media archives events

Peabody Awards Conversation

2007-01-31T12:23:00.000-08:00

Willson Center - Peabody Awards Conversation. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Peabody Awards Program. Todd Williams, Director of the Peabody-Award winning film The N-Word will present a screening of his film. After the screening, Mr. Williams will engage in a discussion of his work with Dr. Horace Newcomb, Director of the Peabody Awards Program. 7:30 PM. The Tate Student Center theater. Contact 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu.

changes

2006-01-19T12:56:00.000-08:00

After testing for a few months, the new archives page has been moved to the library server. Final modifications are being made and missing entries will be in place in the next couple of days. It is fortunate that there are no current events to speak of as the old site is inaccessible during the transition. All will be well shortly.

Welcome

2005-11-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the new updated media archives events site. Hosted by blogspot, this site will give us the ability to keep the site updated and the news current- when there is news to tell- as well as efficiently archive the site.

Events we have hosted since the year 2000 are being added to the page at present and in the new year this page will be your up to the minute source for all events hosted by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia as well as events we host in conjunction with the Athens Clarke County Public Library.

Recent Events are listed in the upper right panel of the page and the long term archives are at the bottom right. Please send any feedback you have about the page to pnunn@uga.edu.

Women's History Month 2005

2005-03-01T08:37:00.000-08:00

Women Making History

Walter J. Brown Media Archives
& Peabody Awards Collection
Screenings

all events are free and open to the public

"Iron-Jawed Angels "

Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 7:00 p.m.
Room 101, Student Learning Center

Taking a fresh and contemporary look at a pivotal event in American history, IRON JAWED ANGELS tells the true story of how defiant and brilliant young activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns took the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote. This dramatization stars Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, Molly Parker, and Patrick Dempsey. Originally broadcast on HBO on February 15, 2004 . Peabody Awards entry number 2004022 ENT.
Run time: 2 hours, 4 minutes.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by Dr. Laura Moore, Franklin Fellow in the University of Georgia Department of History.

"Daughter from Danang "

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 6:00 p.m.
Room 101, Student Learning Center
In 1975, with the end of the war in Vietnam imminent, Mai Thi Kim, a poor, young Vietnamese woman, sent her seven-year-old daughter to America as part of a controversial evacuation program known as "Operation Babylift." The parting was devastating to both mother and child, but Kim believed her Amerasian daughter--the product of a brief love affair with an American Navy officer--would be in danger in Vietnam. The little girl was adopted by a single woman, renamed Heidi and brought up in Tennessee where she concealed her Asian past and became "101%" American. Twenty-two years later, Heidi tracked down her birth mother and visited Danang. The reunion that had raised so many hopes and expectations for Heidi and Kim, quickly became rife with tension and misunderstanding as the cultural gulf between Heidi and her Vietnamese family grew larger and larger.

This important, heart wrenching film speaks to the dislocating experiences of immigrant families the world over and points to the lasting, and at times, invisible wounds inflicted by a conflict that ended more than two decades ago.

Originally broadcast on April 7, 2003 as part of the PBS series The American Experience. Peabody Awards entry number 2003294 DCT Run time: 57 minutes.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by Dr. Ian Lekus, Franklin Fellow in the University of Georgia Department of History.

"The Pill "

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 7:00 p.m.
Room 101, Student Learning Center

In May 1960, the FDA approved the sale of a pill that arguably would have a greater impact on American culture than any other drug in the nation's history. For women across the country, the contraceptive pill was liberating: it allowed them to pursue careers, it fueled the feminist and pro-choice movements and it encouraged more open attitudes towards sex. Among the key players in the development of the drug were two elderly female activists who demanded a contraceptive women could eat like aspirin and then paid for the scientific research; a devout Catholic gynecologist who believed a robust sex life made for a good marriage and argued tirelessly that the Pill was a natural form of birth control; and a brilliant biologist who bullied a pharmaceutical company into risking a possibly crippling boycott to develop this revolutionary contraceptive. In describing the struggles they all hurdled, and by featuring the experiences of a wide-range of ordinary women who came of age in the '40s, '50s and '60s, The Pill presents a compelling account of a society in transition.

Originally broadcast on February 24, 2003 as part of the PBS series The American Experience. Peabody Awards entry number 2003299 DCT. Run time: 57 minutes.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by Michelle Cohen, UGA's Sexual Health Coordinator.

For information about other Women's History Month events,

please visit the Women's Studies Program calendar.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 542-7360 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

Black history Month 2005

2005-02-01T09:49:00.000-08:00

Peabody Awards Collection
Screenings
Black History Month 2005
all events are free and open to the public

This year, the Peabody Awards Collection is proud to partner with the Athens-Clarke County Library to present a special Black History series in conjunction with their ongoing Theatre Thursdays program.
All events will be presented at the Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street

Thursday, February 3, 2005
7:00 pm
"The Boy King"

Originally broadcast on WSB-TV (Atlanta) on January 15, 1986.
49 minutes
Not rated. Suitable for all ages.
Peabody entry number: 86018 PST.
This drama, which won a 1986 Peabody Award, shows how the prejudice and injustice Martin Luther King, Jr. experienced as a child shaped him into a man who stood for freedom and equality for all. Being separated from one of his best friends and not being served in stores profoundly affects the young "M.L." King (Fred Perrin). As a teenager, "M.L." (Walter Franks) copes with the loss of his beloved grandmother (Georgia Allen), and the bigotry displayed in various ways by the white establishment.

MLK boyhood home.
Image from National Park Service.

Thursday, February 10, 2005
7:00 P.M.
*double feature*

"Wide Angle - AIDS Warriors"

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2003.
56 minutes.
Not rated.
Contains adult themes.
Peabody entry number: 2003219 DCT.

Today, Angola 's AIDS rate is the lowest in Southern Africa, hovering just at the disease's tipping point, about 5%, compared with 22% in neighboring countries like Namibia and Zambia. But the recent disarmament of the UNITA rebel army means that regional transportation and travel are increasing, bearing the AIDS pandemic with them. This episode of WIDE ANGLE tracks the Angolan army -- the only functioning arm of the state -- as they mobilize to avert a disastrous health crisis. Can their efforts control the spread of the epidemic?

Captain Laurindo Filemone da Gamba, Angolan AIDS Educator. Image from PBS.

"A Place of Hope"

Originally broadcast on KCNC-TV, Denver, in 2002.
23 minutes.
Not rated.
Suitable for all ages.
Peabody entry number: 2002017 DCT.

This documentary looks at Colorado natives Marty and Hugh Downey, who have devoted their lives to their work with Lalmba, "The World's Smallest International Relief Agency," which works to transform African AIDS orphans into leaders who can transform their continent's future.

Hugh Downey with Lalmba orphans.
Image from News4 Colorado.

Thursday, February 17, 2005
7:00 pm

"Warming By the Devil's Fire"

Originally broadcast on PBS in 2003 as part of Martin Scorsese's The Blues.
90 minutes.
PG-13.
Peabody entry number: 2003212 DCT.

Award-winning director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, where Gospel music and the Blues put generations at odds. Says Burnett: "The sound of the blues was a part of my environment that I took for granted. However, as years passed, the blues slowly emerged as an essential source of imagery, humor, irony, and insight that allows one to reflect on the human condition. I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the form itself. In short, a story that gives you the impression of the blues."

Top image from Artist Direct. Burnett image from City Paper.

Thursday, February 24, 2005
7:00 pm

"Tyson"

Originally broadcast Fox Sports Net in 2003.
96 minutes.
Not rated. Contains adult themes.
Peabody entry number: 2003187 DCT.

In a series of 4 interviews conducted over a 7-month period in 2003, Tyson told his own story in a definitive manner for the first time. These historic interviews formed the backbone of this 96-minute documentary as this reform school hellion, who was saved, if only temporarily, from a life of crime and punishment, escorts us through his dark and tumultuous existence as he prepares to assume his destiny as Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. In this hip and stylish exploration of the troubled life and dazzling career of the boxing champion, these rare and compelling interviews with Tyson himself are combined with candid reflections from those who know him, never-before-seen footage and an edgy and probing narrative to create a riveting and unforgettable story.

Image from The Age.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212
or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

More about the Peabody Awards Collection

Sesame Street turns 35!!!

2004-11-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

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Big Bird is turning 35!!

And the Peabody Awards Collection is ready to celebrate!

Please join us on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at 7:00 pm
in room 148 of the UGA Student Learning Center for a screening of the premiere episode of the Peabody-Award winning children's television program Sesame Street on the 35th anniversary of its original broadcast on PBS.

When the Children's Television Workshop presented Sesame Street to the Peabody Board, they described it as "an experiment to determine whether the techniques proven successful in commercial television can be used effectively in teaching preschool children." The experiment was a success, and for the past 35 years, Big Bird, Burt, Ernie, Cookie Monster and the other residents of Sesame Street have been introducing children to numbers, letters, and social skills through extensively researched and carefully presented lessons and stories.

In this series introduction,

Gordon introduces Sally, who has just moved to Sesame Street, to her new neighbors. Susan and Sally watch a film about a dairy farm and learn where milk comes from. Bert and Ernie introduce a lesson about washing. Sally also meets Big Bird, Kermit and Oscar the Grouch. Live, puppet, and animated sequences teach about the numbers 2 and 3 and the letters E, S and W. A clip of children playing follow-the-leader teaches the concepts of going over, under, and around.
Skunks and Snakes on a Slide in a lesson
about the letter S from the premiere episode of the series.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion with Dr. Alison Alexander, Head of the Telecommunications Department in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications and Dr. Thomas C. Reeves of the UGA Department of Instructional Technology.

Dr. Alison Alexander earned her Ph.D. in Communication from Ohio State University in 1979. She has taught research methods, writing, media and society, and seminars in children and television. Her research focuses on children's television, and she has written about Sesame Street.

Dr. Thomas C. Reeves earned his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1979. A former Fulbright Lecturer, Dr. Reeves has spoken at conferences and workshops in Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, England, Finland, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan. His research interests include: evaluation of instructional technology for education and training, mental models and interactive multimedia.

Free and open to the public.
For more information, call 583-0212 or email mlmiller@uga.edu

Democracy

2004-10-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

In the fall of 2004, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection again joins the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the Center for Humanities and Arts, and the George Foster Peabody Awards to present "Democracy," a special series of screenings featuring programs from the Peabody Awards Collection.

