Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu September 2007

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Globalization

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.

30 frames a second the WTO in Seattle 2000

A compelling first-person account by veteran cameraman Rustin Thompson, who covered the November 1999 WTO conference as an independent journalist. Thompson takes the viewer into the fray of tear gas, pepper spray and police abuse; behind the lines and inside the convention center and press rooms; and along the marches, sit-ins and demonstrations. The result is an impressionistic journal of a decisive week that exploded into a massive expression of freedom: of speech, of assembly and the press.

1 videocassette (ca. 75 min.)

MEDIA 2-5337

American game, Japanese rules 1989

Examines the frustrations of Americans trying to understand and cope with the unwritten rules of life in Japan. Interviews with businessmen, baseball players and an American born woman who married a Japanese farmer and has become assimilated into the culture. Offers the following insights: In baseball, the Japanese ideal outcome is a tie; no one loses face. In business, the Japanese play to win; if they don't get all of the business, they don't consider it fair. The housewife has ceased to think about "what I want"; adopting the Japanese outlook, she thinks instead of "my duty.".

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1262

Another world is possible impressions of the World Social Forum 2002

In early 2002, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 50,000 gathered for the World Social Forum with the goal of opposing corporate globalization and developing alternative visions for the future.

1 videocassette (25 min.)

MEDIA 2-6987

Antonio Negri a revolt that never ends 2004

Documentary that profiles the life of university professor, Antonio Negri, a leading spokesperson for the international anti-globalization movement.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6860

Aqua preta Black water 1990

This video explores the ill effects of encroaching industry on the residents of Sao Braz, a fishing village in Bahia, Brazil.

1 videocassette (28 min)

MEDIA 2-1648

The Banking system: why must it be protected? ; Stabilization policy: are we still in control? ; Perfect competition and inelastic demand: can the farmer make a profit? ; Economic efficiency: what price controls? 1985

Lesson 8. The banking system: why must it be protected? -- Lesson 14. Stabilization policy: are we still in control? -- Lesson 17. Perfect competition and inelastic demand: can the farmer make a profit? -- Lesson 18. Economic efficiency: what price controls?Lesson 8: The banking system: why must it be protected? Shows how banks operate and how the FDIC (by insuring deposits) and the Federal Reserve Bank (by acting as a lender of last resort) keep bank failures from becoming banking crises. Lesson 14: Stabilization policy: are we still in control? Presents the arguments for and against government policies to stabilize the economy. Lesson 17: Perfect competition and inelastic demand: can the farmer make a profit? Illustrates the concepts of perfect competition and the elasticity of supply and demand. Lesson 18: Economic efficiency: what price controls? Explains that there is a definite cost to interfering with free-market prices, but there are circumstances that justify interference with the free market.

1 videocassette (ca. 118 min.)

MEDIA 2-459

The Barcelona blueprint 2001

Once the industrial heart of the region of Catalonia in Spain, Barcelona was becoming a failed European city when a visionary local government decided to radically redevelop the city in the run for the 1992 Olympics. It is now considered a model 21st century city, combining historic buildings with modern architecture. This program takes a tour of Barcelona's seafront and listens to a studio debate on the issues facing cities and those who live in them. This debate was part of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in New York in 2001.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5912

The battle of the Titans problems of the global economy 1993

This documentary highlights the migration of jobs from developed countries to developing nations like Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia where labor is plentiful and cheap.

1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-6016

Beyond borders 2003

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-258

Beyond culture shock 1983

Intended to help families adjust to living abroad through exploration of cultural and business practices in various foreign countries. Experts in cross-cultural topics and international living and seasoned travelers discuss the reaction to moving away from home and adjusting to life in a different society.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-2815

Big business and the ghost of Confucius 1992

Shows how Confucius idea of individuals submerging themselves for the goals of society, together with state guided capitalism, have created an economic miracle in South Korea and East Asisa.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-2210

Bill Moyers reports trading democracy 2002

"Everyone has heard about NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, but almost no one has heard about one of NAFTA's obscure provisions -- except for multinational corporations who are using it to challenge democracy. Bill Moyers reports: Trading democracy is the first television investigation of NAFTA's Chapter 11 -- what has been called an 'end run around the Constitution.' Corporate investors are using Chapter 11 to attack public laws that protect our health and our environment -- and even challenge jury verdicts. The cases are not heard in open court, but before international trade tribunals that rule in secret. The program details a system of private justice that is enabling companies to obtain covertly what they would be unlikely to achieve publicly in America's legislatures or courts"--Container.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5698

Black gold 2006

"After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world. Tracing the path of the coffee consumed each day to the farmers who produce the beans, Black Gold asks us to 'wake up and smell the coffee', to face the unjust conditions under which our favorite drink is produced and to decide what we can do about it.

