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Probes the minds of suicide bombers who spearhead the war of terror in the Middle East. Rare, intimate interviews with such men.

SHAOLIN ULYSSES: Kungfu Monks in America

Shark Callers of Kontu, The

The people of Kontu associate the sharks with spiritual forces and believe men can control these spiritual forces to their own advantage, or, through correct ritual, protect themselves from harm if they come in contact with the sharks. Now the base of their culture has shifted. The influence of Western culture and Christian beliefs has brought many changes to the islands. Some of the more complex rituals associated with shark calling have been lost over the years. When the men who now practice shark calling die, this unique and dangerous practice will probably die with them.

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  Illustrates the effects of cultural contact on the shark calling traditions in Papua New Guinea.
  

  Shattered Dishes

  Three young women and men confront the intense emotions surrounding their parents' divorces and the breakup of their families.
  Three young women and men confront the intense emotions surrounding their parents' divorces and the breakup of their families.
  

  She Even Chewed Tobacco

  By Elizabeth Stevens and Estelle Freedman , 1983, 40 min., BW
  The Gold Rush. A new frontier. Nineteenth century California offered women the opportunity to pioneer new roles for themselves. Meet Babe Bean, the...
  

  She Wants to Talk to You

  A film by Anita Chang , 2001, 27 min., Color
  In October 1999 filmmaker Anita Chang befriended three 13-year-old girls ? Monika Rasali, Sushma Sada and Vinita Shrestha ? while living in Kathmandu,...
  

  She's Just Growing Up, Dear

  16 min.
  This award-winning film documents one woman's inner journey as she begins to recognize how her molestation during childhood affects her present life. The film raises discussion about how family and friends respond to accusations of abuse and about the process of remembering and encourages viewers to examine the cultural context in which child abuse occurs.
  

  She's Safe!

  The first-ever program of its kind, this curated package of woman-to-woman safer sex videos features a spicy batch of public service announcements (PSAs) and an international sampling of smart and sexy erotic videos.
  

  Sheila's Story

  Homeless poor and HIV positive Sheila lacks the social supports including insurance that might help her face terminal illness with some kind of dignity. Yet she struggles to celebrate who I am: a loudmouth and a caretaker. One in a series of brief
  Homeless poor and HIV positive Sheila lacks the social supports including insurance that might help her face terminal illness with some kind of dignity. Yet she struggles to celebrate who I am: a loudmouth and a caretaker. One in a series of brief
  

  Shelter Dogs

  In December 1999, filmmaker Cynthia Wade, interested in making a film about ethics, approached shelter owner Sue Sternberg and asked if she could document the events at Sue's facility. Sternberg not only offered unrestricted access to everything that happened at the shelter, but she also entrusted Wade with complete editorial control over the project.
  

  Shift

  56:40, color, video/16mm
  A veritable prisoner in her own life, Melanie is stuck in a dead-end job with a deadbeat husband until she gets a phone call from Louis, a prison inmate in a corporate work program conducting a routine phone survey. Kelly Anderson's drama SHIFT explores the volatile relationship that develops between Melanie and Louis, as a mundane encounter presents life-changing questions for them both. Set against a backdrop of tough prison-labor ballot initiatives that are only vaguely fictional, SHIFT presents social critique as well as a poignant human connection between two alienated people.
  

  Shinjuku Boys

  A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams , 1995, 53 min., Color
  From the makers of DREAM GIRLS, SHINJUKU BOYS introduces three onnabes who work as hosts at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. Annabes are women who live...
  

  Shocking Accident, A

  From the short story A Shocking Accident by Graham Greene. An English schoolboy learns that his father has been killed in a bizarre accident. His friends tease him mercilessly, and years later his aunt still relishes the tale. Only when he meets a girl who understands can he come to terms with the terrible incident. Features actor Rupert Everett.
  Based on Graham Green short story about an English schoolbody who learns his father has been killed in a bizarre accident and works to come to terms with the accident for years following.
  

  Shoeshine

  Shot on location aboard the Staten Island Ferry, Shoeshine stars the father-son team of Jerry and Ben Stiller in the story of an encounter between an old shoeshine man and a young Wall Street trader. Humorous, provocative and poignant, the film - with its O. Henry-like ending - reveals a gentler side to life in the Big Apple.
  The Father-Son team of Jerry and Ben Stiller star in this short, humorous film about an encounter between a Shoeshine Man and a Wall Street Trader.
  

  Shouting Silent

  A film by Renee Rosen and Xoliswa Sithole , 2002, 50 min., Color
  SHOUTING SILENT explores the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic through the eyes of Xoliswa Sithole, an adult orphan who lost her mother to HIV/AIDS in 1...
  

  #444: Showbiz 101: No Guts, No Glory

  More than just talent and luck, it takes a hard-nosed attitude to break into show business. In the special, we shine the spotlight on a group of teens trying to make it as dancers, singers, rappers and stand-up comedians to find out what drives their hearts and minds when auditioning and performing. We also meet three talented teens in the world famous Cirque du Soleil and see how they balance the rigors of touring with their personal lives. With lots of advice from talented teens and established professionals this special offers a head start to those interested in a career on stage *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.
  

  Shredded

  This provocative documentary explores the damaging lengths to which teenage boys may go to achieve the muscular shredded look of action-movie stars and comic book superheroes. If this screws me up it screws me up says one. I want to get big quick
  This provocative documentary explores the damaging lengths to which teenage boys may go to achieve the muscular shredded look of action-movie stars and comic book superheroes. If this screws me up it screws me up says one. I want to get big quick
  

  Sickle Cell Disease

  Nearly 50 to 80 thousand African-Americans have sickle cell anemia a genetic disease in which red blood cells become stiff and misshapen. This program examines the devastating impact of the diease and stresses the importance of increasing awareness in co
  The children and young people seen in this moving documentary appear healthy yet they live with the daily threat of excruciating pain and hospitalization. This program examines the devastating impact of sickle cell disease on these young people and their
  

  Sickle Cell Disease - English and Spanish Versions

  Nearly 50 to 80 thousand African-Americans have sickle cell anemia a genetic disease in which red blood cells become stiff and misshapen. This program examines the devastating impact of the diease and stresses the importance of increasing awareness in co
  The children and young people seen in this moving documentary appear healthy yet they live with the daily threat of excruciating pain and hospitalization. This program examines the devastating impact of sickle cell disease on these young people and their
  

  Sidet: Forced Exile

  A film by Salem Mekuria , 1991, 60 min., Color
  During the past two decades, more than two million refugees have left Ethiopia. Famine, poverty and political strife as well as the religious persecut...
  

  A Sign of the Times

  The stories of high school basketball player Diondre who is deaf and Vicki the sign-language interpreter who makes it possible for him to be a star.
  High school basketball player Diondre can't hear the shouts of coaches teammates and referees or the cheers of the crowd. Working with his school's sign-language interpreter he's become a star.
  

  Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Labor Struggle in the Post Office

  1980, 45 minutes, Color and B&W, Video
  On July 21, 1978 thousands of postal workers across the country walked off their jobs when their contract expired, saying "No" to mandatory overtime, forced speedups and hazardous working conditions. As a result of this wildcat strike, six hundred thousand postal workers won a better contract. But two hundred workers were arbitrarily fired by management to teach all postal workers a lesson. SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED... is the story of the struggle these postal workers waged to win back their jobs. It follows their fight into the streets, onto the floor of the American Postal Workers Union's National Convention and among workers and communities nationwide. But it took the tragic death of Michael McDermott, a 25 year old mailhandler who was sucked into a conveyor belt and crushed to death, to bring their hazardous working conditions to national attention. SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED... speaks loudly and clearly to people everywhere who are organizing for safe and humane conditions in the workplace.
  

  Silences

  22 minutes • DVD
  Silences is the true story of the filmmaker who grew up with a family secret that was too dark to hide forever. By exploring his familys refusal to acknowledge that he is bi-racial, claiming it doesnt matter, the film gives painful insight into how families often, with best intentions, end up hurting those they love. While trying to understand his familys choices, the filmmaker learns that finally we have to discover our own truths.
  

  Silent Choices

  60 minutes  DVD
  Silent Choices is a documentary about abortion and its impact on the lives of African American women. From African Americans' cautious involvement with Margaret Sanger during the early birth control movement to black nationalists and civil rights activists who staunchly opposed abortion (or stayed silent on the issue), Silent Choices examines the juxtaposition of race and reproductive politics. Three black women also share their stories of the abortions they had.
  

  Silent Feminists, The: America's First Women Directors

  Contrary to popular belief, women have been directing feature films since the silent era of the American film industry. Such directors as Lois Weber, Frances Marion, Dorothy Arzner and Alice Guy Blache were a significant presence in the early years of Hollywood, before the entrenchment of the studio systems temporarily put and end to women's participation.

  Utilizing film clips, rare photos and interviews with survivors of the era, The Silent Feminists rediscovers the work of America's pioneering women directors, whose achievements are often overlooked in favor of that of their male counterparts. Co-directed by Anthony Slide, whom Lillian Gish called our preeminent historian of silent film, this groundbreaking work pays fond tribute to the more than thirty women directors who contributed much to the art and craft of movie-making.
  Using film clips, rare photos and interviews with survivors of the silent film era, this documentary rediscovers the work of America's pioneering women directors.
  

  Silent Song

  A film by Elida Schogt , 2001, 6 min., 3 in series
  ?In SILENT SONG Schogt deftly conjures an elaborate dialogue around issues of memory in its various forms - personal, historical, filmic? [her] rich a...
  

  SILICON RUN - 7 Title Set

  All 7 Silicon Run titles (includes and additional 20% discount)
  

  SILICON RUN DEPOSITION

  31 min
  SILICON RUN DEPOSITION uses 3D atomic animation and live manufacturing footage to provide a detailed close-up look at the process of thin film deposition in CMOS fabrication. It shows the chemical and physical reactions that create the dielectric and conductive layers of an integrated circuit
  

  SILICON RUN ETCH

  37 min
  This sixth video in the SILICON RUN SERIES takes a close look at the etch process in semiconductor manufacturing, including chemical mechanical polish, or CMP. It shows how thin films of nonconductive, semiconductive, and conductive materials are sculpted into microchips. Following the fabrication process of a CMOS transistor, SILICON RUN ETCH looks specifically at dielectric etch, silicon etch, and metal etch. It also explores the role of pressure, gas flows, RF power, temperature, and machine geometry within the plasma etch processes.
  

  SILICON RUN I

  40 Min
  SILICON RUN I uses live industrial footage to show the many processes necessary to manufacture microchips, including crystal growth, circuit design, and the wafer fabrication process for CMOS technology Using close-ups of manufacturing processes and device animation, SILICON RUN I provides a clear overview of front-end semiconductor manufacturing. It is an ideal training tool for college students and industry professionals at all levels.
  

  SILICON RUN II

  35 min
  SILICON RUN II explores manufacturing after the silicon wafers have been fabricated. This film reviews IC fabrication and continues by showing how IC wafers are tested, sorted, and packaged into individual microchips. These devices are then assembled onto the printed circuit boards used in personal computers. They are also seen assembled onto the multi-chip modules of high-end computers.
  

  SILICON RUN IMPLANTATION

  31 min
  SILICON RUN IMPLANTATION takes a close look at the process of ion implantation. This video shows how ions are accelerated to high energies and directed into specific regions of the silicon substrate to change its molecular structure and alter its electrical properties. SILICON RUN IMPLANTATION explores the various types of ion implanters used in IC fabrication. It also shows the role of energy, electrical potentials, beam analysis, ion acceleration, wafer scanning, and tilting in different ion implanters.
  

