UC Berkeley Student Films & Student Writing on Film
Student Films
Student Writing About Film & Video
2007
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2007: Films from the Eisner Competition
- I have grandchildren and great-grandchildren = Torner yev Zorner Unim / Naira Der Kiureghian (16 min.) -- Shake / Evan Wright Menzel (22 min.) -- Yo conozco / Elliot Schatmeier (6 min.) -- Five scene recreations / Kara Hearn (15 min.) -- What's funny about it / Gabriel Agee (1 min., 2005) -- Crimson haze / Wenhua Shi (7 min.) -- My companions / Wenhua Shi (b&w, 1 min.) -- Not drawn to scale / Sophie Cooper (1 min.) -- Water moon / Sophie Cooper (10 min., 2005) Eisner prize winning videos selected for creativity produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. I have grandchildren....: A family recalls the Armenian Genocide and the Syrian Druze Rebellion and how it shaped their lives. Shake: Examines a young man's struggle to overcome social anxiety. Yo Conozco: A retelling of an immigration from Mexico to El Paso and the synthesis of present and past experiences. Five scene recreations: Subversion and celebration of the heroics of Hollywood movies. What's funny about it?: Examines the role of gumby as an American idol. Crimson haze: A meditation upon color, decay and rhythm. Not drawn to scale: Appropriates images uploaded onto online blogs by American soldiers in Iraq. Water moon: How does one mark important life passages? Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, May 6, 2007. 88 min. DVD 8074
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2007: What's Love Got to Do with It?
- Lollipop moon / Lindsey Hanson (8 min.) -- Talking to my mom / Marjorie McAfee (26 min.) -- Vanity / Jason Karpman (12 min.) -- Thank you sir may I have another? / Lindsay L. Benedict (b&w, 4 min.) -- Powdered sugar / Heather Steere (1 min.) -- When the child was a child / Yoram Savion (b&w, 6 min.) -- Stuffed / Arwen Curry, Cerissa Tanner (20 min.) -- Window cleaner / Heather Steere (5 min.) Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Each of these eight diverse films broadly interprets what love is and how it may be cinematically depicted. The artists seek to understand love's myriad incarnations: for oneself, for material objects, or for one's family. Talking to my mom: A student's journey through grief and loss after her mother's death, attempting to talk to her one last time through psychic mediums. Thank you sir may I have another: Two men navigate the boundary between intimacy and aggression. Stuffed: a squeeze into the cramped quarters of pathological collectors. Window cleaner: About teenage suicide and concepts of death. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, April 19, 2007. 80 min. DVD 8073
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2007: Time After Time
- Wandern / Daniel Czernilofsky, (5 min.) -- You are i hate you / Marik Armstrong, Josh McVeigh-Schultz, (14 min.) -- My companions / Wenhua Shi, (b&w, 1 min.) -- A Sikh in America / Peter Alsop, (5 min.) -- Multiple hugs & kisses / Yosuke Hosaka, (6 min.) -- Saturday ice fever / Scott Bishop, Siyu Song, Frances You, (2 min.) -- Hard knock life / Alison Beaumont, (2005, 2 min.) -- Blips and beeps / Nikolaos Hanselmann, (b&w,5 min.) -- Urban jungle / Sophie Cooper (9 min.) -- Fractal / Morgan Swing (15 min.) -- Home movies / Jason Karpman (b&w, 4 min.) Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Wandern: The German verb for "to hike." You are i hate you: Two filmmakers attempt to locate the American male in restroom graffiti. My companions: the first in a series of 10 one-minute animated shorts about graffiti. A Sikh in America: A Sikh American student investigates the difficult path between the world of family, work and play. Multiple hugs & kisses: an experiment with time and space. Saturday ice fever: An exploration of the Maya program. Hard knock life: Expresses disappointment in Mother Nature. Blips and beeps: Frames simple binary relations in regards to complex digital systems by illustrating the abstract motion of bits. Urban jungle: Explores the textures of urban life in San Francisco. Fractal: An artist mediates between the cerebral and the effective. Home movies: Home movies tease us with representations of the past. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, April 12, 2007. 67 min. DVD 8072
2006
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2006: Real Live Bodies
- Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Second skin / Sophie Cooper (4 min.) -- Examples of boundaries and penetration / Offer Egozy (9 min.) -- Breath play / Jason Karpman (12 min.) -- Extreme chick regime / Bronwyn Birk, Whitney Hartwell (8 min.) -- Fries / Karina Gutierrez (9 min.) -- Bicycle / Mark Bowman (4 min.) -- Playing the news / Jigar Mehta, Jeff Plunkett (20 min.) -- A celebration / Peter Allen (4 min.) -- Object f / Evan Menzel (7 min.) -- Desperate incendiaries / Kimberly Burdette (6 min.) -- Figure drawing / Ian Cheng (2 min.) Breath play: Marcelle struggles to reconcile the difference between sexual desire and perversion. Fries: An intimate experience with French Fries. Playing the news: In 2004, television, radio and print media covered the U.S.-led attack on Fallujah. So did one video game. Its name is Kuma War and its vision is all about convergence. A thought-provoking exploration inviting the viewer to imagine a not-too-distant future when we might read an article about the war on a website, than link to an interactive game to replay that same event. Object f: An avant garde exploration of gender objectification. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 23, 2006. DVD 7609; vhs Video/C MM1030
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2006: Real Live People
- Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 16, 2006.
Average personal ad / Arun Murti (3 min.) -- Unschooled / Jason Marsh (25 min.) -- Observing Rene and Elaine / Offer Egozy (6 min.) -- Is this, like, your film? / Renna Brown-Taher (2 min.) -- Love of mischief: remember me, Anne Marie / Evan Menzel (2 min.) -- Kicked by a horse / Evan Menzel (2 min.) -- They all speak normally now / Lindsay Benedict (5 min.) -- My Soviet Atlantis / Susie Lichter, Jeanette Harris (14 min.) -- All things/pray / M. Hasna Maznavi, Kati Edmonds (7 min.) -- Murder of Monsenor / Daniel Freed (25 min.) Unschooled: Examines three families who "unschool " their children using curriculum-free methods of education. My Soviet Atlantis: A Turkmen woman shares her personal story before and after the fall of Communism. All things/pray: A Muslim Sri Lankan-American woman and a Caucasian Christian female approach spirituality from their seemingly opposing backgrounds. Murder of Monsenor: A search for justice that leads from South America to Modesto. DVD 7625; vhs Video/C MM1028
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2006: Real Living Space
- Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. City lights: A poetic treatment of night views and lights in the San Francisco Bay Area. Samurai surfers: Surfers in Puerto Rico endeavor to save their environment. Fast talkers: Exploration of disappearing farmland and threatened seascapes. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 16, 2006.
I wish I could see this way / Jae Jung (1 min.) -- La5t piece / Arun Murti, Abe Yang (5 min.) -- Prague song / Marc Thomas Engberg (7 min.) -- City lights / Shuhei Akita (12 min.) -- Yellowstone / Alexander Coughlin (4 min.) -- Downstream / Kira Takeshita (3 min.) -- Samurai surfers: a Puerto Rican tale / Sachi Cunningham (15 min.) -- Miss.Communication / Ashley Rodholm (1 min.) -- MoMA Audio Aventure Club / Ian Cheng (4 min.) -- 1/2 / Shuhei Akita (4min.) -- C / Mehrad Noori (4 min.) -- Birds of a feather / Betty Ho, Lawrence Kwan, Kristen Stewart, David Wallace (5 min.) -- Fast talkers / Ariana Reguzzoni (19 min.) DVD 7610; vhs Video/C MM1029
- No Hay Baño
- Produced by Benjamin Hadden, Joie Tran and Margaret Ocampo. Produced by students enrolled in Film 151 at the University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2006 Cast: Ming Huey, Marilyn Fabe. A short spoof on silence and nonverbal communication in a university library setting. Silent with musical accompaniment. 6 min. DVD 5599
- Works from the Eisner Awards Competition, May 7, 2006
- Eisner prize winning videos selected for creativity produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Grand prize winners for this year: MoMA Audio Adventure Club, a tour of art found in urban spaces, and Unknown, which cleverly blurs lived and acted realities. MoMA Audio Adventure Club / Ian Cheng (4 min.) -- Unknown / Eric Martin (20 min.) -- Dawns underground / Jerome Clement-Wilz (7 min.) -- Pirated! / Nguyen Tan Hoang (11 min.) -- Breath play / Jason Karpman (12 min.) -- Bewegung / Beatrice Sasha Kobow, Andrew Moisey (10 min.) -- Performance in passing / Catherine Bilski, Aiste Siauryte, Jose De Leon (16 min.) -- Budiz (Amen) / Ben Hadden (6 min.) -- All things/pray / M. Hasna Maznavi, Katie Edmonds. Presented at the Pacific Film Archive on May 7, 2006. DVD 7608; vhs Video/C MM1031
2005
- Works from the Eisner Awards Competition, May 6, 2005
- Any day now / Sohrab Pirayesh (14 min.) -- Day in the city / Paul Wie (5 min.) -- Bowling: a shopumentary / Jennifer Blaylock, Maris Gersh, Steve Saucedo (15 min.) -- Raskolnikov / Derek Woods (7 min.) -- Hot and cold / Samantha Staley (11 min.) -- Hollywood childhood around 1990 / Scott Ferguson (23 min.) -- Doxology / Melissa Day (9 min.) -- In the hall of the notes / Ryan Lawrence Chiu (2 min.) -- Sweets for my sweet / Brian Perkins (22 min.) -- Jonas / Richard Parkin (10 min.) -- Continuidad de los cables / Camilo Salazar Prince (8 min.) Video/C MM515
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2005: Intimate Terrain
- Calcutta calling / Shasha Khokha (27 min.) -- Sunsetting eyes / Matthew Ward (2 min.) -- Learning how to pray / Rick Rapoza (7 min.) -- Early onset / Margaret Ocampo (2 min.) -- Life of Kevin Carter / Dan Krauss (27 min.) Documentary films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Calcutta calling: Follows the lives of girls adopted fom India and sent to rural Swedish-Lutheran Minnesota. Sunsetting eyes: Short piece about the dimentia of a persons's perception. Life of Kevin Carter: Looks at the life of South African photographer Kevin Carter and the tragic consequences of his burden of documenting the world's despair. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 10, 2005. DVD 4391; also VHS Video/C MM512
