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Gabriela

A film by Trix Betlam , 1988, 67 min., Color
This extraordinary documentary looks at the work of GABRIELA, a mass organization of diverse women's groups in the Philippines. Founded in 1984 in hon...

The Gacaca Film Trilogy by Anne Aghion

The trilogy does not include the feature length film My Neighbor My Killer, which spans the trilogy. Save $390 when you purchase the complete series Save $220 when you purchase the Gacaca film trilogy. Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha), which literally means "justice on the grass", is a form of citizen-based justice which Rwandans decided to put into place in an attempt to deal with the crimes of the 1994 genocide. Filming for over a decade in a tiny rural hamlet, director Anne Aghion has charted the impact this experiment in transitional justice has had on survivors and perpetrators alike. The films in this highly acclaimed series have earned numerous awards, including an Emmy in 2005 and a UNESCO Felini Prize in 2003. The trilogy consists of 3 DVDs: Gacaca, Living Together Again in Rwanda? Follow the first steps in one of the worlds boldest experiments in reconciliation. 2003 Unesco Fellini Prize. (55', 2002) In Rwanda we say... The family that does not speak dies The second film looks at the impact of the return of a prisoner on his community before his trial. 2005 Emmy Winner. (54', 2004) The Notebooks of Memory The third film focuses exclusively on the Gacaca trials, with citizen-judges weighing survivor accounts of the massacres against the testimony of perpetrators. (53', 2009)

Gacaca, Living Together Again in Rwanda?

55 minutes / color / 2002 / DVD-R
The first film in this award-winning trilogy ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda. Follow the first steps in one of the worlds boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha) Tribunals. These are a new form of citizen-based justice aimed at unifying this country of 8 million people after the 1994 genocide which claimed over 800,000 lives in 100 days. While world attention is focused on the unfolding procedures, award-winning documentarian Anne Aghion bypasses the usual interviews with politicians and international aid workers, skips the statistics, and goes directly to the emotional core of the story, talking one-on-one with survivors and accused killers alike. In this powerful, compassionate and insightful film, with almost no narration, and using only original footage, she captures first-hand how ordinary people struggle to find a future after cataclysm. Winner of the Unesco Fellini Prize in 2003. A production of: Dominant 7 / Gacaca Productions in association with Planète. Directed by Anne Aghion, and edited by Nadia Ben Rachid. Color 55 In Kinyarwanda, with English subtitles. Educational sales include public performance rights. Visit http://www.gacacafilms.com/store.html for licensing agreements.

Gaea Girls

A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams , 2000, 106 min., Color
"This fascinating film follows the physically grueling and mentally exhausting training regimen of several young wanna-be GAEA GIRLS, a group of Japan...

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home

DVD, 76 min.
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentry about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time.

Garden of Eden, The

The worst thing that is happening to the human race is the destruction of natural habitats. In the next three decades fourteen to twenty percent of all forms of life will no longer exist. The net result of present expansion is tremendous devastation-extinction wherever you look. We can only speculate on what untouched habitats have to offer: new pesticides, antibiotics, cancer cures. Also the value to industry of naturally produced molecules is billions of dollars. Safeguarding plants and animals in their natural habitats is the simplest and cheapest way to preserve them. We owe it to our children. The time to preserve is now. Extinction is forever. We cannot wait.

The great variety of the world's plant and animal life must be safe-guarded if humankind is to continue to prosper. This beautiful and intelligent film makes clear the need for conservation to maintain economic growth, scientific investigation, and pharmaceutical research. Using humor, logic, and stunning outdoor photography, The Garden of Eden makes a clear and convincing case for the preservation of our world. Through a series of interviews and examples the film explains how environmental interests can cooperate with corporate and government developers to achieve apparently conflicting goals. Scientists, pharmacists and industry leaders examine the rationale for species preservation. They explain how the protection of habitats is the most economical way to preserve the natural diversity of our world. The film points out that this is the world we search first for new medicines, agricultural and industrial improvements and how we use hundreds of products each day that owe their existence to plants and animals. It demonstrates how we depend on our fellow species for our material welfare and ultimately for our survival. Colorful, informative and entertaining, The Garden of Eden is ideal for classroom, community groups and the general public from ages junior high through adult.
Using humor, logic, and stunning outdoor photography, this Oscar-nominated film explains how environmental interests can cooperate with corporate and government developers to achieve apparently conflicting goals.

