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Short Films/Clips 20/20 What Would You Do: Racism in America A segment from John Quinones excellent ABC 20/20 series titled “What Would You Do?” - a series that, in essence, conducts situationist experiments through hidden-camera scenarios (in consultation with renowned social psychologist John Dovidio). part one... part two... Color Me Blind The satire-style story of misguided group of activists planning a diversity rally that ultimately fail to see eye to eye with their newest member. watch... Colorblind Word Twists Good Intentions People who claim to be colorblind must lead a charmed life. Constantly numbing their senses with a self- congratulatory grey blob of vagueness, ignorance and neglect, the colorblind have it made. Turning a blind eye to the racism that people experience everyday may salve their conscience, but it wont end racism. The WORD! series: Words. You cant escape them. They headline the evening news, buzz around the water cooler and blow up your cell. They invoke powerful images that convey values, beliefs and an understanding of how the world works. And when repeated, words shape how problems are defined and which solutions are pursued. Words. They whitewash. They blindside. They leave you seeing red. In this series, ColorLines Magazine looks at what we talk about when we talk about race. watch... How To Tell People They Sound Racist With wry humor, Jay Smooth explains that he doesn’t chase down a pickpocket to “figure out whether he thinks he’s a thief deep down in his heart.” He chases him down so he can get his wallet back. Likewise, we should focus our accusations of racism to hold people accountable for particular racist comments or actions, not to determine if someone is a racist. Doing the latter, we make it easy for the offender to frame the conversation in terms sure to maintain the status quo. ill Doctrine is a hip-hop video blog hosted by Jay Smooth, creator of the hip hop music blog and founder of New York's longest running hip-hop radio show, WBAI's Underground Railroad. watch... learn more... A Land Called Paradise In December 2007, over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they wished they could say to the world. This is what they said. Presented by the MAS Media Foundation. watch... learn more... The Miniature Earth If the world's population was reduced to 100 people, this is what it would look like. watch... Stand By Me From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently. The Playing For Change Foundation is dedicated to connecting the world through music by providing resources (including, but not limited to facilities, supplies, and educational programs) to musicians and their communities around the world. watch... learn more...
| Feature Films
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. learn more... Crash Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the white district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more. learn more... Hotel Rwanda The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. learn more... Documentaries  The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss as crazy any suggestion of its falsity. Yet, that's exactly what this provocative, new three-hour series by California Newsreel claims. Race - The Power of an Illusion questions the very idea of race as biology, suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth. Yet race still matters. Just because race doesn't exist in biology doesn't mean it isn't very real, helping shape life chances and opportunities. learn more... |