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Benton County Cultural Proficiency – Movies

Movies are available for those seeking more information on the following diversity topics (see our disclaimer):

Movie Topics

• Black/African Americans
• Hispanics/Latino(a)s
• Asians/Pacific Islanders
• American Indians or Alaskan Natives
• White/European Americans
• Women's Issues
• Sexual Orientation and Identity Issues
• People with Disabilities
• Economically Disadvantaged
• Seniors/Elders
• Multicultural Issues

Movie Topic: Black/African Americans

Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad
Available at: Corvallis-Benton County Public Library (CBPL) and the Oregon State University (OSU) Valley Library

Malcolm X, Spike Lee
Available at: Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Videos and Downtown Video & More

Color Adjustment, Marlon T. Riggs
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Black is…Black Ain't, Marlon T. Riggs
Available at: CBPL

The Color of Fear
Available at: CBPL, the OSU Valley Library and Benton County Human Resources

Ethnic Notions, Marlon T. Riggs
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Eyes on the Prize (documentary series), by Henry Hampton

Available at: Borders, CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

4 Little Girls, Spike Lee

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Imitation of Life

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Voices 4: Being Black

Available at: OSU Community and Diversity and the OSU Valley Library

Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Ghosts of Mississippi, Rob Reiner

Available at: Borders, CBPL, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

A Time to Kill, Joel Schumacher

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

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Movie Topics: Hispanics/Latino(a)s

The Garden of Forking Paths
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Mirroring of the Heart: Race and Identity
Available at: OSU Valley Library

My Family (Mi Familia), Morales Esai
Available at: Corvallis-Benton County Public Libraries (CBCPL) and the OSU Valley Library

The Latino Family
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Stand and Deliver, Ramón Menéndez

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

El Norte, Gregory Nava

Available at: CBCPL, Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Like Water for Chocolate, Alfonso Arau

Available at: Borders, CBCPL, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Movie Topics: Asians, Pacific Islanders

My America: Honk If You See Buddha, by Renee Tajima Pena (documentary about Asian-Americans)
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Stolen Ground
Available at: Blockbuster Video, Hollywood and Downtown Videos

Conscience and the Constitution
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Children of the Camps
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Rabbit in the Moon
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Beyond Barbed Wire
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Rhapsody in August, Akira Kurosawa

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Shower, Yang Zhang

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Eat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Movie Topics: American Indians, Alaskan Natives

Powwow Highway Racism and Native Americans
Available at: Downtown Videos & More, Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video

Thunder Heart
Available at: Downtown Videos & More, Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video

Incident at Ogallala, Robert Redford (documentary)
Available at: Downtown Videos & More and Hollywood Video

American Indian Songs and Chants, with the Bala-Sinem Choir, by Mark Romancito
Available at: CBCPL

Conjure Woman, Charles Chestnut
Available at: CBCPL, OSU Valley Library, OSU Book Store and the Book Bin

I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Daryl Duke

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Smoke Signals, Chris Eyre

Available at: CBCPL, Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Thunderheart, Michael Apted

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

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Movie Topic: White/European Americans

American History X, Tony Kaye
Available at: Blockbuster Video, Downtown Video and Hollywood Video

Sins of the Father (TV movie) , Robert Dornhelm

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Black and White Communications Styles, Larry Roper

Available at: Benton County Human Resources and the OSU Valley Library

White Man's Burden, Desmond Nakano

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Movie Topics: Women's Issues, Gender

The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg
Available at: Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video

DreamWorlds II: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Videos
Available at: CBCPL and the OSU Valley Library

The Way Home
Available at: CBCPL, OSU Valley Library and the Community Alliance for Diversity; 541-738-6293

Conjure Woman, Charles Chestnut
Available at: CBCPL, OSU Valley Library, OSU Book Store, and the Book Bin

Hearts and Hands
Available at: OSU Valley Library

The Long Walk Home, Richard Pearce

Available at: CBCPL, Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

North Country, Niki Caro

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster Video, Book Bin, Downtown Video and Hollywood Video

Movie Topic: Sexual Orientation

Off the Straight and Narrow: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Television
Available at: the OSU Valley Library

Ballot Measure 9
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Coming Out Under Fire, Arthur E. Dong
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Fighting For Our Lives
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Philadelphia, Jonathan Dumme

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Strawberry and Chocolate, Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Tabio

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

The Wedding Banquet

Available at: CBCPL, Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Longtime Companion, Norman Rene

Available at: Borders, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

The Times of Harvey Milk, Rob Epstein

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

Movie Topics: People with Disabilities

My Left Foot, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

At First Sight
Available at: Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Videos and Downtown Video

Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

World Wide Access
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

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Movie Topics: Economically Disadvantaged

Poor Gabriella: A Christmas Story, by Victoria Forrester
Available at: CBPL

A Poor Man Shames Us All, by David Millenium Lewis-Maybury
Available at: CBPL and the OSU Valley Library

Women: The New Poor
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Given A Chance
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Educating the Disadvantaged (A World of Ideas series)
Available at: OSU Valley Library

My Brother's Keeper
Available at: OSU Valley Library

The Herdsman
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Movie Topics: Seniors/Elders

Aging Well
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Coping With Change, by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Available at: OSU Valley Library

The Oldest Gay Couple in America, by Gean Harwood
Available at: CBPL

Mid-life: Notes From the Halfway Mark, by Elizabeth Kaye
Available at: CBPL

Our Memories, by Edna's Classes
Available at: CBPL

The Change: Women, Aging, and Menopause, by Germaine Greer
Available at: CBPL

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Movie Topics: Multicultural Issues

The Color of Fear (Video)
Available at: Valley Library, Benton County Human Resources

A World of Diversity (Video)
Available at: OSU Valley Library

Sociological Imagination, Race & Ethnicity (Video)
Available at: The OSU Valley library

Skin Deep (Video)
Available at: OSU Valley Library

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh (article)
Available at: Benton County Human Resources

Peggy McIntosh's Co-Presentation with Three Corvallis/Albany Citizens (Video)
Available at: Benton County Human Resources

Crash, Paul Higgis

Available at: Borders, the OSU Valley Library, Book Bin, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video

The Trouble with Tolerance, Tim Wise

Available at: Benton County Human Resources

Voices 1: Diversity, Discrimination and White Privilege

Available at: OSU Diversity and Development and the OSU Valley Library

Voices 5: I am a....

Available at: OSU Diversity and Development and the OSU Valley Library

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