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The Veiled Hope

A film by Norma Marcos , 1994, 55 min., Color
THE VEILED HOPE explores the personal and political challenges facing Palestinian women through a series of wonderful portraits of women living on the...

Ventre Livre

A film by Ana Luiza Azevedo , 1995, 45 min., 3 in series, Color
VENTRE LIVRE paints a grim picture of reproductive rights for millions of women in Brazil today. One in every four women of child-bearing age has bee...

VideoGuide to (dis)Ability Awareness

A helpful orientation to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) with helpful and practical suggestions for compliance.
An orientation to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) with helpful and practical suggestions for compliance.

Video Remains

Mini-dv; 54 mins - 2005
In 1992, James Lamb, an off-Broadway actor, requests that his best friend, Alex Juhasz, videotape him. He was dying and wanted to explain his life; he wanted to be remembered. He was also probably suffering from AIDS dementia, so the interview is part rant, part performance piece, part eulogy. After he died in 1993, the 55-minute tape sat on her shelf. What was do be done with this video legacy? In 2004, Alex resurrected the tape to make the experimental documentary, "Video Remains." Jim's interview plays in real-time, to be periodically interrupted by a host of present-day voices and images, interviewees who, like Jim, reflect upon AIDS, death, activism, and video.

The Vienna Tribunal

A videotape by Gerry Rogers , 1994, 48 min., Color
Highlights of moving personal testimonies at the Global Tribunal on Violations of Women's Rights-held in conjunction with U.N. World Conference on Hum...

Vietnam Requiem

Filmed in 1982 and orginally broadcast on the ABC New Closeup Series, Vietnam Requiem is a startling documentary revelation of how the Vietnam War haunts its veterans, their families and firends, and the conscience of the nation. Five Vietnam veterans -- all decorated war heroes now serving prison terms for crimes committed after being discharged from the Army -- paint a vivid picture of their personal experiences in Vietnam and the problems they faced on their return. The film skillfully interweaves the men's stories with stock footage of the war, including actual battle footage in which one of the veterans, Albert Pee-Wee Dobbs, appears. With candor and compassion Vietnam Requiem explores the grim aftermath of a war that was different from all previous wars, leaving a legacy of lost and troubled heroes.
Five decorated Vietnam veterans who are now serving prison terms are interviewed, their experiences combined with combat footage. The film relays the bitterness felt by heroes returning home from an unpopular war, and the psychological devastation that was wrought on them.

View From A Grain Of Sand

2001 saw an unprecedented level of international interest in the lives of Afghan women living under the Taliban. With the Taliban's fall later that year, the U.S proclaimed the dawn of a new era in Afghanistan that promised peace, democracy and liberation for women. As the 6th 7th anniversary of this "new era" is upon us, cracks in this story are beginning to appear. Afghanistan is once again in the news, not because of successful reconstruction, but because of increasing violence and the highest rate of opium production in the world. Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistans complex history, to examine how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years. Combining verité footage, interviews and rare archival material, this evocative film is a harrowing, thought-provoking and movingly intimate portrait of a still divided and brutalized nation. Addressing timely issues of women, Islam, and US foreign policy, this film is a compelling and vital addition to today's global dialogue.
Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistans complex history, to examine how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years. Combining verité footage, interviews and rare archival material, this evocative film is a harrowing, thought-provoking and movingly intimate portrait of a still divided and brutalized nation. Addressing timely issues of women, Islam, and US foreign policy. This film is a compelling and vital addition to today's global dialogue.

Violencia Domestica

(Domestic Violence) explores signs of an abusive relationship and where lesbian latinas can go to get help. In Spanish with English Subtitles
(Domestic Violence) Focuses on domestic violence in lesbian relationships including signs of an abusive relationship and ways of getting help. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.)

Visas and Virtue

Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, Japanese Vice-Consul to Lithuania in 1940, is credited with saving the second largest number of Jews from the Holocaust. Haunted by the sight of hundreds of Jewish refugees outside his consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sugihara was forced to make a life or death decision: defy his own government's orders, risk his career, and issue life-saving transit visas, or obey orders and turn his back on humanity.

