Video Library
(Updated March
2004)
(To borrow these resources, contact
the Peace Studies Program Library, University of Maine, 5725
East Annex, Rm. 202, Orono, ME 04469, Tel 581-2609, Fax 581-2640)
1. Interface - Where Mind & Body Meet - Deepak Chopra
2. Interface - Where Mind
& Body Meet - Joan Borysenko
3. Interface - Where Mind
& Body Meet - Bernie Siegel
4. Interface - Where Mind
& Body Meet - Norman Cousins
5. Interface - Where Mind
& Body Meet - Conference Summary
6. Costs of the Gulf War - "Behind the Flag"
(1991)
A grim, but necessary study of the Gulf War's destructive legacy
for Iraqi and American citizens, and the whole global community.
Accompanied by a study guide with questions and answers concerning
the history of the conflict, U.S. foreign policy, media coverage,
and more. Presents a perspective largely absent from mainstream
media. Running time: 20 min.
7. What is the Limit?
(National Audubon Society)
A probing discussion of the interrelationships between human
population growth, environmental degradation, resource depletion,
habitat destruction and the ethical considerations for the future.
Running time: 23 min.
8. Build Homes Not Bombs
A moving documentary that highlights the connection between
homelessness, poverty and militarization. Build Homes Not Bombs
examines why increasing numbers of people are without homes,
and what some citizens' groups are doing to solve this problem.
Running time: 18 min.
9. Full Circle: Toward a
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
10. Global Tomorrow Coalition
presents "Our Common Future"
11. Faces of the Enemy
(full-length version)
Author Sam Keen narrates this outstanding and provocative look
at the creation of "enemies." Before a single weapon
is built, he argues, we construct mental images of the enemy
that become quite real to us. Producer Bill Jersey weaves together
interviews, personal stories, current news and archival propaganda
footage from different cultures to illustrate the power of the
human imagination to draw, and then "flesh out," faces
of the enemy. Running time: 60 min.
12. Faces of the Enemy
(edited 18 min. version)
13. Bread & Puppet Theatre
- "Columbus: The New World Order"
A look at the Bread & Puppet Theater’s two-day presentation
of this show at UM on September 29, 1991.
14. An Evening of Peace &
Music with Frank Reed 10/26/90
15. Noam Chomsky - The Middle
East and The New World Order
16. University Spotlight with
Sergei Potimkov and Richard Nelson
17. Sergei Potimkov in Maine
1990 with Channel 5 News.
Running time: 25 min. (story repeated twice)
18. World Game - Promotional
video (6 min.)
19. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/24/89 - tape A – Makhijani & Besner
20. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/24/89 - tape B - Makhijani & Besner follow-up
21. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/24/89 - tape C - Women, Peace & Ecology - Hilkka Pietila
(copy 1)
22. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/24/89 - tape D - Women, Peace & Ecology - Hilkka Pietila
(copy 2)
23. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape E - Kate, Rau, Richardson
24. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape F - Kate, Rau, Richardson follow-up
25. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape G - Brown & Patriquin
26. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape H - Patriquin & Yih
27. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape I - Lewis (copy 1)
28. Our Common Future Conference
- 10/25/89 - tape J - Lewis (copy 2)
29. Middle East Conference
- 2/3/89 - tape 1 - Lick, Fernea, Belaies
30. Middle East Conference
- 2/3/89 - tape 2 - Grab, Aruri, Cass
31. Middle East Conference
- 2/3/89 - tape 3 - Grab, Kelman, Woodbury
32. Middle East Conference
- 2/3/89 - tape 4 - Musical Performance
Canticle to the Cosmos 12-part
series, hosted by Brian Swimme (1990)
33. The Story of Our Time
(1) At the end of his life, Albert Einstein concluded that,
"the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the
same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
This program introduces the new mode of consciousness Einstein's
own work opened up.
34. The Primeval Fireball
(2) From its very beginning, the universe is an elegant
creative event. Fifteen billion years ago the universe sprang
into being with the order and delicacy of a developing embryo.
35. The Feast of Consciousness
(3) The Milky Way galaxy gave birth to exploding stars,
which brought about a planet with molten lava, which became
living flesh and singing humans. Consciousness is as intrinsic
to the universe as the gravitational dynamic.
36. The Fundamental Order
of the Universe (4) The powers of the universe sweep the
Earth around the sun, swirl the winds about the planet, awaken
the intelligence rooted in genetic codes. In this program we
identify and reflect upon the inherent meaning of these primal
powers.