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2005: Radical Drifts
- Film is just a film / Jeffrey Charles (2 min.) -- Sacred tatoo / Derek Woods (7 min.) -- So cute Soju / Helene Park (2 min.) -- Monsieur Loin / Benjamin Orwoll (6 min.) -- Cabin / Helen Park (5 min.) -- My body is my own / Samantha Staley (5 min.) -- Drift / Paul Wie (3 min.) -- Pins / Elizabeth Neveu, Richard Parkin, Derek Woods (5 min.) -- Automaton / Hector Jimenez (3 min.) -- Black hat white / Adam Cohen (5 min.) -- Feodora / Andrew Moisey, Beatrice Sasha Kobow (10 min.) -- Wings of Autumn / Jason Gatt, Brandon Jacobs-Mills, Gautam Rangan, Hoang Le, Matt Wong (3 min.) -- Glass wedding gown / Yujiro Seki (3 min.) -- Evan Cheng's dream #16 / Evan Cheng (10 min.) Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 11, 2005. DVD 4393; also VHS Video/C MM513
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2005: Stories from the Bay Area
- Social interaction study / Eric Leppo (10 min.) -- Territorial pissings / Nathan Johnson (6 min.) -- Tracking / Therese Tierney (4 min.) -- Shellmound / Andres Cediel (21 min.) -- Trauma / Terry Patton (4 min.) -- Of rats and men / Sophia D'Arbone, Kathy Malone, Nathan Skelton (16 min.) -- Downtown 2 AM / Connor Snedecor (4 min.) -- Translate / Jamila Pierson-Jase (4 min.) Documentary and experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Shellmound: Looks at the burial grounds on which Emeryville built its mall. Territorial pissings: An examination of graffiti. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 31, 2005. DVD 7713; vhs Video/C MM514
- Final Projects: Film 28A (Introduction to Documentary Film)- Spring 2005
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- Student Documentary [untitled]. Produced and directed by Chris Eggers. A hilarious mockumentary about the trials of a college student in the process of selecting a topic and following through with a documentary film project. 25 min. DVD 3877
A Day in San Francisco. A film by Eunsun Choi and Wan Hang Po. An impressionistic documentary that traces the adventures and misadventures of three Korean students in San Francisco. 16 min. DVD 3878
The Kids of Telegraph. A film by John Mullen. A cinema verite look at the lives of young street people in Berkeley, California. 19 min. DVD 3879
City Lights. A film by Shuhei Akita. A highly poetic cinematic treatment of night views and lights in the San Francisco Bay Area. 12 min. DVD 3880
Riding the Berkeley Wave. A film by Stephen Gary. Focuses on public perceptions and self-perception of surfers in California. 10 min. DVD 3881
Parental Orientations.A film by Lawrence Chiu. Centers around the relationship between queer-identified Asians and their parents. 13 min. DVD 3882
Concepts and Reality. A film by Nicolas Lauricella. A film that initially focuses on a San Francisco street performer and ends up looking at the pitfalls of documentary filmmaking itself. 10 min. DVD 3883
Bogalusa. A film by Esther Shubinski. A video diary about the travels of two French students (the filmmaker and her friend) into the wilds of Bogalusa, Louisiana. 16 min. DVD 3884
Tourette's Without Regrets. A film by Alex Beckman and Derin Dobra. A film that looks from both an insider's and outsider's perspective at Tourette's syndrome. (two versions: 13 min and 7 min.) DVD 3885
Future Past Remembered. A film by Sean Staub and Ben Hadden. A portrait of a stalwart UC Berkeley street musician, John Fizer and his times. 14 min. DVD 3895
All of the Above. A film by Sherwin Kuo. A mockumentary that attempts to explain the origins and meaning of the "Freedom Circle" in UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza. 16 min. DVD 3896
DVD 3896
Far from Czar.A film by Samantha Staley and Bianca Cano. A documentary which provides both a poetic profile of Andrew Romanoff, artist and Grand Nephew of Czar Nicholas II, and a meditation on the elusiveness of historical subjects and documentary attempts to capture them. 20 min. DVD 3897
Chronicle of a Tuba. A film by Kyle Parker. A look at public perceptions of tuba players and at the social lives of UCB band tuba folk. 13 min. DVD 3898
To Love Deformity. A film by Connor Snedecor. Documents the art and practice of bonsai in California and the people who practice it. 10 min. DVD 3899
Berkeley: Past Speech, Free Movement. A film by Terry Patton and Danny Franklin.
A "community of people" symphony that looks at the diverse and kinetic culture of Berkeley, California, past and present. 7 min. DVD 3900
The Unthinkable. A film by Adam Karm. Through interviews and personal experiences presents a portrait of 9/11 survivors. 13 min. DVD 3901
Prague Spring. A film by Marc Engberg. A poetic look at street music and street musicians in Prague. 8 min. DVD 3902
Just Passing Through: Day and Night. A film by Michael Campos-Quinn. Concerns both a changing urban landscape and the difficulties of documentary representation of the everyday. 15 min. DVD 4096
Mugatu and Moral Filmmaking. A film by Sabrina Mutukisna. uses both on the social and economic differences between schools in two widely disparate school districts in the Bay Area and on the ethical problems in documentary representation of social issues. 10min. DVD 4096
Sobre la frontera, debajo de la mesa.A film by Johnny Darko. An intimate look at a day in the life of undocumented immigrants from Mexico. 9 min. DVD 4096
2440 Dana. A film by Matt Lee, Keith Hong. An observational-style documentary that follows a day in the life of an all-male student residence facility in Berkeley. 13 min. DVD 4096
Fraternity Brother: An Inside Look A film by Gursimran Sandhu. A mock ethnographic film about a particularly raucous UC Berkeley fraternity brother. 11 min. DVD 4096
2004
- Works from the Eisner Awards Competition, May 2, 2004
- Contents: My child (Anak) / Michelle Dizon (2001, 27 min.) -- .comm.unity / Esther N. S. Galbraith, Alexis Petru, Elana Fiske (21 min.) -- Attack / Sohail Afiat (5 min.) -- Everybody dance now / Jonathan Amerikaner (3 min.) -- Everyday the world is a playground / Kathy Minh Bach, Bruce Cheung (3 min.) -- White suburbia / Drew Spicer, Heath Gibson (1 min.) -- Halmuhnee / (cont'd) Antony Joo (6 min.) -- A perfect love / Ryan Landes (2 min.) -- Art Gallery / Staney Lin, Tracy Espeleta (3 min.) -- The perfectionist / Paul Wie (11 min.). Eisner prize winning videos selected for creativity produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. My child (Anak) juxtaposes interviews with a group of children in the Philippines with the filmmker as a two-year old learning to speak. Comm.unity navigates the web site craigslist in an original way. DVD 7616; vhs Video/C MM191
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2004. De[Coded]: A Cross-examination of Documentary Film
- Contents: My child / Michelle Dizon (27 min.) -- Cheerleader / Kimberlee Bassford (24 min.) -- Crystal harvest / Annelise Wunderlich (25 min.) -- Talk to me / Vanessa Kaneshiro (26 min.).
Documentary films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. My child: A Filipino American family looks at issues of ethnic and cultural identity in the context of a return visit to the Philippines. Cheerleader: Children, teenagers and their parents who have been cheerleaders prepare for a national cheerleading competition. Crystal harvest: An investigative report on the production of methamphetamine in the Central Valley of California and the impact of the drug on adolescents and adults in the area. Talk to me: Looks at the lives of three autistic children who attend public school in Oakland California, and their relationships with their families and service providers. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 18, 2004. DVD 7618; vhs Video/C MM166
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2004. Music, Story, Expectations
- Contents: Emerge: real edition / Matthew Boyko, Dax Bedell (5 min.) -- Hot in Herre Reeemix / Helene Park (3 min.) -- 1's & 3's / Seth Minor (4 min.) -- Some things to think about / Dora Wedekind (3 min.) -- How to make jello, draw a kitty, scare others / Vicky Choy (8 min.) -- Vision / Janice Chow (4 min.) -- 12 cycles / Joseph R. Wright (5 min.) -- White suburbia / Drew Spicer, Heath Gibson (1 min.) -- The tell tale / Jacob Yasha Levine (10 min.) -- Licker / Rajan Agaskar (7 min.). Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 11, 2004. DVD 7624; vhs Video/C MM165
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2004. Undergrads and Underdogs: Stories of Individuals and Community
- Contents: Breaking loose the reins (12 min.) / Anna Camp, Jennifer Looney -- An exercise in denial (6 min.) / Aaron Schmidt -- Ebony Mama herself (12 min.) / Zeon D. V. Kitchiner, Marianne Laleuf, Violeta Foregger -- Tested (8 min.) / Michael Wilkerson -- Amaury par Gaia et Justine (6 min.) / Justine Jones, Gaia Bidat -- Account of March (6 min.) / Naoya Kaneta, Yuki Kawal -- Uproot, root down (12 min.) / Wun Yip, Sarah Pauly -- (In)visibility (15 min.) / Sara Gambin, Marissa Hill, Lea Jones.
Documentary films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. "An exercise in denial," follows the comic ramblings of a Telegraph Street celebrity known as The Brad Pitt girl. "The Ebony Mama herself," documents the flamboyant public and private life of an Oakland drag queen. "Tested," follows the journey of a gay UCLA business major who just learned his former partner has HIV. "Amaury par Gaia et Jusine, " documents a conversation on the war in Iraq with a French-born Berkeley Republican, defending his position. "Uproot/Root down," looks at the plight of Oakland housing renters facing the prospect of eviction and a successful grass-roots movement to pass a ballot measure in 2003. "Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 4, 2004." 77 min. DVD 7617; vhs Video/C MM144
- Closure: Art 175 Final Animations, 2004 (2004)
- Produced by Greg Niemeyer and Sam Ou. These animated films produced by student filmakers take the viewer through a Midwestern farmhouse, deep inside the abyss of a vending machine, to the sun-soaked ultra-violence of fairground entertainment, through the mysteries of self-realization and finally into the underbelly of Tokyo's subways.
