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SOUTHEAST ASIA

*Bajau marriage customs. (YRL)

VCD. English

2002?, Kuala Lumpur : Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism.

“Documentary on marriage manners and customs of the Bajau Malays of Sabah. Merisik (discreet match-making), the proposal, and the wedding ceremony are carried out according to the traditions of the community and conducted with joyous and colourful ceremonies depicting the culture and philosophy of life of the Bajaus.”

The price you pay / Christine Keyser.

Color; Sound; 29 minutes

“Over 500,000 Southeast Asian refugees have come to the United States since the fall of Saigon in 1975. They face social, educational, and financial barriers to their adjustment to American life, and they experience the resentment of some Americans who see them as intruders. Introduces these problems through the experiences of a group of Mien Yao refugees in Oakland, California.”

Mainland southeast Asia / Maritime southeast Asia

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Cambridge Studios

Series: The Power of Place : World Regional Geography

"Mainland Southeast Asia" presents case studies dealing with prospects for development in isolated Laos; and rice production in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. "Maritime Southeast Asia" presents case studies dealing with the growing importance of tourism in Indonesia; and a geographer studies Malaysia's different ethnic groups. The series explores the eleven major geographical realms of the world and how they are interconnected, combining perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography. Case studies and state-of- the-art computer-generated maps and animation help illuminate concepts. Noted geographer H.J. de Blij provides geographic analysis.

*My America (...or honk if you love Buddha)

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 87 minutes

1996, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Renee Tajima-Pena

Filmmaker Renee Tajima-Pena sets out on a cross-country journey where she encounters a diverse range of Asian Americans. Remembering a time in her youth when she traveled across five states without seeing an Asian face, now more than 20 years later the filmmaker finds Asian American communities throughout the entire United States. The filmmaker celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans from a family of Hmong Immigrants in Minnesota to a New York City Chinatown fortune cookie entrepreneur and all the way back to the west coast with Asian gay and lesbian activists in California.

Southeast Asia I : Vietnam, Cambodia

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Demonstrations of Vietnamese and Cambodian music and dance: Water puppet play; Sao - bamboo flute, with ensemble; Saranai (shawm) and trong ki nang (drum); Roneat - xylophone, with flat gongs; Sao phong tieu (flute), t'rung (xylophone), and angklung (bamboo tubes); Dan tranh - zither ensemble: "Treo len nui thien thai" ("Climbing Mount Thien Thai"); Folk song with dance: "Ngoi tua man thuyen" ("Reclining on the side of a boat"); Folk instruments performance; Saranai (shawm), trong bara nung (drums), and trong ki nang (small gong); Gong ensemble; Festival of the Gialai people; Apsara dance; Lakhon Bassac - dance-drama; Folk instruments performance; Wedding ceremony. Study guide available.

Southeast Asia II : Thailand, Myanmar (Burma)

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Demonstrations of Thai and Burmese music and dance: Fawn tien - candle dance; Ram sat chatri - ceremonial introduction of dance-drama; Khon - masked dance-drama: "Prince Rama's fight with the Devil King Thosakanth," from the Ramakian; Dance-drama: "Chui-chai Prahm" ("Chui-chai of a Brahmin"); Jakhe - three-string zither, with ensemble: "Lao Phaen"; Khlui - flute solo: "Phya kruan"; So sam sai - bowed lute solo: "Khaek mon"; Kruang sai - string ensemble: "Lao duong duen"; Molam - song and dance genre; Classical music in the yo-daya style: "Mo bwe nan thein" ("Song of the rain god"); Monkey play; Hsaing-waing ensemble" Overture; Salutation dance; Dance to pray for the protection of the spirits; Saung - harp solo; Drum dance; Dance performance: Pledge of love; Puppet dance. Study guide available.

Southeast Asia III : Malaysia, Philippines

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Demonstrations of Malay and Filipino music and dance: From a court dance: "Tarinai Layang Mas" ("Golden swallow dance"); From folk tradition: "Selayang Kercing" ("Flying kercing"); Dance-drama: Ramayana; Sapeh - lute duet: "Jempen letoh"; Balingbing - split-bamboo idiophone; Tongali - nose flute; Onnat - jew's harp; Kulibit - bamboo tube zither; Paldong - end-blown flute; Saggeypo - independent panpipe ensemble; Tongatong - stamping tubes; Topayya - gongs struck with the hands; Palook - gongs struck with beaters; Fisherman's supplication dance: "Tahing baila"; Bamboo pole dance: "Singkil"; Folk dance melody. Study guide available.

Southeast Asia IV : Indonesia 1 - Bali

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Demonstrations of Balinese music and dance: Gamelan - instrument ensemble: "Sekar jupun"; Pendet - devotional dance; Baris - warrior's dance drill; Legong keraton - court dance; Kebyar trompong - seated dance with gong set; Calonarang - dance-drama. Study guide available.

Southeast Asia V : Indonesia 2 - Bali, continued, Java

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Demonstrations of Balinese and Javanese music and dance: Kecak - men's chorus; Wayang - shadow puppet play; Gamelan degung - small court ensemble; Tembang Sunda Cianjuran - song with instrument ensemble; Pantun - narrative recitation with accompaniment: "Mundinglaya Dikusumah" ("The story of Mundinglaya"); Tembang Sunda Cianjuran - song with instrument ensemble: "Papatet"; Tarawangsa (bowed lute) and kacapi siter (plucked zither): "Kidung"; Celempungan - instrument and voice ensemble: "Tablo". Study guide available.

BRUNEI

not available

BURMA

The Burmese harp

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 116 minutes

1956, Public Media Homevision

Language: Japanese

Set at the end of World War II, focusing on the obsessions that drive one Japanese soldier to remain in Burma. A Private is wounded on a mission to convince renegade mountain fighters of Japan's official surrender. A Buddhist priest saves the private. The priest leads the soldier on a path to spiritual conversion. Cast includes Shoji Yasui, Rentaro Mikuni, Tatsuya Mihashi. Screenplay by Natto Wada. Directed by Kon Ichikawa. In Japanese, with English subtitles.

Daw Aung Suu Kyi's interview

Color; Sound; 20 minutes

1996, Natl Coalition Govt Union Burma

A videotaped interview with 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She is a leading opponent of the ruling military junta of Burma, has been placed under house arrest during elections held in 1993, and recently the military government has been calling for her death. She discusses the democratization movement; the call for economic sanctions; the negative effects of foreign investment, tourism, and the opium trade, and human rights violations in Burma. She makes an appeal to the international community to help the cause of Burma's democratic movement.

Sacrifice : the story of child prostitutes from Burma

Color; Sound; 47 minutes

1998, Ellen Bruno

Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in brothels in Thailand. The trafficking of Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. The filmmaker examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human beings, the efforts of teenage girls to survive a crisis born of economic and political repression. Directed by Ellen Bruno.

Southeast Asia II : Thailand, Myanmar (Burma)

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

CAMBODIA

An introduction to medical care in the United States

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 14 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, divided into two major sections. Part 1 describes how to get medical help from various health care facilities, such as doctors' offices, hospitals, emergency rooms, free clinics, and dentists' offices. Part 2 covers the services offered by local county health clinics, with special emphasis on tuberculosis treatment. In five languages: Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.

a.k.a Don Bonus

Color; Sound; 55 minutes

1995, National Asian American Telecommunications, Spencer Nakasako

A self portrait of 18 year-old Sokly "Don Bonus" Ny, a young Cambodian immigrant, during his senior year in high school. Shot by Ny himself, his complicated life is reflective of the struggles many young immigrants growing up in America experience and of America itself growing up in the 90's. Produced and directed by veteran filmmaker Spencer Nakasko.

Cambodia and Laos : Vietnam : a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

American involvement in these two countries began in 1961, when President Kennedy sent in teams of U.S. Special Forces to aid guerrillas against the Laotian communists and their North Vietnamese allies, and continued through the resultant 1975 communist Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodia. When the Khamer Rouge defeated the American-backed government of Lon Hol in 1975, an estimated two million peasant refugees faced starvation, terror and eventually slaughter. Volume 5 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Peace at Hand (1968-1973).).

*Cambodia : year ten (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VHS ; Color with black and white sequences; Sound

1993, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, John Pilger; David Munro

*Cambodia's children : investing in their future (SRLF)

VHS ; Color; Sound; 11 minutes

1996, Information Office, Asian Development Bank, Steven Griffiths; Ian Gill

Languages: English and Khmer, with English subtitles

Cambodia had to start from scratch after two decades of war and devastation. In the education sector the problems were immense: an acute shortage of teachers since many had been killed under the Khmer Rouge regime, inadequate classrooms, an antiquated curriculum and a dearth of teaching materials. With the help of the international community, Cambodia is rebuilding from the bottom up, targeting the primary school sector in an effort to increase literacy and reduce the drop-out rate.

*The Flute Player. (in process for SRLF)

VHS ; Color; Sound; 53 minutes

2003, Over The Moon Productions, Inc. Jocelyn Glatzer.

Arn Chorn-Pond, a survivor of Cambodia’s Killing Fields, faces the dark shadows of his war-torn past as he fights to save Cambodia’s one outlawed traditional music.

Kelly loves Tony

Color; Sound; 57 minutes

1998, National Asian American Telecommunications, Producer Spencer Nakasako

A video diary by Kelly Saeteurn and Tony Saelo. Kelly's family is Iu Mien refugees from Laos and she is the first of her family to graduate high school, she plans to attend college. Kelly has an "American Dream" of graduating college and becoming successful, she is also pregnant. As a pregnant teenager her dream will be that much harder to achieve. Tony is a Kelly's boyfriend; he is a junior high drop out and an ex-con. The couple met three months earlier at the shopping mall. This video diary offers a glimpse into the lives of the two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of such obstacles as parenthood, gender issues, cultural differences, and educational differences. Directed by Spencer Nakasako.

The killing fields

Color; Sound; 142 minutes

1984, Warner Home Video, David Puttnam

Set in war torn Cambodia after the 1975 capture of the Cambodian capital by the Khmer Rouge. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is marked by horrible atrocities, which resulted in three million of Cambodia's seven million people losing there lives in the "killing fields." This epic story of friendship, combat, and survival follows American journalists whose coverage of the war nearly costs them their lives. They are saved by their Cambodian aide and translator, who sacrifices his own safety for his American friends. Adapted from an article in The New York Times Magazine "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" by Sydney Schanberg. Cast includes Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Sam Waterson, John Malkovich, Craig T. Nelson, Athol Fugard. Screenplay by Bruce Robinson. Directed by Roland Joffe.

Money, major purchases, housing and complaints

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, covering financial information refugees need to know. Includes using a money order and a checking account, making a major appliance purchase, searching for housing, and expressing complaints about purchases. In five languages: Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.

Peace is at hand (1968-1973) : Vietnam: a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed. Volume 5 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Cambodia and Laos.).

*Samsara

VHS ; Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1989, Samsara Film Library, Ellen Bruno

Documents the suffering, loss, and rebirth of the Cambodian people in the aftermath of the take over of Cambodia by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge revolutionary forces and the subsequent invasion of Cambodia by Viet Nam.

Samsara : death and rebirth in Cambodia

Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1989, Samsara: Film Library, Ellen Bruno

A document of the lives of the Cambodian people long troubled by war, and brings a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political turmoil. The film focuses on the Cambodians' struggle to reconstruct their shattered society in a climate of war and with limited resources. Ancient prophecy, Buddhist teachings folklore and dreams provide a context for understanding the Cambodians' world view and the philosophies which guide their lives.

Shopping for the family : clothing and personal care

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 20 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, designed to teach refugees about shopping for clothing and personal care items, such as soap, cream, lotion, shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste. Emphasizes the need to check and compare prices and quality, and to seek advice on clothing and product usage. In five languages: Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.

Shopping for the family : food

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, introducing the refugee to the American food market. Covers concepts such as types of packaging, content labels, unit pricing, and quantity buying. Emphasizes comparing prices and quality, and introduces the concept of choice by showing the wide variety of products available in the American supermarket. In five languages: Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.

Southeast Asia I : Vietnam, Cambodia

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Swimming to Cambodia

Color; Sound; 85 minutes

1987, Image Entertainment, RA Shafransky

Spaulding Gray weaves a hypnotic saga of his experiences in Southeast Asia during the making of the movie, "The Killing Fields." Musical score by Laurie Anderson; directed by Jonathan Demme.

The Vietnam war

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1990, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Visnews

The program begins in 1941 with Ho Chi Minh's U.S.-backed harassment of Japanese forces; it covers the war with the French; the division of Indochina; the partitioning of Vietnam; the Geneva Conference; the unraveling of the South Vietnamese government and the arrival of American advisors; the death of Ho and the role of Prince Sihanouk and Cambodia. It follows the escalation of war, the evacuation of American forces, and the North's efforts to remove all traces of the South Vietnamese regime.

Your first American job

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 16 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Educational program for newly arrived Southeast Asian immigrants, divided into two parts. Part 1 discusses important facts a job seeker musk know, including educational training, search strategies, transportation, application, and interviewing procedures. Part 2 explains important matters which arise as the job seeker becomes acquainted with a new work environment, such as filling out necessary forms, and fulfilling responsibilities to employers. In five languages: Cambodian, Cantonese, English, Lao, and Vietnamese.

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|EAST TIMOR|

*Cold blood : the massacre at East Timor

VHS ; Color; Sound; 55 minutes

1992, East Timor Action Network/US, Max Stahl, Peter A. Gordon

Documentary on the history and current situation of the Timorese people. Includes interviews of survivors of the massacres that have occurred since 1975 at the hands of the Indonesians.

*East Timor : turning a blind eye

VHS ; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1993, Paper Tiger TV, East Timor Action Network

Discusses the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia and the massacre of over 200,000 people. Features interviews with Elizabeth Exposto, Amy Goodman, Allan Nairn, Constancio Pinto, Danilo Henriques, Tom Hyland and Charles Scheiner.

*One struggle, one change = Satu perlawanan, satu perubahan (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1998, M.L. Mendoca

Language: Chiefly in English, some interviews in Indonesian and Javanese with English subtitles

Featuring interviews with pro-democracy advocates, East Timorese, labor organizers, students, and workers who speak out about life under the Soeharto regime in Indonesia. This documentary captures the political climate through the voices of those long silenced.

*Viva Timor Lorosae : the untold story of east Timor's struggle for independence

VHS Color; Sound; 56 minutes

2001, University of California Center for Media and Independent Learning, Lyndal Barry, Sophie

Barry

Rare and unique footage is used to document East Timor's struggle for liberation. For twenty-five years a small group of men and women operated as a guerilla force known as Falantil, a Portuguese acronym for the National Liberation Forces of an Independent East Timor, and kept the Indonesian army on the run. The film shows the Falantil one year before the United Nations referendum on East Timor's independence, the group's actions after the vote and during the Indonesian-sponsored violence and massacres that followed. The film also examines how the turmoil and destruction affected the lives of ordinary people in Dili, East Timor's capital.

