Videos are the property of the Department of Anthropology and are to be used by the Anthropology faculty only.
1. Alpaca Breeders of Chimboya (30 min) - VHS
Originally done in Spanish and dubbed into English, this film explores the economic and social aspects of life in the Peruvian highlands. Its focus is a small village that derives much of its income from the sale of Alpaca wool to merchants in a nearby
town. It looks at both the process (including a rather distressing scene of the helpless Alpacas being shorn) and the problems of being dependent on a single cash commodity. (most villagers are locked in a relationship with a single merchant, where
they get an advance on their next batch of wool and are then compelled to sell to that merchant often at lower than fair market value). Icarus Films
2. Among the Wild Chimpanzees (also U-Matic) Jane Goodall Archived
60 min TVI International.
3. Annapurna Mahila Mandal : South Asia, Development and Women's Archived
Perspective. (13 min)
(Includes packets of written material and slides)., Use for Ant 553 Women and Social Change. The Upper Midwest Women’s History Center
4. Anthropology of Trial Hopi Songs of the Fourth World (51 min) - VHS
(note 2nd copy #74)
Brilliant film on contemporary Hopi culture as a “web of meaning.” Thematically organized around symbolism of corn, it interweaves many features of Hopi life culture. Good on “What is culture”, religion, Native North America, anthropology of art.
5. The Basques of Santazi (51 min) - VHS
Every summer for hundreds of years, the Basque shepherds of Santazi have brought their sheep to pastures high in the French Pyrenees. Now their way of life is threatened by modern industry. This program follows two Basque families through a year of startling
change. 1987. Anthropologist: Sandra Ott. Films Incorporated Video
6. Becoming a Woman in Okrika (27 min) - VHS/DVD
The visually stunning film documents an extraordinary coming of age ritual in a village in the Niger Delta. It suggests the conflict Third World women face between traditions and the values of the modern world.
The rite, called Iria, consists of elaborately painting the young women's bodies with beautiful designs; subjecting their bodies to public scrutiny by the elder women; methodically fattening them; and teaching them; and teaching them the responsibilities
of womanhood. After an elaborate celebration, they run a raced pursued by young men and their leader, representing a mythological personage who is armed with sticks. By passing through this rite, the women let go of girlish fantasies and prepare for
This unique film will provoke discussion in Women's Studies, African Studies, Anthropology and Development courses. 1991. Filmmakers Library
7. Becoming American (58 min) - DVD
…follows a Southeast Asian Hmong family from a refugee camp in Thailand to Seattle, exploring cross-cultural issues during a nine-month period. The film records a poignant odyssey as Hang Sou and his family finally arrive in America and face nine months
of intense cultural shock, prejudice and gradual adaption to their new home. The film provides rare personal insights into refugee resettlement and cultural diversity issues.
9. By This Song I Walk : Navaho Song (25 min) - VHS
A complete performance of a song; discussing the multiple meanings/articulations available in the Navajo language. Used for Anthropological Linguistics. . (includes background packet). 1995.
10. Contact: The Yanomami Indians of Brazil (28 min)- VHS
This documentary shot in one of the most remote corners of the Brazilian Amazon, graphically depicts the devastating impact of contact with the outside world on an isolated indigenous tribe, the Yanomami Indians. They are considered to be the last major
Stone Age people in the Amazon. since 1987, as the result of the incursion of Brazilian gold miners, an estimated fifteen- percent of the Yanomami Indians have died from malaria and related diseases to which they have little resistance. Further, the
mining operations have polluted rivers and scared away game animals thereby destroying the Yanomami's traditional ecosystem. Although the Brazilian government is ostensibly trying to protect the Indians, such efforts are undermined by the fact that
their mineral-rich ancestral land is coveted by mining interests.
This frontier section of the Brazilian Amazon is labeled a national security zone and off limits to all unauthorized persons, including anthropologist. Producer Geoffrey O'Connor was smuggled into Yanomami territory so that he could record the plight
of these endangered people. Filmmakers Library
11. Dadi's Family (60 min) - VHS
Use in Ant 225 South Asian Cultures, Ant 474/674 Culture and Folklore, Ant 361 Women and Culture, and Ant 363 Anthropology of Family Life. WCNY Odyssey
12. Dead Men Talk (50 min) -VHS
Disappearing World Series (VHS) New Dimension Media, Inc.
13. Digging for Slaves: the Excavation of American Slaves Sites (50 min) -VHS
Between the 16th and the 19th centuries, some ten million Africans were kidnapped and transported as slaves to America. Now archaeologists are digging up American slaves sites for the first time, unearthing the realities of slave life and discovering
their contributions of enslaved Africans to American society.
This program provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently neglected
to show the lives of the slaves who made up over half the town's population, but where a slave quarters is now being accurately reconstructed. 1989. BBC- Films for the Humanities & Sciences
14. Excalibur. Science Fiction (140 min) Archived
Through the centuries, the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has inspired poets and artists, plowmen and beggars. And now the 1,500 year-old tale, first relayed from generation to generation by wandering balladeers, receives its
most shimmering, brooding, glorious retelling: Exaliber 1981. ORION pictures, Warner Brothers Inc.
15 A Franz Boas: The Shackles of Tradition (50 min) -DVD
Boas was the first distinguished social scientist in the United States to challenge the prevailing concept of racial inferiority, and actively campaigned on behalf of blacks in America in the early part of the 20th century. Considered the founding father
of American anthropology, Boas taught at Columbia University for fifty years, encouraging his students to follow his example by actually working in the field. COPY Use in ANT 612 Ethnology.
15 B Margaret Mead: Coming of Age (50 min) -DVD
Although her fieldwork has been criticized and she stands accused of creating rather than developing conclusions, Margaret Mead was one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In the U.S., Bali and New Guinea, she examined child development, sex and
temperament to see what role society plays in making people what they are. Adolescence was a time of emotional stress and personal conflict in America and Europe; Mead claimed that in Samoa, adolescence was an enjoyable and happy time of life. She
emphasized that humans arrange their social worlds in many different ways, and that qualitative judgments cannot be made between them. COPY
16. In Search of Cool Ground : The Mursi (52 min) -VHS
The Mursi of southwestern Ethiopia have no chiefs or leaders. They practice a remarkable form of democracy in which all decisions are reached through tribal debates. Now, drought and famine are driving the Mursi into contact with the outside world. 52
min. Anthropologist: David Turton. 1985. Films Incorporate
17. Khyber (52 min) Archived
The bloodiest massacre in the history of the British Empire occurred in January 1842, when 17, 000 British soldiers, women, and children were massacred by the Pathans in the Khyber Pass. The Pakistani army now patrols this sensitive region of the border
of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but there is constant trouble from Pathans who love in the border region. 52 min. Anthropologists : Akbar Ahmend and Louis Depree. 1979. Films Incorporated Video Use in ANT 121 Peoples and Cultures of the World.
18. Macumba, Trance and Spirit Healing (45 min) - VHS
In today's stressful world, millions of people turn to spiritualism for help. This film shows the roots and beliefs of Afrospirit religions as practiced by the privileged rich as well as the illiterate poor. Although shot principally in Rio de Janeiro,
these sects are flourishing in the United States as well.
Spiritism based on the belief that man can communicate with the super-natural world through mediums who act as intermediaries. Grouped commonly under the word "voodoo" or "macumba", these forbidden sects were the target of police raids. Now some of
the techniques of trance healing are used by the medical profession to help individuals achieve personal and social equilibrium. In this film a doctor is seen treating schizophrenics, epileptics and drug addicts with spiritist techniques. 16 mm.
19. Masai Manhood (53 min) - VHS
Masai warriors live in the forest on the fringes of society. They are not allowed to marry and are excluded from decision making. Masai Manhood focuses on the lives of these young warriors, and culminates in the Eunoto, a dramatic, four-day ceremony that
marks their transition from warrior to elder. Anthropologist : Melissa Llewellyn-Davies. 1975. Films Incorporated Video
20 A Disappearing World Series: Masai Women (52 min) - VHS
The Masai are animal herders on the East African Rift Valley. This program looks at the women of the tribe - from childhood through marriage to old age - and their role in a completely male-dominated society. Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival. Anthropologist:
Melissa Llewellyn-Davies. 1974. Films Incorporated Video
20 B The Masai of Kenya: Masai Women (53 min) - VHS
The Masai are animal herders on the East African Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania. They are proud of not growing crops and devote themselves to their cattle. But only the men have rights to
these cattle, and women are wholly dependent. "A barren woman is something bad to the Masai" explains Nolpiyaya, wife of a Masai elder. "There's nothing she can do. She looks after her husbands animals, but when he dies, she'll be mistreated. The
sons of his other wives will tell her to go away so they can take her cows... she has no position." With the astonishingly candid Nolpiyaya as guide, MASAI WOMEN explores what it means to be a woman - from childhood, to taunted, weeping new bride,
to old age - in a completely male dominated society
22. An Oral Historian's Work (33 min) - VHS
This video accompanies Professor Ives through a series of tape-recorded interviews with woodsmen and riverdrivers who worked in the Maine woods in the 1920’s. Watching this oral history project unfold, you will learn the techniques Professor Ives has
refined in thirty years of work in the field. AN ORAL HISTORIAN’S WORK explains and demonstrates all you need to know to complete a successful oral history project. Whether your interest is folklore, local history, business history, or genealogy,
the basics are the same and this tape will take you step by step through each phase-1) evaluating your equipment 2) conducting pre-interview research 3) making contact with informants 4) getting the most out of each interview 5) preparing transcripts
5) preserving your work for future use. 1987. University of Maine; Northeast Archives of Folklore & Oral History
24. The Pathans (45 min) Archived
Bound by a common language, a common heritage, and the powerful unifying force of Islam, Pathans do not acknowledge the geographical boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan which divides their people. Their code of living is based on personal honor
and revenge, and they accept no imposed leadership - as the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan discovered. Anthropologist: Akbar Ahmed. 1980. Films Incorporated Video. Use in Ant 121 People and Cultures of the World
25. Disappearing World Series: The Quechua (51 min) - VHS
The Quechua live in an isolated region of the Peruvian Andes. Unlike many tribes in remote areas, they desperately want a road to link them with the outside world and its benefits, especially the tourist trade. This program focuses on a young family as
they make the daunting trek to the spectacular festival of Qoyllur Rit'i, where they pray for the construction of the road. Anthropologist: Michail Sallnow. 1974. Films Incorporated Video.
26. Reliving the Past (57 min) Archived
Tarabulski. Logan Museum Expedition. COPY
27. The Rendille Cuiva (53 min) -VHS
Camels enable the Rendille to survive in the harsh Africa desert in which they live. Because these animals are so precious, every Rendille male must serve 14 years as a warrior herdsman before he is allowed to settle in the village. But long droughts
have rapidly decreased the heard, and the herdsmen are being lured to big city life in Nairobi. Anthropologist: Anders Grum. 1977. COPY
28. Rings of Fire: an Indonesian Odyssey (60 min) Archived
Vol. II & IV. The ten-year voyage of two filmmakers, brothers Lorne and Lawrence Blair, through the world's largest and least-known archipelago-the exotic, mysterious islands of Indonesia. These islands form a chain of active volcanoes that arc down and
around into the Pacific to form the "Ring of Fire". To pass beyond it is to cross the threshold into another dimension-a magical land where ancient myths still flourish. COPY
30 B Bronislaw Malinowski(1884-1942): Off the Veranda(52 min) - DVD
Bronislaw Malinowski changed the way that field studies were carried out. He began to work on a remote group of Pacific islands and lived for long periods among the people he was studying. A brilliant linguist, he quickly learned their language and later
published books which brought the islanders to life. In this way, he made their work and lives intelligible to the West. The idea that native peoples were primitive savages was altered for good with Malinowski's insight into the mastery of their
world. Use for ANT 612.
31. Strangers Abroad: Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer (52 min) - DVD
When Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer went to Australia, he thought the aborigines "looked more like wild beasts gnawing their prey than human beings." Then he began to work with Frank Gillen, whose special place in aboriginal society enabled both men to see
what no white man had ever seen. Although Spencer was liberal, he saw aboriginals as a prehistoric race doomed to extinction. Still, the approach the two men used to study the aborigines has remained valid, and strongly influenced the way that other
cultures have been studied since. their method came to be known as fieldwork. Use in ANT 611 History of Anthropological Theory and ANT 581 History of Anthropology.
B William Rivers: Everything is Relatives (52 min) COPY
William Rivers, trained as a doctor, administered psychological tests to Australian islanders and discovered the importance of relatives in their society. His work as a psychologist and medical researcher enabled him to bring something new to anthropology:
a scientific approach. His field study with a tribe in southern India ultimately set the trend for anthropologists to go and visit the cultures in which they were interested, rather than staying at home and theorizing.
32. The Three Worlds of Bali (also U-Matic) (1:00) - VHS
Anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing (who wears a sarong and likes to see himself on film) takes us on a tour of this complex society. See Stephen as he nods knowingly to a farmer explaining a floodgate to an irrigation canal, then asks, "Couldn't this be
made permanent?" Hear him explain how the demons at a temple "bang their head, into this was and are frustrated." All kidding aside, it's a good introduction to Bali's culture and to their complex water temple/rice growing system (see more on this
Lansing's film, "The Goddess and the Computer," which we don't have. VHS. (3 copies) - (one copy has also: "Curry Around the World") WCNY Odyssey.
33. Unbroken Tradition: Jerry Brown Pottery (28 min) Archived
Directed by Herb E. Smith. 1989. Appalshop Film & Video
34. Was my Name Aswad" Archived
54/46 was My Number (also U-Matic) TVI International. COPY
35. A Wife Among Wives: Turkana Conversations (1:12) - VHS
An investigation of how Turkana, and especially Turkana women, view marriage. As the plans for a marriage in a nearby homestead unfold we learn why a woman would want her husband to take a second (or third) wife, and how the system of polygyny can be
a source of solidarity among women while at the same time it may brutally disregard the feelings of individuals. 1982. University of California: Extension Media Center
39. Miracle of B-Midday Sun. Archived
54 min. 2 parts, 2 copies 16MM FILMS
40. Truman Capote: Longtime Companion COPY Archived
Mending Hearts: The Lost Language of Cranes COPY
45. Faces of Culture Programs 1-8 VHS
Program 1 The Nature of Anthropology
Emphasizes the fundamental of all members of the human race and the wide range of adaptations toward the common goals of survival.
