Research Guides: IDS 101: Artful Engagement: Crafting Social Change: Films in the Library

Feature Films

Charlotte's Web
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.A6 C42 2001
The story of Wilbur the pig and how, through his friendship with Charlotte the spider, he became famous and learned about life and death.
Finding Nemo
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.A6 F45 2003
When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, embark on an epic journey. (Great Barrier Reef)
Vincent & Theo
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.B55 V453 2005
Inside and outside the claustrophobic art world of Paris in the late 19th century, two Dutch brothers try to make their mark. Vincent can only paint and rage
Suddenly, Last Summer
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.D7 S873 2000
Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin...
High Anxiety
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.C55 H534 2006
A neurotic psychiatrist becomes the new head of a sanitarium and is caught up in kidnapping, murder, and mistaken identity.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 M9 2001
Comedy film about a woman who has been jilted by the love of her life, her friend who discovers her lover is a Shiite terrorist, and her ex-lover's crazed wife.

Requiem for the American Dream
Call Number: In Summit Only
Noam Chomsky exposes the forces and policies behind the coordinated campaign to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a select few.
Eyes on the prize
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) E185.615 .E94 2006
A comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events and the issues of the civil rights struggle in the United States from the mid 1950's to the mid 1980's
Wage Slaves: Not Getting By in America
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) HD4918 .W24 2002
Looks at five people working in low-wage jobs in Nevada, Alabama, California, and Florida who are not earning enough to support themselves or their families as the minimum wage does not cover basic needs
Read Me Differently
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) RC394.A85 R43 2009
First-time filmmaker Sarah Entine to explores how undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD have impacted three generations in her family.
The Decade of Destruction
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) SD418.3.A53 D43 1990
Chronicles the devastation of the Amazonian rainforest from 1980 to 1990
Women and War
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) U21.75 .W62 2000
This program captures women's personal experiences of military violence, explains how they survived, and reflects on their growing resistance to war.

Art Makers
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) N6530.O7 A77 2008
This video looks back nearly 100 years at the art and colorful individuals who doggedly paved the way for the art communities of today.
Landmarks of Western Art
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ND50 .L25 2006
A comprehensive record of the greatest achievements in the history of western art from the medieval era to the post-impressionist world, from Botticelli to Van Gogh.
Frida
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.B55 F74 2003
The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
The Dragon Painter
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.S5 D75 2008
Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting.
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.F7 C328 2000
Jean-Baptiste is a French painter who has requested to be buried in his hometown of Limoges. When he dies, his friends take the train from Paris to Limoges to attend his funeral.