Video Resources for

Teaching Communication and Difference/Diversity

Generation Next - Speak Up, Be Heard (2007)

One-hour documentary (aired on PBS) about 16-25 year olds in the United States. For more information, see: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/documentary/

Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible (2006)

Features experiences of white women and men who have worked to gain insight into what it means to challenge notions of racism and white supremacy in the United States. (50 minutes). World Trust Educational Services, Inc. Oakland. http://www.world-trust.org/videos/visible.html

Race - The Power of an Illusion 2003 [VHS or DVD]

Three-part documentary (56 minutes each) which "questions the very idea of race as biology, suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth."
For more information, see: http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0149

Skin deep 1995 [videorecording]

An Iris Films production ; producer, director, Frances Reid ; writers, Sharon Wood, Frances Reid.

A diverse group of college students reveals their honest feelings and attitudes about race and racism. Students are interviewed alone, and then discuss the issues in a group setting.

In whose honor? 1996 [videorecording]

Indian mascots and nicknames in sports / written, produced and edited by Jay Rosenstein.

Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the effect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the Board of Regents, students, alumni, current and former "Chiefs" and members of the community.

 

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