Program 2 The Nature of Culture
Studies the diversity of cultures which have evolved, flourished, and, in some instances, died in ages past and present
Program 3 How Cultures Are Studied
Is an ethnographic study of the Yanomamo Indians of Venezuela which emphasizes the importance of appreciating the value of other cultures.
Program 4 Language and Communication
Vividly shows how language, the primary means of human communication, is expressed in the sounds and movements of every culture to express feelings and aspirations.
Program 5 Psychological Anthropology
Focuses on enculturation, the process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next. Cross-cultural examples of child-rearing, socialization, and mental illness and healing are also studied.
Program 6 Alejandro Mamani: A Case Study in Psychological Anthropology
Focuses on an ethnographic study of mental illness and the approaching death of an elderly Aymara Indian.
Program 7 Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists
Studies the earlier form of subsistence, from hunting and gathering to the production of food, and how people adapted to their environment patterns.
Program 8 Patterns of Subsistence: Food Producers
Examines the emergence of new societies which are based on the cultivation of plants as a method of food production as the concept of land ownership was spawned.
45 A Patters of Sustinence: Food Foragers -VHS
Faces of Culture Program 7 - Examines how the contributions of hunter-gatherer and pastoral cultures to modern social organization. It shows the Kung woman's role as gatherer, the Mbuti pygmy man's
role as hunter, and the Netsilik Eskimos' adaption to their harsh environment
45 B Patterns of Sustinence: The Food Producers
Faces of Culture Program 8 - Explores the emergence of agricultural societies. It shows the "slash-and-burn" techniques of the Maya, the hazardous land-diving ritual of the Melanesians, and, in
Afghanistan, the specialization of labor and rise of bureaucracy that have resulted from intensive agriculture
46. Faces of Culture Program 9-14 VHS
Program 9 Economic Anthropology
Examines both Western and non-Western economic practices and points out the importance of understanding the total integration between economic practices and the values and practices of the larger culture.
Program 10 The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Marriage and the Family
Examines the complex interweaving of economics and religion known as the “cargo” system, which is found among the Highland Maya of Mexico and Guatemala.
Program 11 Sex and Marriage
Examines the unique marital customs of different societies around the world.
Program 12 Family and Household
Looks at the concepts of family and household from a cross-cultural perspective and examines the basic function performed by these units.
Program 13 The Yucatec Maya: A Case Study in Marriage and the Family
Examines a traditional extended family group as its members, consisting of many generation, companionably share the daily chores and teach the youngsters in a never-ending cycle.
Program 14 Kinship and Decent (Part I)
Studies inheritance patterns, children’s names in business and government, and other ways that kinship and decent are incorporated in culture.
46 A Economic Anthropology VHS
Examines both Western and non-Western economic practices and points out the importance of understanding the total integration between economic practices and the values and practices of the larger culture
47. Faces of Culture Program 15-22 VHS
A Pg 15 Kinship and Descent (Part II)
Defines kindred and looks at its role in the hunting and gathering cultures.
B Pg 16 Age, Common Interest, and Stratification
Studies of examples of age-grading, common interest and stratification as it exists from pastoralist to modern-day society.
C Pg 17 The Ayamara: A Case Study in Social Stratification
Examines firsthand the inequities of a sharp class division between the Spanish-speaking mestizos and the subordinate Ayamara Indians.
D Pg 18 Political Organization
Profiles the four major forms of political organizations: bands, tribes, chiefdoms and states.
E Pg 19 Social Control
Examine diverse forms of systems designed to maintain order within a society and explores the possibilities of establishing peace and order among the societies of the world.
F Pg 20 Religion and Magic
Studies the ritual of Eka Dasa Rudra, a rare Balinese ceremony which links the three worlds of gods, people and demons.
G Pg 21 The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic
Studies the Asmat, a cannibalistic society of western New Guinea, and their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.
H Pg 22 The Arts
Presents the many kinds of art and the variety of functions it serves.
48. Faces of Culture Program 23-24 VHS
Pg 23 New Orleans Black Indians: A Case Study in the Arts
Explores the blends of American Indians and blacks which comprise the Black Indian tribes of New Orleans as they carry out a century-old tradition of participation in the pre-Lenten Mardi Gras revelry.
Pg 24 Culture Change
Studies the theory that cultures change in creative and productive ways in response to both internal and external forces.
49. Faces of Culture (Episode 125) - VHS
Pg 125 Cricket and Trobirand Way: A Case Study in Culture Change
Studies how different cultures successfully retain their own traditional practices while borrowing from others. PBS Adult Learning Center
50. Faces of Culture (Episode 126) - VHS
Pg 126 The Future of Humanity
Provides expert speculations about the positive directions of future changes, such as space exploration, expansion of human intelligence, and biomedical changes which could lengthen the human life span. PBS Adult Learning Center
51. Island of Hope - Island of Tears (29 min) Archived
Charles Guggenheim film. Between 1890 and 1924 more than 12 million men, women and children passed through the great immigration station at Ellis Island. Today, almost half of all living Americans can trace an ancestor who shared that experience. Fleeing
persecution and poverty, immigrants arrived from every country in Europe and the Caribbean. For them, Ellis symbolized the gateway to freedom or the place they could be rejected and turned back. All of this is dramatically told in Island of Hope --
Island of Tears, from the time the immigrants left Europe to the moment the doors of Ellis opened to reveal the great promise of America. Guggenheim Productions, Inc.
52. The Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche (2 copies) Archived
A remarkable documentary which follows Tibetan monk Choenzey Dakpa Samdub’s search for the reincarnation of his master-the revered Khensur Rinpoche who died in 1985. A letter smuggled out of Tibet which tells of a three-year-old boy who has displayed
an extraordinary affinity for all things religious seems to indicate that Choenzey’s search is near an end. Filmmakers Sonam and Sarin travelled to India to document the relationship between Choenzey, his dead master and the little boy who is recognized
by the Dalai Lama to be the reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche. University of California; Extentison Center for Media & Independent Learning
53. Selbe: (Senegal) (30 min) COPY Archived
54. Custer’s Last Battle (30 min) Archived
An American legend had begun. Custer's Civil War exploits has made him a national hero. His loss came as a shock to the nation. Custer's popular image, along with a general tendency among white chroniclers to ignore Indian accounts of the fight, and the
fact that not one of Custer's troops survived to tell his story, granted writers license to construct many imaginary scenarios of the battle - it persisted for over a hundred years - until the archaeological analysis of Dr. Richard Fox.
Employing innovative archaeological techniques, historical documents, the 1876 cavalry tactics, combat behavior studies, and the long-neglected Indian eyewitness testimony, Richard Fox constructed a battle that stands in sharp contrast to the Last
Stand myth. Custer was on the offensive when the end came, suddenly and unexpectedly - there was no "last stand"
With cavalry reenactments, archival photos, Indian ledger art, scenes of archaeological work, map and models of the battlefield, Richard Fox reveals his findings, and constructs the battle event by event, debunking the Custer myth in this vivid and
engrossing video filmed at the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
55. Our Lady of Guadelupe (23 min) - VHS
The Virgin of Guadalupe is one of the most important religious and social symbols of he Mexican people. She commands respect and love from her worshippers and has been instrumental participant in the unification of Mexico and its citizens. The film’s
objectives include: 1) To give the origin and cultural significance of the Virgin of Guadalupe. 2) To show the love and admiration that the people of Mexico have for the Virgin of Guadalupe. 3) To show the historical role that the Virgin of Guadalupe
has played in the formation and unification of Mexico and its people. Educational Video Network, Inc.
56. Witchcraft Among the Azande VHS
Disappearing World Series - To the Azande of Africa, there is no such thing as bad luck. All misfortune results from witchcraft. The tribe depends on oracles to explain events and predict the future. Here
is a Christian tribe where the priest must share his influence with the witchdoctor.
57. The Toured: The Other Side of Tourism in Barbados (35 min) VHS
This provocative documentary portrays the experience of tourism from the point of view of those who are "toured," in this case on the Caribbean island of Barbados. It examines
the realities of making a living in a tourist economy, dealing with stereotypical "ugly Americans," witnessing one's traditional culture change under the impact of foreign visitors, and absorbing unceasing government exhortations to "make a friend
for Barbados today."
58. Threads of Life: Hemp and Gender in a Hmong Village (30 min) - VHS
For centuries Hmong people have lived in the mountains of China and Southeast Asia. They have in more recent history fled Laos as refugees and resettled in the Americas,
Australia and Europe. This documentary was filmed in Chang Khian, a village in the mountains of Northern Thailand. Through the traditional, year-long process of transforming the bark of hemp plants into cloth the complex relationships of men and women
are revealed. Women produce the cloth and clothing as the men perform healing ceremonies, settle marriage agreements, and conduct funeral rights. The ready availability of mass produced, inexpensive cloth combined with the fact that the cultivation
of hemp (marijuana) is now illegal has brought the continuation of this traditional practice into question. This film is of great interest to the study of gender and kinship, textiles, traditional crafts, shamanism and social change. In Hmong with
English subtitles and narration. 1994 Documentary Educational Resources, Inc.
59. Idrissa (25 min) COPY Archived
Idrissa is a 16 year old Touareg from Nigeria
60. Monkey in the Mirror (1:00) - VHS/DVD
Humans have long been fascinated by the apparent similarities between themselves and other primates. But just how close are these similarities? As it turns out, the world of primates is a astonishing reflection of our own behavior. In the wild, they
live in complex and varied societies in which they use tools, take herbal medicines, wheel and deal, deceive, practice power politics and sexual politics, and sometimes even suffer from executive stress. When brought in to the lab, they are able
to communicate with us in signs and sounds. What are they trying to tell us? And what are they telling each other?1995. Thirteen & WNET and BBC-TV
61. Sterkfontein, The Story of Our Past (22 min) VHS
This video tells the story of human evolution and the first steps in the development of human culture as interpreted from the latest scientific discoveries at the Sterkfontein Caves. Our human ancestors are presented, along with the geology of the caves
and the fauna and flora of the time. Presented in simple, nontechnical language, the content is suitable for senior primary school classes, as well as for high school and university classes, and for anyone with an interest in the Sterkfontein Caves.
In this typer’s own words, this movie is probably not on the level of Ben Hur or ET.
62. Nationalism: Blood and Belonging- Lifting the Yoke: Ukraine (50 min) - VHS
The starting point of this program is the concept that nation is where your graves are. Michael Ignatieff, the series presenter, stands by his great-grandfather’s grave, whos marble top still bears marks from when it was used as a butcher’s block in
Stalin’s time. This program examines the emotional effects of the establishment – or re-establishment – of an independent Ukraine: the looming ghost of Stalin, the fear of the clashed between the Church and independence-minded nationalists, opinions
on both sides on the imposition of the Ukrainian language. 1994. Films for the Humanities, Inc.
63. Test the West: Metamorphosis in E. Germany Part I: 1990 (30 min) - VHS
This two-part documentary focuses on the metamorphosis East Germany and its people are going through while shifting from one system to another. The video looks at the issue of German Reunification from an insider’s perspective, offering an alternative
to the picture painted by American mainstream media. Ah! Capitalism pushing down barriers once again! Bronco Video
65. Tree of Iron (58 min) - VHS
This is one of the few films to document archaeological work on ancient civilizations in Africa. It also deals with an important subject, African iron smelting, and presents convincing evidence for early indigenous technologies far more complex than
previously expected. The movie is set in Tanzania, East Africa, on the western shores of Lake Victoria, where Haya people have lived for centuries. Western gazing upon the native yet once again! 1988. Documentary Educational Resources
68. My Second Life (East German Women in a changed world) (53 min) -VHS/DVD
The collapse of socialism meant the loss of a gain support structure which had enabled 91% of East German women to be employed even while having children. Today there is a widespread notion that women are the losers of the reunification. Yet interviews
with three women show a surprisingly wide spectrum of responses to the changes in their lives. “My Second Life” offers a deeper insight into the complex process of German reunification by letting East German women speak for themselves. They look
back at the old system and see many good things lost – but at the same time the sum of their experience proves that a story is never as black and white as newspaper headlines might make it appear. 1996. Simone Shoemaker/Bronco Video
69. Wild Wheels: Art cars in the USA (64 min) MISSING
Excellent portrayal of personally decorated cars in the U.S. society. Looks at range of political perspectives. Portrays the use of cars for presentation of self. Recommended for folklore.
70 Flowers for Guadalupe (57 min) - VHS
This film explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today. It focuses on various feminine forms of devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe as Mexican women’s “role model”. Encompassing 23 women of all ages
and from all walks of life, the documentary follows an all-women pilgrimage from Queretaro state through several arduous but joyful days as it weaves it way through difficult terrain, harsh weather and congested streets to the Virgin’s shrine in Mexico
City. It explores the wider world of popular devotion, historically both exploited and dismissed as unimportant by ecclesiastical authorities who would keep women in a place where they no longer want to be.
71. Discovering the Past: Electronic Field Trips to Colonial Williamsburg (58) - VHS
teaches students how we know what we know about the past. Students join Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist as they sort through history’s remnants in order
to tell the story of eighteenth-century America. They may not be “Indiana Jones” but these real-life archaeologists play a vital role in discovering and interpreting history. This “behind-the-scenes” field trip lets students visit real historic sites
as archaeologists dig for bits of the past. It takes them inside archaeology labs to see how modern technology reveals important clues to our nation’s history. 1997-The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
72. Through Chinese Women’s Eyes VHS
Contemporary (1990’s) urban Chinese women discuss changing women’s gender roles in the revolution and since. Good complement to “Small Happiness” on rural women (#41, #74)
In and Out of Africa
On the African art trade in wooden carvings. Follows a Hausa trader from carvers to buyers in the U.S. Brilliant on how objects’ meaning are transformed as they cross all sorts of boundaries. Good on material culture, economic, anthropology, Africa,
73. The Mehinaku VHS
Beautiful film on this Amazonian people, focusing on the Piqui ritual cycle and its dramatization of gender divisions in their society. Good on religion, ritual, and Latin America.
