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Documentaries are available in VHS and DVD format.

The Rise and Fall of Merrill Park
A documentary that focuses on the assets needed to help a central city neighborhood thrive, and what happens when these assets dwindle (28 minutes). (Price includes taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

The Urban Irish Settlers
A documentary on one Irish urban community, and the “four P’s” or Irish urban culture—parish life, pub life, political/public life, and poetic/presentation life (42 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

Urban Indians and the Culture of Collective Action
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A documentary on the cultural practices and local contributions of North American Indians in Milwaukee (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

African Americans and the Culture of Contribution
A documentary on the fall of Bronzeville and cultural practices and local contributions of African Americans in Milwaukee (60 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

The Kashubes of Jones Island: The People That Nobody Knew
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A documentary on a fisherfolk community that once thrived in the middle of an urban center, then disappeared. The story of loss of ethnic identity. (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

Poles and Latinos on Milwaukee’s South Side: Roles of Religion and Mutual Support in Sustaining a Diverse Neighborhood
A documentary that points out the cultural similarities between Poles and Mexican Americans in one neighborhood, and the ways these groups used religion and a long chain of mutually supportive relationships to keep the neighborhood strong. (56 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

The Amazing Adaptation of the Urban Hmong
A documentary on the incredible mountain people of Southeast Asia, how thousands of Hmong happened to come to the United States, their amazing adaptation to a complex society, and the ways this horticultural group has managed to keep its cultural practices alive. (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

The Varieties of Latino Experience
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This documentary focuses on the diversity (as well as similarities) among various Latino groups in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and how they have used their cultural practices and experiences to make strong contributions to their own communities and the wider society. (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

The Cultural Roots of Milwaukee's Socialist Movement
This documentary focuses on German cultural practices and the ways that these helped solidify the Socialist Movement in Milwaukee. (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00

Stories of the Homeless
The documentary focuses on pathways into homelessness, in the stories of the homeless themselves. Designed for critical thinking and advocacy. (20 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling.)

$25.00
*$15.00

Living Outside of the Box: The current cultures of Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood
This documentary tells the story of how one diverse Milwaukee neighborhood developed its own unique identity.  (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling).

$25.00

Milwaukee's Sherman Park
Milwaukee is sometimes referred to as the most segregated city in the nation. But excellent models of neighborhood integration exist within it boundaries. This documentary focuses on the points of intersection that bring various cultural groups together and the processes by which a shared neighborhood ethos emerges.  (45 minutes). (Prices include taxes, postage, and handling).

$25.00

Can We Become Homeless?: A social experiment with Marquette graduate students.
Students in a course at Marquette’s College of Professional Studies took on mock identities where they “worked” jobs near the minimum wage. Their goal was to avoid homelessness for one semester. 38 minutes.

$25.00

* The reduced price is for non-profit organizations (501c3) or those living on low-incomes. (A limited number of copies are given out free of charge to local organizations that pledge they will show the documentaries to large audiences.)

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