The following Berkeley-related videos have recently been added to MRC's growing digital collections

Berkeley in the Sixties
Mark Kitchell's comprehensive and popular 1991 documentary about the political life and times of UCB and environs.
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California Since the Sixties: Revolutions and Counterrevolutions. (California Studies Conference. [11th: 1999: University of California, Berkeley]).
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Voices of Black Panther Women Symposium at Berkeley
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We've also put up video recordings of various events from the 1994 Free Speech Movement 30th anniversary: View It Here (unrestricted access)

In Mark Kitchell's documentary Berkeley in the Sixties cited above, there are sequences near the beginning of the film documenting the 1960 protests of Berkeley and San Francisco State students and others against the House Committee on Un-American Activities, then convening in San Francisco. The Committee subsequently commissioned a 45 minute propaganda film to vilify these protests, entitled Operation Abolition:

Shortly after the release of Operation Correction, the Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union produced a rejoinder, entitled "Operation Correction"

The Media Center has digitized both of these public domain films [Requires Windows Media player or Flip4Mac for Macintosh]:

Operation Abolition View It Here
Operation Correction View It Here

Halloween is next week! Why not take a break from those academic travails and check out one of these spooky, Old School classics:

Cat People (1942)

Directed by Jacques Tourneur;
produced by Val Lewton. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway,
Jane Randolph, Jack Holt. Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious
Serbian-born fashion artist living in New York City, falls in love with
and marries average-Joe American Oliver Reed. Their marriage suffers
though, as Irena believes that she is the victim of an ancient curse-
whenever emotionally aroused, she will turn into a panther and kill. 72
min. DVD 4472; vhs 999:76

Children of the Damned (UK, 1963)

Directed by Anton
M. Leader. Cast: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke,
Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael, Patrick Wymark. Six gifted young children
are found to pose a threat to the world. They all live in England but
are from different parts of the world and have no parents. When a
psychologist attempts to find out more, he unlocks a horrifying mystery
that could lead to the destruction of the universe. 89 min. DVD 2832

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Directed by Herk Harvey.
Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison,
Stan Levitt, Herk Harvey. A church organist inexplicably survives a car
wreck, and finds herself haunted by visions of ghouls who seem to be
following her. Contents: Disc 1. Original theatrical version (78 min.)
-- Disc 2. Extended director's cut (83 min.). DVD 1744

The Black Cat (1934)

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Cast: Boris Karloff; Bela Lugosi; David Manners; Jacqueline Wells;
Lucille Lund. A bus crash on a lonely Austrian road compels American
honeymooners to spend the night at the house of Herr Poelzig, a
sinister looking man who is engaged in an intense death-feud with Dr.
Werdegast, whom the couple met on the Orient Express. They attempt to
leave only to discover that they are being held captive. Suggested by
the i Edgar Allan Poe story. 66 min. DVD 5468; 999:874

Dead of Night (UK, 1945)

Directed by Alberto
Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer. Ealing
Studios. An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring
dreams, during which he is told other people's supernatural experiences
and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him. Dead of
night is based on short stories: The Linking story, and The Hearse / by
E.F. Benson, and The Golfing story / by H.G. Wells, and by one story
each by the writers of the screenplay. 104 min. DVD 4092; vhs 999:1124

The Haunting (1963)

Directed by Robert Wise. Julie
Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Lois Maxwell,
Rosalie Crutchley, Fay Compton, Valentine Dyall, Diane Clare, Ronald
Adam. Dr. Markway, a trained anthropologist with a special interest in
psychic research, wants to try what he hopes will be a true exercise in
terror. He's heard about the reputation of Hill House, which claimed
the lives of several of its young inhabitants, and wishes to explore
the horrors of the unseen and the unexplained. 113 min. 999:984

The following titles have recently been added to MRC's streamed video-on-demand collection. These videos may be accessed by UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff (CalNet ID required). Viewing requires the Windows Media player . Mac users should download the free Flip4Mac viewer .

Chain of Love (Keten van liefde)

A documentary examining the Philippines' second largest export product--maternal love [domestic workers]--and how this export affects the women involved, their families in the Philippines, and families in the West. The money the expatriates earn in the West is sent home to the Philippines, where local help is hired to look after their children. This money is the Philippines' largest source of income in foreign currency. 2001. 50 min. Video/C 9325

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Hip-hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for too often perpetuating destructive, deeply conservative styles of manhood that glamorize sexism, violence, and homophobia. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics. Produced, directed and written by Byron Hurt. 2006. 61 min. DVD 6448

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Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World.

