Barbara,
You may want to check out our new film Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial
Inequity. Through this film project, we are working to reframe the national
conversation to include an understanding of systemic inequity. The film does
use a racial equity lens, but reveals a system that is intersectional --
showing how all inequity operates in the same way. It is designed for
educational use. Also, the film ships 9/30 -- we have a special pre-order
price of $199 available until then that includes 6 month subscription to
learning modules. Check it out!
Lisa
Lisa Abbott
Executive Director
World Trust Educational Services
Racial Equity through Film Dialogue
o: 510-336-1617
c: 510-333-9325
skype: lmabbott
www.world-trust.org
Praise for Cracking the Codes
Cracking the Codes asks viewers to understand the costs of systemic racial
inequity. Building a world that works for everyone isn’t just the right thing
to do, it’s the only way to fulfill the American Dream. This unconventional
film project challenges us to do just that.
- Van Jones,Co-Founder, Rebuild the Dream
Most of us, if we admit it, feel pretty stuck and helpless when it comes to
addressing racism. It's the social 'third rail' that we either avoid, collide
with or both - without much guidance or support. Cracking the Codes is an
important breakthrough in helping to turn this around. Part story telling,
part toolbox, this project deftly portrays the complex interplay between the
personal, institutional and systemic. Cracking the Codes helps us pull the
lens back so we can see the landscape of racialization and racial inequity and
how we as individuals are shaped by it. It will be an invaluable resource for
anyone who has ever wondered how to get this conversation started - and keep it
going.
- Makani Themba-Nixon,Executive Director, The Praxis Project
Smart, timely and necessary challenge to the nation to address what race means
to all of us.
- Maya Wiley
Executive Director, The Center for Social Inclusion
This film, deisgned for dialogue, explores the system of racial inequity in
which personal bias, internalized privilege/oppression and identity play out in
external structures: institutions, policy and law. This self-perpetuating
system is immersed in our history and culture; and driven by power and economic
interest that maintains social and economic inequalities. In the U.S., race –
more than any other demographic factor -- determines levels of individual
educational achievement, health and life expectancy, possibility of
incarceration, and wealth. Cracking the Codes works to interrupt the
self-perpetuating system of inequity at both the internal and external levels.
It works to disentangle internal beliefs, attitudes, and pre-judgments within,
and it builds skills to address the structural drivers of social and economic
inequities.
On Sep 17, 2012, at 8:09 AM, Bergman, Barbara J wrote:
Collective wisdom,
She wants something for social justice class that addresses “ageism, racism,
sexism, with or without GLBT perspective.”
Suggestions? Does such a film even exist?
She already uses Southern Poverty Law Center’s Shadow of Hate in different
class.
(This is what I got after my 3rd query asking for clarification about what
she’s actually looking for. First description implied wanted titles about
hate crimes, but that apparently wasn’t it.)
Thanks,
Barb
Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State
University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu
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