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Frosh [VHS]
98 minutes, 1993
Desciption: Freshman year. What could be more challenging, disorienting, exhilarating, depressing? Two award-winning filmmakers- one male, one female- returned to college with their cameras. They spent a year living in a co-ed, multicultural, freshman residence hall at Stanford University. The students discover they face much more than the traditional academic pressures.
Campus life is wracked with unexpected social conflicts:
· Freedom of speech vs. anti-harassment codes
· Multicultural education vs. western culture
· Alcohol, drugs, and dating
· Grade anxiety, cultural alienation, and the lure of dropping out
· Maintaining ethnic and gay identity on a white, heterosexual campus
Frosh's frank and open approach to gender, racial, political, and academic issues common to all campuses will help prepare any student for the challenges of college life. Ideal for use in: Freshman year, residential life, counseling, and other student activities programs, and for training professional and para-professional staff.
Facilitator's Guide
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| Seniors [VHS]
56 minutes, 1997
Description: For most students, college is a time of dizzying personal change, both confusing and exhilarating. Seniors: Four Years in Retrospect helps prepare undergraduates to take full advantage of these invaluable years of questioning and growth. The filmmakers of Frosh, the widely acclaimed chronicle of one year in a racially diverse freshman residence hall, returned to Stanford three years later to see how college life had changed five of these students. Combining extensive footage shot during senior year with prophetic clips and "outtakes" from Frosh, the two directors have produced an altogether new film focusing on the different trajectories students from diverse backgrounds take to a fulfilling and successful college experience. Facilitator's Guide |
Facing Difference [VHS]
11 minutes, 1990
Description: College campuses throughout the United States are witnessing a rise in both public expression and overt acts of prejudice. This 11-minute film addresses these issues head-on. Designed to increase awareness by triggering discussion, the film presents students talking about the challenges of living in a highly diverse population. Various forms of diversity ( race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc.) are explored. Stands are not taken; instead opposing views are aired to stimulate thinking about issues such as administrations and scholarships, the social realities of diversity (including roommates and friends), and the limits of freedom of speech. This film is intended for use in new student orientation programs, student leadership programs, courses on pluralism and other student activities.
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A Tale of "O": On Being Different [VHS]
18 minutes, 1980
Description: It explores the consequences of being different. The film focuses on a group of people in which there are "the many", referred to as the Xs and "the few", referred to as the Os. What makes a person an X or an O? Difference from the majority of group members in any particular dimension makes someone an O. The difference can come from a wide variety of factors-age, sex, race, language, occupation, status, or even such matters as hair length or style.
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Valuing Diversity [VHS]
(Seven-part program; Pars 1-6 are 30 minutes each; Part 7 is 60 minutes), 1990
Managing Differences ( Part 1)
Description: Managing Differences teaches managers to recognize talent and develop and motivate diverse employees. The film dramatically illustrates how ethnic stereotypes and real cultural differences affect management and how unwritten rules affect the upward mobility of women and minorities. Dramatic illustrations show managers how to adapt to the needs of diverse people and benefit from their unique contributions, while also helping these employees adjust to organizational requirements. Actual managers share their advice for effectively managing diversity.
Diversity at Work ( Part 2)
Description: Diversity at work shows employees how to succeed in the multicultural organization. The film addresses employee responsibility for self-development and examines relationships with co-workers and supervisors of different racial, ethnic and cultural origins. Dramatic illustrations show how perceived as well as real cultural differences may affect teamwork and an individual's ability to advance. Men and women from different backgrounds and in different work settings provide practical advice about succeeding without sacrificing personal cultural values and dealing with the stresses of being bicultural.
Communication Across Cultures (Part 3)
Description: Communicating Across Cultures examines different communication styles. Dramatic illustrations show misunderstandings that may result when people of different national origins or ethnic backgrounds (or even personalities) try to communicate. The film also reveals how discomfort with the subjects of race, gender and other differences inhibits feedback and constructive interaction. Models for more effective communication are provided.
You Make the Difference (Part 4)
Description: You Make the Difference stresses the need for individuals to work well with diverse co-workers. Dramatic illustrations and interviews explore the issues of sabotage and stereotyping and promote cultural unity, teamwork and productive work environments. Supervising Differences (Part 5)
Description: Supervising Differences helps frontline supervisors, plant managers and others to best utilize their diverse work force. Dramatic illustrations and interviews instruct supervisors about climate setting , coaching and development, team building , supervising culturally diverse workers, controlling stereotypes, and handling employee conflict. Champions of Diversity (Part 6)
Description: Champions of Diversity is a documentary film about the changing demographics of the labor pool and marketplace and the benefits of diversity. Special emphasis is given to the personal growth involved in valuing diversity. Senior executives discuss their roles as "champions of diversity", and reveal how changing personal behavior can lead to positive organizational growth. Profiles in Change (Part 7)
Descriptions: Profiles in Change is a documentary about the programs and processes of cultural change. The film examines steps that organizations are taking to maximize their diverse human resources, focusing on recruitment, training, mentoring, team building, accommodation differences, communicating, rewarding, and establishing accountability. |
Working it Out: Blacks and Jews on the College Campus [VHS]
30 minutes, 1986
Description: Working it Out features an interactive workshop between black and Jewish college students led by Cherie Brown of the National Coalition Building Institute, Arlington, Massachusetts.
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