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| GUIDELINES for BORROWING ARDC FILMS: The lending of these resources is managed by ARDC’s Congregational Support working group For the "Letter of Agreement and Policy Statement" for the borrowing of materials from the ARDC Resource Library, either click here or contact: Mary Kay Mitchell - email: bix.mitchell@gmail.com Hm: 609-883-1136 18 Windybush Way, Titusville, NJ 08560 Cong = U.U. Church at Washington Crossing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FILMS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM ARDC HOW THESE FILMS ARE ARRANGED: -- Alphabetically, but ignoring the initial article (like -- A, An, The...) -- 3 Types of films are grouped together by subject. See: KING - for films about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School of the Americas - for films on this controversial school UUA - for films focusing on Unitarian-Universalism -- At the bottom of the list are a few antiracism films available from the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, NJ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DVDs available from ARDC Resource Library The New Americans: Finding Community - 2003 (DVD 60 minutes) Active Voice and Kartemquin Films [UUCWC] Excerpted from The New Americans, a seven-hour PBS miniseries, Finding Community highlights the complex emotions and sociopolitical forces that propel three families to leave their homelands in Mexico, Nigeria and the Israeli-occupied West Bank to come to America. It chronicles the process of assimilation and integration and identifies obstacles and opportunities for engaging newcomers in civic life. Normal - 2003 (DVD 110 minutes) HBO video A Midwestern factory worker stuns his wife of 25 years by saying he wishes to undergo gender transition and sex reassignment surgery. POV: Farmingville - 2003 (DVD 78 minutes) A film by Tambini and Sandoval, New Video Group Inc., [UUCWC] A complex, emotional portrait of Farmingville (pop. 15,000) on Long Island when 1,500 undocumented workers decide to settle there. The award-winning documentary presents all sides of the drama that begins to tear this town apart in the battle over who shares and controls the American Dream Skins - 2002 (87 minutes) -rated R - First Look Media in association with Starz Encore Entertainment, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and Jon Kilik present a Grandview Pictures production. A film by Chris Eyre starring Graham Greene and Eric Schweig. [UUCWC] In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, one of America’s favorite tourist attractions, lies one of her poorest countries, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For Police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, which frequently includes his own brother, Mogie. Rudy’s frustration with the alcoholism on the “rez” leads him to take the law into his own hands, but his trail of vengeance ends tragically when he unwittingly injures Mogie. Ironically, their relationship achieves redemption after Rudy’s tragic error in judgement, and the brothers begin the process of mending their fractured relationship. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, as well as his people, with one exhilarating and life-affirming act of defiance, revealing the redemptive power of love between the two brothers. Soldier's Girl - 2003 (DVD) Showtime Based on a true story, the film is about the relationship between Barry, a private in the U.S. Army, and Calpernia, a show girl at a transgender review, and the events that led to Barry's murder by fellow soldiers. * * * * * * VIDEOS available from ARDC Resource Library A Place at the Table -- Look under "Place" (Remember - this list is alphabetized, but ignores the initial article, like "The".) Bringing Durban Home: Combating Racism Together (VHS 13 minutes) narrated by Alice Walker, Breakthrough TV 2001 [UUCWC] Interviews of persons attending the largest United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia. Film shows seven examples of institutional racism and how governments agreed to address them. The Color of Fear - 1994 [UUCWC] NOTE: This film can only be shown with a facilitator from the Anti-Racism & Diversity Committee or an anti-racism trainer who meets these two criteria: 1) was trained by the Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in the Pilot Project training program or has equivalent anti-racism training as determined by the Social Action Working Group, and 2) has viewed and has experience in processing “The Color of Fear”. In addition to a shipping and handling charge of $10.00, the facilitator’s travel expenses and a stipend of $125.00 must be paid. (Length: 60 minutes) Plus an additional 30 minutes... for discussion and processing of the film. Eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino, African-American and Native American backgrounds gather under the direction of seminar leader Lee Mun Wah to discuss racism. In emotional and often heated exchanges, the participants challenge the privileged status of white Americans and recount their anguished experiences with discrimination. The Color of Fear 2: Walking Each Other Home (VHS 55 minutes) A film by Lee Mun Wah, StirFry Seminars & Consulting, 1998 [UUCWC] Winner of the Cindy International Medal for Best Social Science Film, this sequel explores more in depth the intimate relationships amongst the men as well as answering the question, “What can whites do to end racism?” NOTE: This film can only be shown with a facilitator from the Anti-Racism & Diversity Committee or an anti-racism trainer who meets these two criteria: 1) was trained by the Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in the Pilot Project training program or has equivalent anti-racism training as determined by the co-chairs of the District ARDC, and 2) has viewed and has experience in processing “The Color of Fear”. In addition to shipping and handling $15.00, the facilitator’s travel expenses and a stipend of $125.00 must be paid. Come See the Paradise - 1994 - (Length: 135 minutes) - rated R - [UUCWC] The romance and marriage of an Irish-American, Jack, (Dennis Quaid) and Japanese-American, Lily, (Tamlyn Tomita) at the outset of WW II leads the two lovers into a clash of cultures. This is compounded by hysterical expression of racism and loss of civil rights when Lily and her family go to an internment camp and Jack is drafted into the army. Donated by Nina Friedberg of the U.U. Fellowship of Bellport. Crash - 2004 - rated R - Directed and written by Paul Haggis. Co-written by Bobby Moresco. [UUCWC] Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters from many different ethnic and economic backgrounds. Crossing the Line - Look under "School of the Americas (SOA)" Dorothy Dandridge -- see "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" El Norte - Look under "Norte" Ending Racism: Working for A Racism-Free 21st Century -- Produced by Crossroads Ministry (Length: 35 minutes) [UUCWC] An overview of racism with dialogue and discussion by a six member panel. The second part sets forth a vision that addresses systemic and cultural racism. (The First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, NJ also has a copy -- see bottom of page) The Essential Blue Eyed - 1996, revised 1999 (Length: 87 minutes) Trainer's Edition - 50 minutes / Debriefing - 36 minutes [UUCWC] Writer/Director: Bertram Verhaag "Blue-Eyed" has proven to be one of the country's most widely-used diversity training videos. This version was designed as a concise, convenient vehicle for trainers to share Jane Elliott's extraordinarily dramatic "blue-eyed, brown-eyed" exercise with their employers or students. Jane Elliott believes unless people have experienced discrimination for themselves they will never have the motivation to fight it. In "Blue-Eyed" she divides a multiracial group of Midwestern adults on the basis of eye color and subjects the blue-eyed members to a withering regime of humiliation. Fresh Voices from Black America -- see "NATIONAL DESK - Redefining Racism: Fresh Voices from Black America" How Open the Door?: Black Pioneers in a White Denomination (VHS 35 minutes) 1986 Produced by Carol Lynn Dornbrand, Unitarian Universalist Association [UUCWC] Introducing Dorothy Dandridge - (115 minutes) HBO Esparza-Katz Production [UUCWC] Based on a true story, Halle Berry stars as the actress, dancer and singer Dorothy Dandridge. Here was a woman with talent, beauty and ambition. An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door or use the bathroom. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first African-American woman ever nominated for the Academy Award. - - - - - - - - - - - KING -- Films about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : 1. Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. - (85 minutes) [UUCWC] This program examines the government's involvement in harassment of Dr. King and uses a variety of recently declassified information - including private conversations taped at the Johnson White House - to re-examine the counter-intelligence programs that preceded the assassination. The program also investigates the conviction of James Earl Ray who has never been placed at the scene of the crime by any credible witnesses. 