The Garifuna Journey

46 minutes, video format, completed February 1998 A 50-page study guide accompanies this documentary
A first voice testimony celebrating the resiliency of the Garifuna people and their traditions. Shot entirely in Belize, the filmmakers worked closely with Garifuna tradition bearers, anthropologists and cultural activists during the research, scripting, production and editing phases of this project. The documentary resulting from this "outsider and insider" collaboration is the first of its kind, one that captures the triumph of spirit of the Garifuna people.

The Garifuna Journey

46 min.
Genocide, exile, Diaspora and persecution did not break the spirit of the Garifuna people. Descendants of African and Carib-Indians, the Garifuna resisted slavery. This is their untold story. With footage collected entirely in Belize, this celebratory documentary presents Garifuna history and culture from a non-colonial perspective.

Gay and Gray in New York City

This engaging video features interviews with several gay and gray men and women as well as profiling two organizations who work to provide services and support to elders in the gay community.
This engaging video features interviews with several gay and gray men and women as well as profiling two organizations which work to provide services and support to elders in the gay community.

Gay Cuba

The 1959 revolution which gave Cuba its independence ushered in a new era of equality, blind to race and to gender -- but not to sexual orientation. Military necessity and contemporary Stalinist ideology served only to reinforce long-held stereotypes detrimental to the integration of homosexuals into Cuba?s perpetually reforming social structure.

Gay Cuba (Director's Cut)

The 1959 revolution which gave Cuba its independence ushered in a new era of equality, blind to race and to gender -- but not to sexual orientation.  Military necessity and contemporary Stalinist ideology served only to reinforce long-held stereotypes detrimental to the integration of homosexuals into Cuba?s perpetually reforming social structure.

Gay Sex in the 70s

During the twelve years from the Stonewall Rebellion (1969) to the first reported cases of AIDS (1981) there was a search for a definition of what it meant to be gay. And for the most part, that search required openly exploring a sexuality that for decades had been forbidden. Americans in New York and elsewhere were cutting loose from puritanical values and ascribing to the catchphrase of the time "if it feels good, do it." Suddenly, not only was sexuality allowed for gay people, sexuality was in and of itself a good thing. Today, most people, even young gay men, have no idea of what life was like in the streets of New York at that time. There are few left alive to tell them of the astounding sexual freedom and sexual excitement of day-to-day life. Considerable attention has been given to Stonewall itself and to the 80s in terms of HIV and AIDS, but much less notice has been given to the period of time between the two. This film provides that "hidden history" in a frank and thoughtful way, raising questions about how far the gay liberation movement has come and how acceptance of sexuality can affect sexual behavior, promiscuity, and the sometimes murky relationship between liberation and integration.

Gay USA

Arthur Bressan created a gay-America panorama when he commissioned filmmakers throughout the country to record all June 1977 Lesbian and Gay Pride parades and marches. He then cut on-the-street interviews--gay women and men talking about their lovers and how they came out--with the resulting footage, including lesbians marching against housework and drag queens protesting fascism. A revolutionary document.

Gay Youth

30 min.
GAY YOUTH is a powerful and accessible educational video for high schools and colleges that breaks the silence surrounding adolescent homosexuality. This important film addresses the ways in which gay and lesbian teens are still at high risk for dropping out of school, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, homelessness, and suicide. By contrasting the tragic death of 20-year old Bobby Griffith, a gay teen who could not find acceptance, with the remarkable life of 17-year old Gina Gutierrez, GAY YOUTH shows us that information, acceptance, and support make enormous differences in the lives of these young people.

Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family

82 min.
GAZA GHETTO (1984) highlights the historical precedents that fuel the current cycles of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Intimate scenes of the Abu el-Adel's family life are intercut with visits to the architects of the Israeli occupation. Ariel Sharon, Benyamin Beneliezar and soldiers on patrol candidly discuss their responsibilities. GAZA GHETTO shows how the roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict influence today's harsh realities and dreams of peace.

The Gender Chip Project

A film by Helen De Michiel , 2005, 54 min., Color
Although women comprise the majority of undergraduates in America, only 20 percent are earning degrees in engineering and computer science. Opportunit...

