Thanks to Richard for sharing this list with us all. A request had come from the TCDI facebook group so I thought I would share it here as well.

Starting from Nina: The Politics of Learning. Directed by Rosemary Donegan, Anita Shilton-Martin, D’Arcy Martin. Toronto: Development Education Centre/Osterried Productions (1978). The Latin American educationalist Paulo Freire tells an anecdote about a man who had learned to write his wife’s name, and the emotional effect this achievement had on him. Shows the wide applications of Freire’s ideas for those involved in education. (25 min.)
Moses Coady: Beyond the Mountain. Produced by CBC History Television (2002), A biography of the life and exploits of Dr. Moses Coady. It follows his beginnings in Cape Breton, through seminary to his career at St. FX, highlighting his love of people and his drive for social progress that would be felt throughout the world. The film includes interviews with his colleagues at the Extension Department who participated in the Antigonish Movement. (44 min.)
The Man from Margaree: Moses Coady. NFB (1974), The story of Rev. Dr. Moses Coady of St. Francis Xavier University and the Antigonish movement. (1 hr.)
The Telling Takes Me Home. This video tells the story of activists and folk singers Guy and Candie Carawan. The filmmaker, daughter Heather Carawan, reflects on growing up in a musical and political time with her parents’ views on race relations, community organizing, and the power of song. The documentary includes footage from the Highlander Research and Education Center. (28:26 min.)
You Got to Move. A movie by Lucy Massie Phenix about a group of southern activists going through a course at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, founded by Myles Horton, and leading in the education of workers’ rights, social justice, and democracy-building activists since 1932. (80 min.)
Adventures of a Radical Hillbilly. Film by Bill Moyers, interviewing Myles Horton at Highlander Center, and detailing some of the history of this community-based institution that influenced generations of unions, civil rights activists (including M. L. King, Jr. and Rosa Parks), environmentalists, immigrant rights fighters, gay-lesbian rights activists, youth, and more. (2 hrs.)
Myles Horton, Paulo Freire, and Friends Gather at Highlander. Highlander Research and Education Center. (1987) This tape presents an informal meeting at the Highlander Folk School on Dec. 5 1987, when Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and Highlander founder Myles Horton met with local students and adult education workers to discuss adult education and related topics. (1 hr., 43 min.)
Highlander Research and Education Center. Various short films on Highlander and its 75th anniversary of working for a new world starting from Appalachia in the southern U.S. made recently. (20 min.)
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