2. At the River I Stand - (56 minutes) [UUCWC] A fitting tribute to the Civil Rights Movement - both to the grassroots activism at its heart (Memphis Sanitation Workers) and to the charismatic leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - - - - - - - - - - - Mann Ke Manjeere: An Album of Women’s Dreams (VHS 18 minutes) [UUCWC] Breakthrough TV, Three stories are included: A woman’s journey from a battered wife to truck driver ends in murder. The video raises important issues of violence against women, women in non-traditional occupations and their access to public space; Babel exposes the various forms of domestic violence faced by middle class women; The Making of Mann ke Manjeere tells about the ideal behind the album to raise awareness about the status of women through music. Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (VHS 40 minutes) [UUCWC] On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks sparked a revolution by sitting still. Her act of defiance inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott which overturned an unjust law and created a legacy for those who work for freedom and justice. NATIONAL DESK - Redefining Racism: Fresh Voices from Black America - 1997 - (60 minutes) - produced by PBS Home Video, a department of the Public Broadcasting Service [UUCWC] This film probes the deep chasm between black and white Americans and the increasing hostility towards whites felt by a vast number of African-Americans. NATIONAL DESK is a public affairs documentary series which addresses patterns in American life which are subtly eroding our common culture and sense of destiny. A hard-hitting reporter-driven series, NATIONAL DESK distinguishes itself by its willingness to ask difficult questions that need to be asked about major social and political problems that are too often politely ignored. El Norte - (approximately 90 minutes) - in Spanish with English sub-titles.[UUCWC] A Guatemalan brother and sister flee northward after the army invades their village and kills their mother and father. Poignant, horrifying and sometimes humorous this film depicts the experiences and hardships of Latino/a immigrants as they start their lives as undocumented workers in Los Angeles. Not in Our Town - Color - (Length: 30 minutes) [UUCWC] "Not in Our Town" is the inspiring story of the people of Billings, Montana, who took a stand against a series of hate crimes in their community. Together, they lived up to the American values of courage, tolerance, and cooperation when forces of disintegration threatened. Since then NIOT has taken on a life of its own, resulting in a groundswell of response to intolerance, prejudice and hate crimes. (*See description of study guide below>) Not in Our Town II - Color - (Length: 57 minutes) [UUCWC] This video follows up on six other communities and what they have done (including a brief synopsis of "NIOT".) *The study guides that The Working Group published for both videos are appropriate for classroom use for young children through college aged. A Place at the Table - produced and donated by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [UUCWC] A diverse group of teenagers and young adults discuss discrimination and their cultural backgrounds making a variety of insightful points about racism and homophobia. Discussion guide available. Redefining Racism: Fresh Voices from Black America -- see "NATIONAL DESK - Redefining Racism: Fresh Voices from Black America" - - - - - - - - - - - School of the Americas (SOA) : (subject heading) 1. Crossing the Line - 1999 - (16 minutes) - narrated by Susan Sarandon [UUCWC] Crossing the Line onto Fort Benning property meant possible arrest and imprisonment for thousands of students, church people, former military and activists, marching against the SOA. in the largest nonviolent protest since the Vietnam War days. Companion video to "SOA: Guns and Greed" and "School of Assassins". 2. School of Assassins - 1994 - (18 minutes) - narrated by Susan Sarandon [UUCWC] Rarely seen footage focuses on the U.S. Army School of the Americas, whose graduates are some of the worst known human rights violators in the hemisphere, responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. 3. School of the Americas: An Insider Speaks Out - (16 minutes) [UUCWC] Major Joseph Blair candidly remarks that "the SOA was the best place a Latin American officer could go to launder his drug money." After serving 20 years in the U.S. Army, two tours in Vietnam and 12 years as a Latin American Military Specialist, Major Blair was an instructor at the SOA for three years. 4. SOA: Guns and Greed - 2000 - (20 minutes) - narrated by Stephen De Mott, M.M. [UUCWC] Latin American soldiers trained at the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) use their guns to protect the greed of large corporations and world financial institutions that exploit the people and resources of their own countries. Students, labor leaders, veterans and church people join in nonviolent protests to close the school. - - - - - - - - - - -. The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America (VHS 40 minutes) Southern Poverty Law Center , 1995 [UUCWC] Produced by three time Academy Award winner Charles Guggenheim, film examines a 300-year struggle in the U.S. to live up to its ideals of liberty, equality and justice for all from the perspective of ordinary people. Donated by the Undoing Racism Library of the Unitarian Church of Montclair. Skins -- Look at the top of this list under "DVDs Available from ARDC." Smoke Signals - (Length: approx. 