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- Title
- Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
- Subject
- College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
- Local Identifier
- Rally_and_Concert
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
- 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
- Title
- Friends of Colombia celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps Colombia
- Date
- 2021-06-25
- Description
- June 25, 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the first Peace Corps group to begin their pre-service training, our very own Colombia I. To celebrate this anniversary, FOC will hosted a panel discussion exploring the history of Peace Corps, Peace Corps Colombia's plans for the future, and how the pandemic and national protests have impacted nuestra querida Colombia. Featured speakers include: Tom Mullins - Member of the first Peace Corps Colombia Alana DeJoseph - Film Director, A Towering Task Matthew Carlson - Country Director, Peace Corps Colombia Daniel Avila-Camacho - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Colombia in the US
- Subject
- Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_FOC_0001
- Type
- streaming video
- Collection
- Friends of Colombia Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2984
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Hard Choices
- Date
- April 28, 2023
- Creator
- Stokes, Benjamin
- Description
- film Hard Choices by Benjamin Stokes, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
- Subject
- film festival, film, Benjamin Stokes, Hard Choices
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Hike to the Falls
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Fretz, Phil
- Description
- In this video, Phil Fretz describes his time working as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a vocational school in Kenema, Sierra Leone, and the cultural lessons he learned from his students and fellow volunteers. He tells a story of a hike in the woods that he took in the Kono District of Sierra Leone while traveling one weekend.
- Subject
- Autobiography; Peace Corps -- Sierra Leone; Storytelling
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Fretz_0001
- Type
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Collection
- Phil Fretz collection
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Historic Footage
- Date
- 1941
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
- Local Identifier
- Historic Footage
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85704
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homecoming 1998: making AU
- Date
- 1998-02-18
- Creator
- Kerwin, C. M. (Cornelius M.); Goodman, Louis W.; Morris, Valerie; Berendzen, Richard; Arnold, George; Said, Abdul Aziz
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- A recording of the "Making AU" panel discussion from American University’s 1998 homecoming. Recorded on February 18th, 1998.
- Subject
- Education, Higher -- United States -- History
- Local Identifier
- au_homecoming1998
- Type
- Lectures
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:94838
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 1
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participants start the parade and get familiar with the chants
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 2
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- front of the march, chants continue
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 3
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- volunteers carry casket while event coordinators and members of the public follow behind and chant
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 4
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- the crowd moves forward
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image