Contents: My magic box -- Melody's flight -- Wings of Autumn -- Out of order -- Destined. Filmmakers: Leon Belt, Catherine Bendebury, Steven Richard Chan, Susan Chiang, Ryan Lawrence Chiu, Vicky Ying-Ying Choy, Jason David Gatt, Jeremy Robert Huddleston, Brandon Thomas Jacobs-Mills, Jirat Jirasetpatana, Laurie Kim, Derrick Lau, Hoang Huy Le, Wen-chin Lee, James Chia-Ming Liu, Garrett Ethan Moore, Gautam Subram Rangan, James Daniel Sierra, Monique Akiko Smith, Rachel Anne Smith, Brent Jun-hei Tam, Sandra Tang, Jesse Johan Trutna, Timothy Francis Trutna, David Mark Wiezer, Matthew Kiyoshi Wong. 20 min. DVD 2692 2003
- Oaxacan Hoops
- Shot in the mountains of the Sierra Norte in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and the inner-city neighborhoods in Los Angeles, this documentary explores the long-standing cultural tradition of basketball among the Oaxacan community. It looks at how the sport has helped many Zapotec Indians living in Los Angeles build community, keep traditions alive and maintain a connection to their villages in Mexico. During the biggest basketball tournament outside of Mexico, the Oaxaca Cup, more than 40 teams compete, most representing a village back home. Produced at the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, producer, director, editor, Olga R. Rodriguez. 2003. 20 min. Video/C 9727
- Film and video makers at Cal 2003. Rock the Projects: Student Experimental Films. 2003.
- Sonic boom / Jeff Lowe (2 min.) -- Untitled / Anup Pradhan (5 min.) -- Waiting / Jacob Stewart-Halevy (3 min.) -- Frantic autumn / Stan Yan (2 min.) -- Drawn / Ian Kibbey (2 min.) -- Come back to your body / Wun Yip (5 min.) -- Dream / Jong Suk Lee (2 min.) -- Drive / Atticus Culver-Rease (5 min.) -- Repeated contests against authority / Erica Nakamura (2 min.) -- Video look book / Annamarie Ho (5 min.) -- Porn and robots / Pete Hottelet (5 min.) -- For when yr happy just to be alive / T. Kleine (3 min.).
Experimental films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. "Short duration in film necessitates pointed effectiveness. These works succeed in delivering art of epic proportions at vignette scale. The artists use a diverse set of tactics : humor, nostalgia, animation, the erotic and the elusiveness and non-specificity of the abstract." Shown at the Pacific Film Archives, March 13, 2003. DVD 4120; also VHS Video/C 9536
- Behind the Local Curtain: Student Documentaries, March 6, 2003
- Contents: A cut above / Jerry Yoon (9 min.) -- Dorm life / Sohail Afiat (13 min.) -- Trix or treats / Bianca Darville (9 min.) -- One good thing about music / Franck Rey-Herme (8 min.) -- Hooked / Lorna MacMillan, Francisco Nanclares, Erica Nyhus (19 min.) -- Calles de dolores / Michael Cozzi, Jelani Mahiri, Leslie Butler (16 min.) -- Measure FF: 100 more cops meets 100 conscious minds / Maristella Huerta, Marcia Chin (13 min.).
A cut above: Spends a demanding day with an exceptional Richmond, Calif. elementary school principal. Dorm life: Reflections on dorm living at UCB. Trix or treats: Delves into the question of sexual objectification featuring interviews and performance footage of San Francisco go-go dancers. One good thing about music: Presents auditory and visual textures of the Sproul Plaza (UCB) drummers. Hooked: A contemplation of one man's healing experience through body suspension. Calles de dolores: Investigates the history and politics of undocumented migrant day laborers in San Francisco's Mission District. Measure FF: 100 more cops meets 100 conscious minds: An Oakland ballot proposition to increase the number of police is met with fierce opposition from local activists, budget analysts and a family devastated by police brutality.
Films produced by students of the Anthropology, Ethnic Studies and Film Departments at the University of California, Berkeley. 87 min. DVD 7712; vhs Video/C 9465
- Imaging Reality: Show Compilation, March 22, 2001.
- UC Berkeley student videos from the Anthropology, Film, and Ethnic Studies Departments. Curated by Jason Quinlan, Kate Winters, Michelle Perrali, Julie Goulet. Contents: Yellow Apparel (Anmol Chaddha, Naomi Iwasaki, Sonya Zehra Mehta, Muang Saechao, Sheng Wang; 31 min.): Invites awareness of the appropriation of Asian cultures within American consumerism. Art of Shoplifting (Camille Acey, Amarina Kealoha; 7 min.): Destablizes mainstream "thou shalt not steal" morals, asserting anticapitalist ethics. Cool Canines (Carol Baker, Anes Chang, Kelley Greene, Melissa Olund, Pauline Vanderpalm; 16 min.): Presents the sanctuary pets provide for their owners. Mystics (Kelly Rigg; 10 min.): Follows an artist, mystic and heroin addict on the streets in renouncing corporate life. Black Race: Words of Power (Hodari Toure, Satchidananda Mims, Ayo Olagbaju; 18 min.): A local spoken-word poet presents insights into the struggle for personal and political freedom. Poetry in Motion (Robin Goka, Josah Perley, Bond Ren; 16 min.): Celebrates a community of poetry slammers who use their medium to resist American political and cultural hegemony. I Was an American Soldier (Craig Wright; 10 min.): Exposes the army as a "retraining machine," utilizing humor and irony to probe disillusionment with patriotism. 2001. 108 min. total running time. DVD 7587; also VHS Video/C 7890
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© Anmol Chaddha, Naomi Iwasaki, Sonya Zehra Mehta, Muang Saechao, Sheng Wang 2002
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 2002
- Return / Albert Park (5 min) -- Flashback / Liz Anne Harris (5 min.) -- Circumstances of life or one thing led to another / Vince Navarro (9 min.) -- Dear me / Mark Nicola (10 min.) -- Aperture / Corey Creasy (17 min.) -- War on drugs: truth or D.A.R.E.? / Eugene Choi, Yosef Girmay, Mike Hegazy, Jessica Martinez (23 min.) -- Love story 5 / Ron Eyal, Matt Gleeson (2 -- Teeth / Ian Kibbey (4 min.) -- DuAel / sArA veSSal, (6 min.) -- Manns in gay Paris / Desiree Arlette Holman (8 min.) -- Franc exchange / Gabriel Peters-Lazaro (10 min.).
Eisner prize winning videos selected for creativity produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. Circumstances of life chronicles a father's love for his family and his native Mexico. War on drugs: Truth or D.A.R.E.? exposes the propaganda of politicians and corporations that influence drug policy. The Manns in gay Paris is an inventive animation of a family of puppets cut from catalogs. A Franc exchange presents a moving portrait of an exchange student grappling with serious issues from her past. 97 min. DVD 7714; vhs Video/C 8876
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2001
- Breaking Character: Experimental Filmmaking.
- The conventions of mainstream media are so familiar that it is sometimes difficulut to identify them, much less escape them. The projects selected for this film compilation present the efforts of Berkeley students in Film and Art to create works that challenge traditional modes of representation. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives on March 4, 2001.
- Contents: Suicide (4 min.) -- Organic machinery (2 min.) -- Glass / Ted Voelkel (4 min.) -- Step 3: telling your parents / Katie Winters (4 min.) -- Words mean nothing to me / Noah P. Moskin (5 min.) -- Transfer / Bijan Yashar (5 min.) -- All living creatures (6 min.) -- Ojos / Vince Navarro (3 min.) -- Spleen / Antje Cranmer (3 min.) -- Dollface / Kate Shuchter (4 min.) -- Girl who would do anything / Brett Simon (7 min.) -- Tenderness / Sara Pellegrini (3 min.) -- Dream on the metro (5 min.) -- Silence / Kenny Pearce (1 min.) -- Crohn's disease (6 min.) -- All there is to do / Tanai Cie Drayton (6 min.). DVD 7675; vhs Video/C 7889
- Contents: Suicide (4 min.) -- Organic machinery (2 min.) -- Glass / Ted Voelkel (4 min.) -- Step 3: telling your parents / Katie Winters (4 min.) -- Words mean nothing to me / Noah P. Moskin (5 min.) -- Transfer / Bijan Yashar (5 min.) -- All living creatures (6 min.) -- Ojos / Vince Navarro (3 min.) -- Spleen / Antje Cranmer (3 min.) -- Dollface / Kate Shuchter (4 min.) -- Girl who would do anything / Brett Simon (7 min.) -- Tenderness / Sara Pellegrini (3 min.) -- Dream on the metro (5 min.) -- Silence / Kenny Pearce (1 min.) -- Crohn's disease (6 min.) -- All there is to do / Tanai Cie Drayton (6 min.). DVD 7675; vhs Video/C 7889
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 2001
- Contents: A Clip (Ron Eyal, 3 min.): A collector squirrels away provisions for an emotional winter. 12 Year Old Caucasian Male (Gabriel Peters-Lazaro, 5 min.): A reflection on male adolescence. Poetry in Motion (Bond Ren, Robin Goka, Josah Perley, 16 min.): Documentary exploring the use of slam poetry to obtain political change. Story (James Naish (4 min.). Art of Shoplifting (Camille Acey, Amarina Kealoha, 8 min.): a peek into the wonderful world of shoplifting. Haunted (Stephanie Chen, 6 min.): Experimental short introducing the viewer into voyeurism. Ojos (Juan Vince Navarro, 2 min.). El Cucui (Breca Rodriguez Griswold, Jaime Lozano, Monica Serafin, Brandon Wero, 13 min.). Requium (Daniel E. Carrera, 15 min.): A mediatation on death and dying. Switch Fish (Brett Simon, starring Samuel Sontag, 7 min.): A boy and his pet goldfish decide to swap bodies.
- Films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. 78 min. total running time. DVD 767; vhs Video/C 7972
- Films produced by students at the University of California, Berkeley. 78 min. total running time. DVD 767; vhs Video/C 7972
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2000
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 2000
- Contents: On/Off Experiment #l, Sara Pellegrini (3.5 min.): an exercise in hyper self-consciousness. Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Brett Simon (6.5 min.): "I teased her about pimping off her life story. She called it talk therapy." Hebrews 12, Kerwin Kuniyoshi (4.5 min.): An expression of inner emotions as the filmmaker shows how he was able to cope with personal difficulties through faith in God and with music. Razor Burn, Elle Ghandi (13 min.): "I don't like hair." Making of Space, by Yauger (3.5 min.): This short is about the process of the abstract becoming more concrete and vice-versa. Ultimate Fighter, Darren Ng (12 min.): A lone fighter battles his way through a group of thugs with the fight sequences choreographed to give a mixture of action and humor. This Is Not a Movie, Laurie Thomas (5 min.): Filmmaker examines the occurrence of relationships as a natural and upreventable cycle with elements of a mechanical, machine-like process that is difficult to set off course once set in motion. Telling It, Sara Pellegrini (12 min.): The filmmaker reveals her family's "secret", which is terrifying, but also empowering. Palindrome, Corey Creasey (10 min.): Explains the surreal nature of dreams and explores the ambiguous line between imagination and film. No Trespassing: Sovereignty at Risk, Ming-Hui Chen, Jennifer E. Madsen, Joel Medina, Shannon K. Morzov, Laurie E. Thomas (23 min.): documentary examining Proposition 5 as a modern form of continuation of Native Americans' historical plight for sovereignty in this country. 99 min. total running time. DVD 7672; vhs Video/C 6938
- Representing Reality: Student Documentaries. March 5, 2000.
