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EDUCATIONAL DVDS – Politics & Economics

Lost Angels - Skid Row Is My Home

lost angels - skid row is my home

Director Thomas Napper's LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals--people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society’s basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 75 min
  • DVD Release: 2012
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a NORML Life

a NORML life

NORML or National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws has long advocated the decriminalization of cannabis for over 40 years. Its founder, current leaders and nationwide chapter representatives describe the patchwork of state and municipal laws that allow medical marijuana, while the federal government still regards cannabis as a dangerous narcotic. Voters in the US are increasingly... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 60 min
  • DVD Release: 8/16/2011
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The Pathological Optimist

The Pathological Optimist

Who is the man behind the most highly controversial, intensely debated topics in modern medicine? In THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST, director Miranda Bailey brings us a character study of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, one of 13 co-authors of a notorious 1998 paper in the UK medical Journal The Lancet, but who became the very public face of what has come to be known as "The Anti-Vax Movement."... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • DVD Release: 2018
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Paying the Price for Peace

Paying the Price for Peace

In 1987, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam veteran sat down on the railroad tracks outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California to protest a shipment of weapons intended to arm the Nicaraguan Contra army. Underestimating the U.S. Navy’s intolerance for peaceful protest, Willson lost both of his legs and suffered a fractured skull when the train was ordered not to stop... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 97 min
  • DVD Release: 2018
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Rebuilding Hope: Sudan's

rebuilding hope: sudan's "lost boys" return home

As small children, Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol fled their villages in South Sudan due to civil war. They became a part of a group of thousands of other boys with a similar story, nicknamed “The Lost Boys” upon resettlement in the USA in 2001. In May 2007, Gabriel Bol, Koor, and Garang, now in their twenties, embarked on a journey back to Sudan to discover whether their homes and families had survived... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 78 min
  • DVD Release: 2009
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Rising Tides

Rising Tides

Rising Tides explores the topic of coastline erosion, showing what has been done in the past, what is being done now, what worked, what didn’t and what the coastal areas can expect in the future. Through interviews with scientists, experts, nonprofits, homeowners, government officials, and other groups offering possible solutions, Rising Tides covers all angles of this life-threatening issue... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 89 min
  • DVD Release: 2016
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A Second Knock at the Door

a second knock at the door

"A Second Knock at the Door" offers a rare glimpse into the lives of military families dealing with the loss of loved ones to friendly fire. Through interviews and investigative reports, this film explores key incidents that forced families of the fallen to embark on individual but integrally linked quests for the truth as the Army attempts to bury the truth within the "fog of war"... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 92 min
  • DVD Release: 2012
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Shadow of Afghanistan

shadow of afghanistan

This is the epic story of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior, independent filmmakers and a small group of independent journalists, two who died covering the story. The filmmakers spent more than 20 years capturing the Soviet occupation, the exile of millions of refugees maimed by Soviet mines, a violent civil war, the fatal alliance of the Taliban with al-Qaeda, the invasion by United States forces and people still determined to survive to this day... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 90 min
  • DVD Release: 2012
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SUPERPOWER

SUPERPOWER

SUPERPOWER goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus and military operations to illustrate America’s quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy. Framed by dozens of interviews with notable experts like historian Noam Chomsky, Commander Eric Haney (founder of Delta Force, the Army’s counter-terrorist arm), and Dr. Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev, who offer analysis of U.S. foreign policy, SUPERPOWER... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 118 min
  • DVD Release: 1/29/2013
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Trumping Democracy

Trumping Democracy

Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States by winning three key states, a victory engineered by an ultra-conservative faction that quietly mapped its way to power using fake news, lies, social media and psychometrics..... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 69 min
  • DVD Release: 2017
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UnAmerican Struggle

UnAmerican Struggle

Bigotry is on the rise again in America, fueled by a president whose views are rooted in racism, misogyny, sexism, and xenophobia. His words and actions as a candidate, and now his policies as president, have breathed new life into an agenda of intolerance across the nation.... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 106 min
  • DVD Release: 2017
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Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up

will the real terrorist please stand up

"Will the real terrorist please stand up" chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations by telling the story of the "the Cuban five", intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now serving long prison sentences. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed then ignored by the very government that launched a "war against terrorism." In the film, viewers see leading... More .

  • Genre: Documentary
  • TRT: 80 min
  • DVD Release: 7/26/2011
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