Nonprint Media Services

The following are selected video titles in the collections of Nonprint Media Services that deal with physical attributes and diversity.

A Tale of O (53 min.)
HD58.7.T25 1993
Summary: Insights into the impact of relative numbers on people's performance in work groups, when some people have a hard time fitting in because they are different from the majority. The consequences, pressure and stereotypes of being different are explored.

The Ugly Truth (29 min.)
GN 298.U41996
Summary: Physically attractive people may have it easier in life than other people, due to the unconscious bias of "lookism." Pairs of actors and actresses, equal in all aspects except physical appearance, use hidden cameras and microphones to examine this subtle form of discrimination on the street, on the job, in school, and in the courtroom.

Writer's Block: Disability on Campus (27 min.)
HV1553.W7 1997
Summary: Dramatization of interviews between an admissions panel for a literary honor society and four aspiring writers, each with a different disability. Following the interviews the panel members discuss the candidates and come to the realization that they are judging the applicants based on their disabilities instead of their abilities.