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New! The Battle for the Amazon: The Xingu vs. the Belo Monte Dam
Item# 52415
© 2013
58 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-858-2
What will potentially become the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam-and a symbol of the destruction of the last remaining significant rainforest on Earth-is currently under construction in the he...
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New! Bridge the Gap to Pine Ridge: A Visit with the Oglala Lakota People
Item# 52861
© 2012
56 Min.
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Actor and activist Chris Bashinelli is on a mission to learn from cultures that many Westerners know little about. His method? Live among those communities and get to know the people in them. Sometime...
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New! Skin Deep: Nina Jablonski's Theory of Race
Item# 52821
© 2012
52 Min.
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Students of evolution understand that when our ancient African ancestors lost their body hair and ventured out onto the hot savannah, their skin became dark to protect against UV radiation, while subs...
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New! TEDTalks: Leymah Gbowee—Unlock the Intelligence, Passion, and Greatness of Girls
Item# 52967
© 2012
15 Min.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell: of her own life's transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. Can we transform the world by unlock...
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New! TEDTalks: Scilla Elworthy—Fighting with Non-violence
Item# 53021
© 2012
16 Min.
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How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful TEDTalk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need—as nations and individuals—to fight extreme force wit...
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Baka: Cry from the Rainforest
Item# 52441
© 2012
90 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-273-3
Award-winning filmmaker Phil Agland returns to the African rainforest to find the pygmy family who captivated viewers around the world as the stars of his acclaimed documentary Baka: People of the Rai...
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New to Our Collection! My Land: Seeing Both Sides of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Item# 52827
© 2011
82 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-878-0
Born to a Moroccan Muslim father and a Tunisian Jewish mother, filmmaker Nabil Ayouch spent his childhood hearing divergent views about Israel and Palestine. Still wrestling with "a conflict that neve...
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The Boxing Girls of Kabul
Item# 51991
© 2011
52 Min.
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This documentary film depicts a group of young Afghan women striving to become world-class boxers and training without the most basic facilities in the national stadium where the Taliban has recently...
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Indian School: Stories of Survival
Item# 50410
© 2011
40 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-839-4
Proposing to “kill the Indian and save the man,” U.S. Army captain Richard H. Pratt envisioned an educational system that would erase Native American culture and “civilize” the continent’s indigenous...
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Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions
Item# 49282
© 2011
77 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-577-5
Textile art and artists play an active role in the culture of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Following the work and daily lives of weavers from six different villages in the region, this d...
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