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A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers Developing Nations and Globalization Fighting the tide Fighting the Tide Micro credit for women South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Your government--how it worksFilter By Series
A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers Developing Nations and Globalization Fighting the tide Fighting the Tide Micro credit for women South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues Your government--how it worksSummary: Coal Mining (Part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Program on Gasohol. Shots of alcohol being bottled, cars on roads and highways, pumping gas into cars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Coal Mining (Part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Shots of a sewing factory/garment industry. Workers--all women--at sewing machines, supervisor continually brings more pieces
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: Danger has always surrounded the coal miner's profession, but in the early years of the Colorado coal fields, it was almost as risky for a worker to stay above ground and face the wrath of the company as it was to toil in the tunnels below. This Bill Moyers program presents the memories of the people who worked those mines, freeing the rocks, metals, and minerals on which much of 20th-century...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: CCC crews at work, etc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1934
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Summary: For African-Americans, the 20th century was fraught with contrasts. There was the glowing promise of equality in the nation's charters and there was the actual bigotry that shadowed and shrank that promise. In this program, Bill Moyers is joined by a distinguished couple who have long spoken for black aspirations-Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Together they re-create, in dramatic dialogue and often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Parade in support of the NRA (National Recovery Act of the New Deal)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1933
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Summary: September 24th, 1789—the First United States Congress establishes the basic structure of the Federal Judiciary. With this act, the American legal system becomes an entity entwined with our fundamental notions of democracy and fair government, equal in power and authority to the Executive and Legislative branches. This program guides viewers through the history of the Judiciary and illustrates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: CCC recruits
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1934
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Summary: Myths, misconceptions, and the march of time have obscured the true origins and legal details of Brown v. The Board of Education. This fascinating program connects viewers with the people, places, events, and ideas that shaped the landmark civil rights case. Interviewees include Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of lead plaintiff Oliver Brown; Zelma Henderson, who, until her death in 2008, was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The populist governor of Louisiana and United States senator, Huey Long captured the American imagination with his dramatic speeches and promise of “Every man a king.” “The Kingfish” governed during the Great Depression, advocating public works and spending money on state highways, hospitals, schools, and old age pensions. Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns examines Long’s extraordinary career from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1985
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Summary: Many equate it with the Presidency, but the Executive branch of our government is far more complex than that. Containing departments and agencies that directly affect the health, safety, security, and prosperity of the American public, the Executive branch is an administrative mountain with the White House at its peak. This program expands on that description, familiarizing students with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Although the office of the President personifies American leadership, the Legislative branch was actually designed to hold at least as much power as the Executive, if not more. Many Founding Fathers envisioned Congress as the primary governing body, given its closeness, politically speaking, to the people. This program examines the origins, history, and activities of the U.S. House of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Theodore Roosevelt-cowboy, soldier, explorer, hunter, historian, reformer, naturalist, and last but not least, President of the United States. He led America exuberantly into the 1900s, but for all his unswerving patriotism and over-brimming confidence, his tenure as Chief Executive was as laden with complexity as the new century itself. In this program, Bill Moyers joins Roosevelt biographer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Free Trade With Europe? Story about possible benefits to UK
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958
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Summary: This program presents the Spanish-American War as the defining event of America’s rise to superpower status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: For centuries, cotton has influenced the relationship between America and Africa. It drove the slave trade, and today it epitomizes the uneven playing field created by farming subsidies. This program examines the lopsided nature of the global cotton industry-in which U.S. and European producers enjoy massive government support while independent African farmers struggle to remain competitive....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: From all appearances, China has emerged unscathed from the global economic crisis, in stark contrast to the United States, its biggest debtor. China's admirers point to the government's ability to mobilize state resources, make decisions quickly, and create a business-friendly environment as reasons for the nation's economic ascendency. But can its brand of state-directed capitalism overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Micro credit—small loans administered with no collateral requirement—might represent the most powerful weapon in the fight against global poverty. But is micro credit a sustainable solution? This program follows up on the 1995 documentary The Women’s Bank of Bangladesh which examined Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, a pioneering micro credit provider focused mainly on struggling women. Small Change,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Vietnam, one of the few Marxist-Leninist states, is still standing. The Communist Party of Vietnam faithfully represents the rights and interests of the working class and the nation. Just over thirty years after the country was devastated by war, leaving between one and two million dead, its economy is storming ahead. In 1993, poverty levels were at 58%; now that figure has dropped to 12%.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Controversial writer Johan Norberg argues forcefully for one side of the globalization debate. In this program he examines three developing countries and how they fit into that debate, building a case for deregulation, the abolishment of subsidies and tariffs, and a long-term view of industrialization. He frankly defends the use of sweatshop labor, through which Taiwan has cultivated a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In post-apartheid South Africa, whites earn an average of
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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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