Russia's toughest prisons watch online

Extra Credit Opportunities for 2013

You may only earn a total of 10 points which means you have to choose 2 activities. You must write up a SINGLE spaced full page review of each video (so to earn 10 points you watch two videos and write 2 one page single spaced papers)

Listed below are some suggestions, you may come and make other suggestions if you wish. I will consider your request.

Each video is worth 5 points

You may earn up to 10 points

You will need to type a one page – single spaced – review/critique of the video. I want to know what impressed you, what you didn’t like and what new things you learned.

If you know of some OTHER VIDEO that you think might be appropriate – please come and suggest it to me.

Some are available at the University Library and you can check them out for 2 days – these would be free.

The Mission – highly recommended – Latin America – somewhat long and slow, but good. (quite a bit of violence – Rated PG 13) DV 365

PBS Empire series on Islam (one of the sections) DV 603

Hotel Rwanda – DV 870

There are many more than this available at Brooks Library – feel free to browse the titles and then get my approval for what you want to watch.

Other options for extra credit include the following:

The following are not available at the University Library – you would have to rent them from a video store or online (Netflix etc)

Guns/Germs and Steel (there are three episodes in the series – each one would be worth 5 points – no more than 10 points)

Fiddler on the Roof

City of Joy – about India

Empire of the Sun – China/Japan

Last Emperor – About China

Osama – About Afghanistan – PG 13, but do not watch with young children

Sometimes in April – (2005) Movie made for HBO about Rwanda Available on DVD

Control Room – Al - Jazeera documentary

The Long Way Round The section on Russia – Netflix?

The Way Back – escape from Russian prison camp – probably need to get from Netflix

Inside Russia’s toughest prisons – Netflix

Khodorkovsky – Netflix – about an Oligarch who went on trial – Putin wanted rid of him.

Other Options:

Any on campus lecture approved by the instructor

Frontline World http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ and or http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld (stories from a small planet).

There are great ones about the Taliban and Pakistan if that interests you.

Some of these videos are not very long, so plan on watching more than one to total about 50 minutes viewing time. Write up a full page (single spaced) telling about what you have viewed and your opinions/thoughts

Please cite your sources using the URL’s so I can access them if you use these online choices.