Summary: The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne turned heads with Rosetta, an intense verite drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to hold onto a job to support herself and her alcoholic mother. It's a swift and simple tale made revelatory by the raw, empathic way in which the directors render Rosetta's desperation, keeping the camera nearly perched on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Described by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as "the only man I know who's made peace on three continents," Martti Ahtisaari has devoted his life to fostering reconciliation among the nations of the world. Produced by the Nobel Foundation, this program profiles the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, tracing his life and highlighting his achievements in international mediation in Namibia,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Where there is commerce, there is usually a degree of unemployment as well. Module one of this program presents an agency that develops the marketability of unemployed youth in Spain-victims of schooling/market mismatch and employer reluctance to provide training. Module two considers collective bargaining agreements in the Netherlands that have created employer incentives to hire out-of-work...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006