  SILICON RUN LITE

  30 min
  SILICON RUN LITE combines key sequences and images from both SILICON RUN I and SILICON RUN II to show from the growth of silicon crystals through the assembly of a personal computer. Live industrial footage, microscopic filming, animation, graphics, and special effects give an up-close view of manufacturing.
  

  SILICON RUN LITHOGRAPHY

  31 min
  SILICON RUN LITHOGRAPHY examines the role of photolithography in imaging and printing the many intricate layers of integrated circuits. Focusing on critical and non-critical mask levels of a CMOS transistor, this video takes a close look at the manufacturing materials, tools, and processes that have made more precise and complex submicron lithography possible.
  

  Simon & I

  A film by Beverley Palesa Ditsie and Nicky Newman , 2002, 52 min., Color
  SIMON & I is an intimate and inspiring portrait of black South African gay rights activist Simon Nkoli, who died of AIDS in 1998, and his fellow activ...
  

  Simple Matter of Justice, A: The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation

  A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990's. The video expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Washington. Sections on civil rights, AIDS and health care, the military and families are woven together from coverage of the music, comedy, speeches and marchers. Performers include Melissa Etheridge, RuPaul, BETTY, Holly Near and The Flirtations. Martina Navratilova, Sir Ian McKellan, Rev. Ben Chavis and Eartha Kitt are just a few of the speakers. Events include The Wedding, The Dyke March, ACT UP Hands Around the Capitol and a reunion of African-American veterans.
  

  Sin City Diary

  A videotape by Rachel Rivera , 1992, 29 min., Color
  SIN CITY DIARY is a powerful videotape which explores the lives of women who work as prostitutes around the U.S. Navy base at Subic Bay in the Philip...
  

  Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

  With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, staging Wagner's Ring Cycle is a daunting undertaking for any opera company. Jon Else goes backstage to show this rare event entirely from the point of view of union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.

  As these working men and women go about their astonishing feats of stagecraft, they give their own interpretation of the Ring Cycle's fantastic stories. During scene changes the stage carpenters may have as many as seven 1000-pound set pieces moving at once in fog, smoke, and in near-total darkness, working with precision choreography that certainly matches the opera itself.

  While the gods are out onstage singing about the great problems in the world, we are doing all the hard stuff, says stagehand Spike Kirkland in the middle of his eighty-five-hour work week during dress rehearsals. During the ongoing backstage poker game, Kirkland and his cronies explain the four stupefyingly long dramas in lurid detail -- the fall of a decadent order of gods, compromised by their own greed and vanity, the sexy Rhinemaidens, the loud...really loud, Valkyries, and the giant clanking hydraulic dragon. Every night the stage crew creates a majestic fairytale/soap opera universe of trolls, giants, lightning, dragon's blood and magic mountains, in which the singers spin a dark tale of heroes who betray their own moral codes.

  Jon Else is a master documentarian who employes remarkable camera work to tell a story. With stunning imagery and sharp editing he captures the shifting realities on-stage and off.

  As Valhalla sinks down into fiery oblivion, a new audience stampedes into the theatre for a new performance. Finally, the entire 17-hour Ring Cycle unfolds before our eyes in a sixty second blizzard of time-lapse.
  
  

  Click here to visit the producer's website.
  Wagner's 17-hour, 4 opera Ring cycle demands incredibly precise choreography not only for the performers, but for the theater's stagehands. This film shows an intimate look at the backstage work and dramas.
  

  Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

  With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, staging Wagner's Ring Cycle is a daunting undertaking for any opera company. Jon Else goes backstage to show this rare event entirely from the point of view of union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.

  As these working men and women go about their astonishing feats of stagecraft, they give their own interpretation of the Ring Cycle's fantastic stories. During scene changes the stage carpenters may have as many as seven 1000-pound set pieces moving at once in fog, smoke, and in near-total darkness, working with precision choreography that certainly matches the opera itself.

  While the gods are out onstage singing about the great problems in the world, we are doing all the hard stuff, says stagehand Spike Kirkland in the middle of his eighty-five-hour work week during dress rehearsals. During the ongoing backstage poker game, Kirkland and his cronies explain the four stupefyingly long dramas in lurid detail -- the fall of a decadent order of gods, compromised by their own greed and vanity, the sexy Rhinemaidens, the loud...really loud, Valkyries, and the giant clanking hydraulic dragon. Every night the stage crew creates a majestic fairytale/soap opera universe of trolls, giants, lightning, dragon's blood and magic mountains, in which the singers spin a dark tale of heroes who betray their own moral codes.

  Jon Else is a master documentarian who employes remarkable camera work to tell a story. With stunning imagery and sharp editing he captures the shifting realities on-stage and off.

  As Valhalla sinks down into fiery oblivion, a new audience stampedes into the theatre for a new performance. Finally, the entire 17-hour Ring Cycle unfolds before our eyes in a sixty second blizzard of time-lapse.
  
  

  Click here to visit the producer's website.
  Wagner's 17-hour, 4 opera Ring cycle demands incredibly precise choreography not only for the performers, but for the theater's stagehands. This film shows an intimate look at the backstage work and dramas.
  

  Sir: Just a Normal Guy

  A film by Melanie La Rosa , 2003, 57 min., Color
  Screened to acclaim at Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals worldwide and LBGT events across the nation, this candid and courageous portrait of more than 15-m...
  

  Siren Spirits

  A film by Ngozi Onwurah , Pratibha Parmar , Frances-Anne Solomon , Dani Williamson , 1994, 80 min., Color/BW
  SIREN SPIRITS is a wonderful feature comprising four short dramas directed by women of color, produced by Leda Serene for the British Film Institute a...
  

  Sisters in Cinema

  (2003) is a 62-min documentary
  Sisters in Cinema (2003) is a 62-min documentary by Yvonne Welbon (Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100) that traces the careers of inspiring African American women filmmakers from the early part of the 20th century to today.
  

  Sisters in Law

  A film by Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto , 2005, 104 min., Color
  Winner of the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival and screened to acclaim at more than 90 festivals around the world, SISTERS IN LAW is the ...
  

  Sisters in Resistance

  A film by Maia Wechsler , 2000, 60 min., Color
  ?This compelling documentary shares the story of four French women of uncommon courage who, in their teens and twenties, risked their lives to fight t...
  

  Sisters of Light, The

  Out of the fascination with astronomy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the brightly lit highways of Belgium (you can even see them from outer space!), The Sisters of Light is a fable about light and its mysteries.  The title also suggests a homage to two of the founders of the moving image.
  

  Sisters of the Screen

  A film by Beti Ellerson , 2002, 73 min., Color
  Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson's engaging debut intersperses interviews wit...
  

  Sita, a Girl from Jambu

  48 minutes  DVD
  "Sita, a Girl from Jambu" reveals how uneducated, rural Nepalese girls are tricked and lured into sexual slavery. Focusing on one girl's journey into the brothels of Mumbai, the film is an adaptation of a street play performed by rural Nepalese girls, whose performance is also featured in the film.
  

  The Sixth Section

  vhs, 27 min., 2003
  The Sixth Section is a groundbreaking documentary that follows the transnational organizing of a community of Mexican immigrants who live and work in upstate New York. The men profiled in the film form an organization called Grupo Unión, which is devoted to raising money in the United States to rebuild the Mexican town that theyve left behind. Grupo Unión is one of at least a thousand hometown associations formed by immigrants in the United States. The Sixth Section is the first documentary to capture this dynamic form of cross-border organizing, and in doing so, it shatters many of the preconceptions around immigrants. The film shows how immigrants are responding to the pressures of economic globalization, how small groups of people can make big change, and how immigrant communities are building transnational communities, even in these times of increasingly militarized borders.
  

  SKATEBOARDING: The 900 Degree Australian Tour

  Travel with eight of the hottest skateboarders on tour in Australia - Rodney Mullen, Gershon Mosley, Mike York, Guy Mariano, Andrew Reynolds, Jeron Wilson, Ryan Wilburn, Heath Kirchart. Interviews with skateboarders examine their touring lifestyle and the discipline it takes to become skilled. Exquisitely shot skateboarding stunts as well as insights about hard work, discipline, friendship, respect, self-esteem, and accomplishment. A must see for skateboard enthusiasts. (Based on CANVAS. This title is appropriate for young adults. Call for details)
  Follows some of the hottest skateboarders as they tour Australia. Interviews and shots of their stunts and physical feats.
  

  Skin Deep

  SKIN DEEP is a 53 minute film that was produced in response to the growing wave of racial hatred and violence in this country. It was made out of the belief that talking about racial issues, both in interracial dialogue and in homogeneous groups, is a necessary first step towards taking action to undo the racial inequalities that permeate our institutions and communities and affect us all deeply as individuals. SKIN DEEP takes the viewer on a journey of dialogue with a group of contemporary college students.
  

  Skin Deep

  A videotape by Alexandra Halkin and Deb Ellis , 1997, 15 min., Color
  SKIN DEEP combines views from Norplant users, community health advocates, and experts in a social and political analysis of the use of this new contra...
  

  Skokie: Rights or Wrong?

  28 min.
  Our Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but should that right be granted to extremists who deny freedom to others? SKOKIE documents the legal and moral crisis posed when the American Nazi Party chose to demonstrate in Skokie, Il., home to many concentration camp survivors. Featured are scenes of the angry demonstration, interviews with Nazi leaders, their ACLU attorneys, Holocaust survivors and Reverend Jesse Jackson. SKOKIE is about the gut-wrenching choices we as citizens must make to protect democracy.
  

  Sky Burial: Tibetan Burial Ritual

  Sky Burial follows the ritual of "jha-tor", the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery - where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings. At the Drigung Monastery lamas chant to call the consciousness from the body. Juniper incense is burned to summon the vultures. Special body breakers, or "rogyapas", unwrap the bodies and cut away the flesh. The bones are crushed and mixed with tsampa, roasted barley flour. The entire body is consumed by the birds, assuring the ascent of the soul. The sky, or the universe, is where the sacred world lies. To merge with the sky after death is a holy event, one that replaces the sufferings of this world with peace.
  

  SL-1: America's First Fatal Nuclear Reactor Accident

  This chilling films uses recently declassified government film footage to re-create the true story of America's first nuclear accident, which took place in Idaho in 1961. The previously suppressed material indicates that the disaster may have been caused by the suicidal impulse of an individual technician. Filmed in a stark and formally challenging visual style, SL-1 explores the consequences of nuclear radiation while raising serious questions about human fallibility.

  A powerful and poignant blend of journalism and drama, SL-1 is compelling viewing.
  -- WEEKLY VARIETY

  ...cuts through any complacency that might still be hidden in the mind of the viewer. Recommended viewing for anyone still foolish enough to believe that we can survive a nuclear war.
  -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
  
  

  Slaying the Dragon

  A videotape by Deborah Gee , 1988, 60 min., Color
  SLAYING THE DRAGON is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white a...
  

  Sleep Come Free Me

  Natalie, a disenchanted office worker, lives in the space between dreams and reality.  When her dream life overlaps with reality, her dull 9-5 existence is flooded with overwhelming and unexpected desire, and Natalie is forced to sink or swim. Sleep Come Free Me--comedic and intelligent--brims with discord, lust and symbolic imagery.
  