*Xanana

VHS ; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

[1993], [East Timor Action Network/US], Louise Crowe, Bruce Dynan

Story of the life of Xanana Gusmão, who gave up his family and normal life to be active in the Timor resistance to Indonesian rule.

INDONESIA

*Alang woe : VCD musik terbaru DJ House India (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], RA Group, Mutiara Record, Bob Hasyim

Language: Achinese.

Contents: Abang woe -- Teupeudaya -- Peureulee peng -- Hanco hate -- Tanoh Aceh -- Hana geurela -- Cinta-cinta -- Tameujanji -- Pue neupike -- Aneuk duson. Lyrics appear as subtitles for karaoke accompaniment.

Asian arts composite

Color; Sound; 6 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Brief clips from the 1979 Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute held at UCLA. Segments are: 1) Wayang Kulit: Balanese Shadow Puppet Theater, featuring Nyomen Sumandhi; 2) Kathakali: Indian Dance and Drama, featuring M.P. Sankaran Namboodiri; 3) Music and Dance of Central Java, featuring Sasminta Mardawa and Siti Sitiyah; 4) Sakuntala: A UCLA Theater Arts production directed for the stage by Phillip Zarrilli.

Bali beyond the postcard

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1991, Filmakers Library, Nancy Dine

The story of a Balinese family whose gamelan music and Legong dance tradition spans four generations. Captures an important period in the history of this family - the passing down of the Legong dance legacy to the youngest, a nine-year-old member of the family. From the first rehearsal taught by the mother to the debut presided over by the family's ninety-year-old patriarch and gamelan master, captures the intensity with which tradition evolves and is passed on in Bali.

Bali : the dance of life

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1998, Winstar Home Entertainment

Series: Quest : The Origins of Modern Beliefs

The island of Bali is a land of deep religious devotion where dance and music accompany all phases of life. There is a ceremony of every occasion — from the first time a baby's feet touch earth and teen-age ritual tooth filing, to elaborate weddings and funerals. For the Balinese, spirits are everywhere and rituals keep good and evil in balance. Each ritual brings together God and man in joyful celebration of the dance of life. Written by Marilyn Engle and Jim Burroughs. Directed by Jim Burroughs.

Bali today : island in Indonesia

Color; Sound; 11 minutes (16mm)

1951, Out of print, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational

Against a background of Balinese music, examines life on this tiny volcanic island in Indonesia, emphasizing the role of the Brahmin religion in everyday life. Examples of weaving and mask-carving illustrate the unique quality of Balinese art.

A Balinese trance seance

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1978, Documentary Educational Resources, Linda Connor; Patsy and Timothy Asch

A spirit medium in a small, central Balinese village performs a seance so a family can contact their dead son. An introduction precedes the main seance, providing a visual impression of a seance and background information on the medium and her profession. Jero Tapakan is the medium who is shown consulting with the family at her household shrine, being possessed several times by different spirits, and conversing with the clients between each trance, clarifying vague points in the often ambiguous trance speech. A film by Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, and Timothy Asch. (Also included on this tape is: "Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed.")

*Beth (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound; 80 minutes

[2002?], PT Navirindo Duta Audio Visual, Aria Kusumadewa

Language: Indonesian, with English subtitles

The story is about a girl named Elizabeth, who is usually called Beth. Beth falls in love with a substance abuser, Pesta, who has different religion and is from different background. Her father's arrogance forces them apart. Pregnant, Beth is forced into an abortion and this leads her to be sent to a special ward in a mental hospital. Forced to leave Beth, Pesta is lost in the enjoyment of narcotics and fate brings him to the same hospital as Beth and meet her again. Through their behaviour, language and the dimensions of imaginative thought, they tie the knot of their sensory and find the true meaning of love.

Borobudur : beyond the reach of time, restoring Indonesia's great shrine

Color; Sound; 32 minutes

1983, The Roland Collection, UNESCO

The Buddhist temple of Borobudur stands in Java, a 400 feet square terraced pyramid festooned with stone carvings and reliefs and featuring five hundred figures of Buddha. The temple dates back a thousand years, its carvings tell stories of the life of Buddha. With the aid of traditional Indonesian dancers the carvings are used to retell the story of Buddha and the myths of the great world religion called after him. The reconstruction and restoration project underway at Borobudur is detailed, highlighting the efforts to counteract the effects of erosion by the elements and subsidence. A film by Francine Vande Wiele.

*Ca-bau-kan (YRL; in process for SRLF)

3 VCDs; Color; Sound; 118 minutes

[2002], Tower Movie Entertainment, Nia Dinata

Movie on the tale of one woman's quest for truth. The story revolves around an Indonesian woman's discovery that her mother was a native ca bau kan ("woman" in Hakka Chinese) and her a father a Chinese trader. Her parents' love story, unfolding against the turbulent backdrop of the Dutch and Japanese colonization, forms the heart of the film. This work characterized by storylines that address the Chinese-Indonesian interracial relationships that have always been controversial. Received Asia Pacific Film Festival award for best art director and best up coming director in 2002.

The cockfight

Color; Sound; 13 minutes

1986, University of California Extension

The Balinese cockfight is broken down into three main components in this short documentary shot on location in Bali, with no narration. A slate marks each section of the film. The first section deals with the matching of the cocks to determine which will compete against each other; the second section details the betting on the fight, fixing odds and amount bet; the final section is the fight itself, which can end in either death, surrender, or tie breaker.

*Dan kesaksian pun menangis (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], MER-C

On Poso tragedy, clashes between Muslims and Christians; witnesses from survivors.

Dance and trance of Balinese children

Color; Sound; 43 minutes

1995, Filmmakers' Library

To the Balinese children are sacred. During ceremonial dances children may go into trance. The tradition of teaching Balinese children to dance is passed from generation to generation. Footage shot by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson and modern footage illustrate the continuity of traditions through time. Today the training of children through repetition, imitation, and forceful manipulation into the correct positions still remain intact. The traditions are so strong that Balinese living in the United States continue to teach dance to their children. Children are shown teaching dance and passing on their traditions to other children, combining their Balinese heritage and their experiences living in the United States to creat a new, Multicultural dance.

Dance at court

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1993, Films Incorporated, Geoff Dunlop and Jane Alexander, Sc

Series: Dancing

Examines the role of dance in historical and contemporary court life. During the reign of Louis XIV, the details of a formal evening at Versailles were subtly controlled through the structure of the ballet; today, in the contemporary courts of Japan, Java, and Ghana, dance thrives as a symbol of order, a model of correct behavior, and a source or reliable information about holders of power.

Dance from the court tradition of central Java

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1980, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Gives detailed demonstrations of basic Javanese dance movements. From the 1979 UCLA Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute.

Dancing in one world

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1993, Films Incorporated, Stephanie Bakal; Thirteen/WNET

Series: Dancing

A visit to the Los Angeles Festival captures the tensions and aspirations of the developing global village at the brink of the 21st century. Features The Mornington Island Dancers, Paulani Kanaka'ole Kanahele, one of Hawaii's most revered dance masters, Pan-Indian powwow participants, th Dancers of Wallis and Futuna, and I Made Bandem and the Children of Bali, all performing indigenous dances.

*Dialog eksklusif bersama Gus Dur (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VHS PAL; Color; Sound; 58 minutes

2000, Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia

Interview conducted by Adolf Posumah and Mohamad Sobary.

Freedom or death

B&W and Color; Sound; 55 minutes

1992, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Christine Olsen

Series: Indonesia : Riding the Tiger

The Japanese provided the military training that enabled Indonesians to fight a revolutionary war against the Dutch. The Japanese also created a widespread network of control and surveillance that still exists today. When the nationalist movement finally won indepence from the Dutch, it was the Japanese-trained army, not the people, who ruled the nation. The Japanese occupied Indonesia from 1942-1945, the occupation period is examined and a small community, or kampung is visited to show the effects of the occupations influence. Part of a a three tape series: "Indonesia: Riding the Tiger." Directed by Curtis Levy.

From the barrel of a gun

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1992, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Pacific Basin Institute

Series: The Pacific Century

The lives of Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh and the Indonesian leader Sukarno reflect the nationalist movements in those former colonies of Western powers. The series surveys the past 150 years of economic and political development in the Pacific Basin; emphasizing the interconnections between Pacific nations — and between those nations and the United States — within a geographical, cultural, and historical framework. The series uses contemporary images from ten countries, rare American and Asian footage, and the insights of scholars, political figures, journalists, and witnesses to pivotal events.

*Guardians of the Javan hawk eagle (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Telapak Indonesia

Language: Indonesian

On conservation of the Javan hawk eagle in Indonesia.

*Indahnya kebersamaan : konser amal (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Daarut Tauhid, MQS, Doddy

Performing Islamic charity concert in Jakarta and Bandung.

Indonesia : Riding the Tiger

Color; Sound

1992, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Christine Olsen

Three in the series, see titles: Freedom or death, Kings and coolies, and The new order

*The Indonesian student revolt (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 74 minutes

2001, Offstream Allied Media

Language: Chiefly in English, some dialogue in Indonesian with subtitles in English

Documentary on political conditions and student-led movement for democracy in Indonesia.

*Invitation to a wedding

VHS; Color; Sound; 53 minutes

1995, Olsen Levy Productions, Maxwell's Collection, Curtis Levy

Curtis Levy, an Australian journalist, visits Indonesia, the largest Islamic country in the world, to make a film about Islam.

Javanese dance class

Color; Sound; 160 minutes

1980, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Tape of a Javanese dance class held during the 1979 UCLA Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute.

Javanese dance interview and demonstration

Color; Sound; 100 minutes

1980, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Tape of a Javanese dance demonstration, along with an interview with one of the participants in the 1979 UCLA Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute.

Javanese gamelan interview

Color; Sound; 15 minutes

1980, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Interview with Hardja Susilo, a member of a Javanese gamelan (an orchestra consisting chiefly of percussion instruments) and one of the participants in the 1979 UCLA Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute.

Javanese music class

Color; Sound; 45 minutes

1980, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

A tape of a Javanese music class held during the 1979 UCLA Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute.

Jero on Jero : a Balinese trance seance observed

Color; Sound; 17 minutes

1980, Documentary Educational Resources, Linda Connor; Patsy and Timothy Asch

In 1980, anthropologist Linda Connor and filmmakers Tim and Patsy Asch returned to Bali with their film "A Balinese Trance Seance" to screen the footage for Jero Tapakan, the spirit medium who was the subject of the film. Jero had a unique opportunity to spontaneously and consciously react to and reflect upon the experience of possession. Her comments provide insights into how she feels while possessed, her understanding of witchcraft, and her humility in the presence of the supernatural world. A film by Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, and Timothy Asch. (Also included on this tape is: "A Balinese Trance Seance.")

Kembali - to return

Color; Sound; 46 minutes

1989, University of California Extension

An ensemble of American musicians and dancers who perform Balinese music, travel to Bali and become the first Western group to perform Balinese music for the Balinese. The group is Gamelan Sekar Jaya, and the story of their journey captures the everyday activities that form the culture of Bali and imparts a keen awareness of how the seamless fabric of Balinese life and art is reflected in the interlocking rhythms of Balinese music. Directed by Jim Mayer.

Kings and coolies

B&W and Color; Sound; 52 minutes

1992, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Christine Olsen

Series: Indonesia: Riding the Tiger

Centuries of Dutch rule has left a lasting imprint on Indonesian society. The Dutch grew prosperous on Indonesia's wealth, while the Indonesian people remained among the poorest of Southeast Asia. The period of Dutch colonization is surveyed and Indonesia's struggle for indepence. Indonesia's struggle for self rule began in 1942 with the Japanese invasion and the end of Dutch rule. Part of a three tape series: "Indonesia: Riding the Tiger." Directed by Curtis Levy.

Lalampahan calonarang : (a Balinese shadow play)

Color; Sound; 180 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

A story of the good and evil forces in the world, and their clash for control. Traditionally performed in Bali to exorcise evil demons which threaten villages. Features I Nyoman Sumandi, a native of Bali and one in a family line of puppeteers, and Suweca, an eminent Balinese performer and composer. Records both in front of and behind the curtain to study the puppeteers' techniques.

Ma'bugi : the trance of the Toraja

Color; Sound; 21 minutes

1974, University of California Extension

Shows an unusual trance ritual which functions to restore the balance of well-being to an afflicted community. Shows the song, dance and pulsating tension which precedes dramatic instances in the Toraja highlands of the Celebes Islands of Indonesia. Narrated by the officiant priest of the indigenous religion.

*Mainland southeast Asia/Maritime southeast Asia, unit 12 : southeast Asia : between the giants

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection

Series: The Power of Place

"Mainland Southeast Asia" presents case studies dealing with prospects for development in isolated Laos; and rice production in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. "Maritime Southeast Asia" presents case studies dealing with the growing importance of tourism in Indonesia; and a geographer studies Malaysia's different ethnic groups. The series explores the eleven major geographical realms of the world and how they are interconnected, combining perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography. Case studies and state-of-the-art computer-generated maps and animation help illuminate concepts. Noted geographer H.J. de Blij provides geographic analysis.

*Mass grave : digging up the Indonesia's military cruelties (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 19 minutes

2001, Offstream Allied Media

Language: Indonesian, with English subtitles

Full and frank account of what happened in the reburial of victims of horror in the 1965 mass killings. This documentary film weaves its story against the tide by presenting evidence of cruelties sponsored by the military in regions of Central Java.

*Membangun bangsa dengan manajemen qolbu (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

2002, MQS Production, Daarut Tauhid : Distributor, MQS Mark, Abdullah Gymnastiar

On Islamic religious practices; sermon.

*Menguak kekerasan dalam rumah tangga : kampanye anti kekerasan terhadap perempuan

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Kalyanamitra

Focuses on domestic violence in Indonesia; includes interviews with victims and experts.

Miracle of Bali

see Trance and ritual in Bali

Miyah : the life of a Javanese woman

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1999, Documentary Educational Resources

An intimate portrait of a Javanese woman who works as a servant and a cook for a prominent family in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is a single mother, who supports her daughter and her aging parents. Her job is an ambiguous blend of employee and family ward. Miyah represents millions of rural dwellers who seek work in the cities and whose labor undergrids Asia's economies. And while many aspects of her life are specific to circumstances in Indonesia, women all over the world will be able to identify with her struggle to support her family.

The new order

B&W and Color; Sound; 53 minutes

1992, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Christine Olsen

Series: Indonesia: Riding the Tiger

The bloody coup that led to President Suharto's rise to power in 1966 opened the door to economic development, fueled primarily by investment from the United States and Japan. Indonesia is moving into a period of uncertainty after 25 years of Suharto's "New Order" rule. Indonesia has never experienced an orderly transfer of power in its forty-year history as a nation, and is poised for another battle for succession. Conflict has emerged as the country moves from a religious society to one embracing a philosophy of economic growth at any cost. Part of a three tape series: "Indonesia: Riding the Tiger." Directed by Curtis Levy.