- Contents: C tm [copyright tm] (Nathan Gunn, 7 min.): Provides an expose on the effects of MTV, violence in the media and a contemporaneous view of events at Columbine High School. i of motion...us of movement (Vivian Lin, Brooke Ashe, January Cano, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, 22 min.): Explores the elements of hip-hop and the pioneering women who are proving that they are talented in this male-dominated subculture. On Strike: Ethnic Studies, 1969-1999 (Irum Shiekh, Casey Peek, Vina Ha, 37 min.): Documents the historic struggle to maintain the Ethnic Studies Dept. at UCB and focuses on the student perspective of the highly publicized hunger strike that occurred during the Spring of 1999. Telling It (Sara Pellegrini, 12 min.): Explores home video making and the role of the father as "chief documentarian" of family history. The Will To Move (Jennifer Houst, Laura Merians, 13 min.): Profiles the life and work of Robert Brown, a photographer/performance artist who is confined to a wheelchair with MS. Gordon Bowers, Korean Film Superstar (David Gottlieb, 8 min.): A spoof presenting a Caucasian man who identifies himself as a Korean martial arts actor. Documentary Cocktail [Cocktail, a documentary] (Erik Cho, 10 min.): A comic investigation into the true contents of bottled cranberry juice intercut with commentary by the filmmaker.
127 min. total running time. DVD 7674; vhs Video/C 6930
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1999
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 1999.
- Contents: Excerpts from Nulle (1-3) (Jay Chung): Nulle 1: Big wheel (5 min); Nulle 2: Wanton bather (5 min.); Nulle 3: Cipher (4 min.): Three films presented as collections of signifiers, referring to nothing but articulation itself. Ubiquitous Melodrama (Steve Sun, 5 min.): Focuses on the presence of melodramatic elements in American popular films. Darkness There (Jimmy Tsai, 12 min.): A modern interpretation of a classic tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Bikini Explosion (Tamarind Rosetti-Johnson, 5 min.): Bikinis explode onto the scene as bathing suits and atomic bomb tests. My Mother is not Chinese (Huy Chau, Ronnie Cheung, Joan Huang, Maryam Kashani, Sabrina Lin, Thyrale Thai, 30 min.): An exploration of hate crimes against Asian Americans. Querida Mamae (Lara Miranda, 6 min.): The artist explores memories of her mother and the grieving process after her mother's death. 81 min. total running time. DVD 7703; vhs Video/C 6260
- Reflection and Response Compilation. 1999.
- Flaming Cats: A Parody of Jack Smith's 1961 film "Flaming Creatures" (Kristine Ling). Uzzo: A meditation on car racing from the woman's perspective (Javier Alvarez). Man Without a Movie Camera: A first generation immigrant Asian American discourses on his cultural experiences (Ken Hsu, Conrad Hsu). Bamblance: An experimental film using found video and audio piecing together two unrelated stories (Chad Fazzaro). Women in the Movies: Explores violence against women in films (Amy Joy Clark). Untitled by Kari Hattner: A search for originality. White Square on White: An attempt to find beauty in the mundane by locking onto the simplicity and beauty of toilet paper (Chris Partsch). Ubiquitous Melodrama: An attempt to define melodramas, by piecing together melodramatic moments using images of movie queens (Steve Sun).
- Curated by Bridget Irish, with the assistance of Joyce Lee and Tamarind Rossetti-Johnson. Produced by students enrolled in Kathy Geritz's Avant Garde Film class, Film 28B at UCB. Shown at the Pacific Film Archives on March 1, 1999. 80 min. total running time. DVD 7704; vhs Video/C 6129
- Representing Reality: Cocumentaries at UCB, March 8, 1999
- Film courses and courses on Mass Media."--Program. Title from cassette label. Hicktown, USA / Eric Martin (10 min.) -- Jahkiya Queen Marie McLoskey-Beasley / Adrienne Aubry, Chris Azalde, Elena Carr, Jesse Ehrman (17 min.) -- Rice chasers / Sky Tanberg (12 min.) -- No trespassing: sovereignty at risk / Ming-Jui Chen, Jennifer E. Madsen, Jeol Medina, Shannon K. Morzov, Laurie Thomas (23 min.) -- Where's Mario / Javier Alvarez, Lauren Espineli (10 min.) -- Free soup / Lindsay Darf, Rick Godnick, Ryan Hill, Renale Massing, Michael Mott (16 min.) -- Unsolved documentary / Thomas Owens (9 mins.) -- Wrestling with ghosts / Dana Kaplan, Maly Ly, Michael Mott, Aaron Pedroni, Tita Poe (25 min.) Hicktown USA: A young man, forced to stop in an isolated small town ruminates on how it would be to live most of one's life there. Jahkiya Queen Marie McLoskey-Beasley: A young interracially married couple with an infant discuss adjustments in their marriage and relations with their parents. Rice chasers: A film that takes on Caucasian guys who chase only Asian girls, exploring the motivations and possible reasons why they date Asian women. No trespassing: Sovereignty at risk: Looks at the concept of sovereignty by examining aspects of its historical role in the lives of Native Americans. Where's Mario? Interviews with current students in Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their knowledge of Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement. Free soup: Profiles clergyman Thomas Flower who has developed a ministry feeding the homeless in San Francisco. Unsolved documentary: Examines circumstances surrounding the deaths of Timothy Lee and Masakazu Kuriyama as racially motivated murders. Wrestling with ghosts: Follows the struggles of a Cambodian woman to escape with her children from Cambodia and her difficult immigration and assimilation to the U.S. DVD 7777; vhs Video/C 6119
1998
- Avant-Garde Film at UCB. 1998.
- Shown May 19, 1998 at the Pacific Film Archive.
- Contents: Dream, Maya Dream, Maura Romero -- Hitchhiker, Jason Leong -- Tech No, Matthew J. Ides, Janet Polli -- All This for Conan, Tatum Bartoli -- Beat, Sarah Bush -- Portraits of a City, Nawn Chu -- Moving Day for the Soul, Taro Goto -- Sleepless Beauty, Laurie Hong -- Consumer Culture 1997: Fifty-two Television Commercials in Four Minutes and Fifteen Seconds, Brian Yen-Shan Wang -- Bittersweet Symphony, Akil Hooper -- A Fairy Tale, Eric Lin -- Tinky, the Everyday Hero, Jessica Vargas. 62 min. total running time. DVD 7724; vhs Video/C 5798
- Contents: Dream, Maya Dream, Maura Romero -- Hitchhiker, Jason Leong -- Tech No, Matthew J. Ides, Janet Polli -- All This for Conan, Tatum Bartoli -- Beat, Sarah Bush -- Portraits of a City, Nawn Chu -- Moving Day for the Soul, Taro Goto -- Sleepless Beauty, Laurie Hong -- Consumer Culture 1997: Fifty-two Television Commercials in Four Minutes and Fifteen Seconds, Brian Yen-Shan Wang -- Bittersweet Symphony, Akil Hooper -- A Fairy Tale, Eric Lin -- Tinky, the Everyday Hero, Jessica Vargas. 62 min. total running time. DVD 7724; vhs Video/C 5798
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 1998.
- Contents: Therm-o-Cool, Miljohn Ruperto (3 min.) -- Gone Cold, Michael Kaufman, Daniel Chazanas (7 min.) -- DayLire, Jay Chung (4 min.) -- The Cheat: Theatrical Trailer, Javier Alvarez (2 min.) -- Various Lines, Eric Lin (23 min.) -- Ring, Jason Byers (4 min.) -- (Un)Equal voices, Laura Beatrice Cantu, Chi Shan Lin, Bernadette Orosco Montez, Padmini Narumanchi (14 min.) -- Play Record, Kirthi Nath, Selby Schwartz (15 min.) -- Karass, Jessica Vargas (12 min.) -- Bay Crossing, Steve MacDonald (5 min.). DVD 7335; vhs Video/C 5420
- Out There: A Video About Fieldwork. 1998.
- Contents: Elan Wang: White-faced Capuchin Monkeys -- Sabine Stuntz: Epiphytes & Anthropod Diversity -- Christina Campbell: Spider Monkeys -- Sean Tonkin & Zach Miller: Seed Predation -- Jennifer Johns: Tabebuia Rosea & Tabebuia Guyacan -- Katharine Milton: Howler Monkeys.
- A scrapbook of biological/anthropoligical field studies on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal focusing on an inside view of the fieldwork experience. Honors thesis, UCB Dept. of Anthropology (Adviser: Dr. Katharine Milton). 1998. 30 min. DVD 7711; vhs Video/C 5506
- Red White Blue November
- Tells the history of the Thao family: their life in Laos, their flight from their native country and resettlement in Freso, California, and how their lives were forever changed when a son was murdered one November in a drive-by shooting. A film by Saidah Said & Sapana Sakya. Originally produced as students in the School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. 1998. 28 min. Video/C MM1126
- Representing Reality: Student Documentaries. April 4, 1998.
- Contents: Baby Dykes: Snapshot of a Culture (Alexis T. Fish, Sonya A. Dubreuil, 5 min.) deals with the lesbian subculture in the United States. My California (Paul Ramos Geronca, 11 min.) is a collage of California scenes. My Mother is Not Chinese (Huy Chau, Ronnie Cheung, Joan Huang, Maryam Kashani, Sabrina Lin, Thyrale Thai, 21 min.) concerns crimes and violence directed against Asian Americans. Karass (Jessica Vargas, 12 min.) centers on encounters between people and dogs at a local dog park. YCS? (Why CS?) (Christopher Michel, 8 min.) interviews students asking why they chose computer science as a major in college. In Photographic Memory (Lindsay Krisel, 6 min.) a college student reviews the work of her father, a professional photographer. Who Does the Dishes? (Sarah Castelblanco, Terra Morias, 13 min.) examines the evolving defintions of "family". 59th/Dover (Jess Fulton, 10 min.) examines chance encounters between neighbors in a California neighborhood. Rain Dance Poetry (Joselito Halasan Corpus, Shia Michele Levitt, Anna Pushin Lowenthal, 20 min.) examines the work of the Poetry for the People organization.