37. Destruction and Loss (5)
From the beginning of time, and throughout all the galaxies,
creativity has required energy that comes from collapse and
chaos. By attending to the drama in cosmic birth, we begin to
identify creative possibilities that hover in the bitter experiences
of life.
38. A Magical Planet (6)
In all of the wild discoveries of astrophysics--collapsing black
holes, exploding galaxies, warped space and time--nothing compares
to the wild creativity of our planet. Earth is that cauldron
where the heart of a cosmic imagination shows its deeper reaches.
39. Sex, Death and Dreams
(7) The greatest epic in the known universe is the story
of life on Earth. Here are the major events in this drama, and
the central principles governing billions of years of biological
creativity.
40. The Nature of the Human
(8) Recent work in mathematical cosmology and evolutionary
biology offers a fresh vision on the purpose and role of human
beings on Earth, yet a vision similar to those original insights
inherent in our ancient wisdom traditions.
41. Fire in the Mind (9)
Human language, art, culture is the most powerful and dangerous
invention in the last one and a half billion years of Earth's
adventure. The fundamental relationship between DNA and human
coding is probed to show how the planet's destiny is now woven
into human decision.
42. The Timing of Creativity
(10) The universe is a sequence of creative transformations,
each with its own intrinsic timing and its own store of energy.
Human fulfillment rests on identifying and participating in
the creativity inherent in our moment in the cosmos.
43. The Human Story (11)
A comprehensive view of the entire 50,000 year human journey,
with special attention given to the three major hinge moments
when humans "reinvented" themselves. The program focuses
on learning how to participate effectively in humanity's fourth
and greatest transformation--the one taking us out of our present
destructive mode and into a renewal of the earth community.
44. A New Prosperity (12)
How to live so that one's work contributes to terrestrial and
cosmic advance. The crucial orientations for leadership roles
in economics, education, agriculture, medicine, the healing
arts, technology, commerce and governance.
45. not available
46. The Next Epoch - Redefining
National Security
Presented by The Beyond War Foundation and Physicians for Social
Responsibility, Atlanta Chapter. Running time: approx. 30 min.
Maria's Story
An FMLN guerrilla leader in El Salvador tells the story of her
people's fight for economic and social justice. Running time:
60 min.
47. "Beginning with the Children," National
Violence Prevention Teleconference
Educators, students and parents speak about their experiences
with school conflict resolution training and implementation.
Produced by the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program. Running
time: approx. 1 hour.
48. Man of the Trees: How
one man's vision is helping to heal the Earth
Moved by his great love of life and a deep spiritual vision
of a world made green again, Richard St. Barbe Baker dedicated
most of his 92 years to preserving the world's forests.
49. not available
50. Peacemakers of the Future
This video demonstrates the mediation process as it begins in
elementary school and the changes in this process as the students
move to middle school and to high school. The video shows how
mediation is set up in the elementary school and how it is used
by the students. Several teachers and administrators describe
the value of having such a program at their school. It is an
excellent way to learn about peer mediation. Produced by Phyllis
Bankier. Grades K-12. Running time: 23 min.
51. Conflict Managers in Action
This video features national TV coverage of the Conflict Manager
Program in elementary, middle and high schools. 1987. 13 minutes.
52. Teaching Students to be
Peacemakers
This video is produced by David W. and Roger T. Johnson. It
explains and demonstrates peer mediation at the elementary level.
A companion piece to their Teaching Students to be Peacemakers
book. Grades K-6. Running time: 15 min.
53. Waging Peace in our Schools:
The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
This moving video highlights the successful components of the
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program at the national level.
You'll see conflict resolution skills being taught and students
engaged in peer mediation, as well as hear the testimonies of
children, teachers, parents, and administrators who have worked
to change their schools. Produced by Peter Barton. Running time:
26 min.
54. Making a Difference
This video highlights the dramatic changes in attitudes and
behaviors of teachers and students in RCCP in relation to dealing
with conflict. Produced by Linda Lantieri. Fifth grade to adult.
Running time: 26 min
55. A Fistful of Words
(Adult Version) Teachers, principals, students and local school
board members share their enthusiasm about making conflict resolution
a regular part of the school curriculum. Produced by Tony De
Nonno. Running time: 23 min.
