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1001 |
COSMOS #2 - ONE VOICE IN THE COSMIC FUGUE (60 min) Addresses the question of life and its origins. Speculates on life in other worlds, establishing the rules most likely to apply - that organisms adapt to the conditions imposed on them by their environment, not individually, but on the species level, through the process of evolution. Molecular biology, the Miller/Urey experiment, and DNA are examined. |
1002 |
ODYSSEY SERIES - "THREE WORLDS OF BALI" (60 min) Invites us to experience the inner and outer lives of a people for whom art is essential to sustain the cosmic order. Dances, dramas, temple carvings, music, temple ceremonies, and village processions flow through the program as ritual and aesthetic reality is enacted on the island today as in centuries past. From the series: ODYSSEY |
1003 |
LIFE ON EARTH SERIES: LIFE IN THE TREES (60 min) The story of primates and how they solved the difficulties of living high up in the forests unfolds as we range over three continents. From the series: LIFE ON EARTH |
1004 |
JAMES WATT'S ENVIRONMENT: THE PROMISED LAND |
1005 |
CHICANO LANGUAGE (90 min) Discusses the wide variety of Mexican peoples and cultures, and how each must be educated according to their individual culture and background. Compares the differences in the English and Spanish languages. |
1006 |
CALIFORNIA DREAMS - THIRSTY CITY (60 min) A documentary film about the growth of a city, Los Angeles, and of the critical role that one element, water, brought from a distant source played in that city's growth and development. Also examines the impact on the environment and economy of the area from which the water was diverted, the Owens Valley. |
1007 |
CALIFORNIA DREAMS (60 min) The Reagan years. Interviews with Gray Davis of Public Utilities Commission, and Leonard Ross, Energy Commission. |
1008 |
VOLCANOES: EXPLORING THE RESTLESS EARTH (27 min) Presents scenes of the volcanic activity that formed two new islands off the coast of Iceland in the 1960's. Examines three other volcanoes and views a fourth volcano. These document the destructive power of the volcanic process. |
1009 |
EROSION - LEVELING OF THE LAND (14 min) Erosion-Leveling the land |
1010 |
YANOMANO: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY (43 min) Illustrates the field techniques used by a team of specialists, in one of a series of biological-anthropological studies of the Yanomamo Indians in the dense jungles of Venezuela and Brazil. |
1011 |
MULTIPLY & SUBDUE THE EARTH (67 min) Traces the origins of man's attitudes toward the Earth and its resources, and explores the religious, psychological, and economic roots of our fear of nature and our drive to control, exploit and destroy it. The central message is that people must use ecological planning and seek not conquest, but unity with nature. |
1012 |
HUDDLED MASSES (52 min) Cooke explores the non-English origins of the immigration movements from the post-Civil War period to the turn of the century. He describes the emigration movements across Europe and explains how the political bosses in America provided for the new arrivals to America. |
1013 |
KNOWLEDGE OR CERTAINTY (52 min) Dr. Bronowski offers his personal view of the moral dilemma that confronts today's scientists, contrasting humanist traditions with the inhumanities of the Nazis, the harnessing of nuclear energy with the development of the atomic bomb. |
1014 |
DNA: BLUEPRINT OF LIFE (18 min) Animated models explain the DNA molecule, protein structure, and protein synthesis by means of RNA molecules and ribosomes. These biochemical mechanisms are related to evolution |
1015 |
ROSEDALE: THE WAY IT IS (57 min) Documents the racial tensions stemming from one incident in the Rosedale section of Queens, New York. It records the bitterness and hostility of white adults and children toward the presence of Blacks in Rosedale. In this predominately white middle-class neighborhood next to affluent Nassau County, the entrance of one Black family into the community triggered the tragic bombing of their home. Shows a white resident group trying to maintain the neighborhood status quo through a real estate referral service. |
1016 |
DR. MARIN LUTHER KING, AMAZING GRACE PT.1 (62 min) Presents a historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Includes footage of major events in the Civil Rights Movement. |
1017 |
DR. MARIN LUTHER KING, AMAZING GRACE PT.2 (62 min) part 2 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: An Amazing Grace |
1018 |
NOVA SERIES: THE MIRACLE OF LIFE (15 min) The film documents human reproduction through color microphotography inside living beings. With the endoscope lens inserted at the site where life begins, we can witness the living processes of fertilization, cell division, and growth and development of the fetus to the first heartbeat. |
1019 |
AMERICA BLACK & WHITE (52 min) The examination of the status of Black Americans in 1981 concentrates on racial tensions aggravated by economic hard that focus Blacks and Whites into fierce competition for jobs, education and housing. There are positive notes. Many Blacks have bettered their economic and social standard beyond all expectations of the early sixties are increasingly fearful for their future. |