The screenings will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 in the Seney-Stovall Chapel at 201 North Milledge Avenue.

Each screening will be followed by a discussion led by an expert in the field of political science.

These events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

photo from Insight Magazine

Who Counts? Election Reform in America

Who Counts? Election Reform in America highlights a significant news story: the presidential election of 2000 and its implications for future elections and the need for election reform. This one-hour PBS special program combines humor with serious journalism in a unique hybrid that draws attention to dull-sounding but crucial policy and civil rights issues like machine accuracy, role conflicts, and ballot wording and serves as a catalyst to bring more people into our democratic process.

Who Counts? goes behind the scenes as Florida voters and key players in the state’s recount recall their experiences. Expert journalists, academics, comedians and politicians analyze this unprecedented political event and the need for election reform. And all along, Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond puts in his two cents while playing the characters he’s best known for, including Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Bill Clinton. CNN’s former Washington Bureau Chief, Frank Sesno, joins Hammond in this humorous and factual one-hour special. Who Counts? shines a light on a complex and yet essential issue, and uses humor to help us look ahead to a future when everyone’s vote will count equally and be counted efficiently.

2002 Peabody Awards Nominee, 2002149 DCT.
Originally broadcast October 17, 2002 on PBS.

Our discussant for Who Counts? is Alison Bracewell McCullick. Ms. McCullick joined the staff of Secretary of State Cathy Cox in August 1999 as Special Projects Coordinator, managing a number of agency-wide programs, including civic education, art policy, and legislative initiatives. In May 2002, she was named the Statewide Voter Education Coordinator and has presented numerous public demonstrations of the new touch screen voting equipment across the state of Georgia. She graduated from Furman University in 1995 with a Bachelors of Art degree and received her Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis in Public Policy in 1999 from the University of Georgia.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

The West Wing: Mr. Willis of Ohio

In this episode of the two-time Peabody Award-winning series about the American presidency, a fill-in congressman and a White House press secretary grapple with the complex issues surrounding the national census. Absent the standard, formulaic jeopardy or action elements that drive most network dramas, The West Wing draws its strength from the substantive issues of the day. Inevitable political realities and staff infighting make The West Wing primarily a show about ideas, ideals and the perils of same. Stars Martin Sheen as Jed Bartlett, Allison Janney as C.J., Moira Kelly as Mandy and Rob Lowe as Sam.

Photo from NBC.

1999 Peabody Award winner, 99172 ENT.
This episode originally broadcast on November 3, 1999.

Our discussant for Mr. Willis of Ohio is Dr. Charles S. Bullock III, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science in the University of Georgia's School of Public & International Affairs. Dr. Bullock's research focuses on areas of Southern politics, legislative politics, elections and electoral systems. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles, including The new politics of the old South (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), Runoff elections in the United States (UNC, 1992) and David Duke and the politics of race in the South (Vanderbilt, 1992).

Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

James Carville and George Stephanopoulos in The War Room
Photo from Bright Lights Film Journal

The War Room

This 1993 documentary follows Bill Clinton's presidential campaign from the New Hampshire primary to the victory party 10 months later. At the center of the story are the two men most responsible for Clinton's victory: James Carville, the campaign manager, and George Stephanopoulos, the communications director. This is a compelling portrait of the two men and the skill and determination required to bring about a victory.

UGA Libraries Media Department, VHS 3641.1

Our discussant for The War Room is Jon Macks. Mr. Macks was a leading political strategist and campaign consultant before becoming a comedy writer for Jay Leno and the Tonight Show in 1992. Since that time, he has written for seven Academy Award and nine Emmy Award shows, served as a speechwriter for numerous elected officials, worked as consulting producer on the television program K Street, and written several books, including Fuhgeddaboutit: How to Badda Boom, Badda Bing, and Find Your Inner Mobster (Simon & Schuster, 2001).

Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

All the President's Men

A dramatic reconstruction of the true story of the discovery of the White House link with the Watergate affair by two young Washinton Post reporters (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward), a discovery that unleashed a scandal that ultimately drove Richard Nixon from office. Although we know how the story unfolds, this superbly directed film still manages to be a thriller in the true sense of the word, even as it explores serious themes of democracy, power, corruption, and political ethics.

A stellar cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, and Jane Alexander. All the President's Men was originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros. in 1976.

Photo from Internet Movie Database.

UGA Libraries Media Department, VHS 46.1

Our discussant for "All the President's Men" is Dr. Paul-Henri Gurian, Professor of Political Science in the University of Georgia's School of Public & International Affairs. Dr. Gurian's research focuses on presidential campaigns including presidential primaries, campaign strategy, presidential debates and the Electoral College. Among his published journal articles are "Campaign Strategy in Presidential Primaries", "The Calculus of Concession: Press Coverage and the Dynamics of Winnowing", and "The Structure of Presidential Elections and the Process of Realignment".

Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

Hispanic Heritage Month 2004

2004-09-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

Film Series

Sponsored by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and the UGA Libraries' Media Department.

All screenings will be held in Room 150 of the Student Learning Center beginning at 7:00 p.m.

September 21

Chavez: Inside the Coup. (Peabody Winner - 2003150 DCT)
A documentary by ZDF German TV and the Irish Film Board about the 48 hour coup in 2002 against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. (65 minutes) (This documentary is also known as The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.)

Discussants: Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (Grady College) and Dr. José Alvarez (Romance Languages).

September 28

Greener Grass: Cuba, Baseball and the United States. (Peabody 2000135 DCT)

This film about the 1999 exhibition series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban National Team documents how baseball can be both a bridge and barrier between the two countries. (57 minutes)

Discussant: Marc Petrini (Romance Languages).

October 5

Heatwave. 2 episodes: Paquito D'Rivera (Peabody 84001 ENT) and Mongo Santamaría (Peabody 84002 ENT).

A jazz series by Boston PBS station WGBH. These two episodes feature Cuban jazz musicians Paquito D'Rivera (saxophonist and clarinetist) and Mongo Santamaría (conguero). (each episode is 30 minutes)

Discussant: Dr. Thomas "Tony" McCutchen (School of Music).

October 12

Manuela Sáenz: la libertadora del libertador. (DVD 269.1)

A whaling ship carrying Herman Melville arrives in Perú, where he finds Manuela Sáenz, the former mistress of Símon Bolívar. Her life story enfolds as she rereads letters from Bolívar which recount her life as a colonel in his movement to unite South America into one nation. (97 minutes)

Discussant: Leonardo Padrón, the film's screenwriter.

"Peabody Conversation" sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts

October 18

Almost a Woman. (Peabody Winner - 2002021 ENT)

The program will be followed by a discussion with the film's writer Esmeralda Santiago and executive producers Marian Rees and Anna Hopkins. 7:00 p.m. Tate Center Theater

Filmmaker Charles Burnett

2004-08-01T10:18:00.000-07:00

Filmmaker Charles Burnett will visit the University of Georgia Campus as a CHA Visiting Artist from August 30 - September 2, 2004.

Charles Burnett's visit is sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts, Department of Drama and Theatre, Office of Institutional Diversity, African-American Cultural Center, George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the UGA Libraries.

source:http://www.indiana.edu/~bfca/sponsors/burnett.html

Charles Burnett events at UGA
(descriptions of films to be screened follow the calendar)

Monday, August 30 7:00 p.m.
Room 150,Student Learning Center
Film screening:
"Killer of Sheep"

Tuesday, August 31 4:00 p.m.
Room 171, Student Learning Center
CHA Lecture (reception to follow)

Tuesday, August 31 7:00 p.m.
Room 171, Student Learning Center
Film screening:
"To Sleep with Anger"

Wednesday, September 1 12:00 noon
Adinkra Hall (407 Memorial Hall)
Lecture

Wednesday, September 1 7:00 p.m.
Rotunda, Brumby Hall
Peabody Collection screening:
"Nightjohn"

Thursday, September 2 7:00 p.m.
Room 150, Student Learning Center
Film screening:
"The Glass Shield"

Screening Highlights
Killer of Sheep(1977)
This story of a black slaughterhouse worker's struggle to survive despite crushing economic and social pressures was Burnett's thesis film. It stars Henry Gayle Sanders as Stan and features Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, and Jack Drummond. The Killer of Sheep's rejection of stereotype rbains as rbarkable today as it was at the time of the film's release.

To Sleep with Anger (1990)
"Danny Glover stars as Harry Mention, a mysterious and magnetic visitor from the Deep South who comes to stay with an old friend, named Gideon (Paul Butler), in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's effect on Gideon and his assimilated black middle-class family is both immediate and profound. He spins tales full of folklore, lucky charms and bad magic that seb exotic and ominous to these urban up-and-comers who have lost touch with the rural tradition."* The film also stars Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Richard Brooks, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. It won a special jury prize at Sundance and an Independent Spirit Award.
(*Description from Facets multimedia.)

Nightjohn (1996)
Set in the ante-bellum south, Nightjohn tells the story of a young slave girl, Sarny, and her undeterred conviction to learn how to read and write. Sarny is taught by another slave, Nightjohn, at great risk to both of thb, during a time in history when it was against custom for a slave to have these skills. This compelling drama, which was Burnett's first feature film for television, is both an entertaining story and a moving statbent of the power of freedom. It stars Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Tom Nowicki, Joel Thomas Traywick; and Allison Jones (as Sarny).

The Glass Shield (1994)

"Based on a true story, this highly charged look at corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department focuses on a rookie cop (Michael Boatman) trying to do his job and find acceptance within a racist systb. A murder case involving a black suspect (Ice Cube) brings things to a boiling point. 'Never relinquishing his poetic and highly intelligent sense of character or his inventive mise en scene, Burnett refuses to reduce his drama to the ritualized and oversimplified formats of the standard police procedural thriller' (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). With Lori Petty and Elliott Gould." (*Description from Facets multimedia.)

The Life of Charles Burnett: Turning trouble into treasure

image source: http://citypaper.net/articles/2003-09-25/movies.shtml

A college student in 1960s Los Angeles has car trouble and has to ride the bus to school for a while, and in the course of doing so meets a younger boy who works in a slaughterhouse. The student is Charles Burnett, and the slaughterhouse worker's story would became the basis for his first feature film, The Killer of Sheep (1977). The film, later called a "national treasure" by the Library of Congress, was among the first fifty films to be placed on the National Film Registry. Burnett thus has some things in common with the characters who people his films, folks who do their best to find good in difficult circumstances.

