtaining high quality audio in video production situations. Features audible examples of different types of microphone sounds, how to operate an audio mixer, & effects of improper microphone placement. 39 min

Amiga Video
ITP VT0343

Professionals explain how they are using Amiga to enhance their work, satisfy clients & create new productions.

Copyright Law : What Every School
ITP VT0364A

Explains rights someone has when they copyright something. Also answers questions one might have on this topic. 21 min

Copyright Law : What Every School
ITP VT0364B

Same as 0364A

Copyright Law : What Every School
ITP VT0364C

New Copywright Law
ITP VT0402A

Public Law #94553 became effective Jan.1978; better known as new copyright law. Narrated by Robert A. Zienta, Coordinator Community Education. Addresses what can be legally copied from magazines, newspapers, etc. & how you can go about writing for usage permission.

New Copywright Law
ITP VT0402B

Dont Copy That Floppy!
ITP VT0403

Rap music video against copying computer disks. The rap emphasizes how copying software is actually stealing or shoplifting. Interviews software creators to explain reasons behind software law. For grades 4-8. 9 min.

Maximizing Multimedia: A How To For Faculty
ITP VT0462

BU 10-6-93

Networked Information & The Scholar (B)
ITP VT0536B

Oct-94

Leadership & the New Science
ITP VT0550

Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley has heard many management thinkers admit they no longer know how organization & change for better in this continuously turbulent business world. In search of answers, she discovered vital clues in nature - how natural systems "manage themselves", & how we might manage complex organization as well. Here she suggests a revolutionary new approach to breaking out of limited perspectives & seeing chaos as a natural force for creating order.

Journey
BU VT0608

Marquette Univ. 8/93

Multimedia Technology Series: Components of Multimedia
ITP VT0664A

Components of Multimedia

Multimedia Technology Series: Elements of Design
ITP VT0664B

Elements of Design

Multimedia Technology Series: Environments for Learning
ITP VT0664C

Environments for Learning

Multimedia Tech. Series: Integrating Multimedia Within Instructional Process
ITP VT0664D

Integrating Multimedia Within the Instructional Process

Multimedia Technology Series: Multimedia Revolution
ITP VT0664E

The Multimedia Revolution, Today and Tomorrow

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multi-Media
ITP VT0719

Guidelines for educational multimedia use. 2/97. 2 hr

Am I A Crook: Copyright Issues On The Internet
ITP VT0825

Apr-98

Copyright: The Internet
ITP VT0851

Pt 1 Today everyone needs to know what is legal in area of copyright. Attorney Arnold Lutzker answers questions about copyright, multimedia & fair use put to him by educators, administrators, librarians & parents from across US. 1996. 20 min

Teaching at a Distance: A Workshop With Tom Cyrs 10-29-98
ITP VT0890

10-98. 90 min

Meeting Year 2000 Computer Challenge:Schools
ITP VT0891

12-98. 2 hr.

Show Me The Money! Technology Dollars For Your Campus
ITP VT0895

Nov-98

PageMaker
ITP VT0960

Part 1 - Introduction to PageMaker; Part 2 - PageMaker Demonstrations

Designing Classrooms For Technology Integration & Accessibility 4-00
ITP VT1030

Teleconference by satellite April 13, 2000 downlinked at BU. Presentation topics were: classroom layout to meet the needs of learners; lighting & light control in classrooms; acoustics & sound control in classroom; ADA accessibility guidelines as they relate to classroom design. 2 hr

Inside The Web For Teacher Education
ITP VT1154

Downlink - 3/1/01. 90 min

Vision
ITP VT1155

Downlink 1/31/01. 1.5 hr.

Ready2Net 4-5-01
ITP VT1185

E-Commerce, E-Learning and E-Services 90 min

Learning Health Care in the Age of AIDS
NUR VT0390

18 min

Ready2Net 5-2-01
ITP VT1186

Wire or Wireless Nomadic Computing Hits the Campus. 90 min

Definity G3: How To Use Your Voice Terminal
ITP VT1251

Phone instruction 12-01

Definity Audix & Intuity Audix End User Training
ITP VT1252

Instruction on use of phone. 12-01

Best Spots: Prentice Hall Publishers
MTG VT0654

Features excerpts from Adweek's Best Spots of both 1987/ 88 versions as selected by Adweek's editors & Prentice Hall Pub.

London International Advertising Awards 1990
MTG VT0663

1990 TV/Cinema winners: Category & product title. 35 min

Against All Odds: What Is Statistics?/Picturing Distributions
MTH VT0255A

Part 1. WHAT IS STATISTICS? Discover how this discipline is relied upon to get to heart of great quantities of information. 29 min - Part 2. PICTURING DISTRIBUTIONS: Construct stem plots, frequency tables & histograms, & understand importance of pattern deviations. 29 min.

