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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In India, water management is a very big issue and one social entrepreneur is doing an amazing job of helping farmers to do this. In India, farmers struggle to grow their crops during the long dry months. The company, IDEI, tries to help by making affordable irrigation products that feed plants a drop of water at a time. But can farmers really make enough money to pay for them? And can IDEI’s inspirational boss, Amitabha Sadangi, accept Alvin Hall’s...
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Language
English
Description
This program paints a controversial picture of the events of September 11, 2001. It describes how the attacks on the United States have been elevated to a sacred, near-religious level - and that to challenge the orthodox view, regardless of the quality of the contrary arguments, is considered blasphemy and to be rejected.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013], c2001
Language
English
Description
The torturous waist-shaping corset of the Victorian era… The bright green eye shadow of the '70s… Prompted both by fashion trends and by cultural norms, women tend to adopt the prescribed beauty ideals of their times. The 20th century saw milestone achievements in beauty culture - from the first plastic surgeries in the '20s, to the portable metal lipstick container, to the aerobics craze of the '80s. This episode is about changing looks and the...
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English
Description
In this program, Hazel Henderson and Wayne Silby, lawyer and founder of the Calvert Group of socially responsible mutual funds discuss where these investing trends Silby pioneered, are heading. They discuss how these trends evolved , as both were colleagues at Calvert from its launch in 1982 , when Henderson served on Calvert’s Advisory Council with other experts , helping develop Calvert’s social screens . These screens helped steer portfolios...
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Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past. He shows how 20th-century attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man against a background of science and competing political ideologies.
10) Plutocrats
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Plutocrats, a term coined by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, who won the Lionel Gelber Prize, and an FT Best Book of the Year for her book carrying the same name, is a documentary that travels through a world increasingly paralyzed by joblessness, debt, and economic uncertainty. The film depicts a world where the wealth gap is now greater than it was in the Gilded Age, the age of the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts. Shot in the Ukraine,...
11) Cuddle
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Cuddle parties, snuggle houses, cuddle therapy... All around the world, the cuddling movement is growing bigger and bigger and faces an uphill climb in mainstream acceptance. This new documentary from award-winning filmmaker Jason O'Brien explores this revolutionary trend in restoring basic human needs in a world where human touch seems to happen less and less.
12) Of the Land
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Of the Land is a detailed exploration into our current food supply as well as a variety of organic options available to people who want to support sustainable farming methods.
13) This Is Nowhere
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Each year tens of thousands of travelers steer their RVs into Wal-Mart parking lots to "camp" for a night or two. Full of irony, This is Nowhere humorously captures the essence of American attitudes toward nature, equality, and civic values as it documents RV travelers' interactions with landscape, technology, communities, and each other.
14) Wisconsin Rising
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wisconsin was a testing ground for the nation in 2011 as big money attempted to undo basic workers' rights when newly elected Republican Governor Scott Walker suddenly stripped collective bargaining power from the state's public employees. Wisconsin Rising catapults the viewer into the days, weeks, and months when Wisconsinites fought back against power, authority, and injustice.
15) Freeing Willy
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the 1993 hit movie Free Willy, activists and fans campaigned to release the movie’s star—a captive killer whale named Keiko—and launched a story Hollywood couldn’t invent.
16) Hate Among Us
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On this episode of Nightline, Eva Pilgrim examines white supremacy in America culminating with the Charlottesville protests. Interviews include David Dukes, Richard Spencer, Matt Heimbach,Richard Cohen, and Cokie Roberts.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: As an ally, you use your power-no matter how big or small-to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, 17 critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors get real about being an ally, needing an ally, and showing up for friends and strangers. From raw stories of racism and invisible disability to powerful moments of passing the mic, these authors share their truths....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their advice on how to participate in ensuring freedom for everybody: join something, start something and "sharpen...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a devastating firestorm engulfed the city of Paradise, California. This documentary, from Academy Award®-winning director Ron Howard and Academy Award®-winning producer Brian Grazer, is a moving story of resilience in the face of tragedy, as a community ravaged by disaster comes together to recover what was lost and begin the important task of rebuilding.
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