Charles Burnett was born in 1944 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His family moved to the Watts area of Los Angeles when he was still quite young, but many of their California neighbors had similar roots and the community was "Southern in culture." He entered UCLA's film department in 1967. Although he was one of the first people of color in the program, he was soon joined by others from diverse backgrounds. These students were creative, energetic, and supportive of one another, and this dynamic environment helped nurture a master. Burnett was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Award (commonly known as the "genius grant") in 1988.

Burnett followed The Killer of Sheep with, among other works, To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), Nightjohn (1996), and the "Warming by the Devil's Fire" episode of Martin Scorsese's The Blues (2003).

Charles Burnett Filmography (as director unless noted) Titles in bold are available in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department

2003 Warming by the Devil's Fire (The Blues) 2003212 DCT

2003 For Reel?

2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2002 American Family 2002119 ENT

2000 Finding Buck McHenry 2000026 CYT

2000 Olivia's Story

1999 The Annihilation of Fish

1999 Selma, Lord, Selma 99162 ENT

1998 Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland

1998 The Wedding 98004 ENT

1996 Nightjohn 96068 CYT

1995 When it Rains

1994 The Glass Shield

1991 America Becoming 91069 DCT

1990 To Sleep With Anger

1983 Illusions* as editor VHS 2684.1

1983 My Brother's Wedding

1977 The Killer of Sheep VHS 2692.1

1973 The Horse

1969 Several Friends

1999 Selma, Lord, Selma

source: http://dep.disney.go.com/educational/store/

2003 Warming by the Devil's Fire

source:http://www.cbo-boxoffice.com/

1977 The Killer of Sheep VHS 2692.1

source: http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/

1990 To Sleep With Anger

source: http://www.ybca.org/

1994 The Glass Shield

source: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/

1996 Nightjohn

source: http://www.companysj.com/

Brown vs. The Board of Education 50th anniversary

2004-05-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

Athens Clarke County Celebrates the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. the Board of Education
Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library

A Screening-A Community Dialogue-A Chance to Preserve and Capture Wisdom and Memories

In 1972, as school districts in the North were coping with violent opposition to school desegregation via busing, Westinghouse Television's Group W Urban America Unit broadcast a documentary about the comparatively peaceful process of school desegregation in three Southern cities: Greenville, SC; Charlotte, NC, and Athens, GA. Our Brown commemoration will begin with a screening of the Athens segment of The Search for Quality Education - Busing: Some Voices from the South. The documentary, which is part of the University of Georgia Libraries' Peabody Awards Collection, features comments by UGA's Dean William Tate, Clarke County Board of Education attorney Eugene Epting, and Clarke County School Superintendent Charles McDaniel. A segment focusing on Oglethorpe Avenue School includes an interview with Principal Estelle Farmer, footage of Bridget Withers' 4th grade class, and scenes from an Oglethorpe PTA meeting. The program also includes comments by Clarke High School classmates Jan Pulliam, who is Anglo-American, and Leo Scott, who is African American.

Following the screening, we will have a panel conversation featuring:

Monica Knight -Director of the Clarke County School District’s 20th Century Community Learning Centers, Ms. Knight is a Ph.D. candidate in the Social Foundations of Education department.

Evelyn Neeley -- Mrs. Neeley is an Athens area community activist and youth advocate. She is the recipient of the 2002 Athens Woman of Distinction Award and a 2004 "Fulfilling the Dream" award.

Dr. Robert A. Pratt -a UGA professor who specializes in African?American and Southern history, with an emphasis on school desegregation and the civil rights movement, Dr. Pratt is the author of The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89 (Virginia, 1992) and We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia (University of Georgia Press, 2002). He received a "Fulfilling the Dream" award in January 2004 in recognition of his contributions to the community.

Leo Scott -Appearing as a high school student in Busing: Some Voices from the South, Mr. Scott is currently Director of operations and custodial services for the Clarke County School District. Howard Stroud -- Mr. Stroud is a former Clarke County School District Associate Superintendent. The fact that a Clarke County School District teaching excellence award is named in his honor stands tribute to Mr. Stroud's years of service to our community.

Audience members will be asked to participate in the conversation, and to help us in identifying the people shown in the video.

You can help us with this project! Please help us identify the people shown in the video. You can do this by attending the May 23 event, by visiting the display at the Athens Clarke County Library, or online, by following this link to view selected stills from the video.

The Peabody Awards Collection is a rich resource for the study of education for African Americans. It contains both national and locally-produced programs and includes comprehensive overviews as well as locally-produced programs focused on school desegregation in twenty-two states and the District of Columbia.

Learn more about these videos, and about other resources on these topics.

Event sponsors:
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries
The Athens-Clarke County Library
The University of Georgia Office of Institutional Diversity

Photos from "The Search for Quality Education"

2004-05-01T07:40:00.000-07:00

The Desegregation of Clarke County Schools is an oral history project conducted by the Heritage Room of the Clarke County Library. The project's goal is the collection and preservation of the memories of teachers and students who were involved in the desegregation of Clarke County Schools in the 1960s and 1970s. As part of our commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown decision, we would like to identify the students and parents featured in the 1972 video, The Search for Quality Education - Busing: Some Voices from the South, and to invite them to be a part of this historic project.

Please help us! If you recognize any of the people shown below, please let us know by emailing Laura Carter at the Athens Clarke County Library or Mary Miller at the Peabody Awards Collection.

All video stills are property of Group W Cable Urban America Unit.

Oglethorpe Avenue School 4th grade students

Oglethorpe Avenue School PTA members

Women's History Month 2004

2004-03-01T11:35:00.001-08:00

Women's History Month 2004 Women Inspiring Hope & Possibility

Walter J. Brown Media Archives &Peabody Awards Collection

Screenings and events are free and open to the public

"POV: Mai’s America"
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 - 7:00 p.m.
Student Learning Center, Room 171

A spunky Vietnamese teenager named Mai gets the chance of a lifetime—to study in the United States. Expecting Hollywood, she instead lands in rural Mississippi, a crazy quilt of self-proclaimed rednecks, cliquish teenagers, South Vietnamese exiles and transvestite soul mates.

(72 min. Originally broadcast on PBS on August 6, 2002. Peabody Awards entry number: 2002268 DCT.)
A discussion follows the film.

"True Life: I'm Coming Out"
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 7:00 p.m.
Student Learning Center, Room 171

Expressing one’s homosexuality to the outside world can at best be a liberating experience, and at worst a humiliating one. MTV’s True Life: I’m Coming Out explores this transcendent time in the lives of a handful of young people as they gather the courage to come out to their family and friends.

(44 min. Originally broadcast on MTV on June 27, 2001. Peabody Awards entry number: 2002125 DCT.) Discussion with members of Lambda Alliance after the film.

"Fire"
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 12:10 p.m.
River’s Crossing, Room 135

Organized protests, censorship and violent riots greeted the Indian exhibition of Deepa Mehta’s film about two sisters-in-law trapped in loveless marriages. Although popularly characterized as the first Indian film to depict a lesbian relationship, Fire is more substantially an examination of New Delhi's growing middle class, and the tensions that arise when individual desires and the need for self-fulfillment run counter to traditional values.

(105 min. 1996. VHS 2999.1.) Sponsored by Adult Education, College of Education’s Dean’s Council on Diversity, and the UGA Lifelong Learning Association.

"Return Of Sarah's Daughters"
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 7:00 p.m.
Student Learning Center, Room 147

A compelling personal documentary about secular women drawn to Jewish Orthodoxy. Rus, a no-nonsense social worker, discovers fulfillment in the Hasidic community. Myriam, a spiritually-oriented lesbian, struggles to fit in, but ultimately leaves to become a rabbi. Their stories challenge the filmmaker to give more than a feminist tour of this closed world. She must confront her own lack of ethnic identity. What does tradition have to offer? At what price? Ultimately, her journey illuminates the conflict between assimilation and tradition, community and individualism.

(56 min. 1997. VHS 3555.1.)
Sponsored by UGA Hillel: Campus Center for Jewish Life.

"Married In America"
Wedneday, March 24, 2004 - 7:00 p.m.
Student Learning Center, Room 171

This first film in a series by Michael Apted shows what brought couples together; why they are making a lifetime commitment; and their hopes and dreams for the future. The filmmaker decided to show interfaith, bi-racial, and same-sex marriage, one second-marriage with children, as well as partnerships in which the woman is likely to earn significantly more than her male partner.

(120 min. Originally broadcast on A&E on June 20, 2002. Peabody Awards entry number: 2002137 DCT) Discussion following the film.

For information about other Women's History Month events, please visit the Women's Studies Program news and events.

Other women's history programs were screened during the 2003 Women's History Month celebrations. Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 542-7360 or Ruta Abolins, abolins@uga.edu

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King Week 04

2004-01-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

King Week 2004

Brown Bag Screening at Adinkra Hall (407 Memorial Hall)
Friday, January 23rd, 12:00 noon.

Arnold Michaelis interviews Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this interview, conducted in 1964, Dr. King talks about the times when dissent is more patriotic than unquestioning agreement and asks whether peace can ever be achieved through violence. Although they were spoken 40 years ago, his words hold special relevance for us today.

Images from "Arnold Michaelis Interviews Martin Luther King, Jr."

The Walter J. Brown Media Archives is also the sponsor of the 2004 "Thinking About Martin" Athens-Clarke County student art exhibit. (see below)

Other African-American history programs were screened during the 2003 King Week celebrations.

Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

Visit the Arnold Michaelis Library of Living History

Thinking About Martin

Athens-Clarke County schoolchildren create art inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., students from Cleveland, Timothy, and Gaines Elementary Schools created artwork on the theme of "Continuing the Legacy." That art is on display at the Main Library on the University of Georgia Campus from January 16-31, 2003. On January 17, a reception was held in honor of the young artists whose work is featured in the exhibit.

Artists Reception, January 17, 2004

The Path to Power

2003-10-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

This October, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection joins the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the Center for Humanities and Arts, and the George Foster Peabody Awards to present "The Path to Power," a special series of screenings from the Peabody Awards Collection.