1020 |
INSEARCH OF EXCELLENCE (88 min) Discusses management strategies of America's most successful companies. |
1021 |
INSEARCH OF EXCELLENCE (90 min) Documents training sessions, employee celebrations, and meetings between executives and production workers. It shows top level management decisions as they are made. Motivates employees to be more innovative, more responsive, more committed, and more involved then ever before. |
1022 |
GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. I BRIDGING THE CULTURE GAP (28 min) An introduction to the challenges of interacting with people from different cultures. Illustrates fundamental concepts of culture in theory and in practice. The importance of cross-cultural skills is also shown. |
1023 |
GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. III BEYOND CULTURE SHOCK 398 (28 min) This is especially for the family or individual moving abroad. Experts and families explain the psychological phases of adjustment and how to overcome culture shock. Spouses and children's needs during relocation are closely examined. |
1024 |
GOING INTERNATIONAL, PT. IV WELCOME HOME, STRANGER (14 min) Focuses on the unexpected problems of returning home. Families share how they overcome the difficulties of "reentry" into both the workplace and community. Reentry is often the hardest part of an overseas assignment. |
1025 |
GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 1 (90 min) Tape includes the inaugural address of John F. Kennedy; Martin Luther King Jr. - I have a Dream; General Douglas MacArthur's farewell address; Adolph Hitler - 1934; and Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1942, State of the Union. |
1026 |
GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 3 (125 min) Speeches included in this volume: Jesse Jackson: Rainbow Coalition (44 min.) Richard Nixon: Presidential Resignation (15 min.) Geraldine Ferraro: Vice Presidential Acceptance (21 min.) Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Atoms for Peace" (25 min.) Jeane Kirkpatrick: KAL 007 Disaster (10 min.) Produced & Distributed by: The Educational Video Group From the series: Great Speeches |
1027 |
GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. 4 (154 min) Speeches included in this volume: Mario Cuomo: 1984 Democratic Keynote (33 min.) Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Acceptance (40 min.) Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic Keynote (23 min.) Hubert Humphrey: Vice Presidential Acceptance (22 min.) John F. Kennedy: Houston Ministerial Association (36 min.) Produced & Distributed by: The Educational Video Group From the series: Great Speeches |
1028 |
THE CELL (10 min) By means of photography, the living simple cell is authentically presented. Students actually see the moving, living protoplasm in a leaf; see amoeba taking food, growing, dividing; and becoming familiar with the functional differences in cell structure. This film teaches the basic relationship of our own living bodies to other living organism's in the world. |
1029 |
THE CELL (10 min) By means of photography, the living simple cell is authentically presented. Students actually see the moving, living protoplasm in a leaf; see amoeba taking food, growing, dividing; and becoming familiar with the functional differences in cell structure. This film teaches the basic relationship of our own living bodies to other living organism's in the world. |
1030 |
THE VANISHING FAMILY, CRISIS IN BLACK AMERICA (60 min) This CBS program with correspondent Bill Moyer examines the disintegration of the black family structure. Statistics - that nearly 60 % of all black children are born out of wedlock - come to life. The heritage of family tradition which long sustained black is threatened. |
1031 |
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES (40 min) The Street Life Project of New York complied statistics about spaces and plazas in New York City through observations of people frequenting the area. The objective of this study was to try and find out why some plazas were heavily used and others were not. Produced by William H. Whyte. |
1032 |
THE AFRICANS, PT. 8: A CLASH OF CULTURES (60 min) Situations in which Africans must integrate and the contradictory signals they receive are portrayed in this segment. From the series: AFRICANS |
1033 |
THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED, PT. 8: DRAWING REVOLUTION (52 min) The expectation of change, whether geological, biological or social is fundamental to our society. Burke traces this expectation through the developing sciences of botany, geology, and biology to the formulation of Darwin's theory of evolution. He shows how Darwin has been used as justification for industrial capitalism, Nazism, and Communism. |
1034 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED MALE IN THE LABORATORY (15 min) The explicit display of genitalia and masturbation is presented in a nonthreatening, intellectual and clinical manner. |
1035 |