Against All Odds: Describing Distributions/Normal Distributions
MTH VT0255B

Part 1. DESCRIBING DISTRIBUTIONS: NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION: Examine difference between mean & median & learn of quartiles, boxplots, interquartile range, & standard deviation. 29 min. Part 2. NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS Series of simplifications shows progression from histogram to single normal curve for standardized measurement. 29 min

Against All Odds: Normal Calculations/ Time Series
MTH VT0255C

Part 1. NORMAL CALCULATIONS: Covers standardization & calculation of normal relative frequencies from tables assessing normality by normal quintile plots. 29 min. Part 2. TIME SERIES Includes statistical control, inspecting time series, seasonal variation, cycles, & smoothing by averaging. 29 min

Against All Odds: Models for Growth/Describing Relationships
MTH VT0255D

Part 1. MODELS FOR GROWTH: Topics include linear growth, with review of geometry of straight lines & introduction to least squares idea; exponential growth, & straightening & exponential growth curve by logarithms; prediction & extrapolation. 29 min. Part 2. DESCRIBING RELATIONSHIPS: Scatterplots & their variations are discussed along with smoothing scatterplots of response versus explanatory variables by median trace; linear relationships, least squares regression lines, & comment on outliers. 29 min

Against All Odds: Correlation/Multidimensional Data Analysis
MTH VT0255E

Part 1. CORRELATION: Find out how to derive correlation coefficient & interpret it. 29 min. Part 2. MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS: Recaps presentation of data analysis by showing use of computing technology & a study at Bell Communications. 29 min

Against All Odds: The Question of Causation/Experimental Design
MTH VT0255F

Part 1. THE QUESTION OF CAUSATION: Observed association may or may not represent causation. 29 min. Part 2. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Distinguish between observational studies & experiments & learn basic principles of design including comparison, randomization, & replication. 29 min

Against All Odds: Blocking & Sampling/Samples and Surveys
MTH VT0255G

Part 1. BLOCKING AND SAMPLING: Understand sampling & difference between singlefactor & multifactor experiments & kinds of questions each can answer. 29 min. Part 2. SAMPLING AND SURVEYS: Stratified random sampling is explained. See how a survey is designed to ensure randomness & avoid bias. 29 min

Against All Odds: What Is Probability?/Random Variables
MTH VT0255H

Part 1. WHAT IS PROBABILITY?: Distinguish between deterministic & random phenomena, understand sample space, outcomes & probability models. 29 min. Part 2. RANDOM VARIABLES: Learn about idea of independence; multiplication rule for independent events; & continuous random variables. 29 min

Against All Odds: Binomial Dist./The Sample Mean & Control Charts
MTH VT0255I

Part 1. BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS: Find out how to calculate mean & standard deviation of binomial distributions, & see how quincunx, randomizing device at Boston Museum of Science, illustrates concepts. 29 min. Part 2. THE SAMPLE MEAN & CONTROL CHARTS: Manufacturing industry offer real-life demonstrations of use of the central limit theorem, control chart monitoring of random variation, creation of x-bar charts & definitions of control limits & out-of-control limits. 29 min

Against All Odds: Confidence Intervals/Significance Tests
MTH VT0255J

Part 1. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: Understand aspects of confidence intervals; interval & the confidence level & see how they are used in blood pressure studies, political & population surveys, & primate research. 29 min. Part 2. SIGNIFICANCE TESTS: Strengths & weakness of significance tests are assessed. Defined are null & alternative hypotheses & P-values. 29 min

Against All Odds: Inference For One Mean/Comparing Two Means
MTH VT0255K

Part 1. INFERENCE FOR ONE MEAN: Discover improved technique for statistical problems that involve a population mean. 29 min. Part 2. COMPARING TWO MEANS: Learn how to recognize a 2-sample problem distinguishes such samples from one-sample & paired-sample situations. 29 min

Against All Odds: Inference For Proportions/Inference For 2-Way Tables
MTH VT0255L

Part 1. INFERENCE FOR PROPORTIONS: Discover confidence intervals for a single proportion & for comparing proportions based on paired & independent samples. 29 min. Part 2. INFERENCE FOR TWO-WAY TABLES: 2-way table can show the relationship between 2 categorical variables in a single population or compare the distributions of a single categorical variable in several populations. 29 min

Interferon Alfa-2b Adjuvant Therapy in Postsurgical Melanoma
NUR VT0607

Nov-95

Against All Odds: Inference For Relationships/Case Study
MTH VT0255M

Part 1. INFERENCE FOR RELATIONSHIPS: Understand inference for simple linear regression, emphasizing slope & prediction. 29 min. Part 2. CASE STUDY: How statistical principles come together in a case study. 29 min

Sexual Harassment on Campus
NEL VT0456

Program designed especially for institutions of higher education. 15-min tape will provide insight & practical suggestions to help you develop an effective training program about sexual harassment for your institution.

Conducting Workplace Investigations
NEL VT0631

With increasing number of sexual harassment complaints made workplace investigations have become a frequent necessity. Poorly conducted ones can aggravate an already difficult situation. More investigations, increased scrutiny, greater costs & liabilities; these are some of the reasons why employment lawyers need to sharpen their skills in conducting investigations or advising those who do.

Abortion Clinic (2000 outdated)
NUR VT0001

No description (very outdated) 56 min

Aids: Changing the Rules
NUR VT0078

Two heterosexual people with AIDS tell their stories. Intended for adult audience. No nudity, but material is explicit. 60 min.

