Race the power of an illusion

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DVD

Race [videorecording] : 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.

Pounder, C. C. H. (Narrator). Adelman, Larry. (Producer). Cheng, Jean. (Producer). Herbes-Sommers, Christine. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Strain, Tracy Heather. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Smith, Llewellyn. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Ragazzi, Claudio. (Composer). California Newsreel (Firm) (Added Author). Independent Television Service. (Added Author). Ford Foundation. (Added Author). Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (Added Author).

Summary:

[This series] challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups, telling 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 p. ; 18 cm.)
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally produced in 2003.

Includes excerpted versions of each episode.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:: 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).
Participant or Performer Note:: Narrator, C.C.H. Pounder.
Funding Information Note:: Major funding provided by the Ford Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
System Details Note:: DVD; NTSC.
Language Note:: English audio; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.