- UC Berkeley Student Videos from the Anthropology, Film and Journalism Departments, 1998. DVD 7705; vhs Video/C 5425
- UC Berkeley Student Videos from the Anthropology, Film and Journalism Departments, 1998. DVD 7705; vhs Video/C 5425
- Student Films for Ethnographic Film Class, Vol. 1. 1998..
- Contents: Raising Deaf Voices (Anne Guadagnolo, Arin Hailey, Anthony Polito, Rebecca Thomsen, 16 min.): Interviews with teachers and parents at the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf, concerning family adjustments to deafness and the education of deaf children. El Tango de la Bahia (Jose Navarrete, Daniela Ramirez, Roopinder Sumal, Jessica Van der Laan, 16 min.): Interviews with practitioners and instructors of the tango in a ballroom dance setting. Jahkiya Queen Marie McLoskey-Beasley (Adrienne Aubry, Chris Azalde, Elena Carr, Jesse Ehrman, 17 min.): An young interracially married couple with an infant discuss adjustments in their marriage and relations with their parents.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology, Spring, 1998. Instructor: I.L. Barbash. DVD 7720; vhs Video/C 5556
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology, Spring, 1998. Instructor: I.L. Barbash. DVD 7720; vhs Video/C 5556
- Student Films for Ethnographic Film Class, Vol. 2. 1998.
- Contents: Free Soup (Lindsay Dart, Rick Godnick, Ryan Hill, Renate Massing, Michael Mott, 15 min.): A profile of clergyman Thomas Flower who has developed a ministry feeding the homeless in San Francisco. Beat Culture (Cover title: D.J.) (Marisol Arteaga, Rodrigo Estiva, Taro Goto, Kim Neroda, 16 min.): Interviews with disc jockeys for KALX Radio (Berkeley) and other DJ's concerning the nature of their work. On Top (Megan Dixon, Lauren Garcia, Shirish Jain, Sharon Steinmann, 16 min.): Interviews with women and men who engage in and promote sadomasochism.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology, Spring, 1998. Instructor: I.L. Barbash. DVD 7721; vhs Video/C 5557
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology, Spring, 1998. Instructor: I.L. Barbash. DVD 7721; vhs Video/C 5557
- Where's Mario? 1998.
- Interviews with current students and others in Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their knowledge of Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement which occurred on that location in the mid 1960s. Includes historical footage of Mario Savio, Free Speech demonstrations and televised responses of university and government officials. Directed by Javier Alvarez, Lauren Espineli [UCB Student film]. 1998. 11 min. Video/C 5491
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1997
- Avant-Garde Film at UCB. 1997.
- Shown March 4, 1997 at the Pacific Film Archive.
- Contents: Oaklandhoma, Martin Aranaydo, (color, silent with music, 5 min.) -- Unwound, Amelia Salas (b&w, silent with music, 5 min.) -- Cafe, Jess Fulton (b&w, sound, with music, 6 min.) -- Once Upon a Time, Meghan LaBelle (color, silent with music, animation, 4 min.) -- Gone Cold, Daniel Chazanas and Michael Kaufman (b&w, silent with music, 6 min.) -- Wake, Jennifer Bae -- Khan Jin Tsho, Patrick Griffin -- Palaios Optikos, Marie Liu -- Brunette Cobra, Richard Wilson (color, sound, 8 min.) -- Flat Tire During a Boxing Match, Maryam Kashani (color, silent with music, 6 min.) -- Want To? Yin Cantor (color, silent, 5 min.). 60 min. total running time. DVD 7695; Video/C 4920
- Contents: Oaklandhoma, Martin Aranaydo, (color, silent with music, 5 min.) -- Unwound, Amelia Salas (b&w, silent with music, 5 min.) -- Cafe, Jess Fulton (b&w, sound, with music, 6 min.) -- Once Upon a Time, Meghan LaBelle (color, silent with music, animation, 4 min.) -- Gone Cold, Daniel Chazanas and Michael Kaufman (b&w, silent with music, 6 min.) -- Wake, Jennifer Bae -- Khan Jin Tsho, Patrick Griffin -- Palaios Optikos, Marie Liu -- Brunette Cobra, Richard Wilson (color, sound, 8 min.) -- Flat Tire During a Boxing Match, Maryam Kashani (color, silent with music, 6 min.) -- Want To? Yin Cantor (color, silent, 5 min.). 60 min. total running time. DVD 7695; Video/C 4920
- Children of Mixed Race = Who You Wanna Be. 1997.
- A study of the various types of identities that interracial people have had to invent for themselves. Based on interviews with racially mixed students at the University of California, Berkeley, who speak about their perceptions of their own personal identities. An Ethnic Studies 150 Project by Sean Lightholder, UCB, 1997. 38 min. DVD 4251; vhs Video/C 6093View this video online
Requires Windows Media Player or Flip4Mac - Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 1997.
- Contents: Closure (Eric and Ann Lin; silent, b&w, 7 min.) concerns an Asian couple, both wielding guns, who hunt eachother throughout a house. [Untitled]: The untitled work by Kirthi Nath (sd., col., 13 min.) is a poetic autobiographical reflection on her East Indian American family. Technorgania (Christian Divine and Cliff Martinez; silent with music, color, 8 min.) is a pictorial/musical reflection on man made objects jutapositioned against the beauty of nature. Der Streit (Strife) (Stewart Murrey; sound, b&w, 16 min.) is a meditation on Arnold Schoenberg's atonal opera "Moses and Aron: Disharmony Within the City". Maris (Rafael del Toro [unabridged version]; sound, color, 28 min.) is a brother's articulate and moving examination of the grieving process and the fragility of human life as experienced through the death of hi sister from cancer. 72 min. total running time. DVD 7696; vhs Video/C 4713
- Ethnographic Film Festival, Part 1. 1997.
- Contents: Fighting Myths (Lauri Ames, Mark Davis, Danielle Festa, Paul Krawiec, Byrne Reese, 21 min.) is about the struggles and triumphs of women entering the arena of boxing. Includes interviews with women boxers competing in the Golden Gloves Tournament. Changing Consciousness (David Boctor, Elisabeth James, Patricia Leslie, 19 min.) examines Earth-based, goddess-oriented neo-pagan religions in California. Conception Stories (Elizabeth Kline, Merryl Owen, Gabriele Schilz, 21 min.) are a series of conversations with people who discuss their experiences with infertility treatments and a look at how assisted reproductive technology impacts our ways of imaging conception.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1997, at the University of California, Bekeley, Dept. of Anthropology. 61 min. total running time. DVD 7722; vhs Video/C 4931
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1997, at the University of California, Bekeley, Dept. of Anthropology. 61 min. total running time. DVD 7722; vhs Video/C 4931
- Ethnographic Film Festival, Part 2. 1997.
- Contents: Who Does the Dishes? (Sarah Castelblanco, Terra Morais, 13 min.) is a look at an American family which illustrates changing family structures and the multi-faceted perceptions of the family members. Rain Dance Poetry (Joselito Corpus, Shia Levitt, Anna Lowenthal, 20 min.) is an exploration of the use of poetry for social change, personal empowerment, and truth-telling by the student-teacher-poets of Poetry for the People. An Urban Tribe (Cody Butcher, Teresa Kuan, Kirra Swenerton, Sandra Torres, 21 min.) is a film about an urban tribe reapproprating traditional cultures in our modern-day society. Includes permanent body makeup, body piercing and tattooing.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1967, at the University of California, Bekeley, Dept. of Anthropology. 54 min. total running time. DVD 7723; vhs Video/C 4930
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1967, at the University of California, Bekeley, Dept. of Anthropology. 54 min. total running time. DVD 7723; vhs Video/C 4930
- Other Love. 1997.
- A personal video reflection based on fragments from the book Agua Viva by the Brazilian author, Clarice Lispector.
- Honors thesis, University of California, Berkeley; directed by Elizabeth Zarek. Portuguese voice-overs with English subtitles. 1997 5 min. DVD 7697; vhs Video/C 4725
- Honors thesis, University of California, Berkeley; directed by Elizabeth Zarek. Portuguese voice-overs with English subtitles. 1997 5 min. DVD 7697; vhs Video/C 4725
- Representing Reality: Student Documentaries. 1997.
- Contents: In Long Distance (Mark Siew, 6 min.) a second generation Asian American student examines his mother's life experiences. Source (Jennifer Meehan, 8 min.) is an expose on student housing. In The Ruspoli Family: A Tradition of Madness (Tao Ruspoli, 8 min.) members of an Italian American family discuss their family relationships. Refugee (Siri Sosothikul, 11 min.) explores the fate of illegal Chinese refugees who have fled to the U.S. to escape forced sterilization and abortion policies in China. Bathrooms, Graffiti and the Unlikely Case of A.D.D. explores the motives of students who graffiti bathroom walls. Maris (Rafael Del Toro, 7 min., Abridged version) is an articulate and moving examination of the grieving process and the fragility of human life as experienced through the death of a sister from cancer. Sound Waves (Deborah Stewart, 14 min.) focuses on interviews with musicians concerning their experiences with the independent production and sale of their music. In Primer (Mark Puno, 5 min.) students converse about filmaking and the power of image. Home Altars (Heather Pierce, Pasha Zdimal, Kenna Klosterman, 12 min.) examines private altars in California and interviews the individuals who created them concerning their personal philosophies of worship. Stifled (Amelia Salas (6 min.) is a film about commuting by public transportation. In Unfortunate Addition (Andrea Susson, 3 min.) a student filmaker laments the difficulties encountered in producing a film.
- UC Berkeley student videos from the Anthropology, Film and Journalism Departments, 1997. DVD 7778; vhs Video/C 4703
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1996
- Cloynearchy
- Interviews with residents of Cloyne Court, a problematic student co-op house at the University of California, Berkeley, concerning their experiences and attitudes towards living in the Cloyne Court co-operative. Producers, Dave Gilmore, Carrie Johnson, Tony Lee, Nadia Meyercord, Laura Woodward. Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996. 21 min. DVD 1161; also on VHS Video/C 4412View this video online
Requires Windows Media Player or Flip4Mac - Does Your Mother Know? 1996.
