OJ - 18 - AIDS: Unconditional Love The Aids Heartline Story (30 min.)
OJ - 20 - BELINDA (30 min.)
An inspiring and insightful documentary on one woman's life with AIDS in rural Appalachia. This is a film which documents the life and words of Belinda Mason who describes herself as "a small town journalist, a young mother, a reliable Tupperware party guest". Heartwarming and humorous, this film powerfully portrays the often overlooked issues rural AIDS and women with AIDS. Belinda served on the President's National Commission on AIDS and has much to say in this film. (1992 Appalshop; 29 minutes).
OJ - 25 Ugandan AIDS Project
OJ-07 Be Transformed
What does it mean to be transformed? For nearly 50 years, your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering came to the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief, which has assisted in the physical and spiritual transformation of people in need throughout the world. In this video, three annual "One Great Hour of Sharing" videos have been combined into one tape. The videos include: "Dare to Share" (1996); "Open Wide Your Hearts" (1997); and "Fabric of Faith" (1995).CEA - 27 - FAITHFUL DEFIANCE ~ A portrait of Desmond Tutu
OJ - 17 - THE GOOD SOCIETYThe Episcopal Raido-TV Foundation, Inc and Bill Moyers of Public Affairs Television, Inc. have co-produced a two-part series as part of the on-going PBS series "Listening to America with Bill Moyers".
OJ - 22 The Healing River
Introduces a stream of ordinary people whose passion for being faithful disciples of Jesus calls them to confront racism on death row, care for survivors of sexual abuse, live on the streets with the homeless, exchange traditional parenting roles, care for the earth using solar ovens and bicycles, and create a mural-maze symbolizing 100,000 war dead. The Healing River and the discussions it creates will help you discover ways you can follow the teachings of Jesus today.
OJ - 09 Here Am I, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathon Daniels
In the spring of 1965, Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a 26-year-old student at an Episcopal seminary, became one of many young Americans who answered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to help register African-American voters in Alabama. By the following August, Daniels was dead - shot by a sheriff's deputy. His last act was pulling a young black woman out of the line of fire. "Here Am I, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels" is an outstanding and inspiring new documentary narrated by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston. Scripted largely in Daniel's own written words, it features stirring television footage and interviews with leaders from the civil rights era.
OJ - 24 In As Much As
R&E - 24 - MAKING AN IMPACT WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS VALUES (15 min.)
Do people in your congregation wonder why religious groups work on issues before U.S. Congress? Do you have a hard time explaining just how your national organization works on public policy?
OJ - 15 - SPIRITUALITY AND JUSTICE
This three-part video tape explores the connection between Christian spiritual formation and the promotion of justice.
Part 1 - "The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me" Archbishop Tules
Part 2 - "Can We Drink the Cup of Justice?" Margaret Farley
Part 3 - "The Church is God's Justice" Stanley M. HauerevasOJ-13 Through the Eyes of Children
A 10-minute video created to help promote and interpret the One Great Hour of Sharing offering, and to celebrate its 50th anniversary. One Great Hour of Sharing provides disaster relief, development aid, and refugee
resettlement assistance to people in more than 100 countries around the
world, including the United States and Canada.OJ-10- WHERE ARE THE BEANS? (13 min.)In 1993 Linda Shelly Visited La Esperanza, Honduras, Where she had lived for several years on an MCC assignment. Even though her Honduran farmer friends had a good bean harvest that year, they did not have enough beans to feed their families. Linda began to ask her friends, "Where are the beans?"
CEA - 20 - BIBLICAL REFLECTIONS ON PEACE
Reflections of Bishop Mark on (1) The vision of God/the vision of Peace - 9 minutes (2) The spirituality of peacemaking - 16 minutes (3) Prayer and Peace - 12 minutes. Produced 1986 as part of a study within the Anglican communion on issues of peace and justice. Study guide available.
OJ - 23 - SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS 18 minutes
Narrated by Susan Sarandon
Using rarely-seen footage, the program shows how officers who studied at the school are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people - including Archbishop Romero of El Salvador. The camera reveals the hidden world of the School of the Americas, and the work of church people, activists and members of Congress to close it down.
OJ - 16 - ROSES IN DECEMBER (55 min.)
On December 2, 1980, lay missioner Jean Donavan and three American nuns were brutally murdered by members of El Salvador's security force. With compassion and sensitivity, the video chronicles Jean's brief life from her affluent childhood in Connecticut to her decision to volunteer with the Maryknolls in El Salvador to her tragic death. It is an eloquent memorial to her commitment and a powerful indictment of U.S. foreign policy in Central America.
