Community Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
Community Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Pennsylvania Parade #152/ Americans, Too: 2 -- Do You Hear What I'm Saying? More on DVD Version | Conveys the resentment and frustration of blacks in Mount Union and chronicles the efforts of the NAACP to bring blacks and whites together in that community despite many heated differences. Surveys townspeople about the issue of racism and the attempts to improve race relations. Produced by P.J. O'Connell and Kimberly Kranich for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| An Amish Portrait More on DVD Version | Features interviews with several Old-Order Amish in a southeastern Pennsylvania farming community in an effort to explain to non-Amish people how members of their sect think, feel, and live. A watchmaker, a farmer and his two sons, and a quilt-making housewife and her daughter discuss the traditions and principles of Amish life as taught in Scripture. Aspects of education, farming, dress, the impact of tourism, beliefs in conflict among the adults, and occasional wayward behavior among the youths are presented. Produced by Karyl-Lynn Zietz. Not available in Lancaster, Chester, York, Dauphin, Lebanon, or Berk Counties, PA |
| Bathing Babies in Three Cultures (Mead, Bateson) More on DVD Version | Cross-cultural comparisons show the interplay during bathing between mother and child in three different settings: a Sepik River community in New Guinea, an American home, and a mountain village in Bali. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. F |
| Bride Service More on DVD Version | One of Dedeheiwa's sons returns to the Yanomamo village with meat and fruits. Dedeheiwa, a headman in this southern Venezuela community, conspicuously shouts across the village for the boy's father-in-law to come and claim the food. The man sends his youngest wife, a girl ten years old, to fetch the items. From the Yanomamo series. Napoleon Chagnon. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Jews -- Community Self-Help More on DVD Version | Compares the practice of self-help within Pittsburgh's Jewish enclave, as demonstrated in the effort to help Soviet Jews today, with the response of German Jews to the flood of poorer, less-educated Eastern Europeans in the late 19th century. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Puerto Ricans -- Art as Cultural Expression More on DVD Version | Looks at past and present difficulties of the Puerto Rican community and surveys their use of traditional art forms as a means of cultural expression. Also shows how art is used as an educational tool at the Taller Puertorriqueno art center. |
| The Columbus Legacy: The Slovaks -- Insuring the American Dream More on DVD Version | Examines the Slovak community in Pennsylvania through the involvement of football Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik with a sokol, a beneficial insurance society that also provides sports activities and that represents a powerful force in Slovak life. |
| Comalapa: Traditions and Textiles More on DVD Version | Comalapa is one of Guatemala's "purest" Indian villages, a town of ancient rites and customs that has remained relatively unchanged over the centuries. This program covers a number of topics: a Cackcique Indian courtship and a wedding ceremony, localpainters and weavers, and cofradias. Cites the gradual disappearance of cofradias, ritual brotherhoods organized in honor of a saint that are considered an indispensable part of manhood and the only legitimate route to community status. Produced by Claudia Feldmar, Camara 2. |
| Community Medicine: A Training Center in the Rural Philippines More on DVD Version | The Cebu Institute of Medicine, a medical school in the Philippines, directs a rural training program in which all medical students participate as part of their clinical instruction. Combining the principles of general clinical practice and public health, students learn how to work with patients, their families, and the community. Health problems common to rural areas of developing countries illustrate the ramifications of poverty, poor diet, water shortages, and exposure to infection. Produced by George M. and Helen A. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| A Country Auction: The Paul V. Leitzel Estate Sale More on DVD Version | Documents an American rural tradition, the estate auction. Reveals the personal, social, and economic processes involved when a family in a rural Pennsylvania community dissolves its homestead, which in this case consisted of the last general store in town, the adjoining home, and the contents of both. Script included. Directed and produced by Robert Aibel, Ben Levin, Chris Musello, and Jay Ruby. |
