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- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter S
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter T
- Video Tapes, Beginning with letter W
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VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER S
- Scholarship and Praxis. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1990. 1 videocassette
(95 min.)
Both speakers address the question of how to move scholarship and praxis out the classroom into the community. They provided relationships between Africana studies and community services. AFR Video 390 - A Serious Look at the Black Male Shortage.
1 videocassette (90 min.)
"African peoples conference 1988." "Compton College, Compton Calif., 4/11/88." Speakers, Julia and Nathan Hare. Julia and Nathan Hare talk about the crisis in Black male relationships with Black females. They identify the myth and reality of Black men's images and define what good Black men are. AFR Video 389
Shelterforce: Not the American Dream: Closeups on Housing in N.J. Urban Affairs. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. [n.d.] 1 videocassette (58 min.)
Highlights the scarcity of homes in Essex County, New Jersey including the displacement of low and middle-income families due to high rent. Also shows some of the problems faced by tenants in dealing with some homeowners within the county.
AFR Video 623a
- Slavery & Constitution. Africana Studies
and Research Center, Cornell University. 1884. 1 videocassette (44
min.)
Discusses constitutional laws on slavery and their implications in the United States history during the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. AFR Video 541
The Souls of Black Folk - 100 Years: W.E.B.
Du Bois' Concept of the Color into the 21st Century: Fall 2003 Africana
Studies Research Center Colloquium Celebrating the Life and Ideas of
W.E.B. Du Bois in the 21st century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 2003. 1 videocassette (100 min.)
James Turner (Professor, Africana Studies and
Research Center, Cornell University), relates the legacy of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois to the study of race in American as a social phenomena and a marker of social inequity. He focuses on three works of Du Bois: The Philadelphia Negro; Conservation of Races; and Of Our Spiritual Strivings. AFR Video 593
The Souls of Black Folk Revisited: Fall 2003
Africana Studies Research Center Colloquium Celebrating the Life and
Ideas of W.E.B. DuBois in the 21st century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 2003. 1 videocassette
(66 min.)
Robert L. Harris, Jr. (Professor, Africana Studies and
Research Center, Cornell University), examines the Souls of Black Folk
as the first major work to reveal the history, dignity, and worth of
Black people. As a result, this piece was instrumental in both cultural
and political resistance for African Americans. AFR Video 590
State of Black America Conference: culture,
struggle & a challenge of history. [1988]. 1 videocassette (132
min.)
During the 1988 annual State of Black America Conference, Maulana Karenga
offers a definition of culture and describes seven basic levels of cultural
practice. Explains why they are critical in the struggle to free oneself
from racism and to contribute to the forward flow of humanity. AFR
Video 264
- State of Black America Conference. Ithaca, NY: State of Black America Conference, 1987. 4 video cassettes. AFR Video 119
- State of Black America Conference. [Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center], [1986].
2 videocassettes.
CONTENTS: [v. 1] Black students and struggle / Gil Noble (60 min.) --[v. 2. without any specific title] / Calvin Butts (105 min.). Gil Noble, a producer of "Like it is", talks why he feels angry about the American society and asks audiences to understand their situation correctly; concern themselves to be respectable, responsible, and mature; and do something for the Black people. Calvin Butts, the reverend of Abyssinian Baptist Church, talks the importance of education to understand the American society better and achieve the equal rights and human dignity. AFR Video 168 - State of Black America Conference. Ithaca, NY: State of Black America Conference, 1983. Participants: Kwame Ture, Imari A. Obadele, Louis Farrakhan. 2 video cassettes. Presentations deal with oppression, class struggles, the Black independence movement, and self-determination for Afro-Americans. AFR Video 160
- State of Black America Conference. Ithaca,
NY: State of Black America Conference, 1982. Participants:
Avon Drake, William Tabb, Lewis King, Manning Marable. 2 video cassettes
(84 min.).
Presentation emphasizes the history and present situation of Blacks in the economy, and how it might be improved. The panel discusses the importance of Black students becoming more active in promoting social and political issues on campuses. AFR Video 159 - State of Black America Conference: Reawakening of a Black Giant: Nelson Johnson (part II). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1982. 2 video cassettes. Nelson Johnson talks about the Black student movement and revitalization during the 1980's. AFR Video 294
State of Black America Conference: Fulfilling
the Pan-African Promise. Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center. 1988. 1 videocassettes (126 min.)
At the State of Black America Conference held at Cornell University
in 1988, the speakers talk about the religious papects of Pan-Africanism.
AFR Video 548
Stories I Would Like to Tell. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1988. 1 videocassette
(60 min.)
Francisco Pabon, Director of Puerto Rican Studies, State University
of New York at Buffalo. Videotaped on April, 17 1988 at the Ujamaa Residential
College, Cornell University. Pabon describes stories that reflect self-encounters.
He discusses the living culture of Puerto Rico that serves to preserve
the concept of an inner-self that heals. Pabon also discusses a film
that reflects his work on exposing the images that show how encounters
can reveal the inner-self. These encounters continue from the Afro-Latino
cultural experience. Other true stories from the Spanish world are also
told. His lecture largely deals with the encounters in the Spanish world.