89 minutes) - rated PG-13 - [UUCWC] This critically acclaimed film was a distinguished winner at the Sundance Film Festival. Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town on the reservation, they couldn’t have less in common. But when Victor is urgently called away, it’s Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There’s just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride. This bittersweet comedy follows this most unlikely pair as they leave home on what becomes an unexpectedly unforgettable adventure of friendship and discovery SOA: Guns and Greed - Look under "School of the Americas (SOA)" Tales from Arab Detroit - 1995 - Color - (Length: 45 minutes) Director/Writer: Joan Mandell. [UUCWC] Detroit is the largest Arab community in North America. This revealing documentary was filmed during the 1993 Detroit visit of renowned Egyptian storyteller Sheikh Ghanim Mansour. The purpose of his two-week stay was, in the words of narrator Bushna Karamen, "to make us think again about who we are and where we came from." Older Arab Americans of various backgrounds relate the saga of family migrations and discuss the gulf between generations. Young people, including a rapper, demonstrate how cultural constants - family, music, poetry - have been transformed through exposure to American society. True Colors -- see bottom of page, under the section for videos available from First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, NJ - - - - - - - - - - - Unitarian-Universalist Videos: 2001 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecture: “The Recruitment of Human Race Activists” by the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes - (Length: approx. 60 minutes) The first African-American Senior Minister of New York’s Riverside Church, James Forbes has been called by Newsweek magazine “one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world.” He teaches preaching at Union Theological Seminary and has lectured at Harvard Divinity School and Yale. Donated by the U.U. Fellowship of Bellport. [UUCWC] - - - - - - - - - - - AUDIO (CD) AVAILABLE FOR LOAN 2005 UUA New York Metro District ARDC Conclave spiritual analysis and discussion: Beyond the Problem of the Color Line by David E. McClean, professor of philosophy and ethics, Malloy College. (CD audio 43 minutes plus 12 minutes of questions.) - - - - - - - - - - - To borrow or purchase any of the above ARDC items, please contact: Mary Kay Mitchell - email: bix.mitchell@gmail.com Hm: 609-883-1136 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And, the following videos can be borrowed from the collection of the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, NJ Ending Racism: Working for A Racism-Free 21st Century, produced by Crossroads Ministry (Length: 35 minutes) An overview of racism with dialogue and discussion by a six member panel. The second part sets forth a vision that addresses systemic and cultural racism. True Colors - produced by ABC News. (Length: 19 minutes) Diane Sawyer follows an African-American and a White Man as they encounter daily racism in St. Louis. Contact: Carl Heath, 48 Hawthorne Pl., Summit, NJ 07901 Phone: (908) 273-2073; FAX: (908)273-0066; Email: ceheath_cti@compuserve.com These videos are available for two weeks loan from the Anti-Racism Committee of FUSP. Shipping and handling charge per video is $10.00. A donation to FUSP for its anti-racism work is requested. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Undoing Racism Committee Resource Center Unitarian Church of Montclair For lending policies and shipping and handling charges contact: Felice Celikyol, 15 Graham Terrace, Montclair, NJ 07042 Phone: (973) 744-0974 FeliceC936@aol.com Holdings include 176 books, 7 videos, 2 audio-cassette tapes and several magazine and newspaper clippings. Resources may be borrowed for a three-week period. Videos : The Shadow of Hate from the Southern Poverty Law Center The Vernon Johns Story King: A Filmed Record - Montgomery to Memphis Readings: several authors - including Baldwin, Langston Hughes Roots: parts 1 through 6 Another Brother Audio-Cassettes : White Privilege: the Myth, the Reality, Undoing Racism Committee service, 2/14/99 The Measure of Our Success by Marian Wright Edelman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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