Ms. Matwichuk:
You might find the following titles from California Newsreel's African American Classics collection helpful in addressing intercultural communication. BLUE EYED The definitive account of Jane Elliot's celebrated "blue eyed, brown eyed" racial sensitivity training workshops which place participants in the role of discriminator or discriminated against solely on the basis of eye color. http://newsreel.org/video/BLUE-EYED WHAT'S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT? This film records a college class exploring interracial dialogue over a term and its sometimes unexpected results. http://newsreel.org/video/WHATS-RACE-GOT-TO-DO-WITH-IT BLACKING UP: HIP HOP'S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY Does the involvement of white youth in hip hop represent admiration, cultural appropriation, "slumming" or a marker of teenage rebelliousness? http://newsreel.org/video/BLACKING-UP BLACKS AND JEWS This film ask how did these long-time allies in the struggle against discrimination drift so far apart and what can mend the rift. http://newsreel.org/video/BLACKS-AND-JEWS HERSKOVITS: AT THE HEART OF BLACKNESS This portrait on the life and work of groundbreaking Africanist anthropologist Melville Herskovits, raises question about what it means for Western scholars to study cultures other than their own. http://newsreel.org/video/HERSKOVITS-HEART-BLACKNESS SHATTERING THE SILENCES A diverse group of college professors of color discuss the special challenges of working at predominantly white universities and the extra demands placed on minority faculty members. http://newsreel.org/video/SHATTERING-THE-SILENCES Thank you. Lawrence Daressa California Newsreel 44 Gough Street, Suite 303 San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: 415-284-7800, ext. 302 Fax: 415-284-7801 [email protected] www.newsreel.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/California-Newsreel/10250 6363213?ref=ts 1968-2012 Media for Social Change for 44 Years Visit our website at: www.newsreel.org Sign up for our e-newsletter at: www.newsreel.org/signup VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