1 videodisc (ca. 77 min.)

MEDIA 10-769

Black harvest 1992

Features a joint business venture between Joe Leahy, a wealthy mixed-race coffee plantation owner, and the Ganiga, an aboriginal tribe in Papua New Guinea. When world coffee prices collapse, the workers' wages are drastically reduced and this leads to tribal warfare.

1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-2111

Bluegrass, blackmarket 1994

Explores how attempts to prevent the cultivation and marketing of marijuana in eastern Kentucky have been complicated by the involvement of some local law enforcement officials in drug trafficking.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-2530

La Boda The wedding 2000

Filmed in Mexico, Texas and California, this is an intimate portrait of the challenges faced by a Mexican-American migrant community presented primarily through the eyes of Elizabeth, whose wedding to Artemio concludes the documentary.

1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-5865

Bolivia coca, food of the poor 1997

Among the impoverished women of Bolivia, the coca plant has a pervasive influence. While the raw leaves of the plant may provide "food" for the poor, its derivative product, cocaine, enriches those whose oppressive policies keep the women and their families at a subsistence level.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5416

Brazil winning against AIDS 2001

Since Brazil started to manufacture its own HIV and AIDS drugs in 1997, the national program has halved the death rate from AIDS, prevented thousands of new patients from being hospitalized, and helped stabilize the epidemic. This program examines whether Brazil's program can be replicated in other countries.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5919

Capitalismo selvagem Savage capitalism 1994

A romance between a reporter and a mining company executive. The romance crumbles when the executive's wife, long presumed dead, returns and drives the couple, the company and the country to the brink of a national disaster.

1 videocassette (86 min.)

MEDIA 2-6059

City life 2001

Follows Marta Suplicy, the mayor of S~ao Paulo, Brazil, as she visits schools, hospitals, favelas, and a shelter for battered women, in her quest to improve the living conditions of the city.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5904

Coca Mama the war on drugs 2001

Presents national anti-drug control activities in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. Also tells the story of the farmers who are paid by drug cartels to grow the coca and then attacked by drug patrols using fumigation planes.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5739

Coffee break! 1997

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

1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-6033

The Colonel comes to Japan 1981

Explains that when an American company sets up shop abroad, special considerations must come into play, as evidenced by this chronicle of Kentucky Fried Chicken's entry into the Japanese fast-food market.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 41

Commanding heights the battle for the world economy 2002

episode 1. The battle of ideas / produced and directed by William Cran -- episode 2. The agony of reform / produced and directed by William Cran -- episode 3. The new rules of the game / written, produced and directed by Greg BarkerThis series explores our changing world: the new rules of the game, the winners and losers inthe clash between government and the marketplace, the great debate over the impact of globalization, and the powerful forces shaping our economy and the future of society.

3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 10-180 v.1 10-180 v.2 10-180 v.3

Communication across cultures 1991

Describes the need for employers and employees to understand differences in customs and manners and social mores in order to most effectively communicate in a business world that is involved in intercultural transactions.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2232

Controlling interest the world of the multinational corporation 1978

Describes the impact of profit-motivated multi-national corporations on the social and economic conditions of third-world countries (Brazil, Chile, et al.) and the United States by focusing on the corporations' exploitation of cheap labor, abundant resources and new markets.

1 videocassette (ca. 45 min.)

MEDIA 2-1960

Cuba va the challenge of the next generation 1993

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.)

MEDIA 2-2266

Deposition, Bill Gates case, U.S.A. v. Microsoft Corp 1998

[Pt. 1] August 27, 1998. 4 tapes -- [pt. 2] August 28, 1998. 4 tapes -- [pt. 3] Sept. 28, 1998. 3 tapesVideotape deposition of Bill Gates in the Microsoft Offices in Redmond, Washington.