EVOLUTION, PT.1 - THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS (20 min) Sedimentary rocks, formed by movements of the earth's crust that raised sea or river beds to form dry land, can be found in many places. But the most striking examples exist in the U.S., where the Colorado River has cut through the Grand Canyon to expose a veritable history of life on Earth. Radioactive dating is the principal technique for determining the age of the surface rock samples. If fossils are present in the sample, their age can be determined -- thus achieving another piece of evidence to establish an accurate time line of the development of life on Earth. From the series: EVOLUTION |
1036 |
BILLION DOLLAR BUBBLE (30 min) Dramatizes one of the biggest corporate frauds in the history of American business. Methods used in the bogus insurance scheme, the reasons for continuing the fraud and the attitudes of those involved are highlighted. |
4037 |
WERE NI (HE IS A MADMAN) (27 min) Explains the use and importance of meteorological and related information obtained from NASA satellites as relating to severe storms. The film contains unusual footage of the formation of a tornado as well as actual shots of its awesome force. |
1038 |
NIGHT AND FOG (31 min) A brilliant and powerful film on the concentration cam world in all its piercing and compelling truth. |
1039 |
POWERS OF TEN (10 min) A rough sketch for a proposed film, dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of thing in the universe. By changing the scale by a power of ten every ten seconds, the film captures all the beauty and excitement of a trip through the universe. |
1040 |
VALUING DIVERSITY: MANAGING DIFFERENCES (30 min) Shows managers how to recognize talent and how to develop and motivate diverse employees. It dramatically illustrates how ethnic stereotypes and real cultural differences affect management, and how unwritten rules affect the upward mobility of women and minorities. Dramatic replays show how managers can adapt to the needs of diverse people so as to benefit from the unique contributions of people who are different, while also helping employees adjust to the requirements of the organization. Managers share their advice for effectively managing diversity. From the series: VALUING DIVERSITY |
1041 |
VALUING DIVERSITY: COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES (30 min) Dramatically shows how misunderstanding results from different styles of communication. It also addresses the discomfort people feel when dealing with issues of race and gender, and suggests ways to communicate more effectively. From the series: VALUING DIVERSITY |
1042 |
THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY (58 min) A ground-breaking documentary filmed in electronic and garment factories, homes, and communities of the U.S., Mexico's northern border and the Philippines. The video follows with detail and intimacy the lives of working women and men in the "free trade zone" of developing countries and North America, As U.S. industries Close their factories to search the globe for lower-wage workforces. We take a rare look at the people who are making the clothing we wear and the electronic goods we use - as well as the business decisions behind manufacturing on the global assembly line. |
1043 |
THE PINKS AND THE BLUES (60 min) The film illustrates that even after a decade of sex role redefinition, boys and girls today are treated in stereotypical fashion. It shows that from the moment parents wrap a newborn baby in either a pink or blue blanket, they start a socialization process that lasts a lifetime. Usually these patterns may be so subtle that parents and teachers responsible for the child's socialization may deny that distinctions are made. |
1044 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED FEMALE IN THE LABORATORY (15 min) Clinically orientated toward the anatomy and physiology of both the internal and external sex organs. Successfully illustrates the vagina and external genitalia in pre-, intra-, and postorgasmic stages. |
1045 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE SEXUALLY STIMULATED FEMALE IN THE LABORATORY (Copy 2) (15 min) Clinically orientated toward the anatomy and physiology of both the internal and external sex organs. Successfully illustrates the vagina and external genitalia in pre-, intra-, and postorgasmic stages. |
1046 |
THE MESSAGE OF THE MYTH (60 min) |
1118 |
AMERICAN TONGUES Portrays some of the interesting regional, social and ethnic differences in American speech and the attitudes that people have about these differences. At times it is also blunt and straightforward as it depicts the kinds of attitudes Americans have about their speech. Presents an overview of American regional English, a look at racial and class differences in speech, the role of the popular media in creating perceptions and a brief lexicon of some unusual American regionalisms. |
1047 |
MAGICAL CURING (27 min) Magical curing was compiled from footage shot between 1970 and 1972 by anthropologist William E. Mitchell, filming alone, during fieldwork with the Wape people of the West Sepik Province of Paupa New Guinea. All of the depicted events were filmed as they naturally occurred, without direction. Shows the Wape people in there natural surroundings. Due to the climate and their diet, these villagers suffer from malnutrition, malaria and upper respiratory infections resulting in early deaths. This tape centers on the villager's curing festivals, excorismal ceremonies, and their utilization of Western Medicine. |