Research Utilization: A Process of Organizational Change
NUR VT0308

Describes how to implement research utilization at organizational level. 25 min

Nursing Skills - Vital Signs
NUR VT0470

Features step-by-step procedures for thorough instruction of essential nursing skills. Written, & developed by experienced instructors, presents state-of-the-art skills techniques supplemented with rationales & physiologic explanations to encourage student understanding.

Hepatitis C: Diagnostic Methods & their Role in Treatment Strategies
NUR VT0611

Oct-95

Kaposi Sarcoma
NUR VT0644

Designed for physicians who are involved in diagnosis & treatment of patients with Kaposi Sarcoma. 1 hr 15 min

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Portrait of Addiction
NUR VT0828A

Portrait of Addiction: 9 men & women recovering from drug or alcohol addiction tell their stories. Candid testimony from people who have been there leaves little doubt that addiction can happen to anyone & so can recovery. 57 min

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: The Hijacked Brain
NUR VT0828B

The Hijacked Brain: Moyers goes into laboratory to follow researchers engaged in charting an "image of desire in brain." We actually see images of a cocaine user's brain as drug takes effect & a doctor explains how these scans reveal addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease. 57 min

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Changing Lives
NUR VT0828C

Changing Lives: Visits institute near Atlanta to interview recovering addicts & sit in a group therapy session. 81 min

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: The Next Generation
NUR VT0828D

The Next Generation: Experts are increasingly focusing on prevention efforts based on community & family. Looks at 2 of these efforts. One works with parents addicted to heroin by teaching them how to repair damage to family & second deals with how counselors in Dade County schools watch for kids at risk of becoming drug addicts & offering of immediate counseling for those who are already involved with drugs. Nicotine addiction is addressed also. 57 min

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home: Politics of Addiction
NUR VT0828E

The Politics of Addiction: How our society meets challenge of translating what scientists, doctors, counselors & recovering addicts have learned into rational public policy is complex & sometimes contradictory. Looks at Arizona's recent struggle to find an alternative to current policies. Proposition 200 proposed a reassessment of status of nonviolent drug addicts now serving time & emphasized treatment over incarceration. On Washington scene members of Congress, doctors & policy activists have joined in movement with recovering people pushing for new public policy. 57 min

Moyers
NUR VT0829

Circle of recovery is portrait of 7 African-American men who meet weekly to help one another in process of healing & growth. Talk is frank & subjects are personal as they share their struggles, hopes & achievements. 1991

Eating Healthy
NUR VT0868

Describes how combination of 5 food groups provides body with elements essential for its proper functioning, how vitamins contribute to growth & health of human body & why vitamins must be ingested. 1995. 23 min

Lose Weight the Safe Way
NUR VT0870

Dietitians explain nature, possible problems, & potential adverse side effects of rotation diets, prescription & non-prescription pills, powdered formulas & modified fasts. Experts recommend that to lose weight safely requires a diet program with a balanced food plan that includes reduced calorie intake, an exercise component, a support system, nutrition education & behavior modification. Point is stressed that losing weight is only half battle; toughest part is keeping it off. 19 min

Cancer
NUR VT0871

Cancer strikes more terror than any other disease. Looks at cancer as what we have only recently learned it really is: a flaw in the genetic program in certain body cells, which begin to divide in an uncontrolled fashion. In its fight against these rogue cells, modern medicine makes use of 3 major procedures: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, & surgery. New techniques are constantly being developed & program describes 2 new ones in the fight against cancer: photochemotherapy & monoclonal antibodies. 23 min

Nightline: 7-26-99 "The Battle Over the Confederate Flag"
SOC VT0987

07/26/1999

Fitness & Conditioning - Benefits For A Lifetime
NUR VT0955

Over last several years more & more Americans have been engaging in exercise. However, best estimates from survey results show that only 10-20 % of adults & 6-17% of school age youths can be classified as fit. 30 min. 1999

Stress: Keeping Your Cool
NUR VT0972

Looks at impact that stress has on our society & describes positive & negative stress, stress control & ways to simplify a hectic lifestyle. Experts identify what causes stress, why women are experiencing such high levels of stress & how teenagers are prone to stress. Explores relationship between stress levels & health & growing recognition in medical circles that physical ailments are often linked by mental & emotional stress & anxieties. 20 min 1999

Depression: Beyond the Blues
NUR VT0973

Depression is not just a passing mood of sadness experienced at one time or another. It is a medical condition affecting 10 million Americans every year. Program talks with a psychiatric causes, symptoms, & treatments for depression. A woman whose father killed himself speaks first-hand about what it's like to lose a loved one to suicide. It also profiles a young girl & man who were so depressed they attempted suicide. Program stresses need for early diagnosis & treatment of depression 19 min 1999

Medicine: Know The Facts!
FCS VT1182

How much do you know about the medicines your family takes, common surgical procedures 7 other potential medical dangers? "Medicine, Know The Facts!" is packed with information that examines issues such as the risks of x-rays, prescription drugs that don't mix & mega-dosing on vitamins. Find out what you may not know about cholesterol tests & the avoidable risks of surgeries. Medicine is an important part of maintaining the good health of you & your family. Make sure you know the facts! 2001. Color. 30 min