56. A Fistful of Words
(Student Version) Students share how they feel about being peer
mediators and role-play the steps involved in mediation. Produced
by Tony De Nonno. Grades 3-9. Running time: 13 min.
57. School of Assassins
(1995 Academy Award Nominee)
Using rarely seen footage, the program shows how officers who
studied at the school are responsible for the deaths of tens
of thousands of people - including Archbishop Romero of El Salvador.
The camera reveals the hidden world of the School of the Americas,
and the work of church people, activists and members of Congress
to close it down. Narrated by Susan Sarandon. Produced by Maryknoll
World Productions. Running time: 18 min.
58. Free Our Planet of Nuclear
Weapons - for our town, ocean and motherland
In May and June 1994, the Japanese peace movement working in
the annual World Conference against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs,
sent a video team to the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, Nevada
in the USA and Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, in addition to Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. They collected evidence to show that humans cannot
coexist with nuclear weapons, and if humans are to survive,
nuclear weapons must be totally abolished. Produced by the Organizing
Committee, World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs.
1995
59. “Love, Etty: The
Journal of Etty Hillesum,” Two-act play by Jane Smith
Bernhardt 10/26/95
Adapted by Jane Smith Bernhardt as a series of short monologues,
“Love, Etty” is faithful to Etty’s Amsterdam
diaries and her letters from Westerbork transport camp. Etty
Hillesum died in Auschwitz on Nov. 30, 1943. A Peace Week 1995
event. Running time: 2 hrs.
60. “Preparing for the
Next Millennium: Legacies of the Atomic Age,” Keynote
address by Dr. Bernard Lown 10/24/95
Lown, a world-recognized cardiologist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
and University of Maine alumnus, presents social and global
health issues in a shocking but easily understandable manner.
He addresses problems in third world countries and discusses
ways to connect the resources available in industrialized nations
to depleted medical resource centers in third world countries.
A Peace Week 1995 event. Running time: 2 hrs.
61. Dispute Resolution and
Lawyers: Mediation and the Red Devil Dog Case
An adult mediation case, mediated by a lawyer, about a landlord-tenant
lease conflict.
62. “The Scope of Peace
Research”: Narrated Presentation & Dialogue, Peace
Research Symposium, UM, 10/28/95
Ethnic relations in the Russian Federation: James Warhola -
Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, UM
Reflections on Kyrgyzstan -
political economy & personal observations: Melvin Burke
- Assoc. Prof. of Economics, UM
Infusing sustainable development
into policies: Stewart Smith - Prof. of Sustainable Agriculture,
UM
Ways institutions manage conflict
at the institutional and interpersonal level - specifically
court mediation: Craig McEwen - Daniel B. Fairweather Prof.
of Political Economics, Bowdoin College.
Experiences of Children &
Families under a dictatorship & lifelong effects: Elisabeth
Kalau - Assoc. Prof.of Health & Rehabilitation , UMF
63. “Things Past and
Things to Come: Reflections on H.G.Wells and
Peace Research”
Keynote Presentation: David Smith, Professor Emeritus of History,
University of Maine, 10/28/95
Rights & Wrongs in America
- 3 part series (1995)
64. Building Tolerance (1):
Intolerance is a primary cause of racial violence, hate crimes
and attacks on civil rights. What are the roots of intolerance,
how is it manifest today, and what can be done to build greater
tolerance? Running time: 26 min.
Segment One: This segment examines
the rising tide of intolerance in America, the impact of recent
campaigns opposing illegal immigrants and affirmative action,
and profiles several community activists and programs that promote
tolerance, including the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
Segment Two: Daryll Williams
was permanently paralyzed by a racist sniper’s bullet
at the height of Boston’s busing crisis. Today, he is
a powerful role model, promoting tolerance instead of hate,
and peaceful conflict resolution instead of violence.
Segment Three: Author and Harvard
Professor Cornel West discusses the origins and meaning of today’s
intolerance.
65. Combating Childhood Poverty (2): One out of every
four American children lives in poverty. How can childhood poverty
be reduced? What role, if any, should the federal government
play? Running time: 26 min.
Segment One: In one of New York
City’s poorest neighborhoods, the Rheedlen Center is working
to combat the effects of youth poverty by providing quality
preventative social services to children and their families.
Segment Two: Amidst the poverty
of Appalachia, the life of a self-described “skinhead”
was turned around by his involvement in an innovative cultural
organization called Appalshop.
