International Relations

     

A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH GLOBALIZATION

DVD0335
As globalization gains momentum, industrialized and developing countries are, to a greater or lesser extent, becoming increasingly similar, with middle-class luxury and abject poverty coexisting side by side. This program explores the repercussions of globalization as well as a growing resentment toward the G8 countries and nongovernmental organizations. Concerns over third-world debt, environmental degradation, biodiversity, the concentration of power, and the future of democracy are aired by globally oriented young adults who are poised to inherit a world without borders…or rules.
26min
Films Media Group
Church Use Permitted

MORRISTOWN VIDEO LETTERS

DVD0204
In Tennessee, in Mexico, and on the U S.-Mexican border, workers talk about life, work, disappointment, and hope. Common threads in these accounts - poverty, migration, insecurity, exploitation, the need to organize offer a working class critique of globalization. This is a long tape meant to be used in segments.
Available in both English and Spanish.

60min
Anne Lewis & Appalshop
2004
Church Use Permitted

NOW THE BILL MOYERS: LEASING THE RAIN

VT3260
In many countries, water is as scarce as liquid gold, and water rights bought up by multinational corporations, pitting those who need it against those who want a profit. NOW's David Murdock and William Finnegan report from Bolivia on protests in collaboration with Frontline/World. Noreena Hertz looks at other protests over globalization.
60min
2002
Church Use Permitted

PALESTINE IMAGES AND SOUNDS

DVD0368
This DVD was shown at the plenary session of 2007 school of Christian Mission. It contains images and sounds from the Occupied Palestinian Territories produced for Action by Churches Together (ACT) by Paul Jeffrey.
Riah Abu El-Assal, The Anglican bishop in Jerusalem discusses the Israeli-built wall and report that "the best secure borders are reconciled neighbors.
Abigail Ozanne, United Methodist from St. Paul, MN, serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron, West Bank, tells us about the social, political and economical conditions in this area.
For more images, sounds & articles, go to ACT's website at http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/actphotos/opt3/
5min
Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Church Use Permitted

THE WEST BANK WALL: LIFE ON BOTH SIDES

DVD0336
A 600-kilometer wall of concrete and barbed wire—Israel’s official answer to Palestinian attacks. Visiting the West Bank town of Abu Dis, located on the route of the barrier, this program explains how Israel’s solution is a Palestinian problem. Abu Dis business owners, leaders, and everyday citizens communicate a painful reality: the finished wall will bar thousands from their lands and livelihoods, and from nearby Jerusalem. The program balances its perspective by interviewing fearful Israelis as well, and provides a historical outline of modern Israel’s origins, the intifadas, and the Oslo accords.
14min
Films Media Group
2003
Church Use Permitted

WHERE ARE THE BEANS?

VT3236
This tape tells the story of how globalization policies deprive Honduran farmers of their harvest. This short video traces a shortage of red beans - a staple in the diet of farm families in Honduras - not to a crop failure but to a price adjustment by the International Monetary Fund. Filmmaker Kathy Blair; narrator Bev Thompson.
13min
1995
Church Use Permitted

WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE YELLOW SCHOOL BUS?

VT3072
This documentary is about the second US-Cuba Friendshipment, and the 23 day fast in Laredo, Texas, which freed the school bus, seized by US Customs officials, and took it to Cuba. This is an excellent introduction to the US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravans, since it shows the collecting of aid, the caravan in action, and the delivery of aid in Cuba.
25min
1993
Church Use Permitted