Nurses: Battling For Babies
NUR VT1192A

We get an inside look at the world of obstetrics & neonatal intensive care nursing where, nurses navigate the many hazards of childbirth, including anxious families, unforeseen problems, & the devastation when a newborn dies. We watch a medical team deliver premature triplets, then follow the frail threesome to neonatal intensive care, where nurses Colleen Grubb & Mary O'Neill help bring them back from the brink of death. At Johns Hopkins Maternity Center East, we follow dedicated director, nurse midwife Jeri Mancini, as she provides critical prenatal care to Baltimore inner-city teenagers. And we experience both the highs & lows of obstetrics nursing through veteran nurse Mary Evans as she helps bring a healthy baby into the world one moment, then helps a mother cope with loss the next. Nurses in this episode also include Rhonda Johnson, Krissa Ditsious, & Bernadette Adams. 52 min

Nurses: Pediatrics
NUR VT1192B

Pediatric nursing is defined by drama & diplomacy, where these specialized nurses lend their expertise & emotional support to both patients & their worried parents. The job demands a special breed of medical professional willing to face difficulties few of us can imagine. We follow 1st year nurse Charlie Wheeler, a former Army medic who became a nurse after his own son died, as he struggles with the difficulties of becoming too attached to his patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. We learn some of the tricks of the trade from 20-year veteran Pam Butler, who has a true gift for communicating with infants & toddlers. And we witness 25 year old nurse Kimberly Pfeifer's firm, but caring, no nonsense approach with teenage patients who, even in a hospital setting, still try to push the boundaries. And we follow the amazing work of Intensive Care nurses in the story of a father who undergoes liver transplant surgery in the hope of saving the life of his year old daughter. 52 min

Nurses: Critical Care
NUR VT1192C

We step into the ED, the OR, & the ICU, where patients are often in crisis, & treatment can be a race against time. In this unpredictable, high-stress, high-tech world, physicians rely on the expertise of these nurses, who must think fast, be creative, & inevitably, learn to cope with unpredictable events. We watch Jean Lucas manage the controlled chaos of an Emergency Department where nurses must cope with the stress of working in a large urban setting. Nurse Heather MacPherson mans the frontlines as patients come in. Nurses Steve Allen & Karen Lasaga are involved in the successful care & treatment of trauma patients. And Nurse Tom Galloway assembles a medical team to care for a young victim of a car accident who has been medivaced to Johns Hopkins. We learn how OR nurses Susan Lynch & Germaine Williams coordinate complicated double surgeries so that a wife can donate a kidney to her desperately ill husband. And we experience the challenges of ICU nurse Diane Rusnak in her struggle to relive the suffering of a patient. 52 min

Nurses: Touch Of Mercy
NUR VT1192D

Cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses in medicine & the nurses willing to deal with the consequences of this disease on a daily basis draw upon special skills & inner resources. We are introduced to three nurses whose dedication to improving the lives of their patients is remarkable. Lillie Shockney, a pioneering nurse with a mission, draws on her own experience with breast cancer as she guides 31 year old newlywed Kirstin Pickle through various options, including whether to proceed with a double mastectory. Gifted hospice nurse Stephanie Mehr is determined to help a woman dying of lung cancer live well to the end. Finally, we follow first year nurse Melanie Michel through a dramatic time in the Bone Marrow Transplant Ward, where two of her leukemia patients wait to see if a bone marrow transplant procedure will save their lives. 52 min

Nurses: Nursing The Mind
NUR VT1192E

In 'Nursing the Mind' we discover the fascinating challenges that confront highly experienced psychiatric nurses Daniel Jackson & Bernard Keenan. Dan & Bernie are involved in the treatment of mental illness. We learn how they apply their professional training & skills of keen observation & communication in the treatment of patients afflicted with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia & major depression. Diseases of the mind include anorexia nervosa, a complex pschophysiological disorder. We witness a battle of wills as nurse Sandra Kirckhoff helps eating disorder patients overcome their distorted self-image. 52 min

100-Something
NUR VT1228

Once a rarity, centenarians are becoming noticeably less unusual. How have they managed to live so long in such good health? In this program, doctors from Harvard Medical School's New England Centenarian Study & the University of Georgia's study of extreme longevity search for a correlation between life span & the genetic, physical, psychological, & cognitive dimensions of aging. In addition, people who have surpassed the ten-decade mark offer personal insights into the importance of key aspects of life such as faith, exercise, nutrition, sexuality, & continued involvement in daily routines & meaningful work 47 min

Binge Drinking: The Right To Party?
NUR VT1244

Banning alcohol on college campuses to curb binge drinking - periodic episodes of excessive alcohol consumption - has sparked violence & debate around the country. This ABC News program visits trouble spots such as Michigan State University as anchor Forrest Sawyer talks with the President of the University of Iowa about community coalitions, alcohol education programs, alternative activities & other initiatives as substitutes for bans. In addition, a senior at the University of Maryland & a junior at the University of California, Berkeley, present their own ideas about student rights & how best to deal with on-campus alcohol abuse & the assiciated issues of crime & unsafe sex. 22 min