11 videocassettes (17 hrs., 21 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5166 cassette 1 2-5167 cassette 2 2-5168 cassette 3 2-5169 cassette 4 2-5170 cassette 5 2-5171 cassette 6 2-5172 cassette 7 2-5173 cassette 8 2-5174 cassette 9 2-5175 cassette 10 2-5176 cassette 11

The Diamond empire 1994

Central to the diamond's role as a romantic symbol is the belief that diamonds are one of the rarest, most precious gifts for a loved one. This documentary examines how the great myth about the scarcity of diamonds and their inflated value was created and maintained over the decades by the diamond cartel.

1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-2827

Dirty business food exports to the United States 1990

Documents the relocation from Watsonville, California to Mexico of about four hundred food-processing jobs by Pillsbury-Green Giant and explores many impacts of agribusiness in Mexico, including environmental damage, child labor, and health problems.

1 videocassette (15 min.)

MEDIA 2-1923

Distress signals an investigation of global television 1991

Discusses the film and television industry.

1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-2764

Diverted to Delhi 2002

The toll-free telephone numbers used to place orders are often answered thousands of miles away by Indians trained to speak and think like Americans, or Brits or Australians. This film follows a group of university graduates through a rigorous 3-week course which they hope will prepare them for prestigious, well paying positions in these call centers.

1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-6381

Doing the right thing 2001

Porto Alegre was once an ordinary, dirty, Brazilian port city. Through a direct democracy program transformation has taken place. This program traces the experiences of two women, both born in poor slum areas, who have risen through this program as neighborhood leaders. "S0024"--Pasted label on container.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5910

Fast forward, 1999 1999

"As communication and business cross national boundaries as never before, global politics are increasingly driven by global economics, and the power of free markets and new technologies are transforming people's lives the world over. But the aggressive reach of global capitalism has created new tensions and uncertainties. Who will be the winners and losers in the New World Order?"--Container.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4205a 2-5639

A fistful of rice 2001

This program examines the complex causes and effects of protein energy malnutrition through the stories of people in Nepal who live with it on a daily basis. It also looks at ways of changing attitudes toward food and gender.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5915

Free trade slaves 1999

Film discusses free trade zones and the accompanying human problems that have arisen with human rights, exploitation of workers and environmental degradation. Filmed on location in Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Mexico and Morocco.

1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-6692

Gaza under siege 2001

This program also examines why the United Nations fails to criticize Israel's aggression and denies Palestinian statehood.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5913

The Giant awakes 1998

[1] Chinese capitalism: moving the mountain (50 min.) -- [2] Human rights in China (49 min.) -- [3] The path of Chinese privatization (50 min.)Examines the potentials of China's newly emerged economic power and looks at the problems associated with China's economic reform.

3 videocassettes (149 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5243 cassette 1 2-5244 cassette 2 2-5245 cassette 3

The global assembly line 1986

Examines the economic and social consequences in both industrial and developing nations of the drive in high tech industries to increase profits and reduce costs by removing production to third world countries.

1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1327 2-6177

The global dimension 2003

1.5 billion people in developing countries live in extreme poverty, and the living conditions for twice that number are almost as deplorable. This program investigates how both trade and financial aid are being used to help Costa Rica and other third-world nations bridge the technological divide and gain much-needed know-how so that they can improve their ways of life and prosper in the burgeoning global economy.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-263

Global firms in the industrializing East 1996

Examines how Singapore has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse along the Pacific Rim. Analyses in particular the banking, electronic, telecommunication and semiconductor industries in Singapore.

1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-5754

Global firms shrinking worlds 1992

Explores the global spread of the electronics industry, focusing on the use of international labor, the expansion and customization to new global markets, and the collaboration and competition with other firms worldwide. The development of the Hewlett Packard corporation is traced as an illustration of the industry's proliferation in these areas.

1 videocassette (25 min.)

MEDIA 2-2488

The global grassroots 2003

Faced with increasing cuts in government aid, grassroots organizations in the industralized world are learning lessons from their counterparts in developing countries. Never having had government funding, third-world assistance programs are showing them how to implement support-free community-based initiatives. This program demonstrates how "sweat equity" and other techniques are being used to help people cope with two of the downsides of globalization: the disappearance of social safety nets and the widening gap between the world's haves and have-nots.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-262

The global marketplace 2003

This program focuses on progressive efforts being made by businesses to unite profits and principles. Issues under consideration include the practice of social responsibility through ethical investment policies and codes of conduct, the human and environmental costs of unscrupulous manufacturing, and a renewed emphasis on good employee/employer and supplier/retailer relations.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-259

The global neighborhood 2003

This program documents the efforts of nongovernmental organizations such as Oxfam and the World Wildlife Fund to take collective action on issues of international importance, including homelessness, environmental stewardship, and equitable trade.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-261

Global partnerships 2003

This program interviews North American and European volunteers and the people in developing countries who are receiving their humanitarian and political assistance. By living together and sharing cultural experiences, both volunteers and aid recipients are helping to bring into clearer perspective their mutual concerns about human rights violations and exploitation of the environment.

