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Title: A Story in Motion: Morelys
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: A Story in Motion: Morelys features Morelys, a Dominican young woman, shares her recent immigration experience to DC., the transformation of her poetry and her engagement for a better world. film by Ludy Grandas, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, A Story in Motion: Morelys, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Afghanistan Black & White: Slideshow
Date: 1971-1973
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide show of black and white photograhs taken in Afghanistan.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan; Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0009
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University centennial convocation: President Clinton address
Date: 1993-02-26
Creator: Clinton, Bill
Publisher: American University
Description: In the first major foreign trade speech of his new administration, President Bill Clinton proposes a five-step plan: strengthen the domestic economy; tie trade to security concerns; lead the major financial powers to coordinate global economic growth; promote economic growth in the developing countries; and support democracy and economic reforms in Russia and other former Soviet republics. Filmed live in Bender Arena, The American University, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1993.
Subject: International economic relations -- History -- 1990-; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 1993-; National security -- United States -- Economic aspects; Economic assistance, American -- Foreign Soviet republics; Economic development; Commercial treaties
Subject -- Personal Name: Clinton, Bill, 1946-; Carr, Edward R.; Duffey, Joseph D. (Joseph Daniel), 1932-2021; Greenberg, Milton, 1927-2015; Vrenios, Betty Kirkpatrick, 1940-
Local Identifier: auislandora_clintonconvocation
Type: Speeches
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:97047
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: The American University Washington, D.C., c1989
Date: 1989
Publisher: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Description: The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital.
Subject: College choice; Documentary films; Motion pictures; Universities and colleges -- United States
Local Identifier: American_University_VHS710_access
Type: promotional materials; VHS
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96440
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: A.U. Security
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University -- Students
Local Identifier: M_C_SPEXS_008_access
Collection: Washington Semester Program videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:74892
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: AUnion Event Video
Date: May 1, 2023
Creator: Macrae, Lachlan
Description: One student dances and sings while another writes an answer to a question on the butcher paper hung on the side of the Humanities Truck.
Subject: AUnion: Let's Strike; public history; Humanities Truck; Anna Kaplan; Lachlan Macrae
Country: United States
Collection: AUnion: Let's Strike!
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Barbara Wallace, Peace Corps Korea 1975-1977 slideshow
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Wallace, Barbara
Description: Barbara Wallace served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea from 1975-1977. The video slideshow depicts her life in the Peace Corps.
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: South Korea
Local Identifier: PCCA_Wallace_0001
Type: streaming video
Collection: Peace Corps Community Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2983
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Beyond Class 2003 (Master)
Date: 2003
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University -- Students
Local Identifier: M_C_SPEXS_014_access
Collection: Washington Semester Program videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:74896
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: campaign commercials Spring of 2003
Date: 2003
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University -- Students
Local Identifier: M_C_SPEXS_009_access
Collection: Washington Semester Program videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:74893
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: campaign commercials Spring of 2003 + mock debate
Date: 2003
Publisher: American University
Subject: American University -- Students
Local Identifier: M_C_SPEXS_011_access
Collection: Washington Semester Program videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:74895
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: East of the River
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Elsiwi, Amin; Bouknight, Phil; Madison, Jeffrey
Description: East of the River begins with the tragic death of a young boy named Kelvin Mock, who died in a trash burn in the landfill that preceded Kenilworth Park in North East Washington, DC. The film tells the story of the Kenilworth area from a landfill to a park and provides a space for the residents to share their memories that had a connection to Kenilworth Landfill. The film was created by Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, and Jeffrey Madison. This film got into three film festivals: DC Independent Film Festival, Bethesda film festival, Community stories film festival that is organized by Docs in Progress. It was also presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, East of the River, Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, Jeffrey Madison
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Either Or Otter Corps Convocation Photos, 1973-Present, Slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers taken after their service concluded in 1973, including photographs of post-service reunions at Yosemite National Park and in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others. It was presented during the volunteers' 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: United States
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0101
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Eliza
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: Eliza is a short documentary that tells the powerful story of a Salvadoran woman who migrated to the United States more than a decade ago and is now a volunteer and truck driver in DC. Her new life has been interesting, but great joy came along when she could drive a big truck once more. film is by Ludy Grandas and was presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film, Eliza, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Exhibition Photographs - Afghanistan 2012 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 – Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
Date: 2012
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers from the Either Or Otter Corps, which was sent to Afghanistan in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken after the volunteers completed their Peace Corps service in 1973. Many of the photographs show the volunteers spending time together at the 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0102
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Feminist futures
Date: 2000-03-20
Creator: bell hooks
Publisher: American University
Description: "bell hooks, social critic, feminist scholar, activist, poet, memoirist and teacher, explores the topic of love and how it has been perceived in relation to feminism. A question and answer session follows the lecture. [...] The Millennial Feminist Legal Theory Lecture with bell hooks presented by The American University Women's & Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Gender, Work & Family Project of Washington College of Law. [...] Lecture recorded March 27, 2000, at the Washington College of Law, Mooers-Morella Ceremonial Courtroom, Room 603."
Subject: Feminist ethics; Feminism; Love
Subject -- Personal Name: hooks, bell, 1952-
Local Identifier: au_feministfutures
Type: Lectures
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85587
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_4
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Piedras como esta
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_3
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_1
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
Date: 1966/1968
Creator: Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
Publisher: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Description: "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
Subject: Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: PCCA_film_for_action_2
Type: documentaries (motion picture genre)
Collection: Film for Action
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: The Foreigners
Date: [date of publication unknown]
Creator: McGrew, Skeets; Harris, Mark
Publisher: King Screen Productions
Description: Follows a group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia in their daily work, and in their reflections on their role.; Credits: Producer and writer, Mark Harris. Director, Skeets McGrew.
Subject: Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Colombia; Economic history; Colombia -- Economic conditions; Colombia -- Social conditions
Country: Colombia
Local Identifier: Media_Collection_16093
Type: documentary film
Collection: Friends of Colombia Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3192
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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