Drinking: Are You In Control?
NUR VT1245

Most Americans readily accept that alcoholism is a disease & that the only treatment is abstinence. but in an eye-opening report, ABC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman questions the established beliefs & conventional theories about drinking, opening the door to a heated & even hostile debate within the medical & treatment communites. Metabolic, genetic & neurochemical models of alcoholism are challenged & alternatives to twelve-step programs are considered - although helpful to many, Alcoholics Anonymous & similar organizations suffer a drop-out rate of 90 percent. 44 min

Bradley University Orientation Role Play - Crucial Issues 6/95
ORN VT0584

ORIENTATION ROLE PLAY-CRUCIAL ISSUES. 6/95

Beyond the Minds Eye
ORN VT0593

A voyage bridging gap between reality & imagination. Travel through inner depths of human psyche to outer reaches of universe. Explore world's that may exist in alternate dimensions or only in the minds of leading computer animators. It integrates latest in computer animation technology & artistry with music. Orientation

Shinto
PHL VT0822

Video about Japan's religion. 50 min. 3-10-97

New American Workforce
PLS VT0546

teleconference

Long Search: There Is No God But God
PHL VT0063

Journey takes us to oasis village 50 miles from Cairo to see a wedding, to market town of El Fayoum for dawn prayers, to Cairo, university & mosque of El Axhar. There is an interview with a sheik & 2 doctors who take us on a pilgrimage to Mecca. 1978 52 min

Ethics in America: Pt 101: Do Unto Others
PHL VT0192A

Panel, including Surgeon General Koop, discusses question of community responsibility. 60 min.

Ethics in America: Pt 102: To Defend A Killer
PHL VT0192B

What rights do guilty have? Ethical dilemmas of our criminal justice system are discussed. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 103: Public Trust
PHL VT0192C

Group addresses problems of trust within government, between one public official & another, & between government & public. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 104: Does Doctor Know Best?
PHL VT0192D

Should you save mother at the risk of losing baby? Doctors discuss controversies created by modern medicine. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 105: Anatomy of Hostile Takeover
PHL VT0192E

Merger mania presents alarming array of ethical problems. Debating issues are chief executives from Borg-Warner, Goodyear, & Hathaway; economist Lester Thurow; & Senator Tim Worth. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 106: Under Orders
PHL VT0192F

How do we wage war when enemy dresses as civilians & children throw bombs? Generals question duty to follow orders & a commander's obligation to protect soldiers. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 107: Under Orders
PHL VT0192G

The carnage of My Lai raises issue of confidentiality between soldier, his religious confessor, & military justice. Generals debate clash between military tribunals & right of confidentiality with members of Church. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 108: Truth on Trial
PHL VT0192H

Is an attorney's first obligation to court, client, or public? A panel debates civil litigation's ethical dilemmas. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 109: The Human Experiment
PHL VT0192I

Does finding a cure justify putting test subjects at risk? A panel discusses medical research field. 60 min

Ethics in America: Pt 110: Politics
PHL VT0192J

What conduct on part of a public official is relevant to "the public's right to know?" Panelists debate issue. 60 min

Beyond the Post-Modern Mind
PHL VT0353

Modern western world view is dominated by materialist values of science. According to Huston Smith, withdrawal of emphasis from human values & essential elements such as meaning, quality, & purpose has lead to widespread alienation & social discontent.

Moyers
PHL VT0448

Interviews individuals who explore ideas & values shaping our future. Featured are scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, historians & others who share knowledge on a wide variety of issues confronting us today.

Long Search
PHL VT0696A

Millions come to bathe in holy waters of Ganges & millions more quietly live their religion in villages throughout India. What is basis of this highly original approach to God, which dictates every aspect of society & individual life? 52 min

Long Search
PHL VT0696B

In exploring type of Buddhism practiced throughout Southeast Asia, we visit Sri Lanka & India meeting Buddhist monks, including one American & children & housewives. Each shares their own experience in a religion that has high moral standards but does not believe in god. 52 min

Long Search
PHL VT0696C

If Buddha of India met Buddha of Japan would they recognize each other? To find out program talks to staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as part of their job on to classical Zen calligraphy, swordfighting, archery & tea ceremony. Technical aspects are superior. 52 min

Long Search
PHL VT0696D

Taiwan, where a pantheon of gods are worshipped in thousands of Buddhist & Taoist temples. Religious life weaves together a Confucian respect for ancestors, cosmic pattern of Tao & its oracles, local gods who dispense justice & favors & hungry ghosts of dead who must be placated. 52 min

Long Search
PHL VT0696E

In Indianapolis, 1100 different churches illustrate the robust multiplicity of Protestant beliefs. In the midst of a church-going boom in the U.S., with TV spetaculars setting the pace for some ministries, freedom of religion and free enterprise frequently overlap. 52 min

