Society and Values
Society And Values
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11-Sep
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America's New Religious Landscape
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Beyond The Color Line
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Boycott
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Covering Catastrophe
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Exploring Religious America
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Frontline: World
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Frontline/Nova: Harvest Of Fear
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In America
On the morning of September 11, 2001, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York City firefighter. Hearing a roar in the sky, Jules turned his camera upward – just in time to film the only existing image of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center. In a fateful instant, Jules and Gedeon became eyewitness to the most shocking and defining moment of our time.
With cameras rolling, the Naudets followed NYC firefighters into the heart of what would be known as Ground Zero. What emerged is an unforgettably powerful visual document and a stirring tribute to real-life heroes who, in their city’s darkest hour, rose to extraordinary acts of courage and compassion.
America's New Religious Landscape
From the public television series Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, this documentary shows America as having the most religious diversity in the world. New immigrants to America from all over the world have brought their religious traditions. We see that there are many ways of understanding what we call God. In this video we visit Buddhists, an African-American Muslim going to Hajj, Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights-Brooklyn, Hindus in northern Virginia, and three religious communities in the most diverse religious city in the world - Los Angeles.
One hundred years ago, the celebrated African-American intellectual, W.E.B. DuBois, famously identified the problem of the 20th century as “the problem of the color line.” America has come a long way since DuBois made his prophecy, and the politics
of race have undergone dramatic change. So a century later what are the new challenges faced by black Americans?
The reviewer in the Hollywood Chronicle writes that this is “a sobering and fascinating series of four hour long films that vibrantly take the pulse of black America some 35 years after the cataclysmic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Its informality is a credit to its writer and host Henry Louis Gates Jr., the acclaimed scholar and chair of the Afro-American Studies department at Harvard who is unassuming in the way he probes
beneath the surface to uncover the real story.”
“Gates is a genius at putting his subjects at ease. The four-parter chronicles Gates’ travels just he and his cameraman as he measures the social, political and economic heartbeat of the contemporary black experience in the new millennium. What he finds is alternately disturbing and encouraging.”
“Gates’ journeys to four regions of the country begins in that onetime hotbed of bigotry: the South. In interviews with the likes of Morgan Freeman and Maya Angelou, he finds a very different place from the still-hostile environs of the 1960s and '70s. A lot of blacks are moving back from the north to be closer to their roots. Yet as a visit to Atlanta shows, segregation is still alive and well in black-dominated enclaves as well as white. ”
“During the second hour, Gates pays a visit to Chicago and discovers poverty and despair in the black community at an all-time high despite vast increases in the black middle class.”
“Hour 3 highlights Gates' travels to the East Coast, focusing on a small group of black men (Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons among them) who have carved out a niche amongst the ranking power elite.”
“The final installment takes place in Los Angeles for a probing assessment of "black Hollywood" and the role that race plays in both the film industry and amongst the power players in entertainment. Gates sits down with the likes of Chris Tucker (at his cavernous San Fernando Valley mansion) as well as Quincy Jones, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson and others in a disarmingly candid overview. The bottom line: Yes, indeed, race plays a major role in showbiz.”
BOYCOTT is the story of Rosa Parks and the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement forty-nine years ago. When mild-mannered seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, events were set in motion that would change history and lead to the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement. After Rosa’s arrest and while waiting for her appeal, the newly created Montgomery Improvement Association decides to start a boycott of the buses. To lead
them, they elect 26-year old Martin Luther King Jr., a new minister and recent transplant to the community. Lead them he does, with dramatic results – the boycott lasted 381 days and resulted in the Supreme Court ruling on November 13, 1956 that bus segregation was unconstitutional.
While many documentaries commemorate the tragic events of 9/11, this documentary sees those events through the eyes of the broadcast journalists who where there. It discloses their raw emotions in experiencing and covering this catastrophe. Based upon a Bonus Book of the same name, COVERING CATASTROPHE is gripping and fast-paced, bringing to life the first hand accounts of 13 local and national broadcast journalists on the front line who risked their lives by running toward the disaster.
How religious is America? How are Americans religious? Based on a survey of religious tolerance, beliefs and practices in the U.S. today, EXPLORING RELIGIOUS AMERICA presents data and video stories in four areas: religious diversity, Protestants, Catholics, and spirituality in America. Leading scholars comment on the stories videotaped across the country. Muslims and their neighbors in suburban Atlanta face the challenge of religious tolerance. Segments on mainline Protestants in Virginia, evangelical Protestants in Georgia, and African-American Protestants in Indianapolis reflect the changing influence of Protestant ideas and ideals. Irish-American and Hispanic Catholics in Chicago show the meaning of their faith. Spiritual seekers apart from organized religion, yet within it, illustrate the importance of spiritual experience in America.
1. Nigeria, the Road North
Documents what the Miss World riots in Nigeria reveal about a country divided along religious lines. FRONTLINE/World reporter and producer, Alexis Bloom, and co-producer, Cassandra Herrman, land in Nigeria just as the Miss World contest gets under way. A riot breaks out, hundreds die, and the beauty contestants flee. In the aftermath, the plight of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced under Sharia Law to be stoned to death for adultery, is highlighted.
2. North Korea, Suspicious Minds
Traveling in North Korea as tourists, BBC reporter Ben Anderson and cinematographer Wills Daws peek past the sights planned for them on their guided tour and develop surprising rapport with their ideologically pure official minders.
Frontline/Nova: Harvest of Fear
This film explores the intensifying debate over genetically modified food crops. Through interviews with scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology. This two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.back to top
In America traces the history of immigration to the United States and explores the immigration experience of 5 different peoples.
1. In America — The Arab American Story
Nabila Mango came from Jordan, is now a social worker at a mental health clinic helping newly arrived Arab immigrants. Dr. Hatem Bazian writes about the growth of Arab Americans in the U.S. Father Kobti, a Roman Catholic priest from
Lebanon, ministers to the Arab American Catholic community in California. Najah Bazzy helps Arab immigrants navigate the world of American health care.
2. In America — The Chinese Story
Elaine L. Chao came to the United States at age eight and went on to become the director of the Peace Corps and Secretary of Labor - the first U.S. cabinet
appointment for an Asian-American woman. Dr. C.S. Kiang, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology has worked to improve air quality in China. Dr. Madeline Hsu is a historian of Chinese-Americans. Lani Wong runs political
campaigns to elect Chinese-Americans.
3. In America — The Russian Story
Since immigrating to the United States Dr. Regina Khidekel has made a mark on the New York art scene as a critic, curator and lecturer. Father Alexander Krassovsky is the scoutmaster for St. George’s Pathfinders. Mary Dakin is active in the East European Service Agency, providing mental health and social service assistance to refugees.
4. In America — The Vietnamese Story
Viet D. Dinh, an Assistant Attorney at the US Department of Justice. Tony Lam, a councilman in California, is the first Vietnamese-American to be elected to political office in the United States. Linda Vo writes about Asian American
women. Xuyen Matsuda is a licensed psychotherapist using her own refugee experience to counsel Vietnamese-Americans coping with the trauma of being a refugee. Trish Trang is a popular singer.
5. In America — The Asian Indian Story
Sreenath Sreenivasan reports on technology trends for WABC in New York. Raj Desai is the executive director of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), which focuses on fostering and nurturing entrepreneurship. Karen Leonard specializes in South Asian and Asian American history. Tejinder (Ted) Sibia developed a popular website (www.lib.ucdavis.edu/punjab) chronicles the history of Asian Indian immigration to North America.