- Interviews with lesbian students at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their views on family and personal relationships.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Produced/directed/edited by Sheila Quinlan, Shu Hung. 28 min. DVD 7779; vhs Video/C 4414
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Produced/directed/edited by Sheila Quinlan, Shu Hung. 28 min. DVD 7779; vhs Video/C 4414
- El Futuro Viene Duro (The Children Are Taking the Future). 1996.
- Interviews with children who are demonstrating with their parents against the government in Mexico City, concerning the effect that political unrest and violence in Mexico has had upon their lives. Produced by students Carlos Bazua, Miguel Vasallo, Georgina Gleason, Emiliano Villanueva, enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 26 min. DVD 7780; vhs Video/C 4408
- Home Altars. 1996.
- An examination of home altars in California and interviews with the individuals who created them concerning their personal philosophies of worship.
- Produced by students Kenna Klosterman, Heather Pierce, Pascha Zdima enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 12 min. Video/C 4409
- Produced by students Kenna Klosterman, Heather Pierce, Pascha Zdima enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 12 min. Video/C 4409
- HOUSE: Home Of Unified Sound Environment. 1996.
- Surrealistic experimental film demonstrating impromptu dance within a crowd of students partying at the seashore.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Filmed and produced by Madison Adams; additional footage by Dialo and Philip Gray. 8 min. DVD 7761; vhs Video/C 4410
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Filmed and produced by Madison Adams; additional footage by Dialo and Philip Gray. 8 min. DVD 7761; vhs Video/C 4410
- Identity in the Institution. 1996.
- Interviews with college students at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their experiences in classes, their attitudes towards the academic environment and their philosophies of education (i.e should education be learning for learning's sake or simply preparation for a career?).
- Produced by students Jen Houst, Ellie Lara enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 19 min. DVD 7760 Video/C 4415
- Produced by students Jen Houst, Ellie Lara enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 19 min. DVD 7760 Video/C 4415
- Of Beer and Brotherhood. 1996.
- Interviews with college fraternity members at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their reasons for choosing to join a fraternity and their experiences as fraternity members.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Film starts 5 minutes into tape. Poor quality picture and sound. David Gilmore, Tony Lee. 12 min. Video/C 4405
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Film starts 5 minutes into tape. Poor quality picture and sound. David Gilmore, Tony Lee. 12 min. Video/C 4405
- Sound Waves. 1996.
- Interviews with emerging musicians concerning their experiences with the independent production and distribution of their own music.
- Produced by student Deborah S. Stewart enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 14 min. Video/C 4411
- Produced by student Deborah S. Stewart enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 14 min. Video/C 4411
- A State of Mind. 1996.
- Interviews with students and employees from various backgrounds at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their personal aspirations, employment satisfaction, and general philosophy of life.
- Produced by students Helen Salcedo, Akiko Thomson, Kata Mester, Ana Araujo enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 17 min. DVD 7771; vhs Video/C 4413
- Produced by students Helen Salcedo, Akiko Thomson, Kata Mester, Ana Araujo enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. 17 min. DVD 7771; vhs Video/C 4413
- Subincision. 1996.
- An examinaton of punk culture in the United States. Produced by student Pam Rice enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1996, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Last 20 min. of film lacks sound. 28 min. DVD 7772; vhs Video/C 4404
- Visual Fission: UCB Documentaries. 1996.
- Contents: Real Love, Tamao Nakahara (7 min.) -- Pan Francisco (Our Boys Steelband), Francisco Ferrandiz, Shannon Dudley (16 min.) -- Home Alone, Richard Hom (7 min.) -- Through the Secret Window, Ananda Esteva Zapigan (4 min.) -- Every Age Has Its Myths, G. P. Seski (8 min.) -- Listening to Myself, Rima Anosa (7 min.) -- Re-labeling Death (Cryonics), Jia Ching Chen, Tiffany Romain (14 min.) -- Home, Charles White (8 min.) -- Haveahandout (Homelessness), Daniel Moulthrop, Corey Cohen, AnnaBrown Griswold (26 min.).
- Short documentary films prepared by students at UCB who are enrolled in Film, Anthropology and Visual Studies classes. DVD 5373 ; vhs Video/C 4216
- Short documentary films prepared by students at UCB who are enrolled in Film, Anthropology and Visual Studies classes. DVD 5373 ; vhs Video/C 4216
1995
- Berkeley New Wave Student Films. 1995
- Shown March 2, 1995 at the Pacific Film Archive.
- Contents: Josh and His Double (silent, 3 min.) -- They Came Drom Space (silent, 6 min.) -- Who am I (4 min.) -- Tango* (3 min.) -- The River (silent, 8 min.) -- West Coast Pasta (silent, 3 min.) -- The Plot* (6 min.) -- Relationships? (silent, 2 min.) -- Water (2 min.) -- Self Portrait (3 min.) -- The Tree of Us (13 min.) -- Ring (9 min.) -- Another View (silent, 4 min.) -- Lighting/Staging (4 min.) -- Day in the Life of Broadband (5 min.) -- Game (4 min.) -- International Plain Clothes Police (22 min.) -- Who (4 min.). *Tango and The Plot had seperate audio on audio cassettes and were duplicated without sound. DVD 5374; vhs Video/C 3790
- Contents: Josh and His Double (silent, 3 min.) -- They Came Drom Space (silent, 6 min.) -- Who am I (4 min.) -- Tango* (3 min.) -- The River (silent, 8 min.) -- West Coast Pasta (silent, 3 min.) -- The Plot* (6 min.) -- Relationships? (silent, 2 min.) -- Water (2 min.) -- Self Portrait (3 min.) -- The Tree of Us (13 min.) -- Ring (9 min.) -- Another View (silent, 4 min.) -- Lighting/Staging (4 min.) -- Day in the Life of Broadband (5 min.) -- Game (4 min.) -- International Plain Clothes Police (22 min.) -- Who (4 min.). *Tango and The Plot had seperate audio on audio cassettes and were duplicated without sound. DVD 5374; vhs Video/C 3790
- Dollar. 1995.
- Interviews with a variety of individuals from the upper middle class to street people concerning their attitudes towards money.
- Produced by students enrolled in the Anthropology 138B class at the University of California, Berkeley in Spring, 1995. Producers/directors/camera, Eric Simeon, Jesse Powell. 27 min. DVD 5373; Video/C 3860
- Produced by students enrolled in the Anthropology 138B class at the University of California, Berkeley in Spring, 1995. Producers/directors/camera, Eric Simeon, Jesse Powell. 27 min. DVD 5373; Video/C 3860
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 1995.
- Contents: The River (Jennifer Paige, 6 min.) is an experimental film of river scenes as analogous of human experience. Home Alone: A Documentary (Richard Hom, 7 min.) is an expose of college student living conditions. Flea Collar (Benjamin Aranda, Jia Ching Chen, Jed Rothsician, 12 min.) is a satirical work concerning a businessman who responds to a tele-evanglist. [Untitled]: the fourth untitled work examines the stereotyping of Afro-American athletes. Haveahandout (Daniel Moulthrop, Corey Cohen, AnnaBrown Griswold, 30 min.) is about panhandling on the streets of Berkeley, California. Eggs, an Asian American Poem (4 min.) is an experimental film of free flowing images. A Place for Everyone (Karin Chien, Brent Hall, Sun Kim, Tommy Ko, 16 min.) concerns excessive pressures placed on Asian American students and on one pre-med. student in particular who contemplates suicide as a response to loneliness and parental expectations. DVD 4376; also VHS Video/C 4279
- Recognizing Diversity: The Making of a Chicano Identity. 1995.
- This film deals with individuals and their ideologies about Chicano identity. Four Mexican American college students discuss terminology and personal life experiences as they work to shape a personal ethnic identity.
- Film made for Anthropology 138B, Ethnographic Media Project, UCB, Spring 1995. Credits: Producers/editors, Rosio Soltero, Katherine Aparicio. Performers: Cruz Joel Angeles, Francisco Perez, Marissa de la Rosa, Michelle Torres. 28 min. DVD 5372; vhs Video/C 3808
- Film made for Anthropology 138B, Ethnographic Media Project, UCB, Spring 1995. Credits: Producers/editors, Rosio Soltero, Katherine Aparicio. Performers: Cruz Joel Angeles, Francisco Perez, Marissa de la Rosa, Michelle Torres. 28 min. DVD 5372; vhs Video/C 3808
- Re-Labeling Death. 1995
- Interviews with individuals employed at a cryonics firm, concerning techniques of cryonic technology and their expectations and attitudes towards freezing and reviving frozen human bodies.
- A video by Jia Ching and Romain Tiffany. Produced by students enrolled in the UCB Anthropology 138B class, Spring, 1995. Producers/directors/camera, Jia Ching, Romain Tiffany. Performers: Steve Bridge, Keith Henson, Thomas Donaldson, Daniel Green, Jay Carlisle, Mike Perry. 26 min. Video/C 3861
- A video by Jia Ching and Romain Tiffany. Produced by students enrolled in the UCB Anthropology 138B class, Spring, 1995. Producers/directors/camera, Jia Ching, Romain Tiffany. Performers: Steve Bridge, Keith Henson, Thomas Donaldson, Daniel Green, Jay Carlisle, Mike Perry. 26 min. Video/C 3861
- Singularity. 1995.
- A male college student ruminates about coping with the loneliness of being single.
- Film made for Anthropology 138B, Ethnographic Media Project, UCB, Spring, 1995. Producer/director/writer, Moira Perez. Performer: Scott Manus. 18 min. DVD 5371; vhs Video/C 3788
- Film made for Anthropology 138B, Ethnographic Media Project, UCB, Spring, 1995. Producer/director/writer, Moira Perez. Performer: Scott Manus. 18 min. DVD 5371; vhs Video/C 3788
- A Sound Baptism. 1995.
- Examines an Afro-American Christian church in which jazz music is the dominant element of the church service.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Produced, taped and edited by Mikael A. Abye, Kate Partridge, Kimberly Hortillosa. Performer: Bishop Franzo Wayne King. 22 min. Video/C 3987
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Produced, taped and edited by Mikael A. Abye, Kate Partridge, Kimberly Hortillosa. Performer: Bishop Franzo Wayne King. 22 min. Video/C 3987
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1994
- Body and Mind. 1994.
- Documentary consisting of interviews with women college students who are stripteasers concerning the reasons why they chose that employment, their attitudes towards their work and their experiences as strippers. Includes interviews with other college students about their attitudes towards stripteasers.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Created/edited/produced by Albert James Bears III, Rae Chang, Panner Evers, Brenda Howell, Sarah Kalish. 22 min. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2730
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Created/edited/produced by Albert James Bears III, Rae Chang, Panner Evers, Brenda Howell, Sarah Kalish. 22 min. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2730
- Eisner Prize Winning Videos. 1994.
