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Unbound

A film by Claudia Morgado Escanilla , 1994, 19 min., Color
UNBOUND is a docudrama in which sixteen women of differing nationalities, races and ideologies free themselves from societal definitions, stereotypes-...

Uncommon Ground

57 min.
Five L.A. high school students travel to South Africa to live with five black student activists the year Nelson Mandela is released from prison. Its a mutual journey of self-discovery, with touching moments of young people sharing their dreams and aspirations for a better world.

Uncommon Sense: The Art and Imagination of Nancy Willard

Uncommon Sense brings to life the magical world of Newberry award-winning children?s author Nancy Willard, as we trace the chain of inspirations leading to her latest book, The Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Caf?(r)1/4/EM> Using a combination of interviews, puppetry, and Nancy?s natural gift for teaching, Uncommon Sense explores how whimsy, play, and memory form the seeds of new characters and stories ? a process guaranteed to enchant aspiring storytellers, poets, and artists of all ages, as well as anyone interested in the mysteries of the creative process. So welcome to Nancy?s world ? a place where soda cans, broken valves, and even turkey bones contain the seeds of stories, and inspiration comes as naturally as breathing!
A portrait of children's author Nancy Willard, and how she generates inspiration for her stories.

Understanding Autism
Discusses the nature and symptoms of autism and outlines a treatment program based on behavioral modification which can be used in schools or at home.
Discusses the nature and symptoms of autism and outlines a treatment program based on behavioral modification which can be used in schools or at home.

Under California - The Limit of Time
1998, 96 min.
Crossing the Mexico-California border, Damian, a successful environmental artist, accidentally kills a pregnant woman. Desperate, he flees - leaving behind his wife and the imminent birth of their own child. Inconsolable in his grief, Damian is compelled to journey to his ancestral homeland in Baja, California. With the friendship of a native guide, Damian discovers rich lessons and a revived passion for existence. A spiritual odyssey/road movie, this visually stunning film contains the first footage ever shot of the wondrous ancient murals in the Sierras, the largest cave paintings in the world. This exuberant film debut from the award-winning editor of Like Water for Chocolate was the winner of 7 Ariel Awards (Mexican Academy Awards) in 1999 including Best Film and Best First Film.

Under the Skin Game
A videotape by Diane Nerwen , 1996, 18 min., Color
Visually and politically provocative, UNDER THE SKIN GAME combines images from instructional films, 1950's melodrama, and the nightly news to show how...

Underexposed
A videotape by Kathy High , 1992, 72 min., Color
Combining drama and documentary, UNDEREXPOSED: THE TEMPLE OF THE FETUS is a savvy and creative probe into high-tech baby-making. The fictional framew...

Undetectable
This gripping documentary follows six women and men straight and gay of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds over a three-year period as they deal for the first time with hope. Though the new multi-drug therapies for HIV disease offer a possible r
Follows the stories of six individuals from diverse backgrounds as they deal with the physical and psychological implication of new HIV drug therapies.

Unequal Education: Failing Our Children
21 minutes
A year in the life of two seventh graders reveals the stark contrast in resources and opportunities offered by each of their schools. While the schools are located in the same Bronx school district only a few miles apart, they represent two distinct neighborhoods that are socially and economically worlds apart. Unequal Education bears witness to the colossal failure of the local school system a tragedy of national proportion. This acclaimed documentary premiered nationally on the PBS series, Listening to America with Bill Moyers.

Unfinished Diary
A film by Marilu Mallet , 1986, 55 min., Color
In this moving docudrama, Chilean emigre Mallet struggles to make a film about her experience of profound isolation. Her English speaking husband, a p...

Unhung Heroes
Unhung Heroes is a short narrative video about five FTM (female to male) transgendered guys who, after discovering an internet article announcing the availability of penis transplants, plot ways to raise over a million dollars for surgery.  Packed with references to films like Reservoir Dogs, and to Busby Berkeley and Peter Berlin movies, this action-packed comedy starts with the boys' uneasy experiences of life as a "guy without a dick," then follows their rosy fantasies of life "post-transplant," and the crazy lengths to which they go to obtain surgery money.  Fun and colorful, Unhung Heroes provides insightful commentary on the tyranny of body parts and mainstream culture's policing of maleness.

