You guys are all driving me nuts. Didn't Meghann stipulate women's issues IN THE US!!! IN THE US!!! IN THE US!!!
gary > Hi Meghann, > > WMM has a few films that fit what you're looking for. > > ---------------------------------- > > THE PRICE OF SEX - http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c804.shtml > > An unprecedented and compelling inquiry into a dark side of immigration > so difficult to cover or probe with depth, THE PRICE OF SEX sheds light > on the underground criminal network of human trafficking and experiences > of trafficked Eastern European women forced into prostitution abroad. > > ----------------------------------- > > DISH: WOMEN, WAITRESSING, AND THE ART OF SERVICE - > http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c808.shtml > > Why do women bring your food at local diners, while in high-end > establishments waiters are almost always men? DISH, by Maya Gallus, > answers this question in a delicious, well-crafted deconstruction of > waitressing and our collective fascination with an enduring popular > icon. > > ----------------------------------- > > THE PEACEKEEPRS AND THE WOMEN - > http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c651.shtml > > Winner of the Arte-Documentary Award for Best German Documentary, this > chilling investigation examines the booming sex-trafficking industry in > Bosnia and Kosovo, and boldly explores the disturbing role of the UN > peacekeeping forces and the local military in perpetuating this tragic > situation. > > ------------------------------------ > > TEA & JUSTICE: NYPD'S 1ST ASIAN WOMEN OFFICERS - > http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c779.shtml > > Tea & Justice chronicles the experiences of three women who joined the > New York Police Department during the 1980s-the first Asian women to > become members of a force that was largely white and predominantly male. > > Also, be sure to check out our Special Collection on Women & Labor > (http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/collect7.shtml) > > > For more info on these films & more, please do not hesitate to contact > us. > > Best, > Shahira > > Shahira Motani > Online Marketing & Outreach Coordinator > Women Make Movies > 462 Broadway, Suite 500 > New York, NY 10013 > Direct: 212.925.0606 x317 > Fax: 212.925.2052 > smot...@wmm.com > www.wmm.com > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:31:30 -0400 > From: Meghann Matwichuk <mtw...@udel.edu> > Subject: [Videolib] Documentaries on Women and Labor / Poverty / > Trafficking in U.S. > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Message-ID: <4e496602.3020...@udel.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear CW, > > I am looking for recommendations for current, short documentary films > for use in a course focused on the following topics as pertains to women > > in the U.S.: labor issues, poverty, and trafficking. > > Again, the operative words are current (within the last few years), > short (50 minutes or less), and *not* internationally-focused. > > Thanks in advance, > > ************************* > Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. > Associate Librarian > Film and Video Collection Department > Morris Library, University of Delaware > 181 S. College Ave. > Newark, DE 19717 > (302) 831-1475 > http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo > > > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.