Andre's Lives
The story of Andre Steiner, dubbed "the Jewish Schindler," who saved thousands of Slovak Jews during the Holocaust.
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Before the Flood and Before the Flood II
Residents of the historic Chinese city of Fengjie clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world's largest dam. Yan Yu follows BEFORE THE FLOOD with a profile of the residents of Gongtan, a 1700-year-old village soon to be demolished by a hydroelectric dam project.
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Beijing Besieged by Waste
Photographer Wang Jiu-liang travels to more than 500 landfills, fearlessly documenting Beijing's unholy cycle of consumption through poignant observational visits with the scavengers who live and work in the dumps.
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Choropampa
When a devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation hits a quiet peasant village in the Peruvian Andes, a courageous young mayor emerges to lead his people on a quest for healthcare and justice.
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Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold
Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide.
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Community Voices
A multi-cultural array of patients, clinicians, and other healthcare workers explore the many ways that differences in culture, race and ethnicity affect health and the delivery of healthcare services.
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The Culture of Emotions
Designed to introduce cultural competence and diversity skills to mental/behavioral health professionals and students who deal with multi-cultural client populations.
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 Democracy on Deadline
A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.
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Ethics Thru Drama
A powerful and evocative series of short, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators, and designed to focus discussion on complex ethical issues in end-of-life care.
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Fang
Mixes documentary and fiction techniques to recount an African art object's 100 year journey - a whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes!
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Hold Your Breath
A devout Muslim immigrant faces possible death from stomach cancer but cultural and linguistic confusions complicate his treatment in an American hospital.
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How I Coped When Mommy Died
This inspiring video was created by 13-year-old Brett after losing his mother to breast cancer when he was ten. Original music, animated video, photographs and artwork illustrate the teenager's experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
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In Our Midst
Neonatal intensive care units save thousands of infant lives each year. This film profiles a family whose children are all "graduates" of the NICU, and explores the impact of medical technology on their lives.
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Investigation of a Flame
An intimate look at the Catonsville Nine who on May 17, 1968 walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm.
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Justice and the Generals
Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals face suit in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.
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The Loving Story
Oscar-shortlist selection, this s the definitive account of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage.
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Miners Shot Down
How could 34 South African mineworkers be killed during a non-violent strike for better wages, not under apartheid, but today?
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Our House
A groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents, as Americans struggle to re-define family values.
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PicturePerfect
This lively and engaging video explores the impact media has on young women's physical, psychological and emotional health, and offers tools to begin dissecting the media that influence our behaviors, attitudes, and values.
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The Price of Change
Examines the effect of non-domestic work on five Egyptian women.
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Red Hook Justice
Profiles an innovative court in a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by poverty and crime that is at the center of a legal revolution - the community justice movement.
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From the 1950's through the 1970's, autism was widely blamed on cold and rejecting mothers. This film explores the devastating impact of this misdiagnosis through the stories of seven mothers and their children.
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Seeing is Believing
From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!
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Shadow Play
With recently declassified documents and interviews with newly liberated Indonesians, offers a startling new interpretation of events that shaped modern Indonesian history and changed the destiny of Southeast Asia.
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This Way Up
Near Jerusalem, the construction of the separation wall continues, a few feet from a senior citizens' home.
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Thomson of Arnhem Land
The story of Donald Thomson, a young anthropoligist who devoted his life to fighting for Aboriginal rights.
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Travis
The inspirational story of a 10-year-old boy with full-blown AIDS.
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A Veiled Revolution
Considers the possible reasons for modern Egyptian women's turn back to tradition.
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Revealing, multifaceted portraits of Ugandans in both public and private spaces. A gentle, observational and contemplative documentary.
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Wipe Out
Narrated by an Olympic gold snowboarder, this documentary tells the story of three young men living with permanent brain damage from head injuries while pursuing extreme sports.
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Worlds Apart
These four unique trigger films raise awareness about how cultural barriers affect patient-provider communication and other aspects of care for patients of diverse backgrounds.
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Democracy on Deadline