Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu June 2005

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Central America

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

Adombe la presencia africana en Puerto Rico

Documentary film about the history and influence of Africans in Puerto Rican society. In addition to still photographs, film clips and interviews, the film utilizes dramatizations of scenes from the life of the poet Luis Palés Matos to illustrate the history and contributions of black Puerto Ricans through the centuries.

1 videocassette (34 min.) : 1999

MEDIA 2-5663

Aimé Césaire poet and statesman

Césaire speaks about his love for the French Caribbean landscape, his student days in Paris, the connection between his inner journey and the process of writing, his fight against the ravages of slavery and French policies in the colonies. The video also includes interviews with the Martinican artists who speak of Césaire's influence on their work, Victor Anicet and Luc Marlin, and ends with a two minute reading by Césaire.

1 videocassette (42 min.) 2002

MEDIA 2-6375

Augustine late have I loved thee

This is a compelling introduction to the life and works of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. The production was shot in and around Rome and Milan and also uses still photography to acquaint the viewer with Augustine's world, the Bishop himself, and his major works. Readings from his Confessions and City of God in English with a few in Latin with English translation add to the visual dimension of the video.

1 videocassette (37 min.) : 1992

DANA 188

The Battle of Vieques

Offers an in-depth examination of the U.S. Navy's controversial control and use of Vieques, a satellite island and municipality of Puerto Rico and home to 8,000 people, as a military training, exercise and deployment base. Uses interviews with residents and leaders, scenes of military maneuvers, Naval bombings and protest demonstrations to explore what the Naval presence has meant for Vieques and its people. Dramatically documents the Navy's gradual expropriation of 75% of the island's land, the ravaging of its economy, the virtual destruction of the island's ecology and its fishing industry by warship movement and practice bombing, and the displacement of more than half the island's population.

1 videocassette (ca. 41 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 2-5366

The Bay of Pigs

Using documentary footage and eyewitness interviews, this film creates a moving drama of the Bay of Pigs invasion, arguably one of the United States' most embarrassing international spectacles.

1 videocassette (ca. 57 min.) : 1997

DANA. MEDIA 1537 2-4256

Between light and shadow Maya women in transition

Interviews with Mayan women artists who work to preserve Mayan culture, improve the lives of the Mayan people and promote a Maya presence in their community. Includes Mayan folk art in the form of woven textiles and embroidery and contemporary paintings.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5723

Bitter cane

Examines the history and contemporary realities of Haiti, especially its relationship to the United States.

1 videocassette (75 min.) : 1983

DANA 697

Black sugar

Examines the mistreatment of Haitian laborers hired to cut sugar cane on plantations owned by the Dominican Republic State Sugar Council. Describes fraudulent recruitment promises, the practice of confiscating workers' official papers, extremely low wages, and the squalor, disease, and hunger of the work camps.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-1597

Buena Vista Social Club

In 1996, a group of legendary Cuban musicians were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a compact disc. This film shows some of their songs being recorded in the studio, concert footage from Amsterdam and New York City, and some of the musicians talking about their lives in Cuba and how they got started in music.

1 videodisc (105 min.) : 1999

MEDIA DANA 10-22 1487

Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo

The Tunecos of San Antonio Palopo speak Cakchiquel, one of more than twenty Mayan languages still extant in Guatemala. As development encroaches, these people must decide whether the loss of their culture is too high a price to pay for incorporation into the world beyond their lakeside village.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-3918

Caminos del Silencio

Documents the civil war in Guatemala and shows the effects it has had on Indian farmers. Focuses on a group of people from the Ixcan region who have had to flee as government soldiers have destroyed their houses and crops and killed thousands of villagers.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1987

MEDIA 2-2699

Capital of Earth the Maroons of Moore Town

A historical documentary, filmed in Jamaica, which focuses on the Maroons, direct descendants of escaped African slaves who formed rebel communities in the Blue Mountains. Illustrates the traditional culture and the threats of urban social forces and economic pressures.