1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-260

Global village or global pillage? 2006

Examines global industrialization and how people around the world are challenging it. Features Ralph Nader, Charles Kernaghan, Thea Lee, Loretta Ross, Dennis Brutus. Based on the book of the same title.

1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-7405

Globalization is good 2005

In this program controversial writer Johan Norberg explains why he feels the globalization movement is ignorant and dangerously wrong.

1 videcassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7131

H2 worker 1990

Each year 10,000 Caribbean men are selectively chosen by American sugar corporations to harvest sugar cane for six months in Florida under temporary "H-2" visas. "H-2 worker" is a film exposing the brutal, systematic exploitation of Jamaican guest workers by the Florida sugar cane industry.

1 videocassette (70 min.)

MEDIA 2-1700

Harvest of shame 1991

Documentary showing the degradation and exploitation of migrant farmworkers in the United States. This broadcast led to the passage of laws protecting the worker's rights.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-2482

The Havana 1/2 in

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.

MEDIA 2-2467

The health protestors 2001

Frustrated doctors, health professionals, and civil rights activists from around the world met in Dhaka in December 2000 at the People's Health Assembly to draw up their demands for health care in a new People's Health Charter. This program follows the process, from a 50,000-person rally in Calcutta, to late-night drafting sessions, to the final publication of the charter on the last day of the Assembly.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5906

Holy smoke Cambodians fight tobacco 2001

Buddhist monks lead anti-tobacco campaign in Cambodia.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5925

Huelga! 1968

Documents the first 18 months of the continuing migrant labor strikes against grape growers in California's San Joaquin Valley. Describes events leading up to the strikes and the development of small unions in the area.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-2476

In service to America 1995

By 1967, poverty warriors increase the sophistication of their tactics at the same time that a number of outspoken opponents rise to national prominence. This program highlights the beginning of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Lawyers team up with migrant farm workers in California to fight for better education, health care and working conditions, and VISTA volunteers and local residents organize against strip mining in Appalachia. Both stories raise significant questions about activities the government funds in the name of fighting poverty.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4089

In the land of plenty 1999

Provides a human portrait of workers at the mercy of a greedy system as it follows Mexican migrant agricultural laborers in the strawberry fields of Watsonville, California.

1 videocassette (62 min.)

MEDIA 2-6038

Invisible garments expensive soles 1996

This film focuses on the impact on rural women of new large industries (including Nike) in Indonesia.

1 videocassette (11 min.)

MEDIA 2-6478

The invisible wall 1993

Presents issues of the power in food politics, roles of multi-national corporations, Third World debt, and trade barriers in fueling poverty and environmental destruction in the world's poorest countries.

1 videocassette (ca. 54 min.)

MEDIA 2-5998

Ken Saro-Wiwa an African martyr 1996

"Ken Saro-Wiwa, the celebrated Ogoni writer and political activist, was hanged in November 1995 by the Nigerian military dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa had been campaigning for the rights of Nigeria's Ogoni people, who have suffered from decades of resource exploitation by foreign oil companies and oppression by the Nigerian military government. This program tells Saro-Wiwa's story through his own words and those of his wife and features the only in-depth interview he gave before his death"--Container.

1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-3684

Keten van liefde Chain of love 2001

"A film about the Philippines' second largest export product-- maternal love-- and how this export affects the women involved, their families in the Philippines, and families in the West"--Container.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7212

King for a day 2001

A satire on globalization and its implications for the citizens of developing nations. Presented as the diary of a cynical Bangladeshi journalist who follows the arrangements for the arrival of President Bill Clinton in March 2000.

1 videocassette (34 min.)

MEDIA 2-6464

Leaving home 199

Examines the Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Agreement by looking at how workers on both sides of the border have been affected by the maquiladora program. Economists, free trade advocates, and Latino community leaders debate on the future of free trade.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-2188

Life and debt 2001

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.)

