Nonprint Media Services

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

Among the Non-believers (49 min.)
BP 42.L585 1993 v.5
Summary: Asks whether Muslims suffer particular discrimination or difficulties living outside the Muslim world, compared to other minorities. And does life in a secular society compromise their faith?

Candle in the Wind (58 min.)
BL940.S65C36
Summary: Documents the struggle and survival of Christians, Jews, and Muslims inside the U.S.S.R. in the twentieth century. Includes rare archival and smuggled footage of persons engaged in religious practices and interviews with Soviet officials, dissidents, and Western experts on Soviet affairs.

The Falashas (29 min.)
DS135.E75F35 1987
Summary: A study of the social and religious life and customs of Ethiopian Jewry. Views Jewish ritual and practice as observed for generations in isolation: circumcision, Kashrut, the Sabbath, Torah study, and prayer. More recently, some young people are sent to Israel to make a living and later help family members establish a home.

The Image of God (27 min.)
DS36.8.A72 1991 pt.3
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Afaf Marsot, professor of Near and Middle Eastern history at UCLA, Yvonne Haddad, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, and Michael Suleiman, political science professor at Kansas State University. They discuss the role of religion and religions in Arab society and also Islamic fundamentalism and the media's portrayal of that religious group.

Life and Liberty-- for All Who Believe (28 min.)
HM271.L52
Summary: Discusses the importance of the basic American value of freedom as well as religion in our lives. Examines groups that may be using freedom to destroy freedom and emphasizes the fundamental belief that in order to protect one's own rights the rights of others must be protected.

Rama ke nama = In the name of God (95 min.)
BL2015.P57R25 1994
Summary: Focuses on the campaign of the fundamentalist Vishwa Hindu Parishap (VHP) to raze a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya and build a Hindu temple on the spot that they claim was the birth place of Ram. Through interviews and commentary, this documentary examines the religious and political conflict that eventually led to the mosque's destruction in 1992, and ensuing religious violence which left 5,000 dead and caused thousands of Muslims to flee India.

Religion, Rap and the Crisis of Black Leadership (28 min.)
E185.615.R39 1994
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews activist, author and teacher Cornel West about the state of African-American society, its struggle for liberty, and its living, vibrant traditions.

The Right to be Mohawk (17 min.)
E99.M8R53 1989
Summary: Presents the Mohawk struggle to preserve their land, language, religion, history and world-view in the face of white demands and encroachments.

Tolerance : Dedicated to Mawlana Jalal-Al- Din Rumi (30 min.)
BR1610.T64 1995
Summary: Focuses on Mawlana-Jalal-Al-Din-Rum, a 13th century apostle of tolerance. His teaching encompassed the ideas of tolerance, urging human beings to respect each others' faiths, ideals, orientations, cultural values, and developing the ability to get along despite divisions in nationality and religion.