George Marshall and the American Century

The cost of war is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. For that reason, I am constantly moved to find the means to prevent the calamity of war.
-- George Marshall

He built the mightiest army in history and selected its leaders. Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton all obeyed his commands. When victory was won, he bound up the world's wounds with a plan for European recovery that bore his name - The Marshall Plan. The only soldier ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, he served during his long career as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and President of the Red Cross.

Soldier and statesman, a powerful yet modest patriot, George Marshall is today an almost forgotten hero -- a private and introspective man whose influential role in matters of war and peace helped determine the course of the twentieth century. George Marshall and the American Century features rare historical footage and recordings of Marshall and Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, as well as exlusive interviews with General Matthew B. Ridgway, journalist Eric Sevareid, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford and many others. It brings to life the tenacious diplomat and strategist who won battles in both the European theater and on Capitol Hill, and recalls the military leader who recognized the somber legacy of war.
Examines George Marshall and his long career as a U.S. leader -- from Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Secretary of State, developer of the Marshall Plan, Secretary of Defense, and President of the Red Cross.

Georgie Girl

A documentary by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells , 2001, 70 min., Color/BW
Meet Georgina Beyer, the latest ?it? girl of New Zealand politics. A one-time sex worker of Maori descent turned public official, Georgina stunned th...

The Germans and Their Men

A film by Helke Sander , 1989, 96 min., Color
"If a woman doesn't have equal rights, is she equally responsible for the crimes of a nation?" Helke Sander's quasi-documentary turns a wry and reveal...

Ghost Dance

9 min.
Lakota art and poetry commemorate the Wounded Knee massacre

The Gillian Film

44 minutes DVD Closed Captioned 44 minutes VHS Closed Captioned
The Gillian Film is a moving portrait of an exceptional young woman who works at a local veterinary clinic, rides horses, takes dance classes, and is developmentally disabled. The film shares the difficulties and joys of both raising and being a person whose abilities are in constant and productive tension with her distinctive thought styles and cognitive capacities. Ultimately, however, through an examination of one life defined a different, The Gillian Film explores how we might transform our understanding of the meaning and worth of people with developmental disabilities.

Girl Trouble

57 min./74 min.
GIRL TROUBLE is an intimate portrait of three girls who go in and out of the juvenile justice system over four years, facing heartbreaking setbacks and surprising successes. Their struggles with poverty, parenthood, violence and homelessness expose a system that fails to meet the needs of girls in trouble. Trying to stay out of jail, the girls work at the Center for Young Womens Development, an organization run by young women like them. As the girls confront pivotal decisions, the Centers 22-year-old leader, Lateefah Simon, is often their only support.

Girl Wrestler

A film by Diane Zander , 2004, 53 min., Color
GIRL WRESTLER follows 13-year-old Tara Neal, a Texas teenager who upsets traditional expectations by insisting that girls and boys should be able to w...

A Girl's Own Story

A film by Jane Campion, 1986, 27 min., BW
Beatlemania, the sixties and growing up. Some stories about girlhood: where family is strange, adulthood lonely, and innocence perverse....

Girls Around the World

Directed by Maria Barea , Kaija Jurikkala , Monique Mbeka Phoba , Pascale Schmidt , Sabiha Sumar and Yingli Ma , 1999, 222 min., 6 in series, Color
Produced by Brenda Parkerson, GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD is a collection of six extraordinary documentaries that examine the hopes, dreams and worldviews ...

Girls Like Us

A film by Jane C. Wagner and Tina DiFeliciantonio , 1997, 57 min., Color
An ethnically diverse group of four working class girls strut, flirt, and testify in this vibrant, affecting portrait of teenage girls' experiences of...

Girls Still Dream

A videotape by Ateyyat El Abnoudy , 1995, 24 min., Color
In this engrossing new documentary, award-winning filmmaker Ateyyat El Abnoudy realistically portrays the challenges facing girls in a country where o...

Givebacks

25 minutes
F or half a century, the United Auto Workers demanded more at each contract negotiation - and got it. In 1982, after almost twelve months of agonizing bargaining, the union settled for less. What was it like during that long year? How did the UAW, one of North America's most liberal and aggressive unions, convince its members that saving their jobs depended on accepting leaner contracts? This 25-minute video presents these negotiations from the points of view of management, the union, and rank-and-file workers. Today, labor organizations in all of the major industrialized countries are trying to reconcile global competitiveness with equity for their members. Frequently, this means increasing productivity through union givebacks on work rules and benefits. What began in the American automobile industry has now spread to the world.