Segment Three: Marian Wright
Edelman, the founder and director of the Children’s Defense
Fund, presents her views on investing in our nation’s
children.
66. Creating Peace (3):
How can young people help prevent conflicts, both at the local
and global level? What lessons from international peace efforts
can be applied in our communities and schools? Running time:
26 min.
Segment One: A conference of
young adults from five conflict zones, including America’s
inner cities, discusses with top international peace negotiators
the key principles for resolving conflict, including dialogue
and tolerance.
Segment Two: Nobel Peace Prize
winner and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel talks about the lessons
of international peacemaking, and how they apply to our own
domestic conflicts. He encourages young people to fight despair
by getting involved in finding solutions.
Segment Three: At an elementary
school in Brooklyn, students are learning how to resolve their
conflicts as part of a broader program to prevent violence and
promote tolerance. 11 year-old Jacqueline Gomez points out:
“What goes on here in the playground and what happens
between countries is similar.”
67. What Can I Do? Student Peer Mediation
Featuring the students and faculty of Memorial Middle School,
So. Portland, ME. Shows a typical school conflict, referral
to peer mediation, excerpts from the mediation, and comments
about the peer mediation program from students, faculty, and
parents. Running time: 12 min. (copy 1)
68. What Can I Do? Student
Peer Mediation (copy 2)
69. not available
70. William Greider: “One
World, Ready or Not”
Keynote Speaker, UMaine Peace Week, October 20, 1997.
71. No One Quite Like Me...or
You, Grades 2-4
Designed to help students appreciate and value their uniqueness,
to feel pride in the specialness of being themselves. Underlying
this concept is acceptance and appreciation of the differences
in others. Includes an 18-minute music video that presents scenarios
in which school-age children confront issues about being different,
along with a teacher’s guide with reproducible activity
sheets.
72. Conflict Resolution for
Grades 5-12 (Staff Development for Teachers of Gr. 5-12)
Featuring a middle school in conflict resolution and peer mediation
training. Includes: 24-minute video, handouts, and leader’s
guide.
73. Conflict Resolution: Elementary
Grades (For Teachers of Grades K-6)
Features two schools with comprehensive programs in conflict
resolution. Presents the main principles of conflict resolution
at the elementary level. Demonstrates strategies for teaching
conflict resolution skills like active listening, brainstorming,
and problem solving. Shows peer mediation programs in action.
Includes plans and handouts for in-service sessions, 25-minute
video, handouts, and leader’s guide.
74. Mediation Skills, Grades
5-9
This student workshop leads students through the mediation process:
opening the mediation session; gathering information to define
the problem; facilitating communication, brainstorming and problem-solving;
helping disputants reach an agreement; and closing the session.
Includes: 30-minute video, 32 handouts, and teacher’s
guide.
75. Face to Face: Conflict
Resolution in Schools (Staff Development for Teachers and
Administrators of Gr. K-12):
Offers ideas and strategies teachers and administrators can
use to help students resolve conflicts peaceably. Emphasizes
the importance of teaching the problem-solving and communication
skills that enable students to solve their problems themselves.
Shows that when conflict resolution lessons are woven into the
curriculum, students learn to deal with conflict in a peaceable
manner--in school, on the playground, and at home. Includes:
39-minute video and teacher’s guide.
76. What To Do About Anger, Grades 2-5
Designed as a hands-on workshop in anger-management skills to
help children get along better with friends, family, and authority
figures. Program teaches students the difference between angry
feelings and angry behavior, how to handle anger by controlling
how they act, and how to deal with angry energy in positive
ways. Dramatizes situations close to student experience to demonstrate
typical anger triggers and anger styles in children, offers
specific techniques for dealing with anger: what triggers your
anger; how to put space between your anger and what you do about
it; positive self-talk; and how to use the energy of anger for
a constructive outcome. Includes: 34-minute video, 15 student
worksheets and teacher’s guide.
77. not available
78. Conflict Resolution, Grades
9-12
Teaches strategies for conflict resolution, helps students turn
conflict into a positive experience. Shows them how to avoid
conflicts, resolve problems, and build better relationships.
Discusses how learning to communicate better, listen more sensitively,
and be more aware of oneself and others helps resolve conflicts.