  Small Ball: A Little League Story

  With 6400 Little League teams in the U.S.all vying to be one of eight that get to play in the Little League World Series every summer, the chances of finding a team that would go all the way would seem to be slim to none. But filmmakers Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker were lucky: the twelve kids from Aptos, Calif­ornia who they started filming in May 2002 turned out to be amazing players who survived four grueling tourn­aments and found themselves at the Nirvana of youth sports, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the World Series. The story of their journey is the subject of Kolker and Alvarez’ new feature documentary for public television, Small Ball: A Little League Story. Small Ball is a clear-eyed, unsentimental, and revealing behind-the-scenes look at one aspect of the youth sports phenomenon. Resilient kids, involved parents, and strong-willed coaches all play their roles against a backdrop of game-time emotions and superb athleticism.
  

  Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese Village

  (58 min., 1984)
  "To give birth to a boy is considered a big happiness. To give birth to a girl is a small happiness. Well, you can't say it's no happiness." -- A grandfather in Long Bow village Small Happiness explores sexual politics in rural China with segments on love and marriage, foot-binding, child-bearing and birth control.
  

  Small Town Secrets

  A highly textured film that travels back to the early 1980s, Small Town Secrets documents a woman?s exploration of her childhood growing up with closeted gay parents in a small, mid-western town. By weaving together a collection of home movies and conversations with her parents recorded via web cam, Small Town Secrets remembers why keeping it a secret felt like the only option.
  

  The Smell of Burning Ants

  21 min.  16mm color/b&w color 1994
  The Smell of Burning Ants is a haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film raises gender issues and provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness.
  

  The Smith Family

  55 min./79 min.
  The Smiths of Salt Lake City may have Americas most common surname, but their story is anything but ordinary. With two boys, a dog, a nice house and a strong commitment to the Mormon Church, Steve and Kim Smith believed they had achieved the American dream. But after nine years of marriage, shattering revelations of betrayal came enough to test the strongest bonds of faith and love. When Steve confesses to infidelities with men, and they both find they are HIV+, Kim makes an unlikely choice. THE SMITH FAMILY is a searing account of one familys struggle to preserve family and faith, while redefining forgiveness in the face of daunting tragedy.
  

  Smitten

  27 min.
  A love story about art.
  

  #426: Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered

  Co-Hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, In the Mix tackles smoking prevention in a high energy, in-depth program that dispels common misconceptions among teens. Featured segments include a hard look at the addictive aspects of tobacco as well as the wide range of physical effects; profiles of teens who are kicking the habit; a profile of a young woman suffering from emphysema; and an ex-Lucky Strike cigarette model who has cancer. Interviews with Bill Novelli, marketing expert and past president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and teen activists are aimed at raising awareness of how cigarette companies target teens and manipulate them into smoking. The goal is to convince teens that smoking is detrimental to their health in the present and near future, not just 30 or 40 years down the line. Endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control's Office on Smoking and Health. '...this In the Mix episode tackles smoking prevention with a fresh outlook... Realistic and informative, [it] provides insight into the dangers of smoking while urging teens to be healthy and smart.'-Youth Today *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.
  

  Snakes and Ladders

  A film by Trish Fitzsimmons and Mitzi Goldman , 1987, 59 min.
  Like our own children's game, Chutes and Ladders, the story of women's education has always been one step forward, two steps back. In this creative d...
  

  So Long Silence

  22 min.
  Disabled...or mislabeled?
  

  #441: Soccer: Kickin' Butts! (Smoking Prevention)

  Hosted by members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (Tiffeny Milbrett, Lorrie Fair and Shannon MacMillan) this half-hour special encourages teens to pick up a soccer ball rather than a cigarette. Soccer stars from the Women's and Men's National teams, including Eddie Pope, Bobbie Convey and Danielle Slaton talk about how their involvement with soccer helped them stand up to peer pressure to smoke. Viewers also meet teen soccer players who volunteer as anti-tobacco advocates spreading the word about the dangers of smoking. Experts explain how cigarettes, as well as second hand smoke, effect athletic performances. Dr. Alan Leshner, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains the brain chemistry of nicotine addiction and debunks popular myths. *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.
  

  Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

  This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's Seagram Plaza, one of the most used open areas in the city, the film proceeds to analyze why this space is so popular and how other urban oases, both in New York and elsewhere, measure up. Based on direct observation of what people actually do, the film presents a remarkably engaging and informative tour of the urban landscape and looks at how it can be made more hospitable to those who live in it.
  Considers open spaces in urban areas, their import, success at attracting people, and intention of making city life more hospitable.
  

  Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

  This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's Seagram Plaza, one of the most used open areas in the city, the film proceeds to analyze why this space is so popular and how other urban oases, both in New York and elsewhere, measure up. Based on direct observation of what people actually do, the film presents a remarkably engaging and informative tour of the urban landscape and looks at how it can be made more hospitable to those who live in it.
  
  

  Soft Smoke

  Despite our years of experience with the HIV virus and repeated proof that it can affect anyone anywhere many people in rural communities still cling to the belief that AIDS is a big city disease that it only affects gays and drug users that it can't
  Many people in rural communities still cling to the belief that AIDS is a big city disease that it only affects gays and drug users that it can't happen here. As a result while AIDS is declining a bit in major cities it is actually on the rise in sm
  

  Soldados

  vhs, 28 min., 2003
  Charley Trujillo, who wrote the 1991 American Book Award winner on which the film "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" is based, is our guide to the war and post-war experiences of five Chicano soldados from Corcoran, California. Corcoran sits in the lush San Joaquin Valley amid rich cotton fields and had long been a destination for Mexican migrants seeking work. For Larry Holguin, Miguel Gastelo, Frank Delgado, Jose Barrera and Trujillo himself this wasn't ancient history. They all grew up working in the fields alongside their parents and siblings, and shared a life and values not much different from that of their forebears.
  

  Soldiers Speak Out

  Soldiers Speak Out is a powerful, first-hand testament to the reality of the military experience told entirely in the words of American veterans who have been to war and are now opposing it. We hear how they came to join the military, about their experiences in training and in war, and what led to the turning point when they decided they could no longer, in good conscience, participate in the war or keep silent. This half-hour documentary sheds light on the growing and courageous anti-war and anti-occupation movement within the military and their families, and serves as a counter-recruitment and organizing tool for activists, schools and organizations. It provides a sober view of the war in Iraq and an important counterpoint to the 'stay-the-course' rhetoric of the Bush administration.
  

  Sole Mani

  Mario Mariotti is a conceptual artist who transforms his hands into odd, fantastic creatures. In this original and surprising short film, with a little tempera paint and a few tiny props, Mariotti transforms his hands into curious creatures. Two hands bcome a tuxedoed symphony. The conductor leads his harpist, cellist, horn players and choir through a beautiful musical score until a discordant note discombobulates the musicians, resulting in an unexpected finale.
  Short, comic film created entirely out of hand-puppets as designed and directed by conceptual artist Mario Mariotti.
  

  Some American Feminists

  A film by Luce Guilbeault , Nicole Brossard and Margaret Wescott , 1980, 56 min., Color
  SOME AMERICAN FEMINISTS explores one of the most significant social histories of this century-the second wave of the women's movement-and is a fascina...
  

  Some Call It Greed

  While history is generally conceived of as a roster of monarchs and military figures, this provocative film presents an alternate narrative, one that is distinctly American. Some Call It Greed tells the story of America as an industrial capitalist state, focusing on the deeds of the robber barons and their descendants -- men who have had a greater influence on who and where Americans are today than any politicians or statesmen who followed in their trail. Part litany of unbridled exploitation, part litany of social examination, Some Call It Greed is a colorful and poignant look at an era when the pursuit of wealth went unchecked and unchallenged.
  An examination of America as an industrial capitalist state, and how the robber barons of the industrial era dictated the social and economic evolution of the United States.
  

  Some Real Heat

  A film by Stefanie Jordan , 2001, 54 min., Color
  SOME REAL HEAT explores the small and relatively new world of female firefighters in San Francisco and their upward climb to gain access to a male-dom...
  

  Something Should be Done About Grandma Ruthie

  A moving and unsettling portrait of the filmmaker's family as they struggle to deal with her grandmother's deteriorating mental condition.
  A moving and unsettling portrait of the filmmaker's family as they struggle to deal with her grandmother's deteriorating mental condition due to Alzheimer's.
  

  Something Like a War

  A film by Deepa Dhanraj , 1991, 52 min., Color
  SOMETHING LIKE A WAR is a chilling examination of India's family planning program from the point of view of the women who are its primary targets. It...
  

  Sometimes My Feet Go Numb

  Wayne Corbit (Tongues Untied, Sex Is...) recites a poem describing the pain he endures living with AIDS.
  

  SOMETIMES THE SILENCE CAN SEEM SO LOUD: Teen Suicide

  19 minutes – comes with study guide
  Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-19 year-olds in the United States, and yet it remains a taboo subject that few care to discuss at school or at home. A lesser-known fact is that gay teens are up to 6 times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. Through interviews with gay and straight teens, family members and school counselors, EVC youth producers tackle the challenging issue of teen suicide in a frank, compassionate way that teens can relate to.
  

  Song of Our Children

  Three decades ago Congress mandated that American children with disabilities be educated in the ?least restrictive environment.? In 2000 the National Council on Disability determined that none of the 50 states had yet complied with the law. Today famil
  The stories of four memorable children — from preschool age to high school — demonstrate the challenges strategies and benefits of educational inclusion for all. Meet teachers administrators parents and students whose daily struggles and
  

  Song From an Angel

  Song From an Angel is a poignant film about the final performance of Rodney Price, a popular San Francisco actor and dancer who, rail thin and seated in a wheelchair, bravely sings a jaunty tune about his own mortality--and even tap dances sitting down--a mere two weeks before his death from AIDS. Weissman's film captures the courage, honesty and humor that made Price a consummate performer even on the eve of his death.
  

  Song Journey

  A video by Arlene Bowman and Jeanine Moret , 1994, 57 min., Color
  SONG JOURNEY takes Arlene Bowman (Navajo) on the pow-wow circuit in the hope of reviving her connection to traditional Native culture. There she find...
  

  A Song of Ceylon

  Australia, 1985, 51 minutes, Color, VHS/16mm
  A formally rigorous, visually stunning study of colonialism, gender and the body. The title echoes the classic British documentary and evokes a country erased from the world map. The soundtrack enacts a Sri Lankan anthropological text observing a woman’s ritual exorcism. Visually, the film brings together theatrical conventions and recreations of classic film stills, presenting the body in striking tableaux. This remarkable film is a provocative treatise on hybridity, hysteria and performance.
  

  Song of the Canary

  58 min.
  The powerful story of the hidden dangers in the American workplace.
  

  Soraida, Woman of Palestine

  A film by Tahani Rached , 2004, 52 min., Color
  Sora?da is a Palestinian woman living in Ramallah, in the occupied territories. In this city under siege and a strict curfew, she fights her own battl...
  

  Soundmix: Five Young Musicians

  "Soundmix: Five Young Musicians" is a one-hour PBS special that profiles five young musicians who are reinvigorating American musical traditions. Each profile explores the music, mentors, cultures, and communities that fuel the passions of these young players. "Soundmix" also includes scenes from a workshop where the young musicians meet for the first time. Other musicians featured in the program include the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the Latin percussionist Louis Bauzo, and the late old time fiddle legend Melvin Wine.
  

  Southern Family

  A Christmas party at a Southern grandmother?s home turns into an unexpected and tense coming-out story in this heart-warming documentary that spans several generations.
  

  Southern Pacific -- SAN JOAQUIN ROUTE

  55 Minutes, Color. Full Length • VHS Only Digital Sound Effects with Narration.
  The star of this video is properly the San Joaquin Daylight itself. It was the first streamliner to operate through the rugged Tehachapi Mountains -- inaugurated July 4, 1941 -- surviving until Amtrak's May 1, 197, takeover. It was also SP's last steam powered passenger train -- pulled by 4400's north of Bakersfield until September, 1956.
  