MEDIA. DANA 2-5465 1730

Lines in the dust 2001

Discusses revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, where gender roles are challenged and illiterate adults are educated.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5923

The long march 2001

This program tells the story of Chengdu: In 256 B.C., the Dujiangyan Irrigation System was built, channeling the Min River through Chengdu in what is still seen as a triumph of hydraulic engineering. The irrigation system was neglected and abused during the industrial development of the 1970's, resulting in massive pollution and floods. Today, Chengdu's government has succeeded in reversing the damage, turning an urban nightmare into a model of modern-day planning.

1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-5905

Looking for perestroika 1990

Mikhail Gorbachev has made perestroika, the reconstruction, a test of his leadership. Recognizing that the Soviet economy was in a shambles, he launched his plan to modernize the system by curbing central planners and introducing a touch of capitalism. Is it working? To find out, we visit a coal mine, a State farm, a hugh industrial plant, a private enterprise in the construction industry, and the economic ministry in the Kremlin.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1007

Macprofit 1989

Examines the largest companies on the international fast food market, including the development of their corporate ideology and manufacturing processes in the past thirty years.

1 videocassette (66 min.)

MEDIA 2-5432

Manufacturing miracles 1987

Examines the labor-management practices of Mazda Motor Corp. as a model of the Japanese approach to management. Shows their comprehensive training programs, reassignment of assemblers rather than layoffs, and their nurturing of a flexible and resourceful workforce.

1 videocassette (32 min.)

MEDIA 2-2635

Mass media in society 2002

"The world is quickly becoming saturated with information, entertainment, and advertisements. In this program, academic and industry experts examine the globalization of information exchange, the way in which it has altered the social distance between nations and individuals, and the future of mass media. In the U.S., viewers watch an average of 4.5 hours per day of television, willingly lending their eyes and ears to advertisers. However, the 1990s have seen a growing fragmentation of America into demographically segmented audiences, driven by niche programming and narrow-interest advertising. The enthusiasm for interactive communication is growing, spurred on by the desire for news and entertainment tailored and delivered on demand and the possibilities of one-to-one marketing. Is the concept of mass media on the verge of extinction?"--Container.

1 videodisc (28 min.)

MEDIA 10-276

Mean things happening 1993

In the American democracy of the 1930's two visions of liberty collided as working men and women battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. On the tenant farms and in the steel favtories working peoplw asserted their citizenship in the midst of great economic turmoil and a tide of government reform.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2226 2-4180

The miller's tale bread is life 2001

Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional disorder in the world, affecting more than two billion people. This program looks at the efforts to introduce fortified flour in Yemen and Egypt, two of the most affected countries.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5918

Missing out 2001

This program follows two traditional birth attendants as they try to persuade women to take iron folate supplements and visit hospitals. It also looks at what could happen when donors pull out of distribution programs.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5920

Modern heroes, modern slaves 1997

Shows the human and sometimes tragic side of the overseas contract worker from the Philippines, where each day, thousands of women leave to seek work as domestics in more prosperous places.

1 videocassette (45 min.)

MEDIA 2-6023

Money for nothing behind the bu$ine$$ of pop mu$ic 2001

The music industry -- Radio & MTV: the gatekeepers -- Music, marketing, advertising -- The power of pop musicInterviews with Chuck D, Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti, Kathleen Hanna, Reebee Garofalo, Dave Marsh, Robert W. McChesney. Explains how popular music is produced and marketed and offers an accessible critique of the current state of popular music. Examines the shrinking number of record companies, the centralization of radio station ownership, and the increasing integration of popular music into the advertising and commercial aspects of the consumer market. Also discusses independent bands and record labels.

1 videodisc (78 min)

MEDIA 10-132

My Hanoi personal reflections by Thuy Linh 2001

This program tours rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and looks at the effect on citizens and culture.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5922

My mother built this house 2001

Government programs are building houses for these homeless, but it is a slow process. This program looks at the difference the South African Homeless People's Federation is making.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5911

Networking the nerds 1998

Part one of a three-part series in which Bob Cringely, a self- proclaimed nerd and industry gossip columnist, leads viewers in an examination of the exciting industry known as the Internet. This episode tells of the beginning of the industry, which was in large part a reaction to the Russian leap of technology resulting in Sputnik. The new agency ARPA was created to link computers at universities across the nation, and was operational in only nine months.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3965

Never the same again 2001

Concentrates on two significant historic transformations -- the discovery and subjugation of the New World by the European powers and the emergence of a truly modern economy during what is known as the industrial revolution.

