Struggle on Coon Branch Mountain (Mimi Pickering, U.S., 1972):Residents of a small West Virginia community fight local government forimprovements in roads, schools, and services. From Appalshop, a prodigious mediaarts center in the small town of Whitesburg, Kentucky, dedicated to theempowerment of Appalachian people through their art and culture. (13 mins, Color,16mm) The Box (Amber Production Team, U.K., 1986). Ananimated short expressing urban fear, isolation, and alienation as seen throughthe eyes of an elderly woman. (10 mins, Color, 3/4" video) Byker (Amber Production Team, U.K., 1983). Shot over twelve years, thisfilm documents and dramatizes feelings in the working-class town of Byker inNortheast England as it is transformed by urban development. Newcastle-basedAmber collective, with roots in the British documentary movement of Grierson,produces films about the lives of working-class people. (43 (corrected 53) mins,Color, 16mm) Home Away from Home (Maureen Blackwood, U.K.,1994, 11 mins). An African woman living in London worries that her family willunravel in this western society. From Sankofa Film and Video, a groundbreakinggroup of black British filmmakers whose works include Passion of Remembrance. (11mins, 35mm, From Women Make Movies)