*One struggle, one change = Satu perlawanan, satu perubahan (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1998, M.L. Mendoca

Language: Chiefly in English, some interviews in Indonesian and Javanese with English subtitles

*Para perintis kemerdekaan = Pioneers of freedom

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 121 minutes

1980, Asrul Sani

Language: Indonesian with English subtitles

This theatrical film traces the gradual radicalization of a young woman, Halimah, in West Sumatra in the 1920s addressing issues of religious reform and women's rights in connection with anti-colonialism and social revolution. Filmed on location among the Minangkabau people who are adherents of Islam but with strong matrilineal customs and inheritance laws.

*Pasir berbisik (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2002?], Tower Movie Entertainment, Nan Achnas

The muted story of a multi-dimensional love between Daya, a soul-searching village girl, and Berlian, her possesive mother. The lonely Daya often dream of seeing her long lost father. Agus, her father, finally return and draws Daya closer to him by telling her stories of his travels. But Agus' unscrupulous dealing with the flashy shark-lender shatter Daya's make believe world forever. Received awards from Asia Pacific Film Festival, 2001 for best cinematography, best sound, jury's special award for most promising director ; received award from Festival du Film Asiatique Deauville, 2002 for best actress.

*Payong hitam (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], PAS Record, Yusbi Yusuf

Language: Achinese

Performing popular songs from Aceh accompanied by Western instruments.

Pencak silat

Color; Sound; 43 minutes

1989, Mande Muda, Inc, Herman Suwanda; Mande Muda, Inc

Series: The Secret Fighting Arts of Asia

Explores the forms and techniques of Pencak Silat as performed in West Java. Demonstrates the various steps and techniques from several angles to allow full analysis of movement. Accompanied by traditional music from the region.

*Planting disaster (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Telapak Indonesia

Language: Indonesian, with English subtitles

Impact of plantation management on environmental damage in Indonesia.

*Program ungkapan budaya (SRLF)

2 videodiscs; Color; Sound

[2002?-], Koperasi Pustekkom

Documentary focuses on manners and customs of Indonesian; a cultural heritage program.

*Rampoe Aceh. Vol. 2 (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Sound

[2002?], Pinto Aceh Group

Contents: Hukom Rimba -- Subang India -- Yatim Piatu -- Rasa Keudro -- Pulo Rubiah -- Cinta Meulabang -- Rimba Raya -- Abang Becak -- Saleum Rindu -- Jak Meutani.

Religion in Indonesia : the way of the ancestors

Color; Sound; 52 minutes

1978, Ambrose Video Publishing, British Broadcasting Corporation

Series: The Long Search

Illustrates the primal religious activities of the Toraja of the Celebes in Indonesia. Exemplifying the 200 million people throughout the world who belong to tribal religions that are local, exclusive, and frequently animist, the Toraja live in a world in which every act has a religious significance, and in which traditional beliefs seem to be surviving despite increased contect with the outside world.

*Sampit bersimbah darah (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Komite Penanggulangan Krisis

Seri film dokumenter peristiwa Sampit, Kalimantan Tengah.

Documentary on Sampit tragedy, an ethnic conflict between Dayak and Madurese migrants in Sampit, Indonesia.

Sight unseen

Color; Sound; 27 minutes

1996, Documentary Educational Resources, Nicholas Kurzon

An ethnographic look at Bali, Indonesia. An American cameraman offers an portrait of a Balinese Hindu priest focusing on his world while also interrogating and interrelating tourism, anthropology, home-video making, and ice-cream selling. One of the priest's sons is an avid cockfighter, the other is a freelance video-shooter. With his video camera the son is documenting his community. The American is occasionally caught on the TV monitor and is seen as if through local eyes. In the process the film raises suspicions about ethnographic authority and the foundations of cross-cultural knowledge.

*Sitanyak leu teunguet : cagok Atjeh (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Monita Studio, Amran Abbas

Language: Achinese

Comedy from Aceh, Indonesia.

Southeast Asia IV : Indonesia 1 - Bali

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Southeast Asia V : Indonesia 2 - Bali, continued, Java

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Srikandi tanding palakrama : (Srikandi's wedding and challenge)

Color; Sound; 90 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

Srikandi, the daughter of a king, is unwillingly bethrothed and runs away as an act of rebellion. Her father then offers his daughter's hand in marriage to anyone who would return her. Story told through Javanese dance and music.

Taksu : music in the life of Bali

Color; Sound; 24 minutes

1991, University of California Extension, Jann Pasler

Balinese music is like Balinese life. It reflects community harmony, cooperation, and balance. It also serves as a readily accessible "window" onto Balinese culture. This sensitive documentary is an American musician's unique and thoughtful portrait of Balinese life, art, and spirituality. Focusing on the concept of Taksu, or the spiritual power found in music, instruments, costumes, and dance, the production captures and vibrant rhythm that permeates all Balinese art and culture. Written, directed, and produced by Jann Pasler.

*Telegram (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2002], PT. Ekapraya Tatacipta Film, ARTCAM International, Slamet Rahardjo Djarot

Language: Indonesian

Daku is a young Balinese, he is single and lives in Jakarta with his adopted daughter, Sinta. When receives a telegram from Bali, he doesn't dare open the message but he can easily what it says, his mother is dead, he will have to go back to Bali, and certainly have to leave Sinta behind in Jakarta for a long time. For several days, Daku escape from reality and trapped his delusions and fantasies, discovering Rosa. The beauty of his paradise in fantasy and his child in reality is the on conflict for Daku. Gradually, Sinta succeeds in realising her father from this fantasies. Received 46th Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for best actress.

*Tragedi dan rasa kemanusiaan kita (SRLF)

VCD; Color with black and white sequences; Sound; 46 minutes

2001, Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummat

*Tragedi Jakarta, 1998 : gerakan mahasiswa di Indonesia

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Jakarta Media Syndication, Tino Saroengallo

Language: Indonesian and English, with English and Indonesian subtitles

Documentary on the May riot and shooting at student activists by the Armed Forces during some rallies in Jakarta, 1998. Film received Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for best film in 2002.

Trance and dance in Bali

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 22 minutes

1952, Pennsylvannia State University

Records a performance of the Balinese ceremonial kris (dagger) dance-drama, which depicts the never-ending struggle between witch (death-dealing) and dragon (life-protecting), as it was given in the village of Pagotan in the late 1930's. The dancers experience violent trance seizures, turn their krises against their breasts without injury, and are restored to consciousness with incense and holy water. Narrated by Margaret Mead against the background of Balinese music.

Trance and ritual in Bali

Color; Sound; 24 minutes

1972, Xerox Films, British Broadcasting Corporation

Series: Miracle of Bali

Probes the religious beliefs that underlie and motivate the many arts of Bali. Includes a Balinese cremation ceremony, exotic trance dances by pre-adolescent girls as well as by adults, and the traditional clahs in dance form between an evil witch and a barong, the good beast that protects the village.

*Upeti untuk punggawa, nasi basi untuk kawula (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 27 minutes

2001, Offstream Allied Media

On corruption and misconduct in office practices in Indonesia.

*VCD-karaoke Aceh : seleksi perdana Sanggar Seni Pintoe Aceh Group (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Sanggar Seni Pintoe Aceh Group

Language: Achinese

Performing popular songs from Aceh accompanied by Western instruments; a number one hit videos of Sanggar Seni Pintoe Aceh Group.

Wayang Kulit construction class

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

A Wayang Kulit construction class featuring I Nyoman Sumandi, a native of Bali and one in a family line of puppeteers. Part of the 1979 Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute held at UCLA.

Wayang Kulit interview and demonstration

Color; Sound; 120 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

A Wayang Kulit interview and demonstration featuring Professor Mel Helseien from UCLA's Department of Theater Arts and I. Nyoman Sumandhi. Part of the 1979 Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute held at UCLA.

Wayang Kulit manipulation class

Color; Sound; 120 minutes

1979, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute

A class on manipulating Wayang Kulit puppets, featuring I. Nyoman Sumandhi, a native of Bali and one in a family line of puppeteers. Part of the 1979 Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute held at UCLA.

Wayang kulit : the shadow puppet theater of Java

Color; Sound; 22 minutes (vhs and 16 mm)

1970, Out of print, Bayliss Glasscock

Introduces the characters and music of a Javanese shadow puppet play and presents a performance. Shows the artists backstage as well as the effects on the screen.

The year of living dangerously

Color; Sound; 115 minutes

1983, MGM/UA Home Video, James McElroy

The story of a fiery romance born on the eve of revolution in Sukarno's Indonesia. An ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment finds himself in the middle of a revolution. He meets and starts an impassioned affair with an attache of the British Embassy. With the aid of his cameraman the reporter is able to gain access to the rebel leaders of Jakarta and the chance at getting an incredible story,if he doesn't lose his life. Cast includes Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt. Adapted from the novel by C.J. Koch. Directed by Peter Weir.

*Al Zaytun gate : monumen kejahatan Orde Baru (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], [Jakarta?]

Mass media investigation on wrong Islamic study and teaching practices of the Al-Zaytun, an Islamic religious education center at Indramayu, and its alleged links to the Indonesian Islamic State movement; compilation of television episodes.

*7 artis Restu : VCD karaoke Aceh (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Restu

Language: Achinese

Seven singers of Restu Record performing popular songs from Aceh accompanied by Western instruments.

LAOS

Blue collar and Buddha

Color; Sound; 57 minutes

1988, National Asian American Telecommunications, Taggart-Siegal Productions

A provocative profile of a Laotian community which faces an openly hostile, racist environment in Rockford, Illinois. Local citizens, frustrated by economic depression and angry about losing the Vietnam War, confront recent immigrants trying to preserve their native culture and Buddhist religion. This work offers candid interviews and accounts of a terrorist bombing and a drive-by shooting of a local Buddhist temple.

Cambodia and Laos : Vietnam : a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

*Hmong musicians in America : interactions with three generations of Hmong Americans 1978-

1996 (Music Library Special Collections)

VHS ; Color and black and white; Sound; 57 minutes

1997, APSARA Media for Intercultural Education, Amy Catlin, Nazir Jairazbhoy

The program recounts the social and musical history of the Hmong from China to Laos to America, using maps, Hmong drawings and embroideries and archival photographs. Footage shot in Laos and America shows natural Hmong events including New Year Festivals, courtship ballgames, and a funeral.

An introduction to medical care in the United States

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 14 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Kelly loves Tony

Color; Sound; 57 minutes

1998, National Asian American Telecommunications, Spencer Nakasako

Mainland southeast Asia / Maritime southeast Asia

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Cambridge Studios

Series: The Power of Place : World Regional Geography

Money, major purchases, housing and complaints

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Moving mountains : the story of the Yiu Mien

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1990, Filmakers Library, Elaine Velazquez

During the Vietnam War the CIA enlisted the help of native people in the fight against the North. The Yiu Mien involvement with the CIA forced them to flee their homeland. Originally settling in the Pacific Northwest in the United States, the refugees were catapulted from one century into another. The hill tribes' ancient society in the mountains of Laos, had no electricity, cars, or any other twentieth century technology. Through the words of the elders and rare archival footage of the Mien in their homeland, their ancient culture is brought to light and illustrates the struggle to adapt to American culture, while still maintaining aspects of their own.

Peace is at hand (1968-1973) : Vietnam: a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

Shopping for the family : clothing and personal care

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 20 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Shopping for the family : food

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

*The split horn : life of a Hmong shaman in America

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 56 minutes

2001, NAATA, Taggart Siegel

Paja Thao is a Hmong shaman who emigrated from the mountains of Laos to the heartland of America. He resides with his family in Appleton, Wisconsin where he struggles to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture. America has become the testing ground for the enduring strength of Hmong culture, the documentary captures the daily struggle of Paja Thao's family as they live caught between two worlds.

Talking history

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1984, National Asian American Telecommunications, Spencer Nakasako

Series: With Silk Wings : Asian American Women at Work

A compelling mosaic of oral histories and historical footage of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Laotian women featuring their journey to the U.S. and their unique immigrant stories. Directed by Spencer Nakasako.

Your first American job

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 16 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

MALAYSIA

*Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

*Aman dalam mungkar : monogami vs. poligami, satu ulasan—(YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Darul Ummah Production

Language: Malay

On polygamy in Malaysia from Islamic viewpoint; speech by Dato' Hj. Ishak Baharom, an official of PAS, Islamic Party in Malaysia.

*Awang Batil (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Awang Batil is a name given to a traditional story-teller who entertains audiences by reciting Malay folktales accompanied by the beat of batil, a small metal drum, which he plays himself. The rhythm of the drum helps Awang Batil to keep going with his poetic recitation. As he plays his batil and tells his story, Awang Batil takes on the parts of characters in the tale by donning masks. This art still practiced in Kampung Pokok Sena, Cuping, Perlis.

*Bajau marriage customs (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on marriage manners and customs of the Bajau Malays of Sabah. Merisik (discreet match-making), the proposal, and the wedding ceremony are carried out according to the traditions of the community and conducted with joyous and colourful ceremonies depicting the culture and philosophy of life of the Bajaus.

*Boikot barang Amerika! : fatwa Yusof Qardhawi : perang Iraq, syurga di bawah kilauan mata

pedang! (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Nasaruddin Daud

Language: Malay

On anti-American boycotts in Malaysia with reference to Islamic opinion of Yusof Qardhawi.

*Ceramah khas Taman Melewar pembebasan Anwar (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Darul Ummah Production

Language: Malay

Political issues in Malaysia regarding with detention of Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

*Dabus (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound; 22:45 minutes

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on Dabus, a drama trance popular in Perak and Selangor, where dancers repeatedly stabbed their arms with sharp iron instruments, normally performed during weddings, religious, and national holidays. Performers danced to music and chanting gradually got into trance and hurt themselves, later on to be cured by the "Khalifah".

*Debat politik UM (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[1999?], DMSB

Series: VCD dokumentasi perjuangan PAS

*Debat UMNO & PAS (YRL; in process for SRLF)

4 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2001?], [Barisan Nasional?]

Language: Malay

*Demo di KLCC! : bantah serangan terhadap Iraq (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?]

Language: Malay

Documentary on anti-American demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, regarding with war in Iraq, 2003.

*Dr. Rushdi (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Dr. Rushdi is a popular and highly respected medical man. When he discovers that his young wife Mariana is unfaithful to him, he is comforted by the nurse Muliani, who has always loved him in secret. He divorces his wife and sets up home with Muliani. In order, however, to avoid the scandal caused by his new arrangement, he fakes his own death and enables Muliani to claim the large sum of money paid out by his life insurance policy. His ex-wife's unscrupulous lover tracks him down and demands half the money to keep quiet about Rushdi's fraudulent act.

