This series consists of the following seven videos:

HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (Unabridged) - A riveting examination of masculinity, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Delivering a self-described "loving critique" of rap music, director Byron Hurt - a former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and now gender violence prevention educator - pays tribute to the power and creativity of hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood.

BELL HOOKS: Cultural Criticism and Transformation - In this two-part interview, illustrated with many of the media images she critiques, bell hooks, one of America's most accessible public intellectuals, makes a compelling case for the transformative power of cultural criticism.

EDWARD SAID: On Orientalism - Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview, he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media.

STUART HALL: Representation and the Media - In this accessible introductory lecture, Stuart Hall focuses on the concept of "representation" - one of the key ideas of cultural studies - and shows how reality, never experienced directly, is filtered through symbolic cultural categories.

STUART HALL: Race, the Floating Signifier - Arguing against the biological interpretation of racial differences, Stuart Hall asks viewers to pay close attention to the cultural processes by and through which the visible differences of appearance come to stand for natural or biological properties of human beings.

TIM WISE ON WHITE PRIVILEGE: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality - A riveting introduction to the social construction of racial identities, and a critical new tool for exploring the often invoked - but seldom explained - concept of white privilege.

REEL BAD ARABS: How Hollywood Vilifies a People - Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, this groundbreaking documentary dissects the slanderous representation of Arabs throughout cinematic history, which has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent films to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Due to a gift from a generous donor, the price of this DVD for public libraries and high schools has been reduced to $10 to make it as accessible as possible. This price includes the right to screen this film publicly and place it in an institutional collection.

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