Global Assembly Line COPY
Excellent examination of the impact of the global economy on the lives of factory workers in multinational corporation
75. Trobriand Cricket: An Indigenous Response to Colonialism (53 min) - VHS/DVD
The classic film on indigenization of borrowed culture in colonial contexts. Good for socio-cultural change and globalization.
Racism 101 (53 min) DVD
“Frontline” documentary on racism in American college campuses in the 1980’s. Students love it, provocative and well done. Good for race/racism, social inequality, and the anthropology of the USA.
76. Elvia: The Fight for Land and Liberty Hungry for Profit Archived
77. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 1 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series. Conflict of Religion”: Oren Lyons Faithkeeper, Onondaga Nation.
78. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 2 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “Apologies to Mother Earth”: Irving Powless, Jr., Chief, Onondaga Nation and “Women’s Role in the Haudenosaunee”: Audrey Shenandoah, Clan Mother
79. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 3 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “Education- A New Paradigm”; 1) Jose Barreiro 2) Robert Venables, both of the American Indian Studies Program, Cornell University (see also Tape #80)
80. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 4 of 10 COPY Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “Education- A New Paradigm”: Ron LaFrance, American Indian Studies Program, Cornell University (see also Tape #79) “Consequences to the 7th Generation”: Jose Barreiro, American Indian Studies
Program, Cornell University (note this lecture was given later in the series, with the lectures on Parts 9 and 10, Tape #’s 85 and 86)
81. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 5 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “Art of the Haudenosaunee Traditional and Contemporary”: Tom Huff, Seneca Stone Sculptor (see also Tape #82).
82 Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 6 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “Art of the Haudenosaunee Traditional and Contemporary”: 1) Tammy Tarbell, Mohawk Potter, 2) Eli Thomas, Onondaga Oil Painter (see also Tape #81)
83. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 7 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “The Mohawk Nation: Past and Future”: 1) Barbara Barnes, Mohawk Nation, 2) Judy Swamp, Mohawk Nation
84. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 8 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: “The Mohawk Nation: Past and Future”: Jake Swamp, Chief, Mohawk Nation
85. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 9 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: (note see also Part 4, Tape #80, for lecture on this day by Jose Barreiro) “Consequences to the 7th Generation- What Is the Future?”: Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper, Onondaga Nation
86. Haudenosaunee Perspectives 1492-1992 Tape 10 of 10 Archived
Lectures presented in the Haudenosaunee Perspectives Series: (note see also Part 4, Tape #80, for lecture on this day by Jose Barreiro) “Consequences to the 7th Generation- What is the Future?”: John Mohawk, American Studies Program, University of Buffalo
(see also Tape #85)
87. Pocahontas (50 min) - VHS
A historical figure surrounded by myth and legend, Pocahontas remains as one of the most popular heroines in American history. Discover what her life was really like in this insightful program. Learning Objectives- 1) To explain the history of America,
regarding the English settlers and their conflicts with Native Americans. 2) To tell the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. 3) To explain the cultural differences between Native Americans and the English settlers. Educational Video Network.
89. Disappearing World: We Are All Neighbors: 1993 (52 min) VHS/DVD
This video chronicles an Moslem/Catholic conflict in a neighborhood near Sarajevo, showing how the assertion of the Catholic Croat control leads to attacks on Moslem businesses, arrests and harassment of Moslem villagers, and threats against Moslem homes
and property. It reveals that within three weeks, 50 year old Moslem/Catholic friendships are irrevocably dissolved ant the prior peaceful co-existence of the neighborhood has changed into a steady tension of mutual distrust.
The film is narrated by the Norwegian anthropologist, Bringa Tone, who wrote Being Muslim the Bosnian Way. It’s basically and compilation of interviews with mainly Muslim villagers, who clearly are acquainted with Tone. As a result, they answer her
questions in an open way. It is an intense, if somewhat one-sided, view of the conflict.
90. Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour: 1998 New Day Films, (53 min) - VHS
The Barbie Doll is not just the world’s most popular toy, she’s a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity in an increasingly mass produced world. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations,
from girls’ play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of diverse men, women and children. At the center of the Barbie Nation is the story of the Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder
Ruth Handler. Handler’s ironic rise and fall brings Barbie Nation to a climax that is about the creation of femininity and the marketing – and subversion- of a femininity’s icon.
… a penetrating analysis of the Barbie image as a cultural icon and sexual dowsing rod. It reveals a surprising number of facets and layers of social gender attitudes and behaviors.
91. Pastoral Politics (29 min) COPY Archived
Documents the conflict between government conservation policies and the traditional lifestyle of Gaddi herders in the Indian Himalayas. It highlights the critical components of Gaddi knowledge and practice that has sustained their pastoral existence.
The film suggests that Forest Department policies may be ineffective in achieving conservation goals while resulting in the displacement of the Gaddi.
92. Hmong: Past, Present and Future VHS
A product of the Inter generational Scrapbook Project. A collaboration between teenagers and elders in the Hmong Community in Syracuse, NY
95. A Tribute to Bill Mangin – “Kempt & Scrutable: A Look Back at Archived
Anthropology in the 1950’s”
96 The Eunuchs of… (20/20--11/14/99) VHS
EUNUCHS A report on the secrets of the modern day eunuchs, whose members are considered as neither male or female in India. The strange traditions of this group are exposed as we learn how they support
themselves and of their powerful spiritual influence in Indian culture.
98 Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil (53 min) - VHS
For the Canela, peace is more important than justice, and sharing- especially of sexual partners- means survival and prosperity. By putting the good of the tribe first, the Canela have retained their tribal identity for centuries, thanks both to the
bonding that occurs through ritualized, extramarital, multiple-partner sex and to their ability to maintain communal harmony via their intricate family relationships. But can they survive the outside influences of sexual monogamy and materialism,
which have finally infiltrated the tribe? This program, based on the research of Smithsonian Institute anthropologist Dr. William H. Crocker, documents the unique Canela way of life, focusing on their extraordinary bonding rituals and their conflict
resolution skills they call “mending ways”.
99. Hmong Musicians in America (58 min) - VHS
Hmong Musicians in America tells a story of two senior musicians from Laos who play their instrumental music and sing for elementary, junior high school and high school students in Rhode Island, as well as adult ESL classes, senior citizen groups, museums,
and Hmong festivals. It continues with exemplary musicians performing in Fresno, San Diego and Santa Ana, California, as well as Luang Prabang, Laos. It explains such instruments as: the nja, the quietest instrument in the world, which conveys secret
messages; the gneg mouth organ which plays 'thought-songs' during funerals to guide the soul to the afterworld, or to entertain at New Year with acrobatic dancing; and how teanages sing courtship songs at New Year while playing ball.
The story concludes by returning after 11 years to the elder musician's Americanized grandchildren, who reflect on their heritage and express the home that Hmong music will continue in the future.
100 Aging in Japan (donated by Robert Rubinstein) (45 min) -VHS
This program provides a record of a society in flux, in which the traditional mechanisms for looking after old people - who used to be the most important members of the family - are breaking down. The Japanese senior citizens created the economic miracle
of modern Japan, only to find that the happy retirement they unquestioningly expected has been replaced by isolation. The program takes place in a Japanese Public Bath House, an ancient institution that has assumed a new role in Japan as a place where
the elderly, alienated from society, take up residence and find a kind of permanent impermanence.
101 Soltax Oral History A (donated by Robert Rubinstein) VHS Archived
102 Soltax Oral History B&C (donated by Robert Rubinstein) VHS Archived
103 Soltax Oral History D&E (donated by Robert Rubinstein) VHS Archived
104 The Merchants of Cool (1:00) Archived
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
105 Wonders of African World (A, B, C) 2 SETS (2:00) - VHS
Most of Africa’s rich history has been forgotten by the outside world, overshadowed by images of war, poverty and famine. Now Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr takes a fresh look at the history of the continent. In a series of engaging
personal journey on the trail of great civilizations, cities and centers of learning established long before the arrival of Europeans, he reveals an Africa most people never knew existed.
A The Road to Timbuktu & Lost Cities of the South (2:00)
The Road to Timbuktu
Everyone has heard of Timbuktu, but how many know that it was a great trding city, famous in the Middle Ages for its university? Gates sets out on a journey through modern Mali, following ancient trading routs from the goldmines of the south to the legendary
city on the shores of the Sahara desert, in search of the forgotten libraries of Timbuktu.
Lost Cities of the South
Under apartheid, the official history of South Africa began in 1652, when the first Dutch settlers landed. In the new South Africa, the myth that this was an empty land is being overturned. Traveling from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Gates explores a thousand-year-old
African City kept from public view for seventy years, sings Karaoke with Afrikaner holiday-headmaker, and heads for the medieval stone citadel of Great Zimbabwe.
B The Slave Kingdoms & the Holy Land (2:00)
The Slave Kingdoms
Gates Travels through the old kingdoms of Asante and Dahomey in modern Ghana and Benin to unravel the real story of the transatlantic slave trade. From Slave castles on the coast to royal courts in the interior, he finds both pride in these powerful African
kingdoms, and discomfort about the source of their wealth and power.
The Holy Land
For over 1600 years, Ethiopia was a Christian kingdom, whose rulers traced their lineage back to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Gates’ journey takes him to rock-hewn churches, mountain monasteries and royal shrines; and on to Aksum, birthplace of an
ancient civilization, and home, the Ethiopians believe, to the Lost Ark of the Covenant.
C Black Kingdoms of the Nile & the Swahili Coast (2:00)
Black Kingdoms of the Nile
Gates embarks on an epic journey through Egypt and Sudan in search of ancient Nubia – an ancient African civilization which once rivaled Egypt. Pyramids, ruined temples and royal tombs survive the deserts of Sudan. And along the Nile lie the ruins of
an ancient Nubian capital the oldest city so far uncovered in the whole of Africa.
The Swahili Coast
Gates travels along the palm-fringed coast of Kenya and Tanzania and on to the legendary island of Zanzibar. The journey presents an intriguing historical puzzle: Who are the Swahili people? Are they Truly African? On the idyllic island of Lamu, Gates
finds people proud of their Arab ancestry only, believing their civilization owes little to Africa. On Zanzibar, two encounters – one with the Canon of the Anglican Cathedral and the other with a black descendant of Zanzibar’s most notorious slave
traders – give him an insight into the Swahilis’ troubled and bloody history.
106 Day of the Dead (50 min) -VHS
The Day of the Dead, an ancient cultural tradition, still flourished in modern-day Mexico. This beautiful documentary presents the annual commemoration of the Day of the Dead as it is celebrated on the island of La Picanda. On this day when the dead are
believed to revisit the temporal realm, the program allows viewers a glimpse into Mexican live as they follow the preparations - including bountiful food offerings and wax statues - and observance of this unique holiday.
108 The Sunrise Dance (28 min) -VHS
This documentary shows an ancient, sacred Apache ritual that has never before been filmed. The Sunrise Ceremony, which marks the passage from adolescence to adulthood for young Apache women, is disappearing
under the pressures of cultural assimilation. This documentary focuses on the Sunrise Ceremony of 13-year-old Maureen Nachu, who lives on the Fort Apache Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona, and is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. We see
all the elaborate preparations for the ceremony: the rituals of the Medicine Man who presides over the dance, including spiritual purification rites in the "Sweat Lodge" and the midnight appearance of the "Crown Dancers". The Sunrise Dance itself
is a tremendous physical test, lasting four days. It proves that Maureen has the courage and strength of character to take her place in adult society. The dance is the strongest commitment a young Apache girl can make to her family and tradition.
For Maureen, her family and her community, the ceremony is a reaffirmation of tribal identity and a celebration of the central role of women in Apache culture.
109 After 9/11: A Journey to Ground Zero (22 min) - DVD
Show sisters (22 min)
Don't waive your rights (5 min)
110 CNN Cultural Anthropology: Brazil's Dying Tribe Volume 2 (2:34) - VHS
Former nomadic tribes living in southern Brazil are forced on to reservations. There with increasing poverty and their traditional customs. Curtailed young members of the tribe are increasingly committing suicide. [tribal societies, learning culture,
economics, social change]
111 CNN Cultural Anthropology: Russian Social Protest Volume 3 (1:30) - VHS
In a provincial northern Russian city citizens face economic and social upheaval since the breakup of the old Soviet Union. [Eastern Europe, social control, economics, politics, ethnic conflict, stratification, cultural change]
112 We Never Give Up (1:10) -VHS
…is a tapestry of stories told by eleven survivors of apartheid violence. The stories represent the harsh experiences of thousands of ordinary South Africans who participated in or who were excluded from the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The storytellers are members of the Khulumani Support Group, Western Cape and are involved in a protracted battle to hold the South African government accountable to its promise to pay final reparations.
The difficulties experienced by the storytellers raise pertinent questions about the efficacy of the TRC.
113 Invisible Garments: Expensive Soles (10 min) - VHS
The impact on rural women of new large industries (including Nike) in developing cities of Indonesia is the focus of this film. Do theses new work opportunities represent economic freedom for women—or a new kind of oppression? The film, shot in overpopulated
Java, was made by Indonesian filmmaker Nan Achas.
114 The Cow Jumped Over the Moon (52 min) -VHS
Documents the interaction between the traditional based knowledge of West African nomads and the advanced technological capabilities of the United States, represented by agencies such as NASA and NOAA (the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency).
Connected by an extraordinary programs which aims to preserve the “old” by using the “new,” these radically different sets of information are expressed in contrasting images—from thousands of cows swimming the Niger River to enormous satellite dishes
scanning the skies.