Floating in the air, followed by the wind : Thaipusam a Hindu Festival

Color; Sound; 34 minutes

1973, Indiana University Audio Visual Center, Ronald C. Simmons

The title refers to the description of the indescribable sensation experienced by Hindu devotees who participate in the practice known as "taking kavadi." In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, kavadi includes the practice of wearing an arched framework of 100 foot-long steel spears held high like the tail feathers of a peacock — then dancing into a state of ecstasy. For thousands of years, Hindus have used this form of intense physical ritual for spiritually oriented transformations. Kavadi is most frequently taken on the February holy day of Thaipusam. Directed by Ronald C. Simons.

*Forum perdana : US, UMNO serang Iraq, Islam : Putik II, Labok (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2003?]

Language: Malay

On Islam and politics in Malaysia.

*Hadrah (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Documentary on hadrah, a traditional performance best known in Perlis and Kedah. It is dancing accompanied by the beat of thirteen gendang (drums) and rebana (tambourines), with a character of its own incorporating Arab and Indian influence. This documentary shows in detail the making of the musical instruments, costumes of the dancers, and the concept and movements of the dance, which are distinct, and different from other traditional performances.

*Hakim gelabah : Melewar, perbicaraan kes Anwar (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2003?], Darul Ummah Production

Language: Malay

Political issues on Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

*Hamdolok (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Hamdolok is believed to have originated from the Middle East, where it is performed by Bedouins to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. In Malaysia, hamdolok is best known in Batu Pahat, Johor. The performance includes local elements such as the use of gendang (drum) and gambus (a lute of Arabic origin), and featuring traditional Malay opera (bangsawan) together with Arabic style singing and dancing called zapin.

*The historical sites of the Old Johor Kingdom (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Malay Sultanate of Johor, which came into existence after Melaka fell to the Portuguese, planted numerous memories-nostalgic, tragic, mysterious, and dramatic in the collective Malay consciousness. The abundant historical sites and remains along the Johor River give an impression of bygone grandeur of the Old Malay Kingdom for the present generation descended from it to cherish.

*Islam and pluralism (Law Library)

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1994, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Mahmood Jamal

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, explains his government's approach to multiculturalism within Islam. Drawing examples from Islamic history, he argues for a tolerant and pluralistic approach to Islam.

*Jikey Malaysia (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on jikey, a kind of popular theatrical performance in Kedah and Perlis. It can be characterized as a comic play combining humor, singing, and dancing. The characters in the play are three merchants, an Indian, a Malay (Mat Keh), and a Chinese (Pek Ji Seng). Sometimes Malay tales are included to satisfy local taste.

*Keluarga 69 (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[200-?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Bakar, a wealthy but short-tempered man, throws his happy go lucky son Osman out of the house because of his playboy behavior. Osman takes shelter with his friend, Badim, until they are both evicted by their landlord -- none other than Bakar himself. The two homeless friends join a traveling stage troupe, and soon Osman discovers a new career and signs a recording contract. Soon, he discovers that he has been tricked and falls into despair. A secret love arrives just in time to stop him from putting an end to things.

*Kris in the Malay world (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Documentary on the keris, a kind of Malay weapon, that regarded as a precious cultural heritage of the Malay and associated with heroism and mysticism. Kris remains a symbol of the sovereign power of Malay rulers and reflects great refinement of craftmanship.

*Kuil dibina, masjid diruntuh : Melayu Islam sudah hilang sensitif : satu lagi projek kerajaan

Barisan Nasional (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Muhammad Sabu

Language: Malay

Political issues in Malaysia concerning Islam and other religions.

*Labu dan Labi (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc, Tan Sri P. Ramlee

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Haji Bakhil, a miser, has 2 servants (Labu and Labi). Both servants are secretly in love with the miser's beautiful daughter, Manisah.

*Laksamana Do Re Mi (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Cast/perfomers: P. Ramlee, A.R. Tompel, Ibrahim Din, Dayang Sulu.

Latah : a culture-specific elaboration of the startle reflex

Color; Sound; 39 minutes

1982, Indiana University Audio Visual Center

Studies a culture-bound syndrome in Malaysia, in which persons who have been noticed to startle readily and strongly are repetitively startled by others until they become extremely flustered. Shows how these hyperstartling people, called latahs, may say things which are normally tabooed, match the movements of others around them and obey commands. American and Ainu (northern Japan) hyperstartlers are shown for comparison. Directed by Ronald C. Simons, Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University.

*The Letter (Law Library)

VHS videocassette; Black and White; Sound; 96 minutes

1990, Turner Entertainment Co., MGM/UA Home Video, William Wyler

Series: Bette Davis signature collection

Set on a rubber plantation in Malaya, this story centers on a woman's reasons for killing a man who was a close family friend.

*Mahathir & Bush : duduk sama rendah, berdiri sama tinggi (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD); Color; Sound

[2003?], Salahudin Ayub

Language: Malay

Political issues in Malaysia regarding with war in Iraq, 2003.

*Main peteri (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English and Malay with English subtitles

Documentary on main peteri, a dramatic performance from Kelantan. From the 17th or 18th century to presents, it embodies magical and ritual elements influenced by animism, Hinduism, and Islam. It is performed by two men called Tuk Peteri and Tuk Minduk, accompanied by a band of musicians called the Panjak. The main purpose of the performance is therapeutic, to stimulate and set free feelings within a sick person known as angin (wind). It also called main puteri or main teri.

Mainland southeast Asia / Maritime southeast Asia

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Cambridge Studios

Series: The Power of Place : World Regional Geography

*Masam Masam Manis (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[200-?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Norkiah leaves her mother and younger brother in her native village to become a popular singer at a Kuala Lumpur nightclub. She falls in love with Shaari and the two marry. Shaari soon finds out that Norkiah has been lying to him about the exact nature of her job. What will Norkiah do when confronted with the truth?

*Mek Mulung (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on Mek Mulung, a traditional Malay dance drama, originated from Ligor, Thailand, and developed in Kedah, Malaysia. It combines singing, dancing, and dialogue. The words are based on Malay tales in the Kedah dialect, and accompanied by traditional music. There are obvious elements of animism and spirit worship in the sambut guru or welcoming the teacher ceremony and healing rituals.

*Mencari keadilan : agenda perubahan (SRLF)

Computer optical disc; Color; Sound

1999, Reformasi Video Technology

Language: Malay

*Menora (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Documentary on menora, a kind of dance drama from northern and eastern Malaysia. The dance with expressive finger movements tell the tales of mythical bird-maidens called kinnari. A kinnari princess who lost her wings and tail was brought to the palace and married to the prince. The dancers wear shin-length trousers, bodices of bright woven glass beads, and heavy tapering crown.

*Miskin (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Black and White; Sound

[200-?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

A humble car washer falls in love with the daughter of his rich employer.

*Nasib do re mi (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[200-?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Cast/perfomers: Tan Sri P. Ramlee, A.R. Tompel, Ibrahim Din.

*Nobat (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Documentary on nobat, special ceremonial music to accompany official court functions only be played by royal command. The orchestra are made up of drums, flute, trumpet, and gong performed by a group of royal musicians originated from the same clan or family. The musical instruments are treated with the greatest respect. Principal occasions which call for nobat accompaniment are at the coronation of a ruler, his funeral, or marriage.

*Pancha delima (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2000?], Naza Disc, P. Ramlee

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

The story of a young prince called Suria Kencana who was cursed by his step mother. As a result, he becames a cobra by day and human by night. The magic spell can only be broken by a necklace, Panca Delima, that is worn by a kind hearted girl called Teratai. Teratai has two other evil and greedy sisters. One steals the magic necklace and allies herself with Suria's step mother, hoping to get a big reward from her. Do Teratai and Suria managed to break the curse?

*Pekak badak (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[1999?], Parti Keadilan Nasional

*Polis Diraja Malaysia : sepintas lalu = Royal Malaysia Police : an overview (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Muzium Polis Diraja Malaysia = Royal Malaysia Police Museum

Language: Malay and English

This video documentary documented The Royal Malaysia Police from early history till today.

*Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

1999, SiliconNet Technologies Sdn. Bhd.

Introduces Perpustakaan Negeri Sarawak and its library services to information seekers.

*Rayuan sukma (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Cast/perfomers: Zubaidah, Ali Rahman, A. Rahim, Omar Rojik, Junaidah.

*Return to paradise (Law Library)

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 112 minutes

1998, PolyGram Video, Joseph Ruben

Three young men once lived a life of drugs, sex and freedom in Malaysia. Now one is in prison (Vince Vaughn) and will be executed in five days if a woman (Anne Heche) cannot persuade the other two to return to Malaysia to serve three years in prison.

*Saba dance (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay

Documentary on saba dance. It consisting of dance movement and songs, presented on special occasion based on beliefs in invisible powers. The dance has been performed in Kuala Jengai, Dungun, for 150 years. It was introduced by a women bomoh (shaman) for healing purposes. It is usually performed in a special area inside a house. The saba tree (Cycas spp.) became the most important object in this performance, which has a cast of three main main characters: Abang Peduang, the sick person, and a deity.

*Sarawak Inter Hotel Cultural Performance Competition, 2001 (SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2001], Ministry of Culture, Art, and Tourism, Sarawak

Cultural performance of traditional music, dances, and entertainment from Sarawak; a cultural performance competition.

*Sarjan Hassan (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc, Lamberto V. Avellano

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Cast/perfomers: Tan Sri P. Ramlee, Saadiah.

*Sesudah subuh (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

[2001?], Naza Disc

Language: Malaysian with English subtitles

Cast/perfomers: Tan Sri P. Ramlee, Saloma, A.R. Tompel.

*Sewang : Semai ethnic (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Arts & Tourism

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on sewang, an artistic performance of the Orang Asli communities of Peninsular Malaysia. The performance can have various objectives, such as healing, celebration, and thanksgiving. It is closely connected to animism. The music, role of halaq (shaman), dance steps, and other preparation of the ceremony represents the culture and philosophy of the Orang Asli. This documentary focuses on sewang of the Semai ethnic of Kampung Sungai Rensak, Tapah, Perak.

*Sidang parlimen (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2003?], Parlimen

Language: Malay

A meeting of Malaysian Parliament.

*Sidang parlimen : menjawab isu perbahasan titah Yang Dipertuan Agong (YRL; in process for

SRLF)

3 VCDs; Color; Sound

[2003?], Abdul Hadi Awang

Language: Malay

Political issues in Malaysia, a meeting of Malaysian Parliament.

Southeast Asia III : Malaysia, Philippines

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

*UMNO sokong Amerika? : perang di Iraq— (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Syed Azman Syed Ahmad

Language: Malay

Critics on Malaysian foreign policy concerning with war in Iraq, 2003.

*Wayang gedek (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2002?], Dept. of Museums and Antiquities

Language: English, with summary on container in English and Malay.

Documentary on wayang gedek, traditional Malay shadow plays which now can only be found in Northern Kedah. It has its root from Thai nang talung. Instead of performing the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics, it tells popular local and Thai folk stories. Special characteristics are represented by the clowns such as Ai Thong and Keaw.

*YDP Agung sokong UMNO? (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color; Sound

[2003?], Mohd. Sabu

Language: Malay

Political issues in Malaysia regarding with war in Iraq, 2003.

PHILIPPINES

*Alas dose (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

When a druglord is apprehended by the police, the syndicate moves heaven and earth to get him out of jail -- especially since he has $10M under his name which he promises to divide among its members.

*Ang pinakamagandang hayop sa balat ng lupa (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound; 115 minutes

2001, Viva Video, Celso Ad. Castillo

Language: Tagalog

A strange but beautiful young woman washes ashore in an island where her presence causes intrigue, jealousy, strife and later on even a series of deaths.

Asians

Color; Sound; 26 minutes

1973, Out of print, Tony Rodriguez, KABC-TV, Los Angeles

Series: Reflecciones

An introduction to Asian communities in the Los Angeles area, outlining the injustices faced by immigrants and their descendents since the first Chinese came to California.

*Azucena (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video, Carlos Siguion-Reyna

Language: Tagalog

A story about the unlikely friendship between a man who butchers dogs for a living and an adolescent dog lover.

*Bakit ba ganyan? : (ewan ko nga ba darling) (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

A separated couple have kept a friendly relationship, being responsible parents to their only daughter. Although the husband gets passes from other women, he's kept his distance, because of his feelings for his wife. After a bad episode with her boss, the wife turns to her separated husband for comfort and support.

Banking on life and debt

Color; Sound; 31 minutes

2000

The policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been called "a war on the poor." Over 90% of the earth's population live in countries trapped in multibillion- dollar loan repayment schemes, with terms dictated by the World Bank and IMF. Three countries illustrate the negative effects of the current world financial situation: Ghana, Brazil, and the Philippines. In these countries that owe billions of dollars to the World Bank and IMF, the poor suffer from lack of medicine and food and millions of children are sacrificed for the sake of financial stability. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Banyanihan

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1965, Masters and Masterworks, Robert Snyder

Introduces the repertory of the acclaimed Banyanihan Philippine Dance Company. Focuses on the rice cycle dances as expression of agrarian culture, and the role of the three major cultures which have contributed to the Philippines—the native, the Moslem and the Spanish. Concludes with examples of rural dances which reflect these historic origins.

Bataan : (DVD)

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 114 minutes

1943, Warner Home Video

Set on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines in 1942 and following Sgt. Bill Dane and his twelve men as they face hopeless odds battling the Japanese forces. The men are cut off from reinforcements, weakened by malaria, and hugely outnumbered. Dane and his soldiers must hold a strategic bridge as they combat the Japanese army. Cast includes Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz. Original screenplay by Robert D. Andrews. Directed by Tay Garnett. This DVD version features interactive menus; theatrical trailer; scene access; languages and subtitles: English and French.

The Batak : a forgotten people

Color; Sound; 43 minutes (16mm)

1981, John Ferretti

An in-depth look at the 250 remaining Batak people of Palawan Island, the Philippines. These hunting and gathering people still live like their ancestors, but twentieth century civilization is gradually encroaching on their culture.

*Batas militar (SRLF)

VHS ; Color with Black and White sequences; Sound; 116 minutes

1997, Foundation for Worldwide People Power

Languages: Tagalog and English

Documentary on the political events leading up to the overthrow of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. Includes interviews with principals involved in the conflict, extensive news footage and some dramatization of historical events.

*Bayaning 3rd world (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Black and White; Sound

1999, Viva Video, Mike De Leon

Language: Chiefly Tagalog; some English

Two filmakers are obsessed with doing a film about José Rizal, the Philippine national hero.

*Behind the veil : voices of Moro women

VHS ; Color; Sound; 20 minutes

1998, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Jam Bonoan

Documentary on how the Bangsamoro women of Mindanao have maintained their Islamic faith and families amidst a three decade war the Bangsamoro people have had with the Philippine government.

*Biyaheng langit (YRL; in process for SRLF)

DVD; Color; Sound; 117 minutes

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog, with subtitles in English, Bahasa Indonesia, and traditional and simplified Chinese

A desperate gambler and the casino manager fall in love.