The screenings will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 in the Seney-Stovall Chapel on 201 North Milledge Avenue.

Members of the UGA community and television producers associated with the works shown will lead a discussion following each screening. These events are free and open to the public.

October 7
Construction of Government
The Crossing

October 14
Campaigning
60 Minutes - "It's the People, Stupid!"
Vote for Me: Politics in America. The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer

October 21
Governing
Biography Close-Up: So, You Want to be President. Mario Cuomo and George Bush
Comedy Central's Indecision '96 - Presidential PSA's
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing

October 28
Deconstruction of Government
Bringing Down a Dictator

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Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 7:00 p.m. - The Construction of Government

Jeff Daniels as George Washington. Photo from Arts &Entertainment, http://www.aetv.com/

The Crossing - 2000 Peabody Award Winner

Based on historian Howard Fast’s novel, this engaging and dramatic film brings General George Washington’s legendary crossing of the Delaware to life. In a role that depicts America's first president as a daring strategist, Jeff Daniels plays the resolute General George Washington during America's darkest period of the Revolutionary War. At Christmastime in 1776, warned by Congress and his disheartened advisors to retreat from the fast approaching British Army, the unwavering general leads his greatly diminished, frozen, bedraggled, starving troops across the Delaware River and into Trenton in a surprise attack on the elite, Hessian garrison. In their premier skirmish as aggressors, the Continentals win handily without losing a single man, thus marking the turning point in America's fight for independence.

Peabody entry number: 2000076 ENT.

The discussant for our Construction of Government screening is Dr. Allan Kulikoff, Abraham Baldwin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of Georgia. Dr. Kulikoff teaches courses in Southern History, Early American History, and agrarian history, and is researching aspects of class identity in early America. Dr. Kulikoff he has a strong interest in the public perception of the Founding Fathers and its relationship to academic history.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003, 7:00 p.m. - Campaigning

From"Vote for Me." (Peabody Archive)

60 Minutes - "It's the People, Stupid!"

Most people know that political polling and public opinion research plays a huge role in American Presidential politics. What most people don't know is that it's used not so much to measure the public opinion but to influence and manipulate it. Political pollsters working for the White House and the Republican Party shaped the recent impeachment debate using exactly the same techniques perfected on Madison Avenue to sell potato chips or automobiles. Every word and phrase uttered by the President and by his surrogates on the TV talk shows, and by Republican officials and legislators was tested in advance. It goes on all the time, but hardly anyone had ever seen the process at work until this 60 Minutes segment was aired in 1998.
Peabody entry number: 98144 NWT.

Maggie Lauterer, from "Vote for Me." (Peabody Archive)

Vote for Me: Politics in America - 1996 Peabody Award Winner

A rollicking ride on the American campaign trail, VOTE FOR ME: POLITICS IN AMERICA travels from the smallest local precincts all the way to the White House to explore what it really takes to run for public office in this country. The segment we'll see, "The Political Education of Maggie Lauterer," is the saga of a folk singer-turned-local TV reporter-turned-Congressional candidate in the mountains of North Carolina, as she has to learn what to do to get a majority of her district to vote for her. VOTE FOR ME ends up being a warmly humorous anti-cynical look at the American system, warts and all.
Peabody entry number: 96014 DCT.

The discussant for our Campaigning screening is Paul Stekler, Peabody Award-winning producer of "Vote for Me." Dr. Stekler has a doctorate in Government from Harvard University and has won numerous awards for his work as a documentary film producer.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 7:00 p.m. - Governing

Image from The Biography Channel, http://www.biography.com/

Biography Close-Up: "So, you want to be President" - Mario Cuomo & George Bush

Why would anyone want to be President of the United States? This is the intriguing question that Harry Smith asked Mario Cuomo, George and Barbara Bush, and other distinguished guests during this insightful program. We'll see the Bush and Cuomo interview segments, woven together with footage of the current race and of races past. This compelling program gives us a feel for what these men and their families endure in attempting to become President of the United States, taking taking a direct, honest look at the men who led our nation and those who might have.
Peabody entry number: 2000242 DCT.

The White House, 1906, from the Library of Congress American Memory site. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

"The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing"

With more than a dozen cameras and largely unfettered access to the staff and offices of the West Wing, an NBC News team lead by Tom Brokaw spent a full 24-hour cycle with the President and his top advisors. Of course, the administration was aware the cameras were present -- and of course, preparations were made for the day. But there is only one West Wing, and the world did not stop. The President and his staff could not control the flow of events, whether it was the explosion of questions about the Enron affair, or the latest suicide-bombing in Israel, which occurred as the Israeli Defense Forces Chief-of-Staff was sitting outside the National Security Advisor's office in the West Wing. Americans watching this documentary were able to get a true sense of how their government receives and responds to information in a dangerous and rapidly changing world.
Peabody entry number: 2002016 DCT.

Comedy Central, Indecision 96 voting public service announcements

George Bush, Dan Quayle and Gerald Ford will provide a moment of comic relief in tonights screening by way of these public service announcements from 1996. Each man lampoons the comedian who satirized him, while also urging everyone to vote.
Peabody entry number: 96058 ENT.

The discussant for our Governing screening is Robert Rhudy, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Robert Rhudy earned his master's degree at Yale University and recently spent a term studying at Oxford University. He has taught UGA's course on the presidency, as well as courses in constitutional law and American government.

Tuesday, October 28, 2003, 7:00 p.m. - Deconstruction of Government

The symbol for Otpor (Resistance), the movement that toppled Milosevic.

Bringing Down a Dictator - 2002 Peabody Award Winner

On October 5, 2000, the final dramatic hours of the Serb struggle against Slobodan Milosevic captured headlines and cover stories around the world. But the "Butcher of the Balkans" defeat was incorrectly billed as a one-day revolution; what the global media failed to recognize was the year-long anti-Milosevic campaign waged by Serbian resistance in partnership with pro-democracy and human rights groups. Using exclusive footage and conversations with the principal players, BRINGING DOWN A DICTATOR reveals to the public what major news organizations did not -- the spectacular defeat of Milosevic, not by force of arms, as many had predicted, but by a brilliant nonviolent strategy of honest elections and massive civil disobedience laced with humor and risk. By exploring how the Serb people's success was hastened by technical and financial assistance from the U.S. and European Union, the film also presents American audiences with a model for a foreign policy in support of popular democratic forces which uses strategic nonviolent actions -- rather than bombs -- in the quest to remove authoritarian regimes.
Peabody entry number: 2002033 DCT.

The discussant for our Deconstruction of Government screening is Jack DuVall, Director of the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict. Over the past two years, he has spoken to a variety of groups about the ideas and issues raised in Bringing Down a Dictator. He is also the co-author, along with Peter Ackerman, of the book A Force More Powerful (New York: St. Martin's, 2000).

Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

Hispanic Heritage Month 2003

2003-09-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

Screenings from the Peabody Awards Collection for Theater Thursdays

The screenings will take place on Thursday evenings at 7:00 in the auditorium of the Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens.

October 2

Los Lobos, from Sub Pop Records.

Latin Rock Revolution
Originally broadcast on UPN-13, Los Angeles, California in 2000. In English.
Run time: 1 hour, 36 minutes.

According to the producers, "'Latin Rock Revolution' synthesized in one program two exciting cultural forces ... a Spanish branch of pop and rock has gained favor with young Latinos over the past decades and has become influential world-wide and popular with traditional rock audiences ... We also presented the roots, politics, poetry and geography of this vital music that mirrors English language rock in its passion, rebellion and significance."

Peabody entry number 2000009 ENT.

October 16
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Originally broadcast on HBO in 2000. In English.
Run time: 2 hours.

Arturo Sandoval, a brilliant Cuban trumpeter, sacrifices his opportunity to defect when he falls in love with Marianela, a beautiful government employee loyal to the state, and resolves to provide his family with the best life possible under the oppressive Castro government. But when he is no longer able to perform the music he loves, Sandoval and his wife devise a desparate plan to defect with the help of music legend Dizzie Gillespie. Stars Andy Garcia as Sandoval, with Mia Maestro as Marianela and Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie. Because Sandoval was repressed on artistic rather than political grounds, his story presents an unusual view of how the United States those seeking refugee status here. This one is a must-see!

Peabody entry number 2000041 ENT

Andy Garcia as Arturo Sandoval, with Mia Maestro as Marianela from HBO. http://www.hbo.com/sandoval/

October 23
Americanos: Latino Life in the U.S.

El Vez, from Billions.com. http://www.billions.com/artists/elvez/

Originally broadcast on HBO in 2000. In English.
Run time: 1 hour, 20 minutes.

Latinos are not one nationality or one culture; they are many, with a history as rich and diverse as any group in America. In documenting diverse personal stories of exceptional Latino-Americans from around the country, Americanos honors Latino's place in our society... This accessible and entertaining program explores many facets of the rich Hispanic culture in the U.S., deconstructing stereotypes and exploring the way Americans of Hispanic descent search for cultural identity, all in a humorous way. There are profiles of Elvis impersonator El Vez, musician Carlos Santana, a low-rider car show near Chicago, a poet, Hispanic political figures, a high school senior preparing to enter Harvard, and many more.

Peabody entry number 2000082 DCT

Women's History Month 2003

2003-03-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Women's History Month 2003
Women of Vision & Courage

Walter J. Brown Media Archives &Peabody Awards Collection

Screenings

all events are free and open to the public

"She Says/Women in the News"

Wednesday, March 5, 2003 - 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art

This program examines how women in the news business have changed journalism, the culture, and the world. Ten of the country's most powerful and innovative television, radio, and print journalists are featured in She Says, spanning decades of insight and experience—from Helen Thomas, the first female dean of the White House Press Corps, to Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. (60 min. Originally broadcast on PBS on December 18, 2001. Peabody Awards entry number: 2001297 DCT.)

Dr. Hugh Martin, Assistant Professor of Journalism, and Agenia Clark, a former news anchor and news correspondent, will lead a discussion following the film.

Helen Thomas (Image from TechTalk.)

"POV. True-hearted Vixens"
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art

These women want to play professional football. Make that full-contact, NFL-style smash-mouth football. True-hearted Vixens follows two women during a tour of a start-up Women’s Professional Football League. (60 min. Originally broadcast on PBS on July 17, 2001. Peabody Awards entry number: 2001266 DCT.)