AFR Video 408
The Struggle for Change in Congo. Presented
by Amnesty International-Ithaca ; produced by Wies van Leuken. Ithaca,
NY: Amnesty International-Ithaca, 1997. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
Speaker, Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo. Talks about the colonial history and
the post-colonial developments of Zaire. AFR Video 370
Student Activism. Ithaca, NY: Africana Studies
and Research Center, Cornell University, 1987. 1 video cassette.
Ben Chavis talks about students' activism to challenge racism and
social change. AFR Video 129
Student Activism in Light of the Willard Straight
Takeover. Ithaca, NY: State of Black American Conference, 1989.
2 video cassettes (206 min.)
Presented by Louis Farrakhan. In a rousing message filmed at Cornell
University's Bailey Hall, Farrakhan challenges black college students
to rise above their circumstances, to stop oppression of their people,
and to challenge racism. AFR Video 157
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER T
Tango: The Art History of Love. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (138 min.)
Professor Robert Farris Thompson provides insight into the history and meaning of the tango dance. Within his lecture Thompson traces the origin of the dance to Central Africa. At the end of the presentation there is a performance by two renowned tango dancers, Kely and Facundo Posadas. AFR Videodisc 154
Tell Tales and Signs: An Exploration of Methods of Historiographic Research and Representation. Africana Studies and Research Center; Cornell University. [1990]. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
Interviews of an exploration of women of African descent who have made various contributions to early and mid-twentieth century America. AFR Video 617a
- Towards an Authentic African Theatre. Africana
Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1992?. 1 videocassette
(85 min.)
Agovi speaks of creating an authentic African theatre which recreates the authentic African life. AFR Video 536 - Town-Gown Relations and the Black Community.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center,
1995. 1 videocassette (93 min.)
Presented by Jackie Melton Scott, director of Southside Community Center, Ithaca, NY. Jackie Melton Scott talks about relations between the Black community in Ithaca and Cornell University and the City of Ithaca. AFR Video 203 - Tracking in Education. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1996. 1 videocassette
(76 min.)
Presenter Prof. Don Barr. Discusses tracking and ability grouping in the United States educational system. Also explains how racism influences education; how tracking fits into racism; and what things are being done in education to eliminate tracking. AFR Video 275
Tradition as a Factor in African Development.
Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 1989.
1 videocassette (99 min.)
Examines a historical perspective of African development, in which tradition
retains an integral part. AFR Video 540
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER U
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount : PBS Home Video, c2005. 2 videodiscs (220 min.). The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man. AFR Videodisc 45
Urania;s Mirroor: The Stars Longing, and Black Female Representation. Lecture by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (49 min.)
Poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon discusses her works, and reads selected poems. AFR Videodisc 240
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER W
Walter Rodney & Pan-Africanism Today: [Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University]. 2005 1 videodisc (92 min.)
Horace Campbell (Syracuse University) discusses the Pan-African movement and the role and contributions of one of its most noted leaders, Walter Rodney. AFR Videodisc 167
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde: A Reading by Alexis De Veaux. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2004. 1 videodisc (62 min.)
Alexis De Veaux provides a reading from the biography that she wrote on Audre Lorde. She also provides some insight into the writing of the book. AFR Videodisc 219
What happens When Philosophers Talk About Race? Africana Studies and Research Center; Cornell University. 2005 1 videocassette (80 min.)
Analyzes the problems caused by a discussion of race via philosophy, and the need for a greater focus on and recognition of race in the subject of philosophy. AFR Video 627a
Wilfredo Lam and the International Avant Garde, 1923-1983: A Reading by Lowery Stokes Sims. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (56 min.)
Lowery Stokes Sims provides a reading and selected images from her book, Wilfredo Lam and the international avant garde, 1923-1983. She also provides insight into the writing of the book, and selected images from the book. AFR Videodisc 235
- Wole Soyinka and Nigerian Theater. Ithaca,
NY: [Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center], [1986].
1 videocassette (76 min.)
Femi Osofisan discusses Nigerian theater and Wole Soyinka. He discuss Soyinka's use of political activism in his particular style. AFR Video 412 - Women and Revolution: On Making Choices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies and Research Center, 1989. 78 min. Presented by Kathleen Cleaver. Lecture discusses making choices in the revolutionary era of the 1960s and the issues confronted at that time. AFR Video 186
- Women in Africa. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,
Africana Studies and Research Center, 1992. 1 videocassette (64 min.)
N'Dri Assi-Lumumba discusses how European colonization of Africa influences the social and functional value of men's and women's roles in Africa. Discussion focuses on the relations and roles of men and women. AFR Video 268 - The World Conference Against Racism: Observations
from the Field. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Africana Studies
and Research Center, 2001. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
Based on Edmondson's participation and experience in the NGO forum affiliated to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. AFR Video 544
VIDEO TAPES, BEGINNING WITH LETTER Y
Yellow Black: The First Twenty-one Years of a Poet’s Life: A Reading by Haki Madhubuti. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. 2006. 1 videodisc (118 min.)
In discussing his most recent book, Yellow Black, Haki Madhubuti argues that, while several Blacks have their eyes focused on eradication of racism, and White supremacy, Black communities must not lose site of the progression and needed advancements within their own communities, in order to continue to define themselves as a united and accomplished people. AFR Videodisc 243