1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5783

The new rulers of the world a special report 2001

John Pilfer looks at how globalization has increased the gap between the very rich and the very poor. In particular he looks at Indonesia as an example of how globalization and corrupt government has thrown millions of people into poverty and how multinational corporations support the abuse of these poor workers in sweatshops.

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-5929

No logo brands, globalization, resistance 2003

Performer Note: Narrator, Naomi Klein. Contents: Sections: Intro -- No space: new brand world -- No choice: brand bombing -- No jobs: the discarded factory -- No logo: Anti-corporate activism and reclaiming the streets -- Extras: Virgin stretches the brand -- Cool hunting & the cooptation of youth culture -- Branding & BMW Films -- Cokes vs. tap water -- Mickey Mouse goes to Haiti -- Benetton & political advertising -- Public vs. private Using hundreds of media examples, No Logo shows how the commercial takeover of public space, destruction of consumer choice, and replacement of real jobs with temporary work (the dynamics of corporate globalization) impact everyone, everywhere. It also draws attention to the resistance arising globally to challenge the hegemony of brands.

1 DVD (42 min. + min. additional footage)

MEDIA 10-211

Not for sale 2002

This documentary explores some little-known aspects of global trade agreements. Patents and other intellectual property rights are expanding what corporations can own and control -- from machines to knowledge and even living creatures. What does this mean for the environment, the food supply and human rights? This film looks at farmers, indigenous people, and global justice activists who oppose patents on life and advocate for a world where life is not a commodity but something to be treasured.

1 videocassette (ca. 32 min.)

MEDIA 2-5928

An ordinary person's guide to empire 2004

Ms. Roy talks about her book, An ordinary person's guide to empire. Topics include the recent elections in India, war in Iraq, neoliberalism and the role of non-governmental organizations. She criticizes President George Bush's foreign policy. Following her remarks, Ms. Roy answers questions from members of the audience.

1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-360

The other side El otro lado 2001

Examines the devastating impact of Mexican-United States migration. This program looks at villagers who strive to ensure that their children will no longer have to migrate to have a better life.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5917

Our urban environment 2002

Tape 1: Discussions about compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Tape 2:This program considers the challenges of collecting wastewater via aging pipes as populations grow. Stormwater infiltration and high water tables are signed out for special scrutiny.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA MEDIA 2-5877 2-5880

Ouvrières du monde = Working women of the world 2000

Focusing on Levi Strauss & Co., this film follows the relocation of garment production from Western countries to nations such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Turkey where low wages are the rule and employee rights are nonexistent.

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-6212

Paradise domain 2001

A tiny nation in the South Pacific, Tuvalu and its people suffer from underdevelopment and a lack of jobs. Tuvala had one valuable asset: its coveted domain name, dotTV. In 1999, the prime minister sold the name to an American dot.com company in exchange for several million dollars and access to the wired world. Now it is difficult to determine who is reaping the benefits--the Tuvalu islanders or the United States corporation.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5908

La Patagonia rebelde Rebellion in Patagonia 198

Film based on actual historical events involving the brutal military suppression of a series of strikes by rural workers in the southernmost province of Argentina in the early 1920's.

1 videocassette (107 min.)

MEDIA 2-2812

Patently obvious 2001

In the Indian state of Gujarat, Professor Anil Gupta travels from village to village seeking out grassroots inventors and helping them document their work and protect it with patents. Gupta's work not only helps these traditional knowledge keepers earn more money, but also allows them to earn respect and interest from the next generation.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5916

Pavements of gold 2001

Urban poverty is one of the largest problems facing the world in the 21st century. Looking at Lima, Peru, this program examines the enduring magnetism of big cities and asks whether the migrants who have moved here now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5909

Paying the price 2001

This program examines the history of AIDS treatment in Africa. It details Uganda's success with a UN-sponsored program of price reduction and medical education, and South Africa's refusal to begin a national AIDS treatment program. It also looks at the success of smaller local programs that are bringing hope for the future to many infected Africans.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5924

The Prize the epic quest for oil, money & power 1992

[Tape 1] Our plan ; Empires of oil -- [tape 2] The black giant ; War and oil -- [tape 3] Crude diplomacy ; Power to the producers -- [tape 4] The tinderbox ; The new order of oilA panoramic history of the largest, riskiest, most lucrative industry in the world--oil.