1 videocassette (41 min.) : 1979

MEDIA 2-5375

Carmen Harrera

A documentary about the life and work of Carmen Harrera, a painter born in Cuba in 1915 and living in New York since 1939, who gained renown as an abstract minimalist while working in Paris in the 1940's and 1950's, but who has yet to be widely accepted in the U.S. The film includes an extensive interview with Herrera, interspersed with images of her works and commentary by critics such as Guilio Blanc, Alejandro Anreus, and Marta Gutierrez.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2470

Castro's rebellion

Covers the overthrow of the Batista govenment by Castro and its wide- ranging implications for Cuba, both domestically and internationally.

1 filmstrip (74 fr.) : 1983

DANA 56

Cecilia

The story of Cecilia, a mulatta, and her relationship with a white man provides an intimate and stark portrayal of colonial Cuba.

2 videocassettes (165 min.) 199

MEDIA 2-6641

Cocolos y rockeros

Explores the polarized world of adolescents in Puerto Rico who prefer salsa music, "cocolos," and the world of those who prefer rock music and rockers. Shows the participation of Dr. Angel Quintero Rivera, sociologist, who actually studies the sociology of popular music in Puerto Rico.

1 videocassette (46 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-2779

Coffee a sackful of power

The film explains the difference between the Brazilian and Costa Rican system of production and why the Brazilian system has led to such poverty.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-6018

Coffee break!

A documentary film during the coffee harvest on a farm near the border between Nicaragua and Honduras.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-6033

Copan

Documents the theories and procedures involved in the excavation of a major urban center of Mayan culture in the Copan Vally in western Hondusas. Suggests an interpretation of the conditions that caused the decline of the Mayan culture, draws parallels with current conditions of the area, and presents implications for the future.

1 film reel (15 min.) : 1982

MEDIA 3-131

Crossing borders a Cuban returns

Tells the story of Dr. Magaly Lavendez, a professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, who reflects on her cultural identity when she returns to the country of her birth and finds that neither the United States or Cuba offers complete acceptance.

1 videocassette (49 min.) : 1998?

MEDIA 2-5384

Crucible of empire the Spanish-American War

An account of the United States war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines and later resulted in the independence of Cuba and the Philippines. Explains the United States' experiment in imperialism which it later decided against.

2 videocassettes (125 min.) : 1999

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4312 cassette 1 2-4313 cassette 2

Cuatro documentales sobre el baile

Historia de un ballet -- Su lkary; Okantomi -- Cuando terminal el baileThis film contains four short documentaries about ballet.

1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : 1974

MEDIA 2-939

Cuba a battle for the ten million

Presents a documentary report on Cuba, centering on Castro's response to the 1969-70 sugar crisis.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : 197-

MEDIA D-389

Cuba, in the shadow of doubt

Describes U.S. and Cuban relations from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to the present day. Fidel Castro, American officials, and Cubans discuss everyday life in Cuba and the present government.

1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.) : 1986

MEDIA D-285

Cuba : las hijas de Fidel

Part of a series that looks at Latin America through its women with interviews and on-sight visits. This fourth program examines the lives of women in Cuba who come from all walks of life including women active in dance, music, sports, and politics concerning their experiences of living in Castro's Cuba.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-3105

Cuba paradox found

Holly Morris hitches across the island country of Cuba, and explores the culture with "divavision'.

1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5822

Cuba, the children of Fidel

Examines the lives of women in Cuba who come from from all walks of life including women active in dance, music, sports, and politics concerning their experiences of living in Castro's Cuba.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-5419

Cuba the forgotten island

Cuba's conquistadors -- Return to Havana -- Hemingway's CubaGovernment archival footage, interviews, and music from local artists portray the various faces of Cuba: the history of mobsters and revolutionaries, the history of Cuba's rhythm and dance, and the pre-revolutionary days when celebreties partied on the island.

1 videodisc (156 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 10-116

Cuba the people

The first American television documentary shot in Cuba since the Revolution. Traveling all over the country, the program focuses on the average people of Cuba and their daily lives. Graphically details how post-revolutionary Cubans are trying to cope with the problems of housing, medical care and education.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1987

MEDIA 2-729

Cuba va the challenge of the next generation

A controversial look at Cuba's future from the dynamic perspective of Cuban youth. Committed socialists and disillusioned dissidents debate the merits of socialism vs capitalism, the need for changes, internal difficulties and international politics. Interviews and debates interweave with views of Cuban youth culture.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-2266

The Darker side of black

An investigation of the complex issues raised by rap and reggae, such as ritualized machismo, misogyny, homophobia, and gun glorification. Noted experts on black history, such as Cornel West of Princeton University, and Michael Manly, former prime minister of Jamaica, analyze the phenomenon and give insights into its development and meaning.