| Gay and Lesbian Lifestyles More on DVD Version | Examines the difficulties of homosexuals in gaining acceptance from relatives, people in the community, and on the university campus. Discusses a variety of issues and problems, including the realization of one's homosexuality, coming out to family and friends, relationships with relatives and heterosexuals, and homophobia. Three students talk about their experiences with these situations. Produced by Kurt P. Dudt. |
| Group Studies and Social Psychiatry More on DVD Version | Excerpts from lectures delivered in a 1965 seminar by the late Dr. Erich Lindemann, a pioneer in community psychiatry who surveyed the developing field of social psychiatry. Contains material of historical importance that has remained relevant to the mental health field. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Helping Adults Learn: 7 -- Learning Disabilities More on DVD Version | Looks at three Pennsylvania programs designed to address the needs of learning-disabled adults: the GED program at the state correctional facility in Mercer, Project Stride, and the Reading Area Community College teacher education program. Methods and strategies for helping students follow a discussion of the definition of learning disability. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| January: A Portrait of Arta Channel More on DVD Version | Arta Channel welcomed this taping, done during the month of January, as a way to tell others what it is like to be a senior citizen. Arta is sixty-five, lives in downtown Detroit, and is concerned that the Social Security money she receives won't be enough to provide for her during the remaining years of her life. The program shows her as a neighborhood activist, leading a group in a fight to improve the safety of the community and helping others in a variety of ways. Produced by Robert Steele. |
| Lines of Eternity: "Egg Writing" and Easter Ritual in a Ukrainian Community More on DVD Version | Examines the art of pysanky, the Ukrainian tradition of "egg writing," in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. A pre-Christian practice to which Christian symbolism later was introduced, the Easter holiday custom of pysanky creates eggs that are used in religious celebrations and given as gifts, and traditionally were placed near houses and barns to ward off evil spirits. In Carnegie, the art is promoted with egg-writing classes, contests, and folk festivals. Directed and produced by Ben Levin. |
| Malnutrition in a Third World Community More on DVD Version | Designed to give students and professionals who have not had extensive Third World experience a clearer idea of the ecology of malnutrition. Shot in a rural Philippines community, the film covers infant-feeding practices and shows the difficulties a family faces due to poverty, limited home production of food, and inadequate supplies of pure water. Produced by George M. and Helen A. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| Of Grace and Steel More on DVD Version | Explores a summer training camp for women who practice the unique spiritual discipline of American Sikhs, a tradition that originated in India 500 years ago. The purpose of the camp is to help women achieve dignity, divinity, and grace, thought by theSikhs to be the proper foundation for society. Raises questions about preparation for violence as part of a commitment to peace, about women as "superwomen," and about the choice to live one's life in a highly defined religious community. Produced by Phyllis Jeroslow. |
| One Day a Week More on DVD Version | Shows the workday of a community psychiatrist consulting to the staff of a Job Corps center. Illustrates the range of experiences involved in such work. Print material included. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Preventing Malnutrition by Reinforcing Improved Diets More on DVD Version | Describes a field experiment conducted in a rural community in the Philippines. The research goal was to reinforce specific behavior patterns of women in order to improve the care and growth of their children. Various aspects of the research setting are illustrated, followed by a step-by-step explanation of the year-long experiment. Preliminary results are summarized, indicating that such programs may be one method of dealing with rural health problems. Produced by George M. and Helen A. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| The Psychiatrist in the Community More on DVD Version | Excerpts from lectures delivered in a 1965 seminar by the late Dr. Erich Lindemann, a pioneer in community psychiatry who surveyed the developing field of social psychiatry. Contains material of historical importance that has remained relevant to the mental health field. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Pyatachok More on DVD Version | In the 1920s, Russian peasants from the countryside began migrating to Moscow in search of employment. Seeking diversion from their hard labor, they borrowed from earlier years the concept of pyatachok, the place where rural young people held Sunday dances, and transformed it into a common event in the capital's principal parks. These migrants tell how pyatachok helped them preserve a sense of community in the city. Dubbed in English. |