Dr. Jane Russell, Director of Recreational Sports and The Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities, will lead a discussion following the film.

"Adventure Divas, Iran: Behind Closed Cha-dors"

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 3:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art

This documentary examines Iran's obsession with poetry, all the while encountering women in and out of the public and private sectors that seem to define their lives. There are visits with a painter, an editor of a feminist magazine, a taxi cab driver, a university director, an actress, and others. (60 min. Originally broadcast on PBS on November 23, 2001. Peabody Awards entry number: 2001044 NWT.)

Dr. Tricia Lootens, Associate Professor of English, will lead a discussion following the film.

For information about other Women's History Month events, please visit the Women'sStudies Program news and events.

Other women's history programs were screened during the 2002 Women's History Month celebrations.

Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.

For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 542-7360
or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

King Week 03

2003-01-01T10:26:00.000-08:00

Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection

Screenings

all events are free and open to the public

King Week 2003

Tuesday, January 21, 10:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library Lobby

Arnold Michaelis interviews Martin Luther King, Jr.(1964)

Wednesday, January 22, 10:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library Lobby
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)

Thursday, January 23, 10:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library Lobby
MTV's BIORhythm. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1999)

Friday, January 24, 10:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library Lobby
Hosea: In His Own Words (2000)

Friday, January 24, 12:00 noon
Adinkra Hall
Free at Last (1985)

"Arnold Michaelis interviews Martin Luther King, Jr."

In this interview, conducted by Arnold Michaelis in the Kings' Atlanta home in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. explains why dissent may be more patriotic than blind agreement and suggests that peace cannot be won through war.

Dr. King's comments, made almost 40 years ago, have special relevance for us today.

This program is part of the Arnold Michaelis Library of Living History.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Image from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.)

"The Vernon Johns Story"

THE VERNON JOHNS STORY is a biographical film about the little-known black preacher who preceded Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the pulpit of The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in the late 1940s. Vernon Johns preached radical sermons that encouraged his parishioners to make a stand against segregation and racism -- a message that his well-to-do black congregation was neither prepared to hear nor ready to act on. As the congregation became more resistant, Johns's defiance of the 'rules and regulations' of segregation became more flagrant, ultimately leading to a showdown in which Johns was forced to resign from the pulpit. Ironically, the congregation chose Martin Luther King, Jr. as Johns's successor, figuring that the young King would be more pliable to the traditional ways of the congregation, and less likely to try to prod them into activism.

This program dramatizes the life of Vernon Johns from the time that he accepted the postion of pastor of the church in Montgomery until his forced resignationand illuminates the racial hatred of the era in Montgomery, Alabama.

Peabody entry number: 94001 ENT.

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala.. (Image from The Blue Highway.)

"MTV's BIORhythm: Martin Luther King, Jr."

"MTV's BIOrhythm is a genre-busting weekly biography series which details the emotional journey of the people it profiles. BIOrhythm not only captures their story, it captures their soul. Much like an opera, BIOrhythm sets a subject's life to music. That 'soundtrack' - along with the subject's own words - narrates the individual's trials and tribulations. And much like a music video, BIOrhythm's visual presentation of the subject matter is fresh and cutting edge. The result is a show which captures the human experience. Universal truths - love, pride, fear, guilt, pain, joy - are the common bonds of humanity. Because the show is emotionally driven and music based, BIOrhythm imparts an especially powerful message to its viewers. For example, instead of telling someone why they shouldn't hate, we allow them to experience first hand the pain of prejudice... In the Martin Luther King, Jr. episode... the fear of being beaten to death because you are black. ... BIOrhythm is not a history lesson. It's a life lesson. One that is universal in its message. One that spans the generation gap. This in turn allows us to create a dialogue of change."--MTV, from 1999 Peabody Awards entry form.

Peabody Awards entry number: 99016 DCT 1/11.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Image from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.)

"Hosea: In His Own Words"

"Hosea Williams passed away on November 17, 2000 ending the life but certainly not ending the legacy of one of the civil rights movement's most dramatic leaders. Georgia Public Television, early in the year 2000, conducted what we believe was the last extensive interview with Mr. Williams, shortly before he became seriously ill. For nearly ninety minutes Mr. Williams talked about this life as a southern African-American, his early career in Savannah, Georgia and Atlanta as a businessman, how he made his decision to become a civil rights activist, and, finally, his views about the status of blacks and black leaders today in America.

"Upon his death, Georgia Public Television decided to produce a one-hour program with the single purpose of allowing Mr. Williams to talk - without narrator or interviewer - about his life. As he did throughout his life, Mr. Williams tells his story and expresses his opinions in frank and colorful terms, recapturing for the viewers his varied personal experiences during a pivotal time in American history."--GPTV, from the 2000 Peabody Digest.

Peabody Awards entry number 2000223 DCT.

Hosea Williams.
(Image from CNN.)

"Free at Last"

FREE AT LAST celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s non-violent philosophy by tracing its roots in the southern black church in America and the teachings and practices of Mahatma Gandhi in India. Through the use of archival newsreel footage and interviews with those who worked closely with King ... the viewer witnesses how the non-violent philosophy was enacted in King's most successful campaigns in Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma. The program dramatically concludes by drawing parallels between King's work to desegregate America and similar efforts by Desmond Tutu in South Africa today. Extensive use of archival footage of events of the civil rights movement including: the Montgomery bus boycott, freedom rides, Birmingham protests, the 1963 March on Washington, the Selma voting rights protests, the Selma to Montgomery marches, Chicago open housing marches, and the Memphis sanitation strike. Also includes footage of Gandhi's non-violent protests in India.

Includes excerpts from numerous speeches by Dr. King and interviews with Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Hosea Williams, Marie Foster, Rev. F.D. Reese, Jesse Jackson, Selma mayor Joe Smitherman, and Sheriff Jim Clark. Peabody entry number: 86020 DCT.

Signing of the Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968. (Image from the Library of Congress.)

Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.
For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu

Kingweek 03 Art

2003-01-01T08:49:00.000-08:00

King Week Art Exhibit Reception 2003

Thinking About Martin

Athens-Clarke County schoolchildren create art inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., students from Alps, Timothy, Gaines, and Chase Street Elementary Schools created artwork on the theme of "Putting the Dream into Action." That art is on display at the Main Library on the University of Georgia Campus from January 11, 2003-January 23, 2003. On January 18, a reception was held in honor of the young artists whose work is featured in the exhibit.

Artists Reception, January 18, 2003

Archives Week Events

2002-10-01T11:33:00.000-07:00

Archives Week Events

The Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection has participated in Archives Week events in both Athens and Atlanta.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

The screening series was accompanied by an exhibit in the Lobby of the Main Library featuring Hispanic films and documentaries from the Brown Media Archives and the Media Department.

September - October 2002.
Give Me Something to Remember You By: A Workshop on the Preservation of Photographs, Home Movies, Sound Recordings, and Oral Histories
October 17, 2002.

Presented by Ruta Abolins, Director, Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection,
UGA Libraries; Greta Browning, Oral History Archivist, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, UGA; Matthew Darby, Audiovisual Archivist, Russell Library; Mary McKay, Photographs Archivist, Russell Library.

Archives Week October 8-12, 2001:

"The Highlights of Georgia's Filmed History
"Ballots, Broadsides, and Barbecues: Georgia’s Electoral Past and Present.
Highlighted that the answers to everything you’ve always wanted to know about electoral politics can be found on virtually every floor of the Library and via the web.

Exhibit, October-November 2000, Lobby of the Main Library.
Mining Archival Resources on the Web.
Media Archives personnel participated in the Georgia Archives Week activities at Georgia State University, October 11, 2000, highlighting the resources available through the Peabody Awards Collection, WSB footage, and other media collections available in the Media Archives.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2002

2002-09-01T12:36:00.000-07:00

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Athens-Clarke County Public Library With the Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection and the Athens-Clarke County Library

Thursday, September 5, 7:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens

René Lavan & Mayte Vilán. (Image from Bitter Sugar

Azucar amarga = Bitter Sugar
Not rated.
(Azucar Films, c1996)102 mins. in black & white. Directed by Leon Ichaso. Starring: René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Larry Villanueva, Luis Celeiro. In Spanish with English subtitles.UGA Libraries Media Dept., VHS 3224.1

Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities.

Would you like to see more Cuban films?

Thursday, September 12, 7:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens

(Tita. Image from University of North Carolina, Español 50, Syllabus)

Como agua para chocolate = Like Water for Chocolate
Rated R.
(Arau Films International, c1994)105 mins. Directed by Alfonso Arau. Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Ada Carrosco, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maille. In Spanish with English subtitles.UGA Libraries Media Dept., VHS 3548.1

Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel. Romantic fantasy set in the early 20th century about a young couple blocked from marrying by the demands of her cold and selfish mother. To be near his love the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.

Would you like to see more Mexican films?

Tuesday, September 17, 5:30 p.m.
UGA Main Library, Room B-2

(Jaime Escalante. Image from Santana, Alfredo. .)

Shooting for Success
Not rated.
(Originally broadcast 1988, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles, CA)30 mins. Directed by Michael Meadows.UGA Libraries Media Archives, Peabody Awards collection, 88009 PST.

This half-hour documentary is co-hosted by actor Edward James Olmos, who plays Jaime Escalante in the movie Stand and Deliver, and Mr. Jaime Escalante himself. The first segment focuses on the making of the movie primarily how several incidents caught the attention of its producers, and actors. There are interviews with the actors, many of whom are students, and wonderful success stories in themselves. The second segment focuses on the real Garfield High School and Jaime Escalante. The third segment takes a look at some Garfield alumni and how Jaime Escalante had an impact in their lives.

Discussion following the screening will be led by Dr. Louis A. Castenell, Dean of the College of Education and Acting Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity.

Would you like to know more about Jaime Escalante?Jaime Escalante.

Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter Street, Athens

Stand and Deliver video. (Image from Spriggs, William A. The School Voucher Systems: Territorial Considerations in the Resource Alignment Theories.)

Stand and Deliver.
Rated PG.
(1987)103 mins. Directed by Ramón Menéndez. Starring: Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips.Athens-Clarke County Library, VC STAND.

