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Publisher
Clear Compas Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thrive is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's really going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, Thrive offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
Publisher
Fundación BBVA Bancomer
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Speaks with families in Mexico of people who have gone to work in the United States. Touches on the economic and social impact on the divided families from the point of view of those who remain in Mexico, rather than those who emigrate.
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, emotional, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world. Without narration or spoken word, the filmb2ss primary language is Dance, a universal medium. Take a visual journey to eighteen different destinations around the world and experience the beauty and emotion of dance with over 20 dancers wearing stunning and colorful costumes in a variety of indoor and outdoor scenes.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.
8) The shift
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Explores the spiritual journey from ambition to meaning. The powerful shift from the ego constructs we are taught early in life which promote an emphasis on achievement and accumulation are shown in contrast to a life of meaning, focused on serving and giving back. Intertwined stories inspire and teach how to create a life of meaning and purpose.
Publisher
The Library, UC San Diego
Pub. Date
[between 2010-2015?]
Language
English
Description
This 8-part series reveals how scientists' ability to decipher and manipulate human genes will transform medicine and perhaps the human race. It chronicles the scientific findings in molecular biology through tales of discovery, personal case studies and engaging histories. Using three-dimensional animation and special photographic techniques, the series reveals an unseen world and showcases how DNA, base pairs, genes, proteins, promoters and receptors...
11) Witness: Katrina
Publisher
Night, LLC
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This program reconstructs Hurricane Katrina as it happened, entirely through the eyes of those who experienced it. From Biloxi to Bay St. Louis, from Slidell to the Superdome, this special captures the storm and its aftermath in all its epic human complexity--Publisher's description.
12) Primal fear
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history, psychology, and science behind what scares us most. Examines the roots of each fear, when the fear flourished, how the fear has changed over time, and how many of these fears have been manipulated to create mass hysteria.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You, sociolinguist Valerie Fridland of the University of Nevada, Reno guides you in a wide-ranging voyage into the extraordinary world of our language, with a penetrating focus on the multiple ways in which societies and language intersect. In these 24 highly engaging lectures, you'll look closely at the different facets of language and speech that sociolinguists study, bringing the field's original...
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"This program examines just what the implications of the new Information Age may be with Jim Clark, President of Netscape Communications; Sherry Turkle, MIT psychologist and sociologist; and Clifford Stoll, author of Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway."--container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, considering them best friends, family members, and even children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners get personal in a series of interviews and stories that are insightful, funny, heartwarming, and life-changing.
20) Malls r us
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Documentary that examines the social significance of shopping malls.