1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2531

The Darklight of dawn

Documentary on military oppression and the human rights situtation in Guatemala.

1 videocassette (29 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 2-3089

Dateline, San Salvador

On May 1, 1986, 80,000 Salvadorians, in protest of their conditions, marched the streets of their capital demanding an end to the war. This video documents this historic march and explores the concerns of the people behind the banners.

1 videocassette (28 min.) : 1986

DANA 377

Destination Honduras

"Peace Corps Volunteers in Honduras currently work in the fields of agriculture, education, health, natural resources, rural development, and small business development"--Containers.

1 videocassette (20 min.) : 1992

DANA. MEDIA 616 2-3017

The Devil's dream

Social and political conditions in Guatemala are viewed through the eyes of the country's people in these interviews and descriptions.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1991

MEDIA 2-2723

Devils don't dream! Nachforschungen über Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán = Research on Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán

An examination of the rise to power, election, overthrow and exile of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.

1 videocassette (90 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-5462

Did they buy it? Nicaragua's 1990 elections

Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the American media's coverage of the 1990 elections in Nicaragua. Through interviews with journalists and footage from the campaigns, the program explores how American journalists' preconceived notions about Nicaragua may have affected their coverage of its political process.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : 1990

DANA 419

Dirty secrets Jennifer, Everardo & the CIA in Guatemala

Follows the efforts of Jennifer Harbury, a middle class American woman, to find the truth about her husband Everardo, a Guatemalan peasant revolutionary who "disappeared" after capture by Guatemalan government forces. Explores the web of cover-ups and lies that hide human rights violations in Guatemala and the involvement of the CIA and other American governmental bodies in this and related events.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-3910

Divine horsemen : the living gods of Haiti

A journey into the fascinating world of the Voudoun religion of Haiti. The viewer attends the rituals of the Rada, Petro, and Congo cults, whose devotees commune with the cosmic powers through invocations--ritual offering, song and dance.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1985

DANA. MEDIA 543 2-749

Dominicans/Dominicanas

Focuses on the lives and hardships of women of the Dominican Republic. At first glance a tropical paradise, the poor and underdeveloped country offers little economic opportunity for women or men.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1997

MEDIA MEDIA 2-5418 In English 2-3111 In Spanish

Dream of a free country a message from Nicaraguan women

Focuses on the women of Nicaragua who helped overthrow the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 and are continuing the struggle for social and political change. Nicaraguan women speak out about their involvement in the military grass roots organizations, legislature, healthcare, literacy campaign, etc.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1984

MEDIA D-202

Dreams ensnared the Dominican migration to New York

Focuses on the problems confronting Dominican immigrants in New York and their reasons for coming to the United States.

1 videocassette (21 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2854

The Drums of Dagbon ; Caribbean crucible

Parts five and six of a seven-part series. The first program discusses the Dagbamba drummers in northern Ghana. The second program traces the complex ties that bind the music of coastal Africa to the music of Europe.

1 videocassette (115 min.) : 1984

MEDIA 2-2557

El comienzo

The residents of this Puerto Rican island organize and, with the aid of pro-independence activists and a group of American Quakers, successfully bring about the withdrawal of the U.S. Navy which had been using their beaches for target practice.

1 videocassette (25 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5618

El Crucero

Reyna Flores -- Facing shortages -- History and nature -- Aqua puraDocumentary presenting an in-depth picture of El callao, a coffee plantation in Nicaragua's El Crucero region. Four different aspects of life and politics on that farm are shown.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1987

DANA. MEDIA 422 2-626

El Poder del jefe the power of the generalissimo

1. Trujillo -- 2. El Poder -- 3. Del JefeDocumentary about the life and career of President Trujillo of the Dominican Republic.

3 videocassettes (250 min.) : 1996

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5692 cassette 1 2-5693 cassette 2 2-5694 cassette 3

El puente sobre el Caribe A bridge over the Carribbean : economic development in Puerto Rico

Surveys the economic development in Puerto Rico, from 1940 to the present day, including the impact of NAFTA on the commonwealth's economy.

