Just a Piece of Cloth
Just a Piece of Cloth is a 34-minute documentary that unravels stereotypes perpetuated by the mainstream media about Muslim women. The video features
Contributor(s): San Francisco Film Society
Transcript: know who I am, just by looking at me. They already make the assumptions, without making the effort, you know. Because if you go out there and you wear a
Wealth, Technology and Society
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun talks about the impact of social organizations and culture on everyday life. He points out that most of us find it much easier to understand and appreciate the impact of physical phenomena than to ful...
Subject: society
Transcript: relationships, how We're each creatures of our family and our friends and Need to understand them sociologically. I mean, the communities and the larger society
The Self-Made Society
, more concerned with personal fulfillment than the common good of the larger society? This program examines the shift toward cultural and social isolation
Transcript: America. We'll hear from those who feel the excesses of government still pose the greatest threat to our society, and others who say it's time to find a
Restless Society: Republican Revival, The
By the late 1950s a growing restlessness lurks beneath the surface of American society. Anxiety about America's position in the world, growing
Subject: Restless Society, The
Transcript: [narrator] by the late 1950s a growing restlessnes lurks beneath the surface of american society. anxiety about america's position in the world
This is Hope
An audiovisual slideshow tour of the New Jersey town Hope, including its structures and history. Moravians founded the town in 1769 and constructed many features that have been preserved to this day, including the Grist Mill (now the Inn at Millrace...
Contributor(s): Hope Historical Society
Publisher: Hope Historical Society
Restless Society: Changing Restrictive Immigration Quotas
The Immigration Act of 1965 attempts to open U. S. doors to Southern and Eastern Europeans and Asians. By the 2000 Asian and Latino populations mushroom, but only about 10% of new immigrants come from Europe.
Subject: Restless Society, The
Transcript: , how many asian newcomers Could there be? We have just a miniscule amount here, And similarly with the latino population. But it mushroomed. by the 2000
Just Eat It (50-minute classroom version)
We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly
Transcript: to have it again tonight. But we've got enough money to buy a whole brand new meal. So that's part of it, is just a wealthy society. We fill our
Just Eat It (73-minute theatrical version)
We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly
Transcript: 've got enough money to buy a whole brand new meal, right? So that's part of it, it's just a wealthy society. Grant > > Thanks, Nick. Nick > > Not bad
Eating Disorders: Mind, Body, and Society
Anorexia. Bulimia. Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates of all psychiatric conditions. After defining eating disorders from a clinical point of view, this three-section program explores possible underlying biological bases for ea...
Transcript: - It seems that everywhere you look these days, there's food. But in the midst of plenty, there are some who just don't want to eat or who want to
Common Ground: Society of Consumers, A
With its emphasis on financial accomplishment, culture in the United States often seems to revolve around consumerism. When America's love affair with consumption began in earnest in the 1940s and 50s, some likened it to a revolution.
Subject: sociology, society, culture, consumers, consumerism, housing, automobiles, television, obsolescence, planned obsolescence, toaster
Transcript: had to send back a dispatch About this bizarre society you are visiting, You would say these people work their back off during the day To make things