Illustrates different conflict styles. Helps viewers identify
their own personal style. Probes the dynamics behind interpersonal
and group discord. Uses role-plays to teach effective communication
skills. Identifies communication roadblocks that can escalate
conflict, shows how good communication skills can de-escalate
it. Describes the conflict resolution process; also shows third-party
conflict resolution at work through mediation. Includes: 26-minute
video and teacher’s guide.
79. Cooling a Hot Situation,
Ages 7-10
Designed to help young people: reflect on feelings such as anger,
a natural emotion that needs to be expressed in nonviolent ways;
explore some of the ways to solve potentially violent situations
in positive ways; discuss how peers can be influential in preventing
or escalating violence; identify the safe or unsafe areas or
situations in their neighborhoods and communities; and increase
skills that will enable them to make positive safety choices.
Running time: 13 minutes; includes leader’s guide.
80. Cooling A Hot Situation,
Ages 11-14
For description see #79. Running time: 18 minutes; includes
leader’s guide.
81. Harry Wu: “Troublemaker:
One Man’s Crusade Against China’s Cruelty”
Peace Studies Guest Lecture, 12/8/97
82. ABC Primetime Live “Bloody
Money” 10/97 (14 min.)
BBC Documentary “Organ Transplants in China”
10/94 (14 min.)
NBC Nightly News “Murder on Demand” 12/94
(3 min.)
83. Laogai: Inside China’s
Gulag- First Tuesday show 10/93
(50 min.)
84. Free Harry Wu
1. Chinese Gulag; 2. China Organs; 3. Reports on Chinese Prison
Labor;
4. China Forced Labor
85. Starting Small: Teaching
Children Tolerance
Through lively classroom footage, teacher interviews, commentary
from early childhood specialists, and the vivid voices of children,
the filmmaker explores equity education programs from Seattle
to New Haven. The video reveals diverse approaches to the shared
goal of fostering respect for differences. “We must create
the feeling that everyone is equally a worthwhile individual...and
we do this by constantly pointing out what is unique about every
child, and what we have in common,” says one of the many
inspiring teachers in the film. Running time: 58-minutes. Includes
the book: Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and
the Early Grades.
86. The Shadow of Hate: A
History of Intolerance in America
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim illuminates
the dark corners of our nation’s past through actual historical
footage, evocative still photographs and the voices of individuals
closest to the events depicted. The Shadow of Hate chronicles
the haunting legacy of intolerance toward Native Americans,
African Americans, religious minorities, European and Asian
immigrants, and others. In this film, students will witness
firsthand the struggles that have shaped our collective identity.
Running time: 40-minutes. Includes the text: Us and Them, a
128-page teaching publication that traces our country’s
struggle to live up to its ideals through hundreds of historical
photos, original illustrations, historical documents and dramatic
narratives.
87. The Living System
Research biologists present a model of the Living System that
can be used by people with little technical expertise for outreach
and teaching about our relationship to the global living community.
Using the example of global warming, they describe how the living
system functions and the consequences of imbalances in that
system. Running Time: 18 min.
88. not available
89. not available
90. Schindler’s List:
Remembering the Past to Create a Just Future
Zev Kedem - Peace Week Keynote Speaker, 10/26/98. Running Time:
2 hours
91. Peace Week Roundtable 10/29/98
“Envisioning a Future that is Compassionate and Just”
- A conversation with University of Maine students and staff
and members of the community.
92. Peace Studies Lecture:
Peace and Dignity for all Cultures
3/30/98 - with Tlakaelel: Toltec elder, teacher, spiritual guide,
heir and guardian of the oral traditions.
93. “Rights for All”
- Amnesty International’s Campaign on the USA
Running Time: approx. 30 min.
94. World Food Day - Food
for All: Right or Goal - 10/16/98
Three-tape set: A teleconference with representatives from the
World Bank, AID, FIAN International, and National Public Radio.
First tape covers panel discussion and call-in questions answered
by panel members - Running Time: 125 min. Second tape is a continuation
of tape 1 -Running Time: 30 min. Third tape includes the first
and last hours of the teleconference - Running Time: 120 min.
95. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“The Need to Have Enemies and Allies: Perspectives on
Ethnic Conflict” - Maureen E. Smith, Native American Studies,
2/15/99
96. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“Prospects for Peace in Cyprus” - Kyriacos Markides,
Sociology, 2/22/99
97. THINK! Violence is for
People Who Don’t -- Violence Prevention Kit w/Video
The kit includes booklets on domestic violence, alcohol and
violence, dating violence, self-esteem, self-control, children
and guns, and preventing school violence. 1997. Running Time:
approx. 20 min.