1 videocassette (37 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-5230

El Salvador another Vietnam

Examining the parallels between U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia and present-day El Salvador, the film recounts the origins of the conflict in El Salvador and follows subsequent developments through May 1981.

1 film reel (50 min.) : 1981

MEDIA 6-96

El Salvador the seeds of liberty

"The conflict in this embattled land is explored through interviews with military, government and church leaders both in El Salvador and the U.S. The film examines the martyrdom of four North American missionaries and the significance of this pivotal event. It contains scenes of the funeral of asassinated Archbishop Romero and interviews with the poor, who relate their tragedies and hopes for a dignified life and a free society"--Container.

1 videocassette (28 min.) : 1981

DANA 403

The Fall of the Maya

The mystery of the Maya civilization is explained through the archaeological findings of the ancient city of Cop n in the Honduras' jungle.

1 videocassette (23 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-3110

Fire from the mountain

View of recent Nicaraguan history, the Sandinista revolt against the Samoza government, and the impact of U.S. policy on the development of the country.

1 film reel (58 min.) : 1987

MEDIA 6-163

Fire in the mind revolutions and revolutionaries

As Latin American countries struggle to come to terms with their problems, many demand fundamental structural change -- revolution. This program focuses on revolutions in two countries: El Salvador and Peru.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1918

From the ashes-- Nicaragua today

A portrayal of Nicaragua since the 1979 Sandinista victory over the Samoza dictatorship, using archival, newsreel, and television footage. Traces the history of U.S. intervention in Nicaraguan affairs with descriptive footage of various facets of life in Nicaragua today as experienced by one family transformed by the revolution.

1 film reel (60 min.) : 1982

MEDIA 6-114

The Garcia family

The Puerto Rican American story is told through an overview of Puerto Rico's history, a survey of the development of Puerto Rican American communities in the United States through a century of change, and the experiences of several generations of the Garcia family.

1 filmstrip ([126] fr.) : 1982

DANA 98

Gay Cuba

Interviews with Cuban lesbians and gay men, exploring the social, psychological, religious, and political questions related to homosexuality in Cuba.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-5424

Get up stand up problems of sovereignty

A small Caribbean nation, Jamaica, has difficulty being truly sovereign when facing the power of multinational companies and the United States. Criminal threats to Columbia's sovereignty are also examined.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1920

Guatemala silenced a presentation of films for the Humanities & Sciences ; Spanish television presents ; original idea and script, Carmen Sarmiento ; produced by Video Spot and Associates, SA in association with Spanish Television ; director, Carmen Sarmiento

Focuses on the lives and hardships of the women and children of Guatemala.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5420

Guazapa

Presents an American journalist's view of life in the rebel-controlled combat zone of Guazapa in El Salvador, showing the relationship between combatants and civilians in a revolution.

1 videocassette (37 min.) : 1988

DANA 401

La Guerra de la CIA contra Cuba directed by Julio Pulido and Danyio Sirio

Contains 71 programs exposing CIA activities in Cuba, including interviews with many of the Cuban double agents whose activities made possible the exposure.

2 videocassette (360 min.) : 1987

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-940 cassette 1 2-941 cassette 2

Guerrilla wars, 1973

Examines how highly motivated guerrillas have organized revolts that eventually defeated large well-equipped governments. Using interviews and archival footage this film examines the Cuban revolution, America's futile struggle in Vietnam and the Soviet Union's equally unsuccessful attempts to control Afghanistan.

1 videocassette (60 min) : 1999

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4202a 2-5636

Haiti killing the dream

Ossie Davis narrates this unique perspective on the events in Haiti following the military coup of 1991. The program includes interviews with exiled President Jean Bertrand Astride and his cabinet, dissident clergy, underground resistance leaders, U.S. State Department officials, and a cross-section of the Haitian people.

1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1766

Haitian song

Presents daily life in a village in Haiti, its rituals and patterns, struggles and strengths. In addition to scenes of planting, harvesting, and cooking, the film also depicts community activities such as the weekly market, cockfights, dance and so on. Most activities are accompanied by songs and music.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1982

DANA 701

Harvest of peace Cosecha para la paz

Documentary about the Americans who have travelled to Nicaragua to help in the harvest, as a gesture of peace and support for the Nicaraguan government.