Union Democracy
30 Minutes
The Wagner Act guarantees American workers the right to decide by secret ballot if they want a union to represent them. The Landrum-Griffin Act gives union members the right to select their officers in free elections. This 30-minute video uses historical footage and election case studies under the Wagner and Landrum-Griffin acts to show how both laws work. Victor Reuther, one of the founders of the United Auto Workers, recalls the campaign to organize the Ford Motor Company, while we're watching archival footage of that struggle. Chip Yablonski, whose father was murdered in the struggle to clean up the United Mine Workers, recalls that campaign and evaluates the effectiveness of Landrum-Griffin. Case studies cover attempts to organize a textile plant in North Carolina and to replace the leadership of a Boilermakers local. The video concludes with discussions of what reforms might lead to the revival of the American labor movement.

Union In Wait, A
Susan Parker and Wendy Scott were members of the Wake Forest Baptist Church in North Carolina. In 1997 the couple decided to have a union ceremony in Wake Forest University's Chapel, but the university prevented this from happening. A Union in Wait recounts the struggle of Parker and Scott to have their union recognized and the controversy that divided a community.

Union In Wait, A (Director's Cut)
Susan Parker and Wendy Scott were members of the Wake Forest Baptist Church in North Carolina. In 1997 the couple decided to have a union ceremony in Wake Forest University's Chapel, but the university prevented this from happening. A Union in Wait (Director's Cut) recounts the struggle of Parker and Scott to have their union recognized and the controversy that divided a community.

Union Maids
48 min.
Sitdowns, scabs, goon squads, unemployment, hunger marches, red baiting and finally the energetic birth of the CIO the 1930s were a landmark period for the American labor movement. UNION MAIDS is the story of three women who lived the history and make it come alive today

Unions in Crisis
30 Minutes
I n the last 40 years, union membership has declined from one third of the American labor force to less than one sixth. This 30-minute video uses historical footage and exclusive interviews with Victor Reuther, Ron Carey, Joseph Rauh, and other union activists to consider the reasons for the decline and ways to reverse it. Major crises of American labor, from the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act and the McClellan hearings to the PATCO firings and the UAW's defeats at Nissan and Caterpillar, are explored in detail. Labor activists and progressive union officials suggest how the labor movement can be revived through internal reform and national political change.

Unlearning Homophobia Series
Straight from the Heart (24 minutes), All God's Children (26 minutes), De Colores (28 minutes)
A one-disc compilation of three groundbreaking films Straight from the Heart, All God's Children, and De Colores. Each of the documentaries tackles the emotional issue of discriminations effect on American families, communities, and churches.

Unlocking the Heart of Adoption
VHS and DVD,56:40 minutes
The 56 minute documentary Unlocking the Heart of Adoption bridges the gap between birth and adoptive families through diverse personal stories of adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in same race and transracial adoptions interwoven with the filmmakers story as a birthmother revealing the enormous complexities in their lives with fascinating historical background.

Up in the Sky: Tracey Moffatt in New York
A videotape by Jane Cole , 1999, 26 min., Color
UP IN THE SKY scans the universe created by the provocative and talented photographer and filmmaker Tracey Moffatt, Australia's answer to Cindy Sherma...

Update Brazil
A videotape by Nancy Marcotte and Colette Loumede , 1986, 15 min., Color
Brazil, like most countries, has a high incidence of domestic violence and sexual assault. Too often, institutions set up to deal with these crimes ar...

Uphill All the Way
A film by Khin May Lwin and Robert Nassau , 2000, 80 min., Color
UPHILL ALL THE WAY is the astounding true story of five troubled teenage girls who face the challenge of their lives: a 2,500-mile bicycle journey al...

Urinal
From the maker of Zero Patience and Lillies... Eisenstein, Mishima, Frida Kahlo and other dead artists are uncannily summoned on a mission to probe the policing of public toilets in Ontario. They discover that, since 1981, hundreds of men have been arrested, victims of video surveillance. The key to all this seems to be a portrait of Dorian Gray. Part news story, part surreal comic invention, John Greyson's Urinal is at the cutting edge of new gay cinema: passionate, playful, complex and sharp.

USSR Art
On July 7, 1988, Sotheby's conducted an historic art auction in Moscow at which 100 paintings by once clandestine artists sold for over $3 million. This latest manifestation of glasnost reverberated throughout the Moscow art world, bringing unforeseen opportunities and problems for a generation of previously unacknowledged, unofficial, artists.
USSR Art plunges into the middle of this economic and aesthetic maelstrom, presenting a fascinating overview of Soviet art and artists in transition, and of a society struggling with its frist flirtations with commercialism. Featuring interviews with many of these leading artists (who have suddenly become celebrities), as well as a large representative sampling of their works, USSR Art provides an invaluable window on the most rapidly developing and exciting movement in the international art world.
Examines the transition of Soviet visual artists from the late 1980's on, as their freedom to take credit for their works re-structured the Soviet art work and their potential for profit.