IDS 101: The Material Culture of Resistance: clothing + objects of protest: Videos

Ten Muslim women discuss the hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women.

This is the story of a community art project that changed the world’s perception of HIV and AIDs.

Interviews with Mayan women artists who work to preserve Mayan culture, improve the lives of the Mayan people and promote a Maya presence in their community. Includes Mayan popular art in the form of woven textiles, embroidery and paintings.

This program consists of 7 segments each looking at how new fashion items are being created from waste products and other ideas designed to help the environment

The Last One presents an updated history of the AIDS epidemic in America through the story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Two thousand people were murdered in Chile during the Pinochet years, according to official government statistics. Although the dictatorship has finally come to an end, it has left a legacy of bereaved mothers, sisters and wives. These surviving women come together to demand truth and justice from the new government. They sew murals out of scraps of fabrics, called arpilleras, that record Chile's bloody history.

What happens to all those old clothes you bring to the Salvation Army or Goodwill Industries? This comprehensive program is about Third World debt and secondhand clothes.

Did you know that in LA, it’s illegal to wear Zoot suits? A fashion crime that dates back to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.