1 videocassette (29 min.) : 1985

MEDIA 2-850

Haunted land Le pays hanté, la palabra desenterrada

Follows Mateo Pablo's return to Petanac, Guatemala, the site of the July 14, 1982 massacre.

1 videocassette (74 min.) 2001

MEDIA 2-6570

The Havana

Discusses the intricate process of cultivation, production, and sale of Cuban cigars through interviews with and footage of people at all of its stages from the poor Cuban workers who produce the cigars to the elite European and American connoisseurs who prize them.

1/2 in

MEDIA 2-2467

Havana Nagila the Jews In Cuba

This video documentary traces the history and presence of the Jewish community in Cuba. Through archival material and interviews this film explores the impact of the 1959 Revolution, what it has been like for the five percent of the original community that has lived through these three and a half decades under Castro, the phenomenon of the community's recent resurgence, and the international issues that affect its future.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-2731

House on fire

The Caribbean has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world. Triggered by unemployment and drug use, it's also perpetuated by a culture that still fails to condemn violence against women, and sexual violence in particular, as a crime.

1 videocassette (15 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-5835

If the mango tree could speak

A documentary about children and war in Guatemala and El Salvador. Features interviews in which children recount their experiences with war and violence.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-3894

In the name of the people

On Feb. 22, 1982, four filmmakers from the United States went to El Salvador, spending nearly 6 weeks recording the history and conditions of civilian revolution against the government. The film features certain key people in one civilian "troop." The stories and footage bring the atrocities of the situation to life.

2 film reels (75 min.) : 1984

MEDIA. MEDIA 5-664 reel 1 5-665 reel 2

In whose interest?

Film focuses on US intervention in Guatemala, Vietnam, East Timor, El Salvador and Palestine/Israel.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 2002

MEDIA 2-5886

The King does not lie the initiation of a priest of Shango

Documentary showing the ritual and ceremony associated with the initiation of a priest of Shango, the Thundergod of the traditional Yoruba religion. Takes place in a contemporary Puerto Rican community among New World practitioners of the ancient religion, Santeria.

1 videocassette (43 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-5573

Krik? Krak! tales of a nightmare

The story of Haiti's misery under two generations of Duvaliers is told impressionistically, mingling extraordinary documents of daily life with scenes from fiction films to convey the shifts between levels of reality in Haitian life, in particular, the omnipresence of the Voodoo religion.

1 videocassette (78 min.) : 1998

DANA 1509

Latin American dilemma : the United States and Cuba in the 20th century. [Videorecording]

Capsule history of Cuban-American relations from the Spanish American War to the present day.

1 cassette, 30 min. : 1970

DOUGLASS 35

Life and debt

Set in Jamaica, this film is a case study of how contemporary free trade policies and global financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization affect the economies of developing nations.

1 videocassette (86 min.) : 2001

DANA 1730

Life and debt

Set in Jamaica, this film is a case study of how contemporary free trade policies and global financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization affect the economies of developing nations.

1 videocassette (86 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5465

Looking for a space lesbians & gay men in Cuba = Buscando un espacio : los homosexuales en Cuba

Examines the treatment of lesbians and gay men in Cuba from the early years of the Castro Revolution to the present.

1 videocassette (38 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-6031

Luisa Capetillo pasión de justicia

Features the life of feminist Luisa Capetillo in late 19th and early 20th century Puerto Rico.

1 videocassette (41 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-5222

The man we called Juan Carlos

Explores the life of Wenceslao Armira, a Mayan farmer from Guatemala.

1 videocassettr (52 min., 30 sec.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5902

Manos a la obra the story of Operation Bootstrap

A documentary on Puerto Rico's "Operation Bootstrap," an economic development plan undertaken in the 1950s which was to attract U.S. capital and serve as a model for the Americas. Using newsreels, archival photographs, and excerpts from government propaganda films, examines the background and many problematic issues posed by the plan.

1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1983

MEDIA D-133

Mariposas en el andamio Butterflies on the scaffold

A documentary examining the issues gays and transvestites face in the context of evolving attitudes towards homosexuality in Cuba. It is a highly unusual look at how a group of working class drag queens in a Havana suburb have become an integral part of their neighborhood.