| Signs of the Times More on DVD Version | Overview of the austere and ultraconservative Old-School Baptists who once thrived in Roxbury, New York, but who have virtually disappeared. Interviews with people who grew up in the Roxbury church, the town historian, a denomination librarian, a minister, and university and seminary professors create a portrait of Old-School Baptist philosophy, rites, music, and architecture. Evokes a time when life was simpler and religious life was the basis of a deep sense of community. Produced by Leandra Little. |
| Social Psychology: 8 -- Helping and Prosocial Behavior More on DVD Version | Looks at the reasons why individuals help each other, including reciprocity and social responsibility. Explores some of the variables that moderate helping behavior and shows a community "Park Pride Day" scene that exemplifies the remarkably altruistic behavior of the "average"citizen. |
| Some Beginnings of Social Psychiatry More on DVD Version | Excerpts from lectures delivered in a 1965 seminar by the late Dr. Erich Lindemann, a pioneer in community psychiatry who surveyed the developing field of social psychiatry. Contains material of historical importance that has remained relevant to the mental health field. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Touching the Future: Bruce Goldberg More on DVD Version | Bruce Goldberg, codirector of the American Federation of Teachers' Center for Restructuring and editor of Radius, states schools should be "centers of inquiry" with a community focus that entails shared decision making and continuity for students between the classroom and the real world. |
| Touching the Future: Linda Darling-Hammond More on DVD Version | Linda Darling-Hammond, professor of education at Columbia University, discusses classroom-level structural changes that include parents, teachers, and students. She cites teacher testing, changes in teacher education, an adviser system, and a more community-like structure as ways of producing students capable of interdisciplinary problem solving. |
| Vimbuza-Chilopa More on DVD Version | Shows different healing ceremonies among the Tumbuka of Malawi, who attribute illness (vimbuza) to spirit possession. Documents nightlong exorcism rituals of singing, clapping, and drumming during a full moon, culminating in an animal sacrifice (chilopa) at dawn. Portrays the interaction of patients, healers, and village community, and includes an interview with a patient. Filmmakers: Drs. Rupert and Ulrike Poeschl. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #104: Teachers and Gardners/Return to Bitumen More on DVD Version | Teachers, Gardners: Teachers/Gardeners covers a wide range of topics inlcuding educational philosophy, administrative strategies, man’s relationship to the environment, religion, gardening and retirement. Return to Bitumen is an account of a coal mining community in northwestern Pennsylvania. Return to Bitumen: Jerry and Shirley Brown work Christmas day. And Easter. And Memorial Day, and Labor Day, and Groundhog Day, and National Peanut Butter Day. Their 62 milk cows don't understand what weekends, holidays, and vacations are all about. Jerry and Shirley farm for a living; 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. and later, 365 days a year. Their investment in land, equipment, and livestock is close to a quarter million dollars; their debts are frequently close to that. Twenty-six dairy farms have gone out of business in "the home valley" in the last 20 years, but the Browns hang on. It is what they know, what they are content with; and they will continue, as long as they can. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #106: Notes on a Community Hospital, Part 2 More on DVD Version | People are the indispensable factor in hospital operation--doctors, nurses, administrators, patients. This film illustrates the human factor by concentrating on five individuals and their personal roles in how the hospital functions. It does not instruct viewers about how a mid-sized rural hospital operates; rather, it conveys visually and aurally the nature of a typical hospital, its staff, and the people it serves. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade:#115 - Profiles of Rural Religion: Go and I'll be with You More on DVD Version | At 33, Paul Wonders was a successful dairy farmer, with a wife, six children, and a farm that had been in his family for four generations. He "got saved" at an evangelistic meeting in 1948, sold the farm, became an itinerant tent preacher and later an ordained minister. Today, he is pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God in Hammersley Fork, an unincorporated crossroads community in the most sparsely populated corner of Clinton County, PA. The Wonders have built a new church building; they hold four exuberant services a week for their congregation of less than 100. They and their church are flourishing. This is an exploration of a minister and his wife--co-ministers--and the joyous brand of evangelism they conduct in their lives and in their church. From the "Profiles of Rural Religion" series. