SW 3200: Cultural Diversity: Films

In a time where the "one size fits all" concept no longer serves the needs of all consumers, retailers are making special efforts to tailor their inventories to appeal to African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans along with their Caucasian counterparts

This eye-opening documentary tells the story of the inhabitants of Seattle’s International District, a unique neighborhood where Chinese, Japanese and Filipino Americans have come together as a political and social force

Acclaimed filmmaker Wayne Wang's first feature film Chan is Missing follows the adventures of two cabbies on their search through San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with $4,000 of their money. Their quest to figure out what happened to Chan and their missing cash leads them on a humorous journey that illuminates the pitfalls of Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.

This exciting and compelling one hour documentary invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native American role models living in the U.S. Midwest

Discover the fascinating ways in which the U.S. was profoundly affected by the native cultures that were here thousands of years before the Europeans. Explore the ways in which our government, economy, agriculture, medicine, language & legal system are still influenced by Native American contributions

If genes are the canvass, is environment the brush that strokes the color and detail of who we are? This lesson surveys the nurture portion of the human equation by examining the influence of the prenatal environment, peer groups, and the power of culture. Differences in the White, Latino, Asian, and African American cultures

The film We Work Again, 1937(NAID 12322) was created by the WPA to promote the involvement and activities of African Americans who were employed with this agency.
The film contains footage of the all-black version of Macbeth. Some of the black performers were Juanita Hall, Alma Dickson, Bertram Holmes, Zola King, Josephine Williams, and Wilhelmina Williams.

Motion picture and television collections at UCLA Film & Television Archive feature titles made both by and about African Americans. These films and programs run from the silent era to modern situation comedies. They provide a unique opportunity not only to examine the history of how blacks have been represented in mainstream media, but also to view a considerable range of productions by African Americans.

This Collection consists of film and video materials from the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, the world’s largest research library and archive devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) concerns. The Collection features film and video materials that reflect the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, including interviews with pioneers of the LGBT movement such as Jim Kepner, Dorr Legg, Morris Kight, Pat Rocco, Stewart Szidak, Bob Basker, Cliff Anchor, Sarah Dreher and Samuel Steward

Egyptians, Sudanese, Bhutanese, Hablamos Espanol, Somali, Little Kurdistan