1 videocassette (74 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5229

Mauvaise conduite Improper conduct

Interviews with exiled Cuban intellectuals and homosexuals, repressed and persecuted during moral purges by the Castro regime.

1 videocassette (110 min.) : 1996

MEDIA 2-5220

Mayan voices American lives

Mayan refugees from Guatemala, escaping political repression at home, have fled to the United States. In the last 10 years, 5,000-6,000 Mayas have settled in a small town of 3500 residents, Indiantown, Fla. Presents a picture of the adjustment problems to a new country and a different culture through interviews with the Indian refugees and other townspeople.

1 videocassette (55 min., 36 sec.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2573

Mi Puerto Rico

From one owner to another, 1508-1898 -- Caña, 1898-1930 -- Visions of independence, 1930-1940 -- Bread, land, and liberty, 1940-1950 -- Repression and reaction, 1950-1960 -- Puertorique idad -- Toward statehood, 1960-1970 -- Decade of destruction, 1970-1980 -- The futurePresents a personal journey through Puerto Rico's rich cultural traditions, revealing the remarkable stories of its revolutionaries, abolitionists, poets and politicians, whose struggle for national identity unfolds within the history of relations between Puerto Rico and the United States.

1 videocassette (87 min.) : 1995

DANA. MEDIA 1425 2-5864

Miami Havana

This video discusses how the relationship between the United States and Cuba has affected Cuban families separated by the political conflict. It includes interviews of children from Cuban families and senior citizens in both the United States and Cuba.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-3274

Miracles are not enough continuity and change in religion

The Catholic church's power and influence in South America are reviewed along with todays demands for social changes. Situations are shown from Brazil and Nicaragua.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1921

Musicians in exile

This powerful performance documentary focuses on artists who have fled their native lands due to political repression and are now living abroad. Musicians in exile features musicians from South Africa, Chile and Cuba. Through their music, they have tried to maintain their cultural identities while struggling to survive in an alien country.

1 videocassette (75 min.) : 1991

JAZZ 157

Nganga kiyangala Congo religion in Cuba

This documentary discusses the maintenance of African religious practice and custom in Cuba and the West Indies.

1 videocassette (33 min.) : 1991

DANA. MEDIA 629 2-5815

Nicaragua red to violet

Looks at the women in Nicaragua and their struggle to survive. Examines health, family and political issues, economic problems, their military involvement and contributions to the arts. "FFH 7026"--Container.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1977

MEDIA 2-5341

Nine artists of Puerto Rico

Visits the studios of Puerto Rico's most important artists.

1 videocassette (16 min.) : 1970

DANA. DANA 10 10

No porque lo diga Fidel Castro Not because Fidel Castro says so

Looks at how Cuban sexual minorities are treated in Cuba.

1 videocassette (16 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-5423

Nobody listened

In 1987,an organization named the Cuban Human Rights Film Project applied to the Cuban government to make a film about the Cuban justice system. Permission to make the film was denied. The Project made an alternative film consisting of interviews with Cuban political refugees, most of them living now in the United States and most of them former political prisoners from Cuba's infamous prisons.

1 videocassette (117 min.) : 1989

DANA 292

Only the news that fits

Describes press coverage following the Central American peace plan of 1987. Criticizes efforts of the government in the United States to influence coverage against the Sandinistas. Includes excerpts of press conferences and televised news reports.

1 videocassette (28 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2303

La Operación

As of 1980, Puerto Rico had the highest incidence of female sterilization in the world. The film argues that since ths 1930's, the American government's efforts to control the island's population by sterilizing its women, has served the business interests of American corporations located there.

1 videocassette (ca. 40 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1804

Orgullo en Puerto Rico Pride in Puerto Rico

In 1991 Puerto Ricans held the first-ever Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Transexual Pride march. Eight years later, director Jorge Oliver documented the 1999 Pride March, now an annual event on the island.

1 videocassette (17 min.) : 1999

MEDIA 2-5814

A Peace Corps mosaic

Cassette 1. Destination: Sri Lanka -- Destination: Honduras -- Destination: Poland -- Destination: Lethos -- Destination: Kyrgyzstan -- cassette 2. Destination: Cameroon - Destination: Lithuania -- Destination: Nepal -- Destination: Paraguay -- Destination: SenegalA visit to each destination includes interviews with Peace Corps volunteers and local people. Promotes the study of geography and demonstrates the value of volunteer service to diverse cultures.