- Contents: In In the Museum of the Future Eve (Wago Kreider, 9 min.) two men fantisize about the image of a woman on film. La Mia Bella Sorella (Jennifer Paige, 25 min.) is a personal documentary that attempts to capture the essence of a struggle to regain the 'self' lost in a troubled past. DVD 4377; also VHS Video/C 3755
- Gynopunk: Reflections on an Emergent Matriarchy. 1994.
- Documentary concerning the formation of an all-female punk rock band and the philosophy and attitudes of the musicians towards their music.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B). Produced/edited/directed by Cheryl Caddick, Sean "Texture" Lees, Regina Longo, Jed Rothstein. Featuring Sharon Cheslow, Becky Slane, Wendy-O-Matic, Adrienne Droogas. 16 min. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2731
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B). Produced/edited/directed by Cheryl Caddick, Sean "Texture" Lees, Regina Longo, Jed Rothstein. Featuring Sharon Cheslow, Becky Slane, Wendy-O-Matic, Adrienne Droogas. 16 min. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2731
- More Than Local. 1994.
- Produced by students Naoko Kitamura, Joel Schor, Kiersten Tysseland enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) in Spring of 1966, at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Film starts 5 min. into tape. Lacks sound. 13 min. DVD 7763; vhs Video/C 4407
- Nowhere Fast. 1994.
- Interviews with students at the University of California, Berkeley concerning their reasons for choosing to enroll in ethnic studies classes and their experiences in those classes.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Anthropology. Produced/edited/directed by Joanna Choy, Jeffrey David Montez de Oca, Rona Fernandez. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2733
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Anthropology. Produced/edited/directed by Joanna Choy, Jeffrey David Montez de Oca, Rona Fernandez. DVD 4392; also VHS Video/C 2733
- Shiva!? 1994.
- Documentary concerning a stone located in the Japanese Tea Gardens of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, which has become defined as a shrine to the Hindu god, Shiva, by pilgrims who seek out the site for worship.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Film by Jesse Buckley, David Huang, Caroline Kublin, Janel Quirante, Vickie Reznik, Mike Shea. 18 min. Video/C 2732
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Film by Jesse Buckley, David Huang, Caroline Kublin, Janel Quirante, Vickie Reznik, Mike Shea. 18 min. Video/C 2732
- Student Films. 1994.
- Contents: Best Storytellers in the West (Mary Guzman, et. al., 22 min.) examines the role of storytelling in deaf culture and shows deaf storytellers signing stories. Just Another Expose (Adam Gold, 7 min.) is a commentary on the Regents of the University of California. In Hair Always Grows Back (Sun Kim, 15 min.) an Asian American woman comments upon her haircut as a mode of personal expression and identity. In Babunya (Larissa Voloshina, 11 min.) a third generation Russian American student interviews her Russian grandmother to reclaim her heritage. Bus (Jessica Nathan, 20 min.) examines people's experiences and attitudes about riding on public buses in the Bay Area. Shiva!? (Jesse Buckley, et. al., 18 min.) concerns a stone in the Japanese Tea Gardens of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco which has become defined as a shrine to the Hindu god, Shiva, by pilgrims who come to worship. An Other Film (Julie Stone, Solyeig Cornelisen, 21 min.) explores people's definitions of obsession and madness.
- Produced in the Visual Anthropology Program at UCB. DVD 4339; also VHS Video/C 3754
- Produced in the Visual Anthropology Program at UCB. DVD 4339; also VHS Video/C 3754
- Tu Eres Mi Otro Ojo = Stories Behind the Violation of Human Rights. 1994.
- Accounts of human rights violations in Guatemala and El Salvador including graphic scenes of torture and murder, interspersed with commentary by human rights activists and a professor of human rights.
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Featuring Tek Itzep Pasa (Guatemalan refugee), Rita Maran (UCB), Cosette Thompson (Amnesty International), Tulio Serrano (El Salvadorian refugee). 26 min. Video/C 3950
- Produced by students enrolled in Ethnographic Film (Anthropology 138B) at the UCB Dept. of Anthropology. Featuring Tek Itzep Pasa (Guatemalan refugee), Rita Maran (UCB), Cosette Thompson (Amnesty International), Tulio Serrano (El Salvadorian refugee). 26 min. Video/C 3950
- Under the Rainbow / Prozac Moments. 1994.
- Interviews with young adults who have experienced clinical depression who describe their problem and discuss their reactions and attitudes towards the anti-depressant drug, Prozac, which they are currently using or have used in the past.
- Made in association with the Anthropology 138B class at UCB. Producers/directors/camera, Sonya Dublin, Jessica Blue, Ashley Parkinson, Guadalupe Flores ; music, Brian Eno. Performers: Steve, Thomas, Stacey Hamilton, Corey Elizabeth, Ty Fitzgerald. 31 min. DVD 5371; vhs Video/C 3859
- Made in association with the Anthropology 138B class at UCB. Producers/directors/camera, Sonya Dublin, Jessica Blue, Ashley Parkinson, Guadalupe Flores ; music, Brian Eno. Performers: Steve, Thomas, Stacey Hamilton, Corey Elizabeth, Ty Fitzgerald. 31 min. DVD 5371; vhs Video/C 3859
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1993
- In the Eyes of the Beholder. 1993.
- Contents: The Devil Herself (Laura Ariza, Vincent Goldberg, Douglas MacDonald, Tiffany Romain, 20 min.) reviews activities of gay entertainers in gay bars. Walls of Desire examines graffiti on restroom walls. Walls of Desire: Stalling for Time is by Jeremy Berger (5 min.) One Nation Under a Groove (Courtnay Bloomer, Angela Hoyte, Tania Jackson, Emily James, 20 min.) reviews social bonding of 'stepping' dance as practiced by Afro-American student members of fraternities and sororities. Semiotics of Sex (Brian Frye, 6 min.) explores definitions of pornography. La Mia Bella Sorella (Jennifer Paige, 25 min.) is a personal documentary of a woman who attempts to regain the 'self' lost in a troubled past. Pierced (Andy Cantrell, Alec Raffin, Miyuki Seko, Phoebe Southwood, 20 min.) contains interviews with students who engage in body piercing for social and cosmetic reasons. Driving (Will Kessler, 12 min.) explores the challeges of creating a documentary film about driving cars as a class assignment. Women on Men on Women on Men (Mary Funsten, Daniel Leighton, 30 min.) explores male and female college student's attitudes towards sexual stereotypes, sex roles and relationships between women and men.
- With thanks to B. Ruby Rich (instructor) and the students of Documentary Film (Film 28B) and Jack Potter and Lucien Taylor (instructors) and the students of Ethnographic Film (Anthro. 138B), Spring Semester, 1993. DVD 4451; also Video/C 3233
- With thanks to B. Ruby Rich (instructor) and the students of Documentary Film (Film 28B) and Jack Potter and Lucien Taylor (instructors) and the students of Ethnographic Film (Anthro. 138B), Spring Semester, 1993. DVD 4451; also Video/C 3233
- Student Films. 1993.
- Contents: Vagabonds (George Pelonis, Andy Kuno, 23 min.) contains interviews with students concerning their attitudes towards the homeless and interviews with homeless persons living on the streets of Berkeley, Calif. In I See Black, UC Black (Joe Robert Cole, Anthony Ugorji, Korina Jocson, 34 min.) Afro-American students discuss their expectations and experiences in their Afro-American studies classes. Includes interviews with UCB Afro-American Studies faculty members.
- Produced by students enrolled in Documentary Film (Film 28B) at UCB. Instructor: B. Ruby Rich. DVD 4500; also VHS Video/C 3276
- Produced by students enrolled in Documentary Film (Film 28B) at UCB. Instructor: B. Ruby Rich. DVD 4500; also VHS Video/C 3276
- Student Films. 1993.
- Struggle, a Fight for Education (Eric Meyer, 16 min.) examines faculty and student attitudes towards the Third World Strike at UCB in which students demonstrated hoping to force the university to commit to a multi-racial, multi-cultural learning process. Wasted (Michael Miller, 46 min.) is an expose of alcohol abuse among college students. Comes Love: Institutions, Love, Marriage, Sex? (Donna Lee, 34 min.) presents Asian, Jewish and East Indian women students discussing their expectations of marriage and the conflicting expectations for women in their various cultures. [Untitled piece] by John Martinez (26 min.) explores the financial difficulties experienced by students at UCB and student experiences seeking financial assistance from the Financial Aid Office. Also includes interviews with Financial Aid Office personnel.
- Produced by students enrolled in Documentary Film (Film 28B) at UCB. Instructor: B. Ruby Rich. Performers: Professors: Carlos Munoz, Margarita Melville, Ling Chi Wang, Ron Takaki, Terry Wilson; Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien (1st work). DVD 5375; vhs Video/C 3278
- Produced by students enrolled in Documentary Film (Film 28B) at UCB. Instructor: B. Ruby Rich. Performers: Professors: Carlos Munoz, Margarita Melville, Ling Chi Wang, Ron Takaki, Terry Wilson; Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien (1st work). DVD 5375; vhs Video/C 3278
- Student Films. 1993.
- Contents: Eating (Leah Potter, Joshua Greenberg, 24 min.) contains interviews with students and food service personnel concerning the quality of food in the university dining commons. Sisters (Elizabeth Valentine, 30 min.) contains interviews with sorority members concerning why they chose to join a sorority, their expectations and experiences within the sorority. Abortion: Murder or Choice (Reuben Antman, Brent Petersen, 21 min.) examines the pro-life view of abortion and dissenting opinions from that view. Includes interviews with representatives from California Right to Life (Camille Giglio), Birthright (Helen Starosciak), Womanity, which promotes sexual abstinence (Pat Driscoll), Planned Parenthood, a private physician and a high school instructor. Berkeley in the 90's: What Happened to Student Activism? Jason Leal, Tom Pollock, 26 min.) interviews currently enrolled students at UCB concerning why the present generation does not engage in political activism as was done in the 1960's. Includes interviews with now middle-aged Free Speech Movement activists. DVD 4501; also VHS Video/C 3277
2003
- Graduate School of Journalism. Dialogues: Documentaries from the Graduate School of Journalism, UCB, March 20, 2003.