115 Our Friends at the Bank (1:30) - VHS
The future of many developing countries greatly depends on an institution already fifty years old, the World Bank. Confronted with numerous setbacks, criticized constantly, the Bank is facing challenging questions about what strategies to adopt, principally
in Africa. Uganda, a country that emerged from the dictatorship of Idi Amin and years of civil war with relatively high rates of economic growth, is one of its "model cases." OUR FRIENDS AT THE BANK looks at the relationship between the Government
of Uganda and the World Bank over a period of 18 months, filming with unprecedented access events at the highest levels of both, and their many encounters and exchanges.
116 Trinkets and Beads (52 min) Archived
After twenty years of devastating pollution by oil companies in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, a new kind of oil company—Dallas based MAXUS—promises to be the first company to protect the rainforest and respect the people who live there.
117 Chain of Love (50 min) -VHS
The demand for domestic help is increasing in the West, because in many families both parents must work for economic survival. One consequence is migration: escalating numbers of women in the Third World are leaving their own children to take care of
kids in the West. Women from the Philippines are well regarded by prospective employers in the United States and Europe. They speak English, are Catholic, and according to many, are caring, intelligent, and compliant. Or, as Rhacel Parrenas (author
of the study Global Servants) remarks, "The Filipino nanny is the Mercedes Benz amongst the international [caregivers]." The money the expatriates earn in the West is sent home to the Philippines, where local help can then be hired to look after their
children. This money is the Philippines' largest source of income in foreign currency. CHAIN OF LOVE is a film about the Philippines' second largest export product - maternal love - and how this export affects the women involved, their families in
the Philippines, and families in the West.
118 Amahs of Hong Kong A Woman’s Place (10 min) - VHS
A series of six 10-minute videos produced for the UN Beijing Conference on women; filmed entirely on location by women directors. The Program Titles are: Teach A Woman How to Fish (Fiji); Dry Days in Dobbagunta (South India); A Healthy Start (South Africa);
The Alarm Rings Softly(Caribbean); The Amahs of Hong Kong; and Footprints of Sorrow (Guatemala).
119 A Question of Rights (15 min) - VHS
The flourishing sex industry in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia first took off when the Baltic countries gained independence from the Soviet Union and the economies crashed. Underage girls—earning more in a night on the street than a trained doctor does
in a month—faced physical and psychological risks, and Mafia involvement is growing.
120 The Ape So Human! (41 min) - VHS
Just how far do the similarities between human and great apes extend? Sequences from historic experiments by Allen and Beatrix Gardner, Sue Savage-Rambaugh, and other primatologists, plus footage shot in the wild provide compelling support for the thesis
that chimps, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are highly evolved indeed. Demonstrations of cognitions, self-awareness, memory retention, language use, social behavior, mating practices, and perhaps even a sense of good and evil reveal speech, despite
having Broca’s area, it also discussed.
121 The Ape That Took Over the World (50 min) - VHS
Is the key theory about how we evolve from apes based on mistaken evidence? Since 1974, the 3.2 million- year-old fossil dubbed “Lucy” has been considered human-kind’s prime ancestor. Now a fossil recently unearthed in Kenya by distinguished paleontologist
Dr. Maeve Leakey is rewriting the theories. This program examines the implications of Flat-Faced Man, a bipedal hominid just as old as Lucy but with much larger brain size. With Leakey’s find, the question for paleo-anthropologist is one of adaptive
radiation: from which line of early ape did Homo sapiens evolve?
122 Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology (49 min) - VHS
The remains of more than 10,000 Native Americans unearthed at archaeological sites across the US are in possession of museums such as the Smithsonian. The bones have become the central issue in a war of ideas that pits scientists, historians, and museum
curators against many Native American groups. Is the analysis of the bones valid scientific research, or is it a desecration of Native American Culture? This program provides an even-handed examination of the situation, and in doing so, also provides
an excellent survey of American Indian archaeology in the US. A BBC Production
123 Cure from the Crypt: Fighting Tuberculosis, Again (27 min) - VHS
When a crypt containing 200 extraordinary preserved bodies was discovered in 1994 in the Hungarian town of Vac, it caught the interest of scientists fighting tuberculosis on the other side of the globe. This program presents the fascinating story of Professor
Mark Spigelman, an Australian surgeon turned archaeologist who is using ancient DNA to contend with the biggest bacteria killer in the world today. In what many call the post- antibiotic era, Spigelman’s unique genetic research has yielded encouraging
results: all the tubercular mummies were missing a TB-resistant gene in their genome; those mummies without TB had the gene.
124 Female Circumcision: Human Rights (41 min) -VHS
This program documents the ritual of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, practiced among some African groups; explores its roots in myth; and discusses movements under way to ban the practice. Interviews with anti-circumcision
activists, including medical personnel, described the health ramifications, including hemorrhage, infection, and painful sex. Victims discuss both the physical and the emotional pain of circumcision, and why both males and females discuss why they
support or reject circumcision as a valid cultural practice. Graphic scenes of an actual female circumcision are shown.
125 The Lost City of Zimbabwe (22 min) - VHS
Long mistakenly identified as the remnants of some ancient white civilization, the spectacular ruins of the Great Zimbabwe are only now being recognized for what they are: southern Africa’s first city. Neglect, theft of artifacts, and racist prejudice,
which denied that black Africans, could have built its towering walls, contributed to keeping the lost city of Zimbabwe from being accorded to its true importance. This program looks at the work being done to restore this extraordinary archaeological
site to its African heritage.
126 Sudan: Black Kingdoms of the Nile (53 min) - VHS
A major gateway to sub-Sarahan Africa, Sudan has seen the rise and fall of many powerful kingdoms and refined cultures—and the key to understanding these ancient civilizations lies in the multitude of archaeological treasures that dot the landscape and
that are still buried in the sands. This program follows the trail of the young French naturalist and pioneer Frederic Cailliaud, whose account of his journey to Merowe in 1820 first sparked interest in Sudan. Excavations and artifacts provide insights
into the way of life, beliefs, and accomplishments of the peoples who inhabited the region from Neolithic times onward.
127 Understanding Race (52 min) - VHS
Race: No gene has substantiated it and no scientist has quantified it, yet it continues to polarize the world’s population like no other concept. This compelling program examines the history and power of the artificial distinction called “race,” viewing
it within historical, scientific, and cultural context. Topics include the anthropological unity of Homo sapiens; sanctioned discrimination, such as segregation, cultural biases based on racial stereotypes; and the underlying humanity that inextricably
links us all.
128 Voyage of Doom (60 min) Archived
Join NOVA for the discovery and recovery of one of the most important shipwrecks ever found in North America. For three centuries the Belle, part of French explorer Robert LaSalle’s floating armada, lay buried on the bottom of Matagorda Bay on the Texas
coast. In 1995, after an exhaustive 20-year search, the ship was found by Texas Historical Commission archaeologists entombed in mud, but with remarkably well preserved wealth of artifacts that include cannons, pewter dishes, muskets and leather
129 Shengchun Zhao Archived
130 Senior Honors Project of J. Patrick O’Hara Archived
This project, a one-man theatrical production representing an insight to the "troubles" in Northern Ireland was an outgrowth of research into the
politics and history of Northern Ireland, and an arduous study of the various dialects and mannerisms of the people themselves. Above all, I drew from the experiences of being in Londonderry, Northern Ireland at the peak of Protestant/Catholic confrontation
during the summer of 1998. The ramifications of this one-year study, led not to an understanding of "identity" drawn form biological, religious, or political divisions, but to a sense of "identity" resulting from a cross-cultural understanding of
the human condition. VHS
131 The Coming Plague 2 three hour tapes Archived
Join today’s cutting edge “disease cowboy” as they battle today’s deadliest plagues. The Coming Plague uncovers the frightening reality of a world out of balance where microbes outwit science. Travel with a new generation of heroic doctors and scientists
as they explore the African rain forest in search of a deadly virus, descend on a small Pakistani village tracking an elusive plague, and investigate a U.S. hospital for a drug resistant bacterial outbreak. This insider’s documentary examines the
harsh reality of the clash between people and plagues where victory is literally a matter of life and death.
132 The Journey Into Life: The Triumph of Creation (30 min) Archived
Nothing in the human experience arouses more emotion, fascination and pure wonder than the creation of a new human life. Here, for the first time, is a powerfully moving film that captures the most amazing moments of creation on camera. Journey Into Life
contains the most awe-inspiring images, which, by their strange beauty emerge like secrets revealed by the Creator. It took filmmaker Derek Bromhall several years to make Journey Into Life. Drawing on his scientific training and experience as an embryologist
he crafts an incredible achievement filmed from the moment of conception when egg and sperm meet to travel the remarkable journey that ends with the magic of birth. We see a tiny embryo’s beating heart, as small as the head of a pin, filmed inside
the womb, and follow the stages of growth of a baby during thirty-eight weeks of pregnancy. Journey Into Life received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary feature in 1990. It is specially edited here for family viewing but parental supervision
133 National Geographic Video—Gorilla (1:00) - VHS
National geographic presents an informative and engaging look at the mysterious mountain gorilla of central Africa—a species once outnumbering in the thousands, that has now dwindled to a precious few. Contrary to its King Kong image, the gorilla is shy
and retiring creature. Renowned scientist Dian Fossey fought to protect these gentle beasts from the destruction of poachers in the volcanic mountains of Rwanda. In England, charismatic zoo director, John Aspinall, has become best friends with the
twenty gorillas that live on his country estate. And near San Francisco, Koko, the famed lowland gorilla, demonstrates her amazing powers at communicating with American Sign Language.
134 The New Explorers: On the Trail of a Killer Virus (50 min) - VHS
In spring of 1993, a deadly virus appeared in the Southwest region of the United States. This virulent new disease baffled doctors and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
The CDC did finally identify the virus as a strain of the Hantavirus, a virus carried by rodents. The detective work of the CDC led to a course of action, treatment and prevention, thwarting a nationwide epidemic. On the Trail of a Killer Virus follows
doctors, health workers and the CDC as they hunt down the mysterious virus and work to find a cure.
135 Ebola: The Plague Fighters (60 mins) MISSING
Enter the ‘hot zone’ of one of the most dreaded disease on the planet—Ebola. When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995, NOVA was the only film crew permitted in the ‘hot zone.’
136 Charles Darwin: Evolution’s Voice (50 min) - VHS
He had to battle prejudice, ignorance and his own fear in his search for the truth. More than any other scientist, he changed mankind's view of the world and our place in it. Charles Darwin's
theory of evolution stands as one of the most important discoveries in the history of science. Yet in his lifetime, Darwin was reluctant to reveal what he had learned for fear that it would make him and his family despised outcasts. He was right to
worry; more than a century later, there are those who cannot accept his findings. At the time, they were viewed by many as heresy. From his historic voyage on the Beagle to his personal anguish over publicizing his findings, this is a fascinating
profile of the life and times of the great naturalist. Excerpts from his journals detail his discoveries while leading scientists and scholars, including the author of Charles Darwin: Evolution of a Naturalist, shed light on his private life, public
persona and monumental legacy.
137 Health Quiz #13: Genetics and Hereditary Test (30 min each) - VHS
What’s the best way to avoid jet lag? Can laughing cause asthma? Can AIDS be contracted through food? HEALTH QUIZ has these answers and more. This lively, totally involving series of half-hour programs will delight audiences of all ages. Six-time Emmy
winner, Dr. Frank Field, is host of the series. Senior Health and Science editor of WCBS-TV, Field ranks as one of television’s most popular newscasters. His “Health Test” programs have been views by millions, winning an Emmy plus accolades from organizations
such as the American Medical Association. Joining Dr. Field will be a dazzling array of celebrities and leading experts—to share amusing anecdotes, sidelights, and insights.
TOPICS COVERED: AIDS, How Your Heart, Vaccines and Immunizations, Coughs, Colds, and Flu, Moods, Female Health, Sex I.Q., Sleep and Dreams, Cancer Prevention, Fear and Phobias, Drug Abuse, Stock Market, How to Live Longer, Fat or Fit, Nutrition,
Early Detection, Aches and Pains, Baby Health, Medical I.Q., Skin and Beauty, Brain, Home Emergency, Family Drug, Travel and Health, Allergies, New Cancer, Pet Health, Health and Nutrition, Emotions, Hereditary
138 The DNA Revolution History Channel: 20th Century with Mike Wallace: (50 min) -VHS
The revolution began improbably, with a two-page article in the journal Nature. It may end with the cloning of a human being, a cure for cancer? but more
likely it will never end. Deoxyribonucleic Acid is the building block of all life on earth. Since its discovery by Watson and Crick in 1953 our understanding and use of it has expanded beyond the realm of science. THE 20th CENTURY chronicles the breakthroughs
and talks to leading scientists to assemble a comprehensive portrait of the growth of genetic science and its impact on our lives. Author Jeremy Rifkin of The Biotech Century leads a tour through the debates over the morality and dangers of genetic
engineering, and details the advances that have propelled the science toward the future. From the double helix to manufactured animals, this is a comprehensive look at the history and future of genetic engineering.
139 Biology Concepts: Mendelian Genetics VHS
140 Five Species from the Primate Series (53 min) - VHS
FIVE SPECIES compares three species of monkeys, one prosimian, and two types of apes, all living in a zoo setting. They are Japanese macaques, lion tail macaques, mandrills, black lemurs, orangutans, and lowland gorillas. Each segment features several
minute of footage accompanied by descriptions of common behavior such as, eating, grooming, locomotion, play and social interaction. The narration provides a commentary for the observer and can occur at several levels. These include comparison of
their behavior as it related to size and sexual dimorphism, comparison in term of phylogenetic level, or comparisons of complexity based on group size or species’ differences. Since visibility is better in the wild, comparisons between footage taken
in natural settings and that of caged animals allows for the discussion of the possible influences of captivity on behavior. Of particular interests are the social interactions of adult orangutans.
141 Hawkhill Video : Evolution (41 min) - VHS
143 The Human Condition: Changing Patterns of Disease: Germ Warfare (30 min) - VHS
People today seek out information about health issues as never before: asking pointed questions of health care providers, demanding second opinions, seeking information on the Internet, looking for alternative to traditional care and treatment. There
are good reasons for that curiosity: a more educated populace, higher health care costs, a growing interest in fitness, a new corporate focus on wellness and education, and increased use of technology in health care choices. ‘The Human Condition will
help them achieve that goal.