Bontoc eulogy

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 60 minutes

1995, Cinema Guild

An examination of the Filipino experience at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, where 1,100 tribal natives were displayed as anthropological "specimens" in a notorious Philippine Village exhibit. The filmmaker focuses on his grandfather's story, his grandfather was an Igorot warrior who participated in the exhibit. Using a unique fusion of rare archival images, verite, and carefully orchestrated visual sequences shot in the present, the film presents an original and innovative investigation of history, memory, and the spectacle of the "other" in turn-of-the-century America. Directed by Marlon Fuentes.

*Bulaklak ng Maynila (YRL; in process for SRLF)

DVD; Color; Sound; 100 minutes

1999, Viva Video, Joel C. Lamangan

Language: Tagalog, with English, Bahasa Indonesia, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese

Subtitles

The daughter of impoverished parents, Ada's life becomes even more miserable when her father, Roque (Bembol Roco), is imprisoned after attempting to rob a bank. For them to survive, Azun (Elizabeth Oropesa), Ada's mother, gives in to Timo's (Christopher De Leon) offer that they live with him. A heartless usurer, Timo rapes Ada. Azun turns a deaf ear to Ada's complaint, and she instead accuses her of being an ingrate. Forsaken by her own mother, Ada leaves home and becomes a sexy dancer to survive.

Colonial days

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1989, PBS Video, KCET-TV, Los Angeles

Series: The U.S. and the Philippines

In 1898, the entire Philippine archipelago was given to the United States by Spain, following an agreement to end the Spanish-American War. In the years that followed, the U.S. profoundly affected the Philippine government, institutions and culture, in a relationship that binds the two countries to this day. Program offers a broad history of the Philippines, placing the dictatorial policies and excesses of Ferdinand Marcos and the idealistic and popular role of Corazon Aquino in the context of the colonials occupations by Spain, the U.S. and Japan.

*Cultural approaches to conflict resolution : perceptions of conflict (Law Library)

Videocassette; Color; Sound; 51 minutes + accompanying report + user's guide

1990, Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, Hawaii State Justice Institute

*Cross my heart (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

1999, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

A light-hearted comedy about two young people in love.

*'Di na natuto : sorry na, puwede ba? (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

1999, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

An orphaned young woman tends horses at the ranch of two feuding brothers who try to win her affection.

Diary of a gangsta sucka

Color; Sound; 10 minutes

1993, Bastos Productions, John Manal Castro; Bastos Prod.

A mock documentary showing the day-in-the-life of Filipino-American gang member Junior Aguinaldo. The filmmaker uses commentary and stereotypical behavior to highlight some of the more absurd aspects of gang culture. While the subject of the film is fictional it still offers a view into Filipino-American culture. Directed by John Manal Castro.

A dollar a day, ten cents a dance

Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1984, CrossCurrent Media, Geoffrey Dunn and Mark Schwartz

A look at the close-knit bachelor societies formed by Filipino Americans who immigrated to the U.S. between 1924 and 1935 to work in California's agricultural fields. Because of the exclusion of Filipina women's immigration and anti-miscegenation laws of the era, they survived by entering common law marriages and developing communities where cockfights, poker games, and dance halls served as their entertainment.

Dreaming Filipinos

Color; Sound; 52 minutes

1990, National Asian American Telecommunications

Since the Spanish American War in 1898 and the subsequent control of the Philippine education system by the United States, Filipinos have often perceived America as superior to their homeland. This comedy satire explores cultural imperialism and identity by asking the colonial question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Directed by Manny Reyes. In English and Tagalog, with English subtitles.

*EDSA dos : a special report by ABS-CBN's the correspondents (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VCD; Color with Black and White sequences; Sound; 62 minutes

2001, ABS-CBN Broadcasting, Ricky Ligon

Languages: Tagalog and English

Through newsreel footage and historical analysis presents events that led to the EDSA uprising in the Philippines. Highlights the impeachment trial and the struggle to uncover the truth, and ultimately the inauguration of a new president in 2000.

*Eseng ng Tondo (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

1999, Viva Video, Ronwaldo Reyes, Augusto Salvador

Language: Tagalog

A parolee is blackmailed by a corrupt prison official into joining a bank robbery. A bank employee is taken hostage, and the official orders her and the parolee to be executed. They escape and fall in love.

The fall of the I-hotel

Color; Sound; 57 minutes

1983, Chonk Moonhunter Productions, Curtis Choy

Through a blend of cultural history and personal vignettes, documents the struggle of San Francisco's Filipino community against the destruction of their neighborhood in the name of urban development. Portrays the conflicts between individuals, corporations, and those who enforce the law, as Manilatown's residents fight to save the International Hotel. Award winner.

Filipino Americans : discovering their past for the future

Color; Sound; 54 minutes

1994

An in-depth documentary about Filipino Americans, the oldest and one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups in the United States. Filipinos have been in North America for more than 400 years. Filipinos have helped in the development and advancement of the United States. This film is a Filipino American National Historical Society Program.

*Fires on the plain

VHS videocassette; Black and White; Sound; 105 minutes

1959, Daiei Film Productions, Public Media Home Vision, Kon Ichikawa

Language: Japanese, with English subtitles

During the final days of World War II, as the Japanese face defeat, soldiers hiding on a Philippine island commit unspeakable atrocities in a desperate attempt to survive -- even for a few more days. A tubercular soldier, one of the stragglers, is surrounded by murder, starvation, and cannibalism. He maintains his humanity in the face of his comrades' savage behavior. Adapted from the novel by Shohei Ooka. Cast includes Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mantaro Ushio.

First in the Philippines : a film history of the second Oregon Volunteer Regiment

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 62 minutes

1984

The United States involvement in the Philippines is given historical perspective using, archival photographs, film footage from the Library of Congress, and Newspapers of the day. The 1898 landing of American troops near Manila is highlighted by entries from soldier's diaries and letters from the men of the Second Oregon Volunteer Regiment who were the first army unit to land. U.S. and Philippine relations from the late 19th century and the "Philippine Insurrection" have many parallels to the United States' later involvement in Vietnam.

The global assembly line

Color; Sound; 58 minutes (vhs and 16mm)

1986, New Day Films, Lorraine Gray

Follows the lives of working people in developing nations, as manufacturing industries close labor-intensive operations in the United States to search the globe for lower-wage work forces. Goes behind the scenes at electronic assembly plants, garment factories, and communities across the U.S., Mexico's northern border, and in the Philippines.

*Gumapang ka sa lusak (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

Cast/perfomers: Eddie Garcia, Dina Bonnevie, Bembol Roco.

*Ifugao : bulubunduking buhay

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 45 minutes

1998, Bookmark Video : Moving Images

Language: Tagalog

A documentary about the Cordillera enriched by the Ifugao's creation of the Banaue rice terraces.

*Ika-13 kapitulo (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2000, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

A battle of good versus evil -- revolves around a young woman.

*José Rizal : ang buhay ng isang bayani

VHS (PAL) videocassette; Color; Sound; 65 minutes

1996, The Bookmark, Inc., Sulu Arts and Books, Butch Nolasco

Language: Tagalog

A dramatized documentary of the life of the Filipino revolutionary and statesman Jose Rizal.

*Kaaway hukay : hanggang (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

Two police officers who used to be the best of friends are now torn between friendship and the call of duty. Cols. Baltazar and Ricarte graduated from the same class in PMA. They even worked on the same assignment right after graduation. But that was the last news they heard about each other until they were caught in an awkward situation. Col. Ricarte is now considered an insurgent while Col. Baltazar is tasked to go after him. Now he has to set aside his personal interest for the welfare of the country.

*Kailangan ko'y ikaw (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound; 130 minutes

1998, Viva Video, Joyce Bernal

Language: Tagalog

Francine is burdened by the weight of stardom. Her popularity and hectic schedule is robbing her of the simple joys of life, and she longs for an ordinary existence. Meanwhile, there's Gimo. He feels cheated of his prize in the "Date With A Star" Promo where he supposedly won a date with Francine. Thus, Gimo kidnaps Francine and, as Francine slowly realizes how much she's been missing, they fall in love.

*Kapag kumulo ang dugo (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

1999, Regal Home Video, Leonardo Garcia

Language: Tagalog

He comes from a family of known criminals. But Jesus feels different, he wants to be a policeman and lead a straight life. He soon discovers the truth surrounding his father's death and vows to go after the killers. His dream and his vow is now troubling him.

*Kuwaresma

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 43 minutes

1998, Bookmark Video, Joey Conti

Language: Tagalog

Profiles the current Catholic religious practices and festival celebrations of the Filipino people as they move through the celebrations of the Christian liturgical calendar year.

Lucia

Color; Sound; 90 minutes

1992, Bullfrog Films, BBC; Television Trust for the Environment

Series: Developing Stories I : Environment and Development

Set in the Philippines in a fishing village in Bataan after a tanker has spilled oil in the night. The oil threatens not just the marine life, but the existence of the entire community. People and animals get sick. Many villagers leave. Lucia and her family struggle to stay, but the social forces at play are too strong. Lucia is powerless to stop the disintegration of her family as they are forced into the slums of Manila. A film by Mel Chionglo from a screenplay by Lino Brocka. Part of the Developing Stories series which produces films with the unique perspective, the view from developing countries.

Luzon : disaster and hope

Color; Sound; 45 minutes

1993

A discussion of Central Luzon's major problems which include overpopulation, in-migration, squatters, water shortage, resettlement, and environmental degradation. Everyday, thousands of migrants from Visayas and Mindanao come to Manila in search of a better life. Most of the migrants find only misery and want. Luzon and Manila suffer from runaway population growth, environmental ruin and deteriorating social services. Written and directed by Howie Severino and Antonio Gerena.

*Maging sino ka man (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound; 130 minutes

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

An explosive action drama about two people from two different worlds who cross each other's path and find love amidst the danger and trials of everyday living.

*Matalino man ang matsing, na-iisahan din! (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

An policeman who's an exceptional crime solver is assigned to catch a con man, who's a master of disguises.

*Mindanao : healing the past, building the future

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 43 minutes

[1999?], Bookmark Video, Butch Nolasco

This documentary tells the stories of different individuals and institutions who are trying to build a culture of peace in the Philippine Island of Mindanao that has been wracked by armed conflicts for well over 300 years. The film focuses on the success stories as Christian bishops and Muslim ulamas, army soldiers and MNLF veterans, housewives, children and farmers work together to achieve a long awaited peace.

*Muro-ami (YRL; in process for SRLF)

DVD; Color; Sound; 106 minutes

2001, Viva Video, Marilou Diaz-Abaya

A greedy fishing captain hires child laborers to use the hazardous muro-ami method of pounding coral to scare the fish and drive them into nets. Disregarding his father's advice about not abusing the abundance of the sea, he must face its wrath.

*No more Sabado nights

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound

1996, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Kara Magsanoc

Tells the story of how the women of Tawid Sapa, a slum in the outskirts of Metro Manila, organized themselves against wife-beating, set up a refuge for battered women, and even got the government to install electric lines and dig deep wells in their community.

*No time for play

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; ca. 50 minutes

1996, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Ditsi Carolino

Languages: English and Tagalog with English subtitles

Examines the plight of some three to five million Filipino children who are forced to work in factories, sugarcane plantations, even the depths of mine tunnels and looks at what is being done to help them.

On shifting ground

Color; Sound; 28 minutes

1997, National Film Board of Canada

Grassroots women's groups in the Philippines have organized to obtain land and shelter for squatter families and street children. The women have endured a history of eviction from one home after another. The story of the women unfolds within the political arena of the Aquino government, whose promises of land reform never materialized. Directed by Anne Henderson. This is the abridged version of "Holding Our Ground."

*Philippine headstart program

VHS videocassettes; Color; Sound

Defense Language Institute, UCLA Office of Instructional Development

Series: Philippine Headstart

Part of a series of tapes produced for the Defense Language Institute, intended for government personnel scheduled for overseas assignment, who need immediate competence in Tagalog. The series consists of 24 tapes, Program 2 and 13 of the series are lost.

Library owns:

Program 1, module 1: “Getting to know you,” unit 1, part 1, “Greetings and introductions,” 17 minutes

Program 3, module 1: “Getting to know you,” unit 2, part 1, “In the Philippines,” 29 minutes

Program 4, module 1: “Getting to know you,” unit 2, part 2, “In the Philippines,” 30 minutes

Program 5, module 1: “Getting to know you,” unit 3, part 1, “Where do you live?” 23 minutes

Program 6, module 1: “Getting to know you,” unit 3, part 2, “Where do you live?” 21 minutes

Program 7, module 2: “Getting around,” unit 1, part 1, “How does one get to the bus station?” 25

minutes

Program 8, module 2: "Getting around," unit 1, part 2, "How does one get to the bus station?" 24

minutes

Program 9, module 2: "Getting around," unit 2, part 1, "At the ticket window," 24 minutes

Program 10, module 2: "Getting around," unit 2, part 2, "At the ticket window," 24 minutes

Program 11, module 2: "Getting around," unit 3, part 1, "At the gas station," 26 minutes

Program 12, module 2: "Getting around," unit 3, part 2, "At the gas station," 25 minutes

Program 14, module 3: "At the restaurant," unit 1, part 2, "A table for two," 15 minutes

Program 15, module 3: "At the restaurant," unit 2, part 1, "At the restaurant," 27 minutes

Program 16, module 3: "At the restaurant," unit 2, part 2, "At the restaurant," 27 minutes

Program 17, module 4: "Shopping," unit 1, part 1, "At the market," 28 minutes

Program 18, module 4: "Shopping," unit 1, part 2, "At the market," 29 minutes

Program 19, module 4: "Shopping," unit 2, part 1, "At the clothing store," 24 minutes

Program 20, module 4: "Shopping," unit 2, part 2, "At the clothing store"

Program 21, module 4: "Shopping," unit 3, "Buying souvenirs," 27 minutes

Program 22, module 5: "Getting help," unit 1, part 1, "Hiring help," 23 minutes

Program 23, module 5: "Getting help," unit 1, part 2, "Hiring help," 23 minutes

Program 24, module 5: "Getting help," unit 2, "Emergency at home," 30 minutes

Philippines : a cultural experience

Color; Sound; 82 minutes

Philippine Video Library

An introduction to the rich color and diversity of the Filipino cultural heritage. Segments spotlight dancing, festivals and fiestas, food, and a Filipino-style wedding.

Pieces of a dream

Color; Sound; 32 minutes (16mm)

1974, Amerasia Bookstore, Eddie Wong

Explores the Asian settlement of the Sacramento River Delta in California. Compares immigrants from China, Japan and the Philippines in order to discover why they came, where they settled, and what has happened to their communities. Focuses on the changes big business has brought to this farming community.

*Radyo (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video, Yam Laranas

Language: Tagalog

A DJ is made to pay by a fan because of the shame she caused him.

