The Unfinished Nation: Part I Early Colonization to Reconstruction (to 1877) and Part II Reconstruction to the Information age (from 1865)
2005, DVD, color and b&, Volume I -- 26 half hour programs, Volume II -- 28 half hour programs [Volume II also contains programs 25 and 26 from Volume I] 52 individual episodes, 26 hours total programming
Distributed by INTELECOM: Intelligent Communications, 150 East Colorado Blvd., Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91105-1937; 626-796-7300
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: American History  
Date Entered: 7/14/2005

Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
2006, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

  Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies  
Date Entered: 11/25/2008

To Form a More Perfect Union: Milestones of the Civil Rights Movement
2006, DVD, color and b&, 38 min.
Distributed by U.S. Allegiance Inc., 63075 NE 18th St., Bend, OR 97701; 541-330-6282
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: African American Studies, Human Rights, History  
Date Entered: 6/6/2006

Tongues Untied
2006, DVD, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415-703-8650
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

  Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Sociology  
Date Entered: 10/26/2007

Wade in the Water, Children: Life as a Kid in an American Crisis
2008, DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

  Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Education  
Date Entered: 11/18/2009

Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill
2004, VHS, color and b&, 61 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

  Highly Recommended

Subjects: Human Rights, African American Studies, Women's Studies  
Date Entered: 11/15/2004

Zimbabwe: Countdown
2003, VHS, color and b&, 52 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Reviewed by Patricia B. McGee, Coordinator of Media Services, Volpe Library & Media Center, Tennessee Technological University

  Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Studies, Postcolonialism, Political Science, Human Rights  
Date Entered: 2/11/2005