Thank you for your inquiry, Matthew. Sounds like the professor is teaching an interesting class. Here are some titles from the National Film Board of Canada you may consider. They can all be found at www.nfb.ca/USeducation
WIEBO'S WAR "A gripping eco-drama" (Video Librarian) that tells the story of one man's relentless struggle to protect his land and family from powerful industry giants. "Highly recommended...This film reminds us that governments and industries can exert a lot of influence over individual citizens, even perhaps to the extent of manipulating facts."--Educational Media Reviews Online "...a relevant purchase at a time when hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on the rise and its safety is in question." --Library Journal "[E]xamines the environmental effects of drilling...this involving program portrays both sides of a complex issue and is a definite discussion prompter."--Booklist UNITED STATES OF AFRICA Revisit the great figures of Black consciousness and their struggles in the 20th century in this portrait of an empowered, youthful and politicized continent, refusing to be cast in the role of victim. STATUS QUO?: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF FEMINISM IN CANADA Through the lens of childcare, abortion rights and violence against women these three short films examine the feminism in the 1960s and now. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, John Sirabella National Film Board of Canada -----Original Message----- From: matthew.wright <matthew.wri...@unlv.edu> To: videolib <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 1:38 pm Subject: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements A professor is interested in documentaries on radical, leftist social movements (not particularly mainstream), on various topics, environmental, racial, glbt, native american, economic inequality, etc. We have the following but more film suggestions in this genre appreciated: Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners A Good Day to Die Nowa Cumig: The Drum will Never Stop. Thanks, Matthew Matthew Wright Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) 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.