1048 |
AWAKENINGS (1954-1956) (60 min) |
1049 |
FIGHTING BACK (1957-1962) (60 min) |
1050 |
AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS (1960-1961) (60 min) |
1051 |
NO EASY WALK (1962-1966) (60 min) |
1052 |
POWER! (1966-1968) EYES IB TGE ORUZE II, PT.3 (60 min) |
1053 |
THE PROMISED LAND (1967-1968) EYES ON THE PRIZE II, PT.4 (60 min) |
1054 |
STILL KILLING US SOFTLY (30 min) In "Still Killing Us Softly," Jean Kilbourne examines images in advertising with the incisive wit and irony that have delighted and enlighted audiences for years. She explores the relationship of media images to actual problems in society such as the channeling of men and women into traditional roles, economic discrimination against women, sexual abuse of children, rape and other forms of violence, pornography, sexual harassment, teenage pregnancy, and eating disorders. Also explores how advertising's images of women impact negatively on men, as well. |
1055 |
THE EYE OF THE STORM (25 min) |
1056 |
THE WOMEN GET THE VOTE (27 min) The campaign to establish women's right to vote in the United States received its first forward movement at Seneca Falls in July, 1848, when a meeting was held to discuss the "social, civil, and religious rights of women." Thus the wheels were set in motion ...often violent motion...that would grind exceedingly slowly until the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the constitution was passed in May 1919. Using exciting, historic footage, this film covers the difficult years of the "campaign" and the final triumph. Walter Cronkite narrates. A CBS News "20th Century" Production. |
1057 |
ISLAMIC ART (30 min) Discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and koramic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art. |
1058 |
TONGUES UNITED (55 min) Directed by the late Marlon Riggs, this critically-acclaimed documentary represents the first major look at homosexuality among African American males |
1059 |
WORLD POPULATION (4 min) Uses an animated population record on a Dymaxion air ocean world map to trace the growth of the world's population from the year 1000 to 1970 A.D. |
1060 |
WORLD POPULATION (2ND COPY) (4 min) Uses an animated population record on a Dymaxion air ocean world map to trace the growth of the world's population from the year 1000 to 1970 A.D |
1061 |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT. 1 (60 min) Traces the historical relationship of humans with their environment, examining past co-existence with nature, what has changed and how humanity is literally changing the face of the earth. From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET |
1062 |
DO WE REALLY WANT TO LIVE THIS WAY?: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT.3 (60 min) Introduces individuals who are moving the world to make critical choices that will determine the environmental quality of life in the 21st century. This final episode compels each person to ask: What will be my role in the earth's future? From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET |
1063 |
NOW OR NEVER: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET SERIES, PT.10 Introduces individuals who are moving the world to make critical choices that will determine the environmental quality of life in the 21st century. This final episode compels each person to ask: What will be my role in the earth's future? From the series: RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET |
1064 |
ETHICS: A SOLID FOUNDATION (28 min) |
1065 |
COMMUNICATION: THE NOVERBAL AGENDA (45 min) Through a series of situational encounters involving the management of a large corporation, the film presents an overview of the field of non-verbal communication. Describes the work of Dr. Albert Mehrabian and shows how some of his theories of nonverbal behavior are applied. |
1066 |
SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY: TO ONE OR ONE THOUSAND (21 min) Shows viewers that speaking need not be painful and gives clear, concise keys for organizing and delivering conversational remarks as well as rehearsed speeches for the best impact. The key areas emphasized are body language, vocal quality, intonation and finally, the word spoken. |
1067 |
STORMS: THE RESTLESS ATMOSPHERE (22 min) Furious winds, driving rains, great surges of electricity to man, storms can be spectacular and sometimes catastrophic. Yet, on a global scale, these violent movements of the atmosphere are simply transformations of energy. How storms fit into the vast atmospheric weather system is revealed in this study of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The film examines the nature, structure, incidence, and consequences of these storms... Then examines the elaborate systems of detection, data collection, and interpretation that meteorologists use to investigate storms. |
1068 |
SPIRIT OF ETHNOGRAPHY (19 min) A humorous look at anthropology. Chronicles field research of a fictitious ethnographer played by anthropologist David Hayano, embarking on his first field experience. |
1069 |
