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Childhood development Developing child (New York, N.Y.) Great writers of the modern world Made in Spain ; Season 1 Promises and paradoxes Racism: a history Stories my country told me The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Untouchable, life as an outcasteFilter By Series
Childhood development Developing child (New York, N.Y.) Great writers of the modern world Made in Spain ; Season 1 Promises and paradoxes Racism: a history Stories my country told me The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Untouchable, life as an outcasteSummary: This episode of The Green Interview features Steven Guilbeault, an author, science and environmental journalist, consultant to venture capitalists, and prominent Quebecois environmentalist. He is currently senior director of Équiterre, a non-governmental organization he co-founded in 1994. Équiterre tackles a broad range of issues and makes the link between environmental justice and social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Summary: This program with Bill Moyers examines the crisis within the American court system. In many parts of the country, funding for already burdened and backlogged courts is being reduced. And public defenders and legal aid attorneys are in short supply, leaving the poor without adequate or timely representation. Yet, few politicians have stepped forward with solutions. In this program, a panel of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Taking into account the dramatic shift in the focus of research in recent years from theories about criminal activity to applications of crime prevention, this multi-section program compares and contrasts the concepts of social causation, social construction, and social control as they relate to the sociology of crime and deviance. Topics include the influence of wider social forces on theories...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In 1991, Rick Walker was wrongly convicted of murder and spent the next 12 years in prison. This program tells the story of his exoneration and the political struggle to secure financial compensation for him from the state of California. In addition to an interview with Walker himself, the film presents detailed conversations with key players in his case and the partisan budget battle over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Designed specifically with students and classrooms in mind, this video explores major themes in the history, geography, and culture of India. Emphasizing the diversity of this vast and ancient land, Images of India provides an overview of the country, with sections on Land, Culture, Religion, History, and Life Today, including current economic and social conditions. Spectacular footage helps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Many businesses abide by a code of conduct, either company-specific or industry-wide. This timely program distinguishes between ethical behavior and social responsibility by spotlighting two well-known Australian businesses that exhibit both qualities: Bendigo Bank and its Community Bank initiative, a cooperatively spirited venture that teaches solid commercial principles to franchisees, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In a swiftly globalizing, money-driven world, is there still a place for St. Francis and a gospel that preaches the dignity and relevance of the poor? This program investigates the concepts of social justice and global responsibility from a Christian perspective. The ill effects of first-world preoccupations with ownership and profit are contrasted with church-sponsored efforts to care for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What does it take to be popular? Quite often it has nothing to do with being nice. In this ABC News special, correspondent John Stossel visits middle and high schools to discover why kids dish out abuse, why they take it, and what parents and school administrators can do to make it better. He also visits schools with successful anti-bullying programs. Discussions with students, as well as with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: How does America’s juvenile justice system work? In what ways has it failed? And what would it take to improve it so that it routinely operates in the best interests of offenders, their victims, and society as a whole? These are not simple questions, as this Fred Friendly Seminar points out—and they become all the more complex when moderator Charles Ogletree, of Harvard Law School, casts 13...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: During the 19th century, racial categorization took on a pseudoscientific stance. This program shows how the academic racism of the period helped to spread imperialist policies across the globe. Sifting through the "science" of eugenics and its link to social Darwinism, the film juxtaposes the racial hygiene theories of Robert Knox, Francis Galton, and Eugen Fischer with racial warfare in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Eqbal Ahmad, a leading authority on colonialism and nationalism, asserts that "a nation is hard to define because it is an ideology based on identity, and identity constantly changes. And he should know, having once traveled 900 miles from his village in India to resettle in Pakistan as part of the 1947 Muslim exodus. This program engages Professor Ahmad in a retrospective investigation of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Mike talks with his mouth full, Emma makes weird noises, and Gwen dresses most peculiarly. Even worse, Greg will not share, Barry never smiles, and Chase acts like a bully. In an effort to help these socially challenged students learn to get along with their classmates at Fairfield Junior High, the staff of the school newspaper decides to do a story on social skills. This dramatization uses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A follow up to Democracy Left Behind: NCLB and Civic Education (item 39484), this program looks at community-based learning in K-12 education. The film explores a wide variety of educational settings in which action-oriented lessons enable students to work outside the classroom, in their own communities. While taking nothing away from the importance of traditional academic subjects, the film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program spotlights a diverse group of Indian writers invited to participate in the Belles Etrangeres, a French literary festival. Featured authors include award-winning Bengali novelist and social activist Mahasweta Devi; Kannada novelist U. R. Ananthamurthy, former president of the Sahitya Akademi; Hindi stylist Krishna Baldev Vaid; Malayalam writer M. Mukundan; Marathi Dalit writer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Every year, thousands die in India through caste-related violence, as untouchables and upper-castes alike stoop as low as they need to go to gain their aims. Seen through the lens of a veteran photojournalist, this program looks at both sides of the struggle between the upper-caste Ranvir militia and Dalit supporters of the Marxist-Leninists in Bihar. Professor Kanchia Eliah, of the University...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Job opportunities in criminal justice are on the rise. This program looks at a number of different occupations, ranging from entry-level positions to those requiring a four-year degree. Experts and people on the job share firsthand information about what their work is like. Some of the occupations discussed include local and state police officers, detectives, correctional officers, bodyguards,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What happens when a deadly crime takes place and law enforcement puts all of its scientific resources into action? Can forensic science really solve a murder? This program follows scientists through a dramatized investigation, from the discovery of the crime scene through various stages of evidence analysis to the presentation of findings in court. Instead of Hollywood hype, viewers are given a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Designed to be a happy place of imagination and cooperation, a playground is too often a danger zone of intimidation and violence. This program explores the educational value and social dynamics of play while emphasizing the importance of a supportive adult presence in the playground environment. Games and techniques used by teachers and psychologists to help children develop interpersonal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Humans are social beings and while we sometimes prefer to be alone, most times we are required to interact and get along with one another. This video charts the development of social skills in children during the first few weeks of life, through the beginning of school. It explains the different stages of social development, as well as how to give encouragement for positive social growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program examines the custom of arranged marriages in India. It follows the story of Saheri and her family as they confront the reality of an impending marriage that was arranged when she was barely six years old. An overview of the custom presents it as common among all castes, although many Indians today view the practice in a negative light. Education, family wealth, and astrological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Home to more than a billion people, India struggles to remain the secular and tolerant society that Mahatma Gandhi envisioned. This Wide Angle documentary focuses on India's increasingly powerful Hindu nationalist movement, the specter of religious and ethnic strife that has haunted the nation since the dawn of its independence in 1947, and the actions of government and partisan forces that may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Chef José Andrés prepares a cold soup of Basque cheese bought in Manhattan before going to the rustic farms where the cheese-makers live. In this program, he introduces us to the great red and white wines of the Basque Country, then returns home to cook a traditional dish of baby squid with caramelized onions. He finishes by eating an extraordinary meal cooked entirely on a charcoal grill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Considered the first modern novel, Crime and Punishment is both a compelling psychodrama and an unrelenting examination of modern humankind. This program skillfully interweaves riveting dramatizations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece with Notes from the Underground and the autobiographical Memoirs from the House of the Dead. Penetrating observations are provided by Professor John Jones, of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005