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Race : the power of an illusion / produced by California Newsreel ; in association with the Independent Television Service ; series creator /executive producer, Larry Adelman ; series co-producer, Jean Cheng.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism--Economic aspects--United States.
- Racism.
- Race relations.
- Race--Social aspects--United States.
- Race.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Human genetics--Social aspects.
- Human genetics.
- Race--Economic aspects.
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Eugenics.
- Mitochondrial DNA.
- Race--Social aspects.
- Racism--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- History.
- Mitochondrial DNA--Analysis.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- History.
- Documentary television programs.
- Streaming video.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 video files, approximately 171 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Power of an illusion
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California, USA] : California Newsreel, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- This series challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This ... series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped by our history, social institutions and cultural beliefs. Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race.
- Contents:
- Episode 1 The difference between us / written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommers (57 min.)
- Episode 2 The story we tell / written, produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain (57 min.)
- Episode 3 The house we live in / written, produced and directed by Llewellyn M. Smith (57 min.).
- Participant:
- Narrator: C.C.H. Pounder.
- Credits:
- Music, Claudio Ragazzi ; editors, Chuck Scott, Andrea Williams (episode 1), Randall MacLowry, Cob Carlson (episode 2), and Bernice Schneider (episode 3) ; camera, Thomas Fahey (episodes 1 and 3) and Tom Curran, Peter Nelson, Michael Anderson, Richard S. Butler (episode 2).
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2003.
- OCLC:
- 956893425
- Publisher Number:
- 1066397 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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