  Southern Pacific -- SHASTA ROUTE (Mostly California)

  62 Minutes, Color. Full Length • VHS Only Digital Sound Effects with Narration.
  SP’s SHASTA ROUTE, c.1950, features Southern Pacific’s north-south West Coast Route -- from the Bay Area to Portland, Oregon -- with its steep grades requiring heavy power and multiple helpers. Special sections on SP’s famous cab-forwards and mountain snow fighting are included.
  

  Southern Pacific -- SHASTA ROUTE (Mostly Oregon)

  62 Minutes, Color. Full Length • VHS Only Digital Sound Effects with Narration.
  SP’s SHASTA ROUTE, c.1950, Volume 2, "mostly Oregon", enters a world of spectacular beauty in the mountains and valleys of the Cascade and Coast Ranges. Cab-aheads, F-7s and SD-9s battle the daunting grades -- testing the mettle of both men and machines.
  

  Soutine

  This haunting and imaginative film takes a penetrating look at the life and art of Chaim Soutine, an important twentieth century expressionist painter who work influenced Willem deKooning and many other American expressionists. Interviews with Soutine's friends, including cubist painter Jacques Lipschitz, personalize this enlightening survey of an artist's stylistic development.
  Takes a penetrating look at the life and art of Chaim Soutine, an important twentieth century expressionist painter.
  

  Speaking in Tongues

  60 MINUTES, COLOR, DVD Subtitled in Spanish & Chinese
  What would it be like if your parents put you in a school where the teacher spoke a foreign language? Speaking in Tongues uses this scenario to explore the provocative notion that being bilingual can be a national asset. Taking us beyond rote arguments and stereotypes, this intimate film witnesses the joys and challenges of four diverse children on their journey to become global citizens. Enter their world and ask, today, is knowing one language enough? Subtitled in Spanish & Chinese You'll be charmed and challenged by 2009's San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award winner.
  

  Speaking In Tongues (School & Independent Professionals)

  60 MINUTES, COLOR, DVD Subtitled in Spanish & Chinese
  What would it be like if your parents put you in a school where the teacher spoke a foreign language? Speaking in Tongues uses this scenario to explore the provocative notion that being bilingual can be a national asset. Taking us beyond rote arguments and stereotypes, this intimate film witnesses the joys and challenges of four diverse children on their journey to become global citizens. Enter their world and ask, today, is knowing one language enough? Subtitled in Spanish & Chinese
  

  Speaking Out: Women, AIDS and Hope in Mali

  A film by Joanne Burke , 2002, 55 min., 4 in series, Color
  The fourth installment of Joanne Burke's critically acclaimed NEW DIRECTIONS series on women's empowerment in developing countries, SPEAKING OUT prese...
  

  Special Circumstances

  56 min closed captioned in English 73 min with English subtitles 73 min with Spanish subtitles
  SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES follows Chilean exile Héctor Salgado as he returns to Chile from the US to seek and confront the men who imprisoned him and tortured and killed his friends after the coup of 1973. Through his journey, audiences will come to understand the legal, political and social obstacles standing in the way of a nations attempt, thirty years later, to overcome its brutal history..
  

  Special Letter, A

  In just over five minutes of beautifully drawn animation, A Special Letter tells a true story of love between a mother and daughter, recalling the difficulties of Europe during World War II from the perspective of one little girl who survived to begin a new life in America. Sparse narration is coupled with subtly shifting sepia pencil images and a haunting score for violin and flute. The film shows how the gift of life can be spiritual as well as physical. It touches upon the reversal of roles as an aging parent becomes like the dependent child. A Special Letter is an excellent tool for generating discussions of religious and moral content, the historical effect of the Holocaust, and the role of the aging parent in the family. The film provides a different approach to World War II concentration camps as seen through the eyes of a Christian child. Using both subtlety and simplicity, this is a truly special film.
  A woman recalls the years of her childhood in a concentration camp during World War II
  

  The Spectrum of Autism

  Autism affects roughly 400000 people in the United States alone and is the third most common developmental disability. Yet its cause is not fully understood and it is still one of the more mysterious and difficult disorders to diagnose and treat. In th
  Children with autism may display a wide range of symptoms. In this video we share in the experiences of several families and professionals who care for children at different points on the spectrum of autism.
  

  Speeding?

  Part of the Mitchell Block Collection

  Speeding? is a short film for driver?_(tm)s educational classes on speeding and is still widely used. Alec Hirschfeld is the cameraman and Block populates the film with actors from television and Hollywood films (Lucille Benson, Anne Dusenberry, Jeffery Kramer, Dick Miller, Vincent Schiavelli, Ray Sharkey, Jessie White and Gigi Vorgan) and gives directors Martin Brest and Stephen Verona rare onscreen apperances. The Corona, California traffic unit and the California Highway Patrol provide the film with the reality of working traffic officers. A student at UCLA remarked after a screening, ?_?How did you happen to film all of those movie stars after they got a ticket??__ After making his first film ...no lies, a serious work, Block wanted to do something with some comedy that would also continue to explore reality and fiction in a film that would mix actors and real people. What could be better than police in uniforms and speeders? Speeding? was done as a UCLA Project 3 while Block was in the doctoral program. The film received a production grant from the American Film Institute.
  A film by Mitchell Block and Alec Hirschfeld
  Running Time: 21 minutes

  This DVD also includes the following:

  ...no lies presents itself as a cinema v?(c)rit?(c) documentary. A film student interviews a friend to fulfill a class assignment. Shot in one day at Park Avenue and 33rd Street in New York, at the home of filmmaker Muffie Mayer, the film features cameraman Alex Hirschfeld and actress Shelby Leverington. It was made by Mitchell Block as his MFA thesis at NYU, School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television, Graduate Division in 1972. Block has written about this film in ?_?F is for Phony?__ (Univ. of Minn. Press, Sept. 2006.) Contact Direct Cinema for a poster/study guide, ?_?making of?__ article and a bibiliography. ...no lies is cited in 17 books on cinema productions and studies. ...no lies won over 40 film festival awards and, packaged as ?_?A Woman?_(tm)s Special,?__ won an Emmy for WGBH.
  Directed by Mitchell Block
  Camera by Alec Hirschfeld
  The Woman: Shelby Leverington
  Running Time: 16 minutes

  ..no lies Rehearsal Tapes: A week before the shoot, filmmakers shot a rehearsal at Block?_(tm)s home. On the day of the shoot, they set up in the morning and shot a run through at the location prior to shooting the film. The film was shot in color negative film. Rehearsal Tapes were recorded on a Sony Portapak, using 1/2 inch, black and white reel to reel tape. The tapes were recovered and are now available for the first time, thanks to Alan Bloom, California State University Los Angeles.
  Running Time Tape One: 16 minutes
  Running Time Tape Two: 15 minutes
  A short film dealing with attitudes toward law enforcement, traffic, safety and ethics.
  

  Speeding?

  Speeding? is a highly entertaining, yet thought-provoking film which deals with attitudes toward law enforcement, traffic safety and ethics. Screening it guarantees a response from any audience.

  A Cameraman-Interviewer talks to police officers and people who have just received speeding citations. The officers are from the California Highway Patrol and the Corona, California Police Department. They discuss what they do, how they go about it and their personal and professional attitudes. The speeders are actors who vividly, and sometimes comically, enact carefully scripted roles which represent reactions to receiving speeding tickets.
  A short film dealing with attitudes toward law enforcement, traffic, safety and ethics.
  

  Sphinxes Without Secrets

  A videotape by Maria Beatty , 1991, 58 min., Color
  Since its inception, performance art provided a forum for those artists whose work challenges the dominant aesthetic and cultural status quo. In SPHIN...
  

  Spice of Wickedness, The

  Running time: 24 min, Year released: 1984 Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
  Guy de Maupassant's charming story of 18th-century martial values is translated to the screen in this elegant short film. In The Spice of Wickedness, a pretty young wife discovers her own means for dealing with a philandering husband. This film is a provocative way to start discussion about moral bargains and male/female relationships as well as literary adaptations.
  

  Spirit of Recovery

  DVD
  Speaking from the heart about mental illness and recovery Three mental health professionals, representing three different viewpoints, speak about recovery from serious mental illness. In an engaging conversation, Dr. Ed Knight, Sheila Le Gacy, and Dr. Nancy Kehoe share their personal and professional experiences about recovery and its many challenges.
  

  Spirit of the Dawn

  29 min.
  SPIRIT OF THE DAWN explores the dramatic changes in Indian education from the boarding schools of the past, where children were beaten for speaking their language in school, to the more culturally-sensitive classrooms of today. On the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana, we meet two sixth graders, Bruce Big Hail and Heywood Big Day III, as they participate in an innovative poetry class that encourages them to create beautiful poems celebrating Crow culture and history. Through the children, their parents and their teachers, we see the strength and resiliency of a community fighting the constraints of the past to secure a future for its children.
  

  Spirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni

  Once crowned The Princess of Black Poetry, the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film highlights the life and work of a poet whose verse appeals to everyone interested in poetry and modern American life. This lyrical and visually provocative film details the poet's coming-of-age against the background of her times: the Civil Rights struggle, Vietnam, and the Women`s Movement. In this dynamic portrait, selected readings by Giovanni reveal the values and personal history which have deeply influenced her poetry.Spirit to Spirit unveils the sly wit and sharp insights of Giovanni's multi-layered work, making it a delightful introduction to this talented poet and incisive social commentator.

  Giovanni`s work embraced both personal and political subjects and the film captures and evolution evident in her work and in her life. A particularly powerful sequence, featuring newsreel footage of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X , reflects on the important people and events of the 1960s and the influence of that decade on individuals and America as a whole. In another segment of the film, she recalls a youthful commitment to her black heritage and explains the importance of family in her own development and as an institution in the black community. Through her poems she becomes a spokesperson on social injustices, sexual politics and popular culture. As she surveys the world around her, no subject is protected from her critical and mischievous poetic eye. Her criticism can be humorous, gentle or angry as she demands that her world become a better place. In a poem from the 1960s which reflects on the bitterness of the era, Poem for Black Boys, her tone chastises black youth: play back to Black...grow a natural and practice vandalism. But often, the film portrays her clever optimism, as in Ego Tripping when she writes: I am so hip even my errors are correct. Skillfully weaving performance footage with evocative photo-montage, archival footage and colorful animation, the film is a journey re-creating the history of the poet and the country.

  Spirit to Spirit offers a compelling interpretation of serious concerns ranging from racism to romance. A charismatic, complex and talented artist, Giovanni shines as she reads her work. The film moves at a lively pace as her words are complemented by colorful imagery and a rhythmic musical score. Spirit to Sprit is a wonderful discovery for those unfamiliar with Giovanni`s work and a meaningful beginning for everyone who has said, I don`t understand poetry. It is an important addition to all public library collections and is of particular interest for courses in poetry, Black literature, American social history, cultural history and women's studies.
  Highlights the life and work of one of America's most popular poets -- Nikki Giovanni.
  

  Spirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni

  Once crowned The Princess of Black Poetry, the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film highlights the life and work of a poet whose verse appeals to everyone interested in poetry and modern American life. This lyrical and visually provocative film details the poet's coming-of-age against the background of her times: the Civil Rights struggle, Vietnam, and the Women`s Movement. In this dynamic portrait, selected readings by Giovanni reveal the values and personal history which have deeply influenced her poetry.Spirit to Spirit unveils the sly wit and sharp insights of Giovanni's multi-layered work, making it a delightful introduction to this talented poet and incisive social commentator.