98. Tug of War: Strategies
for Conflict Resolution (Grades 7-12)
Video describes the four S.E.L.F. HELP steps to conflict resolution:
“STOP,” “EVALUATE,” “LABELING,”
and “FIND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.” Video includes
teacher’s guide. Running Time: 25 min.
99. Folktales of Peace
This video contains three stories based on the book PeaceTales:
World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald. The
first story is “Strength,” which focuses on the
concept of competition as a way to resolve conflict. The second
story, “Argument Sticks,” depicts the resolution
of an argument through avoidance or putting aside the issue
because a timely resolution is not possible, too painful or
not immediately necessary. “Two Foxes” is an Appalachian
folktale which focuses on two foxes, their relationship, and
how the smaller fox uses accommodation to preserve the friendship.
1998 Running Time: 30 min.
100. Folktales of Peace and
Conflict
This video contains four stories based on the book, PeaceTales:
World Folktales to Talk About. The first, “Showdown,”
focuses on the quest for dominance through the use of perceived
power. It shows that competition sometimes results in a situation
where there are no winners. The second, “Night and Day,”
details the attempt by two animals to resolve their conflict
by engaging in negotiation based on compromise. The third, “Old
Joe,” contains elements of greed, provocation, competition,
and reconciliation. The fourth, “The Monk,” is an
ageless story of ancient Japan, which demonstrates a philosophical
approach to conflict resolution.
101. It’s Elementary:
Talking about Gay Issues in School (Gr. K-12)
Educational Training Version - The video shows real examples
of school activities, faculty meetings, and classroom discussions
about lesbian and gay issues. Includes viewing guide. 1997
102. Arms for the Poor
While the poor need housing, education, and health care, the
U.S. taxpayer supports an immense military budget. This video
builds a dramatic case against the military-industrial complex.
1998. Running Time: 25 min.
103. Ancient Futures: Learning
from Ladakh
Ladakh is a wildly beautiful desert land high in the western
Himalayas. Since its “development,” Ladakh has suffered
from pollution, divisiveness, inflation, unemployment, intolerance
and greed. The breakdown of Ladakh’s culture and environment
teaches us about the root causes of environmental, social and
psychological problems and provides valuable guidelines for
our own future. Includes related article. 1993. Running Time:
1 hr.
104. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“A Paradise Lost in Kashmir” - Cynthia Mahmood,
Anthropology, 3/22/99
105. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“Working for Progressive Welfare Policies in this Conservative
Era” - Sandy Butler, School of Social Work, 3/29/99
106. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“The Fight for Jobs in Maine’s North Woods: A Conversation
with Loggers, Legislators and Landowners” - Panelists:
Bill Butler, John Baldacci, John Hanson, John Cashwell, Stacey
Kelly, Hilton Hafford, and Troy Jackson. 4/5/99
107. Spring Series 1999: Roots
of Conflict/Seeds of Peace
“Peace Within the MicMac Culture” - Bernard Jerome,
Director, Cultural and Community Development, Aroostook Band
of MicMacs. 4/5/99
108. Gaviotas: A Village to
Reinvent the World
Luncheon talk with Alan Weisman. 4/26/99
109. Gaviotas: A Village to
Reinvent the World
Lecture and Slide Presentation with Alan Weisman. 4/26/99
110. America’s Civil
Rights Movement (multi-media kit)
Includes an Academy Award-winning documentary film on the Movement,
A Time for Justice, a 108-page illustrated text, Free At Last:
A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in
the Struggle, and a teacher’s guide. Video running time:
38 minutes.
111. Gun Society
A multi-award winning film takes an even-handed look at the
historical and psychological roots of America’s love affair
with guns, along with the often-tragic consequences. Throughout
the video are facts that help to illuminate the role and impact
of guns, as well as the power of the multi-billion dollar gun
industry. Running time: 22 minutes.
112. The Language of War
Receiving an Emmy Award nomination, this film mixes humor with
striking examples of “Pentagonese” and questions
the impact euphemisms and doublespeak have on public debate
and policy. This is a must-see film for anyone concerned with
the predominance of militarism in our society. Running time:
29 minutes.
113. DREAMWORLDS II: Desire,
Sex and Power in Music Video
DreamWorlds II powerfully illustrates the systematic representations
of women in music videos, and how these representations tell
a dangerous and narrow set of stories about what it means to
be female or male; stories which impact how women think about
themselves sexually, and how men think sexually about women.