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| Silver Cereal Bowl More on DVD Version | The program, produced by Channel 3, looks at how midget football builds a sense of community with the players and with the adults who dedicate themselves to passing on a tradition and teaching something more than the game itself. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #143 - U. S. Chronicle: God’s Country, U.S.A. / Festival More on DVD Version | God’s Country USA - A small, white, wooden church, isolated in a fog-shrouded mountain valley, with cars crowding the parking lot for the morning services--"Sunday in God's Country; an American classic." But mixed with the distant hymns is the sound of gunfire. Tomorrow is the opening of deer season and Potter County (Pa.) hunters are "sighting-in" and revving up. Here are the effects--good and bad, depending on your point of view--of the yearly explosion of hunters streaming into "the deer-hunting capital of the United States." NBC and Sports Illustrated come; the firemen's dance is a crowded success; deer are "harvested." And in a few days the valleys are peaceful again--except for a few local residents quietly hunting the snowy hillsides above ice-covered streams. Recreation as community problem, big business, and modern folklore. Festival - Haluski, pierogi, and pigs-in-blankets. Moonwalk, bingo, nickle-pitch, and Madonna. "A money-making activity and a social activity, to bring the people together." Welcome to Christ the King Church, Houtzdale, PA. Despite intermittent rain and a shortage of wieners, the 13th Labor Day Festival went off as scheduled. The four-day event, organized by Rev. L. M. Kuziora and a small army of volunteers, is representative of the harvest festivals which dot the calendar each fall in rural Pennsylvania. With dinners, dances, and games-of-chance, they are gatherings of neighbors and strangers, come together for relaxation, conversation, and sometimes a free basket of groceries. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project.* |
| OUT Look More on DVD Version | Portrays the lives of several undergraduate members of the Penn State lesbian, gay, and bisexual community from their perspective. The students were trained and then filmed from the inside out and this footage was then mixed with other professionally shot material to form a compelling, intimate, and thought- provoking piece. Produced by Penn State Off ice of Educational Equity, the Penn State Affirmative Action Office, and WPSX-TV |
| Pennsylvania Parade #138: Portrait of the Leader as a Young Man More on DVD Version | At 26, Greg Schneider is not yet a recognized community leader. But he plans to be. He has--as many of his high school classmates have not--returned to his hometown of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, to make his living and to raise his family. He knows that leadership will be an important factor in the stability and prosperity of his community; he pitches in. There is his job as executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation, volunteer participation in a local planning group and a local collegiate center, and an active role in attempts to continue local airline service into his isolated rural community. Not all are successful; business development and community planning are often low-return endeavors. But the experiences are invaluable for a young man seeking a role in shaping the future of his hometown. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #144: Its Prom Time/Teen Cancer More on DVD Version | Its Prom Time - In springtime, comes The Prom. Dates are made (and broken(and remade)), dresses are designed and sized, tuxedos are rented. Beauty shops are booked solid, large automobiles are borrowed, dinner reservations are in place. All is readiness. On Prom night, with dresses arranged just so and tuxes worn awkwardly, the sons and daughters of Huntingdon, Pa., arrive--as their parents look on, waving, taking pictures and making tapes, reminiscing about proms past. Music. Preening. Watching. Dancing. Goodnights. It is an historic event; it happens only once. The Seniors mark the end of the formative period of their lives; it is unlikely that most will ever again have such close ties to such a cohesive group. The Prom will continue--it is, after all, the major community social event--but for the Class of '89, this is finis. Teen Cancer - A mother finds a lump on her daughter’s back. One week later the child undergoes exploratory surgery, and cancer is confirmed. After 150 days of hospital therapy, hospital bills, the family waits for word on their daughter’s condition. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Project Lifelong Learning: The Community More on DVD Version | Documentary outlining three successful programs in the community and how they are working to achieve Education Goal #5. A staff development overview provides an overview of each strategy through examples from programs around the country. A 70 page user guide is also included with information for the facilitator on how to use the materials with a group, background readings, and suggested discussion questions. |