  Giovanni`s work embraced both personal and political subjects and the film captures and evolution evident in her work and in her life. A particularly powerful sequence, featuring newsreel footage of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X , reflects on the important people and events of the 1960s and the influence of that decade on individuals and America as a whole. In another segment of the film, she recalls a youthful commitment to her black heritage and explains the importance of family in her own development and as an institution in the black community. Through her poems she becomes a spokesperson on social injustices, sexual politics and popular culture. As she surveys the world around her, no subject is protected from her critical and mischievous poetic eye. Her criticism can be humorous, gentle or angry as she demands that her world become a better place. In a poem from the 1960s which reflects on the bitterness of the era, Poem for Black Boys, her tone chastises black youth: play back to Black...grow a natural and practice vandalism. But often, the film portrays her clever optimism, as in Ego Tripping when she writes: I am so hip even my errors are correct. Skillfully weaving performance footage with evocative photo-montage, archival footage and colorful animation, the film is a journey re-creating the history of the poet and the country.

  Spirit to Spirit offers a compelling interpretation of serious concerns ranging from racism to romance. A charismatic, complex and talented artist, Giovanni shines as she reads her work. The film moves at a lively pace as her words are complemented by colorful imagery and a rhythmic musical score. Spirit to Sprit is a wonderful discovery for those unfamiliar with Giovanni`s work and a meaningful beginning for everyone who has said, I don`t understand poetry. It is an important addition to all public library collections and is of particular interest for courses in poetry, Black literature, American social history, cultural history and women's studies.
  Highlights the life and work of one of America's most popular poets -- Nikki Giovanni.
  

  Spit it Out

  55 min.
  SPIT IT OUT is a funny and poignant portrait of Jeff Shamess successful efforts to come to terms with his stutter and his familys legacy of denial. Jeffs father is intolerant of and enraged at his sons imperfections, while his mother never discusses her own childhood stutter. As a teenager Jeff turns to alcohol and drugs to mask his shame, and eventually marries an alcoholic who interacts with the outside world for him. After his wife gets sober, Jeff discovers the stuttering self-help community and embarks on a healing journey of sobriety, self-acceptance and forgiveness.
  

  #423: Sports: Get In The Game

  How valuable is sports participation to a teenager? In the Mix helps teens understand the positive role that athletics can play in every aspect of their lives. Co-hosted by NBA superstar Stephon Marbury, we profile a group of teens who invented their own sport, and visit with a group of girls who formed a softball league that turned their lives around. The special also includes an interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Amy Van Dyken, who explains why she started swimming, what keeps her going, and how she deals with the physical challenges of asthma. We meet a teacher who created an after-school running club to show her students that sports is not always about winning, but also about learning how to set and meet their goals. this episode on sports is loaded with good ideas, interesting segments and the message, Theres an athlete in everyone. You just have to find it. The show is fun and friendly, never preachy and totally convincing. Video Librarian *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.
  
  

  A Spy in the House that Ruth Built

  1989, 29 minutes, Color, VHS
  Vanalyne Green appropriates the all-male arena of professional baseball to create a visual essay about family, loss, and sexuality. Confronted with such a strange wonderland, devoid of women, Green is compelled to reinterpret baseball's symbolism-its womb-like landscape, cycles, and rituals-to construct an iconography that pays homage to the female. With humor and irony, Green creates a tape that is both a personal revelation and a heretical portrait of America's national past-time.
  

  Standing Tall

  A teacher enlists a drama therapist and youth theater group to help her 4th and 5th grade students cope with the impact of viewing the destruction of the World Trade Center towers.
  A teacher enlists a drama therapist and youth theater group to help her 4th and 5th grade students cope with the impact of viewing the destruction of the World Trade Center towers.
  

  Stand Up Rise Up: February 15th, 2003 NYC United For Peace and Justice Rally

  On February 15th over 500,000 people attended a rally in New York City against the Bush Administration's drive toward war against Iraq. Organized by United For Peace and Justice this event was part of a worldwide effort, as tens of millions of people on every continent stood together to say no to war. Because the NYC Police Department made it difficult to get to the protest, most people could not see or hear the incredible range of speakers and performers. Produced by The Empowerment Project this video is a video record of the stage speakers and performers, including notables Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Harry Belafonte, Susan Sarandon, Angela Davis, Holly Near, Pete Seeger, and Richie Havens. Also featured are spokespersons Leslie Cagan, Julian Bond, Medea Benjamin, Reverend Graylan Hagler, and Miles Solay. Now you can see the entire program from that historic day and retain it as an archive. Funds from the sale of the video will go to continue empowerment projects, peace and justice work and a donation will be made to United for Peace and Justice for every order placed.
  

  Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders

  A film by Joan Sadoff , Dr. Robert Sadoff and Laura J. Lipson , 2002, 61 min., Color/BW
  In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Neither lawyers nor politicia...
  

  Stanley

  From the Caring at the End of Life Series..This disturbing case study raises complex issues about medical prognosis and religious belief in end-of-life decision-making.
  This disturbing case study raises complex issues about medical prognosis and religious belief in end-of-life decision-making. Part of the <i>Caring at the End of Life</i> series.
  

  A State of Danger

  England, 1989, 28 minutes, Color, VHS
  Shot in Israel and the Occupied Territories, this extraordinary documentary offers a unique, vital perspective on the Intifada seldom seen in U.S. mainstream media. Produced for the BBC, A State of Danger gives voice to Palestinian and Israeli peace activists, most of them women. Chilling testimonies to Israeli police brutality are supplemented by interviews with Israelis who support Palestinian self-determination. A STATE OF DANGER is a compelling, timely documentary that examines grassroots support, human rights and the role of Arab and Jewish women in bringing peace to the region.
  

  State of Fear: The Truth About Terrorism

  94 minutes • DVD-R
  How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy? Based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, State of Fear follows events in Peru, yet serves as a cautionary tale for a nation like the United States. Filmmakers Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, and Paco de Onis masterfully blend personal testimony, history and archival footage to tell the story of escalating violence in the Andean nation and how the fear of terror undermined their democracy, making Peru a virtual dictatorship where official corruption replaced the rule of law. Terrorist attacks by Shining Path insurgents provoked a military occupation of the countryside. Military justice replaced civil authority, widespread abuses by the Peruvian Army went unpunished, and the terrorism continued to spread. Nearly 70,000 civilians eventually died at the hands of Shining Path and the Peruvian military.
  

  States of UnBelonging

  63 minutes • DVD
  The core of this haunting reflection on war, land, the Bible, and filmmaking is a portrait of Revital Ohayon, an Israeli filmmaker and mother killed in a terrorist act on a kibbutz near the West Bank. Director Lynne Sachs creates a film essay on the violence of the Middle East by exchanging letters and images with her Israeli friend Nir Zats. Together, they reveal Revitals story through her films, news reports, and interviews, culminating in heartbreaking footage of children discussing the violence theyve witnessed and an unforgettable visit with Ohayons grieving family
  

  Stealing America: Vote by Vote

  Please contact us for discounts on multiple-unit purchases.

  STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote documents significant irregularities in the Presidential election of 2004. While raising crucial questions, interviewees underscore the fact that election fraud and election reform are not partisan issues. We follow the stories of people who face a spectrum of challenges: from grassroots organizing to groundbreaking legislation. The overriding question that the film presents is: How can we create an election system in which voters have confidence, and in which they trust that their votes will be counted fairly?

  The film weaves together dramatic behind-the-scenes experiences of poll workers, computer security experts, journalists, politicians, activists and voters of all ages. We hear from those who feel their communities were targeted for intimidation during the election, side by side with descriptions of irregular machine tallies, in which the number of votes tallied don't equal the number of votes cast.

  Questions the film raises include: what caused statistically significant discrepancies between exit polls and final official vote tallies? Why was the mainstream media virtually silent about a spectrum of anomalies? What caused technical glitches such as votes switching from one candidate to another on touch screen voting machines in at least thirteen states? We hear from students who waited more than 12 hours to vote in OHIO, as well as Native American and Hispanic voters in New Mexico who registered to vote for the first time, only to learn that their votes were not counted.

  The Presidential election of 2004 ignited both personal, as well as political passions for millions of people. For many, their involvement did not end when the election was over.
  STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote documents significant irregularities in the Presidential election of 2004.
  

  Steel and Ice, The Trolley Days of Winter

  50 minutes
  In Steel And Ice: The Trolley Days of Winter, Transit Gloria Mundi has gathered some of the most stunning motion pictures ever collected of traction operations in the snow, and combined them with a haunting musical score to create an evocative picture of traction operations in the deep of winter.
  

  Steel City Traction 2: West End Story

  48 minutes, almost all color
  Steel City Traction 2: West End Story documents the final years of street railway operations on the city's West End, immediately prior to the conversion to bus in 1959. We take a day's journey just as a trolley enthusiast might, w ith complete coverage of Route 25 - Island Avenue, 26 - West Park, 27 - Carnegie, 28 - Heidelberg, 30 - Crafton-Ingram, and 34/31 - Elliott-Sheraden. All the points of interest on every line are covered - bridges, private right-of-way, single track. We even include some rare shots of Route 23 on Neville Island, and the Thornburg shuttle.
  

  Steel City Traction 3: The North Side

  approximately one hour
  Pittsburgh's North Side was home to some of the Steel City's most-loved trolley lines. Route 21 Fineview had some of the steepest grades, tightest turns, and most spectacular views in the entire city. The West View loop (Routes 10 West View and 15 Bellevue) had one of the system's longest stretches of private right-of-way, and a spectacular high bridge.
  

  Steel City Traction: The South Side Lines

  107 minutes
  Steel City Traction: The South Side Lines tells the story of the lines that operated southward from downtown Pittsburgh, including routes 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 53, the interurbans to Washington and Charleroi, five of the inclines, the experimental Skybus line, and the current light rail system.
  

  Step on a Crack

  Six people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) describe how it has affected their lives and how they have learned to cope through medication psychotherapy behavioral therapy and mutual support.
  Six people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder describe how they have learned to cope through medication psychotherapy behavioral therapy and mutual support.
  

  Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977

  A videotape by Joyce Follet , 1998, 56 min., Color
  "****Proving beyond a doubt that feminism began well before the 1960s, and that its players were not just the white middle class, this inspiring tape ...
  

  Stephanie

  A film by Peggy Stern , 1986, 58 min., Color/BW
  Following the filmmaker's teenage neighbor through six pivotal years of her life, Stephanie documents her dreams and disappointments through adolescen...
  

  #446: Steroids: The Hard Truth

  Steroid use is growing in popularity among high school athletes and non-athletes alike. Co-hosted by Kevin Sorbo, star of popular TV series Hercules and Andromeda, this program addresses the use of supplements and illegal anabolic steroids by girls as well as boys. In this special, teens from across the country discuss the media influence as well as pressure from coaches and friends as contributing to the allure of steroids for sports and self-image. We hear from an ex-user who describes the devastating effects steroid use had on his life. Medical experts, including the directors of an effective steroid prevention program, explain the dangerous side effects of and the misconceptions about steroids. We also visit a steroid prevention program in the Portland high schools where teens, doctors, physical trainers and a nutritionist show how to build up by eating and exercising the right way. Winner PRISM Commendation Award *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.
  

  Stigmata

  A videotape by Leslie Asako Gladsj? , 1991, 27 min., Color
  STIGMATA is a riveting look at body modification such as tattooing, cutting, piercing and branding, practices which are becoming increasingly popular ...
  

