Received: from ux6.cso.uiuc.edu (ux6.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id PAA19277 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:40:30 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from rlgoldst@localhost) by ux6.cso.uiuc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA06622; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 16:40:29 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 16:40:29 -0500 (CDT) From: rachel laura goldstein To: "Soc Grads (nat'l)" Subject: Films & Videos (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Here is a list of the videos we've used in soc 100 here at U of I. I don't think we'll use "Out in Suburbia" again (many students missed the point), but I highly recommend the Primetime Live segment on race (they did a sex one, too), and "In Whose Honor?" and "Ballot Measure 9" are both excellent. Rachel rlgoldst@uiuc.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachel L. Goldstein Department of Sociology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 326 Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 217 - 333 - 1950 "cause i know the biggest crime is to just throw up your hands say this has nothing to do with me i just want to live as comfortably as i can you got to look outside your eyes you got to think outside your brain you got to walk outside your life to where the neighborhood changes..." -ani difranco, "willing to fight" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:28:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Tracy Elizabeth Ore To: rachel laura goldstein Subject: Films & Videos Rachel-- Below is a list of the videos we have shown in Soc 100 ( a few only once) and any information that I have on them. The summaries are taken from the U of I library catalog). A Class Divided Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Producer: Yale University Films for Frontline ; produced for the Documentary Consortium by WGBH Boston. Year: 1986 Length: 57 minutes Distributor: PBS Video Washington, DC True Colors Diane Sawyer, ABC's PrimeTime host, follows two men, equal in all measurable aspects, except skin color, as they are involved in a variety of situations to test levels of prejudice based on skin color. Producer: Mark Luckasiewicz, Eugenia Harvey. Year: 1991 Length: 19 minutes Distributor: ABC Distribution Company 825 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Ballot Measure 9 Award-winning documentary about what happened during the 1992 campaign for Oregon's anti-gay ballot initiative. In 1992, Oregon and Colorado bacame testing grounds for ballot initiatives to amend the states' constitutions. Colorado's Amendment 2 and Oregon's Measure 9 would each prohibit and revoke laws which protect homosexuals from discrimination. The Oregon referendum, sponsored by the Oregon Citizens' Alliance, further mandated that all government agencies and schools recognize homosexuality as "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse" and that no government property or monies could be used to "facilitate" homosexuality. The Oregon initiative failed by a vote of 57 to 43 percent. Chronicles a far-reaching expose of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion and sexual identity. Illustrates the influence of stereotypes and prejudices on behavior. Producer: Heather MacDonald Year: 1995 Length: 72 minutes Distributor: Zeitgeist Films New York, NY The Date Rape Backlash: The Media & the Denial of Rape A critical examination of how media portrayal of date rape has evolved within a span of five years from portraying date rape as an epidemic to a view of date rape as feminist victim oriented propaganda. Producer: The Media Education Foundation and FAIR Year: 1994 Length: 58 minutes Distributor: The Media Education Foundation Northampton, Massachusetts In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots In Sports Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the effect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the Board of Regents, students, alumni, current and former "Chiefs" and members of the community. Producer: Jay Rosenstein Year:1996 Length: 57 minutes Distributor: Jay Rosenstein P.O. Box 2483 Champaign, Illinois 61825-2483 (217) 351-6867 [Our library now has a copy] Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obession with Thinness Illustrated lecture which explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self-images of women and girls. Producer: Jean Kilbourne Year: 1995 Length: 30 minutes Distributor: The Media Education Foundation Northampton, Massacusetts Still Killing Us Softly Discusses the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on women and their images of themselves. Producer: Margaret Lazarus Year: 1987 Length: 32 minutes Distributor: Cambridge Documentary Films Cambridge Massachusetts Out In Suburbia Eleven lesbian women discuss their lives, including marriage, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes, and female roles. Producer: Pam Walton Year: 1988 Length:28 minutes Distributor: Filmakers Library New York, NY The Global Assembly Line Documentary filmed in electronics and garment factories examines conditions of workforces in the United States and free-trade zones of developing countries and the economics of plant locations. Producer: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Labor Institute of Public Affairs for the Unions of the AFL-CIO, Educational TV and Film Center. Year: 1990 Length: 58 minutes Distributor: Du Art Video New York, NY I also plan on showing the following film (or portions of it) this fall: It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their students about lesbians and gay men. Students are asked to consider issues related to homosexuality at six elementary and middle schools. Footage of classroom activities and discussions are presented with students exploring questions and issues presented to them by teachers and guest lecturers who come into their classes. School-wide presentations, activity-days, and how these events affect faculty, parents and teachers are also discussed. Producer: Helen S. Cohen and Debra Chasnoff. Year: 1996 Length: 72 minutes Distributor: Women's Educational Media San Francisco California