Summary: Reagan Press Conference. He comments on Poland/Solidarity crisis
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Taking a grassroots approach to dealing with the physical and societal ills plaguing their countries, individuals and small groups in sub-Saharan Africa are creating success amidst widespread civil and economic instability. This program illustrates five empowering instances of solidarity and self-help: the Yeredeme project, run by single mothers in Mali; the Janjigui So association, for Malian...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Non-alignment conference in Bandung: Nations of the Third World (Asia/Africa) attempting to forge solidarity on basis of their status
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1955
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Summary: Born in Warsaw, Tomasz Tomaszewski started his photographic career with Polish magazines and worked with Solidarity Weekly. He has published numerous articles in National Geographic magazine, and his award-winning photos have also appeared in Stern, Paris Match, Geo, Time, and The New York Times. In this program, Tomaszewski shares his life and work as he presents a visual diary of the making...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Writing in the late 1200s, the Spanish nobleman Ramon Lull listed various duties which no knight could ignore. They included fidelity to the monarch, defense of the Christian faith-and, only slightly lower on the list, maintaining order among the tenants on one's estate. This program examines the means by which such political "ideals" were implemented and enforced during the Middle Ages....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The impact of Marx on the 20th century was all-pervasive and worldwide, costing tens of millions of lives where Communism was imposed, resulting in brutal wars to contain or expand it, and vastly improving the lives of workers where fear of Communism resulted in social reform. This program looks at the man, at the roots of his philosophy, at the causes and explanations of his philosophical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians continue to flare, while small-scale conflicts in postwar Iraq proceed unabated-will the bloodshed and anguish in the Middle East never end? In this special edition of NOW with Bill Moyers, the Aspen Institute and Moyers invite eight journalists and scholars to participate in a dialogue exploring the religious and political roots of these chronic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: With dowries reaching fifty percent of a family's income, a second daughter is often called "the girl born for the burial pit. This program assesses second- and third-world abuses of women's rights by the male establishment-and examines how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation. Feminist Taslima Nasreen; the author of Brides Are Not for Burning; and others speak out...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: 'To know the history of the American South, within its own context, is to come to terms with one of modern history's most astonishing, polarizing, and illuminating stories. In these 24 lectures, you'll relive the unforgettable drama of the South, from the rise and fall of the slave South to the making of the New South, examining the full scope of a historical epoch that still affects life in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 NEWSummary: Interwoven with gripping footage from recent conflicts in the Middle East, Bosnia, northern Uganda, and South Africa, this compelling program captures women's personal experiences of military violence, explains how they survived, and reflects on their growing resistance to war. The women's feelings of loss, uncertainty, and anguish are expressed through stories of cruelty, degradation, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In the 20th century, most of the world's nations tried to create prosperity through government control of their economies—from the totalitarian central planning of the communist world to more democratic nations that tried to develop their economies by nationalizing industries and protecting them from foreign competition. But in the 1980s those policies began to fail dramatically, and the fall...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004