Based on the true story of Jaime Escalante, a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and kids with hope into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.

Would you like to know more about Jaime Escalante?

Tuesday, September 24, 5:30 p.m.
UGA Main Library Room B-2

Explusion & Memory. (Image from Quest. Other Products.)

Expulsion & Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews
Not rated.
(1996, Canadian documentary, never broadcast)57 mins. Directed by Simcha Jacobovici and Roger Pyke.UGA Libraries Media Archives, Peabody Awards collection, 96076 DCT.

In 1492, with the stroke of a pen, fifteen hundred years of Jewish life in Spain came to an abrupt end. In a Medieval example of 'ethnic cleansing', the Jews of Spain were given a choice: expulsion or conversion. Half the community left, half converted. Many of the converted, known as 'Conversos', continued to practice Judaism in secret, establishing a way of life that has, remarkably, survived to the present day. Through extensive interviews with the children of secret believers, the film captures the modern day resurrection of something ethereal - the ghost of a people. The stories of these previously silent people unfold as we watch the phenomenon of a return to Judaism among the descendants of the former Spanish Jews.

Discussion following the screening will be led by Marina Herbst, a graduate student in Romance Languages.

Would you like to know more about "conversos" and the Sephardim?

Tuesday, October 1, 5:30 p.m.
UGA Main Library, Room B-2

Edward James Olmos as El Pachuco. (Image from Hawkins, Shirley. "Entrepreneurs, Zoot Suits Stay Alive, Popular Outfit Still Manufactured by Family Shop." Hispanic Magazine.)

Zoot Suit: The Play and the Promise
Not rated.
(Originally broadcast, 1978, KNXT, Los Angeles, CA)1 hour. Directed by Vincent Di Bona.UGA Libraries Media Archives, Peabody Awards collection, 78024 PST.

Discussion following the screening will be led by Dra. Roberta Fernández, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Women’s Studies.

Zoot Suit: The Play and The Promise revolves around the play Zoot Suit, which was a huge success in Los Angeles. The play is the story of the mass trial of twenty-two Mexican American youths, nicknamed "zoot suiters" for their style of dress, for the murder of another young man in 1942. The documentary mixes scenes from the play, interviews with the playwright, actors, and real life participants in the events of the Forties. Old newsreel footage, headlines, and photographs help give a vivid feel for the wartime years, the trial, the zoot suit riots, and the racism of the period.

Would you like to know more about zootsuiters or Luis Valdez' works?

Thursday, October 3, 7:00 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens

Zoot Suit. (Image from The Zoot.net Store.)

Zoot Suit
Rated R.
(1981)104 mins. Written and directed by Luis Valdez. Starring: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Tyne Daly.UGA Libraries Media Dept., Received in processing.

The screen adaptation of Luis Valdez' musical play that gained acclaim on both the west coast and on Broadway. It is the story of the early 1940's and the conflicts between the dominant culture in Los Angeles and the young Hispanic males moving into the area. Self expression through the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants, always worn with a long keychain that looped almost to the ankle .... the rebellious fashion of young men) became a particular flash point.

Would you like to know more about zootsuiters or Luis Valdez' works?

Tuesday, October 8, 5:30 p.m.
UGA Main Library, Room B-2

Thursday, October 10, 6:30 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens

César Chávez and farmworkers march in Delano, California, 1965. Photo: George Ballis/Take Stock. (Image from The Fight in the Fields, the Film and Its Creators.)

The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmworkers' Struggle
Not rated.
(1997, originally broadcast: PBS, Berkeley, CA)2 hours. Directed by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles.UGA Libraries Media Archives, Peabody Awards collection, 97165 DCT.

Dr. Lesley Feracho, Romance Languages and Institute for African American Studies, will lead the discussion following the screening.

The documentary tells the story of the United Farm Workers Union and its charismatic leader César Chávez. Cháves and his organization used the consumer boycott to win the support of millions of Americans for the farmworkers' fight for social justice, and the first farm labor contracts in American history. The farmworkers drew the support of Robert Kennedy, and were attacked by Ronald Reagan. When growers signed secret deals with the Teamsters Union, the UFW responded with massive strikes and civil disobedience. Finally, the farmworkers engineered the nation's first agricultural labor relations law. Their efforts inspired the Chicano activism of the 60's and 70's, and profoundly changed American society.

Would you like to know more about César Chávez and the farmworkers movement?

Tuesday, October 15, 5:30 p.m.
UGA Main Library, Room B-2

Graphic created by Mary Miller, c2002.

Revolutions on the Radio: People and Issues Related to Revolutionary Movements in Latin America, Audio Gleanings from the Peabody Awards Collection.
30 mins.
Presentation by Laura D. Shedenhelm, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, UGA Libraries.
Co-sponsored by the UGA Libraries Faculty Committee on Professional Development and Research.

Laura Shedenhelm describes the materials held in the Peabody Awards Collection of the UGA Libraries' Walter J. Brown Media Archives that relate to revolutionary movements in Latin America. Representative clips from various radio programs are included.

Thursday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens

(Bride and groom. Image from Food for the Ancestors.)

Food for the Ancestors.
Not rated.
(1999, originally broadcast, PBS, Chicago, IL)1 hour. Produced and directed by Jan Thompson.UGA Libraries Media Archives, Peabody Awards collection, 99030 EDT.

This program explores the festival known as Days of the Dead (Días de los muertos), highlighting Mexican traditions and ancient ways that still exist. Each year during the last week of October, Mexican communities begin preparations for an age-old festival. For each family, it is a remembrance of a departed loved one. On a larger scale, it also memorializes all ancestral Mexicans and the gifts they passed on to their descendants, especially food and culture. The program focuses on the special foods that are made for this time of year: Sugar Skull candies; pulque; Bread of the Dead; and Mole Poblano. The holiday climaxes on the night of November 1st when family members decorate the grave sites and spend the entire night sitting at the grave site waiting for the 'Ancestors' to return.

Would you like to know more about Days of the Dead celebrations?

Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement: A Selected Bibliography

2002-09-01T12:34:00.000-07:00

César Chávez and the Farmworkers Movement: A Selected Bibliography compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

Anaya, Rudolfo. Elegy on the Death of César Chávez. Illustrations by Gaspar Enriquez. El Paso, Tex.: Cinco Puntos Press, c2000. A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers. UGA Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: Juv PS3551 .N27 E44 2000. Cesar Chavez. Executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger. Bala Cynwyd, PA: Schlessinger Video Productions, c1995. Half hour video chronicling 30 years of effort to organize migrant farm workers in the struggle for justice without violence. In Spanish. Athens-Clarke County Library: VC B CHAVEZ.

Davis, Lucile. Cesar Chavez: A Photo-illustrated Biography. Mankato, Minn.: Bridgestone Books, 1998. Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights. Athens-Clarke County Library: JB CHAVEZ. This is also available in Spanish. Athens-Clarke County Library: JFLS B CHAVEZ.

Day, Mark. Forty Acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers. Introduction by Cesar Chavez. New York: Praeger, 1971. UGA Main Library: HD1527 .C2 D37.

Dunne, John. Delano. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Original title: Delano, the Story of the California Grape Strike. UGA Main Library: HD5325 .A29 D8 1971. ---. Delano, the Story of the California Grape Strike. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. UGA Main Library: HD5325 .A29 D8.

Etulain, Richard W. César Chávez: A Brief Biography With Documents. Boston: Beford/St. Martins, 2002. UGA Main Library: HD6509.C48 C47 2002. FBI File on Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers. Microfilm. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. UGA Main Library: Film HD6509 .C48 F35 1996.

Ferriss, Susan, and Ricardo Sandoval. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement. Edited by Diana Hembree; photographs edited by Michele McKenzie. New York: Harcourt Brace, c1997. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 F47 1997.

Griswold del Castillo, Richard, and Richard A. Garcia. César Chávez: A Triumph of Spirit. Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, c1995. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 G75 1995.

Hammerback, John C., and Richard J. Jensen. The Rhetorical Career of César Chávez. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, c1998. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 H36 1998. It's Still the Grapes of Wrath. Cesar Chavez and the California Grape Strike. New York: WMCA, 1969. UGA Libraries Peabody Awards Collection: 69030 NWR.

Jensen, Richard J., and John C. Hammerback, editors. The Words of César Chávez. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, c2002. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 A25 2002.

Levy, Jacques E. Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa. New York: Norton, 1975. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 L48 1975.

London, Joan, and Henry Anderson. So Shall Ye Reap. New York: Crowell, 1970. UGA Main Library: HD6515 .A292 C35.

Matthiessen, Peter. Sal si puedes: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution. New York: Random House, c1969. UGA Main Library: F866.2 .C5 M3.

McGregor, Ann, compilor. Remembering Cesar: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez. Edited by Cindy Wathen; photographs by George Elfie Ballis. Clovis, Calif.: Quill Driver Books, c2000. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 R46 2000.

Pitrone, Jean Maddern. Chavez, Man of the Migrants. Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House, 1971. UGA Main Library: HD6515 .A29 P53.

Roberts, Naurice. Cesar Chavez and La Causa. Chicago: Childrens Press, c1986. (Series: Picture-stories biographies) Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American who helped organize farm workers into a powerful union. Athens-Clarke County Library: JB JB CHAVEZ.

Rodriguez, Consuelo. Cesar Chavez. New York: Chelsea House, 1991. (Series: Hispanics of achievement) Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions. Athens-Clarke County Library: JB CHAVEZ.

Ross, Fred. Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning. Foreword by Edward M. Kennedy. Keene, Calif.: United Farm Workers, distributed by El Taller Grafico, c1989. UGA Main Library: HD6515 .A292 C59 1989.

Schaefer, Lola M. Cesar Chavez. Mankato, MN: Pebble Books, c1999. (Series: Famous Americans) Simple text and photographs depict the life of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights. Athens-Clarke County Library: JB CHAVEZ.

Strazzabosco, Jeanne. Learning About Justice From the Life of César Chávez [electronic resource]. New York: PowerKids Press, 1996. Examines the life of César Chávez, the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights. Internet: HD6509.C48 - netLibrary electronic book accessible through GALILEO.

Taylor, Ronald B. Chavez and the Farm Workers. Boston: Beacon Press, 1975. UGA Main Library: HD6515 .A292 C38 1975. Yinger, Winthrop.