*Resbak babalikan kita (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color Sound

2000, Viva Video, Augusto Salvador

Language: Tagalog

A bank security guard joins his childhood friend in search of hidden fortune. But the "childhood friend" is more sinister than expected.

Return to the Philippines

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1980, Ambrose Video Publishing, Time-Life Films

Series: World War II: G.I. Diary

Lloyd Bridges narrates the story of three soldiers who accompanied General MacArthur on his promised return to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese in 1944. Illustrated with extensive archival footage and the voices of veterans telling their own stories.

*Sanggano't 'Sanggago (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

Cast/perfomers: Bayani Agbayani, Eddie Garcia.

Savage acts of war

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1995, American Social History Productions, Pennee Bender

Part of the United States' expansion at the turn of the 20th Century was the colonization of the Philippines. As United States' imperialism spread across the Pacific, at home the World's Faire was used as a propaganda tool to promote U.S. policy to an indifferent or sometimes anti-imperialist U.S. population. Rare footage and personal accounts demonstrate the brutal force used by U.S. Military forces to crush Filipino independence forces and colonize the Philippines. Directed by Pennee Bender, Joshua Brown, and Andrea Ades Vasquez.

Sentimental imperialists : America in Asia

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1992, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Pacific Basin Institute

Series: The Pacific Century

Using the case studies of American involvement with China and the Philippines, this program examines American attitude toward Asia from 1776 to the present. The merchants, missionaries, and Marines — however well intentioned — often saw in Asia and Asians what they wanted to see rather than the realities of those cultures and peoples. The series surveys the past 150 years of economic and political development in the Pacific Basin; emphasizing the interconnections between Pacific nations — and between those nations and the United States — within a geographical, cultural, and historical framework. The series uses contemporary images from ten countries, rare American and Asian footage, and the insights of scholars, political figures, journalists, and witnesses to pivotal events.

Sin city diary

Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1992, Women Make Movies, Rachel Rivera

A look at prostitution that operates around the U.S. Navy base at Subic Bay in the Philippines. The filmmaker explores the lives of the woman who work as prostitutes in the form of a diary which incorporates her own experiences as a Filipina American. The issue is raised to what extent should the U.S. take responsibility towards its former colony, and the complex relationship between women, prostitutes, and the economy. A film by Rachel Rivera. In English and subtitled.

Southeast Asia III : Malaysia, Philippines

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

Talking history

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1984, National Asian American Telecommunications, Spencer Nakasako

Series: With Silk Wings : Asian American Women at Work

compelling mosaic of oral histories and historical footage of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Laotian women featuring their journey to the U.S. and their unique immigrant stories. Directed by Spencer Nakasako.

*Tugatog (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

1999, Regal Home Video

Language: Tagalog

A group of teenagers goes on a mountain hike, and two go ahead of the pack and get lost in the dense rainforest. Meanwhile, two escaped convicts go into hiding in the same forest. It's only a matter of time before the thugs stumble into the group of teenagers. A lopsided tiff ensues, as hardened crooks go against youths long on guts but short on criminal instincts.

*Tusong twosome (YRL; in process for SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

Two guys, two girls, a "hilarious" teen comedy, I guess.

*Volcanoes and the atmosphere

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 25 minutes

1996, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, David Jackson

Series: Earth and Life

An examination of the ways explosive and effusive volcanoes affect the world. The explosion of Mt. Pinatubo sent aerosols into the upper atmosphere causing worldwide cooling and unusual shifts in the normal wind patterns which led to regional warming. The eruption of Laki, and effusive volcano in Finland vented lava and gases into the lower atmosphere that did not have global repercussions. The fluorine that was emitted and returned to the ground in the precipitation caused an agricultural disaster that led to the deaths of 24 percent of Finland's inhabitants.

*Working boys (SRLF)

2 VCDs; Color; Sound

2001, Viva Video

Language: Tagalog

A young adolescent, comes to Manila for a college education. He lives with his uncles who do odd jobs for a living. Popular comedy.

The U.S. and the Philippines

see Colonial days

SINGAPORE

Big business and the ghost of Confucius

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1992, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Pacific Basin Institute

Series: The Pacific Century

Asia's newly industrialized countries — Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore — are moving quickly to the forefront of the world economy. Their rapid economic development raises fundamental questions about how Asian-Pacific societies have entered the modern world, the role of the state in economic growth, and the way rulers and ruled alike have invoked traditional values in their efforts to "catch up." The series surveys the past 150 years of economic and political development in the Pacific Basin; emphasizing the interconnections between Pacific nations — and between those nations and the United States — within a geographical, cultural, and historical framework. The series uses contemporary images from ten countries, rare American and Asian footage, and the insights of scholars, political figures, journalists, and witnesses to pivotal events.

Global interaction, unit 5 part 2: the geographic dynamic of the Pacific Rim

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Pacific Basin Institute

Series: The Power of Place: World Regional Geography

"Global Interaction" presents case studies dealing with how Singapore exploits its location to play a key commercial role in Pacific Asia. "Migration and Conquest" presents case studies dealing with migration patterns both within and outside Mexico; and the "cycles of conquest" borne by Maya peoples in Guatemala. The series explores the eleven major geographical realms of the world and how they are interconnected, combining perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography. Case studies and state-of- the-art computer-generated maps and animation help illuminate concepts. Noted geographer H.J. de Blij provides geographic analysis.

Mini dragons : Singapore

Color; Sound; 54 minutes

1991, Ambrose Video Publishing, Maryland Public Television; NHK

Series: Mini Dragons

Visits the country of Singapore, newcomer in the global markerplace, and celebrating 25 years of independence from Malaysia in 1990. This tiny country now struggles toward its goal of becoming a regional center for the global economy, and with its recent change in leadership, is challenged to maintain peace and stability in a region where these are not the natural state of affairs.

The muvver tongue : part 7, story of English

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1986, Films Incorporated, Producer MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett and the Brit

Series: The Story of English

An overview of the spread and influence of English through British colonialism. Notes that during the nineteenth century, the English language spread throughout the British Empire to such diverse places as New Zealand, Sough Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), India, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Falkland Islands. Part 7 of a 9 part series.

Singapore : a study of a port

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 12 minutes (16 mm)

Out of print, J Arthur Rank Productions

Shows the factors which make Singapore the world's seventh largest port. Features the raw materials of the East meeting the manufactured goods of the West at this thriving port. Presents the natural physical beauty, native products and life in this former British colony.

THAILAND

Born for the fight : the art of muay thai

Color; Sound; 51 minutes

1997, Film Australia Video, Jon Matthews; Pru Colville

The history of Siamese kick-boxing, Muay Thai, and its cultural and economic place in modern Thai society. Instructors and exponents comments are illustrated by excerpted fights. Directed by Jon Matthews and Pru Colville. Narrated by David Ritchie.

Enchanting Thailand

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1991, Tourism Authority of Thailand

A travelog introducing aspects of Thailand and Thai culture. Surveys the history of the country, its geography, and important cultural sites and works of art.

Komatsu today

Color; Sound; 25 minutes

1982, Komatsu Ltd

Profiles Japanese company Komatsu, manufacturer of earthmoving machinery and construction equipment. Demonstrates the company's commitment to customer satisfaction, research and development, quality control and the latest in efficient manufacturing, visiting plants throughout Japan, as well as in Brazil, and Mexico. Shows Komatsu products at work around the world, from Thailand, to Saudi Arabia, to operations throughout North America.

Pak Bueng on fire

Color; Sound; 25 minutes

1987, National Asian American Telecommunications, Visual Communications

A look at the struggle of first generation Thai immigrants in Los Angeles. Two friends, one a college student and the other a worker in a small grocery store, play cat-and-mouse with the INS. They struggle to establish themselves in the U.S., while constantly in fear of being discovered by the INS. In English and Thai, with English subtitles.

Red jungle fowl in Thailand

Color; Sound; 8 minutes (16mm)

1966, University of California Extension, Producer Nicholas Collias

Studies the red junglefowl, originally domesticated in Asia. The ancestor of today's domestic fowl, it is one of the wildest and most colorful species in the world. Illustrates eating, drinking and courting habits, preferred roosting places, habitat, and coloration. Photographed in the bamboo jungles of west central Thailand.

*Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I (Music Library)

DVD; Color; Sound; 133 minutes

1956, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Walter Lang

Language: English and French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English or Spanish

An English schoolteacher finds herself at odds with the King of Siam when she is hired as the teacher at the royal court in the 1860s.

Sacrifice : the story of child prostitutes from Burma

Color; Sound; 47 minutes

1998, Ellen Bruno

Southeast Asia II : Thailand, Myanmar (Burma)

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

*Suriyothai

3 DVDs; Color; Sound; 180 minutes

[2001?], [Prommitr Productions], Chatrichalerm Yukol

Language: Thai

Historical movie depicting the heroism of a queen from the kingdom of Ayothaya who sacrifices her life in battle. Her name appears in the royal chronicles as "Phra Suriyothai."

Thailand before Buddha

Color; Sound; 22 minutes

1990, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Tele-Bon Film Production

The old legends of Thailand's ancient peoples are traced using the waterways of the country as a guide. Stops are made to explore the 9,000- year-old funeral site known as the Caves of the Spirits, and the sacred origins of rice are explained. For the first time, Western cameras are permitted to film the ceremony in which the king changes the robes of the wondrous jade Buddha, traditional protector of Thai people.

Threads of life : hemp and gender in a Hmong village

Color; Sound; 28 minutes

1993, Documentary Educational Resources, Susan Morgan; Dr. Culhane-Pera

This documentary portrays the tension surrounding gender relationships as well as areas of cooperation in a remote village in the mountains of Thailand. We see the year-long process of hemp production as women transform the raw hemp fiber into cloth and it's multiple uses in life-cycle rituals while men perform healing ceremonies, settle marriage agreements and conduct funeral rites.

VIETNAM

*A. J. Heschel remembered

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1972, NBC, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Martin Hoade

Series: Eternal Light, NBC's Religious Program

An interview with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel given shortly before his death in 1972. He discusses his philosophy of God and his involvement in social and political causes. Rabbi Heschel, a refugee from Germany who became professor of Jewish ethics and mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary, combined deep scholarship with a strong moral passion. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and opposed the Vietnam War.

*Agent orange and the Vietnam veteran (Biomedical Library)

Part 1 of VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 17 minutes

1987, Network for Continuing Medical Education, Robert K. McLellan

Series: NCME (Series)

America takes charge (1965-1967) — Vietnam: A television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video

Series: The American Experience

In two years, the Johnson Administration's troop build-up dispatched 1.5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly, and unforgettable. Volume 3 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: America's Enemy (1954-1967).).

America's enemy (1954-1967) — Vietnam : A television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video

Series: The American Experience

The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerrillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese leaders and rank and file, and by Americans held prisoner in Hanoi. Volume 3 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: America Takes Charge (1965-1967).).

America's Mandarin (1954-1963) — Vietnam: A Television History

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Elizabeth Deane

To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam — supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon. Volume 2 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: LBJ goes to War (1964-1965).).

Apocalypse now

Color; Sound; 153 minutes (videodisc)

1979, Paramount Home Video, Francis Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola's epic vision of the Vietnam Conflict, inspired by Joesph Conrad's novel, "Heart of Darkness." When Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out and destroy a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz, he embarks on an epic journey to himself, as he ultimately recognizes an aspect of his own soul in the strange colonel. Cast includes Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Robert Duvall; directed by Coppola.

The battle of Khe Sanh

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1988, United American Video Corporation, Aerospace Audio Visual Service

Between January 21 - March 31, 1968 one of the most bitterly fought and highly publicized battles of the Vietnam war took place in the small valley of Khe Sanh in the northwest corner of Vietnam. For 70 days and nights a group of 6,000 Marines and Allied troops held out against a besieging force of 20,000 North Vietnamese. In telling the story of Khe Sanh, the importance of the outpost to the U.S. command is evaluated and its defense is given historical perspective. (Also on this tape: "Why Vietnam?")

Born on the fourth of July

Color; Sound; 145 minutes

1989, Universal Pictures, A Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone

The story of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, who volunteered as a zealous teen to fight in the Vietnam war and returned a veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He returned from Vietnam as a very different person and he returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left. His personal struggle to adjust to his own circumstances coincided with American society's struggle to come to grips with an unpopular war that it was losing. Kovic emerges as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. Based on the book by Ron Kovic. Cast includes Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Caroline Kava, Willem Dafoe. Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic. Music by John Williams. Directed by Oliver Stone.

Bullet in the head :(die xue jie tou)

Color; Sound; 120 minutes (videodisc)

1990, Golden Cinema City Video, John Woo

Language: Chinese

Three friends flee Hong Kong to escape the police and a local gang, one of whose members the three men have killed. The men find their way to Vietnam and become involved with the black market as the Vietnam war rages around them. They are arrested as Viet Cong and then later captured by the Viet Cong. As the men try to escape their situation, their friendship is severely tested. Cast includes Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jackie Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam. Written by Janet Chun, Patrick Leung, John Woo. Directed by John Woo. In Cantonese and Mandarin, with English subtitles.

Cambodia and Laos : Vietnam : a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

Chicago convention challenge

VHS videocassette; Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 18 minutes

1969, Third World Newsreel, Camera News Inc.

An inside look at the Vietnam War protest staged during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. The film is designed to show the movement's actions and goals during the chaotic days of the protests. The footage shot during the protests and the narration recounts the marches, concerts, speeches held during the Democratic Convention; and the Chicago Police and the National Guard's reaction to the demonstrations, and the protester's response to the Police. Activists Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale are seen participating in the struggle.

*Chicano festival

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 61 minutes

1974, KABC-TV, Los Angeles, Out of print [distributor], Tony Rodriguez

Series: Reflecciones

Segments from forty episodes of Reflecciones, a public affairs program produced by KABC-TV, Los Angeles, from 1972 to 1974. Includes footage of hijacker Ricardo Chavez Ortiz, Senator Edward Kennedy, the 1972 UFW strike, Chicano prisoners of war in Vietnam, combatting drug use in the barrio, immigration issues, Native American concerns, alternative community television, the recall of Los Angeles City Councilman Arthur Snyder, the annual Roosevelt-Garfield football game, and Chicano firefighters.

Chicano POWs

Color; Sound; 28 minutes

1972, Out of print, Luis Garza; KABC-TV, Los Angeles

Series: Reflecciones

Interviews relatives of two Chicano prisoners-of-war in the Vietnamese Conflict. Antiwar activist Delia Alvarez expresses the view that her pilot brother is a war criminal, while Floyd M. Luna speaks out against the treatment that his son is receiving as a captive.

Chicano veterans

Color; Sound; 25 minutes

1972, Out of print, Luis Garza; KABC-TV, Los Angeles

Series: Reflecciones

Three Chicano Vietnam War veterans discuss their experiences in the Vietnamese Conflict, commenting on the special difficulties faced by Chicanos during their service and after their return to civilian life.