Gladys, A Cuban Mother

A mother tells her son that her greatest loves have been women. She recounts the story of raising two daughters left behind after the death of their mother, one of Gladys' former lovers.

The Global Assembly Line

32 min./58 min.
Traveling from Tennessee to Mexicos northern border, from Silicon Valley to the Philippines, THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY LINE takes viewers inside our new global economy. A vivid portrayal of the lives of working women and men in the free trade zones of developing countries and North America, as U.S. industries close their factories to search the globe for lower-wage workforces. We take a rare look at the people who are making the clothing we wear and the electronics goods we use as well as the business decisions behind manufacturing on the global assembly line.

Gluttony

A film by Helke Sander , 1986, Color
Eve discovers the rapture of the apple and offers it to Adam thus committing the original sin. Told in studio-bound cartoon style, this tale serves a...

God Sleeps in Rwanda

A film by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman , Narrated by Rosario Dawson , 2004, 28 min., Color
** Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short!**...

Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa

33 min./56 min.
"Who is art for?" is the question in this cheeky quide to Paris' cultural "monster," the Pompidou Center.

Going On 13

DVD, 73 MIN.
Meet Ariana, Isha, Rosie and Esme as they let go of childhood and fumble, or sprint, toward an uncertain future. Without flinching, GOING ON 13 chronicles four girls' coming of age and the precarious moments between being a little girl and becoming a young woman. As they grapple with issues of school, family, friends, and identity, GOING ON 13 allows us to see what real girls face during this pivotal time of puberty, while providing a vehicle for discussing important developmental milestones.

Going Up

This exhilarating film is an impressionistic visual essay that follows the construction of a skyscraper in New York. Made over a two-year period with over a dozen cameras shooting from numberous vantage points, Going Up uses time-lapse and slow-motion photography to capture the poetry, the drama, and the hard work in this awesome undertaking.

Structured like a musical score, the film is divided into a series of movements, each featuring a different composition by one of fifteen new music composers. The spellbinding soundtrack -- hardhat banter, the clatter of tools and machines -- dramatizes the story as cutting-edge music meets a symbol of modernism: the skyscraper.

Graced by evocative landmarks, enhanced by the natural drama of the changing light and the changing seasons, Going Up imbues the workday realities and prcedural details with an infections sense of wonder. From shirtless summers to demanind New York winters - when snow sometimes must be carefully shoveled from the mammoth steel girders -- Going Up traces the process of a now commonplace, but still miraculous, engineering feat, creating an urban ballet of men and materials high above the city's streets.
Impressionist visual essay that follows the construction of a skyscraper in New York. Shot over two years and using time-lapse and slow-motion photography to capture the poetry, drama, and hardwork in this awesome undertaking.

Going Up

Going Up (DVD)

This exhilarating film is an impressionistic visual essay that follows the construction of a skyscraper in New York. Made over a two-year period with over a dozen cameras shooting from numberous vantage points, Going Up uses time-lapse and slow-motion photography to capture the poetry, the drama, and the hard work in this awesome undertaking.
Running time: 30 minutes, Year released: 2006

Golden Threads

A videotape by Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton , 1999, 56 min., Color
Profiling the life of 93 year old lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of a global networking service for mid-life and elder lesbians this docum...

Golden Venture

70 minutes DVD 70 minutes VHS
The film chronicles the ongoing struggles of the Chinese immigrants from the Golden Venture, a smuggling ship that ran aground near New York in 1993. Passengers paid $30,000 each and endured a hellish voyage from Fujian Province. Their journey quickly devolved into a yearslong descent through the cruel whims of U.S. immigration policy. The multi-layered narrative also explores Fujianese culture, cross-ideological coalition building and the role art can play in the struggle for human rights. With the nation increasingly polarized on the immigration issue, the fate of the Golden Venture passengers is more relevant than ever

Golub

56 min.
The role of art in modern society.

The Good Egg

Becoming a paid egg donor: it started as a way to finance her first film but became an engaging journey through some of the personal and ethical realities of today's reproductive technology.
Becoming a paid egg donor: it started as a way to finance her first film but became an engaging journey through some of the personal and ethical realities of today's reproductive technology.