2 videocassettes (200 min.) : 1996

DANA. DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 612 cassette 1 612 cassette 2 2-3013 cassette 1 2-3014 cassette 2

Permanency for children how to start a support group for foster and adoptive parents

Patricia Beckler, ACSW, gives a lecture on starting a support group for foster and adoptive parents. Her training objectives are to: 1) provide an overview of preparation for group; 2) provide and understanding of group dynamics; 3) provide skills for writing a proposal for a group; and 4) provide an introduction to group development.

1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.) : 1990

DANA 182

Pictures from a revolution

A decade after covering the revolution in Nicaragua for the New York Times and London Times, photojournalist Susan Mieselas returns to track down the people pictured in her original photographs. The people share their feelings about how their lives have changed in the years since the conflict, and recall the circumstances surrounding those movements of their lives captured by Meiselas' camera.

1 videocassette (93 min.) : 1992

DANA 315

Pocomania: a little madness Motion picture

Describes Pocomaniacs, a cult group of Jamaica. Shows parts of their ritual, which includes hypnotic drumming and tromping, trances, and "speaking in tongues" as spirits take possession of them.

22 min. sd. b&w. 16 mm MEDIA 4-206

La Poesia de Nicolas Guillen the Poetry of Nicolas Guillen

This brief documentary film chronicles the development of the poetry of Nicolas Guillen alongside political upheaval in Cuba.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1996

DANA 628

Popol Vuh sacred book of the Quiché Maya

Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala through animation. This myth and the story of the hero twins survived the Spanish Conquest in the Maya's sacred book known as the Popol Vuh.

1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-3269

Puerto Rico

Part I presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Part II uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with participants to recount the long history of U.S. involvement in Puerto Rico and the anti-colonial struggle.

2 film reels (85 min.) : 1975

MEDIA. MEDIA D-370

Puerto Rico history and culture of Puerto Rico

An introduction to the history and culture of Puerto Rico, beginning with Christopher Columbus' second journey to America in 1493, up through the 20th century, with reference to the area's economic and political system, music, and everyday life.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-1514

Puerto Rico - pais colonizado (Motion picture)

On August 18, 1972, Ricardo Alarcon, Cuba's representative, spoke to the United Nations Special Committee on Colonial Countries and Peoples on a motion to discuss the question of colonial status of Puerto Rico in the General Assembly. Film portrays the massive demonstration in support of the motion outside the UN.

30 min. sd. b&w. 16 mm 1972

MEDIA 3-47

Puerto Rico paradise invaded

Puerto Rico is a country of contrasts, where development is superimposed on tradition, and the Hispanic culture is opposed to the North American one. This program provides glimpses into the lives of Puerto Rican women.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-5346

Rain forests proving their worth

Is a living rain forest of greater economic value than one that has been cut down for timber or pastureland? International marketing of foods, cosmetics, and crafts derived from tropical forests may provide native inhabitants with the means to protect their vanishing lands. Proving Their Worth chronicles this promising new movement to save the fast disappearing rain forests--and a threatened way of life--by marketing renewable forest products.

1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-1404

Rights of passage four stories of survival

Puberty is one of teh mnost vulnerable times in a girl's life. For young women around the world it is a time of transition, but in societies where women are not valued, puberty can be the beginning of a life of abuse and even early death. Filmed in Nicaragua, India, Jamaica and Burkina Faso, four adolescent girls speak for themselves about the personal cost of the coming of age transition.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 1995?

MEDIA 2-3855

Rigoberta Menchú broken silence

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú, speaks about her efforts to unite indigenous people, attain rights, fight discrimination, and integrate the Guatemalan parliament with indigenous and non-indigenous people.

1 videocassette (25 min.) : 1993

DANA 547

Rivals

"They were the leaders of the world's greatest superpowere grappling at the center of the cold war. Politically they were diametrically opposed, privately they admired and respected each other. But when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev moved nuclear missles into Cuba in 1962, President John F. Kennedy confronted him in one of the most dramatic standoffs in history."--Container.