  Still Life

  This unusual documentary probes the imaginative shadow traffic between the living and the dead. Crafted from interviews with 'gross anatomy' students medical faculty and a man who plans to donate his body to a medical school it explores the unstated
  Explores the emotional relationship between medical students in anatomy courses and the cadavers which make it possible for them to learn about the human body. The film includes a discussion of body donation.
  

  STILL DOING IT: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65

  54 min.
  Flying in the face of this cultures extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, age 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. Outspoken for their generation, these women mark a sea change. Women over 65 are already the fastest growing segment of the population and when the baby boomers begin to turn 65 in 2011 their numbers will swell. STILL DOING IT looks at this societys complex relationship to women and aging with revelatory results.
  

  STILL DOING IT: The Intimate Lives of Women over 65

  DVD, 54 min., 2004
  Flying in the face of this culture's extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. FOR HOME USE
  

  STILL DOING IT: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65 - DVD & Book

  DVD, 54 min., 2004 Book, October 2008
  Flying in the face of this cultures extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging.
  

  Still Missing

  42 min.
  Almost every day in this country a child is abducted by a non-family member. Often the abductor is a child molester. STILL MISSING approaches this subject via the parents of four children who were taken from their families. Through their stories we learn not only about their grief, but also about how police and communities should respond to reports of missing children, how to recognize and report a missing child, and maybe most importantly, how these crimes may be prevented by early intervention and treatment of juvenile sex offenders.
  

  Still Standing

  Comes with Study Guide
  Still Standing is an intimate portrayal of the challenges faced by Katrina survivors as they rebuild their lives in New York City and in New Orleans. Still Standing puts a human face to the stories of corruption and incompetence that jeopardize the lives and well-being of Katrina survivors six months after the storm. Daina is a single mother looking for housing, employment and the chance to reunite with her children; while Bilal's post-Katrina experiences drive him to become politically active. Bilal's mother, Ms. Gertrude, is a New Orleans homeowner caught in a real estate frenzy. Still Standing reveals familiar issues in American urban communities: the neglect of poor and minority neighborhoods, the inadequacy of public assistance to provide long-term solutions and the struggles necessary to bring about positive change.
  

  Stilt Dancers of Long Bow Village

  "They're just humble workers from China. But come festival time, they paint their faces, strap on wooden stilts as tall as stop signs, and put on an act that's a combination political rally, commedia dell'arte, and steeplechase. It's a weird and astonishing spectacle, and filmmakers Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon show it off beautifully in this whimsical short." The Boston Phoenix, April 6, 1982
  

  Stitch for Time, A

  Running time: 53 min, Year released: 1987 Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
  Documents the determination of a group of ordinary women from a small American town who band together to influence national public policy and and foreign relations. To penetrate the abstract and bureaucratic world of international policy-making, the women develop a tangible and enchanting expression of their desire for peace: quiltmaking.
  

  Stolen Lives

  Takes a hard look at boys and girls who are being exploited in the fast-growing business of selling children for sex in North America.
  Takes a hard look at the issue of children in the sex trade through the eyes of the teenaged boys and girls who are being exploited in the fast-growing business of selling children for sex in North America.
  

  #801: Stop Bullying...Take A Stand!

  Research from the Health Resources and Services Administrations (HRSA) National Bullying Campaign shows that up to 25% of U.S. students are bullied each year. As many as 160,000 may stay home from school on any given day because they are afraid of being bullied. Now, the growing trend of cyberbullying comes into the home via computers. At least 1 out of 3 teens say they have been seriously threatened online, and 60% of teens say they have participated in online bullying. Hosted by Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, herself a victim of severe harassment, this solution oriented program presents a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to preventing bullying. It also provides help and advice to victims, parents and bystanders. Her personal experience is interwoven with compelling stories of teens who have also been bullied. must buy for school libraries.Booklist *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.
  

  Stop the Church

  In Robert Hilferty's indictment of the Catholic church, the filmmaker looks at both sides of what this two-thousand-year-old power structure has meant to different people. &nbsp;Hilferty takes his audience from concept to fruition of the controversial demonstration against Cardinal John O'Connor at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 1989. Stop the Church is a success story about individuals working together to regain power over their lives by challenging the forces which would otherwise unfavorably determine their fate.
  

  Stories No One Wants to Hear

  An experimental documentary combinning interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma.
  An experimental documentary combining interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma: incest by mothers and siblings.
  

  Stories No One Wants to Hear

  An experimental documentary combinning interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma.
  An experimental documentary combining interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma: incest by mothers and siblings.
  

  Stories No One Wants to Hear

  An experimental documentary combinning interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma.
  An experimental documentary combining interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma: incest by mothers and siblings.
  

  Stories No One Wants to Hear

  An experimental documentary combinning interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma.
  An experimental documentary combining interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma: incest by mothers and siblings.
  

  Stories of Lupus

  Recently diagnosed with lupus the filmmakers go on the road to interview others enduring the precarious roller coaster of symptoms treatment flare-ups and recoveries which characterize this complex mysterious and often life-threatening disease.
  Recently diagnosed with lupus the filmmakers go on the road to interview others enduring the precarious roller coaster of symptoms treatment flare-ups and recoveries which characterize this complex mysterious and often life-threatening disease.
  

  Stories From the War on Homosexuality: The Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 1

  For the first time, digitally re-mastered DVDs of Coming Out Under Fire, Family Fundamentals, and Licensed to Kill are available together in Stories From the War on Homosexuality: The Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 1. The collection has over 4 hours of additional material and bonus features, including more than 2 hours of previously unreleased footage, viewer guides for each title, and much more. Packaged in a specially designed Collector’s Edition box priced at a savings over individual purchase of each DVD.
  

  Stories of Change

  57 min.
  A timely and compelling story of survival, STORIES OF CHANGE presents portraits of four ethnically diverse women  Hispanic, Caucasian, Vietnamese and African-American  who surmount alcoholism, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and cultural barriers. Reaching deep inside themselves, these courageous women find self-confidence, dignity, and a renewed sense of purpose. STORIES OF CHANGE gives hope and inspiration to all people facing difficult challenges in their lives.
  

  Storme

  A film by Michelle Parkerson , 1987, 21 min., Color
  ?It ain't easy?being green? is the favorite expression of Storme DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the ...
  

  A Storyteller's Story

  Diane Wolkstein: A Storyteller's Story explores the extraordinary career of one of the world's most celebrated storytellers. In 1967, the City of New York offered Diane the position of Official Storyteller and she traveled throughout the city telling stories in parks, schools, and hospitals. Her commitment to the art and preservation of storytelling took her to Haiti where she collected folk tales in Creole from local storytellers. Her love of myth led her to perform and publish the first modern translation of the ancient Mesopotamian epic Inanna. Now, forty years and twentythree books later, A Storyteller's Story reveals how Diane  as artist, scholar, folklorist, teacher, and cultural anthropologist  came to be at the forefront of the modern storytelling movement. Through archival footage, indepth interviews, and spellbinding performances, this thirtyseven minute film illuminates the power of storytelling and shows one woman's courageous journey to communicate hearttoheart.
  

  Straight Up Life

  Exploring the growing problem of dual diagnosis this video follows several young people in a program for drug/alcohol abusers diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
  Exploring the growing problem of dual diagnosis this video follows several young people in a program for drug and alcohol abusers who have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
  

  Straight Boy Lessons

  Beginning the transition from female to male, a trans-guy seeks counseling from a non-trans pal. &nbsp;Come along for an illustrated lesson on the do's and don'ts of being a straight boy.
  

  Straight from the Heart

  24 minutes
  Straight from the Heart (24 minutes), explores the complex relationships between parents and their lesbian and gay children through simple stories about real people: a police chief who talks about his pride in his lesbian daughter, a Mormon couple whose son is believed to be the first gay man in Idaho to have died from AIDS, a Black woman whose two lesbian daughters who have been accused of "catching" their lesbianism from White people. The video was nominated for the Academy Award for a Short Subject Documentary in 1995.
  

  Strange & Charmed

  Not long ago, we believed the smallest elements of the universe were protons, neutrons and electrons. &nbsp;Then we discovered that these tiny particles are made up of even smaller particles called quarks. &nbsp;There are six kinds of quarks and their names are Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange and Charmed.
  

  Streetlife

  Introduces us to several displaced and homeless families and to the often over-burdened people who try to help them.
  Introduces us to several displaced and homeless families and to the often over-burdened people who try to help them.
  

  STREET ART: From the Can to the Canvas

  16 minutes
  EVC youth interview graffiti artists, city officials and police officers. They explore the history of graffiti, learn where and how graffiti artists do their work, and examine new graffiti policies.
  

  #906 Stress Rx... Yoga and Meditation

  Stressfrom school, friends and family issuesis common among students. This latest video focuses on integrated wellness as we introduce a diverse group of stressed out eighth graders to twice-weekly sessions of yoga and meditation. Some of the teens are experiencing headaches, dropping grades, sleeping too little or too much, and depression. Others turn their stress outward in anger and violence toward others. However, they are clear about their desire to better handle stress and change their behaviors. Over the course of three months, we see how they acquire the skills to deal with their issues in a constructive way. Viewers will gain an understanding of the mind/body connection, and even learn a few stretches and breathing exercises they can use to relieve stress and improve mental and physical agility.  Teachers, counselors and social workers can use the video to open discussion in the context of stress reduction, anger management, and violence prevention. This unique video is part instructional, part inspirational.
  

  Stress: The Documentary

  29 minutes
  Stress: The Documentary profiles four high school students and their experiences with different kinds of stress: academic, post-traumatic, stress related to family illness and divorce and stress resulting from one's socio-economic environment and living conditions. EVC youth producers also interview social workers and physicians who discuss the physical effects of stress on young people and strategies for relieving it.
  

  Strokes of Genius: 6-PART SERIES

  A new movement in the history of art emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, not in Europe but in America. Strokes of Genius, a six-part film series, examines the personal lives and artistic contributions of the principal leaders of the Abstract Expressionist movement.

  de Kooning on de Kooning
  In this last appearance by the artist, Willem and Elaine de Kooning reminisce about the artist's career ? from de Kooning's arrival in New York City in the '30s and his early success as a commercial artist; the association with the Works Projects Administration; and reactions to his profound success and the interest in his work.

  Arshile Gorky
  In this intimate portrait, Gorky shares his innermost feelings as letters from him to his sister and wife are read over candid black and white photographs.

  Franz Kline Remembered
  When Franz Kline arrived in New York in 1939, he had studied painting in Boston and London, places far removed from his upbringing in the coal country of Pennsylvania. Beginning in colorful, representational work, he soon ventured into more abstraction, evoking the spirit of extreme poverty from his childhood.

  Jackson Pollock
  His name is synonymous with the new American art movement of the 1940s and '50s, that school of works known as Abstract Expressionism. For Pollock, the term action painting best described his most controversial work, produced, produced by dripping paint from cans or pouring and hurling paint onto canvases.

  David Smith
  David Smith showed an interest in art during high school and later learned techniques for handling and cutting metals while working at the local Studebaker automobile plant. He began is artistic career as a painter by turned increasingly to sculpture, influenced by the 1930s work of Picasso and Gonzalez; by 1935 he was working exclusively in welded steel.

  Also available as a separate item, In Search of Rothko
  The Abstract Expressionist movement emerged in America during the 1940s and 1950s. STROKES OF GENIUS, a 6-part film series, examines the lives and contributions of the artists who led this movement.
  

  Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky

  Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky fled the Turkish persecution and arrived in America in 1920. One of America's most poetic and powerful painters, Gorky's influence on his contemporaries gave birth to the New York School of abstract expressionist painting.