| Project Lifelong Learning Series More on DVD Version | Includes the following videos and workbooks: Lifelong Learning for the Family, Lifelong Learning for the Community, Lifelong Learning for the Workplace. Also includes the strategies for achieving National Education Goal #5. |
| Pennsylvania Parade # 121 - Profiles of Rural Religion: Sugar Valley Sampler More on DVD Version | Sugar Valley is a "bowl," with only two breaks in the mountain rim. For 200 years, it was largely self-sufficient, economically, socially, and religiously. Since World War II, however, the Valley has slowly changed. There are two Lutheran churches where once there were nine, a group based out of the United Church of Christ is fighting a school merger with a district outside the Valley, and at the annual community picnic there are now electric-guitared rock groups. But the content of the lyrics--the gospel message--has remained much the same. This is a film of preservation and of change, of meeting the needs of the times and of holding on to what is dear. Sugar Valley is changing, but gradually, sometimes grudgingly and, when possible, on its own terms. From the "Profiles of Rural Religion" series. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #105: Notes on a Community Hospital, the Patient the Doctor More on DVD Version | People are the indispensable factor in hospital operation--doctors, nurses, administrators, patients. This film illustrates the human factor by concentrating on five individuals and their personal roles in how the hospital functions. It does not instruct viewers about how a mid-sized rural hospital operates; rather, it conveys visually and aurally the nature of a typical hospital, its staff, and the people it serves. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Murshidat: Female Primary Health Care Workers Transforming Society in Yemen More on DVD Version | Share the experiences and accomplishments of the female primary health care and social relations in their coastal plains community of Yemen. These twenty women have transformed a dormant facility into a thriving health center, which includes former social outcasts and slaves - as both health care recipients and health care providers. The documentary features the murshidat speaking out on their changing roles, identities and aspirations as Muslim women. Follow the women on their home visits and in the maternal and Child Health Center where they provide prenatal care, do routine deliveries, immunizations, infant growth monitoring and family planning. Delores M. Walters, Ph.D.. in Anthropology, collaborated with the murshidat in making this video, which is based on research she has conducted in Yemen since the 1980's. (English voice-over) |
| Company Town More on DVD Version | C 1979 A small, company-owned town in Oregon is severely affected by the shutdown of the local lumber mill. Details the search for alternatives by the town's citizenry, including solicitation of government funding and an attempt to purchase the mill and operate it as a cooperative. Illustrates the obstacles encountered in mobilizing a community-action group. Also shows the dehumanizing effects and frustrations that occur when individuals must deal with a complex economic system and a faceless corporate entity. Directed and produced by Kris Jensen and Sharon Genasci. |
| India - Daughter of the Earth More on DVD Version | Vandana Shiva, an Indian physicist and feminist, works with community action groups against the degradation to the environment. Vandana joined "Chipko", a group of Himalayan women working to save the forest after she witnessed the destruction caused in one of her favorites spots in the Himalayan forest. In India, "Chipko" has marked a reawakening of an ecological consciousness that is as old as the Indian civilization itself, except now it is a force in which ordinary women define the issues. Produced by Judithe Bizot. |