Good Food/Bad Food

Clear accessible and often humorous this program examines the alarming rise of childhood obesity in the United States while demonstrating effective ways that educators and parents can prevent and reverse the effects of this tragic epidemic.
Clear accessible and often humorous this program examines the alarming rise of childhood obesity in the United States while demonstrating effective ways that educators and parents can prevent and reverse the effects of this tragic epidemic.

A Good Birth

Highlights the vital nurturing role played by certified nurse-midwives in providing maternity and infant care along with emotional support and empowerment to low-income and immigrant mothers and families.
Highlights the vital nurturing role played by certified nurse-midwives in providing maternity and infant care along with emotional support and empowerment to low-income and immigrant mothers and families.

A Good Return

Much to their surprise repatriates returning from an international assignment typically find adjusting to their home country and their home company harder than the culture shock they had when they first went overseas. And the costs of a bumpy return, also known as reverse culture shock, can spread far and wide: an unhappy and unproductive employee (repats leave their companies at twice the rate of those who don't go overseas), bad publicity for expat assignments inside your organization (people are reluctant to sign up to go abroad when they see what happens when people return), and the potential loss of invaluable (and very expensive) global expertise (when the unhappy repat leaves to work for your competition!) But all of this can be prevented if organizations prepare their employees (and families) for returning home. Knowing what the personal and professional challenges are of coming home doesn't make those challenges go away, but it does make the returnee better prepared to deal with them. Just as predeparture training sets up the expat for a smooth entry into the foreign culture, repatriation training can minimize the impact of coming home. And the softer the reentry, the sooner the employee is back on his/her feet adding value to the company.

A GOOD UPLIFT

13 minutes
A GOOD UPLIFT is a light-hearted documentary about a Lower East Side lingerie shop, where owner and Jewish grandmother Magda, will size you up, hook you in, and set you free in the perfect bra. With the wink of an eye and quick tug of a strap, Magda supports her customers self-esteem and bustlines, embracing and enhancing women of all shapes and sizes.

The Good Wife of Tokyo

A film by Claire Hunt and Kim Longinotto , 1992, 52 min., Color
?Forget those demure ladies with fragrant fans and meet the new breed of Japanese women!? ? Amanda Casson, London Film Festival. Kazuko Hohki goes ba...

Good Woman of Bangkok, The

With the end of his marriage, 43-year-old filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke is trying to understand how love can be simultaneously banal and profound. He comes to Bangkok, the fantasy mecca of exotic sex and painless love for Western men. When he meets a Thai prostitute he decides make a film about her.

The Good Woman of the story is Aoi. In Thai, her name means sugar cane or sweet -- not her real name, but the one she uses. She works as a prostitute, catering to the male tourists who crowd the girlie bars of Patpong.

Starting from this worst-possible condition their relationship is recorded: its evolution from fake sexual intimacy to collusion in the process of making the film and, finally to friendship and a kind of love
Self-portrait from documentarian Dennis O'Rourke. At 43, he films his post-divorce trip to Bangkok, and his ensuing and complicated relationship with one of the city's many prostitutes

Goodbye Baby

58 min.
Are rich foreigners buying babies or are poor children being offered the chance for a better life? As the number of adoptions from Guatemala to the U.S. continues to rise dramatically, so does the controversy. What adoptive parents see as an act of love, others view with deep suspicion. GOODBYE BABY examines the roanmsificati that money, private lawyers, media coverage and women's rights have on the adoption process. Informed by the filmmaker's own experiences - she's the mother of two children adopted from Guatemala, where she's lived on and off during the past 25 years - GOODBYE BABY provides an insightful look into the dramatic and sometimes difficult world of inter-country adoption.Guatemala

The Gospel According to Mr. Allen

This hard hitting but compassionate video follows three addicts through several months in the Addicts Rehabilitation Center as they try to break the harsh grip of drug addiction.
The staff of the Addicts Rehabilitation Center struggle to give addicts a sense of dignity and hope as they try to break the harsh grip of drugs.

The Grace Lee Project

A film by Grace Lee , 2005, 68 min., Color
When award-winning Korean-American filmmaker Grace Lee was growing up in Missouri, she was the only Grace Lee she knew. As an adult, however, she move...

