{"id":1778,"date":"2006-03-08T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2006\/03\/08\/world-cultures-on-video-roma\/"},"modified":"2006-03-08T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-09T03:42:00","slug":"world-cultures-on-video-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2006\/03\/08\/world-cultures-on-video-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cultures on video: Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tRoma or Gypsies are among the most historically persecuted ethnic groups in Europe. Stereotyped as thieves and con men, Rom groups still find it difficult to peacefully exist in many towns, particularly in Eastern Europe. Yet there is much to admire in their fascinating culture. Their traditional music and dance can be simultaneously joyful and haunting. Their devotion to their extended families, their nomadic lifestyles, and their pride and resilience in the face of humiliating discrimination are essential elements to their character.<\/p>\n<p>Media Services has several very good documentaries and feature films on this intriguing but often secretive group.<\/p>\n<p>Documentaries<br \/>American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody&#8217;s Land  VHS 7478<br \/>Latcho Drom VHS 6510<br \/>Porraimos: Europe&#8217;s Gypsies in the Holocaust VHS 7464<br \/>The Romany Trail VHS 3270<br \/>Suspino: A Cry for Roma  VHS 7428<\/p>\n<p>Feature Films<br \/>Black Cat, White Cat VHS 6547<br \/>Gadjo Dilo= Crazy Stranger  VHS 7076<br \/>Time of the Gypsies VHS 5751<br \/>Vengo DVD 972<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.romnews.com\/\">link<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roma or Gypsies are among the most historically persecuted ethnic groups in Europe. Stereotyped as thieves and con men, Rom groups still find it difficult to peacefully exist in many towns, particularly in Eastern Europe. Yet there is much to admire in their fascinating culture. Their traditional music and dance can be simultaneously joyful and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}