  In rare glimpses into his studio and through interviews with family and friends, this film recreates Gorky's world, examines the progression of his painting to the later, deeply felt work, that suggests the beauty and anguish of his lost Armenian homeland..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  

  Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

  
  Study of Armenian emigre and one of American's most poetic and powerful painters.
  

  Strokes of Genius: David Smith: Steel Into Sculpture

  Steel Into Sculpture traces the three major phases of sculptor David Smith's career, featuring representative pieces and scenes of the artist at work. Examining family and friends, the film provides a personal account of his relationship to his art, his materials, and his landscape..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  

  Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

  
  Traces the three major phases of sculptor David Smith's career, featuring representative pieces and scenes of the artist at work. Examining family and friends, the film provides a personal account of his relationship to his art, his materials, and his landscape.
  

  Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

  Willem de Kooning is regarded as the most illustrious abstract expressionist painter of the New York School. This award-winning film offers probing interviews with de Kooning himself as he recalls his early struggles, remembers his camaraderie with key figures in the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1940s, and offers glimpses into his inspirations and motivations. Rare historical film footage enlivens de Kooning`s words, showing him slashing paint onto canvas and masterfully creating large-scale drawings. This landmark document delivers a dynamic portrait of one of America`s most acclaimed artists..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  Lively and intimate portrait illustrates the different phases of de Kooning`s career, capturing the vivid individualism of this prolific painter.
  

  Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning

  Willem de Kooning is regarded as the most illustrious abstract expressionist painter of the New York School. This award-winning film offers probing interviews with de Kooning himself as he recalls his early struggles, remembers his camaraderie with key figures in the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1940s, and offers glimpses into his inspirations and motivations. Rare historical film footage enlivens de Kooning`s words, showing him slashing paint onto canvas and masterfully creating large-scale drawings. This landmark document delivers a dynamic portrait of one of America`s most acclaimed artists..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  Lively and intimate portrait illustrates the different phases of de Kooning's career, capturing the vivid individualism of this prolific painter.
  

  Strokes of Genius: Franz Kline Remembered

  Hosted by Dustin Hoffman, the film portrays Franz Kline, best known for his vigorous, large-scale black and white abstractions. Kline (1910-1962) is one of the preeminent painters of our century. Rare personal interviews with Kline's contemporaries explore the iconoclastic spirit of the artist. Beginning in his childhood in Pennsylvania's coal towns to his bohemian lifestyle in the Greenwich Village of the 1930's and 40's, Franz Kline Remembered documents the struggles, innovations, and triumphs of one of the New York School's most daring artists..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  

  Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

  
  Documents the struggles, innovations and triumphs of one of the New York School's most daring artists.
  

  Strokes of Genius: In Search of Rothko

  The life and art of abstract artist Mark Rothko are examined through the inquiring mind of an art student. This survey of his work was taken from a retrospective assembled by the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. The film traces the progression of Rothko's work from figuration in the 1920's to biomorphism and surrealism in the '30s and '40s, and to his mature and best-known color fields from the 1960's..

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  The life and art of abstract artist Mark Rothko are examined through the inquiring mind of an art student.
  

  Strokes of Genius: Jackson Pollock: Portrait

  Jackson Pollock shocked the world with his now legendary drip paintings of the late 1940s. This portrait of the maverick painter depicts Pollock`s youth in the American West and reaches into the complex mind of the artist whose wildly original paintings altered the course of art history. In rare film footage, Pollock is shown in action: physical and fully focused, he slashes at canvases with a remarkable explosion of color and energy. This award-winning documentary offers insight into the genius of one of this century`s most provocative painters.

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  

  Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

  
  Portrait of the maverick painter depicts Pollock's youth and reaches into the mind of the artist whose wildly original paintings altered the course of art history.
  

  Strokes of Genius: Jackson Pollock: Portrait

  Jackson Pollock shocked the world with his now legendary drip paintings of the late 1940??1/2s. This portrait of the maverick painter depicts Pollock??1/2s youth in the American West and reaches into the complex mind of the artist whose wildly original paintings altered the course of art history. In rare film footage, Pollock is shown in action: physical and fully focused, he slashes at canvases with a remarkable explosion of color and energy. This award-winning documentary offers insight into the genius of one of this century??1/2s most provocative painters.

  Click here for information on the 5-part Strokes of Genius series
  

  Hosted by actor Dustin Hoffman.

  
  Portrait of the maverick painter depicts Pollock's youth and reaches into the mind of the artist whose wildly original paintings altered the course of art history.
  

  Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan.

  85 minutes, English and English with Japanese sub-titles.
  From the remarks of prominent politicians to sambo dolls and "darkie" toothpaste, the perception of most Americans is that the Japanese view African Americans and other ethnic minorities as inferior. These negative perceptions have led to anger and frustration among African Americans in the US. Ironically, despite the perception, some African Americans have made Japan their home and profess to find Japanese culture overall more tolerant than American culture. How can they find a home in Japan? What is it about Japanese culture that can generate such enthusiasm and passion? What are the internal conflicts African Americans must experience living in Japan?
  

  Struggling Unions

  Labor unions played major roles in the history and politics of the 20th Century. They were a part of the New Deal-Fair Deal coalition that enacted Social Security and the G.I. bill in the US, and they played a similar role in Canada and overseas. Once, unionized workers were paid substantially more in wages and benefits than non-union workers; but now the margin is smaller. Are unions now an endangered social institution? Or can unions revive? Struggling Unions, Merrimack's newest video, examines this question by reporting on a new generation of leaders struggling to reform and revitalize their unions. This 35-minute video has case studies of three unions undergoing dramatic change: the Carpenters union, the Teamsters, and District 37 of AFSCME, the large New York City municipal union. Interviews with union leaders, union reformers, and labor experts tie the struggles in these three unions to the broader effort to reverse the long-term decline in union membership.
  

  #506: Student Power!: Organizing For School Reform

  When you are a teen, school is the center of your life and has a direct impact on your future. Yet, the majority of teens feel helpless to effect the change that is needed to get a better education, particularly in underprivileged areas. This episode profiles youth-led organizations engaged in grassroots activism around issues of school reform, including Youth Organizing Communities, an East Los Angeles group working from within the largest public high school in the country, Providence-based Youth In Action, and Publicolor, a group that paints neglected New York area schools. The program shows the process, obstacles, training of youth leaders, and identification of issues involved in successful school reform. Young Adult Library Services Association Selected Videos list Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award The informed and well spoken teen leaders offer intelligent suggestions and discuss strategies for success. Presenting reminders about utilizing creative solutions and offering realistic demands, this well-produced video will be popular with its intended audience.  Booklist *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.
  

  Stuffed

  ?The white sales have started?? is the opening line of this engaging documentary as the camera tracks through an impossibly crammed corridor to reveal the speaker totally surrounded by her stuff. An estimated two-percent of the population are
  Some people can't seem to throw anything away. This engaging documentary invites us to enter the mind of the compulsive hoarder while dispelling the stereotype that all packrats are isolated elderly derelicts. Hoarding is widely thought to be related t
  

  Style Wars

  210 min./32 min./70 min.
  STYLE WARS chronicles teenage graffiti artists making New Yorks ramshackle subways their personal playground and spectacular artistic canvas while Mayor Koch, the police and Transit Authority struggle for control of long-neglected public space. Superbly photographed, with classic Rock Steady B-boy battles. Newly acclaimed at festivals worldwide. The DVD contextualizes urban cultures worldwide impact with 32 updated interviews, artwork and archive materials.
  

  Subrosa

  A film by Helen Lee , 2000, 22 min., Color
  SUBROSA traces a young woman's journey to Korea, the land of her birth, to find the mother she's never known. This exquisitely crafted drama probes th...
  

  Sudesha

  A film directed by Deepa Dhanraj , 1983, 30 min., 3 in series, Color
  SUDESHA tells the story of one woman involved in the "Chipko" environmental movement in India....
  

  Suite Habana

  2003, 80 Min.
  A poetic homage to the city of Havana, this breathtaking film portrays Cubas capital as no other art form has before. A loving and melancholic picture over a 24 hour period of life of this city, the film follows ten ordinary Habaneros as they go about their daily routine. There is no dialogue and no need for it either; music and natural sound accompany the multiplicity of images that weave a unique and intimate picture of a city full of contradictions and contrasts, a city of accomplished and frustrated dreams.
  

  Summer In My Veins

  A gay Indian filmmaker travels across America with his family visiting from India, as he struggles to come out to them. He was tested for HIV before he left for the trip and will not recieve his results until they return. Under the threat of terminal illness, made very real by an unsafe encounter with an HIV-positive man, the filmmaker explores the dynamics of secrecy and love that mark this very close family. Pushing the limits of personal documentary every moment, every achingly intimate moment -- including coming out to his mother -- is caught on tape.
  

  Summer In My Veins (Director's Cut)

  A gay Indian filmmaker travels across America with his family visiting from India, as he struggles to come out to them. &nbsp;He was tested for HIV before he left for the trip and will not recieve his results until they return. Under the threat of terminal illness, made very real by an unsafe encounter with an HIV-positive man, the filmmaker explores the dynamics of secrecy and love that mark this very close family. Pushing the limits of personal documentary every moment, every achingly intimate moment -- including coming out to his mother -- is caught on tape.
  

  Summer of the Serpent

  A film by Kimi Takesue , 2004, 27 min., Color
  This beautiful short drama exquisitely explores the unlikely bond that develops between two people from different worlds. Eight-year old Juliette sits...
  

  Summer's End

  A story for young adults about a girl who is pressured to become more feminine as she approaches puberty.

  The last day of the 1948 summer is a day eleven year-old Kath can be all the things she wants to be--pirate captain, Tarzan, or marble champion. However, because she's entering the sixth grade on Monday, her mother has decided that Kath must become a girl, getting her pigtails cut off and a perm in her hair. Kath's father, who helped Kath build her clubhouse and taught her to play ball, is caught in the middle.

  This beautifully reminiscent film captures the heart of small town America while transcending both time and place. All audiences will enjoy this genuine tale of conformity and growing pains.

  Click here to visit the Summer's End website.

  Click here for information about Beth Brickell's other film, A Rainy Day
  A story for young adults about a girl who is pressured to become more feminine as she approaches puberty.
  

