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Electric Signs

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:48:17 GMT

Explores the effects of new screen-based advertising sign systems on urban environments and public space.

Changing Your Mind

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:54:33 GMT

Illustrates new research in nueroplasticity and how the changing brain plays an important role in treating mental diseases and disorders.

The Disappearing Male

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:54:06 GMT

Looks at a class of common chemicals doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for the toxic threat to the male reproductive system.

Ten Commandments of Communicating With People With Disabilities

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:32:23 GMT

This top selling video is used to train staff and community about disability etiquette.

Boy in the World

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:38:44 GMT

Following four-year-old Ronen, a young boy with Down syndrome, this intimate documentary concretely demonstrates that inclusive preschool classrooms benefit both children with special needs and their typical peers.

Making Every Moment Count

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:38:07 GMT

Addresses the complex issues surrounding palliative end-of-life care for children. Psychologist Leora Kuttner profiles five children with life threatening illness, and the families and health professionals who support them.

One in Eight

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:37:29 GMT

Janice was 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is an irreverent and highly personal look at one woman's fight with a disease that affects one in eight women.

Outsider

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:36:51 GMT

Judith Scott has Down syndrome, is deaf, and does not speak. Yet after 35 years of institutionalization, with the help of a sister who never gave up on her, she emerged to create a series of sculptures that have fascinated and mystified...

Prosecutor

Fri, 20 May 2011 22:58:54 GMT

Extraordinary inside access to the Chief Prosecutor at the first trials of the newly formed International Criminal Court. Luis Moreno-Ocampo investigates and prosecutes war criminals, and government and militia leaders worldwide.

The Strange Disappearance of the Bees

Fri, 20 May 2011 22:58:10 GMT

A world-wide investigation into the latest science on the endemic decline of bee colonies, implications for agriculture and life on earth, and what might be done about it.

Love Limits

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:29:38 GMT

Two people with intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy are united in their commitment to each other and to living their lives with dignity and grace.

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT at IFC Center, NYC

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:29:05 GMT

Tickets for NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT are on sale now online, including for the Friday & Saturday 8:10pm shows featuring a Q&A with Patricio Guzman — book now!

Earth Keepers

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:09:13 GMT

A global quest to meet key visionaries working on innovative approaches to building an environmentally sustainable future.

Luckey

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:08:42 GMT

A highly engrossing family drama about a successful artist who must cope with his sudden paralysis following an accident.

State of Mind

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:08:08 GMT

Therapist Albert Pesso trains mental-health care works in Kinshasa, Congo, in a technique to help genocide survivors overcome the traumas they witnessed and endured.

Surrounded by Waves

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:07:36 GMT

A global exploration of the health impacts of electromagnetic waves in our wireless technology.

Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma’s Forgotten War

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:33:07 GMT

A courageous band of "backpack medics" slips through the jungle, avoiding army checkpoints, to deliver medical supplies and care to their people, the Karen minority of Burma.

The Bicycle

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:49:48 GMT

Fighting AIDS with community medicine in Malawi.

Drawing From Life

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:49:15 GMT

A half-hour film that goes inside a group therapy workshop for people who have attempted suicide more than once

Hand-Held

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:48:02 GMT

A documentary anthology on health and homelessness, and a frank and invaluable resource for anyone interested in how media and medicine can work together to change lives.

The Interventionists

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:47:16 GMT

A mental health nurse and a police officer ride the streets of the inner city in an unmarked police car, responding to 911 calls involving what are officially called "emotionally disturbed persons" (EDP).

The 7 Interventions of Filmmaker-in-Residence

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:46:49 GMT

The story of a groundbreaking project in media intervention at an inner-city hospital. What happens when documentary filmmaking, photoblogs, digital storytelling and more are used to investigate complex health issues?

Tagged

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:46:21 GMT

Playful, smart and engaging, TAGGED stealthily taps into a widespread sense of unease raised by the technological development of human implanted microchips.

A Change of Character

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:06:51 GMT

Truett Allen's personality changed drastically after a series of strokes resulted in damage to the frontal lobes of his brain. This captivating video features neuroscientist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, author of The Executive Brain, as well as neurologist and best-selling author Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings).

In The Family

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:43:25 GMT

This film follows Joanna Rudnick, who tested positive for the BRCA gene, a familial mutation that increases the odds of getting breast and ovarian cancer, through the unpredictable world of predictive genetic testing and the choices she faces.

Learning to Hear

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:42:27 GMT

A moving exploration of the lives of two deaf women who have opted to have cochlear implant surgery that enables them to recover their hearing.

Montaña de Luz

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:41:47 GMT

The children of the Montaña de Luz orphanage in Honduras are HIV positive, and a living testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood. This is a stirring portrait of a loving community.

More Than Horseplay

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:41:20 GMT

Explores the intersection of therapy and research, while offering a joyous look at the experiences of children with cerebral palsy as they grow in self-confidence and physical capability through participation in "hippotherapy."

Positively Autistic

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:40:30 GMT

The autistic rights movement challenges accepted views of autism, and works to change how the world sees people with autism. Meet people at the forefront of this movement.

A Sentence for Two

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:39:56 GMT

Most women who deliver babies in prison have few options; if they can’t find a family member to care for the infant, they will need to place it in foster care, or choose adoption.

Wipe Out

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:39:18 GMT

Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability for men under 35. Narrated by an Olympic gold snowboarder, this documentary tells the story of three young men living with permanent brain damage from head injuries

In Search of Memory

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:29:03 GMT

The life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

The Moving Earth

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:30:07 GMT

A chronicle of the revolution that shaped the world as we know it, made by Galileo, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe to Newton.

The World's Next Supermodel

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:28:24 GMT

Asia, Brazil or Western Europe - which will be the world's next economic superstar?

The Hidden Face of Fear

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:39:47 GMT

Studying the traumatic impact of 9/ll, neuroscientists and psychologists are approaching a common understanding of how the brain's fear circuitry works, and changes.

Malls R Us

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:50:32 GMT

From impressive architectural projects to environmental and social concerns, everything you ever wanted to know (and didn't suspect) about shopping malls.

Mind in Motion

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:20:16 GMT

An exploration of the latest scientific discoveries about the human brain, an inner cosmos as complex as the universe itself.

Fat Chance

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:38:42 GMT

Yuka, almost 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, decides the time has come to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier.

Hidden Gifts

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:39:30 GMT

The mysterious relationship between artistic expression and mental illness, glimpsed through the story of Scotsman Angus MacPhee, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1946.

Killer's Paradise

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:36:18 GMT

Since 1999 more than two thousand women have been murdered in Guatemala. Yet law enforcement and government turn a blind eye.

Milosevic on Trial

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:35:47 GMT

Four years of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, charged with 66 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Strait Through The Ice

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:34:58 GMT

Climate change is opening the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic for shipping. Examines the ecological and geopolitical ramifications.