Visions of the Spirit

A film by Elena Featherston , 1989, 58 min., Color
This intimate and inspiring portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker explores the compassion, insight and strength that have made her on...

Visitors of the Night

A video by An van Dienderen , 1998, 34 min., Color
The failures of the ethnographic endeavor to discover ?reality? are revealed in this expository and experimental film. The narrator-ethnographer emba...

Vital Signs

An edgy raw documentary exploring the politics of disability through performances at a national conference on disability and the arts. Contains strong language and nudity.
An edgy raw documentary exploring the politics of disability through performances at a national conference on disability and the arts. Open-Captioned. Contains strong language and nudity.

Vito After

Documentary feature Video/color English 48 minutes
Vito After is the story of Vito Friscia, a Brooklyn homicide detective who survived and bravely helped others on 9/11, then spent months sifting through toxic rubble for signs of those who perished. It is an intimate portrait of a selfless cop and devoted husband and father -- a man whose life was forever changed by that fateful day.

Voguing: The Message

Voguing: The Message traces the roots of this gay, Black and Latino dance form, which appropriates and plays with poses and images from mainstream fashion. Voguing competitions parody fashion shows and rate the contestants on the basis of movement, appearance and costume. This tape is a pre-Madonna primer that raises questions about race, sex and subcultural style.

Voices in a Deaf Theater

Follows a mixed cast of deaf and hearing actors as they prepare to stage The Glass Menagerie. Offers viewers a window into the rich culture and expressive language of the deaf world.
Follows a cast of deaf and hearing actors as they prepare to stage The Glass Menagerie. Offers a window into the expressive language and culture of the deaf world.

Voices from a Steeltown

28 min.
The rise and fall of an American town

Voices From Inside

60 min.
Inside a federal prison, poetry and creative expression help a racially mixed circle of women find their voices. Inevitably, stereotypes are shattered!

Voices From Inside (Home Use)

dvd, 60 Min. 1996
Voices From Inside follows a German born theater artist into a federal women's prison. She encourages a racially mixed circle of women to find their own voices through poetry and creative expression, and meets their children on the outside. The prisoners tell their life stories and share their experience of prison life. Voices From Inside shatters conventional stereotypes about crime, criminals and race. An inspiring experiment in breaking the walls with love!

#803: Voices From Inside: Incarcerated Teens Speak Out

Appropriate for violence prevention programs in middle and high school. Recent statistics reveal that over 91,000 teens find themselves behind bars each year, where they realize the harsh reality of life in prison after it is too late. With the 'get tough' legislation spreading across America, more teens are being tried in court as adults, with 77,000 youths incarcerated in adult jails and prisons. This program features teens, as well as former inmates, sentenced to juvenile and adult detention facilities in California, New Jersey, and New York for crimes ranging from burglary, to assault, to homicide. They expose the grim truth about life in prison, shattering the unrealistic illusions of others who might view prison as a badge of honor. They also send a strong message to teens to think about the consequences of actions and gang associations that could have an impact on their lives and families forever. Guaranteed to start discussion.Booklist In the Mixs by teens, for teens approach lends credibility to this difficult topic, and the program will serve as an important discussion starter, especially with at risk students. School Library Journal *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.

#507: Voices From Iraq

This special episode chronicles a videoconference meeting between teens in Baghdad and their peers in Bloomfield, Connecticut shortly before the U.S. invaded Iraq in March 2003. During this live face-to-face interaction the students discussed their similarities and differences, giving the U.S. teens insight into the Iraqi teens' culture and daily lives at home and in school. The teens talk honestly about this experience and how it dispelled stereotypes on both sides, as well as what it's like to be a teen in the present day and their hopes for the future. We also catch up with the same teens after the war. *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.

Voices from the Attic

A moving personal document of Holocaust remembrace from a second-generation American perspective.

Filmmaker Debbie Goodstein travelled to Poland to explore the ordeal her mother and sixteen family members experienced when hiding in the attic of a peasant's home for two years during the Second World War. Though long a family secret, this grueling experience had continued to reverberate through the lives of those who survived it and was unconsciously passed on to the their offspring as well. Accompanied by her Aunt Sally Frishberg, who was one of the sixteen, and five of her cousins, Goodstein recorded this haunting, and ultimately liberating, voyage of discovery.