4 videocassettes (120 min. ea.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2135 cassette 1 2-2136 cassette 2 2-2137 cassette 3 2-2138 cassette 4

Profits and interest: where is the best return? ; Reducing poverty: what have we done? ; Public goods and responsibilities: how far should we go? ; Exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth? 1985

Lesson 23. Profits and interest: where is the best return? -- Lesson 24. Reducing poverty: what have we done? -- Lesson 26. Public goods and responsibility: how far should we go? -- Lesson 28. Exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth?Lesson 23: Profits and interest: where is the best return? Explains the economic reasons for payments of interest and normal profits. Defines the causes of windfall profits. Lesson 24: Reducing poverty: what have we done? Examines the causes of income inequality and analyzes government policies to reduce poverty. Lesson 26: Public goods and responsibilities: how far should we go? Defines public goods and shows that a perfectly competitive market will not automatically result in the production of the proper amount of goods. Lesson 28: Exchange rates: what in the world is a dollar worth? Shows the effect of exchange rates on trade, domestic economic growth, and inflation.

1 videocassette (ca. 118 min.)

MEDIA 2-460

Profits and promises new markets, new challenges 1995

This program looks at the ethical challenges facing major corporations from America, Germany and Japan as they seek to expand into the lesser developed areas of the world.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

DANA 582

Reflections on a global screen 1996

Globalization of the media: Does it lead to homogenized culture or encourage the spread of diverse cultures? Examines the social impact of television programming which is broadcast simultaneously and instantaneously around the world and examines the future of communication technology.

1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-5753

Scanning television 1997

Seeing ourselves: media and representation (88 min. ; episodes 1-13) -- Selling images and values (57 min. ; episodes 14-22) -- Our constructed worlds: media environments (41 min. ; episodes 23-29) -- The global citizen ; New and converging technologies (65 min.; episodes 30-40)Each video exposes different aspects of the mass-media: the roles and responsibilities of media;issues of persuasion in media; ways of creating separate worlds in the pursuit of marketing products and services; and interactive forms of media, how new technologies may influence the evolution of society.

4 videocassettes (251 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3026 cassette 1 2-3027 cassette 2 2-3028 cassette 3 2-3029 cassette 4

Secrets of Silicon Valley 2001

The film chronicles the lives of two young activists, Magda Escobar and Raj Jayadev, grappling with rapid social change and the meaning of globalization on their own doorsteps. Presents an illuminating view into the hidden world of high tech sweatshops and a critical look at the social impact of the new millenium's high technology.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5671

Ships of shame 1999?

The focus of this video is on India, where thousands of workers are risking their lives breaking up the ships the West has discarded.

1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-6021

Shocking and awful 2004

Contents: [Disc 1] 1. The real face of occupation -- 2. Standing with the women of Iraq -- 3. National insecurities -- 4. The art of resistance. [Disc 2] 5. Dance of death -- 6. Erasing memory, the cultural destruction of Iraq -- 7. Globalization at gunpoint, the economics of occupation -- 8. The world says no to war. [Disc 3] 9. Empire and oil -- 10. Channels of war, the media is the military -- 11. Resistance at home -- 12. BaghdadTwelve programs (28 min. each) presenting an independent viewpoint of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.

3 videodiscs (336 min.)

MEDIA 10-765

Southbound 1996

Documents a quiet move in recent years by multi-national wood products companies from the heavily logged National forests in the Pacific Northwest to the mostly privately owned, recovering forest of the southeastern U.S. Examines the controversy surrounding high-capacity chip mills as the companies race to feed the impact of global demand for paper and lumber.

1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-3401

Stolen childhoods 2004

A feature length documentary on child labor. Filmed in seven countries: Brazil, India, the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, Kenya and Nepal, stolen childhoods examines the cost of child labor to the global community, probes the causes of this complex phenomenon and recommends actions that can be taken to eliminate this human rights violation in our lifetime.

1 videocassette (1 hr, 26 min.)