- Contents: In whose interest? / David Kaplowitz (27 min.) -- Afghan Elvis / Matthew MacLean (27 min.) -- In good faith / Kelly Davis, Megan Lardner (22 min.) -- Celestial real estate / Yvonne Kennedy (24 min.).
In whose interest?: A polemic look at the casualties of U.S. foreign policy after World War II with particular reference to Guatemala, Vietnam, East Timor, El Salvador and Israel. Afghan Elvis: Presents the trials, both political and spiritual, of local Afghan American youths struggling to understand and appreciate the rich artistic and musical heritage of a country with a volatile history. In Good faith: Investigates the effects of the construction of a Nissan manufacturing plant on property owners in Canton, Mississippi. Celestial real estate: Looks at the burial industry, the selling of plots and ceremonies. 100 min. DVD 7762; vhs Video/C 9466
- Talk to Me: A Documentary Film About Children with Autism
- Looks at the lives of three children with autism who attend public school in Oakland, California, following them from the time they get up in the morning to the time they go to sleep at night. Provides a look into the daily lives of families from various socio-economic and racial backgrounds struggling with the disorder and sheds light on which families receive services for their special needs children, which families don't, and why. Produced, directed and edited by Vanessa Kaneshiro as a masters thesis for the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley. 2003. 27 min. DVD 7759 [preservation copy]; vhs Video/C 9627
2002
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2002.
- Shaping Identities Through Community
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2002.
- These documentaries explore the forces that initiate change in communities, and the critical role of entertainment in shaping collective identity. Contents, Part 1: Step Show: Portrait of a Black Fraternity (Marcie Aroy, Beverley Oden, 23 min.): Reveals 'stepping' as a historically moored talent some African American students cultivate alongside more traditional academic pursuits. Band (Amy L. Brooks, Amy Scott, 24 min.): Captures the humor and pathos of the underdogs of middle-class suburbia: the high school team band. W.A.T.T.S.: We Are Taught to Survive (Richard Adams, 23 min.): Gains unmitigated access to the peace treaty signed by rival gangs in South Central L.A. and the ongoing struggles for a peaceful community. Switch on Bhutan (Alexis Bloom, Tshewant Dendup, 24 min.): Points to the diverse implications of media as it tracks the entry of TV and the Internet in Bhutan. Contents, Part 2: The Wolf (55 min.): Filmmaker Peter Nicks courageously examines his own story of drug addiction and the complex nature of addiction. Through interviews with family, friends, the federal agent who arrested him, his judge, lawyer, probation officer and others, Nicks explores issues of adoption, race, privilege, influential friendships and family tensions.
Curated by Maryam Gharavi and Zeynep Gursel. Produced as thesis projects by students enrolled in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. 151 min. DVD 7770; vhs Video/C 8776
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2002.
- The Student: Individuals and Institutions
- What individual and institutional influences are at work in shaping our personal and national identities? Students of the anthropology, ethnic studies, and film departments delve into these issues in nine short documentaries. Contents: Federally Expressed (Stan Yan, 9 min.): Offers a positive glimpse into the lives of U.S. postal carriers. Circumstances of Life (Vince Navarro, 9 min.): Chronicles a father's love for his family and his native Mexico. My Daddy is Elvis (Kat Schuchter, 9 min.): Looks at youthful embarrassment replaced by adult pride in dealing with a father who moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. Exposed! (Deanna Bernard, 10 min.): A moving account of molestation. Stripped Dreams (Glenn Williams, 10 min.): Examines the financial trap of the world of exotic dancing. Infective Thoughts (Seth Simchowitz, 11 min.): Illustrates the potentially horrifying ramifications of unprotected infidelity. War on Drugs: Truth or D.A.R.E? (Eugene Choi, Yosef Girmay, Mike Hegazy, Jessica Martinez (23 min.): Exposes the propaganda of politicians and corporations that influence drug policy. Modern Paranoia (David Kizler, 7 min.): Examines the fears that modern technology has created in the information age. Prison: A Proclamation for Emancipation (Jesus Ayala, Donnie Martin, Juan Antonio Ochoa, Andrea Pakieser, 20 min.): Elucidates the exploitation of prison workers by capitalism.
Films produced by students of the Anthropology, Ethnic Studies and Film Departments at the University of California, Berkeley. 108 min. DVD 7768; vhs Video/C 8764
- Film and Video Makers at Cal 2002.
- Validating Existence: Experimental Works
- From lyrical, meditative pieces to experiments with found footage, these works in their diversity of styles, moods and content invite the viewer to take pleasure in the aesthetics and fun of day-to-day life. Themes include sexual identity, everyday activities and personal history as informed by culture. Contents: Love Picture, by Ian Kibbey (5 min.) -- Dreams of Wingless Flight, by Maryam Gharavi (4 min.) -- My Window, by Franck Rey-Herme (6 min.) -- K.I.P., by Nguyen Tan Hoang (4 min.) -- Do a Little Dance, Keren Albala (2 min.) -- Sometimes I Wonder, by Vince Navarro (4 min.) -- Traveling, by Erick Fefferman (7 min.) -- Simple, NM (13 min.) -- Counterfeit Film, by Brett Simon (3 min.) -- Dream a Life Like Dream Like Life, by Keith Telfeyan (4 min.) -- Sweat Pants, by John O'Malley (2 min.) --Before the Pale People, by Juan A. Gomez-Quinones (5 min.) -- [Untitled], by Rich Tate (8 min.) -- Hair Cut, by Matt Constantine (3 min.) -- I (heart) GWB, by Brenda Jean Grell (6 min.).
Experimental films produced by students or the Film Studies and Art Practice Departments at the University of California, Berkeley. Shown at the Pacific Film Archive, April 14, 2002. DVD 7769; vhs Video/C 8860
- Pinned: My Life as a High School Wrestler
- A graduate college student returns to Bellarmine College Preparatory school where he revisits his experiences on the high school wresting team. Includes scenes of training and interviews with coaches. Written, directed and photographed by Dan McKinney. 2002. 27 min. DVD 7789; vhs Video/C 9096
2001
- Graduate School of Journalism. Documentaries, April 15, 2001.
- Chavez Ravine (Lisa Munoz; 22 min.): Uncovers a lost Chicano community beneath present-day Dodger Stadium. Through archival footage and interviews with former residents, the filmmaker offers a gripping historical account of a people stripped of their land. Forever Fourteen (Kelly St. John; 24 min.): Looks back at the murder of a girl during the filmmakers' own adolescence and examines how the tragedy has affected the lives of the victim's loved ones and those of complete strangers. Screw Your Courage (Zsuzsanna Varga; 26 min.): A backstage peek into a midnight Shakespeare program designed to keep young people off the city streets.
- Produced as thesis projects from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Curated by Jennifer Paige and Brett Simon. 2001. 72 min. total running time. DVD 7787; vhs Video/C 7891
- Produced as thesis projects from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Curated by Jennifer Paige and Brett Simon. 2001. 72 min. total running time. DVD 7787; vhs Video/C 7891
- W.A.T.T.S.: We are Taught to Survive
- Gains unmitigated access to the peace treaty signed by rival gangs in South Central Los Angeles and the ongoing struggles for a peaceful community. Includes interviews with members of the Crips and Bloods gangs.Produced, edited and photographed by Richard Adams. Produced as a thesis project for the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. 2001. 23 min. Video/C 9168
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2000
- Graduate School of Journalism. Documentaries from the School of Journalism. March 19, 2000.
- Contents: Danny and the Scatman (produced and directed by Peter Nicks, color, 27 min.): Examines the two parallel lives of Danny Kremer, a boy from Pittsburgh who aspires to be a filmmaker, and John "Scatman" Larkin, an established jazz musician, who's creative passions, lighthearted approaches to life and force of will allow them to surpass their speech impediments. Comrades (Edward Wong, color and b&w, 27 min.): explores the lives of two men involved in revolutionary movements, struggling to apply political ideology to societal realities. The Documentary parallels their experiences from Maoist China to the Red Guard youth movement in San Francisco's Chinatown. Highway of Dreams (written and produced by Nandi Pointer, color and b&w, 27 min.): investigates the impact of freeway construction and suburban flight on a community in West Oakland, California. Focusing on her family's experiences while drawing on a wide range of historical sources, the filmmaker paints an eloquent picture of a divided community with increasing socioeconomic stratification.
Curated by Amy Corbin and Laura Merians. 81 min. total running time. DVD 7786; vhs Video/C 6923
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1999
- Graduate School of Journalism. Documentaries from the School of Journalism. Spring 1999.
- Contents: Fillmore No More (Charlotte Fadipe, Josiah Hooper, 27 min.): a documentary about the negative social impact of redevelopment in the Fillmore District of San Francisco. Red, White, Blue November (Sapana Sakya, Saidah Said, 28 min.): Explores the Hmong American experience through the Thao family living in Fresno as they adjust to life in California. Grandma's Hands (Jennifer Paige, 28 min.): An intimate look at grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, mostly in response to their children's drug addiction. In honest reflective interviews, grandparents speak about how their lives have changed from retirement to active parenting. Tango 73: A Bus Rider's Diary (Gabriela Quiros, 28 min.): Meet the people who must ride on buses: a feisty nanny, a disabled activist, a Mexican grandmother and an unpolitically correct bus driver.
- Produced by students enrolled in the UCB School of Journalism, March 15, 1999. Curated by Caitlin Green and Jessica Vargas. 111 min. total running time. DVD 7338; vhs Video/C 6092
- Produced by students enrolled in the UCB School of Journalism, March 15, 1999. Curated by Caitlin Green and Jessica Vargas. 111 min. total running time. DVD 7338; vhs Video/C 6092
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Student Writing About Film & Video
Vanishing Son: The Appearance, Disappearance, and Assimilation of the Asian-American Man in American Mainstream Media, by Amy Kashiwabara (Political Science, UCB)
Papers on Luis Bunuel -- Film 51 (Linda Williams)
- Impossibility and Illusion, by Lindsay Krisel
Comments on Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan, by Doug Spurling
Love, Lava and Lavatories, by Franci Arzt
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Defining the Surrealist Act in Film, by Matthew Thatcher
Swamp Fever: Not Quite Saturday Night, by Benjamin Rubin
Reality and Paradox in Un Chien Andalou, by Taro Goto
- Papers on John Wayne -- Mass Communications 10; Fall 1999 (Tom Leonard)
- Propaganda and American Values in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, by Laurel Westbrook
Thou Shalt Not Lie, by Danny Andrews
John Wayne's America: Rio Grande by Brianna Keilar
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