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Conservation of natural resources Economic aspects Economic Geography Environmental geography Environmental protection Human ecology Human geography Economic aspects Human geography Environmental aspects International economic relations Nature Effect of human beings on Social ecologySummary: Rich in history, the Rhine feeds Europe's collective identity-as well as its divisions. Flowing from Switzerland through Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, the river intersects a multitude of towns and cities in the process. This program follows the Rhine on its multifaceted journey and examines economic, political, environmental, and historical issues surrounding it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Rising from a Himalayan ice cave and emptying into the bay of Bengal, the Ganges River is sacred to Hindus as a purifying spirit-yet it currently suffers from pollution and neglect. This program follows the Ganges through various Indian cities, studying their relationship with the river and assessing its uncertain future. Beginning in Gangotri, the program profiles a photographer who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Were it not for the elemental forces of the Nile River, the great architecture of ancient Egypt and Ethiopia might never have been built. But in today's water-starved world, the river could lead both countries down a destructive path. This program examines lives and livelihoods that depend on the Nile, from the humble to the hugely ambitious. In Egypt, viewers encounter a struggling Cairo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Its name conjures images of America's mythical past, encoded in the stories and novels of Mark Twain. But today's Mississippi River is rife with challenges no 19th-century storyteller could have imagined. From issues of basic survival to triumphs of creativity and profit, this program follows the day-to-day lives of those who dwell on the Mississippi. Starting in the town of Cairo,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban centers on the banks of the Amazon and examines new attempts to harness-or exploit-the river's energy and natural abundance. The journey begins at Iquitos-a Peruvian city blighted by poverty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Among the most utilized waterways in the world, the Yangtze River is also one of the most volatile. This program sheds light on humanity's battle to tame and profit from the river-specifically, a project initiated by Chiang Kai-shek in the 1930s. The program also studies corresponding ecological problems. Viewers are introduced to the Three Gorges Dam, a concrete mega-structure visible from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Due to its entanglement in America's Vietnam war, Laos is frequently cited as, per capita, the most bombed country in the world. This program shows how a conflict that officially ended over three decades ago still kills and maims innocent civilians. Viewers meet several families decimated by unexploded munitions, or "bombies" in the local vernacular, that were dropped between 1964 and 1973. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: As in the case of coffee, sugar, and other cultivated products, the floral industry would collapse without a steady supply of cheap labor. This program goes inside the world of Colombia's flower growers, in particular those who work the hardest for the lowest pay. Profiling two women with varying experiences, the film reveals both the tenuous nature of life on the industry's bottom rung - Hilda...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: As climate change lays waste to the Niger River, the great Malian city of Timbuktu increasingly resembles a desert landscape. The same is true for much of land-locked Mali, which could, in a worst-case scenario, find itself without water altogether. Incorporating discussions of poverty, population growth, and other issues, this film examines the impact of desertification on two of the nation's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The number one predictor of obesity in children is an overweight parent-but genes are only part of the story. This program reports on the health and happiness of five toddlers who are part of a large-scale longitudinal study in child development. Highlighting the issue of childhood obesity, the program asks: Why are a rising number of children overweight and how does parenting make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When determining a child's health and well-being, a major factor to take into account is stress. This program explores the causes and effects of the chronic stress that children experience as they learn and grow. Viewers will follow a group of one-year-olds as they take part in a large-scale, longitudinal child development study-which, in this installment, measures levels of cortisol at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The first year of life contains many challenges for children-and many opportunities to predict what kind of life a child will lead. This program introduces a group of one-year-olds who are part of a large-scale longitudinal study in child development. Closely documenting the daily routines and developmental milestones of the children, the program gauges each subject's ability to confront new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A major part of socialization is about self-control-and age three is a critical time for a child to learn how to reign in hostility, resentment, and impulsive behavior. This program delivers a progress report on five toddlers-the public face of a much larger longitudinal study-who must now learn to manage their own feelings and actions. Can Decklan get a handle on the tantrums that, not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A good start to school depends on three fundamental gifts: the ability to communicate effectively, a talent for fitting in well with others, and an ambition to learn. This program tracks the challenges, setbacks, and successes in the lives of a half-dozen five-year-olds as they prepare for the world of organized education. When it comes to school readiness, why is Ben, the smallest of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The story of a child's development is written most poignantly in his or her ability to bounce back after pain and trauma. From outward, observable behavior to the mysterious inner world of epigenetics, this program examines the coping mechanisms of five-year-olds in highly varied contexts and surroundings. Aside from catastrophe or a loved one's death, parental separation is the most traumatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This video demonstrates the types of dangers present in any industrial or manufacturing atmosphere and then explains how to prevent accidents. Actual industrial accidents (cranes collapsing, foundry explosions) are used to stress the importance of using proper methods when in a general shop. An excellent program for technology/vocational courses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Poverty, unstable government, and disadvantages in trade have virtually eliminated food security in Malawi. This program explores the African country's struggles on both a personal and national level, interviewing frustrated civil servants and impoverished citizens, and reflecting widespread despair over WTO policies and the government's inability to subsidize the agriculture of its own people....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Scientists expect the island nation of Tuvalu to disappear into the sea during the next few decades. If that is true, what will become of the country's citizens and its unique South Pacific culture? Should the traumatic task of evacuation begin now, and if so, to where and under what circumstances? This program grapples with those questions by interviewing key figures in Tuvalu's government and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Demonstrates the importance of the educational planning process by exploring concepts such as lifelong learning, credentials, and competencies and how education is related to work, leisure, and to life roles such as family and citizenship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Poverty in Africa reminds us that abundant natural resources don't automatically translate into widespread economic wealth. This program brings home the disturbing reality of daily life in Angola-marked by ramshackle houses, open sewers, and a question that grows louder every day: who benefits from the country's vast oil resources? Outlining the nation's colonial and Cold War traumas, the film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program examines India's immense child labor problem and the fight against it. The video contrasts this nation's status as the world's largest democracy with the fact that, inside its borders, 80 million children work physically exhausting jobs for minuscule wages. Incorporating interviews with Shanta Sinha, founder of the organization known as MVF, the video illustrates how the group...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program contrasts indigenous, community-based culture with market economics driven by multinational corporations. The film assesses the growing conflict between Burlington Resources, an American oil company licensed to prospect in regions of Ecuador, and the self-sufficient Achuar people of that country, who believe the oil industry will destroy their environment and non-materialistic way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Noma is an acute oral infection that attacks young, malnourished children. If left untreated-which, tragically, is often the case in Africa-it devours bone tissue and permanently disfigures its victims. This unflinching program studies the impact of the pitiless disease and will help viewers assess the ability and readiness of the international community to combat the suffering. Graphic scenes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Swept to power in 2006 on a wave of social unrest, Bolivian President Evo Morales has vowed to shift the balance of power in favor of his poorest constituents. This program examines the wealth generated from Bolivia's natural resources-precious metals in particular-and highlights Morales' efforts to redirect revenues away from what he sees as neoliberal interests. Noting Morales' indigenous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009