Race : the power of an illusion

Pounder, C. C. H. (Added Author). Adelman, Larry. (Added Author). Herbes-Sommers, Christine. (Added Author). Strain, Tracy Heather. (Added Author). Smith, Llewellyn. (Added Author). California Newsreel (Firm) (Added Author). Independent Television Service. (Added Author).

Summary: 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.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD) + 1 guide (11 p. ; 22 cm.)
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast on PBS in 2003.
Formatted Contents Note:	episode 1. The difference between us / written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommers (56 min.) -- episode 2. The story we tell / written, produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain (56 min.) -- episode 3. The house we live in / written, produced and directed by Llewellyn M. Smith (56 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Executive producer, Larry Adelman; music, Claudio Ragazzi; editors, Chuck Scott, Andrea Williams (episode 1), Randall MacLowry, Cob Carlson (episode 2), and Bernice Schneider (episode 3); camera, Tom Fahey (episodes 1 and 3) and Tom Curran ... [et al.] (episode 2).
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: C.C.H. Pounder.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Streaming video.
System Details Note:	DVD.=540 \\ Access is restricted to College of the Rockies students, faculty, and staff.