144 The Peopling of the Americas 1999 (44 min) - VHS
Is it accurate to assume that most people are not interested in ideas? The answer is no. All people are interested in ideas. But few people will, or have the opportunity to, invest time in intellectual pursuit. The Idea Channel makes it easy for viewers
to engage in ongoing consideration of ideas by providing open access to scholars as they review the latest thinking in several disciplines: philosophy, economics, political science, the arts and sciences. The communications bridge between men and
women whose lives are devoted to ideas and those seeking intellectual growth and access to that world of ideas, the Idea Channel is a living image archive of the world’s leading thinkers. The Idea Channel presents 20 to 60 minute videotaped conversations
between scholars who are leading human inquiry into the nature of ourselves and our place in the universe. Presented in a conversational format with no moderator to intrude, the viewer will soon discover that unlike most mainstream television fare,
the atmosphere is inclusive—the viewer is an active participant in the discussion.
145 Race and Racism (1:00) - VHS
Is racism an act of the will? A disease? A bad habit? A result of lost virtues or of historical economic forces? Can we reliably claim that racism is an affront to justice? How does our scientific understanding of race affect our ethical considerations?
(And our census questions?) What of the status of mixed race people? How can we ever know if we are acting from a racist assumption?
146 Mystery in the Pacific (20 min) -VHS
Twenty min segment for Discover Magazine, which aired on Discovery Channel in 1996. This program explores cultural history of Nan Madol, an ancient stone city in Ponape, Micronesia.
147 A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (1:29) - VHS
This compelling story is rendered through an archived of 3000 films and 5000 photographs that brings to life an America that was both brave and innocent—when people believed in scientists, government, and the power of every individual in the flight to
148 Influenza 1918 (1:00) - VHS
In September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. Doctors found the victims’ lungs filled with fluid and strangely blue. They identified the cause of death as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. It would
become the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000—more than all the nation’s combat deaths this century combined.
Drawing on remarkable archival photographs and film footage, and interviews with survivors and medical historians,
INFLUENZA 1918 tells the powerful story of America’s worst health crisis. Despite recent triumphs over many infectious disease, medical science proved powerless against the killer virus. In desperation, people turned to folk remedies: garlic, camphor
balls. Sugar cubes soaked with kerosene. Frantic officials closed schools, factories and churches, and everyone was required to wear a mask. But the virus was unstoppable. Relentless. Lethal. Curiously, this painful event has nearly faded from our
national memory. But as this gripping medical thriller proves, it is a story that deserves never to be forgotten.
149 Nenetsi Samoyeds: Nomads of the Siberian Tundra (52 min) - VHS
This unusual program provides an ethnographic record of the harsh life of the nomads. Nenetsi reindeer herds-men of the Yamal Peninsula. Minimal narration allows stark images to speak for themselves. The harshness of the Nenetsi existence—precarious and
dependent on the whims of nature—is reinforced as the camera follows the nomads on their spring journey to southern grazing lands. There, adults hunt, fish, or construct sleds, and temporary huts, while children draw pictures that represent their
lives. This is a fascinating glimpse into the daily existence of a pre-industrial people living in the modern world.
150 Stonehenge in Context: From Modern Myth to Ancient History (51 min) - DVD
Using 3-D computer re-creations of Stonehenge during its three phases of construction, archival film and photos of archaeological excavations, and artwork, this program traces the long history of Britain’s most famous Neolithic landmark. Archaeologists
Geoffrey Wainwright, Dave Batchelor, and Gillian Swanton and authors Rosamud Cleal, Clive Ruggles, Christopher Chippindale, Mike Pitts consider the many theories posited over the centuries, summarily debunking some and conservatively prasing others.
Remarkable footage of a recent attempt to build a similar monument using ancient human-powered methods is included.
151 Doorway to the Past: The Art of Historical Archaeology ( 29 min) - VHS
Doorway to the Past is a unique video experience that gives history a whole new dimension, bridging time to bring the present into direct contact with the past. You’ll learn how archaeologists skillfully remove artifacts from old wells, building foundations,
and trash pits as well as how they interpret these discoveries to paint a factual picture of the society in which the items were used. The first segment of the video dramatizes the contributions of Thomas Jefferson to modern archaeological techniques.
His reasoning is still followed today, as the video’s archaeologists demonstrate in their efforts to piece together the past from fragments they find buried in Colonial Williamsburg. You’ll see different excavation sites, how the experts “date” what
they find, and laboratory processes that are used to understand and protect the artifacts. All of this scientific analysis enables historians to re-create accurately eighteenth-century life in the American colonies. Curators can thus choose the appropriate
furnishings and costumes from Williamsburg’s restored community. Architects are able to reconstruct the buildings that once stood in the former Virginia capital. Even landscape artists have been able to determine the trees, gardens, and flowers by
the early colonists. The video closes with a lively tavern scene re-created to demonstrate how the various artifacts might have been used, broken, and discarded.
152 The Rockefeller Family and Colonial Williamsburg (29 min) - VHS
Colonial Williamsburg, a city that embodies and portrays the adventure of American independence, is the grand realization of a great family’s vision. If the names of Washington, Jefferson, and Henry are touchstones in the saga of the eighteenth century
city, the name Rockefeller is fundamental to the story of its twentieth-century restoration. It is a story of personal participation mingled with affectionate generosity, chronicled here through archival photos and film, a narrative drawn from the
record, and the first-person recollections of David Rockefeller. A boy when the endeavor began, his first name became a piece of restoration lore, and his memories of his family’s association with the project still sparkle as he relates them for the
camera. There the day his father made a cautious pledge to the revival of the colonial city, Mr. Rockefeller saw that tentative start flower into a charming city now revered as a national icon. The commitment of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to the undertaking
was as bold and as enduring as the five-hundred-year-old oak that dominates the south lawn of his Williamsburg home, Bassett Hall. In the eighteenth-century farmhouse, the unassuming philanthropist and his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, immersed
themselves in the details of the restoration and in the life of the community. They began a personal association with Colonial Williamsburg that extended through their sons into the generations to follow, even as the family’s project became a public
institution. Colonial Williamsburg’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, the finest facility of its kind, is Mr. Rockefeller’s monument to his wife’s memory. The restored city is a memorial to them both, and American treasure redeeming Mr. Rockefeller’s
pledge “that the future may learn from the past.” Told with warmth and humor, illustrated with rarely seen footage, and complemented by a splendid sound track, The Rockefeller Family and Colonial Williamsburg chronicles generations of a family’s service
to the re-creation of a national treasure.
153 A Link Among the Days The Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin (32 min) - VHS
The great American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr., furnished the financial wherewithal for Williamsburg’s restoration; the rector of Burton Parish Church, the Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, contributed the vision. “The proposition, for better or
worse,” Goodwin said, “originated in my won dreams. In these dreams I have seen a city beautiful.” A man of energy wit, and determination, it was Goodwin who in 1926 showed Rockefeller the prospect and the promise of preserving Virginia’s eighteenth-century
capital. To borrow an expression Rockefeller liked, Goodwin was farseeing. Where other eyes discerned only the decay of colonial homes and the accumulations of modern eyesores, Goodwin beheld the shadows of grace and memory of beauty. Together, the
minister and the millionaire recreated and preserved for dreamers to come a city alive with the spirit of liberty and crowded with the ghosts of patriots. A man of modesty as well as perception, Goodwin was self-effacing. Beyond a magazine article,
there is no published biography. With the help of Howard Goodwin, his only surviving son, an authoritative video sketch of Goodwin’s life is presented here for the first time. The film is illustrated with family album photographs only now made public,
with documentary stills—some seen before only by historians and archivists—and with rarely used motion picture footage. A Link Among Days reproduces oral history recordings never before released. Among the narration is Goodwin himself. The sound track
features period music, and the presentation closes with one of Dr. Goodwin’s Favorite hymns. This portrayal of Goodwin’s achievements, humor, optimism, disappointments, stamina, and fatigues is the story of the realization of an American dream, a
link among the days of a nation’s past, its present, and its future, Goodwin’s city beautiful.
155 Mesoamerica: The Rise and Fall of the City-States (26 min) - VHS
Filmed on location in central and southern Mexico, this program touches on the Mayan, Toltec, and Aztec cultures—and a civilization that preceded them all at a city dubbed Teotihuacan by Nahuatl-speakers centuries after its fall. Expert commentary and
3-D computer images shed light on the complex societies that emerged, grew strong, and disappeared in the highest and lowlands of Mesoamerica.
156 Slave Island: New York’s Hidden History (49 min) - VHS
When excavation in downtown Manhattan unearthed in the 18th century Negro burial ground, New Yorkers were reminded that slavery was not limited to the South. This program explores and often-overlooked chapter in the history of the city and the colonies
in general by examining the oldest slave cemetery ever found in North America. Scholars and leading experts conduct archaeological and forensic analysis of the remains of nearly 400 African-American slaves. Dramatic reenactments, early maps, and documents
for slaver traders also help to piece together a clearer picture of life in forced servitude to either the Dutch West India Company of English masters.
157 Jamestown Rediscovery (48 min) - VHS
“We have discovered America’s Birthplace… the original Jamestown Fort.” With these words, on September 12, 1996, Virginia Governor George Allen officially announced one of the major archeological finds of this century. Conventional wisdom held that
the original fort site had been swallowed by the constant erosion of the Kames River. Jamestown Rediscovery: a world uncovered tells the compelling story of the discovery of the first permanent English settlement in America. Hosted by veteran journalist
Roger Mudd, the program follows this remarkable journey by the archaeologists of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Director of Archaeology Dr. William Kelso provides an inside look at the process of modern archaeology,
from how simple stains in the soil show the “footprint” of the fort to unearthing the remain of one of the colony’s first settlers. Jamestown Rediscovery is a fascinating adventure into America’s past; exploring how what happened nearly four centuries
ago still has meaning for today.
159 Neanderthal (2:00) - VHS
The Making of Neanderthal (1:00)
Humans: Who are we? (1:00)
160 Plimoth Plantation: The Making of a Colony (15 min) -VHS
In 1620, America’s most famous immigrants—the Pilgrims—set food on land which would be their new home. The Making of a Colony tells the story of the beginnings of Plymouth Colony through eyewitness accounts, using Governor William Bradford’s Of Plimoth
Plantation, and Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, written by an anonymous author. Through dramatic recreations of these primary sources and with modern narration, viewers are invited to follow the English settlers, who later
came to be called Pilgrims, through their journey from English and Holland to America; their difficult first winter their treaty with the Native People and their first successful harvest. Plimoth Plantation is a living history museum that brings to
life the experiences of these English settlers, and those of the Wampanoag on whose land they settled. Travel with them in their time in the 1627 Pilgrim Village, at Hobbamock’s Wampanoag Indian Homesite, and abroad Mayflower 11. At the carriage House
Crafts Center, watch artisans make the 17th-century European goods using period methods.
161 Plimoth Plantation: 17th - Century Kiln (38 min) - VHS
Rediscovering a Lost Tradition, The Technology of a 17th- century Style Wood-fired Pottery Kiln at Plimoth Plantation
162 Vietnam: Where War Has Passed — Agent Orange/ Deadly Debris: UXO (1:00) - VHS
"Where War Has Passed" is a Vietnamese view of the Agent Orange issue, and an interesting example of advocacy journalism in Vietnam. It was originally made for
Vietnamese audiences only. The film makers noticed that Vietnamese veterans and their children who were suffering from possible effects of Agent Orange received no government benefits, although benefits were available for families of wounded veterans
and for families of those killed in action. After this film was aired and after print articles, the government established a fund for those possibly affected by Agent Orange.
163 The Spilt Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America (56 min) - VHS
The Split Horn is the sweeping story of a Hmong shaman and his family living in Appleton, Wisconsin. Documenting the journey of Paja Thao and his family from the mountains of Laos to the heartland of America, this poignant film shows a shaman’s struggle
to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture. America has become the testing ground for the enduring of strength of Hmong culture. The evocative narrative captures the daily struggle of Paja Thao’s family caught between
164 The Brain Eater (1:00) - VHS
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (B.S.E.), nicknamed "Mad Cow Disease" was as unanticipated as AIDS, and is arguably as insidious. It arose from centuries of relative obscurity in sheep to sweep through British cattle herds with staggering speed. It is
caused by an infectious agent whose precise identity is still in dispute. It seems to be unusually adept at breaking through the biochemical barriers that usually make it impossible for disease-causing organisms to jump from one species to another.
It has already caused the deaths of at least 20 humans, most of them young. And it may be incubating within an unknown number of people who have consumed British beef products over the last decade. These gruesome facts alone make the story worth telling.
165 Mountain (39 min) - VHS
Named Outstanding Film Documentary by the Genesis Awards (the major award for works about animal issues) and filmed in the lush mountain cloud forests of Rwands, Africa, Mountain Gorilla provides an amazing encounter with the highly social species that
is the largest of all primates.
East, nap, travel, eat, interact, eat: That’s a typical routine for adult gorillas. But for rambunctious three-year-olds, the routine is more like play, play, play, play as they tumble, swing, wrestle and twirl.
Overseeing all of the troop’s activities is the proud, massive silverback male whose dominance is unchallenged – until a young silverback tries to exert his newfounded sense of power.
166 Human Immune System (27 min) - VHS
The body's immune system is essential for survival. Learn how it defends us against foreign substances, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, parasites, potentially toxic cells, or abnormal cells.
The immune system attacks invaders, or antigens, and maintains a memory of doing so, thereby enabling it to respond more quickly and with greater strength if the body is ever exposed to the same threat again. Understand what antibodies are and learn
how they're produced. Immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases are discussed, so students will know what happens when the immune system does not function as it should.
167 Killer Disease on Campus: Meningitis (1:00) - VHS
Adam was a typical sophomore at Michigan State University, enjoying his studies and playing in the school band. But within just a few hours, he was fighting for his life. Meningococcal meningitis – a deadly bacterial infection that commonly attacks teenagers,
young adults, and children under five – had struck Adam with no warning. His life was spared, but the disease took many of his fingers and toes. Others haven’t been as lucky.
