Description |
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Performer |
Narrator: C.C.H. Pounder. |
Credits |
Executive producer, Larry Adelman; music, Claudio Ragazzi; editors, Chuck Scott, Andrea Williams (episode 1), Randall MacLowry, Cob Carlson (episode 2), and Bernice Schneider (episode 3); camera, Tom Fahey (episodes 1 and 3) and Tom Curran ... [et al.] (episode 2). |
Summary |
Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race. |
Contents |
The difference between us / written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommers (56 min.) -- The story we tell / written, produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain (56 min.) -- The house we live in / written, produced and directed by Llewellyn M. Smith (56 min.). |
Subject |
Race.
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Human genetics.
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Racism.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Pounder, C. C. H.
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Adelman, Larry.
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Herbes-Sommers, Christine.
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Strain, Tracy Heather.
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Smith, Llewellyn.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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Independent Television Service.
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Added Title |
Power of an illusion |
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Race : the power of an illusion |
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Difference between us.
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Story we tell.
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House we live in.
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