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

For nearly four million grandparents all across America though a new reality is taking shape they have taken on sole responsibility for raising their children's children. This film profiles community programs which do offer housing counseling and fina
In what was supposed to be their golden years four million grandparents across the country are raising their children's children. This video tells some of their stories.

Grassroots: Contesting Ohio

DVD, 28 min.
Contesting Ohio asks: Can a group of ordinary citizens influence the huge electoral machine that runs our country? Can they make their voices heard when the media and most of the country are ignoring them? Immediately after November 2, 2004, a group of passionately concerned San Francisco Bay Area residents said yes. They were teachers, lawyers, business people, computer experts, and other ordinary citizensand they came together because of their shared desire to reform the computerized election process and to expose possible election fraud. They hoped to influence the ratification of the 2004 electoral college vote, and their specific target was Senator Barbara Boxer from California.

Grave Words

Blends humor music and insight in an entertaining primer for physicians and other healthcare providers.
Blends humor music and insight in an entertaining primer for physicians and other healthcare providers who need to talk with patients about end-of-life decisions.

Gray Days

The U.S. has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of elderly men and women in state and federal prisons. This troubling documentary introduces us to two elderly prison inmates inviting discussion of the universal issues raised by this situation.
The U.S. has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of elderly men and women in state and federal prisons. This troubling documentary introduces us to two elderly prison inmates inviting discussion of the universal issues raised by this situation.

Great Liberation, The (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)

Part II of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Presents a vividly detailed account of the contents of the Book of the Dead and of the traditional Buddhist teachings on compassion and the search for truth. The film observes an elderly priest and his young student as they guide the soul of a recently deceased man into the afterlife. The progress of the soul is envisioned through the imaginative animation of Academy Award-nominated animator, Ishu Patel.

Also Available:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Full Set)
Part I: A Way of Life
Part II of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Presents a vividly detailed account of the contents of The Book of the Dead and of the traditional Buddhist teachings on compassion and the search for truth.

Greetings from Africa

A film by Cheryl Dunye , 1994, 8 min., Color
In this highly entertaining short, Cheryl Dunye uses her dry wit to ruminate on lesbian dating '90s style. Cheryl (playing herself) is searching for ...

Greetings from Washington DC

A film by Rob Epstein , Frances Reid , Greta Schiller and Lucy Winer , 1981, 28 min.
A kaleidoscope of music, dance, stories and laughter shared at the first gay and lesbian rights march on Washington....

Grief in America

A comprehensive multi-ethnic perspective at the ways Americans deal with grief and loss in all their forms.
A comprehensive multi-ethnic perspective on the ways Americans deal with grief and loss in all their forms.

Grieving Mental Illness

Book
"I think Grieving Mental Illness, by Virginia Lafond, is a book that many families and/or consumers would find valuable. Certainly finding a way to come to terms with an array of painful emotions is a challenge to most people touched by mental illness. Families and consumers may be aware of suffering a great deal of pain but may be unable to articulate just what that painful emotion is. Virginia Lafond's book helps them identify the nature of their pain so that they can come to terms with it. She provides considerable practical help to her readers."

Gringothon

vhs, 17 min., 2003
In this ironic satire, filmmaker Greg Berger takes on the theme of Mexican perspectives of the United States, its citizens, and its imperial project by turning them on their ear. During the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003, a misplaced gringo in Mexico City helplessly watches the atrocities through the lens of Mexican television news. His despair turns to hope when he observes some of the millions of Mexico City street vendors who fight their own daily war for survival on the streets.

Grounds

vhs, 11 min., 2000
Grounds is a visceral documentary -- a film that explores the scent of history and the organic texture of racial and migratory memory. In this film, that texture takes the form of coffee grounds, a metaphor for the ancestral homeland of the immigrant. The piece is inspired by the true story of the filmmaker's great-grandmother, Antonia Gonzalez, who during the Mexican Revolution hid family treasures inside a coffee can and fled with her two daughters into Texas. Her federalist husband, however, was captured and executed, leaving Antonia a widow. Years later, Antonia (or "Mama Tonia" as her descendents called her) returned to Mexico looking for both her husband's gravesite and the items in the coffee can beneath her house.