168 History’s Mysteries: Smallpox Deadly Again (50 min) - VHS
From the dawn of time to the epic sweep of the twentieth century, from the great conflicts to the inventions that changed the world, The History Channel on Video captures the glory, tragedy and drama of the human experience. Brilliant specials, astounding
documentaries, and vibrant dramatizations bring the past home to you.
169 A Closer Walk (1:25) - VHS
A Closer Walk is the first film to provide a definitive portrayal of humankind’s confrontation with the global AIDS Epidemic. Directed, written and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, and narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, the film explores
the intricate relationship between health, dignity, and human rights, and shows how the harsh realities of AIDS in the world are expression of the way the world really is. Incisive interviews with individuals from all walks of life, including the
Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, and Bono, combine with stories, portraits and vignettes of children, women and men living with AIDS on four continents. Breathtaking cinematography by Richard D. Young celebrates human dignity even as it bears witness to immense
172 The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America (40 min) - VHS
“He didn’t look like one of us.” To many residents of Atlanta in 1913, this was reason enough to suspect Leo Frank of murder. For some, it was reason enough to hang him. It’s a story as old as humanity – pointing the finger at those who don’t look or
act or think like we do. The Shadow of Hates spans three centuries to examine this county’s ongoing struggle to live up to its ideals of liberty, equality and justice for all. Through documentary footage and eyewitness reports, viewers are given
a powerful perspective on historical events from the ordinary people who lived though them.
173 Two - Spirit People (26 min) - VHS
An overview of historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. This documentary explores the berdache tradition in Native American culture, in which individuals
who embody feminine and masculine qualities act as a conduit between the physical and spiritual world, and because of this are placed in positions of power within the community.
174 The Story of Glass (45 min) - DVD
This beautiful title is a compelling and intriguing guide to the history and tradition of glass, produced by The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and The Corning Museum of Glass sin New York. The history of glass from the ancient world to the present
day is explored in detail. Introductory short stories set the scene; copious illustrations of famous masterpieces are accompanied by makers biographies and maps. Over 45 min of video show a master craftsman demonstrating techniques of making, blowing,
molding enameling, cutting and engraving are all explained.
175 Covered: The Hejab in Cairo, Egypt (25 min.) - DVD
Just over a decade ago it was hard to find women on the streets of Cairo who veiled, a custom that their forebears struggled to overthrow at the beginning of the twentieth century. But today, many Muslim women in Egypt wear a head scarf called the hejab,
and in more extreme cases they cover their entire faces. This absorbing documentary offers a rare opportunity to examine the restoration of veiling and the reasons for its pervasiveness through the eyes of Egyptian women. In unique interviews with
women of different ages and backgrounds, "Covered" reveals that Islamic tradition, religious fundamentalism, and growing nationalism are not solely responsible for decisions to wear the hejab. Diverse social, economic and political factors, as well
as personal preferences, often play prominent roles. As timely as it is compelling, the film shows how complex causes account for a phenomenon that is poorly understood outside the Muslim world.
176 Famine to Freedom: The Great Irish Journey (52 min) - DVD
In this program, an archaeological dig in Ireland and a genealogical investigation in America are linked by family ties to the Neary family, 19th- century tenant farmers in Ballykilcline. Senator Ted Kennedy, archaeologist Charles Orser, and others sift
through Ireland’s history to shed light on the catastrophic potato famine; provide an unvarnished account of the mass exodus through which America ultimately gained so much; and break, at last, the “great silence” surrounding the Neary rent strike
that put a match to the powder keg of Irish unrest under English rule. A Discovery Channel Production
177 Scraps of Life (28 Min) - VHS
Two thousand people were murdered in Chile during the Piinochet years, according to official government statistics. Although the dictatorship has finally come to an end, it has left a legacy of bereaved mothers, sisters and wives. These surviving women
come together to give concrete expression to their sorrow and to demand truth and justice from the new government. They sew murals out of scraps of fabrics, called arpilleras, that record Chile’s bloody history.
These women’s groups are a far cry from traditional women’s sewing circles. Many women have become poitically active, determined to wrest the truth about the fate of their loved ones from the labyrinth of government bureaucracy. Some undertake projects
to help the poor and to educate their country’s youth. As we meet the women and hear their tragic stories, we marvel at their strength. Their unique creations are their insurance that the deaths will be remembered by future generations. Flimmakers
178 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1:19) - DVD
In the early 1980’s, a mysterious new disease suddenly started killing young gay men in American Cities. It wasn’t until Rock Hudson’s death, in 1985, that the rest of the country began to take notice. Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first
decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US – from the first ominous warning signs and the government’s failure to respond, to the vibrant protest movement that was born as a result. Starting with five life stories chosen from the thousands memorialized
in the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt – the Olympic athlete, the recovering drug addict; the conservative naval commander; the gay street activist; and the 11 year old suburban boy with hemophilia - filmmakers skillfully weave intimate memories with contemporary
news footage to tell an epic and moving story of love, loss anger and healing.
181 Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, 1 — The Shock of the Other Color; (1:00) - VHS
This ten-part series explores the values and world perspectives that hold many tribal cultures together and looks at what industrialized modern societies can learn from them as the next millennium approaches. In the first program, host David Maybury-Lewis
offers a personal meditation on the "other" — people of cultures foreign to Western society — as he journeys deep into the Peruvian Amazon to unravel the mystery of the Mascho-Piro, a tribe that remains hidden from the outside world. Produced by KCET,
Los Angeles. English narration; English subtitles are used when local dialects are spoken. 1992 PBS video
182 Millennium: TRIBAL WISDOM AND THE MODERN WORLD, MISTAKEN IDENTITY (VHS) 1992. (1:00) - VHS
While Western societies strive to answer these questions through a biological view--conception, birth, adolescence, maturity, and death--tribal cultures define identity by the myths and rituals of their society, by the people who rear them, and by an
organic continuum to which they belong. Explore these views of life and death through scenes taken from the family life of an abortion counselor in Canada, a boy's initiation into manhood in a Brazilian Xavante tribe, a high school girl's attempted
suicide, and an Indonesian Sumbanese tribesman's relationship to his dead relatives.
183 Millennium: TRIBAL WISDOM AND THE MODERN WORLD, THE ART OF LIVING (VHS) 1992. (1:00) - VHS
While Western society relegates aesthetics to specialists, in tribal cultures, where they have no word for "art" or "artist," views of life and death are traditionally expressed in everyday dances, clothes sculptures, and paintings. In "The Art of Living,"
travel with program narrator David Maybury-Lewis to the Wodaabe tribe of Neger and the Dogon people of Mali to witness the ways they celebrate life and death with acts of beauty and grace. meet a North American artist who shows us his way of connecting
his art to the meaning of life and death.
184 The Curse of the Somers: BILLY BUDD’S GHOST SHIP (55 min) 1995 - VHS
This film is a gripping sea saga of the 19th century dramatized by George and Joel Belcher’s 20th century expedition to the find of the shipwreck of the US Brig Somers. The US Brig Somers was the scene in 1942 of what may have been the only mutiny in
the US naval history-or was it murder? Three men were hanged from the Somers yardarm, one the 18 year old son of the US Secretary of War. The hangings aboard the Somers gave her a bad name. She was a cursed ship and no one wanted to serve aboard her.
Sailors claimed that the hanged men haunted the Somers. At night, there were sightings of ghostly figures, and voices were heard crying out above the yardarm. Was the 18 year old midshipman Philip Spencer the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Billy
Budd? Young Spencer is still remembered as the martyred hero of Chi Psi, the national collegiate fraternity helped found in 1841. The US Brig Somers heeled over in a sudden gale in 1846 off Veracruz, Mexico during the opening months of the Mexican
185 Anthropology: Real People, Real Careers (42 min) - DVD
Written and produced and directed by Francis E. Smiley, North Arizona University, this DVD addressed the perennial question “What exactly does an applied anthropologist do?” Designed for the use in introductory anthropology courses, the DVD provides information
and interviews with individuals working in ten different fields in applied anthropology.
185 B Beyond Ethnography: Corporate and Design Anthropology (25 min) DVD
Draws on ethnographic research project conduct at General Motors Corporation, It offers a successful model for the use of anthropology in corporate settings. Those interested
in how anthropological theory and methods relate to real-world problem solving, and those seeking anthropological careers involving both in-house research and external consulting, will find the DVD useful and compelling.
186 Hopi Quilts (30 min) - DVD
Since missionaries introduced the American craft of quilting to Hopi women over 100 years ago, simple patchwork bedcoverings have evolved into contemporary works of art.
This art form featuring centuries-old native symbols and designs have been virtually unknown outside the quilters villages. Now visit their homes on the remote reservation and discover how Hopi artisans have adopted an American tradition and made it uniquely
187 Race the Power of an Illusion (2:48) - DVD
…challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This definitive three-part- series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped
by our history, social institutions and cultural beliefs.
Episode 1 – The Difference Between US - (56 min)
Everyone can tell a Norwegian from a Nubian, so why doesn’t it make sense to sort people into biological races? Examine the contemporary science – including genetics – that challenges our assumptions about human groups.
Episode 2 – The Difference Between US - (56 min)
Hasn’t race always been with us? Explore the root of the race concept, including the 19th century science that justified it and how it gained such a hold over our minds.
Episode 3 – The Difference Between US - (56 min)
Race may be a biological myth, but racism gives different groups vastly different life chances. Forty years after the Civil Rights Movement, the playing field is still not level and “colorblind” policies only perpetuate inequality.
188 Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War 2006 DVD
This controversial and arresting film takes you behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and Foreign Service experts speak out, many for the first time, detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons to fight a
“preemptive” war that wasn’t necessary. The war with Iraq brought about unparalleled resistance, both in the streets and in the chambers of government. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the unsettling distortions of intelligence and the
“spin and hype” presented to the American people, the Congress and the press. Fighting wars to bring about regime change is in breach of international law. Yet, throughout the fall of 2002, and into the weeks preceding the war in Iraq, the Bush administration
systematically distorted intelligence evidence and misled the public in order to turn opinion in favor of “regime change” in Iraq.
The film will present interviews with more than 20 experts, all of whom have informed opinions about the reasons we were given for war and the evidence presented to support those reasons. Some supported the war itself but are deeply concerned about the
way information was misused. All believe it is their duty to speak up.
Among those interviewed are former Ambassador Joe Wilson, weapons inspectors Scott Ritter and David Albrignt, anti-terrorism expert Rand Beers, Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Former CIA operative Robert Baer and the Washington editor of the Nation,
189 Stories of Women in Kabul (27 min) - DVD
The producers of this program were granted unlimited access to Kabul’s Baghe Zanana, or Garden of Women – Perhaps the only public place in Afghanistan where men are not welcome. Here, women can gather, dance and remove their burqas without fear o violence
or alienation. In stark contrast, a women’s prison is also visited. The courageous figures who inhabit these settings – including a resident therapist who conducts support groups for the frightened and the traumatized, and a cafeteria employee struggling
to improve her family’s living conditions – demonstrate how far Afghanistan must go to overcome its repressive and war-ravaged history. A Deutsche Welle Production
190 Jane Goodall's - Return to Gombe (50 min) - DVD
World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall makes her annual RETURN TO GOMBE in this exciting and somewhat heartbreaking visit to the chimpanzee research station she made famous. It seems a revolution has broken out among her favorite group of chimps and
is brutal and bullying leader, Frodo, has been overthrown. With a power struggle imminent among the other chimps, Jane searches for Frodo and reminisces about groundbreaking research, thoughts beliefs and emotions she has invested in these wild chimpanzees
and protecting primates around the world. RETURN TO GOMBE makes for a fascinating and unforgettable journey.
191 Chiimps: So Like Us Featuring Dr. Jane Goodall (29 min) - VHS
For three decades, Jane Goodall has studied the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania. There, living simply amid the lush greenery, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, she has become the world’s foremost authority on man’s closest living relative.
In Chimps: So Like Us, Goodall provides a glimpse into this special universe, sharing her vision and passionate concern for her simian neighbors.
The film opens gently in the quiet forest, where, with Goodall as guide and interpreter, the chimpanzees’ remarkable similarity to humans is revealed before the camera. Like humans, chimps live in family units, make tools, eat meat and express with complex
emotions. The distinction between man and animal blurs as scenes of love, jealousy, friendship and war are played out within chimpanzee society.
Yet, chimps’ genetic closeness to man is also their curse. In explosive counterpoint to the chimpanzees’ balanced live in their natural habitat, the film reveals the shocking conditions under which many chimps suffer in poorly maintained research labs.
With uncompromising conviction, the film argues the case for the chimpanzees’ right to live in freedom in their natural habitat and for humane treatment when in captivity.
192 Quinessential Chinese Culture: Traditional Chinese Medicine (30 min) - DVD
With a long-standing history, traditional Chinese medicine has created a unique Chinese health culture. This program traces the development of traditional Chinese medicine, shares the important legends of Chinese medicine, including Shenongshi, Bianque,
Zhangzhongjing, and Lishizhen, explains the details of unique medical formulas and treatments, and describes the unique health culture of traditional Chinese medicine
193 Little Ditch: The Black River Canal (1:30) DVD
Fire, flood, politics and corruption: The trials and elation of the engineering marvel that let boats sail over a mountain and move the raw materials that helped build the Empire State. http://www.4thcoastproductions.com/littleditch2.htm
194 Soul of Syracuse - Music Festival ( 2 copies) DVD
195 Hearts and Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society (63 min) DVD
The film chronicles the lives of ordinary women as well as individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard and Abigail Scott Duniway through the great 19th century events: industrialization, abolition, the Civil War, westward movement,
temperance and suffrage.
197 The Kayapo – Indians Of The Brazilian Rain Forest (1:00) - DVD
Life changed dramatically for the fiercely independent Kayapo when gold was discovered on their land in 1982. The Amazon was opened up for prospecting and thousands of Brazilians invaded their homeland, turning it into one of the largest gold mines in
the world. The Kyapo were forced to adapt and become “businessmen” or see their traditional way of life destroyed. Like any businessman visiting the city to check on his finances, Utay, a chief from one of the villages, walks into a modern bank with
his briefcase – wearing his bodypaint and feathers. A chief from another village reminds the younger members of the closely knit tribe of their cultural identity and exhorts them to resist the temptations brought into the forest by the Brazilians.
