Alex, you nailed it!! I think I might have heard the live broadcast also because when Dibya, my colleague here, mentioned it to me it was very familiar to me. I totally didn't think about radio however. And she swears she's seen visuals on the same issue -- I don't know, maybe the audio is so convincing that you can almost picture it in your head as a video! <<Some people might call that schizophrenia though!.>>
We settled on about 6 videos from those other suggestions -- I think we'll use the TAL segment as a thought piece to open the discussion. See you at NMM. Randy From: "Alex Peterson" <a...@mediaed.org> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:44:53 AM Subject: Re: [Videolib] multicultural film series on the them of "Veteran" Hi Randy, Your question about the documentary film about an Iraq War veteran working with Iraqi-American community college students didn't spark anything for me in terms of a documentary film -- but I wonder if your colleague is remembering instead a radio piece? This American Life did a wonderful story on this topic : " Sam Slaven is an Iraq War veteran who came home from the War plagued by feelings of hate and anger toward Muslims. This American Life producer Lisa Pollak tells the story of the unusual action Sam took to change himself, and the Muslim students who helped him do it. (34 minutes)" This story, part of the episode "The Devil in Me", originally aired 09.07.2007. You can listen to it here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/340/the-devil-in-me It's a great episode -- I remembering listening to it when it originally aired. Best, Alex Alexandra Peterson | Marketing Coordinator Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street | Northampton, MA 01060 TEL: 413.584.8500 x2205 | FAX: 413.586.8398 Find MEF on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube ! On Oct 20, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Randal Baier wrote: I wonder if I could enlist the help of folks on this project?: 1. A colleague of mine in multicultural counseling studies is trying to find a documentary film concerning an Iraq War vet trying to understand Islam. It is not the film of US military guard Terry Holdbrooks, who converted to Islam. It is another related story, about an American Iraqi War vet and Iraqi-American community college student meeting and working through their issues and differences. Any help would be appreciated. I seem to be striking out with a Google-fail brain freeze. 2. Said colleague would like to use this story as a kind of thematic lead for a series of 5-6 films on the theme of "Veteran/Veterans." In this context I think veteran can be widely interpreted, from something *about* veterans, in the sense of Coming Home perhaps (not a documentary, I realize) to videos more conceptual in approach. "Veterans" of immigration conflicts, for instance. If any of you have some suggestions I would greatly appreciate any serious tips. If any of you have some recent productions that might fit, that would be of interest also. Randal Baier Eastern Michigan University VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
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