One Village In China: All Under Heaven
PHL VT0751A

Daily life in a Chinese Village. 1985 58 min

Lily Golden Africans in Russia 10/93
SOC VT0465

BU 10/93

Long Search
PHL VT0696F

Probably the fastest growing religion in the world today, it's 400 million believers are reshaping whole regions of our globe. Yet how many understand its appeal? This program travels to Egypt to take part in a wedding at an oasis village, on to a market town for dawn prayers and into Cairo itself. 52 min

Satori In The Right Cortex
PHL VT0704

Satori is Zen concept, designating answer to mystery of life, which escapes Western logic but which Buddhist feel can be found in quieting & emptying mind so that it accepts what is in each moment as 'good'. Illustrative of ways in which idea manifests in society includes wide range: Kamisha School of Business Management, dedication ceremony of arc welding robot at Ikeda Koyoyo, Ltd.; The Fertility Festival, & The Naked Festival. 1985 34 min

One Village In China: To Taste a Hundred Herbs
PHL VT0751B

Study of rural physician & his family. Ideal for courses in sociology, technology & medicine. 1986 58 min

One Village In China: Small Happiness
PHL VT0751C

Filmed under unprecedented circumstances, women of Long Bow talk about marriage, birth control, work & daily life. 1984. 58 min

One Village In China: First Moon
PHL VT0751D

A beautifully made film which shows how many elements of traditional Chinese village life coexist with the new. 1985. 37 min

No - Music of Noh Drama-Eugene Enrico
PHL VT0823

Filmed in Nara at 1996 Takigi Onoh Festival. Shows NOH by torch light at Kofukuji temple. Artists from NOH troupe led by Kinzo Komparu demonstrate styles & forms of NOH music. Surveys rich historic tradition of NOH & explains the connections to Buddhism & Shito. 29:30 min

Shinto - Festival Music
PHL VT0824

Filmed in Tokyo at 1993 Sania Matsuri. Host for program is Dr. William Malm, Professor of Ethnomusicology at University Michigan. He explains musical traditions in Shinto Festival & discusses use of musical instruments. Introduces rich tradition of Japanese mythology, mime & dance. 29:30 min

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians Part I
PHL VT0848A

Segment traces life of Jesus exploring message that helped his ministry grow & events that led to his crucifixion. Born in reign of Augustus in Roman Peace, Jesus was a subject of Roman Empire. This hour looks at how scholars & archaeologists have pieced together a new portrait of where Jesus was born, how he lived & who he was. 60 min

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians Part II
PHL VT0848B

Turns from life of Jesus to period that followed his death, examining rise of Christianity & concluding with First Revolt - bloody & violent siege of Jerusalem & beginning of a rift between Christianity & Judaism. Explores new evidence suggesting that Jesus' followers looked at & interpreted his teachings in many different ways. 60 min

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians Part III
PHL VT0848C

Examines period after First Revolt, tracing development & impact of Gospels, looking at increasingly hostile relationship between Christians & Jews. Concludes with bloody Jewish war against Rome, Second Revolt. 60 min

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians Part IV
PHL VT0848D

Documents events of second & third centuries in which Christianity grew from a small Jewish sect to an official religion of Roman Empire. 60 min

Human Remains
PHL VT1098

Human Remains indirectly asks us to confront nature of evil. Like an archaeologist, filmmaker sifts through old remains & uncovers intimate & mundane details of 20th century's most infamous men. It is a haunting look at private lives of these men who changed face of human history. 1998. 30 min

Island Of The Spirits
PHL VT1104

Explore Japan's rarest treasure. Peaceful, magical, mystical Hokkaido is a highly spiritual Japanese island where wildlife is treasured & honored by an ancient culture that dates back 7,000 years. Here native Ainu people revere Hokkaido's special creatures & extraordinary landscape uniting natural & spiritual worlds in their 'Garden of the Gods.' 60 min

Introduction And Sacred Space
PHL VT1108A

Discusses mixture of faiths that abound in Indianapolis, & importance of sacred space to each denomination. Martin E. Marty of University of Chicago Divinity School defines sacred space as a place where individuals experience a sense of spiritual events relevant to their faith. Visiting several places of worship about city we learn how size, decoration (or lack of it), & location confirm faith's place in history & express cultural values of its members. Color. 21 min

Sacred Rituals
PHL VT1108B

Discusses significance of rituals & necessity for defined sacred space both traditional & nontraditional. Rituals discussed include Eucharist or Communion, meditation & others. The practice of placing the mezuzah at door of a Jewish home is presented within context of the home as a sacred space; Buddhist meditation ceremonies are relegated to specific places in the home. And at a community center for East Indians, some space is set aside for religious ceremonies, while rest is used for secular community activities. The outdoors as a stage for sacred rituals is examined at a Christian Easter sunrise service. Color. 17 min

Historical Political Commericals 1980
PLS VT0015

Clips from campaign commercials 1980. Includes Reagan, Bush, Baker, Anderson, T. Kennedy, Carter, etc. 1985. 40 min

Senator Paul Simon: Curbing Violence on TV
PLS VT0472

09/26/1993

Long Nights Journey Into Day
PHL VT1140

Provides look at one of most innovative & ambitious attempts at dialogue & healing in history - South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Documents South Africa's quest for restorative justice as it follows 4 cases that come before commission over 2 1/2 years. Thought provoking portrait of a wounded society attempting to humanize itself by taking seriously the importance of heart & conscience. It will inspire American viewers to re-examine our own approach to racism & social injustice. 95 min