Running time: approx.1 hour.
114. Peace Week ’99:
“Conversation on Forgiveness” 10/28/99
A conversation on forgiveness with members of the UM and larger
community, including historical, religious, political and personal
perspectives. A Peace Week ’99 event. Running time: approx.
1 hour.
115. Peace Week ’99:
Terry Anderson - “The Search for Forgiveness: Returning
to the Den of Lions” 10/25/99
Terry Anderson, author, journalist, and former Mideast hostage,
comes to the campus stage with an inspiring program about each
individual’s ability to make a concrete difference in
the world. A former Associated Press correspondent and Mideast
bureau chief, Anderson is also the author of the national bestseller,
Den of Lions. His experience of forgiveness in the midst of
oppression is a powerful lesson for all of us. Running Time:
approx. 1 hour.
116. Penobscot: The People
and Their River
The Penobscot People have lived on the Penobscot River for thousands
of years. The river has been our highway, as well as our source
of foods and medicines. We consider it a living thing and gain
from it our spiritual and our physical sustenance. This film
points out how the Penobscot Nation as well as the other people
of Maine share a common interest in the health of the Penobscot
River and its watershed. It also talks about what must be done—and
what the Penobscot People are doing—to restore and protect
the Penobscot River. Produced by the Penobscot Nation. Running
Time: 28 min.
117. Global Village or Global
Pillage?: How People Around the World are Challenging Corporate
Globalization
This video documentary explores the impacts of globalization
on communities, workplaces, and environments. Narrated by Ed
Asner, it weaves together video of local and transnational activities,
interviews, music, and comics to show that, through grassroots
organizing and international solidarity, ordinary people can
empower themselves to deal with the global economy. 1999. Running
Time: 28 min.
118. Peace Week 2000: “Truth,
Reconciliation and the Search for Personal Peace”
Peace Week 2000 keynote presentation by John Artis, arrested
and imprisoned with Rubin “Hurricane” Carter for
murders neither committed. October 23, 2000. Running Time: 90
min.
119. Reconciliation of the
Human Race: The Journey to Peace & Justice
Black History Month 2001 presentation by Clarence Glover, 2/8/01.
120. Long Night’s Journey
Into Day: South Africa’s Search for Truth and Reconciliation
This video provides a dramatic inside look at one of the most
innovative and ambitious attempts at dialogue and healing in
human history – South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. The film documents South Africa’s quest for
restorative justice as it follows four dramatically different
cases that come before the commission over the course of two
and a half years. Long Night’s Journey Into Day is a thought-
provoking portrait of a wounded society attempting to humanize
itself by taking seriously the importance of heart and conscience.
It will inspire American viewers to re-examine our own approach
to racism and social injustice. Running time: 95 minutes. 1999.
121. Start Seeing Diversity:
The Basic Guide to an Anti-Bias Classroom
This video and comprehensive guide introduce teachers to bias
as it emerges in the early childhood classroom, and help them
establish a framework to respond effectively. Part 1 gives a
brief summary of the four goals of an anti-bias approach and
eight underlying assumptions. Part 2 addresses six specific
areas of bias: age, gender, sexual orientation, economic class,
physical abilities and physical characteristics, and race and
ethnicity. Video running time: 51 minutes. 1999.
122. A Place at the Table:
Struggles for Equality in America (2 copies)
Recommended for grades 8 and above, this resource from Teaching
Tolerance includes a new documentary film exploring the historical
struggle for equality through the eyes of today’s young
people, as well as a richly illustrated text and a complete
teacher’s guide. The video spans three centuries to show
how individuals and groups have toppled barriers in education,
transportation, voting, employment, housing and other areas
to become full participants in our democracy. Video running
time: 40 minutes.
123. Peace Week 2001: Soul
of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time Keynote
Presentation by Paul Loeb, 10/22/01. (2 copies)
124. Making Things Right:
Restorative Justice for School Communities
This video provides an overview of the principles and practices
of Restorative Justice in school settings, and includes interviews
with teachers, administrators, parents and students who have
all been impacted by the process. Running time: 23 minutes.
Includes guidebook.