An in-depth look at the meaning of the Hopi way, a philosophy of living in balance with nature. Describes the Hopi philosophy of life, death, and renewal as revealed in the interweaving life cycles of humans and corn plants. A film by Pat Ferrero. 1989. 58 min. Video/C 1645

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Maquilapolis (City of Factories)

Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Carmen earns six dollars a day but she is not a victim. She is a dynamic young woman, busy making a life for herself and her children. In "Maquilapolis," Carmen and her friend Lourdes confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos, reaching beyond their daily struggle for survival to organize for change, taking on both the Mexican and U.S. governments and a major television manufacturer. The women also use video cameras to document their lives, their city and their hopes for the future. Produced and directed by Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre. 2006. 68 min. DVD 6606

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Thirst

The survival of communities is threatened when big business buys the water supply. This documentary tells the stories of communities in Japan, Bolivia, India and the United States where global corporations are buying up local water supplies, investigating such questions as: Is water part of a shared "commons," a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought, sold and traded in a global marketplace? c2004. 62 min. DVD 2469

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The following are recent additions to MRC's Television collection:

[Best of] Mad TV

Cast: Ike Barinholtz, Daniele Gaither, Bobby Lee, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael McDonald, Nicole Parker, Ron Pederson, Jordan Peele, Aries Spears, Stephnie Weir, Paul Vogt. MADtv is a late night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of the popular MAD magazine. Material includes celebrity impersonations, music video, commercial, movie, and TV show parodies, recurring characters, musical guests, and the occasional mock cartoons. Directed by Bruce Leddy. 175 min. DVD 7823

The Office: Complete Series One & Two and The Special

Cast: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Patrick Baladi, Stacey Roca. The complete series (plus extensive special features) of a British television comedy set in a paper company located in a suburb of London; a hilarious, biting look at everyday office life. The special features : The office : closed for business documentary ; Golden globes featurette ; "If you don't know me by now" full song and video ; The making of "freelove freeway" ; director's commentary ; documentary: "How I made the office" ; Wernham Hogg News ; "Slough slang" ; the local lingo ; Wernham Hogg Personnel file ; character bios ; deleted scenes ; outtakes ; video diary. Originally broadcast by BBC2 in 2001-2002. 500 min. DVD 7923

Miami Vice

Cast: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown, Michael Talbott, Martin Ferrero, John Diehl. A television crime series set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld. Ride shotgun with suave vice cops Sonny and Rico as they battle a neverending gallery of criminals, drug dealers, and lowlifes. Includes all 22 episodes of the first season. Originally broadcast on television, 1984-85. 1105 min. DVD 7827

NYPD Blue. Seasons One and Two

Television drama depicting the gritty reality of life in a New York City Police unit as the officers go about their work with grim determination. Two partners, Detectives Andy Sipowicz and John Kelley, are the main officers who personify very different approaches to their difficult job. Sipowicz's brash gruffness (covering an emotional vulnerability) is tempered by the precise and controlled demeanor of Kelley. Cast: Dennis Franz, David Caruso, James McDaniel, Sharon Lawrence, Gail O'Grady, Amy Brenneman, Sherry Stringfield, Michael DeLuise, Michael Harney, Nicholas Turturro. DVD 7941-7943

The Sopranos: The Complete Sixth Season.

Dynasty. Season One

Cast: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, John James, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood, Bo Hopkins, Dale Robertson, Joan Collins, Heather Locklear. Most of the show features the conflict between two large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo. Originally broadcast 1981. 359 min. DVD  7924-7925

 

Lost. The Complete First and Second Season

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to live with each other on a remote island, a dangerous new world that poses unique threats of its own. Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Naveen Andrews, Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway. DVD 6314-6315

Lost In Space. Season One.

Cast: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Billy Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Jonathan Harris. First four episodes of the 1965 season of a television sci-fi classic. In 1997, Professor John Robinson along with his wife and three children, and Major Don West are chosen to establish a colony on the third planet of the Alpha Centauri system. As they leave Earth, Zachary Taylor, a sabateur, is trapped aboard the ship, and his extra weight means the ship can't reach Alpha Centauri. Now the ship is lost, and fighting for survival as they search for the way home. Originally broadcast in 1965 and 1966.

The Oprah Winfrey Show.

A collection of Oprah's most memorable moments in 20 years of history-making television including celebrity interviews. Includes segments on home makeovers and a tour of Oprah's house. 1985 - 2005 DVD 7853

The following titles have been made available for online viewing by UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff (CalNet ID required). Viewing requires the Windows Media player . Mac users should download the free Flip4Mac viewer .

For additional online video titles, see August 2007 blogpost

 

A.k.a. Don Bonus.

This documentary is a
self-portrait of a young Cambodian immigrant growing up in America
today. Shot by Sokly Ny himself, it shows his struggles to graduate and
survive his complicated life during his senior year of high school.
Produced by Spencer Nakasako. 55 min. Video/C 4390

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Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity

Tough Guise is the first program to look systematically at the
relationship between the images of popular culture and the social
construction of masculine identities in the U.S. in the late 20th
century. In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz
argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the
guises offered to men as a solution (rugged individualism, violence)
come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men.
1999. 80 min. DVD 4913; vhs Video/C 6606

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Killing Us Softly 3.

Jean Kilbourne reviews if and
how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20
years. With wit and warmth, she uses over 160 ads and commercials to
critique advertising's image of women, inviting viewers to look at
familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take
action. c2000. 34 min. Video/C 6979

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Edward Said on Orientalism (Race and Diversity Series)

Edward Said's book Orientalism
has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its
publication in 1978. In this interview he talks about the context in
which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original
thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient."
c1998. 40 min. DVD 4914; vhs Video/C 5800

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