| Texas Style More on DVD Version | "Texas Style" takes you to the competition culture of small-town Texas: where there are parades, armadillo and frog jumping races, tobacco-spitting, cow chip throwing, steer lassoing and hog calling contests. In between sampling the Barbecue and Chili cook-offs, visits to the local domino parlor and barbershop, we get to hear some of Texas' most remarkable fiddlers compete to the foot-stomping delight of their audience, "Texas Style" is an intimate look at rural Texas culture and the traditional fiddle music played on its back roads. With spirited rhythms and guitar accompaniment, Texas fiddling is a crowd-pleaser that has influenced western swing and folk music across the country. "Texas Style" centers on three generations of Westmorelnd family fiddlers. From the elder H.D. Westmoreland to his grandson Wes III, already a state champion, we see the evolution of Texas fiddling. The difference between H.D.'s rhythmic Appalachian style and the intricately fingered, rhythmically varied interpretations of grandson Wes marks a transition in the tradition of fiddling. Early Texas fiddling evolved at country dances, using the repetitious rhythms and limited fingering movements suitable for dance music. But when the dances began to lose popularity, a new audience developed. Famed Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson and his contemporaries elaborated the technique of fiddle playing by emphasizing the downward bow action and using the entire register of the fiddle. The contemporary style of fiddling practiced by their followers is hand-clapping, toe-tapping listening music, heard at fiddle contests and community gathering places. Major Awards: CINE Golden Eagle; London Film Festival; Sinking Creek. TV: US (Discovery Channel) |
| The Tree of Knowledge More on DVD Version | Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac Indian community in East Central Mexico, The Tree of Knowledge contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon their own culture. But there is also a deeper, older level to the ritual: it is not the mestizos, but the living spirits of trees, who are the real spirits of the Danza, and who teach the Totonacs how to live in harmony with nature. That is where the Dance began... But there is also a deeper, older level to the ritual: it is not the mestizos, but the living spirits of trees, who are the real spirits of the Danza, and who teach the Totonacs how to live in harmony with nature. That is where the Dance began... Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac Indian community in East Central Mexico, The Tree of Knowledge contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon their own culture. "Throughout the film we see the divided nature of the town: a close-up of a caged dove - the Indian locked into a Spanish world. The remarks of the school principal (of course a mestizo): 'Our main interest is that the children learn Spanish . . . If we speak to a sixth grade pupil in Totonac, he is insulted. He says, 'I speak Spanish now. Why do you talk to me in Totonac?'' . . . Lane's approach is indirect and symbolic; he avoids interpretive narration in favor of allowing visual and spoken symbolism to carry the message . . . Lane has made a useful contribution both to peasant studies and to the methodology of ethnographic film as well." Dr. Michael Logan The American Anthropologist, 1984 |
| Democracia Indigena More on DVD Version | Available in Spanish or English Democracia Indigena examines the rights revolution of Indian Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla - the same Totonac Indian community featured in "The Tree of Life" and "The Tree of Knowledge". In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organizacion Independiente Totonaca (OIT), and joined in an electoral alliance with the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica to sweep the municipal elections. During the following nine years, the OIT and PRD carried out a non-violent revolution. The visible signs of this Totonac renaissance are the health posts, schools, drinking water, and electricity available to everyone for the first time. But the real change is in the new self-confidence and pride of the Totonacs themselves. Democracia Indigena follows Cruz Garcia, an "expatriate" Totonac, as he examines the changes in his homeland. Opening with the PRD electoral campaign, Cruz meets with the Totonac mayor and council, , visits rural projects, talks with his Totonac family and neighbors, as well as the parish priest and the mestizo mayoral candidate of the opposition PRI. With Cruz, we watch the voting, the vote counting, and the stunning 3 am victory celebration. The film concludes with an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of this powerful example of democracy in action. |
| Forest Stewardship at the Urban/Rural Interface More on DVD Version | L36540VH 1992. Interviews with forest landowners, rural homeowners, developers, and natural resource managers tell the story of the changes in Pike County, Pennsylvania, as it evolves from a sparsely populated rural area to a bedroom community of New York City. The viewer will be introduced to the concepts of forest stewardship and managing natural resources. Narrated by David Forsyth. |