Cesar Chavez: The Rhetoric of Nonviolence. Hicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, c1975. UGA Main Library: HD6509 .C48 Y55.

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Conversos and the Sephardim: A Selected Bibliography

2002-09-01T12:32:00.000-07:00

Conversos and the Sephardim: A Selected Bibliography compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

Beinart, Haim. The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Translated by Jeffrey M. Green from the original Hebrew title: Gerush Sefarad. Oxford, England: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2002. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 B41413 2002.

Bel Bravo, María Antonia, editor. Diáspora sefardí. Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, c1992. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 B45 1992.

Finkelstein, Norman H. The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World. New York: Beech Tree Books, c1989. Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Athens-Clarke County Library: 946.0049 FINKELST.

Goetschel, Roland, editor. 1492, l'expulsion des juifs d'Espagne. Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, c1996. Papers presented at a conference which was held May 11-13, 1992 at the Sorbonne, Paris, France and sponsored by the Centre d'études juives de Paris-Sorbonne. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 A13 1996.

Gordon, Noah. The Last Jew. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Novel about Jews in Spain during the time of Ferdinand and Isabella. Athens-Clarke County Library: FIC GORDON.

Kedourie, Elie, editor. Spain and the Jews: The Sephardi Experience 1492 and After. London: Thames and Hudson, c1992. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 S62 1992.

Lazar, Moshe, and Stephen Haliczer, editors. The Jews of Spain and the Expulsion of 1492. Lancaster, Calif.: Labyrinthos, c1997. "...the essays brought together in this volume...were developed from conference papers presented at an international symposium entitled "The Jews of Spain and the Expulsion of 1492" held at the University of Southern California in April 1992" -- from p. ix. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 J49 1997.

Lindo, Elias Hiam. The History of the Jews of Spain and Portugal, From the Earliest Times to Their Final Expulsion From Those Kingdoms, and Their Subsequent Dispersion, With Complete Translations of All the Laws Made Respecting Them During Their Long Establishment in the Iberian Peninsula. New York: B. Franklin, 1970. Reprint of the 1848 ed. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 L7 1970.

Marcu, Valeriu. La expulsión de los judios de España. Translated by Sigifredo Krebs from the original German title: Die Vertreibung der Juden aus Spanien. Buenos Aires: M. Gleizer, 1945. UGA Main Library (Repository): DS135 .S7 M3180.

Paris, Erna. The End of Days: A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1995. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 P34 1995.

Raphael, Chaim. The Road from Babylon: The Story of Sephardi and Oriental Jews. New York: Harper & Row, c1985. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 R36 1985.

Raphael, David, editor. The Expulsion 1492 Chronicles: An Anthology of Medieval Chronicles Relating to the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal. North Hollywood, Calif.: Carmi House Press, c1992. Translations of documents originally in Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 E96 1992.

Roth, Norman. Conversos, Inquisition, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, c1995. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 R675 1995.

Sachar, Howard M. Farewell España: The World of the Sephardim Remembered. New York: Knopf, 1994. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 S23 1994.

Search for the Buried Past: The Hidden Jews of New Mexico. NPR, 1988. Were the earliest settlers of the Southwest really Jewish exiles forced to become Catholics by the Spanish Inquisition in 1492? Have they actually been able to maintain a Jewish identity after 400 years? This rumor has persisted in New Mexico for generations. This program is the extraordinary tale of a secret heritage, shared by many New Mexicans, of growing up in families that still hide their true identity. UGA Libraries Peabody Awards Collection: 88014 DCR.

Suárez Fernández, Luis. La expulsión de los judíos de España. Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, c1991. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 S885 1991.

Waddington, Raymond B., and Arthur H. Williamson, editors. The Expulsion of the Jews: 1492 and After. New York: Garland Pub., 1994. Papers presented at the conference, "The Expulsion of the Jews: 1492 and After," held at the University of California, Davis, on 1-4 April 1992. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 E97 1994.

Wiesenthal, Simon. Sails of Hope: The Secret Mission of Christopher Columbus. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston from the original German title: Segel der Hoffnung. New York: Macmillan, 1973. UGA Main Library: DS135 .S7 W5313 1973.

Wildman, Sarah. "Conversos Surfacing Among Southwest's Hispanics: 'Crypto-Jews' Seek Lost Heritage as Academic Debate Rages." Discusses the academic debate about "conversos" and "cryto-Jews" in the Southwest.

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Cuban Films in the UGA Media Department

2002-09-01T12:27:00.000-07:00

Cuban Films in the UGA Media Department compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

Buena Vista Social Club. Road Movies Filmproduktion, c1999. 105 mins. Directed by Wim Wenders. Featuring: Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo. In 1996, music legend Ry Cooder went to Cuba to search for buried treasure. He found gold. Looking for lost songs and forgotten singers, Cooder discovered an exotic land of passion, sensuality and music. In Spanish with yellow English subtitles. UGA Libraries Media Department: DVD 57.1. Rated G.

Fresa y chocolate = Strawberry & Chocolate. El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinema, 1993. 104 mins. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. Starring: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirtha Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno, Joel Angelino. A naive young Cuban college student meets both a writer and a woman who teach him about the passion of life and the passion of love. Based on the story "El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo" by Senel Paz. In Spanish with English subtitles. UGA Libraries Media Department: LASER 722.1. Rated R.

¡Guantanamera! Tornasol Films, 1995. 104 mins. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. Starrring: Jorge Perugorría, Mirtha Ibarra, Carlos Cruz, Raúl Eguren, Pedro Fernandez. In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace. Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral proceedings. As the cortege wends westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver who once had a crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Great directors) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 3033.1. Not rated.

Hasta cierto punto = Up to a certain point. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, 1983. 70 mins. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Starring: Oscar Alvarez, Mirta Ibarra, Omar Valdés, Coralio Veloz, Rogelio Blain. This clever self-reflexive satire about the battle of the sexes in contemporary Cuba tells the story of an educated, liberal filmmaker who, in doing research for a film about the social problem of machismo in Cuban society, finds himself falling in love with the sexy, liberated Lina, a pioneering female dockworker. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cuban cinema) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2679.1. Not rated.

IA-Kuba = I Am Cuba. Joint production of Mosfilm (USSR) and ICAIC (Cuba), 1964. 2 hours, 21 mins., in black and white. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Vud, José Gallardo, Raúl García, Luz Maria Collazo, Raquel Revuelta. A series of vignettes illustrates the extremes of wealth and poverty, the exploitation, and the passions that led to the Cuban Revolution. In Spanish and English with Russian voice-over and English subtitles. (Series: Criterion collection; 295) UGA Libraries Media Department: LASER 720.1-2. Not rated.

Memorias del subdesarrollo = Memories of Underdevelopment. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, 1968. 97 mins., in black and white. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés. In the early 1960's, a Europeanized Cuban intellectual is too idealistic (or lazy) to leave for Miami, but too decadent to fit into the new Cuban society. Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cuban cinema) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 855.1. Not rated.

Retrato de Teresa = Portrait of Teresa. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, 1979. 103 mins. Directed by Pastor Vega. Starring: Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado, Alina Sanchez, Raul Pomares, Volanda Ruiz. Teresa is a housewife and mother whose involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of her husband. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cuban cinema) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 3404.1. Not rated.

Spirits of Havana. National Film Board of Canada, 2000. 91 mins. Directed by Bay Weyman & Luis O. Garcia. Featuring: Jane Bunnett, soprano saxophone and flute; Larry Cramer, trumpet; with Bobby Carcassas, Amado Dedeu, vocals; Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, rhumba group; Desandann, a cappella choir. Soprano sax player and flautist Jane Bunnett bridges two cultures as she travels across Cuba with her husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer. They meet up with some of Havana's finest musicians for a recording session, then travel across Cuba by bus to play with local musicians and visit music schools. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 3615.1. Not rated.

El Súper. Max Mambru Films, 1979. 80 mins. Directed by Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez-Leal. Starring: Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato. A Cuban exile, working as a building superintendent in New York, longs to return to his homeland--or at least Miami, where it doesn't snow. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: American Independents) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 1307.1. Not rated.

La última cena = The Last Supper. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos, 1976. 110 mins. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Starring: Mario Acea, Mario Balmaseda, Francisco Borroto, Samuel Claxton. During Holy Week at the end of the eighteenth century, a count visits his Havana sugar mill on a day a slave has run away. The count tells his cruel overseer, Don Manuel, to pick 12 slaves who will be guests at the count's table. Don Manuel objects, but to no avail. The twelfth guest is the recaptured runaway. During the dinner, using religious analogies, the count lectures his guests on the perfect happiness possible in slavery. They in turn tell stories and make requests. He promises no work on Good Friday, but he leaves early that morning and Don Manuel rousts the slaves for a long day cutting cane. They rebel. Which side will the count take? In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cuban cinema) UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2339.1. Not rated.

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Day of the Dead- A Selected Bibliography

2002-09-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

Day of the Dead = Día de los muertos: A Selected Bibliography compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

Ancona Daz, Jorge. Pablo recuerda: la fiesta del Día de los Muertos. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1993. During the three-day celebration of the Days of the Dead, a young Mexican boy and his family make elaborate preparations to honor the spirits of the dead. Athens-Clarke County Library: JFL 393.9 ANCONA. Also available in English as Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead by George Ancona. Athens-Clarke County Library: JNF 393.9 ANCONA.

Blade, Bonnie. "'The Dead are Coming': Mixtec Day of the Dead and the Cultivation of Community." In Proceedings of the 1995 and 1996 Latin American Symposia: "Death, Burial, and the Afterlife", "Landscapes and Mindscapes of the Ancient Maya", edited by Alana Cordy-Collins and Grace Johnson, editors, 7-20. San Diego, CA: San Diego Museum of Man, 1997. (San Diego Museum papers ; no. 34) UGA Main Library: F2230.1 .M6 L38 1995.

Butler, Ron. Dancing Alone in Mexico: From the Border to Baja and Beyond. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c2000. Includes a chapter titled "The Day of the Dead," 88-94. UGA Main Library: F1216 .B87 2000.