WESTERN TRADITION: MESOPOTAMIA; FROM BRONZE TO IRON (60 min) Part 3. MESOPOTAMIA Part 4. FROM BRONZE TO IRON |
1070 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE RISE OF GREEK CIVILIZATION; GREEK THOUGHT (60 min) Part 5. THE RISE OF GREEK CIVILIZATION Part 6. GREEK THOUGHT |
1071 |
WESTERN TRADITION: ALEXANDER THE GREAT; THE HELLENISTIC AGE (60 min) Part 7. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Part 8. THE HELLENISTIC AGE |
1072 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE RISE OF ROME; THE ROMAN EMPIRE (60 min) Part 9. THE RISE OF ROME Part 10. THE ROMAN EMPIRE |
1073 |
WESTERN TRADITION: EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE RISE OF THE CHURCH (60 min) Part 11 EARLT CHRISTIANITY Part 12. THE RISE OF THE CHURCH |
1074 |
WESTERN TRADITION: COMMON LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES; CITIES & CATHEDRALS OF THE MIDDLE AGES (60 min) Part 21. COMMON LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Part 22. CITIES AND CATHEDRALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES |
1075 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES; THE NATIONAL MONARCHIES (60 min) Part 23.THE LATE MIDDLE AGES THE NATIONAL MONARCHIES |
1076 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE WARS OF RELIGION; THE RISE OF THE TRADING CITIES ( 60 min) Part 29. THE DECLINE OF ROME Part 30. THE FALL OF ROME |
1077 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS; THE ENLIGHTENMENT (60 min) Part 33. THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS Part 34. THE ENLIGHTENMENT |
1078 |
WESTERN TRADITION:THE FIRST WORLD WAR & THE RISE OF FREEDOM; THE SECOND WORLD WAR (60 min) Part 47 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RISE OF FASCISM Part 48 THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
1079 |
WESTERN TRADITION: THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION; TOWARD THE FUTURE (60 min) Part 51 TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION Part 52 TOWARD THE FUTURE |
1080 |
1861-1880 CIVIL WAR, RECOVERY AND WESTWARD EXPANSION (60 min) This first segment includes these topics: women's multiple contributions to the Civil War effort, and the personal toll experienced by families on both sides of the conflict; emancipation's impact on the lives of black women in the South and the freedmen's schools movement; the development of new employment opportunities for white women after the Civil War; westward expansion from the perspective of the American Indian and Mexican women , as well as that of European-American women moving west in the mid-1800's; and the early leaders and controversies of the growing movement for women's rights. From the series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE |
1081 |
1880-1920 IMMIGRATION, NEW WORK AND NEW ROLES (16 min) This segment brings to life a period of major upheaval and change in American society. Topics examined include: immigrant women build new lives in burgeoning cities and take work in the industrializing Northeast; eastern immigrant life contrasts with the changing lives of American Indian, Mexican, and Chinese women in western states; a growing middle class and increasing educational opportunities for both black and white women provide fertile ground for social work; feminization of service professions, industrialization, and the invention of the typewriter creates niches for "women's work"; the woman's suffrage movement adopts tactics which bring it to the forefront of public attention and finally victory in 1920. From the series: WOMEN IN AMERICAN LIFE |
1082 |
1917-1942 CULTURAL IMAGE AND ECONOMIC REALITY (16 min) Women in Life Series |
1083 |
THE UNIVERSITY AS A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY (54 min) In his first official address to Cal Poly faculty, staff and students, the new president of the university, Dr. Bob H. Suzuki, discusses the university as being an optimum entity for multicultural activity. |
1084 |
FALL CONFERENCE 1991 (31 min) with Dr. Bob Suzuki speaks at Fall Conference 1991 |
1085 |
BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA (2 min) |
1086 |
HINDUISM: 330 MILLION GODS (53 min) Millions come to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges, and millions more quietly live their religion in the villages throughout India. What is the basis of this highly original approach to God, which dictates every aspect of society and individual life? From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1087 |
BUDDHISM: FOOTPRINT OF THE BUDDHA - INDIA (53 min) Like other religions which have flourished in more than one culture, the Theravada Buddhism of Sri Lanka and India has taken on cultural shadings which set it apart both from its historical origins and from what is practiced elsewhere under the same name. Buddhism's aim of beautification of the mind is expressed in the restraint of expression of the traditional statue; meditation is presented as the way to become aware; renunciation, as the way of self defense against change. Expressions are studied in village ceremony and in monastic retreat. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1088 |