Group

Nine women meet every Wednesday afternoon for 21 weeks of group therapy in this entirely original, ultra modern probe into the American psyche. Six unhidden and unexplained cameras capture this fast and funny, deep and bumpy ride into consciousness as these dauntless women simply try to find a little more happiness.

Growing Up and Growing Old

In twenty years an estimated fourteen million people will need long-term care twice as many as today. There is already a shortage of nurses and other caregivers in the United States. Who will care for us in the future and how will we pay for it? In thi
Who will care for the estimated 14 million people who will soon need long-term care? How will we pay for it? Meet several caregivers who are struggling daily with the problems of caring for elderly parents or clients.

Growing Up Female

50 min.
GROWING UP FEMALE is one of the first films of the modern womens movement. Produced in 1971, it caused controversy and exhilaration. It was widely used by consciousness-raising groups to generate interest and help explain feminism to a skeptical society. The film explores female socialization through a personal look into the lives of six women, ages 4 to 35, and the forces that shape them teachers, counselors, advertising, music and the institution of marriage. It offers us a chance to see how much has changed and how much remains the same. Purchased by more than 500 universities and libraries.

Grrlyshow

A videotape by Kara Herold , 2000, 18 min., Color
An 18 minute explosion of fringe feminism and print media, The GRRLYSHOW is a powerful and rebellious message from new voices often left unheard. Fil...

Guaguasi

Set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution (1957-1961), Guaguasi is the ballad of a simple man who falls in love with a beautiful chorus girl.

We follow Guaguasi as he joins the rebels and is uprooted from his life in the mountains to move to the big city of Havana. It's a time of intense transition: the end of a grotesque dictatorship and the beginning of a promise that will impact the world.
Set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution (1957-1961), Guaguasi is a fictional feature film that tells the story of a simple man who falls in love with a beautiful chorus girl.

The Guarantee

12 minutes DVD
Pinocchio, Schnozola, Sir Nose Charles grows up to be self-conscious of his prominent Italian nose. Still, he is shocked when one of the teachers at his ballet academy asks him to consider plastic surgery to forward his career. Of course, in ballet, as in life, there are no guarantees as to whether itll land him a starring role. The Guarantee uses illustration and humor to start serious discussions about body image, cultural identity, and often-dangerous pursuits of physical perfection.

Guerrillas in our Midst

A film by Amy Harrison , 1992, 35 min., Color
GUERRILLAS IN OUR MIDST presents a savvy exploration of the machinations of the commercial art-world during its boom in the 1980s, and brings the Guer...

Gumby Dharma

DVD, 54 min.
Step into the life and work of Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and grandfather of stop-motion animation. Explore why a man would spend his 85 years on earth playing with lumps of colored clay. Clokey's world famous characters, Gumby and Pokey, and Davy and Goliath, echo the spiritual path of their creator. His journey takes us from the orphanage to inspiring adopted father, from the Seminary to the Hollywood movie business, and from traditional Episcopalian church values to Buddhism and Indian guru Sai Baba. It is a an amazing life in it's own right, and fascinating to see how it influenced Clokey's characters and story lines for over 40 years. Gumby is one of the few animation characters that have survived the test of time to become a true American Icon. Interviews with contemporary leaders in animation, including Director Henry Selick (Coraline, Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach), and special effects legend Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, Adventures of Sinbad), place Clokey's work in perspective with the history of animation, and explore stop-motion's future in a computer graphics world.

#427: Gun Violence: Live By The Gun, Die By The Gun

Every 24 hours, 16 young people are shot and killed. This In the Mix special, co-hosted by rapper/activist Chuck D and actor Billy Baldwin, looks at why young people are carrying guns, their devastating impact and how youth nationwide are taking action to fight gun violence. In the Mix profiles convicts, gang members, ex-gang members and activists who speak openly about guns. In a moving segment, reporter Andrea joins a support session with young people who are coping with the loss of a loved one to gun violence. Activist Sarah Brady, Chair of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, discusses the legal issues surrounding guns and provides suggestions for how young people can take action to fight gun violence in their communities. Young Adult Library Services Associations 1999 Notable Videos List *DVDs are also available on over 50 other topics of critical interest to teens. For full descriptions, transcripts, video clips, discussion guides, lesson plans and more on this and other topics, please visit our website, inthemix.org. For one day shipping orders or volume discounts please call 800-343-5540. Note: VHS copies are also available for some programs.