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Introduction
Disabilities and War:
Can the Broken Places Be Made Strong Again?
For the month of October 2008, the University of Maryland Libraries Diversity Team, in cooperation with the President's Commission on Disability Issues, will be highlighting resources from our collections related to disabilities and veterans. This includes a series of displays at McKeldin Library, Nonprint Media Services Library, and the Art Library on disabilities and war, as well as a series of disability-related films available on our Dial Access system, and a lecture on hidden disabilities. Exhibit information and additional resources are listed below.
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McKeldin Library Exhibition
October 1 - 31, 2008
McKeldin Library, Main Lobby
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As part of the President’s Commission on Disability Issues awareness month and the campus "Semester on War and Representation of War" the McKeldin Library exhibit will feature items from the University Libraries’ collections that focus on veterans with disabilities. It will be located in the McKeldin Library front lobby from October 1-October 31. Contact: Johnnie Love at x 5-9048.
Nonprint Media Services Exhibition
October 1 - 31, 2008
Nonprint Media Services Library, Ground Floor, Hornbake Building
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In observation of Disability Awareness Month the Nonprint Media Services Library will feature programming from its media collections that highlight disabilities, including those caused by the external forces of war and man’s inhumanity to man. Both feature films and documentaries will be offered for reflection. Individual viewing for the University Community is always available and there will be Dial Access programs weekly during October as well. The special programming will be featured from October 1-October 31 in the Nonprint Media Services Library, Hornbake Library, Ground Floor. Contact: Linda Sarigol at x5-9236.
In addition, a number of the programs will play continually throughout the month on the Library's Dial Access system. The entire collection is available for previewing within the Library.
- September 29 - October 5: Let There Be Light
Let There Be Light is the final installment of the John Huston trilogy produced during his time with the Army Signal Corps during World War II. Called a documentary but looking and sounding more like one of his feature films, the film follows 75 U.S. soldiers who sustained debilitating emotional trauma and depression while serving their country. It chronicles their entry into a psychiatric hospital, their treatment including hypnosis and sodium pentothal, and their eventual recovery. The controversial production was subsequently banned by the U.S. Army, some say because of its extremely effective portrayal of shell-shocked soldiers and its potentially demoralizing effect on the soldiers. It was finally released for public screening in 1981. (1981, 58 min.)
Show times: 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm - October 6 - 12: Korean War Stories
In the EMMY award winning film Korean War Stories, war veterans share their stories of the "Forgotten War," reminding the viewer of the human and social costs that the Korean conflict had for America. Narrated by Walter Cronkite, those interviewed include Senators John Glenn and John S. Warner, baseball player Ted Williams, musician Willie Nelson, former Secretary of State James Baker, Rep. Charles Rangel, astronaut Walter Schirra, Lt. Col. Charles B. "Brad" Smith, Gen. Raymond Davis, and others. Hear them speak candidly and eloquently about the costs of war…the death, the post-traumatic stress, and the disabilities they brought back with them to a society that didn’t want to talk about a war lost. (2001, 57 min.)
Show times: 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm - October 13 - 26:
Strong at the Broken Places: Turning Trauma into Recovery
Not all wars are fought on the battlefield. Not all soldiers are in uniform and the enemy is not always a stranger. The film Strong at the Broken Places: Turning Trauma into Recovery shows war vets and children who suffered because of war, people who suffered in their homes and streets at the hands of others. We are told the stories of four persons, survivors devastated physically and spiritually by trauma and loss, who learn to heal themselves by healing others. The survivors share stories of their lives, from the death camps of Cambodia, the violent streets of Boston, the prison cell of an alcohol and drug-addicted inmate and the amputee ward of a veterans hospital. (1998, 38 min.)
Show times: 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm - October 20 - 28: The Ground Truth
In U.S. military slang, the term "ground truth" is used to describe the reality of a tactical situation as opposed to what mission plans and intelligence reports assert the reality to be. It is also the title of this 2006 documentary by Patricia Foulkrod that has stunned filmgoers at major film festivals.
In the film The Ground Truth the filmmaker takes us into the world of young Americans who served their country in Iraq. These veterans of the Iraq War share with the viewer their pain and insights…from recruitment to homecoming and beyond. From the program container: "The shocking Iraq War ground conflict is only a prelude to the even more challenging battles these reluctant heroes face upon their return home." ( 2006, 78 min.)
Show times: 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm - October 27 - November 2: Scared Sacred
Scared Sacred documents the five-year journey begun by filmmaker Velcrow Ripper to document humanity’s ability to transform crisis into possibility. Ripper travels to the "ground zeroes" of the world: Bhopal, India; the minefields of Cambodia; Bosnia; Hiroshima; Afghanistan; post-9/11 New York City; Israel and Palestine, recording stories of survival and hope in the wake of disaster. Just what is it that enables mankind to rise above the disabilities created by destructive forces, the horrors that can never really be forgotten, to stay in a land that has been decimated by war and other acts of violence? The incredible people the filmmaker introduces us to in this film may give us some small clues. (2006, 105 min.)
Show times: 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm, 8:00pm
Art Library Exhibition
October 1 - 31, 2008
Art Library, Second Floor, Art/Sociology Building.
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In conjunction with a display from the Art Library's collections relating to the "Semester on War and the Representation of War" on view for the fall semester, the Art Library will also have on exhibit "War, Disability, and Art." This exhibit will include images of and by soldiers and civilians disabled emotionally and/or physically by war. It will be located in the Art Library, Art-Sociology Building, 2nd Floor Atrium from October 1-October 31. Contact: Louise Greene at x5-9064.
Other Library Disability Awareness Activities
Diversity Brown Bag
X-Ray Vision: Creating an Inspiring Workplace for Library Staff with Hidden Disabilities
October 14, 2008 12-1pm
The academic library worker is one segment of the workforce that may be dealing with the stresses of hidden disabilities and will need access to in-house disability services. These facts create an imperative for us to address the issue of hidden disabilities for our profession and to break down the myths and stereotypes about disabilities. We must answer a few questions surrounding this social diversity. Are we prepared to face the truth about visible and hidden disabilities? Is there a comfort level for those with disabilities that promote a positive job performance? Why should we commit to establish a work environment where every library staff can develop their professional potential without fear? These questions will be answered as we explore the issue in the Diversity Brown Bag. When: Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 12-1 pm Where: McKeldin Library (View Map), Room 6103 Contacts: Johnnie Love at x5-9048 or Nedelina Tchangalova
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