  The Sun Ship Game

  1970; 80 Min.
  Flying hundreds of miles a day through wild weather with no engine requires feats of airmanship unprecedented in human history and known before only to the birds. Soaring birds are able to accomplish these feats through instincts developed over millions of years. A new strain of human being is able to make these flights through strenuous mental effort, calculation and sensational feel for the air. George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky are great pilots and good friends who compete in the sport of Soaring for speed and distance in aircraft without engines  sleek competition gliders. Both would like to win the U.S. Soaring Championship. Derujinsky relies most on feel and creative impulse to sense his way through invisible air currents. Moffat does the same but relies more on a hand calculator he constantly works in his cockpit. This film "The Sun Ship Game", voyages with both pilots into the sky at a regional contest in Vermont and into wild weather with eighty three other competitors in Marfa, Texas. Through eight days of hard flying in skies alternately filled with brilliant beauty and black violence, their two approaches arrive at a dramatic conclusion and one of them is name the U.S. Champion. ****25% Discount for orders between 10 and 50 ****
  

  The Sun Ship Game (51+)

  1970; 80 Min.
  Flying hundreds of miles a day through wild weather with no engine requires feats of airmanship unprecedented in human history and known before only to the birds. Soaring birds are able to accomplish these feats through instincts developed over millions of years. A new strain of human being is able to make these flights through strenuous mental effort, calculation and sensational feel for the air. George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky are great pilots and good friends who compete in the sport of Soaring for speed and distance in aircraft without engines  sleek competition gliders. Both would like to win the U.S. Soaring Championship. Derujinsky relies most on feel and creative impulse to sense his way through invisible air currents. Moffat does the same but relies more on a hand calculator he constantly works in his cockpit. This film "The Sun Ship Game", voyages with both pilots into the sky at a regional contest in Vermont and into wild weather with eighty three other competitors in Marfa, Texas. Through eight days of hard flying in skies alternately filled with brilliant beauty and black violence, their two approaches arrive at a dramatic conclusion and one of them is name the U.S. Champion. ****30% Discount for orders of 51 or more ****
  

  The Sun Ship Game (International)

  1970; 80 Min.
  Flying hundreds of miles a day through wild weather with no engine requires feats of airmanship unprecedented in human history and known before only to the birds. Soaring birds are able to accomplish these feats through instincts developed over millions of years. A new strain of human being is able to make these flights through strenuous mental effort, calculation and sensational feel for the air. George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky are great pilots and good friends who compete in the sport of Soaring for speed and distance in aircraft without engines  sleek competition gliders. Both would like to win the U.S. Soaring Championship. Derujinsky relies most on feel and creative impulse to sense his way through invisible air currents. Moffat does the same but relies more on a hand calculator he constantly works in his cockpit. This film "The Sun Ship Game", voyages with both pilots into the sky at a regional contest in Vermont and into wild weather with eighty three other competitors in Marfa, Texas. Through eight days of hard flying in skies alternately filled with brilliant beauty and black violence, their two approaches arrive at a dramatic conclusion and one of them is name the U.S. Champion. ****35% Discount for orders of 10 or more ****
  

  Sundae in New York

  New York's irrepressible former mayor Ed Koch, singing a special rendition of New York, New York, stars in this amusing and energetic clay animation extravaganza. With cameo appearances by such famous figures and Frank Sinatra, Woody Allen, Rodney Dangerfield and Groucho Marx, SUNDAE IN NEW YORK is an exuberant four minutes that will delight audiences of all ages.
  
  

  Sunshine

  2009, dvd, 73 min. or 53 min.(classroom version)
  An unplanned pregnancy for an unplanned girl sets off SUNSHINE, a playful, yet ultimately stirring self-portrait of an adopted woman driven to search for answers through reconnection with her biological mother. Woven together from over 10 years of super 8 and video home movies, intimate family interviews, shimmering dance sequences and stylized reenactments, SUNSHINE offers a refreshingly rare glimpse on the current day transformations taking place within our most sacred of institutions, the family.
  

  Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren

  A portrait of the much loved and much despised justice who dramatically changed Constitutional interpretation while on the bench of the Supreme Court. As a District Attorney in 1930's, he arrested Communist labor organizers; as Chief Justice in the 1950's, he upheld Communists' free speech rights. Ten years after he advocated the removal of Japanese-Americans to internment camps, his Brown vs. Board of Education decision sparked the rise of the civil rights movement. Earl Warren was arguably, the most beloved and the most hated Supreme Court Chief Justice America has ever known. Narrated by Gregory Peck.
  Presents a compelling portrait of the controversial Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Captures Warren in rare archival footage and explores the impact and meaning of his ground-breaking rulings.
  

  The Support Project

  Documents an effort to improve end-of-life care in hospitals through encouraging better patient family and physician communication.
  Documents an effort to improve end-of-life care in hospitals through encouraging better patient family and physician communication.
  

  The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo

  2003, 90 min.
  Colombian biographer, linguist, filmmaker, novelist, musician and biologist Fernando Vallejo came to global acclaim through filmmaker Barbet Schroeders adaptation of his novel, Our Lady of the Assassins." Vallejos writing has been praised for its force and rigor, and critics have singled him out as one of the leading Latin American authors. Considered a provocateur by many for his politically incorrect and bold accusations, he is nonetheless an essential critic of the atrocities committed in his beloved country, from which he was forced to exile (he has lived in Mexico over 20 years). An intimate and extraordinary documentary about an eccentric iconoclast.
  

  Surfacing

  Surfacing conrtrasts the very different ways in which three young gay men come out in their suburban landscapes. &nbsp;One finds overwhelming support from his friends and family while another confronts the prejudice of both kids at school and his religious mother. &nbsp;Using a slow driving rhythm, the effective stories of these two boys are interwoven like a conversation, contrasted by a third experience, written in text, which illustrates the emotions of being silent and hidden while gowing up gay. The three-way conversation speaks honestly about the very difficult issues of being young and gay. An excellent discussion starter.
  

  The Surge: The Whole Story

  2009; 70 Min.
  Since the invasion in 2003, hundreds of thousands of troops from 40 countries had deployed to Iraq but, by 2007, sectarian violence was on the rise and Iraq was descending into chaos. The situation was desperate and required a new strategythe Surge. General Petraeus and over 20,000 additional combat troops were sent to Iraq. A year later, the rates of violence and sectarian killing had plummeted and the fledgling government of Iraq was gaining support. The mission to restore order in a failed state succeeded beyond all expectations. THE SURGE: THE WHOLE STORY is a definitive account from those who were there. Every senior military officer and official who participated in the Surge was interviewed including Generals David Petraeus and Ray Odierno and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. They share their impressions, doubts, and the rationale beyond their gut-wrenching decisions. They tell about the new programs they developed, the now legendary SONS OF IRAQ and SUNNI AWAKENING. THE SURGE: THE WHOLE STORY  Told by those who were there. Real people. Real heroes.
  

  Survivors

  (Living With Spinal Cord Injury series): Explores the problems of growing old with a disability.
  <i>Living With Spinal Cord Injury series:</i> Explores the problems of growing old with a disability.
  

  Surviving Death

  This documentary profiles individuals who are negotiating a new relationship with life through the grieving process. Seven people from a variety of cultural backgrounds speak openly about how they have been affected by the death of someone close to them.
  Seven people from a variety of cultural backgrounds speak openly about how they have been affected by the death of someone close to them and about the ways they have found to survive their loss.
  

  Surviva

  A film by Carol Clement and Ariel Dougherty , 1980, 32 min.
  A refreshing weave of documentary, animation and nature montage examining the woman artist's relationship to work and community. An Artemisia and Wome...
  

  Surviving Friendly Fire

  There are 1.4 million homeless youths on the streets of America; ten thousand of these youths live on the streets of Hollywood. They are runaways, some are ?throwaways,? abandoned or forcefully exiled from their families? homes. The average age of these youths is fifteen. About a third of them are gay, lesbian or transgender. In their survival these young people endure familial abuse, suicide attempts, drugs and alcohol, prostitution, and life on the streets.
  

  Surviving Sabu

  Surviving Sabu is the story of the difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father, refracted through the images of the late film star Sabu of Jungle Book and Elephant Boy.
  

  Susana

  A film by Susana Mu?oz , 1980, 25 min., BW
  In this autobiographical portrait, Susana leaves her native Argentina to live her life outside the strictures of Latin American cultural and family pr...
  

  Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse

  For over twenty years, the superb American ballerina Suzanne Farrell was the last great muse and quintessential interpreter of the celebrated choreographer George Balanchine. Born in Cincinnati, Suzanne Farrell was initially a reluctant ballet student. On her fifteenth birthday, her determined mother took her to New York, where she auditioned for the revolutionary Balanchine. At 16, she was asked to join his company, the New York City Ballet.

  To the public, Suzenne Farrell became their legendary and beloved ballerina, reaaching international fame. To George Balanchine, she was his supreme inspiration and the object of an often obsessive love. For the luminous young ballerina Balanchine (42 years her senior) was her genius mentor and her first love.

  This Academy Award-nominated documentary eloquently weaves together vintage and extraordinary never-before-seen archival clips of her radiant performances with one of the most compelling and bittersweet love stories of our time. It includes rare footage of Balanchine's Apollo, Meditation, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Don Quixote, capturing Farrell's heart-stopping technique.

  After Balanchine's death on April 30, 1983, Suzanne Farrell continued to dance with New York City Ballet for several years, then on November 26, 1989, she gave her farewell performance. Today, she is an inspiring stager and expert teacher of Balanchine's ballets, passing on the great roles she danced to dancers around the world. It is a way for Suzanne Farrell to keep Balanchine and the dancer in her soul alive forever.

  Directores Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson's previous films, Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerina and Reflections of a Dancer: Alexandra Danilova further explore the world of ballet and illuminate the dancer's struggle to capture life as dance, and dance as life.
  Examines the life and work of American bellerina Suzanne Farrell, who was the last great muse and quintessential interpreter of celebrated choreographer George Balanchine.
  

  Sweating Indian Style

  A videotape by Susan Smith , 1994, 57 min., Color
  The appropriation of Native American traditions by non-Natives comes under thoughtful scrutiny in this insightful documentary. As it follows the New ...
  

  Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise your Voice

  2005, 84 min.
  Sweet Honey In The Rock is a Grammy Award-winning African American female a cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the black church - spirituals, hymns, gospel - as well as jazz and blues. Five women join their powerful voices, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics, movement and narrative that relate history, point a finger at injustice, and sing the praises of love.
  

  Sweet Life

  Two men jump out of their cozy bed on a very important morning. In the kitchen, bowls, spoons and even an old mixer wait impatiently as the lovers get to work blending mountains of sugar, tons of butter, wine, books and even the odd shoe into what promises to be a fabulous concoction. As the mysterious batter bakes, their pace frenzies, and they whip their cottage and themselves into a frothy fantasy. When the kitchen timer rings, the men are blessed with the joys of parenthood.
  

  Sweet Old Song

  DVD, 2002
  National treasure Howard Louie Bluie Armstrong performed for most of his 94 years, from the time his father carved his first fiddle from a wooden crate. In his final years, Armstrong shared a life of creativity and feisty humor with Barbara Ward, an artist thirty years younger than him. Together they undertook a bittersweet journey to discover the past and their place in it.
  

  Sweet Power

  A film by L?cia Murat , 1996, 98 min., Color
  During a tumultuous political campaign, veteran broadcast journalist Bia takes over as news director of a major television network. Amidst multiple c...
  

  Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song

  Sweetback is the story of a pimp who kills two policemen who had been beating a black militant. Using his street-wise survival skills, he eludes his pursuers and escapes to Mexico.

  Designed as a cathartic experience for blacks and a consciousness-expanding one for whites, Melvin Van Peebles' ground-breaking film Sweetback is a milestone in American Cinema. Listed by some as one of the ten most important American films ever made, Sweetback has elicited worldwide controversy and acclaim. Its outrageousness has shown other filmmakers that they can create from their own experiences, outside the traditional system.

  
  Feature length fictional film tells the story of a pimp who kills two policemen who had been beating a Black militant. Using his street-wise survival skills, he eludes his pursuers and escapes to Mexico.
  

  Swiss Rebel, A

  Based on recently discovered archive material, this first-ever documentary about Annemarie Schwarzenbach is the portrait of a woman from one of the biggest fortunes of Zurich--a family with open inclinations towards the Nazi order.
  

  Sync Touch

  A film by Barbara Hammer
  In SYNC TOUCH, lesbian images are juxtaposed with common cliches, providing an ironic and humorous inquiry into the nature of the lesbian aesthetic....
  

  Syvilla

  A film by Ayoka Chenzira , 1979, 15 min.
  A portrait of Syvilla Fort focusing on the beauty of her choreography, the virtuosity of her dancing, and her role as teacher of a generation of Afric...