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Race: the power of an illusion.

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Race: the power of an illusion.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual DVD-1896	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Description

1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Alternative Title

Power of an illusion

Subject

Race
Human genetics
Racism
Racism > Economic aspects
Racism > Social aspects
Human genetics > Social aspects
Race > Social aspects
Race > Economic aspects
Eugenics > United States > History
Mitochondrial DNA > Analysis
United States > Race relations > History
United States > Emigration and immigration > History

Genre/Form

Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Credits (note)

Producer, Jean Cheng ; executive producer, Larry Adelman ; composer, 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) ; produced by California Newsreel ; in association with the Independent Television Service.

Language (note)

English audio; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Contents

The Difference between us / written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommers (56 min.) -- The Story we tell / written, produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain (56 min.) -- The House we live in / written, produced and directed by Llewellyn M. Smith (56 min.).

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1896

OCLC

883422715

Title

Race: the power of an illusion.

Imprint

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Credits

Producer, Jean Cheng ; executive producer, Larry Adelman ; composer, 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) ; produced by California Newsreel ; in association with the Independent Television Service.

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