The class that went to war

Color; Sound; 35 minutes

1977, CRM Films, ABC News

An estimated forty percent of Vietnam war veterans have had problems adjusting to civilian life. Close to a quarter million are unemployed, and thousands have become the forgotten wounded, the ones nobody wants to talk about. Through the microcosm of one New Jersey hight school class, focuses on the war and its legacy.

Cold war : detente : 1969-1975, part 16 volume 6

B&W and Color; Sound; 46 minutes

1998, Warner Home Video, James Barker; Tessa Coombs; Brian Moser

Series: Cold War

North Vietnam launches a new offensive against the South. The U.S. steps up its bombing campaign but seeks peace through diplomacy. Nixon and Brezhnev sign the strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). The U.S. finally withdraws from Vietnam. Detente culminates in the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. (Also on this tape: "Good Guys, Bad Guys: 1967-1978" and "Backyard: 1954-1990")

Cold war : make love not war: the sixties, part 13 volume 5

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 46 minutes

1998, Warner Home Video, James Barker; Cate Haste; Neil Cameron

Series: Cold War

Western economies grow and prosper, fueled partly by armaments production. Rejecting their parents' affluence and the Cold War, many of the young protest and rebel. There is racial violence in U.S. inner cities. Rock music expresses the mood of a disenchanted generation. (Also on this tape: "Red Spring: The Sixties" and "China: 1949-1972") Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.

Cold war : Vietnam : 1954-1968, part 11 volume 4

B&W and Color; Sound; 46 minutes

1998, Warner Home Video, Richard Melman; Neil Cameron

Series: Cold War

Vietnam has been divided since the end of French colonial rule. The North is run by communists, the South by anti-Commnunists. Ignoring warnings against involvement in a national struggle, the United States commits its armed forces. American protests against the war mount. The United States realizes this is not a war it can win. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. (Also on this tape: "Cuba: 1959-1962" and "Mad: 1960-1972")

Conversation at the White House

Color; Sound; 28 minutes (16 mm)

1968, Out of print, AFL-CIO

A discussion between President Lyndon Johnson and AFL-CIO President George Meany on a wide range of topics including federal aid to education, federal health care, unemployment, law and order, civil rights, housing, and the Vietnam War. Demonstrates President Johnson's commitment to end the Vietnam War with an honorable peace.

Cyclo

Color; Sound; 123 minutes

1995, New Yorker Video, Christophe Rossignon

A cyclo is a pedicab driver that transports passengers through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City. A young man scrapes out a meager living for his two sisters and elderly grandfather working as a cyclo. When his bicycle is stolen by a local gang, he turns to crime to feed his family. The charismatic leader of a crime ring lures him deeper into the organization. The young man's sister falls under the control of the same man and turns to prostitution to please him. Cast includes Le Van Loc, Tony Leung-Chiu Wai, Tran Nu Yen Khe. Written and directed by Tran Anh Hung.

The deer hunter

Color; Sound; 183 minutes (VHS and DVD)

1978, MCA/Universal Home Video, Barry Spikings; Michael Deeley

A group of steelworker pals from Pennsylvania are followed from the blast furnace of the factory to the battle fields of Vietnam. A searing drama of friendship and courage, and what happens to those qualities under stress. Cast includes Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale. Directed by Michael Cimino.

The end of the tunnel (1973-1975) — Vietnam: a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Elizabeth Deane

Series: The American Experience

South Vietnamese leaders believed that America would never let them go down to defeat — a belief that died as North Vietnamese tanks smashed into Saigon on April 30, 1975, and the long war ended with South Vietnam's surrender. Volume 6 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Homefront USA).

Events that shaped our world

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1989, MPI Home Video, ABC News

Series: ABC News Great TV News Stories

A collection from ABC News of the most dramatic moments in television history. Fourteen events and people that changed the way we view the world, captured live on television. Events included are the final days of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Anwar Sadat, a decade of natural disasters, the invasion of Lebanon, the Iran crisis, Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, the space race, terrorism, the Challenger explosion, the hijack of TWA 847, the eruption of Mt St. Helens, the Gorbachev era, the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon's resignation, and the Kennedy/Nixon debates.

*First blood

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 96 minutes

1982, Orion Pictures, Carolco Home Video, Ted Kotcheff

Sylvester Stallone stars as a former Green Beret survivor of the Vietnamese Conflict whose nightmares of wartime horrors are triggered by a wrongful arrest in a small town. In the life and death manhunt which follows, he must use all his old skills to stay alive and outwit his pursuers.

The first Vietnam war (1945-1954) — Vietnam: a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Judith Vecchione; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

The French general expected to defeat Ho's rag-tag Vietminh guerrillas easily, but after eight years of fighting and $2.5 billion in U.S. aid, the French lost a crucial battle at Dien Bien Phu — and with it their Asian Empire. Volume 1 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: The Roots of a War).

* The first war in Vietnam : a film (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VHS videocassette; Black and White, with Color titles; Sound; 14 minutes

1993, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Marie-Louise Derrien, Marc Ferro

Series: Archive of the 20th century

Indochina War, 1946-1954.

From Hollywood to Hanoi

Color; Sound; 80 minutes

1993, Indochina Film Arts Foundation, Tiana (Thi Thanh Nga); Oliver Stone

Filmmaker Tiana left Vietnam with her family as a child in 1966. Her father was the Director of Press and Information in the South Vietnamese Thieu government. She grew up American and became a B-movie actress in Hollywood, often playing the role of female Karate princess. She wanted to return to Vietnam and retrace her family history. Against her family and friends wishes she made her first visit back. She proceeded to make many trips back and to produce this film about what she discovered in the country and herself. She meets her family, Ameriasians left behind by their GI fathers, members of the new generation of Vietnamese, and finally travels to Hanoi where she meets the former enemy. Directed by Tiana.

*From the barrel of a gun

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1992, Pacific Basin Institute, KCTS/Seattle, The Annenberg/CPB Collection

Series: The Pacific Century

The lives of Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh and the Indonesian leader Sukarno reflect the nationalist movements in those former colonies of Western powers. The series surveys the past 150 years of economic and political development in the Pacific Basin; emphasizing the interconnections between Pacific nations -- and between those nations and the United States -- within a geographical, cultural, and historical framework. The series uses contemporary images from ten countries, rare American and Asian footage, and the insights of scholars, political figures, journalists, and witnesses to pivotal events.

Full metal jacket

Color; Sound; 116 minutes

1986, Warner Home Video, Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick's brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. Young recruits are followed from boot camp hell to the battlefields of Vietnam. Based on the novel "The Short-Timers" by Gustav Hasford. Cast includes Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onfrio, Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O'Ross. Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Go tell the spartans

Color; Sound; 114 minutes

1977, Vestron Home Video, Allan F Bodoh

In Vietnam, 1964, a hard-boiled major is ordered to establish a garrison with a platoon of burned-out Americans and Vietnamese mercenaries. Based ont he novel, "Incident at Muc Wa," by Daniel Ford. Cast includes Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, David Clennon, and Marc Singer; directed by Ted Post.

* Government structure of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam : reference aid (SRLF)

Chart; Color

1981, Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center

The green berets

Color; Sound; 142 minutes (DVD)

1968, Warner Home Video, Michael Wayne

Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War and the tone of the film is more in tune with World War II films than the Vietnam War films produced in the 1970's to present day. This patriotic film tells the story of the soldiers of the Special Forces — crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare. The film is based on the novel by Robin Moore. Cast includes John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques, Bruce Cabot, Jack Soo, George Takei, Patrick Wayne, Luke Askew, Irene Tsu. Screenplay by James Lee Barrett. Music by Miklos Rosza. Directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg. This DVD version features interactive menus; scene access; widescreen version; production notes; featurette: "Making of the Green Berets;" seven theatrical trailers; languages: English, French, and Spanish.

Hair (Music Library)

DVD; Color; Sound; 121 minutes

1979, United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Milos Forman

A country boy spends time in New York City before going to serve in Vietnam. He meets a group of hippies in Central Park and is swept up in the turbulence and protest of the times. Musical numbers include, "Let the Sun Shine In", "Hair", and "Aquarius".

Hair

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 122 minutes

1979, MGM/UA Home Video, Milos Forman

Film adaptation of the Broadway musical phenomenon of the late 1960s. Young Oklahoman and Vietnam draftee Claude (John Savage) walks into a "happening" in Central Park - hippies singing, dancing and cavorting to music. He meets beautiful debutante Sheila (Beverly D'Angelo) and is instantly smitten. Hippie leader Berger (Treat Williams) befriends Claude and plays matchmaker to lure him from his Southeast Asian destination. Choreography by Twyla Tharp.

Hearts and minds

Color; Sound; 112 minutes (VHS and 16 mm)

1974, Paramount Motion Pictures, Bert Schneider and Peter Davis

Powerful and excruciating examination of the American consciousness that led to U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese Conflict. Includes interviews with American Vietnam veterans, U.S. political leaders, anti-war activists, and Vietnamese leaders and civilians. Exposes the nature of war, politics, human nature and ideals. Directed by Peter Davis. Highest awards, including an Academy Award.

Heaven and earth

Color; Sound; 140 minutes (videodisc)

1993, Warner Home Video, A Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone

A Vietnamese woman's painful odyssey from a peaceful childhood in a peasant village to a lifetime of upheaval both in Vietnam and the U.S.. She is caught between the forces of North and South in her native country, between the spiritual and the practical; between Vietnamese and American ways. Based on Le Ly Hayslip's "Child of War, Woman of Peace" and "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places." Cast includes Joan Chen, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Nor, Hiep Thi Le. Directed by Oliver Stone. Laser disc version revises the opening narration and some early scenes as they appeared in the theatrical version of the film.

Homefront USA — Vietnam: a television history, Episode 11

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Elizabeth Deane

Series: The American Experience

Through troubled years of controversy and violence, U.S. casualties mounted, victory remained elusive and American opinion moved from general approval of to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam war. Volume 6 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: The End of the Tunnel (1973-1975).).

* An introduction to medical care in the United States

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 14 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Last reflections on a war

2 film reels; Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 44 minutes (16 mm)

1968, Indiana University Audiovisual Center, National Educational Television

Last report of one of the great combat correspondents of the Vietnamese Conflict, Bernard Fall. Basing his observations on his fourteen years experience in Vietnam, Fall discusses the nature of the insurgency and the theory of massive firepower, and tries to outline practical solutions to the war. In the midst of the broadcast, Fall steps on a landmine and is killed.

LBJ goes to war (1964-1965) — Vietnam : A television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Austin Hoyt; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the undeclared Vietnam War. Volume 2 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: America's Mandarin (1954-1963).).

Legacies — Vietnam: a television history, Episode 13

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Elizabeth Deane

Series: The American Experience

Vietnam is in the Soviet orbit, poorer than ever, at war on two fronts; America's legacy includes more than 500,000 refugees, 2.5 million Vietnam veterans and some questions that won't go away. Volume 7, the final volume in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war.

*Letters to Thien (Law Library)

VHS videocassette; Color, and Black and White; Sound; 55 minutes + 2 pamphlets

1997, Fusion Pictures, NAATA Distribution, Trac Minh Vu

Language: English and Vietnamese with English subtitles

Letters to Thien is a documentary video detailing the life and murder of Ly Minh Thien. The video is also an examination of how his death affected Thien's community and of how it is affecting our communities, and of racial attitudes that may contribute to hate crimes.

The lover

Color; Sound; 103 minutes

1992, MGM/UA Home Video, co-production of Renn Productions

Defying boundaries of age, class and race, a poor French teenager embarks on a love affair with a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French colonial Vietnam. Based on the autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras. Cast includes Jane March and Tony Leung; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Mainland southeast Asia / Maritime southeast Asia

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1996, The Annenberg/CPB Collection, Cambridge Studios

Series: The Power of Place : World Regional Geography

Maya Lin : a strong clear vision

Color; Sound; 98 minutes

1994, National Asian American Telecommunications, Freida Lee Mock; Terry Sanders

Documentary film about sculptor/architect Maya Lin who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1981, Lin was a 21-year-old college student when her design was chosen for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the film chronicles a decade of the artist's life. Directed by Freida Lee Mock.

* Money, major purchases, housing and complaints

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Monterey's boat people

Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1982, CrossCurrent Media, Spencer Nakasako and Vincent DiGiro

Examines the tensions between the established Italian fishing community and the more recently arrived Vietnamese fishermen in California's Monterey Bay peninsula. Illustrates a specific facet of anti-Asian sentiment and the conflicts faced by an industry that is also fighting for survival.

Moving mountains : the story of the Yiu Mien

Color; Sound; 58 minutes

1990, Filmakers Library, Elaine Velazquez

*The new generation: Vietnamese-Americans today. (YRL; in process for SRLF)

VHS ; Color with black and white sequences; Sound

Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Peace is at hand (1968-1973) : Vietnam: a television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

Platoon

Color; Sound; 120 minutes (DVD)

1986, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Arnold Kopelson

Upon arrival in Vietnam, a young, naive American soldier learns the realities of war. Not only will he battle the Viet Cong, but also his own fear, physical exhaustion, and the intense anger growing within himself, if he is to survive the war. The young soldier is also witness to the struggle for control of the troops by his two commanding officers, who wage a personal war against each other as they fight for the hearts and minds of their men. The conflict, chaos, and hatred of the young man's situation overwhelm and numb him to the life and death struggle that surrounds him. Cast includes Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen. Music by Georges Delerue. Written and directed by Oliver Stone. This DVD version features a widescreen 16:9, 1:85:1 theatrical release format; interactive menus; "Tour of the Inferno" documentary featuring interviews with the director, cast and crew; audio commentary by director Oliver Stone; audio commentary by military supervisor Captain Dale Dye; photo gallery; collectible booklet; original theatrical trailer; TV spots; languages: English (5.1 surround and stereo), French (stereo surround), and Spanish (mono); English closed captioning; subtitles: French and Spanish.

The presidency, the press and the people

Color; Sound; 120 minutes

1990, PBS Video, The University of California and KPBS-TV, San Diego

Ten former presidential press secretaries explore the pressures of this powerful political appointment in light of growing media power and pressures brought about by such historic events as the war in Vietnam and Watergate. George Reedy, Bill Moyers and George Christian of the Johnson administration; Jerald TerHorst and Ron Nessen of the Ford administration; and James Brady of the Reagan administration consider the ethical and practical dilemmas of their former position. Moderated by John Chancellor.

*Quest for a homeland

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 57 minutes

1996, National Latino Communications Center Educational Media, Sylvia Morales, Susan Racho,

Mylene Moreno, Robert Cozens

Series: Chicano

The first episode of "Chicano," a four-part series that explores the cultural conflicts that have marked the relationships between Mexican American and Anglo American institutions in the United States. In this first episode the events at Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, that sparked a national movement for social justice are examined. Also, the 1967 struggle by Mexican Americans to regain ownership of New Mexico lands guaranteed them by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is covered and then the landmark Denver Youth Conference in 1969, where hundreds of Mexican youth met to plan their national agenda is revisited. The program concludes with the Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War, held in East Los Angeles in 1970 -- an event that turned into a tragic riot resulting in the death of renowned journalist Ruben Salazar.