Carmichael, Elizabeth, and Chloë Sayer. The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 C37 1992.
Día de los muertos: A Celebration of This Great Mexican Tradition Featuring Articles, Artwork, and Documentation from Mexico, Across the United States and Chicago. Chicago, IL: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, c1991. Art exhibitions that have been organized by and shown at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (MFACM) from 1987-1990. René H. Arceo Frutos, exhibition curator. UGA Main Library: Folio GT4995 .A4 D52 1991.

Fernández, Roberta. "Filomena." In Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories: 63-87. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, c1993. The author notes that this story is integrally connected to the Días de los Muertos in Michoacán. (The Spanish version of the story appears in Fronterizas: una novela en seis cuentos, Arte Público Press, 2001) UGA Main Library: PS3556 .E72425 I58 1993.

Freschet, Gina. Beto and the bone dance. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, c2001. Beto searches all day for something all his own to put on his grandmother's grave for the Day of the Dead. Athens-Clarke County Library: JE FRESCHET.

Garciagodoy, Juanita. Digging the Days of the Dead: A Reading of Mexico's días de muertos. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, c1998. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 G37 1998. Also available through GALILEO netLibrary as an electronic book.

González, Rigoberto. So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks: Poems. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1999. Includes the poems "Day of the Dead" and "In the Week of the Dead, Masked." UGA Main Library: PS3557 .O4695 S6 1999.

Gould, Janice. Earthquake Weather: Poems. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1996. Includes the poem "The Day of the Dead." (Sun tracks ; v. 33) UGA Main Library: PS501 .S85 v.33.

Greenleigh, John, photographs, and text by Rosalind Rosoff Beimler. The Days of the Dead: Mexico's Festival of Communion with the Departed = Los días de muertos: un Festival de Comunión con los Muertos en México. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate, c1998. Originally published: San Francisco, CA: Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1991. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 G74 1998.

Griffith, James S. Respect & Continuity: The Arts of Death in a Border Community. Nogales, Ariz.: Pimeria Alta Historical Society; Tucson, Ariz.: Southwest Folklore Center, University of Arizona, c1985. Describes many of the crafts and foods used during the Day of the Dead celebrations. UGA Main Library: GT3390.5 .M6 R47 1985.

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Day of the Dead: A Mexican-American Celebration. Photographs by Lawrence Migdale. New York: Holiday House, c1994. Age level: 8-12; grade level: 4-6. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: GT4995 .A4 H69 1994.

Lasky, Kathryn. Days of the Dead. Photographs by Christopher G. Knight. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, c1994. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: GT4995 .A4 L37 1994.

Lok, Rossana. Gifts to the Dead and the Living: Forms of Exchange in San Miguel Tzinacapan, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico. Leiden, The Netherlands: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, 1991. (CNWS publications, no. 4) UGA Main Library: F1221 .N3 L65 1991.

Luenn. Nancy. A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead = Un regalo para Abuelita: en celebración del Día de los Muertos. Story illustrated by Robert Chapman. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, c1998. After her beloved grandmother dies, Rosita hopes to be reunited with Abuelita as she prepares a gift to give her when her family celebrates the Day of the Dead. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: Juv PZ73 .L814 1998.

Olmedo, Dolores. 40 años de ofrendas. México: Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, 1996. UGA Main Library: NK846 .O44 A4 1996.

Sayer, Chloë, editor. The Mexican Day of the Dead: An Anthology. Boston: Shambhala Redstone Editions, 1994. Previously published as Mexico, the Day of the Dead, 1993. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 M49 1994.

Troncoso, Sergio. The Last Tortilla & Other Stories. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1999. Includes a story titled "The Day of the Dead," 179-204. UGA Main Library: PS3570 .R5876 L37 1999.

Tunnell, Curtis, and Enrique Madrid. "Coronas para los muertos: The Fine Art of Making Paper Flower." In Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts, edited by Joe S. Graham, 131-145. Denton, Tex.: University of North Texas Press, c1991. Describes the art of making paper flower crowns to decorate the graves, especially during the Day of the Dead celebrations. UGA Main Library: GR1 .T4 no.50.

Turner, Kay, and Pat Jasper. "Day of the Dead: The Tex-Mex Tradition." In Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, edited by Jack Santino, 133-151. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1994. Compares and contrasts the celebrations in south Texas and in Mexico. UGA Main Library: GT4965 .H32 1994.

West, John O. "Celebrations of the Dead: Merging Traditions in the Spanish Southwest." In Hoein' the Short Rows, edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, 56-71. Dallas, Tex.: Southern Methodist University Press, c1987. Looks at the merging traditions surrounding Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls Day, comparing cultural differences and similarities, including those from the southwestern U.S. and Puerto Rico. UGA Main Library: GR1 .T4 no.47.

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Mexican Films in the UGA Media Department

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Mexican Films in the UGA Media Department compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

El ángel exterminador = The Exterminating Angel. Producciones Gustavo Alatriste, 1962. 95 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñel. Starring: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera, Augusto Benedicio. After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room... and over the next few days all the elaborate pretenses and facades that they've built up by virtue of their position in society collapse completely as they become reduced to living like animals.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 444.1.
Not rated.

Cabeza de Vaca. Producciones Iguana in co-production with Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia, 1990. 110 mins. Directed by Nicolás Echevarría. Starring: Juan Diego, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón, Gerardo Villarreal. Account of the Spanish explorer's capture, escape, and journey from Texas to Mexico City (1527-1537). Includes tales of El Dorado. Inspired by the book Naufragios by Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca. Originally produced for television.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2937.1.
Rated R.

De acá, de este lado = From Here, From This Side. Women Make Movies, 1988. 24 mins. Directed by Gloria Ribé. Narrator, Federico Engels. A portrait of contemporary México emphasizing the overwhelming influence and effects of the U.S., capitalism, and world politics since the second World War.

In English.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2975.1.
Not rated.

Doña Bárbara. Clasa Films Mundiales, 1943. 2 hours, 18 mins., in black and white. Directed by Miguel M. Delgado and Fernando de Fuentes. Starring: Maria Félix, Julián Soler, Maria Elena Marqués, Andres Soler, Charles Rooner. In order to take charge of his property in Altamira, Santos Luzardo, a lawyer, arrives in Caracas, in the solitary lands dominated by the feared Doña Bárbara, noted for her witchcraft. Doña Bárbara disputes with Santos over a piece of land, yet both she and her daughter fall in love with the lawyer. Based on the novel by Rómulo Gallegos.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Colección literaria)
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 3113.1.
Not rated.

Ensayo de un crimen = The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz. Alianza Cinematográfica Mexicana, 1955. 91 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Andrea Palma, Rodolfo Landa, José Maria Linares Rivas, Leonór Llausás, Eva Calvo. Archibaldo's criminal life began on the eve of the Mexican Revolution when he wished his nanny dead. A bullet blasted through the window and killed her. Thus begins his life of murder, alleged murder and insanity. Based on the novel Ensayo de un crimen by Rodolfo Usigli.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2709.1.
Not rated.

Eréndira. Austra, 1983. 103 mins. Directed by Ruy Guerra. Starring: Irene Papas, Cláudia Ohana. While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostitution. Erendira's surreal mystical experiences continue while her grandmother grows rich from exploiting her. Based on the 1978 novella by Gabriel García Márquez The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cinematheque Collection)
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 433.1.
Not rated.

Frida, naturaleza viva. Clasa Films Mundiales, 1984. 108 mins. Directed by Paul Leduc. Starring: Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola, Max Kerlow, Salvador Sánchez. This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of pollo, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Connoisseur Video Collection)
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 496.1.
Not rated.

El gallo de oro = The Golden Cockerel. Clasa Films Mundiales, 1964. 105 mins. Directed by Roberto Gavaldón. Starring: Ignacio López Tarso, Lucha Villa, Narcisco Busquets. A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Coleción literaria)
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 538.1.
Not rated.

El gran calavera = The Great Madcap. IFEX Films, 1949. 90 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo, Gustavo Rojo. Satirical film exploring the themes of transexual humor, sexuality in advertising, the working class' comical exploitation of the ruling classes, and the link between Christian evangelism and hard-sell advertising.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 2716.1.
Not rated.

Macario. Clasa Films Mundiales, 1960. 91 mins., in black and white. Directed by Roberto Gavaldón. Starring: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero. Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: The CinemaDisc Collection)
UGA Libraries Media Department: LASER 297.1.
Not rated.

Nazarín. Producciones Barbachano Ponce, 1958. 94 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo. Nazarin is a priest, attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according to Christian principles - but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the local prostitute.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: The CinemaDisc Collection)
UGA Libraries Media Department: LASER 559.1.
Not rated.

Los olividados = The Young and the Damned. Ultramar Films, 1950. 85 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Roberto Cobo. A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 955.1 and VHS 3420.1.
Not rated.

Reed, México insurgente = Reed, Insurgent Mexico. Ollin y Asociados, 1973. 104 mins., in black and white. Directed by Paul Leduc. Starring: Claudio Obregon, Eduardo López Rojas, Eraclio Zepeda, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Juan Angel Martinez. A dramatization of John Reed's accounts of the Mexican Revolution; the young journalist's adventures with Pancho Villa's army in 1913-1914 are depicted.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 3257.1.
Not rated.

Subida al cielo = Mexican Bus Ride. Producciones Isla S.A., 1952. 85 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Luis Aceves Castañeda, Silvia Castro, Roberto Cobo, Manuel Dondé. A young man and woman's honeymoon is cut short when the man learns that his mother has fallen ill back at home. The newlywed couple rush there to discover the other sons neglecting their mom in order to plot their squandering of the inheritance. The newlywed son takes quite an adventurous bus-ride to a distant city to get his mother's will notarized to the contrary, and is faced with multiple temptations along the way.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 864.1.
Not rated.

Susana= The Devil and the Flesh. Internacional Cinematográfica, 1950. 87 mins., in black and white. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring: Fernando Soler, Rosita Quintana, Víctor Manuel Mendoza. An unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Little by little, she causes unrest and discord among the members of the household, until they are virtually fighting with each other.

In Spanish with English subtitles. (Series: Cinematheque Collection)
UGA Libraries Media Department: VHS 1308.1.
Not rated.

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Shedenhelm, Laura D. Mexican Films in the UGA Media Department. (August 2002) <http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/events/hhm/hhm2002/mexican.html> [Date viewed]

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