Race : the power of an illusion / produced by California Newsreel ; in association with the Independent Television Service ; series creator /executive producer, Larry Adelman ; series co-producer, Jean Cheng.

This series challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped by our history, social institutions and cultural beliefs...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: California Newsreel (Firm) (Production company)
Independent Television Service (Production company)
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Pounder, C. C. H. (Narrator)
Herbes-Sommers, Christine (Television producer, Television director, Screenwriter)
Strain, Tracy Heather (Television producer, Television director, Screenwriter)
Smith, Llewellyn (Television producer, Television director, Screenwriter)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English captions.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2014]
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Physical Description:1 online resource (3 video files, approximately 171 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
Variant Title:
Power of an illusion
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Episode 1 The difference between us / written, produced and directed by Christine Herbes-Sommers (57 min.)
  • Episode 2 The story we tell / written, produced and directed by Tracy Heather Strain (57 min.)
  • Episode 3 The house we live in / written, produced and directed by Llewellyn M. Smith (57 min.).