| Pennsylvania Parade # 129 - Veteran’s Day (Traditional) / Zion is Closed More on DVD Version | c1986. From a pre-dawn flag raising in Clearfield, Pa., the county seat, to the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner"--after dark and in the rain--in the village of Frenchville, Veteran's Day, 1985, was a day of some celebration, some anger, and many memories for the veterans, families, and bystanders at memorial ceremonies that took place across the county. November 11 was a day of traditional observance in a society increasingly inclined toward three-day holiday weekends, while only the "(traditional)" designation on our calendars reminds us of the diminished importance such holidays have come to have in our lives. ZION IS CLOSED. c1988, color, 28-minutes. The cornerstone says "1896." But Zion Lutheran Church, Sebring, Pa., will not be having a centennial celebration. Its too-small congregation is "taking leave" after 91 years as the community's most enduring social institution. Zion Lutheran is a statistic, but not an uncommon one. Like many rural churches, it was unable, even with the help of three sister churches, to attract a full-time minister; the church building needed extensive repairs; and the membership had dropped to only 15. Zion Lutheran was too old, too small, under-financed, and in trouble. Leave-taking was bitter-sweet: the church crowded, the singing forceful, the prayers and remembrances heartfelt. Then, with a final moment of silent reflection, and not a few quiet tears, Zion was closed. |
| Murshidat: Female Primary Health Care Workers Transforming Society in Yemen (Arabic Version) More on DVD Version | Share the experiences and accomplishments of the female primary health care and social relations in their coastal plains community of Yemen. These twenty women have transformed a dormant facility into a thriving health center, which includes former social outcasts and slaves - as both health care recipients and health care providers. The documentary features the murshidat speaking out on their changing roles, identities and aspirations as Muslim women. Follow the women on their home visits and in the maternal and Child Health Center where they provide prenatal care, do routine deliveries, immunizations, infant growth monitoring and family planning. Delores M. Walters, Ph.D.. in Anthropology, collaborated with the murshidat in making this video, which is based on research she has conducted in Yemen since the 1980's. (English voice-over) |
| Pennsylvania Parade #145 - Documenting Rural America More on DVD Version | Contains segments from RADOC programs including: Visiting with Darlene; Notes on a Community Hospital; Inside Huntingdon Prison; The Spirit of Punxsutawney; The Faces of A-Wing; The Final, Proud Days of Elsie Wurster; Notes on an American Business; A Tale of Reliance and Hope; R.D.#1 Box 99; Profiles of Rural Religion; Winning and Losing; The Powers That Be; Veterans Day (traditional); Teen Cancer; The Victim’s World; Teachers, Gardeners, Paths and Shadows; It’s Prom Time; Music Music Music; and Festival. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1992 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #103 – Notes on an Appalachian County: Little Victories / Of Morals and Money More on DVD Version | Included in the program are: the philosophy and efforts of the county’s community-action program in counteracting poverty, examined from both the field-organizer and administrator’s level. Two community efforts to alleviate the impact of poverty; a minister who was instrumental in organizing a non-profit housing development against considerable opposition, and a business leader who has tried to increase his colleagues’ awareness of poverty as a bonafide local "problem." Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1971 |
| Pennsylvania Parade #120 - Profiles on Rural Religion: Three Who Care More on DVD Version | Religious involvement can be casual; in these three cases, it is not. Sue Jensen is a seminary intern, encountering the Salona Lutheran Church. Sue is suburban-raised, Princeton-educated, and a woman serving as pastor of a small, rural congregation. She is, to say the least, in contrast to her congregation's expectations. Connie Richardson is a rural activist in the Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God. She sings; she plays the organ; she teaches Sunday school; she is a missionary to her neighbors. And Connie believes: in the biblical "gifts", in prayer, in healing, in her power to perform miracles "in the name of the Lord." Celeste Rhodes Larsen is a nonbeliever in a strongly religious community, a former Jew in a predominantly Christian population, and a creative dance professor at a small teachers college. Her skepticism counterpoints prevailing attitudes. Rural religion is varied, intense, and decidedly alive. From the "Profiles of Rural Religion" series. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project. ©1979 |
