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Multimedia Library

In addition to a text-based library, the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity also maintains a small multimedia library available for faculty to check out and use in their classrooms. For information on any of these items, please contact Mary Jo Peck at mpeck@siue.edu or by phone at 650-5382.

Title Synopsis Length Format
"American History X" Ground-breaking drama about the consequences of racism. 119 minutes Videotape

"Bionic Beauty Salon" A documentary engagement with the complexities of life in a female body, specifically the tragically common anxiety surrounding female body image.

22 minutes Videotape
"Black By Popular Demand"

No synopsis available Not available Videotape
"The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords" Chronicles the history of the black press and its central role in the construction of modern African American identity.  Recounts the largely forgotten stories of generations of black journalists who risked life and livelihood so African Americans could represent themselves in their own words and images.

86 minutes Videotape
"The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords"

Interactive CD for film Not available Compact Disk
"Bubbeh Lee & Me" Issues of aging, immigration, self-identity, alienation and acceptance are explored through a portrait of Jewish grandmother and  account of her gay grandson's search for his place in the world

35 minutes Videotape
"Counseling Children of Alcoholics: Fostering Resiliency"

Two Parts 1) Resiliency and Protective Factors 2) School-Based Strategies for Fostering Resiliency 34 minutes Videotape
"(The) Discouraged Child: Bright But Underachieving"

By Michael D. Whitley, Ph.D.  60 minutes Videotape
"Emerging Disabilities on Campus : What You Need to Know" Learn from legal and disability experts from across the country- and hear from students, too, about what makes disability assessment and accommodation work.

Not available Videotape
"Essential Blue Eyed" Jane Elliott uses her masterful teaching skills to educate us about discrimination.  Elliott's method effectively challenges viewers to confront racism at work, in our community and in ourselves everyday.

87 minutes Videotape
"Fairer Sex, The" ABC News Productions--Discover whether there are daily differences in being a male versus a female in today's American society, particularly in the workplace.

18 minutes Videotape
"Friends: Cross Cultural Clips" A video designed to stimulate discussion about race, culture, and social life on undergraduate campuses.  (1998)

Not available Videotape
"Gender: The Enduring Paradox"

Produced by the Smithsonian Institution 58 minutes Videotape
"(The) The Ghost of Bellerive"

by Gary Nunn and his "Fantastic" students Not available Videotape
"Growing Up Gay" A non-polarizing and gentle initiation into seeing gay and lesbian lives in ways that are not threatening and that break through misconceptions about homosexuality.

Not available Videotape
"In Black and White:  A Conversation with Gloria Naylor (Part 2)"

Naylor discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites. 21 minutes Videotape
"In Black and White: A Conversation with Toni Morrison"

Morrison explains the "American literature is incoherent without the contribution of African Americans." 25 minutes Videotape
"One Drop Rule" Asks the question: what makes someone black?  Explores skin color consciousness with African Americans and inter-racial adults of black and white parents

45 minutes Videotape
"Frontline: Assault on Gay America" Forrest Sawyer explores the roots of homophobia in America and asks how these attitudes, beliefs and fears contribute to the recent rise in violence against gays. (PBS)

60 minutes Videotape
"RACE: The Power of an Illusion" (3 Parts) Episode One: The Difference Between Us      
Episode Two: The Story We Tell
Episode Three: The House We Live In

"Race: The Power of an Illusion" challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs:  that human beings come divided into a few distinct 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.

58 minutes each DVD
"Sean's Story: A Lesson in Life" This is the story of an 8-year old boy with Down Syndrome who was part of a battle over "inclusion" and the practice of placing mentally and physically challenged students in regular classrooms.  (1994)

52 minutes Videotape
"Seniors:  Four Years in Retrospect" Revisits five students from the film "Frosh" to see how college life had changed them.  Includes facilitator's guide.

56 minutes Videotape
"Shattering the Silence: The Case for Minority Faculty"     Offers everyone in higher education an unprecedented opportunity to see American campuses through the eyes of minority faculty themselves.

86 minutes Videotape
"(The) Thirty-Minute Blue Eyed" Jane Elliott's award-winning Blue Eyed in a more useful, more concise version concentrating all the drama and insight of the original into a powerful 30-minute video.

34 minutes Videotape
"(The) Way Home" The purpose of our work is to uplift the human spirit through transformation of self, communities, and organizations.  Through national and international conversations with a focus on race and culture, people are invited to look at their most deeply embedded assumptions.

92 minutes Videotape
"Valuing Diversity: Multi-Cultural Communication" Gives viewers practical suggestions on how to decrease their discomfort communicating with diverse people; study guide included

19 minutes Videotape

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