2005
The following films were selected for screening at the 2005 Annual Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
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FILM TITLE (LENGTH) |
FILM MAKER |
SUBJECT |
DESCRIPTON |
DAY/ TIME |
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After Silence (30 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547 |
Racism, history, Japanese Interment |
Studies constitutional rights of Americans during times of uncertainty and fear. Profiles experiences of Japanese Americans during WW2, in dialogue with students developing an archive |
Friday, 11:00 am |
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By Dawn’s Early Light (52 mins.) |
Cinema Guild, Inc. 130 Madison Ave. New York NY 10016 |
Emerging spiritual identity, Islamic conversion, religious tolerance |
Covers one man’s—an NBA star’s–conversion to Islam and the ensuing conflict with media and the public around issues of political dissent |
Saturday, 8:00 am |
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Chávez Ravine (24 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547 |
Chicano history, land reform and classism |
Documents close knit Latino community of 1940’s in Los Angeles, and its demise through greed and political trickery |
Saturday, 11:35 am |
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February One (30 mins.) |
California Newsreel 500 Third St. Suite 505 San Francisco CA 94107 |
Civil Rights history, student leadership |
Documents The Greensboro Four, students at NC A& T University in 1960 who led the Civil Rights Sit-It movement and founded SNCC, the vanguard of the movement |
Thursday, 11:00 am |
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For Jackson: A Time Capsule from His Two Grandmothers (49 mins.) |
Filmakers Library 124 East 40th Street New York NY 10016 |
Multiracial families, identity and family history |
Both grandmothers of a multiracial child tell their stories to help him understand his heritage |
Thursday, 4:30 pm |
Freedom Road(35 mins.) |
Women Make Movies 462 Broadway, 5th Floor New York NY 10013 |
Liberation literature, reform in women’s prison |
Testimonial to power of the arts in personal liberation, follows women prisoners in study of liberation literature and the power of finding one’s own voice |
Thursday, 8:40 am |
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Hardwood: A Black Family’s Story (29 mins.) |
Filmakers Library 124 East 40th Street New York NY 10016 |
Interracial and blended family issues, history |
Studies one family’s struggles in the racial climate of the 1960’s. Impact of absent father on sons, and efforts to heal through love |
Friday, 8:00 am |
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Home of the Brave (75 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547 |
Civil Rights history |
Studies the life and death of Viola Liuzzo, the only white women murdered during the Civil Rights Movement through her children’s eyes |
Friday, 3:00 pm |
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Let’s Get Real (36 mins.) |
Women’s Educational Media 2180 Bryant St. San Francisco CA 94110 |
Anti-harassment, kids as activists |
Young people discuss racism, homophobia, bullying, religious bigotry, etc. and their strategies for intervention and prevention |
Thursday, 8:00 am |
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The Long Walk to Freedom (30 mins.)
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Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547 |
Civil Rights history, personal activism |
Tells how 12 ordinary, diverse people joined the Civil Rights movement and changed the world |
Thursday, 11:35 am Friday, 12:15 pm |
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Mighty Times: The Children’s March (40 mins.) |
SPLC and HBO Teaching Tolerance 400 Washington Ave. Montgomery AL 36104 |
Civil Rights history and children’s activism |
Academy award winner, shows how students of Birmingham AL became leaders in the Civil Rights movement and changed public attitudes about segregation |
Friday, 11:35 am |
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New Faces on Main Street (60 mins.) |
Newist/CESA 7 2420 Nicolet Drive IS 1040 Green Bay WI 54311 www.uwgb.edu/newist |
Immigrant experience, language and cultural issues |
Investigates experiences of Hmong and Latino immigrants and their lives in smaller US communities |
Thursday, 3:00 pm |
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Young Voices From the Arab World (30 mins.) |
AMIDEAST 1730 M Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20036 |
Diversity in Arab cultures |
Explores the breadth of culture, history, experience in the Arab world through lives and words of 5 teenagers |
Friday, 8:35 am |