The mines on Kayapo land are policed by warriors with war-clubs and with the wealth earned from the mines they charter planes to the spot illegal prospecting from above. 1987. DVD
198 The Lost Vikings (1:00) - VHS
Secrets of the Dead Series - Why did Greenland’s Vikings disappear? The Vikings of Greenland left no clues to their sudden and mysterious disappearance. Or did they? On a desolate coast of Greenland, an international team of archaeologist, forensic anthropologists,
entomologist and botanists set out to investigate clues in a complex chain of events that may have led to the demise of a Viking colony. Unearthing the ruins of a settlement that included a cathedral compete with stained glass, the scientists carefully
identify and date the vestiges of the Viking society. Among their discoveries are a “mini Ice Age,” a war with neighboring Inuits, and a religious order that may have doomed the Vikings to obsolescence. PBS Home Video. 2000. VHS
199 Australia's Aborigines (1:00)- VHS
In a spectacularly beautiful and remote corner of northern Australia, a handful of people are living in the twilight of their culture. After 40,000 years, the Gagudju Aborigines are transferring the knowledge of their mysterious culture to what may be
their last generation. Travel to their distant land to meet the tribal elders, explore the ancient myths of Dreamtime, and see the extraordinary wildlife that inspires their sacred rock paintings. National Geographic Video. 1988. VHS.
200 The Hidden City of Petra (50 min) - VHS
At the dawn of the first millennium, an enterprising desert people defied the forces of nature and carved a rose-colored city out of the stark Jordanian mountains. A narrow passage through a two mile chasm reveals their hidden city. Beneath the stone
and desert sands lies Petra, 35 miles of temples, tombs, colonnaded market streets, canal systems and cisterns. In this abandoned city, exquisite frescoes and pottery stand in silent tribute to a highly sophisticated, technologically superior people
and their long buried culture.
Who were the Nabateans, and why did they built their city in so remote and barren place? Archaeologist today are just beginning to unearth the site and uncover the haunting mystery of what became of the Nabateans, and why their culture vanished so suddenly.
A& E Home Video 1995. VHS
201 Passing Through My Mother-in-Law's Village DVD
The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts’o, and may homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker went back to her mother-in-law’s village Liu Ts’o, where she did anthropological
research from 1976-1978, to preserve some images of life forever. This film was shot in a natural and intimate climate during the annual two harvests, various activities in daily life and festivals were presented in the film reflecting the villager’s
attitudes towards gods, ghosts, ancestors, women, farmlands, urbanization, industrialization, reclamation and resettlement. The film maker attempts to revel the Taiwanese way of facing drastic social changes. (with English subtitles) DVD.
202 America's Stone Age Explorers: Where did the first Americans come from? (1:00) - DVD
Who were the first Americans and where did they come from? The conventional view is that they arrived here around 13,500 years ago, but startling new archaeological discoveries suggest it may have been long before that. And experts are testing contentious
theories regarding how they got here, including the idea of a dangerous canoe-born voyage from Asia down the west coast of the Americas, or even across the Atlantic from Europe.
Since 1932and the discovery of ancient weapons at Clovis, New Mexico, the “clovis-first” theory held that Ice Age big-game hunters entered the continent by crossing a land bridge that spanned the Bering Strait between Asia and Alaska. Then archaeologist
discovered a problem: massive ice sheets blocked the way south, and the search for alternative explanation began. NOVA investigates controversial clues, including finds in an Alaskan bear cave hinting at a west coast voyage and a stone tool
from Virginia claimed to be evidence of a landing from Europe. Then visit an extraordinary Clovis dig in Texas with nearly half a million artifacts, which points to completely different solutions to the puzzle. DVD
203 Lost Trives of Israel (1:00) - VHS
Will genetic science solve the riddle of Israel’s Lost Tribes? Nearly 3,000 years ago, ten of Israel’s founding tribes were defeated by the Assyrians and banished from ancient Judea. Today, people from as far away as Japan, India and Ethiopia claim to
be the descendants of Israel’s Lost Tribe. 4,000 miles from Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall, members of the Lemba tribe have names like Solomon and David. They practice a ritual slaughter and follow strict dietary rules. But are their beliefs based
on myth or reality? See how this South African tribe is putting their heritage to the test
Join anthropologist Tudor Parfitt and take a scientific and genealogical adventure that leads from the Holy land through Zimbabwe, to the wilderness of Southern Yemen and a modern-day London genetics lab. See how today’s technology can solve an ancient
Biblical riddle and explore the modern genetic techniques that reveal never-before-seen connections between people, giving the past unprecedented new clarity. NOVA VHS
204 The Language You Cry In (52 min) - DVD
...tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans
retain links with their African past through the horrors of the Middle Passage, slavery and segregation. The film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator Vertamae Grosvernor calls the “non-history”
imposed on African Americans”. This is a story of memory, how the memory of a family was pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sang it with their roots.
…it traces the history of this song, a burial hymn of the Mende people brought as slaves to the rice plantations of the Southeast coast more than two hundred years ago. It was preserved there for generations thought the meaning of the words were forgotten
until a pioneering Black linguist, Lorenzo Turner, recognized its origin in the 1930s. In the 1990s contemporary scholars Joe Opala and Cynthia Schmidt discovered that the song was still remembered in a remote village in Sierra Leone. An old woman
had learned it from her grandmother who made the remarkable prediction that this song would help her recognize some long-lost kinfolk. The film concludes with the moving homecoming of the Gullah family which had preserved the song in America to the
Mende villagers who re-enact the ancient burial rights for them. 1998 California Newsreel. DVD
205 The Quilts of Gee's Bend (28 min) - DVD
…documentary accompanies the major exhibitions of Gee’s Bend quilts. Set in the quiltmakers’ homes and yards, and told through the women’s voices, this music-filled documentary takes viewers inside the art and fascinating living history of a uniquely
American community and art form.
206 The Legend of the Crystal Skulls (46 min) - DVD
The Hollywood blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a fictionalized account of the legend of the crystal skulls. Now this exciting docudrama traces the true story of the world’s celebrated crystal skulls and state-of-the-art
technology finally reveals their ancient secrets.
Crystal skulls have a devoted following who believe in their mystical (and perilous) powers and a Mayan legend of 13 skulls coming together in a time of great peril to save mankind by divulging the secret knowledge of all ages.
Today there are a handful of crystal skull relics, including one at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. This is the story of curator Jane MacLaren Walsh’s 16-year quest to trace the origins of the 31 pound crystal skull mailed anonymously to
the museum in 1992.
Walsh’s investigation takes her from ancient Mesoamerica to archive across Europe and the Americas, where she traces legend and makes comparisons to other skulls and to pre-Columbian Aztec and Mixtec rock Crystal artifacts.
But the skulls are perfectly designed to confound researchers. Made of quartz crystal, they contain no carbon, essential to dating. Walsh and her colleagues faced a formidable challenge, pitting science against the supernatural.
Join them as they uncover the truth behind one of the world’s most enduring mysteries…that of the mythical crystal skulls. DVD
207 Quest for Sunken Warships (2:43) - DVD
Hidden deep beneath the sea lies the wreckage of mighty war machines, each with untold stories of battles, glory and defeat. Join us on the hunt for these antiques of the deep, and unlock the mysteries and the history waiting on the ocean floor. Each
episode of QUEST FOR SUNKEN WARSHIPS features authentic historical footage, GCI illustrations and archival materials of the battles being investigated, along with high-resolution underwater images and live action, on-site explorations of the sunken
wrecks by our team of courageous divers. Features: torpedo Alley, Operation Hailstone, USS Oriskany, USS Murphy. DVD
208 The Real Tomg Hunters: Snakes, Curses and Booby Traps (1:34) - DVD
Fighting Nazis; grabbing golden treasure; fleeing angry natives; dodging pitfalls in a booby-trapped temple – we all know how fictional explorers and archaeologist spend their days. But does real life compare? HISTORY™ follows some of the most daring
archaeologist from around the world and details the dangers they face, including booby-trapped tombs, looters in the jungles of Cancuén, and the real kidnapping by angry villages in Chiapas. Examine the stories of past explorers who helped shape the
stereotypes of iconic movie heroes, and join their exciting quests through deserts, jungles and harsh terrain. There are no special effect, no stuntmen, and no retakes…and for these real-life archaeologist, no guarantee they‘ll survive for a sequel.
209 Stonehenge DeCoded: A Lost City Revealed (1:30) DVD
Journey back 4,500 years to unlock the secrets of the world’s most enduring archaeological mystery…Stonehenge. Stonehenge Decoded presents world-renowned archaeologist as they reveal a revolutionary new theory about who built Stonehenge
and why. Thanks to a recent discovery of a lost city just two miles from the famous stone circle, our understanding of this era is now transformed.
Featuring dramatic recreations, groundbreaking new discoveries, and fascinating interviews, Stonehenge Decoded transports us back to an ancient time to shed new light on this mysterious monument in ways never before possible. Narrated by Donald
211 How Earth Made US - Epidode 3 - Wind (48 min) - DVD
Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. Iain sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of our turbulent relationship with the wind. Traveling to iconic locations
including the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific, Iain discovers how people have exploited the power of the wind for thousands of years. The wind is a force which at first sight appears chaotic. But he patterns that lie
within the atmosphere have shaped the destiny of continents, and lie at the heart of some of the greatest turning points in human history.
212 Pimpernel Smith (2:00) - VHS
This 1941 update of The Scarlet Pimpernel finds British actor Leslie Howard reinventing one of his most popular characters as an absent-minded archaeology professor ingeniously smuggling victims of Nazi oppression out of Germany. Howard (Gone with the Wind),
who left Hollywood to return to his native country during World War II, also directed this taut, entertaining adventure in a patriotic vein, including scenes in which his charismatic hero scientifically debunks the myth of Aryan superiority. Directed
with a deft touch and edited for maximum excitement, Pimpernel Smith is at the very least an equal to Howard's 1935 version of The Scarlet Pimpernel (directed by Harold Young), and in some ways it is technically superior.
213 Time Team America (1:00) - DVD
Time Team America wades into the swamps of South Carolina to further our understanding of North America's first human inhabitants. Debate continues in the scientific community about when people first came to the American continent. The team has just three
days to search out evidence that could shed light on the controversy. What they find could rock the archaeological world.
214 Stonehenge and the Ancient Britons (50 min) - DVD
This is the fascinating story of the British Isles in prehistory: of the hunters and farmers who eked out a living from the land: and of Stonehenge, the megalithic structure which has become a symbol of those dark and mysterious times. Standing tall
on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, the ancient stone circle is steeped in myth and legend; even today, it refuses to give up all of its secrets. This program contains superb graphics and computer animation, detailed reconstructions, location
footage, and Insightful interpretation and analysis.
215 America's Stonehenge - The History of a Sacred Place (41 min) - DVD
This film reconstructs the 2500 year cultural history of the America's Stonehenge archaeological site located in North Salem, NH. The complex of stone chambers, standing stones, niches, and other stone structures at the site served as an important spiritual
and ritual center for a group of ancient Native American people. For the Native Americans this place was sacred. Construction of this ritual complex began over 3,000 years ago and evolved through five major periods of construction and change until
its final closure with the arrival of European colonists. The Native Americans left an extraordinary archaeological record of their ritual activities and spiritual beliefs.
Author and independent researcher, Mary Gage, has meticulously researched
this site for many years and has successfully reconstructed its cultural history. This film is based upon her book, "America's Stonehenge Deciphered" (2006).
216 The Incredible Human Journey (4:53) - DVD
Thousands of years ago one small group of our species, Homo sapiens, crossed out of Africa and into the unknown. Their descendants faced baking deserts, sweat-soaked jungles and frozen wildernesses and risked everything on the vast empty ocean. Within
60,000 years they colonized the whole world. Using evidence from genetics, fossils, archaeology and climatology, Dr. Alice Roberts uncovers five epic routes our ancestors took across the globe and the obstacles and brutal challenges they encountered
along the way. It reveals how our family tree grew and spread out across the world, producing all the variety we see in the human species today- but despite all that diversity, Dr. Roberts reveals how astonishing closely related we all are.
217 Sun Come Up (38 min) - DVD
Sun come up is an Academy Award Nominated film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islander, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world's
first environmental refugees.
When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders face a painful decision. The must leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home. Sun Come Up follows a group of young islanders as they search for land and build relationships
in war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean.
218 A Becoming American - The Chinese Experience: Gold Mountain Dreams (1:02) - DVD
Fleeing civil war, flooding, and famine, thousands of young men leave the villages of southern China to seek their fortunes in the California Gold Rush
of 1849. Most move on to other jobs in the American West – from fishing, farming, cooking and washing clothes to working on the first transcontinental railroad.
218 B Becoming American - The Chinese Experience: Between Two Worlds (1:02) b- DVD
Examines life under the Chinese Exclusion Act through the Stories of Chinese Americans and their families who were kept apart by both ancient customs and US
218 C Becoming American - The Chinese Experience: No Turning Back (1:02) - DVD
Presents intimate portraits of the new Chinese Americans who, since 1965, have faced a struggle common to so many immigrants: to reconcile some losses
of their old culture in order to embrace their adopted American one.
219 A Becoming American - Personal Journeys: A Personal Journey w/ Dr. David Ho, AIDS Researcher (14 min) - DVD
Since arriving in America from Taiwan at the age of 12, Dr. David Ho has become a world-renowned scientist. His research in the fight
against HIV/Aids earned him honors as time magazine’s Man of the Year. In this program, Bill Moyers talks with Dr. Ho about his experience as an immigrant and US citizen, and his contributions to the battle against AIDS.