| Race Matters 3 Multicultural Education More on DVD Version | Andrew Jackson is president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education. He is also vice president for the Interfaith Community Coalition Against Prejudice and Violence in State College. Sam Richards is a senior lecturer in sociology at Penn State. His course "Race & Ethnic Relations" is among the most sought-after classes at Penn State University Park. |
| Race Matters 4 Experiencing Race More on DVD Version | Daniel Welliver is director of education and community services for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. |
| Hate More on DVD Version | Hate diminishes us all. Take a good, hard look at this destructive force and examine the problem of indifference. Learn why human diversity is a benefit that all of us should celebrate. Understand the damage that is done by hatred and see what happens to those who are the victims of hate. Roles that people take on that perpetuate hate are closely examined. Be aware that when it comes to hatred, even one person can make a difference. Learn how you can be a positive influence in your school and in your community. ©2001 |
| Kelly Mazzante: Hometown Hero More on DVD Version | From a population of just under 5,000 to being featured in newspapers and magazines across the country, Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante exploded onto the national scene during her sophmore season. After leading the Big Ten in scoring as a freshman, the Mountoursville, Pennsylvania native set the tone for her second season by dropping a Penn State and Big Ten record 49 points against conference foe Minnesota. She went on to lead the nation in scoring and became the first sophmore in Lady Lion history to be named Kodak All-American. She was idolized in her hometown. The local fans had the opportunity to se her lead the Lady Lions to an appearance in their Sweet Sixteen of the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament after first and second round wins at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College. Though her collegiate career continues to evolve, Kelly Mazzante proves that big things can come from small places. In her community, she is a Hometown Hero. |
| Confronting AIDS in Rural America More on DVD Version | Produced by WPSX-TV In cinema verite style, this documentary examines attitudes about AIDS, homosexuality, and the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt as found in the small rural university community of State College, Pennsylvania. 1994 / / ©1994 The Pennsylvania State University |
| City of Refuge: A Success Story of Refugee Resettlement More on DVD Version | Depicts the successful resettlement of Laotian refugees in Pella, Iowa, and examines the unique relationship between people of Southeast Asia and the United States. This award-winning program looks at one family's suffering as Laos falls to communism. The story reaches back to the origins of the Hmong people in Southeast Asia, with congressman Jim Leach of Iowa pointing out their unique relationship to the United States and their determination to start a new life. The family makes a successful transition to this very different Iowa community . . . playing, working and worshiping with the citizens of this city of immigrants. The family's determination to start a new life envelops this success story of the positive rewards of refugees and refugee sponsorship. Symbolic references to Pella, Iowa (founded by the Dutch immigrants in the 1800's) remind us how the United States is a nation of immigrants; thus, Pella's experience is relevant to us all. Audiences of City of refuge are inevitably provoked into thought and discussion. |
| The "Spirit" of Punxsutawney More on DVD Version | An observational documentary depicting the day-to-day routine of the staff of a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper. The daily morning newspaper, the Spirit, is viewed as a human institution that reacts to the needs of its readers in the rural community of Punxsutawney. The program illustrates the interaction between the editorial staff and the town's residents. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV |
| Houses of Worship Pennsylvania More on DVD Version | With roots based in the ideal of "spiritual liberty and religious freedom", Pennsylvania's churches, chapels and cathedrals are tributes to inspired architecture and are true symbols of the diversity and significance of religion within every community large and small. |
| Our Town Brockway More on DVD Version | In the Fall of 2007, volunteers from this Jefferson County community helped to produce this video-scrapbook of people, places and happenings of Brockway, Pennsylvania. Their images, stories, and personal comments combine to make memorable programming. Our Town Brockway |
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