CATHOLICISM: ROME, LEEDS & DESERT (53 min) Articulate Roman Catholics of Eyre's own nation, of America, and of France bring meaningful statements to his questioning struggle with the elaborate reality of St. Peter's in Rome, and the sense of triumph that 'sometimes seems presumptuous.' Filmed in England, Italy and Spain, this episode includes a history of the founding of the 'Little Brothers of Jesus' by Charles de Foucault, and a view of the life and work of several contemporary priests of that order. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1089 |
ISLAM: THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD (54 min) Egypt's version of the Islamic faith comes under examination. Islam is the faith of 1/7 of the world's population. The word connotes both the desire and the act of submission to Allah. Islam holds the idea of one God to whom each person is responsible for a specific fulfillment of a destiny; deeds are weighted by the intention that prompted them; prayer occurs regularly five times every day, after a ritual cleansing. A married couple, both of whom are medical doctors, aid in explaining Islamic customs to the British visitor and to the world. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1090 |
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY: THE RUMANIAN SOLUTION (54 min) Eastern Orthodox Christians venerate Plato and the Greek philosophers as well as the saints: for them, ancient thought led to Christ. For them as well, when the pope declared himself supreme over the church, he became the first Protestant. Eyre and the BBC camera visited Romania at Easter. The church people enter the church before dawn, and wait in the dark for Easter. The priest begins in a lighted candle, from which all others light theirs, as a symbol that light spreads from man to man--not in the sense of reform, but in that renewal. Eyre treasures a few utterances of the Bishop-among them, 'If we knew the truth of it, every day is Easter." From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1091 |
RELIGION IN INDONESIA: THE WAY OF THE ANCESTORS (53 min) Chosen to represent the many forms of primitive, local, usually animist religious practices is the Toraja tribe, living on one of the three thousand islands of Indonesia. The filming was timed to coincide with the funeral season, the main social and religious event of the Toraja year. Observances include the ritual sacrifice of animals and the placing of wooden effigies of those whose death is being commemorated in stone niches, carved into the cliffs. Ceremonies other then funerals, usually those marketing the seasons, are held at home. Religious 'leaders' are those of the population who have special kind of dreams. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1092 |
BUDDHISM: THE LAND OF THE DISAPPEARING BUDDHA - JAPAN (52 min) If the Buddha of India met the Buddha of Japan, would they recognize each other? To find out, this program talks to the staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as a part of their job, on to the classical Zen calligraphy, sword fighting, archery and tea ceremony. This film's technical aspects are superior. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1093 |
AFRICAN RELIGIONS: ZULU ZION (53 min) A native Zulu gentleman, British educated and converted to Lutheranism, guides Eyre back to the village, and to the religion of his childhood in a village three hours from Durbin, South Africa. The special flavor of African Christianity retains three main elements from pre-Christian faiths: dreams and visions, healing, and power. All varieties show strong feeling for the community and respect for ancestors. Of particular interest is the good feeling of native guide himself derived from a visit to a Zulu Shembe Christian service- -a totally new experience for him--where he recognizes, in the hymns, the 'most authentic Zulu sound' he has ever heard. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1094 |
TAOISM: A QUESTION OF BALANCE - CHINA (52 min) Taiwan, where a pantheon of gods are worshiped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Religious life weaves together a Confucian respect for ancestors, the cosmic pattern of the Tao and its oracles, the local gods who dispense justice and favors, and the hungry ghosts of the dead who must be placated. From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1095 |
ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES IN CALIFORNIA: WEST MEETS EAST (54 min) A nuclear scientist, a historian, a poet who lives as a Sikh, a medical doctor who emphasizes biofeedback, a psychologist with a strong new geriatric program, an ecological community, and a professor of philosophy help Eyre try to assess the many attitudes and practices which have replaced those traditionally occupied by 'religion.' Theodore Roszak, professor and author, warns of the danger in ridiculing the bizarre: in so doing we may ridicule the person who seeks to fulfill the religious need, which is one link all have common. Eyre concludes with Jacob Needleman, The problem is to make the search deeper, not longer.' From the LONG SEARCH series. |
1096 |