1 videocassette (46 min.) : 1998

DANA 1122

Together against violence

In Bennetlands, a ghetto community in the heart of Kingston, Jamaica, rival gangs began a war over the main street. When a gang leader was shot outside the health clinic, the community decided to change things and work together to restore a sense of community and peace in the neighborhood.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5907

The Turtle people

A case study of the ecological and cultural changes that result from so-called development. Shows the Miskito Indians of eastern Nicaragun who have depended on the sea turtle for food in the past and are now hunting the turtles to sell for cash.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 198

MEDIA 2-1785

The two Marys

Dramatized excerpts from the diaries of Mary Prince, born into slavery in Bermuda in 1789, and Lady Maria Nugent, slaveowner in Jamaica, providing first-hand accounts by British women of their experiences of slavery.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5303

The Uncompromising revolution

This documentary presents a candid and on-the-whole positive overview of Communist Cuba thirty years after its revolution of 1959. A variety of citizens including women and intellectuals share their views of social and economic life in Cuba before and after the revolution. Accusations of civil rights abuses, especially those against prisoners and homosexuals are countered. A capsule history of Cuba since its independence from Spain as well as a history of its relations with the United States both before and after the revolution is presented.

1 videocassette (ca. 54 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-1709

Vampiros en la Habana

Hilarious spoof of vampire and ganster movies presented in outrageously caricatured bawdy style.

1 videocassette (75 min.) : 1987

MEDIA 2-5187

Vieques 60 años de lucha

Residents of the island of Vieques discuss the island's history, culture and precarious political situation since World War II.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5619

Vieques ... un largometraje

The struggle by the residents of Vieques Island to halt target practice by the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

1 videocassette (90 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5617

Vieques un pueblo forjando futuros = An island forging futures : un documental

"This documentary demostrates part of the peaceful resistance movement against the bombing practices of the U.S. Navy in Vieques...after two bombs negligently killed David Sanes, a Viequense civilian employee, on the 19th of April 1999. This works documents the story of a people's struggle against the world's most powerful armed forces."--Container.

1 videocassette (16 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5280

Waiting for Fidel

Documents a trip to Cuba by Joseph Smallwood, former Premier of Newfoundland, and Jeff Sterling, Canadian communications magnate as they await a promised interview with Fidel Castro.

1 videocassette ( 58 min.) : 198-

MEDIA 2-6149

We think so Asi pensamos

Looks at a group of Guatemalen agricultural workers who formed an agricultural union. The peasants were living on an estate, fighting poverty and starvation. The peasants wanted to buy the estate, but the owner refused to sell it in parts. In order to survive, the peasants have organized themselves into an agricultural community.

1 film reel (29 min.) : 198-

MEDIA 4-524

When the mountains tremble

A documentary describing the struggle of the Indian peasantry in Guatemala against state and foreign oppression. Uses a variety of formats--interviews, direct address, newsreels, re-enactments, video transmissions, and live footage shot at great hazard. Loosely centered on the experiences of the Nobel prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, a 23-year-old Indian woman now living in exile.

1 videocassette (83 min.) : 1999

MEDIA D-46

Women in war voices from the front lines

v. 1. Israel and Northern Ireland -- v. 1. El Salvador and the U.SFocusing on war-torn areas of the world, this program profiles women living with the day-to-day tragedy of war.

2 videocassettes (96 min.) : 199-

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5740 cassette 1 2-5741 cassette 2

Women of Vieques a message from the border

Short documentary about the history and activities of the Vieques Women's Alliance, an activist group formed to protest the use of Vieques as a US Naval base. The Alliance also runs workshops and educational programs for Puerto Rican women.

1 videocassette (19 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5367

The world stopped watching

A sequel to the award winning the World Is Watching, filmmakers Peter Raymont and Harold Crooks return to Nicaragua fourteen years later with two American journalists who were in the original film - and a Canadian journalist from La Presse - to discover what became of the first revolution which was conducted in the glare of the world media.

1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.) 2003

MEDIA 2-6896

Zafra la historia de la industria azucarera en Puerto Rico

Traces the economic history of Puerto Rico in the sugar plantations, and the closing of the last one in 1990.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-6224