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FILM LIBRARY: YOUTH VIEWS

Youth Views Advisory Board members selected these particular films and created peer engagement toolkits to accompany them because they believe they address important issues that impact youth across the nation.

Farmingville
by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini

The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia. For nearly a year, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini lived and worked in Farmingville, New York, so they could capture first-hand the stories of residents, day laborers and activists on all sides of the debate. This timely and powerful film is more than a story about illegal immigration. Ultimately it challenges viewers to ask what the "American dream" really means. An Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) co-presentation. An Active Voice selection. A 2004 Election Issue Special.

Work with this film:
Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit | Discussion Guide | Further Reading List | Lesson Plan | Resource Guide

Georgie Girl
by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells

Born George Beyer, one-time prostitute-turned-politician, Georgina Beyer was elected to New Zealand's Parliament in 1999, becoming the world's first transsexual to hold a national office. Amazingly, a mostly white, conservative, rural constituency voted this former sex worker of Maori descent into office. Chronicling Georgina's transformations from farm boy to celebrated cabaret diva to grassroots community leader, "Georgie Girl" couples interviews and images of Beyer's nightclub and film performances with footage showing a day in the life of this New Zealand Member of Parliament. The film presents a remarkable account of Beyer's precedent-setting accomplishment, revealing her intelligence, charisma and humor.

This film is only available in our free lending library for Youth Views screenings.

Work with this film:
Borrow a DVD & Host a Screening | Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit | Discussion Guide | Further Reading List

In the Light of Reverence
by Christopher McLeod

Devils Tower. The Four Corners. Mount Shasta. All places of extraordinary beauty — and impassioned controversy — as Indians and non-Indians struggle to co-exist with very different ideas about how the land should be used. For Native Americans, the land is sacred and akin to the world's greatest cathedrals. For others, the land should be used for industry and recreation.

This film is only available in our free lending library for Youth Views screenings.

Work with this film:
Borrow a DVD & Host a Screening | Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit | Discussion Guide | Further Reading List | Lesson Plan

Kelly Loves Tony
by Spencer Nakasako

She's a straight-A student; he's trying to leave gang life behind. A camcorder becomes both witness and confidante for these markedly singular, yet utterly typical teens as they self-document the trials of growing up too fast and too soon in America. Emmy award winning filmmaker Spencer Nakasako deftly guides this video diary of a young Southeast Asian couple wrestling with the demands of parenting, love, dreams and disillusionment in the nebulous cultural zone between first and second generation immigrant life.

This film is only available in our free lending library for Youth Views screenings.

Work with this film:
Borrow a DVD & Host a Screening | Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story
by Eric Paul Fournier

Fred Korematsu was probably never more American than when he resisted, and then challenged in court, the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Korematsu lost his landmark Supreme Court case in 1944, but never his indignation and resolve. "Of Civil Wrongs and Rights" is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Korematsu — one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory.

This film is only available in our free lending library for Youth Views screenings.

Work with this film:
Borrow a DVD & Host a Screening | Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit | Further Reading List

¡Palante Siempre Palante! The Young Lords
by Iris Morales

They were leaders of the Young Lords Party, the militant Puerto Rican civil rights organization based in New York. Today, many are notable mainstream journalists, including Juan Gonzalez, Felipe Luciano and Pablo Guzman. Iris Morales makes history come alive as veterans of the movement recall their fight for equality, jobs, health care and education.

This film is only available in our free lending library for Youth Views screenings.

Work with this film:
Borrow a DVD & Host a Screening | Buy the Film | Visit P.O.V. Film Website

Downloadable materials:
Peer Engagement Toolkit

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