CONSUMING IMAGES: MOYERS: THE PUBLIC MIND SERIES (52 min) This program looks at a society inundated with visual images. Ever since the pioneers of public relations and advertising spoke about the "engineering of consent," social critics have analyzed its effects. For some, it reveals pure manipulation- the appropriation of language and meaning, the trivialization of life and thought. For others, it is the dawning of a new era-when the printed word is dead and art and commerce are now joined in ever more sophisticated ways. For social observers like Stuart Ewen and Neil Postman who are interviewed in the program, these mass-produced images are created to sell. Americans are increasingly at the mercy of someone else's fiction. Have we become a democracy of consumers instead of citizens? From the series: PUBLIC MIND WITH BILL MOYERS |
1097 |
DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA (60 min) Host, john Robbins, the author of the best selling Pulitzer Prize nominated book by the same title, reveals his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products. Early in his twenties, in an effort to regain his own health, John turned away from the family owned Baskin-Robbins ice cream business and began extensive research into nutrition and food production. After ten years of investigation and an inside look into the American food production system, his theories are well-based. According to Robbins, our current American diet is a recipe for personal and environmental disaster. The program graphically outlines the problems and presents Robbins' vision of hope for the future - people can make a difference by educating themselves and making a choice to return to a caring and conscientious lifestyle. |
1098 |
THE CREATIVE SPIRIT: THE CREATIVE SPIRIT AT WORK (60 min) A look at creativity in the global workplace. We visit companies in Europe, the U.S. and Japan to learn how businesses are using innovative programs to enhance the creative output of their people. Unusual architecture, meditation, an outdoor obstacle course and lack of a managerial hierarchy are some of the successful programs in use today. From the series: CREATIVE SPIRIT |
1099 |
CAL POLY TODAY (60 min) A California Polytechnic Pomona film production highlighting the various student programs at Cal Poly today. Goes generally over schools that are present at Cal Poly, how many majors there are at the school and the number of attending students that come to Cal Poly. It portrays the school well, with broad information that goes over student housing services and student life at school. |
1100 |
CAL POLY TODAY (60 min) A California Polytechnic Pomona film production highlighting the various student programs at Cal Poly today. Goes generally over schools that are present at Cal Poly, how many majors there are at the school and the number of attending students that come to Cal Poly. It portrays the school well, with broad information that goes over student housing services and student life at school. |
1101 |
YANOMAMI: KEEPERS OF THE FLAME (60 min) |
1120 |
SEX, POWER & THE WORKPLACE (60 min) In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the 1981 guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Yet the attitudes that prevented the law from recognizing sexual harassment for so long continue to slow the pace of change. Although they are now illegal, the incidents occur far too often and are remedied too rarely. This program strives to help change this situation. It contains information about sexual harassment that can be of use to victims as well as to employers who want to reduce or eliminate the problem in their companies. |
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CONTINENTS ADRIFT (15 min) Uses animated maps and diagrams, as well as live action, to give a clear explanation of the theory of continental drift and at the same time to show the method by which a scientific hypothesis becomes an accepted theory. |
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FOUR FAMILIES (59 min) A comparison of child rearing practices in India, France, Japan, and Canada. In Anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of the child contributes to a distinctive national character. |
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THE HADZA (40 min) Documents the food quest of a little-known East African hunting and gathering tribe. Shows how the Hadza, who neither cultivate nor herd stock, obtain their food solely from the wild produce of the land. |
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DARWIN'S BULLDOG (50 min) Featured in this film is a reconstruction of one of the most famous science vs. religion battles of all time. The 1860 Oxford meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was due to Professor T.H. Huxley, who called himself Darwin's bulldog, that the full impact of Darwinism blasted Victorian Society - and shook its foundations. |
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LIFE IN A WOODLOT (Copy 1) (17 min) Within a few acres of woods left standing in the midst of cultivated farmland, the camera reveals the complex pattern in which the seasonal and life cycles of man, plants and animals are interrelated. |
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LIFE IN A WOODLOT (Copy2) - (17 min) Within a few acres of woods left standing in the midst of cultivated farmland, the camera reveals the complex pattern in which the seasonal and life cycles of man, plants and animals are interrelated. |