Goodstein and her relatives visit the site of their hiding and talk to people who knew them and remember the war. The interviews and conversations are supplemented by archival footage, which shows what the town, or one very much like it, must have been like during those dark days. Perhaps most revealing, Aunt Sally shares her own often painful memories, providing a thoughtful and moving first-person account of the family's experiences.

With its highly personal style and its exploration of the sometimes unconscious effects of the Holocaust on the next generation, Voices from the Attic is a unique and deeply affecting document that allows its audience to explore an overwhelming subject in an intimate and complexly meaningful way.
A filmmaker travels to Poland with her aunt and five cousins to explore the ordeal of her mother and fifteen family members who hid in the attic of a peasant's home for two years during the Second World War.

Voices From the Front

In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital. In 1988, thousands of activists hold the Food and Drug Administration under siege, demanding speedier drug approval. In 1990 AIDS activists converge on the National Institute of Health, calling for a more equitable clinical trial system and expanded research into new drugs and treatment. Voices From the Front, the first feature-length documentary on AIDS activism in America, makes clear the emotional and political effects of community activism using the voices of those directly engaged. It is a powerful distillation of pictures and words from events organized to change public consciousness, expose the failure of the health care systems, and challenge government inaction and neglect concerning AIDS.

Voices Heard Sisters Unseen

A videotape by Grace Poore , 1995, 75 min., Color
VOICES HEARD SISTERS UNSEEN is a powerful and inspirational videotape showing how survivors of domestic violence are working to change the way the sys...

Voices in Exile: Immigrants and the First Amendment

30 min.
Since 9-11 and the passage of the USA Patriot Act, balancing civil liberties with national security has been a major concern. VOICES IN EXILE follows an astonishing 20-year deportation case against Palestinians in Los Angeles that foreshadows current government use of "secret evidence." This riveting video examines plans for rounding up Arab Americans, reminiscent of the WWII internment of Japanese Americans.

Voices of Change

A 5-part series by Lyn Wright and Barbara Doran , 1996, 92 min., 5 in series, Color
An wide ranging examination both of individual activism and issues facing women worldwide this inspiring five-part documentary offers invaluable insig...

Voices of the Morning

A videotape by Meena Nanji , 1992, 15 min., Color
Inspired by THE HIDDEN FACE OF EVE by Nawal El Sadaawi, VOICES OF THE MORNING is a poetic exploration of Muslim women's lives. It follows the sociali...

Voodoo and the Church in Haiti

45 minutes, original format 16mm film, available in DVD and VHS video formats. Produced by Andrea E. Leland and Bob Richards. Completed in 1989.
Western and African cultures collide in Haiti resulting in religious conflict between Christianity and Voodoo. Despite centuries of vigilant opposition from the Christian Church, Voodoo has flourished in Haiti and continues to be one of the strongest elements underlying Haitian culture. This film dispels Hollywood stereotypes and presents Voodoo as a belief system that has been passed down from African ancestor to slave to present day Haitian.

Vote for Me

What is it like to actually run for office? To organize campaigns? To get out the vote? To produce negative ads? To build legislative coalitions? All this and more is part of Vote for Me: Politics in America, the Peabody Award-winning four -hour public TV series that travels across the country to show us how politics is really played in the U.S. Entertaining, funny, and full of revealing behind-the-scenes moments, Vote for Me is the perfect way for students of American politics to understand the campaign and election process, from the smallest precincts all to the way to the White House. As one Oklahoma party leader puts it, "politics is show business for ugly people", and Vote for Me revels in the things candidates and their campaigns have to do in order to get the magic "50% plus one". There are the rival training sessions, one for the Christian Coalition, the other for the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, each teaching the same nuts and bolts techniques. There is the Hawaiian campaigning tradition of "sign waving" on busy street corners, and the 29-hour California bus-trip photo-op marathon mounted by a desperate gubernatorial candidate. This is American politics with a human face, as the viewer experiences what it's like to play the great game that determines who will lead us.