219 B Becoming American - Personal Journeys: A personal Journey w/ Shirley Young, Market Research Pioneer (15 min) - DVD
In this program, Bill Moyers talks with Shirley Young, an inspiring woman who survived the Japanese occupation of the Philippines
to become a pioneer of market research with Grey Advertising. Later, as a vice president of General Motors, she helped launch GM’s operation in China, the country of her birth
219 C Becoming American - Personal Journeys: A personal Journey w/ Gish Jen, Author (15 min) - DVD
Born and raised in the United States, Gish Jen has become a leading literary voice of the Chinese American experience. In this program, Bill Moyers
talks with the critically acclaimed writer, whose novels and short stories are known for their humorous and incisive edge.
219 D Becoming American - Personal Journeys: A personal Journey w/ Samuel Ting, Nobel Laureate Physicist (15 min) -DVD
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and raised in China and Taiwan, Samuel Ting received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1976 and is
now leading a multinational experiment with NASA to search for antimatter, the opposite of our known universe. In this program Bill Moyers speaks with Dr. Ting about his childhood years in war-torn China, his current project, and his philosophy of
219 E Becoming American - Personal Journeys: A personal Journey w/ Maya Lin, Artist and Architect (27 min) - DVD
Sculptor, architect, and designer, Maya Lin catapulted to prominence with, as a senior at Yale University, she was chosen to design
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. In this program, Bill Moyers talks with her about her upbringing and multifaceted career.
220 Traces of the Trade: A Story for the Deep North (1:26) - DVD
When Katrina Brown learned that her distinguished New England family had been the largest slave-trading dynasty in the US history, she was shocked, but resolved to face her troubling
heritage squarely. She and nine family members retraced the infamous Triangle Trade: from their ancestral home in Rhode Island to the slave forts of Ghana, across the bitter middle Passage to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean, back to the racially
divided America of today. In the course of her journey, Brown discovers that the North, not just the South, was massively complicit in slavery – slave labor was the foundation of the entire nation’s economy. Today, the majority of whites see themselves
as not prejudiced, yet institutional inequities persist, as do gaps in comfort and trust between the races. The fearless film asks each of us to uncover and then help repair the “traces of the trade” that are all around
221 We Were Quiet Once (59 min) - DVD
Somerset was the picture-perfect small town, where life embodied a quiet, pleasant innocence - until September 11, 2001. United Flight 93 crashed in its sheltered countryside, claiming 40 innocent lives
and forever changing the people on the ground. What lasting effects does a history-changing event have on a small town? How do those who have lived in anonymity for their entire lives deal with international attention? How do people memorialize a
tragedy without perpetuating grief? Grief connected a small community with a nation. For many, that bond has sealed a sense of patriotism and delivered a positive response to a terrible tragedy; for others, it has chained them from moving forward.
We Were Quiet Once follows three locals - Father Al, Terry Butler and Rick Flick - as they prepare for the 10th anniversary of 9/11
222 The Last Just Man (1:11) - DVD
The world was horrified when nearly a million people were killed in 100 days during Rwanda's 1994 civil war. Assigned to the country only months before the madness erupted, UN commander General Romeo Dallaire
found that, despite his best efforts, he was unable to curtail the mass slaughter. In Steven Silver's award-winning documentary, a haunted Dallaire relates his personal account of one of the 20th century's worst cases of genocide and explains how
politics and timidity conspired to prevent the UN from keeping the peace
223 Loot: The Plundered Heritage (26 min) - DVD
This brief, jolting film shows the hidden cost to the heritage of Latin American peoples caused by the trade in Pre-Columbian art by western museums and collectors. Archaeologists Arlen and Diane
Chase show how the damage to archaeological sites done by looting belies claims that collecting ancient art helps preserve the past. They show the remains of looted tombs at the site of Caracol, Belize, and document the important information about
the Maya past destroyed by looters. The film achieves balance by offering divergent perspectives on the topic, providing a forum for art dealers and collectors as well as documenting the perspectives of museum curators and government ministers assigned
to protect culture. Designed for students in courses in archaeology, heritage, museology and art history, this video graphically shows the critical link between the beautiful objects in museums and on collectors’ shelves and the destruction of heritage
224 Women the Toolmaker: Hideworking and Stone Tool Use in Konso, Ethiopia (27 min) - DVD
Woman the Toolmaker portrays the remarkable lives of a group of Konso hide workers from southern Ethiopia who may be the last people in the world to make
and use flaked stone tools regularly. . Unlike the “Man the Toolmaker” stereotype, most Konso hide workers are women who a learn their skills from female relatives. The ethnoarchaeological film shows the complete life cycle of making and using flaked
stone artifacts, including scraping hides to produce soft leather products for bedding, bags, drums and even ritual clothing, and the processes of collecting, working, heat-treating, resharpening, recycling, and discarding stone scrapers. It places
stone tool making and hide working in their social and economic contexts, highlighting the importance of women’s roles in past and present societies. Woman the Toolmaker is a uniques addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in anthropology,
archaeology, and women’s studies, including material culture, technology, methods, and ethnography.
225 In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots In Sports (46 min) - VHS
Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves - Indian mascots and nicknames have historically been first draft picks in American sports. But for Charlene Teters, a
Spokane Indian, transplanting cultural rituals onto the field is a symbol of disrespect. Jay Rosenstein follows Teters' evolution from mother and student into a leading voice against the merchandising of Native American symbols - and shows the lengths
fans will go to preserve their mascots.
226 Sacrifice: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma (50 min) - VHS
Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring Thailand. Held for years in debt bondage in illegal
Thai brothels, they suffer extreme abuse by pimps, clients, and the police. Examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. It is the story of the valuation and sale of
human beings, and the efforts of teenage girls to survive a personal crisis born of economic and political repression
227 Emmett Till/ Bayard Rustin (53 min) - VHS
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 dead of night, beat him brutally and then shot him in the head. Although his killers were arrested and charged with murder, they were both acquitted
quickly 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
228 Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen In Time (49 min) - DVD
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the bodies of the people of Pompeii were perfectly preserved in their final moments. Using 21st century forensics, this film reveals
for the first time the unique set of circumstances that led to this remarkable preservation. Leading volcanologists, archaeologists, and forensic scientists piece together this incredible mystery. The program reveals who the victims were and why they
were caught in such life-like poses, apparently not trying to escape. Stunning CGI shows the incredible power of the Vesuvius eruption and for the first time, the faces of the victims are revealed using facial reconstruction techniques.
229 Tales from the Organ Trade (56 min) - DVD
Every year, tens of thousands of human organ transplants are performed around the globe. Most transplanted kidneys come from cadavers or relatives of the patient. But demand for this organ far exceeds
the supply. So thousands are bought and sold on a flourishing black market. The Tales From The Organ Trade is a gritty and unflinching descent into the shadowy world of black-market organ trafficking: the street-level brokers, the rogue surgeons,
the impoverished man and women who are willing to sacrifice a slice of their own bodies for a quick payday, and the desperate patients who face the agonizing choice of obeying the law of saving their lives. With unprecedented access to all the players-the
buyers, sellers, surgeons and brokers-the film explores the legal, moral and ethical issues involved in this life and death drama. This is not a black and white story of exploitation but rather a nuanced and complex tale of survival for both the buyers
and sellers. This is a world where the villains often save lives, while all too often a helpless medical establishment watches people die. Shot over 3 years in 8 countries across 3 continents, Tales From The Organ Trade goes beyond the apocryphal
stories of the black market organ trade to convey the complexity of the kidney market and the myriad pressures that feed it.
230 Language Maters ( 2:00) - DVD
Language Matters is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language? Language Matters was filmed around the world: on a remote island off the coast
of Australia, where 400 Aboriginal people speak 10 different languages, all at risk; in Wales, where Welsh, once in danger, is today making a comeback; and in Hawaii, where a group of Hawaiian activists are fighting to save their native tongue.
231 Tubabs In Africa (57 min) - DVD
Tubab means Foreigner-someone from outside of Africa. Tubabs In Africa is the story of a small group of American college students who spend a summer in Gambia, West Africa. After two weeks of language and
cultural training near the Gambian capital Banjul, the students head up country. The trip gets serious when they reach the small village of Bajakunda at the far eastern end of the country. No tourist hotels, no restaurants, no electricity, no running
water, the students come face to face with the stark realities of rural life in a developing country. Upon their return to the capital region, they each undertake a research project. Andrew goes far out into the Atlantic in a wooden pirogue with local
fisherman; Summer assists midwives; Anne hauls water barefoot in the women’s garden. Tubabs In Africa documents their inspiring, amazing, and at times hilarious voyage of discovery.
232 Return to Belaye: A Rite of Passage (1:19) - DVD
Documentarian Amy Flannery goes back to her husband Papis Goudiaby’s West African village to record his rite of passage into manhood, Flannery captures this obscure ritual and tells her feelings
as the wife of an initiate. A week of intense celebration leads up to the initiates’ grand entrance into the Sacred Forest. Harkening back to ancient warrior traditions, the men slash their bodies with knives, and fire off cannons. Wearing ceremonial
costumes the villagers of Belaye are immersed in a traditional frenzy of singing, dancing, and drumming.
233 The Women's Bank of Bangladesh (47 min) - VHS
More than 100 million people live below poverty level in Bangladesh – many of them women. Thanks to the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only, many of them and their
families are beginning to prosper. This program describes the philosophy, development, and function of the bank, then follows the daily activities of three women who have taken out the loans to fund their cottage industries. We follow the women to
bank-sponsored support groups and business classes, and watch as they sign their names and 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 and 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.
234 Village Women of Bangladesh VHS
An intimate glimpse of the lives of women as seen through their work during the rice harvest in a traditional village north of Dhaka, Bangladesh. After the field work of planting and harvesting, work done by
the men, women clean, parboil, dry and husk the grain, creating the end product, rice for income and food.
235 Quest For the Lost Tribes (1:40) - VHS
Take a trip to the Middle East and Africa to learn the history of the lost tribes of Israel. Learn what will occur when the tribes return to their ancient lands and judgement day arrives
236 Warrior Island Fayu: Truce Among the Warriors (52 min) - VHS
Explore the world of the Fayu, who live in the thick jungles of Irian Jaya in Eastern Indonesia. Learn about their reputation as a fierce warrior tribe and find out what has preserved
their tribal lifestyle for thousands of years.
237 Yanomami: From Machetes to Mobile Phones (56 min) - DVD
The Yanomami Indians, living in the Amazon highland jungle crossing Venezuela and Brazil, are one of the last large relatively unacculturated indigenous groups left in the world. Increasing
contacts with the outside world, especially over the last 50 years, have dramatically impacted the Yanomami. In November 2000, just before the Venezuelan government closed protected Yanomami lands to outsiders, filmmakers Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin
documented the lives of a small group of Yanomami Indians living along the banks of the Siapa and Casiquiare Rivers. Ten years later the filmmakers return to that same village to document the changes they observe. Through Macarino, who they first
met as a small child 10 years earlier, they gain access to the daily lives of these families. Now a young man and son of the village headman, Macarino is our guide into the ways of this group of Yanomami today. As the outside world encroaches more
and more into Yanomami lands, the tension between these two worlds is revealed. The desire to retain their customs and traditions becomes difficult to reconcile with their attraction to the material goods of the modern world. The Yanomami are one
of man’s last links to our ancient, semi-nomadic, hunter-gatherer history. When the Yanomami are integrated into modern society, the world will lose a rich cultural tradition originating with our earliest ancestors
238 Hilltribe Memories 1987-2011 (46 min) - DVD
What happens to the people in very traditional, very remote villages when cross-country motorbikes, satellite dishes and mobile phones arrive? This documentary explores that question with visits
over a 25 year period to remote Hmong and Akha villages in the Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia. The traditional lifestyle associated with subsistence farming in these remote villages evolved over hundreds of years. That lifestyle is undergoing
rapid change, with all ramifications involved. The strong identities of these Hilltribe cultures are rooted in history and language (and attached by myth and memory) to their particular village and region. Threats to their culture are threats to their
unique perspectives on life. These subsistence farming communities are not just about how people produce their food. They are about how they live their lives: marriage practices, how the social hierarchy of villages is structured and social norms
are maintained, how clothes they make and wear are part of their identity, how culture is embodied in language among people who may not be able to read or write, and much more. Order of magnitude improvements in transportation and communications are
transforming these communities in a whirlwind of change over a few decades. After an introduction to the people of the Golden triangle, we present some short stories about Akha and Hmong individuals who are in the midst of these dramatic changes.
239 Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School (1:20) - DVD
Imagine you are a child, taken from your home, your family, taken from everything you know. In 1869 the U.S. government enacted a policy of educating Native American children
in the western society. By the late 1960’s more than 100,000 had been forced to attend Indian Boarding School.
240 Forgotten World (52) Forgotten Word (52) - DVD
Snaking North through eastern South Africa, Mpumalanga Escarpment is dotted by mysterious stone structures--stone lined roads, terraces, and the nested circular patters--left behind by a now-vanished
civilization. Forgotten World features an interdisciplinary team of researchers who have devoted more than a decade to uncovering the truth about these stone walls--discovering they were built by a people known as the Bakoni, who moved into the area
from the south and thrived from 1500-1820. To piece together their story, historian Peter Delius pored though hundreds of oral histories collected by 19th century German missionaries. Archaeologist Tim Maggs spent countless hours on the land, studying
settlement patterns, which differ greatly from European-style grids by conforming to the local landscape. Using mapping techniques and satellite imagery, geographer Mats Widgren determined the location of settlements and how people use the land for
an innovative form of intensive agriculture. And Archaeologist Alex Schoeman's digs in the Komati Gorge are have led to a greater understanding of local social structure and agricultural practices, and counters the colonial idea of a timeless and
unchanging tribal Africa. Forgotten World details how the Bakoni built with new materials, organized a new social structure, and created techniques that allowed them to ingeniously farm both livestock and crops. "If we look at the history of Bakoni
what we see is a fascinating story of agricultural innovation," says Peter Delius. "These communities are about change, not static tribal systems"
241 Waiting for John (56 min) DVD
Waiting for John explores this extraordinary religion from the perspective of the last village of believers, as they struggle to preserve their way of live in the modern world. In the process this film asks,
where do our prophets come from? And what makes people believe?