@article{1355780,
      recid = {1355780},
      author = {MacDonald, Joe. and Paskievich, John.},
      title = {The Gypsies of Svinia [electronic resource].},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (55 min.)},
      year = {2000},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2,  2013).},
      abstract = {Moved by a sense of outrage, David Scheffel, a Canadian  anthropologist, is determined to help the impoverished Roma  (Gypsies) rebuild their community in Svinia, a village in  Eastern Slovakia. So-called "white" Svinia is a  picturesque, typical Slovak village with well-kept homes,  gardens, a store and a school. A little past the last  "white" home is "black" Svinia, where life is characterized  by decay and despair. The Roma dwell in squalid tenement  blocks or in one-room huts without clean water or sewage  facilities and little hope of employment. "White" Svinia  despises the Roma who, in desperation, regularly burglarize  their homes and gardens. Some "white" praise Hitler's  policy of trying to exterminate the Roma. This powerful  film gives an unprecedented look at a degraded ethnic group  right in the middle of Europe, and the efforts being made  to improve their lot.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355780},
}