125. Set Straight On Bullies
(Grades K-9)
This video was created to help parents, educators, law enforcers,
other concerned citizens, and students understand exactly what
bullying is and how it can be prevented. The 18-minute video
explores all sides of the bullying problem, from bully, to victim,
to the parents of both, as well as the community and educational
system this problem undermines. Shown through the eyes of a
young bullying victim, it brings to light the damaging effect
that bullying has on all who are involved. Includes 50-page
facilitator’s guide.
126. A Credo for Support
This powerful 4-minute video set to music offers a series of
suggestions for people who care about and support someone with
a disability. It prompts viewers to question the common perceptions
of disability, professionalism, and support. 1995
127. Real Kids: What We Learned
About Bullying (Grades 2-4)
Being bullied at school or at home can leave a child feeling
hurt and threatened. This program offers youngsters the strategies
to stop the cycle of bully/victim behavior. Through dramatizations
and real kids’ revelations, students will identify and
begin to understand the motivations and feelings that exist
within the bully and the victim. 16-minute video, teacher’s
guide, worksheets, poster, game, audiocassette.
128. Peace Week 2002: How to Make Your Life More Peaceful
Keynote Presentation by Louise Diamond 10/21/02 (2 copies)
129. Fidel: The Untold Story
This new documentary film by Estela Bravo offers a unique opportunity
to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself,
historians, public figures, and close friends. 2002
130. Truth and Reconciliation:
Can it work in the U.S.?
From a symposium sponsored by the Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom. 18 minute video, and report by
Deborah Zubow.
131. Real Men, Wimps and National
Security.
Visiting Diversity Libra Professor Myriam Miedzian 9/18/03
132. Speak Up!: Improving
the Lives of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Youth
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and their allies
face unique challenges of violence and harassment in schools.
Speak Up! Explores what these students have done to transform
their schools into safer and more welcoming environments. Interviews
with students, parents, teachers, administrators and national
activists highlight not only the need for transformation, but
offer resources and advice for those actively working for change.
30-minute video.
133. Bullying, Teasing &
Put-Downs: What Victims Can Do
This fast paced video raises important questions for children
about bullies and their victims. Children share their own real
life experiences with bullying. Counselors and youth workers
share expert advice on why bullies misbehave and what can cause
someone to be the target of bullying behavior. 22-minute video.
134. Tolerance: Responding
to Differences
This video is designed to help educators meet the challenge
of tolerance education. 20-minute video with student activities.
135. Dealing with Difference: Opening Dialogue About Lesbian,
Gay & Straight Issues
In this video students will view dramatization of common instances
of LGBT harassment and hear from a variety of students- LGBT
and straight- about their experiences in school. 35-minute video
with student activities and fact sheets.
136. No Name Calling: Creating
Safe Environments
This video includes realistic dramatizations, intervention strategies,
and student reflections. The resource guide extends the learning
experience through a variety of activities that build awareness,
empathy, and concrete skills for dealing with name-calling and
bullying. 28-minute video with student activities and fact sheets.
137. …But Names will
Always Hurt Me
Produced by the Civil Rights Team Project, Maine Attorney General’s
office. This video included personal accounts of discrimination
and hate conduct from young people in Maine. 25 minutes 2003.
138. Talking with your Young
Adolescent About Bullying
A multimedia program for educators and parents of children in
grades 5-8. Packet includes:
- Taking Action to Stop Bullying:
A Literacy-Based Curriculum Module, with 12 lessons for middle-grades
English language arts and/or health education classes and
after-school programs.
- Communicating About Bullying,
an engaging game that provides a fun prompt for discussions
between pre-teens and parents. Available in Spanish and English.
- Talking with Your Young Adolescent
About Bullying, a short video for parents, in English and
Spanish. Tips for parents on communicating with tween-age
children (ages10-13) about reading, life, and bullying.
- Implementation Guide for
the Program, provides guidance for those coordinating use
of the program or its component parts.
139. Mighty Times: The Legacy
of Rosa Parks
Mighty Times revisits a familiar historical event- the Montgomery
Bus Boycott of 1955 and 1956- and finds new stories that introduce
new heroes. The film presents the birth of the civil rights
movement and provides a model for young activists who are looking
to make positive change in their communities. Includes 40-minute
video, and viewer’s guide.
140. Arsenal of Hypocrisy
This one hour video revisits the space program and how it has
been changed by the military industrial complex. To understand
how and why the space program will be used to fight future wars
from space, it is important to understand how the public has
been misled about the true purpose of the space program. Includes
music CD with songs for peace in space.
