Rites of passage videos DIGEST

Fri Oct 17 15:03:50 EDT 2003

Message 1:
From: "Susan Rice" <brena92 at usadatanet.net>

planned parenthood has a whole library

-------------------------------------------
Message 2:
From: "John Gwinn" <pctv at mtn.org>

You should consider showing videos about youth rites of passage that are 
made by other youth.

Much more on the level than the preachy adult-made videos...and there is a 
ton of quality work out there.

Check here for some examples:
www.YMDi.org
www.listenup.org

John Gwinn
Minneapolis

-------------------------------------------
Message 3:
From: David Kay <dkay at iba-etc.org>

Here are some amazing videos from Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally (see below 
and  http://mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/ToughGuise) at the Media Education Foundation with brilliant curriculum.

Also Byron Hurt has produced an incredible video called I Am a Man on the 
social constructions of black masculinity in America -- check out http://www.bhurt.com/  He also is producing a bold, ground-breaking 60-minute documentary film 
that will take an in-depth look at machismo in rap music and hip-hop 
culture called Beyond Beats and Rymes.

For a list of incredible videos around critical "rites of passage" issues 
in the following areas, check out:

http://www.mediaed.org and then click on videos or search in the following=20 categories...

Media Literacy and Media Education
Culture and Communication
Commercialism, Corporatization, and Globalization
Gender: Women, Girls and Sexism
Gender: Men, Masculinity and Sexism
Race and Ethnic Studies
LGBT and Sexual Orientation Issues
Diversity and Social Justice Issues
Health and Prevention
Youth Development and Youth Activism
Violence Prevention
Education and Curriculum Development

<p>Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity:=20

While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the 
dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained largely 
invisible.

Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high 
school students to systematically examine the relationship between 
pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine = identities 
in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century. In this innovative and 
wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that widespread  violence in 
American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, 
Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as 
part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. This exciting new media literacy 
tool--  utilizing racially diverse subject matter and examples-- will 
enlighten and provoke students (both males and females) to evaluate their 
own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity. 

Tough Guise was named one of the Top Ten Young Adult Videos for 2000 by 
the American Library Association. It has become a staple in college 
communication, sociology, gender studies, psychology, criminology and 
linguistics courses, as well as numerous high school courses. It is 
regularly used by educators in the battered women's and rape crisis 
movements, and counselors in the batterer intervention field. It has been 
seen by over 3 million people.=20

<p>Wrestling With Manhood Boys, Bullying, and Battering (with Sut Jhally):

Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention 
to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, 
addressing its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social 
values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force. Richly illustrating 
their analysis with numerous examples, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz the 
award-winning creators of the videos Dreamworlds and Tough Guise, 
respectively offer a new way to think about the enduring problems of 
men=92s violence against women and bullying in our schools. Drawing the 
connection between professional wrestling and the construction of 
contemporary masculinity, they show how so-called entertainment=94 is 
related to homophobia, sexual assault and relationship violence. They 
further argue that to not engage with wrestling in a serious manner allows 
cynical romoters of violence and sexism an uncontested role in the process 
by which boys become =93men.=94 Designed to engage the wrestling fan as 
well as the cultural analyst, Wrestling with Manhood will provoke spirited 
debate about some of our most serious social problems.

I Am A Man

Project Summary
Is there such a thing as black masculinity in America? What are some of 
the ways in which black masculinity differs from white masculinity? How 
has racism, sexism, homophobia and the threat of violence helped shape 
black masculine identity in American culture? How does Cool Pose help 
black males attain masculine identity? How do gay black men define 
masculinity?

Former Northeastern University Quarterback Byron Hurt powerfully examines 
these and other issues in I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America, a 
60-minute, award-winning documentary video that poignantly captures the 
thoughts and feelings of African-American men and women from more than 15 
cities and towns across America. I Am A Man links everyday black men from 
various socioeconomic backgrounds with some of Black America's most 
progressive academics, social critics and authors to provide an engaging, 
candid dialogue on black masculine identity in American culture.=20

I Am A Man features cultural critics bell hooks and Michael Eric Dyson; 
the late historian John Henrick Clarke; hip-hop writer, author and 
activist Kevin Powell; human rights activist and former mayor of Atlanta, 
Andrew Young; renown psychiatrist Dr. Alvin Poussaint; entertainer MC 
Hammer, and several African-American men and women from across the 
country. 
I Am A Man won the International Prized Pieces Community Choice Award and 
has been shown at more than 80 colleges and universities across the 
country.  I Am A Man was funded by the echoing green foundation, the Lotus 
Development Corporation and IBM Company, the Massachusetts Foundation for 
the Humanities and the National Black Programming Consortium.=20

Beyond Beats and Rhymes will be a bold, ground-breaking 60-minute 
documentary film that will take an in-depth look at machismo in rap music 
and hip-hop culture.  The film will include intelligent, divergent voices 
of rap fans and social critics from inside and outside the hip-hop 
generation who will speak candidly about the struggle to negotiate the 
exciting creativity, addictive rhythms and intoxicating beats of rap 
music, and the blatant misogyny, cavalier violence and deeply rooted 
homophobia that permeate the art form. =20

Over the course of an hour, the viewer will be prodded to think more 
deeply about violence, misogyny, and homophobia in hip-hop music within 
the context of a capitalist, patriarchal American society.

-------------------------------------------
Message 4: 
From: Noel Kriftcher <nkrift at duke.poly.edu>

Contact the Anti-Defamation League and ask about "A World of Difference" 
materials to support tolerance activities, intergroup understanding, 
self-esteem, etc.  They're at 823 United National Plaza in New York City.
                NNK
_____________________________________________________
Dr. Noel N. Kriftcher, Executive Director
David Packard Center for Technology and Educational Alliances
Polytechnic University
Six MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
Tel. (718) 260-3524            Fax. (718) 260-3733

-------------------------------------------
Message 5: 
From: "Shannon Smith" <ShannonS at bgclublb.org>

Hi Sarah, 
I can truly relate to what you are going through right now. I have found 
that if you go online and try looking up Borders Books Store, they have a 
lot of information in regards to what you are requesting. I have a 
magazine that has a list of videos for adolescents, as soon as I find the 
magazine I will definitely email you back and give you the information.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
YouthLearn ( http://www.youthlearn.org ) brings together youth
professionals to share information on using technology to create
exciting learning environments. YouthLearn was created by the
Morino Institute ( http://www.morino.org ) and is now an Initiative
at Education Development Center ( http://www.edc.org ). We hope
this list assists you in your efforts to make a difference in the
lives and potential of young people.

Tips:
* To post a message to this group, send an email to
mailto:youthlearn at mail.edc.org

* To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list or
to receive YouthLearn in digest form, go to
http://www.youthlearn.org/join/subscribe.html

* To search the YouthLearn archives, go to
http://www.edc.org/hypermail/youthlearn/

* To contact the list facilitator, send an email to
mailto:info at youthlearn.org