OJ - 25 Ugandan AIDS Project
R&E - 21 - THE WOMEN WILL (28 min.)
The Kenya Area Women's Project shows American women trainers working with Kenyan women, Kenyan women working with others and a few of the projects which grew out of their work. The Kenyan women tell their own stories and reveal their excitement and feelings as they help one another discover their talents and abilities. (One in the Spirit Series)
OJ - 08 - WORLD MISSION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, "WE ARE ALL CALLED"
Have you ever had a strong feeling of rightness, a sense of a call from the Lord, affirming where you are and what you are doing? In the beginning of "We are all Called," a missionary in Africa speaks of how sure she is that "This is where God wants me to be." How would you interpret the statement, often made in Church and represented in this video, that we constitute "one family in Christ?" Do you believe this? Have you ever felt it? Has your parish been engaged in any of the mission activities described in this video?
OJ - 21 - Defining Common Threads
A meeting of Diocesan Racism Commissions. This is an edited version of a satellite teleconference which linked sites all over the Episcopal Church in order for Episcopalians on Racism Commissions to discuss projects, issues and progress in their prospective areas. 1993 - 70 minutes.
OJ - 12 - ECLIPSE OF REASON (15 min.)
Uses new film technology to show a late abortion. The National Organization of Episcopalians for Life sent copies to diocesan bishops with the note: "A powerful video...straightforward and scientific...(about) the humanity of the child in utero, the legality of that child's destruction...and the need to protect this most vulnerable of human beings...A difficult viewing experience.....needs to be seen..."
R&E - 4 - FRESH WINDS BLOWING (75 min.)
Highlights from the ordination and consecration of Barbara C. Harris as the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. Includes a short biography of the new Suffragan of Massachusetts and provides background material, including historical data and a frank discussion of the controversy surrounding this historic event.
OJ - 19 - MORE THAN A PAYCHECK (14 min.)
Produced by the Diocese of Michigan Economic Justice Implementation Committee, this tape explores the ways in which congregations can be involved in the Economic Justice work of the Episcopal Church. This is an exciting introduction to the Episcopal Church's ministry in Economic Justice.
OJ - 11 - (IN)DIGNITY OF AGING, THE
Capsule version of a three-hour satellite teleconference on aging. Challenges churches and individuals to become more aware of the ministry of the older persons. Bishop Mark made a presentation entitled, "A Ministry of Compassion." A study guide is available.
MOYERS ON ADDICTION – CLOSE TO HOME 5 cassettes
OJ – 01 – Portrait of Addiction 60 minutes
In the program nine men and women – all recovering from drug and/or alcohol addiction tell their stories. This candid testimony from people who have been there leaves little doubt that addiction can happen to anyone and so can recovery.
OJ – 02 – The Hijacked Brain 60 minutes
Aided by powerful new diagnostic tools, scientists are making dramatic discoveries about how addiction affects the brain. In this program, Moyers goes into the laboratory to follow researchers engaged in charting an "image of desire in the brain".
OJ - 03 - The Politics of Addiction 60 minutes
The story of how our society meets the challenge of translating what scientists, doctors, counselors, and recovering addicts have learned into rational public policy is complex and sometimes contradictory.. This video looks at Arizona’s recent struggle to find an alternative to current policies and in Washington, members of Congress, doctors and policy activists join in a movement with recovering people that is pushing for new public policy.
OJ -04 - Changing Lives 90 minutes
While addiction may cause similar changes in the brains of different people, recovery is a very individual solution. Changing behavior is the aim of treatment, but no single treatment program will work for all addicts. The program visits several treatment programs and interviews recovering addicts.
OJ - 05 - The Next Generation 60 minutes
Experts are increasingly focusing on prevention efforts based on community and family. This documentary looks at two of those efforts. One works with parents addicted to heroin by teaching them how to repair the damage to family wrought by drug abuse, and in spite of it, how to raise strong, resilient children. The second program explores kids at risk of becoming drug addicts and offers immediate counseling for those who already involved with drugs. Nicotine addiction is also addressed by this program.
CEY - 29 - OPEN MY EYES (28 min.)
The Episcopal Youth Event, San Antonio, where 1,640 teens gathered for a five-day experience, July, 1987. Students share ideas and concerns. Produced by the Episcopal Church.
