Film Title

Date

Description
Mexican culture mixes with Anglo. The scene where Berkley comes home for the grape harvest depicts old vs. young generation differences. The scene where Waverly introduces her fianc to her parents for the first time illustrates Chinese/Chinese American culture colliding with Anglo culture. The scene where they are invited to eat a meal involving Monkey's Brains and a mysterious soup with the Maharaja. Some clips within this movie show difficulties in cross-cultural interaction because of language and culture differences. The scene that shows Owen Wilsons character in Bosnia with a rap shirt on illustrates cultural convergence. The scene where Hogwarts' students first meet and ridicule Beauxbatons and Durmstrangs. James needs to learn how to interact with Japanese and Chinese culture. Explains how the US is not a homogenous culture. The basis is a group of international students in the Erasmus program who share a flat. Explores stereotypes. An Italian and a German share a room. One side is tidy; the other side not. The exercise of power and corruption and apparent within the cultural differences. They are also comic in their attempt to show the differences.

"A Walk In the Clouds"

1995

"Joy Luck Club"

1993

Indiana Jones & Temple of Doom

1984

"The Gods Must Be Crazy"

1980 2001

"Behind Enemy Lines" 2005 Harry Potter & The goblet of Fire 1967 James Bond You only live twice 1996/2004 Crash The Spanish Apartment (USA) (L'auberge espagnole is the original title)

2002

"La Ley de Herodes"

1999

1991 "The Japanese Version" "People Like Us" "American Tongues" Bend it like Beckham http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/ Black Rain Hotel Rwanda Erin Brokovich The interpreter 1999 1988 2002 1989 2004 2000 2005

This depicts how the Japanese Interpret American Culture. This shows class differences Shows a vast array of American Cultures It depicts nicely multicultural issues within the British society About American Japanese differences in the context of police work Some powerful scenes as the hotel operator tries to keep the hotel open during a terrible time. Social class differences. All kinds of trust and communication opportunities across not only cultures, but political orientations. Expatriate adjustment and Japanese vs. US business practices Shows the wage difference between modern culture and older African ones. English vs. French cultures. American Vs. Japanese Cultures. Neat descriptions of European vs. Japanese cultural differences About the Indian Institute of Technologys graduates. About Muslims population in France. About Texas college admissions rule About the Indian Institute of Technologys graduates. A good analysis of this generation.

Gung Ho Ray

1986 2004

A Year in Provence Rising Sun Shogun Series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ Out of India The New French Revolution Summer Top Ten %

1993 1993 1980 2005 2004 2005

Imported from India Echo Boomers

2003 October 2004

Sir Howard

January 2006

The Look

December 2003 April 2006

About the British Sony CEO, who does not know the culture very well and doesnt speak the language either. About Abercrombie & Fitchs discrimination problems. About being connected and working longer hours as a result of new developments in IT. A representation of the challenges for business to incorporate members of this generation into the process and making them productive. They all have a Space Stations and characters that are from different cultures and species working together. Involves an encounter by the Enterprise crew with an alien race with whom they cannot communicate despite the fact that the aliens are speaking the crews language The sociologist has to learn how to communicate with another race entirely, and do so despite their fear of writing. The episode where Micheal attempts cross-cultural training.

Working 24/7

The Millenials are Coming.

November 2007

Star Trek series Star Trek Star Trek Next Generation Deep Space 9 Babylon 5 Star Trek Next Generation Darmok Episode

1966 1987 1993 1994

Stargate 1994

The Office series

2005?

YouTube Clips

German Coast Guard http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bmizveWpKOk

December 18th 2008

A quick funny clip that represents a difference in language and how issues can arise based on language differences.

McDonalds Chinese Commercial www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntnlfnXr7s&NR=1

Illustrates how collectivism May 30 2007 cultural value is used in advertising

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USA Misunderstanding http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVQteTExyM

March 13th 2007

This is a more practical example of a misunderstanding between two very close languages involving the word hmm. Dan Fishel in The International Student Experience describes the cultural differences from the US to the rest of the world. Specifically the handshake. This clip has a young Australian women picking up a Japanese businessman. The difference in what is appropriate is apparent. The famous blue-brown-eye experiment by Jane Elliott. It would enrich any class on cross-cultural communication and cooperation challenges and prejudice. The first two parts are about the experiment itself, whereas the rest is a discussion.

The American Handshake http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yDhXD25fmMo

February 28th 2008

Japanese Story Rude Introduction http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPP9cTQ5Ps

July 20th 2007

A Class Divided Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=T8gCJ4K4tnE <http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=T8gCJ4K4tnE&feature=related> Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=EWbxv4vlHe0 Part 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Wx4yCMQ2KXo <http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Wx4yCMQ2KXo&feature=related> Part 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=cZ5cCFvFKT4 <http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=cZ5cCFvFKT4&feature=related> Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uXcO0Ah64rM <http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uXcO0Ah64rM&feature=related> The Other Side of Outsourcing

1984

December 23rd

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQaHrcwKsoc Pangea Day http://www.youtube.com/user/pangeaday

2005 Allows students to see things in May 10 2008 different perspectives in a current and lively manor.
th

Educational/Training Films
The Mustang Jeans segment is about US. vs. Japanese business deals. Commercial training video about cultural diversity Commercial training video Commercial training video A movie about Fair Trade coffee in Ethiopia. It shows a lot about different ideological approaches to "the market" and gives a view of dealing with coffee farmers in Ethiopia. A documentary which is a perfect example of cross-cultural management as it plays out for four British entrepreneurs with starkly different approaches. A documentary on the impact of globalization on the worlds different wine regions. Clips to represent Shell in Nigeria, which allows for a look at the cultural differences within the business world. Discusses three basic principles underlying culture - information, space and time, and their influence on international business negotiations.

DVD video supplement for Charles Hill's Global Business Textbook from McGraw-Hill At the heart of the Bull Making a good impression Globally speaking: skills & strategies for success in Asia

Black Gold 2006

Brits Get Rich In China

2007

Mondovino

2004

Anne Lawrence (DVD) ( atlawrence@aol.com)

International business practices [videorecording] : hidden dimensions.

1997

http://ciber.msu.edu/Research/Video_Library_Cata log.pdf

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