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Films Used in UGC Courses
By Instructor, Alphabetical Listing

Arranged By Instructor: A-M and N-Z

A-M

Dr. Warren Barbour

Out of The Past Series (RKO)

Genre: Documentary / Detective and Mystery Film
Year: 1981-2000
Volume Subjects: New Worlds, The Hearth, Artisans and Traders, Signs and Symbols, Power, Prestige, and Wealth, Realms, Spirit World, Collapse
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: Varies
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Warren Barbour (UGC 112)

Dr. Helju Bennett

Baltic Tragedy (International Historic Films )

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects:
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 2 Hours, 28 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: Baltic Region, Hitler, Russian Wars, World War II
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Battle of Russia (Special Service Division, Army Service Forces)

Genre: Historic Film
Year: 1944
Subjects: Russia, Nazi Invasion, World War II, Battle of Stalingrad
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hour 12 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Burnt by the Sun (Mikhalkov)

Genre: Drama / Film
Year: 1995
Subjects: Russian Revolution, Russia
Rated: R: Restricted
Run Time: 2 Hours 14 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: Sony Pictures Classics
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Making of Russia 1480-1860 (Landmark Films)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: Russian History, Muscovy, Siberian Conquest, Peter the Great
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Mao Years, The

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1994
Subjects: China, Communist Rule, Mao Tse Tung, History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Mighty Fistful (KCET Los Angeles)

Genre: Documentary / Music
Year: 1990
Subjects: Music, Russian History, Russian Music Styles,
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Ninotchka (MGM Films)

Genre: Drama
Year: 1985
Subjects: Russia, Capitalism, Culture, France, Comedy
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hour 48 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Russian Avant-Garde (Films for the Humanities)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2000
Subjects: Russia, Modern Art, Soviet Art, Soviet Artists, Communism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 55 Min
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Soviet Paradise (Das Sowjet paradies)

Genre: Historic Film
Year: 1985
Subjects: Propaganda, German Propaganda, Russia, Eastern Front, WWII
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time:
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Stalin #1: Revolutionary (WGBH / PBS)

Genre: Documentary / Biography
Year: 1990
Subjects: Stalin, Biography, Czarist Communists, Russian Revolution
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 58 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Stalin #2: Despot (WGBH / PBS)

Genre: Documentary / Biography
Year: 1990
Subjects: Forced Collectivization, Stalin, Biography, Russian Revolution, Soviets, Russian Industrialization
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 58 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Stalingrad

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1998
Subjects: Warfare, Battle of Stalingrad, Russian History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 2 hours 20 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Taxi Blues (Pavel Lounguine)

Genre: Drama (Russia)
Year: 1992
Subjects: Russia, Drama, Capitalism, Culture
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hour 46 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. Helju Bennett (UGC 112)

Dr. John Larkin

And Another Family for Peace (Another Mother for Peace Inc.)

Genre: Film
Year: 1971
Subjects: Vietnam War
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 32 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Communist Triumph and Consolidation

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1972
Subjects: Japanese Surrender, WWII, Chinese Nationalists, Communism, Chinese Modern History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Mini Dragons Series

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1991
Subject Volumes: Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: Varies
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Pacific Century Video Series (PBS / Annenberg)

Genre: Documentary, Historic
Year: 1996
Subject Volumes:The Meiji Revolution, The Fight for Democracy, From the Barrel of the Gun, Writers and Revolutionaries
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: Varies
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:

Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Time of the Locust (Peter Gessner)

Genre: Documentary, Historic Film Excerpts
Year: 1966/1986 (Remaster)
Subjects: War, Vietnam War
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 55 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS), and Music Library
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 111)

Vietnam, A Television History (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1996
Subjects: Vietnam War, US Policy, 1960's-1970's US
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: Varies, 11 Volumes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: PBS Web Site
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Why Vietnam? (U.S. Dept. of Defense)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1966
Subjects: Vietnam War, US Policy Film, Propaganda, Lyndon B Johnson
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 32 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Larkin (UGC 112)

Dr. John Mohawk

Africa: The Nature of a Continent (WETA, PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1986
Subjects: World Civilizations, Ancient Civilizations, African History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
A Place Called Chiapas (Canada Wild)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1998
Subjects: Chiapas (Mexico)
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
A Clash of Cultures (BBC)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1986
Subjects: African History, Islam, African Arts & Cultures, Cultural Identities
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
China: Agony of a Giant (BBC)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1990
Subjects: 1930's China, Civil War, WWII
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
End of the Old Order

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World War I, Bolshevism, Russia History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
From the Barrel of a Gun

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1992
Subjects: Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno, Nationalist Movements, Communism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 58 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Il Grido (Michelangelo Antonioni)

Genre: Drama, Film
Year: 1957
Subjects: Italian Film
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Industrial Revolution, The (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1960
Subjects: Industrialization, Modernization, Labor
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 25 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
Islam, 600-1200

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Religions, Islam
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
Medieval London (Princeton Video)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1991
Subjects: London 1066-1500, Westminster Abbey, Black Death
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Occupied Japan: An Experiment in Democracy (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1996
Subjects: Post-War Japan, Japan History, Japan Culture
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 56 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Secret Files: Washington, Israel, and the Gulf (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1992
Subjects: Persian Gulf War, US Foreign Policy, Middle East
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 58 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
Shackles of Memory: the Atlantic Slave Trade (Michel Moreau)

Genre: Historical Film
Year: 1994
Subjects: Slavery, African-American Studies, US History, Racism, American Pluralism
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 52 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
Silk Road: Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail

Genre: Historical Film
Year: 1992
Subjects: Gobi Desert, Mongol History, China History, Central Asia
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 55 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
West and the Wider World 1500-1800, The

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: World Exploration, Colonization, Migration
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Not Available for Lending at UB
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
 
 
World in Conflict, 1929-1945

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1985
Subjects: Liberalism, Fascism, Communism, World War II, Communist Russia, Communist China
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
 
Women with Open Eyes (Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts) - Anne Laure Folly

Genre: Cinema
Year: 1994
Subjects: Africa, Africa Culture, Africa and Women, Africa Social Conditions
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 52 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
 
Secrets of Lost Empires (PBS)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2000
Subjects: London 1066-1500, Westminster Abbey, Black Death
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 60 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info: PBS / NOVA Web Site
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)
Riches of the Russian Empire (Moving Pictures)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1997
Subjects: Russian History, Russian Art & Culture, Catherine II
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 37 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

 

Women and Islam (BBC)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1994
Subjects: Arab Nations, World Religions, Feminism, Islamic Culture, Islamic History
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Status of Latina Women (KLRN)

Genre: Documentary
Year: 1993
Subjects: Hispanic American women
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Senso (Luchino Visconti)

Genre: Drama, Film
Year: 1987
Subjects: Italian History, Italian Film
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Availability: Instructional Technology Services (VHS)
Related Info:
Used By: Dr. John Mohawk (UGC 112)

Arranged By Instructor: A-M and N-Z

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