MEDIA 2-7202

Stop the traffick 2001

Children as young as 10 years old are trafficked into cities from rural areas to become sex workers or trafficked out to Thailand to work as beggars, domestic laborers, or laborers on construction sites. This program examines the trade and new efforts by the International Labor Organization and local groups to rescue the children and stop the traffic.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5921

Super-companies 1989

Discusses the activities of large international corporations and the effects they have on the economic, environmental, and physical well-being of people as exemplified by aluminum companies in Australia, British Columbia, Jamaica, and Norway.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6480

T-shirt travels the story of secondhand clothes & third world debt 2001

A comprehensive program about Third World debt and secondhand clothes.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6027

This is what democracy looks like 2000

Composed of film segments shot by over 100 media activists during the 1999 World Trade Organization's Ministerial meeting in Seattle when human rights activists, environmentalists, indigenous people, labor activists, fair trade proponents, people of faith, union workers, farmers, students and teachers from more than 700 organizations took to the streets to protest against the meeting.

1 videocassette (67 min.)

MEDIA 2-671

Together against violence 2001

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.)

MEDIA 2-5907

Trade secrets a Moyers report 2001

This documentary exposes the 40 year history of the American chemical industry's supression of information regarding the threats to public health by synthetic chemicals being introduced into the environment at all levels. Addresses the danger to public health by the continued use of approximately 9000 of the 15,000 mass produced chemical substances that have never undergone toxicological study in the United States. Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Moyers including industry spokesmen and both environmental and medical experts.

1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.)

MEDIA 2-5697

Triumph of the nerds an irreverent history of the PC industry 1996

[Vol. 1.] Impressing their friends -- [vol. 2.] Riding the bear -- [vol. 3] Great artists stealCovers the pioneering years of the PC revolution during the mid-1970's in Silicon Valley (vol. 1). Explains how the PC industry came of age in the 1980's. Interviews Steve Jobs who co-founded Apple Computer and Bill Gates of Microsoft (vol. 2). Looks at changes in the PC industry during the 1990's and their impact on the future. Discusses the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Internet (vol. 3).

3 videocassettes (165 min.)

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Waiting to go 2001

This program follows a Palestinian doctor working in the PLO-funded Haifa hospital in Burj el-Barajneh refugee camp, Beirut. She earns $200 per month and she is forbidden in any Lebanese hospital. Other refugees with degrees are allowed to pick oranges, but none are allowed to rebuild their houses. Those who can get out do, but all hope to one day return to their villages in Palestine.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5914

We are driven 1983

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-388

We are not your monkeys 1998?

We are not your monkeys: Short film of song offering the dalit (lower caste) perspective on the Ramayana version of Indic history and the caste system. Occupation, millworker: Textile mills, once the foundation of Bombay's economy, now find it difficult to survive in a changing economic climate. This documentary examines the struggle by millworkers to reopen a mill in 1992 after a four-year lockout by management.

1 videocassette

MEDIA 2-3696

What in the world?: Ecuador 2005

This program assesses the growing conflict between Burlington Resources, an American oil company licensed to prospect in regions of Ecuador, and the self-sufficient Achuar people, who believe the oil industry will destroy their environment and non-materialistic way of life.

1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-7129

What in the world?: Guatemala 2005

Owners of small coffee farms and members of the coffee cooperative Manos Campesinas are interviewed in this documentary about coffee production in Guatemala.

1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-7128

When Mother comes home for Christmas-- 1995

Josephine is a migrant worker from Sri Lanka appointed to take full time care of little Isadora in Greece. Josephine's own children are left to a less fortunate fate in the home country. After an absence of 8 years, Josephine travels to Sri Lanka to visit her children for a month and the camera captures the complicated feelings of loss and longing that are the inevitable companions to this transitory union.

1 videocassette (109 min.)

MEDIA 2-5499

Who's counting? Marilyn Waring on sex, lies & global economics 1995

A rich biography of ideas in which Marilyn Waring maps out an alternative economic vision while demystifying the language of economics, its elitist stance, and our compliance with political agendas that masquerade as objective economic policy.

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-3076

Winners and losers 1992

The global economy has produced big winners in the clothing industry; there are losers too. The United States once counted on manufacturing most of the clothes Americans wore, but half of that business is now in the hands of low-wage third world countries. Consequently, many American manufacturers struggle, while many Americans have lost their jobs.

1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-2272

Wiring the world 1998

Part three of a three-part series in which Bob Cringely, a self- proclaimed nerd and industry gossip columnist, leads viewers in an examination of the exciting industry known as the Internet. This episode begins with a visit to Excite, a typical Silicon Valley entrepreneurial adventure, and goes on to explore the development and refinement of the World Wide Web.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3967

Zafra la historia de la industria azucarera en Puerto Rico 2000

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

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-6224