Clando
PHL VT1141

On surface, Clando is political thriller set in terrifying police state - Cameroon. It wrestles with dilemma facing educated Africans: whether to work to change autocratic regimes at home or seek fortunes abroad. It is a call to action from one African to another. Teno writes: 'A majority of Africans are waiting for change to happen, an attitude of passiveness inherited from 400 years of oppression. Clando tells of former computer programmer, Sobgui whose life has collapsed after arrest & torture for minor involvement with an anti-government student group. Reduced to driving a Clando (gypsy cab) he accepts opportunity to go to Germany to buy some cabs & search for Rigoberto, lost son of taxi fleet owner. There he has an affair with a German human rights activist who convinces him that if you don't change society it will change you. He sees how emigration has reduced Rigoberto to a penniless drunkard by denying him a meaningful social role. Together they return to Cameroon with no clear strategy except they will wait no longer to take back their country. 1996 French/English subtitles. 95 min?

Udju Azul Di Yonta (The Blue Eyes Of Yonta)
PHL VT1142

Story of 3 people, each of whom is so much in love with their dreams they miss real opportunities of life. Vicente, hero of revolution, now a businessman, is so despondent over failure of his political ideals that he fails to notice flirtations of Yonta, beautiful daughter of 2 former comrades. Yonta represents younger generation that have grown up since independence & replaced revolutionary rhetoric with unabashed enthusiasm for Western culture. She is oblivious to attention of Ze, a poor student from the country who sends her romantic poems (actually written for a Swedish girl) praising her 'blue eyes.' Film ends with a moment of satire, affection & wonder. While older generation dreams beside a swimming pool, hungover from a wedding reception, the children carry forward hopes of future as they dance into new morning. Criolo/with English subtitles. 90 min

Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)
PHL VT1143

Covers period from July 1972 to final victory that year & consolidation of an independent Guinea-Bissau in 1974 & 1975. Dramatizes this through figure of Diminga, a guerrilla fighter & her loyalty to Sako her revolutionary comrade & husband. Its portrayal of exhaustion, confusion, solidarity & commitment of revolutionary warfare is one of most accurate on film. Victory only brings disillusionment as villagers begin profiteering & former revolutionaries turn into callous bureaucrats & the crops fail in a terrible drought. Diminga calls for a Balanta 'beckoning of the ancestors' ceremony to join nation together by reminding it of its shared history. The drought breaks but a luta continua - the struggle continues. Portuguese Criolo with English subtitles. 93 min

Tableau Ferraille
PHL VT1144

Tableau Ferraille (which can be roughly translated as 'scrap heap') is actually the hometown of director Moussa Sene Absa. Its fictional leader, Daam, a well-intentioned European-trained politician, must choose between two value systems, which are exemplified by his two wives. His first wife, Gagnesiri is a dignified village woman, dedicated to husband, family & community. She may represent Africa with its vast unrealized potential, waiting for politicians like Daam to develop it. His second wife, Kine, a well-connected, Western educated woman, chafes under restrictions of domestic life & chides Daam for not using his position to acquire personal wealth like other government ministers. She conspires with his cronies, which leads to his downfall. Story is told in a series of flashbacks as Gagnesiri realizes there is little she can do for Daam & less he can do for her. In a surprisingly feminist ending she leaves Tableau Ferraille rusting by the for a future which is unclear but her own. French & Wolof/English subtitles. 85 min

Hyenas
PHL VT1145

An old woman, Linguere Ramatou, returns to Colobane, decaying village where she was born, now that she has become richest woman in world. She seeks revenge against Dramaan Drameh, lover of her youth who betrayed her, forcing her out of village & into a life of prostitution. She offers villagers a trillion dollars if they will execute Dramaan. At first outraged, they easily become addicted to pleasures of consumer society. In the end, they consume Dramaan, leaving behind only his tattered clothes, like hyenas. Linguere's victory is hollow; she has conquered the world but has destroyed her ability to love it. In the end, the imaginary Colobane becomes the real Colobane of today, a notorious black market & transit point on edge of Dakar. Djibril Diop Mambety, one of the masters of world cinema, has created a stunning, if pessimistic, cinematic metaphor for fate of his continent. Wolof/English subtitles. 113 min

Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power)
PHL VT1146

Taafe Fanga's story is structured around Dogon belief that cosmogony, myth, history & present interpenetrate or repeat themselves continually to bring primal forces back into proper balance. A griot in present day Mali tells story about women in an 18th century Dogon village. Fed up with male arrogance they capture the powerful Albarga mask & terrorize the men into assuming women's roles, 'triumph of the skirts over the shorts.' of the skirts over the shorts.' Humorous results convince everyone that women's roles should be respected as complementary, yet equal, to those of men if society as a whole is to advance. Kaado/English subtitles. 1997. 95 min

