FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Journalism

VH 7659 Art Buchwald: The Wit of Washington
Summary: A profile of columnist and commander in chief of political satire Art Buchwald. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7659 Art Buchwald: The Wit of Washington
Summary: A profile of columnist and commander in chief of political satire Art Buchwald. 050 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 6930 Bill Moyers Reports: Earth On Edge
Summary: Assessment of the state of the environment. Combining interviews with leading scientists and reports from Mongolia, British Columbia, Brazil, South Africa, and the state of Kansas, Moyers and his team explore the impact that human activities have had on the planet. This exploration takes place while posing the urgent question: What is happening to Earth's capacity to support nature and civilization? 120 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 4840 Black Press, The: Soldiers without Swords
Summary: This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences Award collection. After providing background on the role of Black press in the past, host Maureen Bunyan speaks with several African American press members. 085 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 2271 China Reports--A Window to China
Summary: The video magazine program produced by China Central Television, the only national TV station in China. This is the first issue. 021 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES

VH 8377 Close Up Conversations: Reporting from the Hot Spots
Summary: Discusses what happens when American journalists have to report from war zones or "hot spots" void of First Amendment protection. Close Up on C-SPAN host, John Milewski, interviews Newsday's Roy Gutman and freelance journalist Allan Nair about their experiences in places such as the Balkans and Indonesia to reveal the dangers that journalists and their sources face abroad. 015 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 6927 Constructing Public Opinion
Summary: The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. 031 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0810 Consuming Images
Summary: Examines the impact on democracy of our mass culture whose basic information comes from image-making, the media, public opinion polls, public relations and propaganda. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: PUBLIC MIND, THE - BILL MOYERS

VH 1724 Electronic Speech, Press & Assembly
Summary: Speakers, Lance Rose, Jack Rickard, George Perry, John McMullen, Eric Lieberman, David Hughes; moderator, Eric Lieberman. Speakers discuss freedoms of electronic speech, public & private electronic assembly and electronic publishing; issues of prior restraint and chilling effects of monitoring on freedoms and possible justifications and alternatives for monitoring. 091 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATION, DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 4378 Fear and Favor in the Newsroom
Summary: Provides an insiders' critique of how corporate press lords constrict the free flow of ideas and information. Interviews with celebrated journalists provide case studies of stories which were spiked and reporters who were demoted or fired at prestigious organizations. Other journalists learn to practice self-censorship whenever a story may conflict with the interest of their corporate employers. 057 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0568 Forward, The
Summary: The story of the world's most successful Yiddish-language newspaper and its special role in the lives of millions. 058 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5575 Forward, The
Summary: The history of this successful Yiddish newspaper is chronicled from its inception in 1897. Shows the special role the Jewish daily "Forward" played in the lives of millions of immigrants who became Americans. Directed by Marlene Booth. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 0648 Grandeur and Obedience
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Visit the Rome of the Counter-Reformation, the Rome of Michelangelo & Bernini, where the Catholic Church developed a new splendor symbolized by the glory of St. Peter's. 052 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 0651 Heroic Materialism
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Clark's thoughts on the materialism & humanitarianism of the past 100 years take him from Britain's 19th-century industrial landscape to skyscrapers of contemporary New York. 053 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 0411 How to Read Between The Lines-Wall Street Journal
Summary: Shows how to use the Wall Street Journal in the most effective and beneficial manner. Explains the paper's organization and regular features. Demonstrates how to track particular subject areas of interest and understand all the implications of a major news story. 014 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 4370 Hurricane Andrew As It Happened
Summary: The most comprehensive video documentary of Hurricane Andrew. See it through the eyes of meteorologist Bryan Norcross and the WTVJ/Channel 4 News Team. The station broadcast live from its "Storm Center" and throughout South Florida during the costliest natural disaster in American history. August 24, 1992. 123 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0812 Illusions of News
Summary: This program examines the impact of the visual image in news & politics in the electing of Presidents & the governing of America. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: PUBLIC MIND, THE - BILL MOYERS

VH 1972 Innocents Abroad, The
Summary: Craig Wasson, Brooke Adams & David Ogden Stiers. Mark Twain is assigned a story on his Grand Tour of the continents for a newspaper. 116 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: MARK TWAIN CLASSICS

VH 1431 Inventing Reality: Politics of the Mass Media
Summary: Lecture given at the University of Vermont, dealing with the monopoly ownership of the media, its relation to capitalism, the misrepresentations and distortions of the news, and the limitations of media ideological control. 070 Min. VIDEO 1988 Series: LECTURE SERIES: MICHAEL PARENTI

VH 3579 Mad, Mad Century
Summary: This program explores the funny face of the newsreels and the inside story of the people who made them. It features the humorous clips and eccentric oddities which were added to spice up more serious newsreels stories. Two cameramen who filmed all over the world in the most difficult of circumstances, and an editor, recount their most interesting tales from the front. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 0647 Man: The Measure of All Things
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. Clark visits Florence, where European thought enjoyed new impetus by rediscovery of the classical past. He also journeys to Renaissance centers Urbino & Mantua. 054 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 2327 Manufacturing Consent--Pt. 1, Thought Control in a Dem. Soc.
Summary: Focuses on democratic societies where populations not disciplined by force are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Shocking examples of media deception permeate Chomsky's critique of the forces at work behind the daily news. Chomsky encourages his listeners to extricate themselves from this "web of deceit" by undertaking a course of "intellectual self-defense." 095 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: MANUFACTURING CONSENT--NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA

VH 2328 Manufacturing Consent--Pt. 2, Activating Dissent
Summary: Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. Focuses on Chomsky's analysis of ideological manipulation in democratic societies. 072 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: MANUFACTURING CONSENT--NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA

VH 1408 Media War in El Salvador
Summary: Examines the use and influence of the media during elections in El Salvador. 023 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION, LATIN AMERICAN

VH 3085 Mutiny on the Corporate Sponsorship
Summary: Covers corporate sponsorship of the media. Topics included are public access to television and corporate control of the media, and freedom of speech and the press. 056 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4112 Myth of the Liberal Media, The
Summary: Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky have developed a comprehensive framework for understanding how the news is produced and in whose interests it works. In this video, they demolish one of the central tenets of our political culture: the idea of the "liberal media." Instead, they argue that the news media are so subordinated to corporate and conservative interests that their function can only be described as that of "elite propaganda." 060 Min. VIDEO

VH 4451 National Security and Freedom of the Press
Summary: Explores the federal government's ability to conduct what it considers an effective foreign policy within a constitutional framework that demands a free, unfettered press. 060 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: CONSTITUTION, THE

VH 2723 Panama Deception, The
Summary: In 1989 Panama was turned inside out by 26, 000 U.S. government troops searching for one man, Manuel Noriega. Stealth fighters roared overhead, media reports were suppressed, and the civilian body count may have risen into the thousands. While the U.S. government was telling one story, an intrepid group of filmmakers were braving roadblocks and bullets to bring America the truth. This film documents what really happened. See mass graves unearthed exposing 091 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7101 Peter Elbow On Writing
Summary: Professor Peter Elbow provides insight into how one works through problems in writing, from the initial stages of freewriting to the final stages of the revising process. He explains the role of feedback and the importance of readers and listeners to good writing. 043 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 8384 Press and the Presidency, The
Summary: Uncovers the behind-the-scenes tensions, conflicts, and challenges that face both the White House and the press on a daily basis. Uses live footage and interviews to examine this unique relationship which is adversarial in nature and yet vital to the democratic process. 036 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 0650 Protest and Communication
Summary: Hosted by Kenneth Clark. The Reformation is explored - the Germany of Durer & Luther, the world of Erasmus, the France of Montaigne, & Shakespeare's Elizabethan England. 053 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEOGRAPHY Series: CIVILIZATION

VH 4414 Putting the Demo Back into Democracy
Summary: A critical examination of the holdings, workings and effect of six media companies. Viacom, Walt Disney, News Corporation, Time Warner, GE/NBC, and Westinghouse/CBS are all covered in this documentary hosted by Robert McChesney, Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin. 064 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0884 Race Against Prime Time
Summary: Documentary explores how television news coverage of violent racial conflicts acts in complicated ways to exacerbate community and individual conflicts. 060 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 4491 Reading the Newspaper Intelligently
Summary: A history of newspapers and provides suggestions for reading, analyzing, and using the information in the daily paper; this video helps viewers learn h ow to be more thoughtful and involved newspapers readers. 024 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 3683 Running Mate: Gender and Politics in the Editorial Cartoons
Summary: Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy as the first woman chosen by a major party for the vice presidency of the United States provided editorial cartoonists access to a rich and previously untapped lode of material. "RUNNING MATE" examines their portrayals of Ferraro during the campaign. Drawn from a study of 172 cartoons in 12 U.S. newspapers, this program reveals the gender stereotypes which hounded the Mondale/Ferraro ticket from the moment she was chosen. 047 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION, ART

VH 3615 Sans Soleil
Summary: An unknown woman reads and comments on the letters she receives from a friend - a freelance cameraman who travels around the world and wonders about the meaning of his work and about the role of the memory he helps create. Photographed in the high tech world of Tokyo and the low tech regions of West Africa, SANS SOLEIL is a literate, rueful, humorous and astute meditation on nothing less complex than the quality of life on earth and its ever-changing characteristics. Explores the immense diversity of the human species and its differing societies. Director: Chris Marker. 100 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4380 TV Violence and You
Summary: The effects on viewers of both blatant violence and subtle violence imagery are analyzed. We see how the disproportionate violence shown on the news makes viewers perceive their environment as more violent than it actually is. Violence in cartoons, which never appears to have consequences, is shown to hinder a child's ability to assess whether or not actions are potentially damaging. The put-down, frequently seen in sitcoms, is also discussed as damaging to viewers, because the violence that can result from such goading is rarely portrayed in the show. Violent relationships portrayed between men and women are analyzed within the context of the growing incidence of rape. Violence at sports events is also discussed. 030 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 3914 Up Close & Personal
Summary: When aspiring news reporter Tally Atwater tries to break into television, only veteran newsman Warren Justice will give her a shot. In time, he teaches her everything she knows about news and she teaches him how to love again! But with her rise from local TV weather girl to network anchor, Tally and Warren must balance the dream of success with their desire for each other. Director: John Avnet. 124 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1011 Z
Summary: A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places. French with English subtitles. Director: Constatin Costa-Gavras. 128 Min. VIDEO 1969