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AMISH - PEOPLE OF PRESERVATION (53 min) Explores the history of the Amish people, the attitudes of the younger members and the relationship of the Amish to their neighboring community. |
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THE SEARCH FOR THE FIRST AMERICANS (60 min) Search for the First Americans |
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COLOR ADJUSTMENT (87 min) The 1940's through the 1960's were the beginning of television revolution, in which American families begun to buy more and more TV’s and to meet the current demands for information, entertainment and shows the TV producers of that era provided idealistic white families in shows which seemed to always have a good light to them, whereas black people were portrayed as lazy, criminals or clowns that provided comic relief for the white American shows. Although there was one show that portrayed blacks in a positive light and that was the Nat King Cole show which mirrored his image as a very intelligent, sophisticated man who had many talents. Talents Nat King Cole portrayed were his lovely singing ability, his confidence and his excellent speaking skills which melted even the most die hard prejudice families of the era. Although his show was making great strides, finding a sponsor to support the show was increasingly tough as sponsors were afraid to associate there products and/or services with African Americans. So after the first season, the Nat King Cole show was canceled. Speaks of the fear that white people had to "mesh" with the blacks was fierce as when black children decided to attend an all white school, riots broke out and violence was increased ten fold. |
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FRONTLINE: MEMORY OF THE CAMPS (58 min) More than 40 years ago, British and American film crews working in Europe entered Nazi concentration camps and found tragic evidence of the machinery of genocide, a fact that some people still refuse to accept. Their film record includes scenes of the gas chambers, medical experimentation labs, crematoria and the haunted, starving survivors in Dachau, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, as well as other camps. This film, assembled in the order attended by the filmmakers, has been in a vault at the Imperial War Museum in London since 1945. Distributed by PBS Video. From the series: FRONTLINE |
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QUICKIE; LOVE TOAD; TITLES AVAILABLE (13 min) 1) Quickie: Absurd proof of haste in the sex act. Shows a couple racing from the point of meeting to undressing, hopping in bed, a variety of positions, redressing, and exciting, all in less then 2 minutes. 2 min 2) Love Toad: Two colorful frog beanbags, with the help of the camera, engage in animated sexual activity. 3 min 3) Titles Available: A disgruntled movie title maker ponders why movie titles don't have a more sexual nature. He gives many examples of the types of titles he feels would be more appropriate for movies today in a very vulgar way. 8 min |
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ISHI: THE LAST YAHI (19 min) Ishi In Two Worlds |
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COLOR OF FEAR (90 min) "The Color of Fear " is a film about the pain and anguish that racism has caused in the lives of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino, and African descent. Out of their confrontations and struggles to understand and trust each other emerges an emotional and insightful portrayal into the type of dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime. "The Color of Fear " is a film for anyone who wants to heal the influence of racism and to move into the freedom of unconditional acceptance of all human beings. This program won the National Educational Media Award for educational programming. Produced by: Lee Mun Wah. Distributed by: Stirfry Productions |
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AN ACT OF CONGRESS (59 min) The first documentary to actually record legislative process in action, by showing legislative process in action, by showing just how a law is made by congress. Using the issue of the nation's clean air laws, it captures the people and the issues of many -sided struggle in the House of Representatives. Follows the procedure from the first discussion of the problem through to the passage of the bill. |
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THE SEXUAL BRIAN (30 min) Study of the brain provides some of the answers that separate cultural and social from physiological distinctions between the sexes. Mammalian brains, including our own, show distinct differences between male and female in the thickness of the cortex and the size of the corpus callosum. The program shows some startling effects of hormone injections on brain structure and raises provocative questions about the sexual and reproductive roots of structural differences between males and females. |
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BEACH A RIVER OF SAND (20 min) An analysis of currents produced by waves proves that most of the pronounced net movement of sand is usually along the shore. |