Rambo : first blood, part II

Color; Sound; 95 minutes (VHS and DVD)

1985, Avid Home Video, Buzz Feitshans

In search of American POW's, John Rambo is sent on a secret and dangerous mission in Vietnam... only to discover he's been double-crossed by his superiors. Armed with just his bow, arrows, and knife, Rambo is left to fend for himself in the fierce and hostile jungle. Rambo vows to take revenge on those who double-crossed him. Cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff. Directed by George P. Cosmatos.

Regret to inform

Color; Sound; 72 minutes

1998

Filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn ventures to Vietnam twenty years after her husband was killed in a mortar attack. She finds a mesmerizing landscape filled with the psychic remnants of war. She talks to those on all sides of the struggle, discovering a common bond in loss and ultimately understanding. The film is filled with extraordinary archival footage, visions of modern day Vietnam, and heart-wrenching stories from American and Vietnamese women who lost their husbands to war. Written, directed, and produced by Barbara Sonneborn.

*Requiem – 29

Film reel or VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1970, Out of print [distributor], David Garcia

Documentary account of the historic Chicano Moratorium of August 1970, in Los Angeles. Interweaves footage of the mass march and police reaction with the later inquest into the death of Chicano journalist Ruben Salazar, who was killed by police during the demonstration. The courtroom behavior of the presiding judge unexpectedly provides an illustration of the racial prejudice faced by Mexican Americans.

Richard M. Nixon

Color; Sound; 52 minutes

1991, Commission on the Bicentennial, Anthony Palmer Productions

Series: We the People

Former President Richard Nixon discusses the presidency from the perspective of his long career in public service. Covers the practical handicaps of divided government, secret diplomacy and covert operations, Presidential campaigning, and relations with the media. Also examines the War Powers Resolution and other Congressional limitations upon the President's conduct in the context of the Vietnam Conflict and the Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1973.

Roots of a war — Vietnam: A television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Judith Vecchione; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

Despite cordial relations between American intelligence officers and communist leader Ho Chi Minh in the turbulent closing months of World War II, French and British hostility to the Vietnamese revolution laid the groundwork for a new war. Volume 1 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: The First Vietnam War (1945-1954).).

* Samsara

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 29 minutes

1989, Department of Communication, Stanford University; Samsara Film Library, Ellen Bruno

Shopping for the family : clothing and personal care

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 20 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

Shopping for the family : food

80 color slides + 2 sound cassettes; 23 minutes

1981, University of California, Los Angeles

Series: Basics for Consumers

* Socialist Republic of Vietnam chart : government structure : a reference aid (SRLF)

Wall chart; Color

[1982], U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence

Southeast Asia I : Vietnam, Cambodia

Color; Sound; 50 minutes

1990, Rounder Records, JVC - Victor Company of Japan

Series: JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance

The story of Vinh

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1990, National Asian American Telecommunications, Keiko Tsuno

The son of a U.S. serviceman and a Vietnamese mother arrives at JFK Airport dazed and confused, speaking no English. Vinh Dinh's difficult life in the U.S. explodes the concept of the American Dream. Through his eyes, we are compelled to examine the complex legacy of abandoned children during wartime. Directed by Keiko Tsuno.

Streamers

Color; Sound; 118 minutes (videodisc)

1983, Image Entertainment, Robert Altman and Nick J Mileti

Four young recruits and two veterans in a claustrophobic army barracks await the orders that will send them to Vietnam. Threatened by forces beyond their control, they are driven to a confrontation as violent and psychologically devastating as the war itself. Directed by Robert Altman; based on the play by David Rabe.

Surname viet given name nam

Color; Sound; 108 minutes

1989, Women Make Movies, Trinh T. Minh-ha; Jean-Paul Bourdie

Filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha explores the role of Vietnamese women historically and in contemporary society. Through the use of dance, printed texts, folk poetry, and the words and experiences of Vietnamese women in Vietnam, both North and South, and the United States, official culture is challenged by the voices of women. The documentary is a theoretically and formally complex work that explores the difficulty of translation, and themes of dislocation and exile, critiquing both traditional society and life since the war. Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha.

A tale of love

Color; Sound; 108 minutes

1995, Women Make Movies

The story of Kieu, a Vietnamese immigrant, who is in love with "Love." Kieu is a free-lance writer and a model for a photographer. Voyeurism is one of the threads that structure the narrative of the film. The film exposes the fiction of love in love stories and the process of consumption. The film maker eloquently evokes an understanding of the allusive and powerful connections between love, sensuality, voyeurism, and identity. The film is loosely inspired by "The Tale of Kieu," the Vietnamese national poem of love. A film by Trinh T. Minh-ha.

Television and the presidency

Color; Sound; 114 minutes

1984, Guber/Peters Productions

Theodore H. White hosts an examination of the relationship between the most powerful office in the world and the most powerful medium in the world. Beginning with the 1952 presidential campaign, covers the first television campaign commercial, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech, John Kennedy's assassination, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Iranian hostage crisis, and Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. Stresses the influence of television on campaign styles and tactics, and questions whether candidates are prisoners of television or its willing victims.

Tet 1968 — Vietnam: a television history, Episode 7

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Austin Hoyt; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

The massive enemy offensive at the lunar new year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government but led to the beginning of America's military withdrawal from Vietnam. Volume 4 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Vietnamizing the War (1968-1973).).

Three seasons

Color; Sound; 110 minutes

1999, USA Home Video

Vietnam is changing, the beautiful old city of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) is quickly fading into the neon glare of Western progress. Four ordinary people struggle to make their place in the new society. Four stories weave through the film, a young woman is hired to pick and sell lotuses for a reclusive ex-poet; a cyclo driver has feelings for an ambitious prostitute; a young boy sells trinkets out of a suitcase on the street; and an ex-G.I. searches for the daughter he left behind. Cast includes Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Zoe Bui, Nguyen Huu Duoc, Harvey Keitel. Story by Tony Bui and Timothy Linh Bui. Written and directed by Tony Bui. In Vietnamese, with English subtitles.

Tigerland

Color; Sound; 101 minutes

2001, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Young recruits train and prepare to be shipped out to Vietnam. The last stop before Vietnam is Tigerland, a hellish training ground. Just out of the stockade, recruit Roland Bozz's independence and out right defiance had rubbed some of the other recruits the wrong way, but at Tigerland his leadership and loyalty bring his men together. Cast includes Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Shea Whigham, Clifton Collins Jr., Russell Richardson, Thomas Gury, Cole Hauser. Written by Ross Klaven and Michael McGruther. Directed by Joel Schumacher.

The truth about lies

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1989, PBS Video, Public Affairs Television

Series: The Public Mind

Bill Moyers examines how deception has influenced major events in the recent past and how self-deception shapes our personal lives and the public mind. Examines the common roots of lies at home and in the Oval Office, and explores events such as Watergate, the Vietnamese Conflict, and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, revealing the pressures which led to the denial of truth and the distortion of reality. Those interviewed include John Dean, Sam Dash, and Roger Boisjoly, the former Morton Thiokol engineer who wanted to postphone the launch of the Challenger.

[Tran Van Thuy’s films]: The story of kindness. 43’. 1985 ; The sound of the violin in My Lai. 31’. 1998 ; Story from the corner of a park. 45’. 1996. (3 movies in one videocassette tape). SRLF.

*Viet Nam's water paradox (SRLF)

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 12 minutes

1996, Information Office, Asian Development Bank, Steven Griffiths

Language: Some interviews in Vietnamese with English subtitles

Viet Nam suffers from a peculiar contradiction: it receives too much water in the countryside and too little in the cities ... This video shows how current development projects are working to resolve this water paradox.

Vietnam : a case study for critical thinking

Color; Sound; 52 minutes

1987, Clearvue/eav

The Vietnam War is used as subject matter to stimulate an intellectual exercise — the intelligent appraisal of media arguments. The goal is to make students aware of the ways in which media productions affect perceptions of reality and to foster the critical faculties students need for intelligent appraisal of media arguments. The program offers two distinct interpretations of the war, each by an authoritative (but fictitious) "historian." The presentations are consciously biased and differences of opinion are not resolved. Narration by Tom Whittaker and Hal Douglas. Directed by Gladys Carter. The study guide that accompanies the video is on file at the Instructional Media Library in Powell Library Room 46.

Vietnam : after the fire

Color; Sound; 106 minutes

1988, Cinema Guild, Acacia Productions

Examines Vietnam and the extensive damage done to its environment and people by the way. Bombing left a landscape pockmarked with over 26 million craters and an unknown number of unexploded bombs which each year continue to kill or maim thousands of Vietnamese. The extensive use of Agent Orange devastated vast areas of the country's ecosystem, and the dioxin from the powerful herbicide entered the food chain and is still present, causing birth defects and illness. Shows the efforts of the Vietnamese to rebuild their country, including efforts at reforestation, restocking fish rivers, replacing depleted wildlife, and treating acid soil.

Vietnam : chronicle of a war

B&W and Color; Sound; 89 minutes

1981, CBS Video, CBS News

Drawing upon the resources of the CBS News Archives, the history of the Vietnamese conflict is traced from the United States first tentative steps into the Morass of Southeast Asia, through the desperate final moments of the escape from the besiged city of Da Nang. Narrated by Walter Cronkite and featuring some of the correspondents and camera crews that reported the events of the conflict back to the United States nightly on television. Correspondents include Ed Bradley, Charles Collingwood, Bruce Dunning, Charles Kuralt, Dan Rather, Eric Sevareid, Mike Wallace.

The Vietnam ordeal : 1945-1975, tape 1

Color; Sound; 106 minutes

1986, Glassboro State College

Part of a series of lectures and panel discussions presented at New Jersey's Glassboro State College in 1986. Dr. Allen Goodman of Georgetown University addresses U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese conflict from 1970 to 1969, followed by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy, who discusses the final days of the South Vietnamese government, from 1973 to 1975.

The Vietnam ordeal : 1945-1975, tape 2

Color; Sound; 108 minutes

1986, Glassboro State College

Part of a series of lectures and panel discussions presented at New Jersey's Glassboro State College in 1986. Douglas Pike of the University of California, Berkeley, discusses America's participation in the Vietnamese conflict from 1969 to 1973, followed by Dr. Ronald Spector of the University of Alabama, who covers the years 1945 to 1960, the period of America's initial involvement in the region.

The Vietnam ordeal : 1945-1975, tape 3

Color; Sound; 117 minutes

1986, Glassboro State College

Part of a series of lectures and panel discussions presented at New Jersey's Glassboro State College in 1986. Former Senator George McGovern delivers the conference keynote speech, addressing the question of whether the U.S. should have ever been involved in the Vietnamese conflict. Followed by a panel discussion featuring conference speakers Dr. Allen Goodman, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy, Douglas Pike, and Dr. Ronald Spector, as well as authors Al Santoli and Dave Chanoff, and former POW Colonel John Dramesi (USAF, ret.).

The Vietnam ordeal : 1945-1975, tape 4

Color; Sound; 91 minutes

1986, Glassboro State College

Part of a series of lectures and panel discussions presented at New Jersey's Glassboro State College in 1986. Continuation of a panel discussion featuring conference speakers Dr. Allen Goodman, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy, Douglas Pike, and Dr. Ronald Spector, as well as authors Al Santoli and Dave Chanoff, and former POW Colonel John Dramesi (USAF, ret.).

The Vietnam war

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1990, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Visnews

Vietnamizing the war (1968-1973) — Vietnam: A television history

Color; Sound; 60 minutes

1983, WGBH Video, Martin Smith; Richard Ellison

Series: The American Experience

Richard Nixon's program of troop pull-outs, stepped-up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed the war and left GIs wondering which of them would be the last to die in Vietnam. Volume 4 in this 7 volume series on the Vietnam War. A detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. The series offers an analysis of the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. (Also on this tape: Tet 1968).

*Viva la causa! 500 years of Chicano history : Part 2

VHS videocassette; Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1995, Collision Course Video Productions, SouthWest Organizing Project

The documentary looks at the 1943 "Zoot Suit Riots" and other early efforts to fight discrimination. The farmworkers movement, student protests, the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, and new Chicano art are featured in this second part of the program. Part II continues the history of Mexican Americans to the struggles that continue to be faced today. A two part video offering a compelling introduction to the history of the Mexican American people, based on the book "500 years of Chicano History in Pictures" by Elizabeth Martinez.

The war at home

Color; Sound; 100 minutes

1979, First Run/Icarus Films

A comprehensive look at the protest movements against the Vietnam Conflict and how U.S. foreign policy and values at home were challenged and changed by the anti-war movement. The time-period is chronicled using a powerful combination of rare archival footage and interviews with students, community leaders, Vietnam veterans and participants from all points of view.

When night comes

Color; Sound; 30 minutes

1988, Asia Resource Center, CGI Inc

Describes the effects of Vietnamese economic policies on the daily lives of the Vietnamese peoples, and shows the long-term effects of the war years.

Who speaks for man?

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 56 minutes (16 mm)

1969, Indiana University Audiovisual Center, National Educational Television

A critical look at the United Nations, originally planned to be the articulated conscience of the world and a hope for world brotherhood, but which has evolved into a debating ground for the United States and Soviet Union. Points out the the UN has refrained from intervening in the troubled areas of Vietnam, Czechslovakia, and Biafra, and that the well-being of smaller nations frequently suffers at the hands of larger ones.

Why Vietnam?

Black and White/Monochrome; Sound; 30 minutes

1988, United American Video Corporation, United States Department of Defense

A historical look at the French, U.S., and other nations' occupation of Vietnam. The U.S. involvement is examined as a patriotic act to protect freedom — "something we must fight for at any cost." The program tries to answer why the U.S. sent its young men to fight and suffer in Vietnam. (Also on this tape: "Battle of Khe Sanh.")

A world of dreams

Color; Sound; 53 minutes

1989, Films Incorporated, Stephen Segaller; Border Television

Series: The Wisdom of the dream: Carl Gustav Jung

Advocates of the theories of Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung discuss his enduring influence on modern life. Analyst John Beebe dissects a key scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" in Jungian terms, and Dr. Harry Wilmar explains his research into the "healing nightmares" of Vietnam veterans.

*Yo soy Chicano

2 film reels; Color; Sound; 59 minutes

1972, KCET-TV, Los Angeles, Indiana University Audiovisual Center

Dramatizations and interviews with Chicano leaders explore key events in the Chicano experience from its roots in pre-Columbian times to the present. Points out that Mexican-Americans, comprising five percent of the U.S. population and twenty percent of Vietnam casualties, have been subject to racism and exploitation throughout their history.