Matrix
PHL VT1205

Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Whoa. Mind-warp stunts, Techno-slammin' visuals, Mega-kick action, Keanu Reeves & Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix, the see & see again cyberthriller written & directed by the Wachowski brothers. The story sears, the special effects stake out new moviemaking territory - the movie flat out rocks. Perception: The Matrix is "Stylish - Savvy. The ultimate in cyberescapism." Reality: Ditto 136 min

High Noon
PHL VT1206

Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in this classic title of an aging lawman who stands alone to defend a town of righteous cowards in one of the greatest showdowns in the history of cinema. The movie also marks the first starring role for a beautiful, young actress who went on to become one of Hollywood's most beloved screen legends - Grace Kelly. High Noon garnered a total of four Academy Awards including Best Editing, Score & Original Song. BW 85 min

Animal Farm
PHL VT1207

After enduring years of abuse from Farmer Jones, the animals decide to take over the farm. Old Major, the hog holds a secret meeting & proclaims that "all animals are created equal." They should be rewarded for their hard work. So Boxer the horse, Benjamin the donkey & Snowball the pig band together with the other animals to overthrow the farmer & create a new society. They dictate a new social structure that seems to work until one pig goes bad. Witness the rise & fall of four-legged power as political obsession leads to revolt & repression on the Animal Farm. 70 min

Islam-Empire of Faith - Part 1
PHL VT1247A

Between the fall of Rome & the European voyages of discovery, few events were more significant than the rise of Islam. Within a few centuries, the Islamic empires blossomed, projecting their power from Africa to the East Indies & from Spain to India. Inspired by the words of the Prophet Muhammed & led by caliphs & sultans, this political & religious expansion remains unequaled in speed, geographic size & endurance. ISLAM:EMPIRE OF FAITH is a 3-hour program that tells the story of the great sweep of Islamic power & faith during its first 1,000 years - from the birth of the Prophet Muhammed to the peak of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. Historical re-enactments & a remarkable exposition of Islamic art, artifacts & architecture are combined with interviews of scholars from around the world to recount the rise & importance of early Islamic civilization. Increasingly, scholars & historians are recognizing the profound impact that Islamic civilization has had on Western culture & the course of world history. 2 tapes total running time 180 min

Islam-Empire of Faith - Part 2
PHL VT1247B

Historical Political Commercials 1960-1980
PLS VT0016

Campaign commercials from 1960 to 1980 campaign with Reagan & Carter. Early commercials include John Kennedy, Nixon, Goldwater, Johnson, Wallace, Ford, etc. 1985. 50 min

Historical Political Commercials 1952-1980
PLS VT0017

Campaign commercials from Eisenhower, Stevenson, Carter, Reagan, Carter & Anderson in 1980. Includes J. Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Goldwater, Humphrey, Wallace, McGovern & Ford. 1985 45 min

Historical Political Commercials 1984
PLS VT0018

Primary Campaign ads in 1984. Commercials include Cranston, McGovern, Glenn, Hart, Mondale, Reagan, National Conservative Political Action Comm., Republican Nat'l Committee. 1985. 50 min

Drugs: Workplace Testing
PLS VT0454

Pros, cons, of workplace drug testing, including discussion of one company's extensive program. 28 min

Michel Retirement
PLS VT0515

WASHINGTON D.C. 9-20-94

Distant Thunder
PLS VT0580

A young & pompous Brahmin settles into a Bengali Village & assumes role of priest, teacher, doctor, wise man & chief know-it-all. As Second World War drags on, food is diverted to military & starvation spreads across India. The young Brahmin, humiliated by his inability to feed his wife, becomes wiser & more compassionate. He finally humbles himself & emerges as genuine human being. 1973. 101 minutes

An Empire of Reason: The Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
PLS VT0594

Presents "living" record of Constitutional ratification debates as they occurred in NY State. Shows what people might have seen if TV were around in 1787 & 1788 to cover debates surrounding the ratification. 56 min

Daley: The Last Boss
PLS VT0677

Serving 5 terms as Mayor of Chicago (1955-1976) Richard J. Daley became 1 of America's most powerful urban politicians - the last of big city bosses. Raised in Irish neighborhood of Bridgeport, Daley built an indestructible power base from middle class, immigrant roots. Through a system of reward & intimidation, this leader revived Democratic machine, made Chicago "city that works" & became advisor to Presidents. In this study, archival footage & interviews with Daley foes & allies vividly portray Chicago's infamous past, from bootlegging to ballot stuffing, to 1960's race riots & antiwar demonstrations that ripped the city apart. 1995 154 min

Crime & Punishment in America
PLS VT0794

Serious crime has escalated & public's fear of crime is at an all time high. What must be done to ensure safety? What is purpose of prison system? How should we treat increasingly violent juvenile offenders? Can violent criminals ever be rehabilitated? Video brings perspective to these questions by exploring evolution of crime & criminal penalties in American Society. 120 min

Burnt By The Sun
PLS VT0923

Colonel Serguei Kotov, a hero of the Revolution who is spending summer in the country with his young daughter & his wife & her eccentric family. His wife's childhood love suddenly appears & idyllic summer takes surprising turn. Film filled with beauty & warmth is also an account of a man dedicated to family & fatherland, cruelly destroyed by political paranoia. 134 min

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