Health
SMOKING: GAMES SMOKERS PLAY
Examines the hazards and annoyances of smoking and the rationalizations of smokers
who persist in their habit despite knowledge of health risks.
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BODY SCULPT: THE VIDEO
Produced by Body Sculpt of New York, an anti-drug/dropout
prevention program, this video is designed to educate young people about the dangers of drug abuse
while showing them a positive alternative--body-building to improve their mental and
physical self-esteem
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DEPRESSION AND SUICIDESociology Psychology & Psychiatry Health
This film explores some of the causes of depression and
ways to prevent such feelings from becoming overwhelming. Several teenagers discuss
their own struggles with depression and their efforts to come out of it.
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SPINNING OUTHealth Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Directed by Women
Examines one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses, schizophrenia, and attempts to
dispel the widespread misconceptions, fears and myths about it.
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IN THE HOUSEHealth Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Short Films Directed by Women
This short video features three autobiographical stories written and performed by
teenagers in a children's psychiatric hospital.
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NERVESociology Psychology & Psychiatry Health
Four former psychiatric patients in New York and Vienna give moving personal accounts
of their personal crises and the nature of their psychiatric treatment, including their
experiences with therapy, institutionalization, and medication.
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ABUSE OF MEMORY, THEHealth Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
Examines the phenomenon of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) by recounting the
life of Rachel Downing who, for the last eight years, has been under the care of Dr.
Richard Loewenstein, former president of the International Society for the Study of
Multiple Personality Dissociation.
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PAUL JACOBS AND THE NUCLEAR GANGAmerican Studies Death & Dying Health Media Studies Political Science Directed by Women
Profiles the journalist and political activist who exposed the U.S. government's cover-up
of the health hazards from low-level radiation, chronicling this scandal from atomic fallout
contamination of soldiers during early tests in the Fifties and Sixties to problems facing
nuclear industry workers today.
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CANCER WAR, THEHealth Directed by Women Pacific Street Films
This provocative documentary questions whether we are really winning the war on
cancer, as the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society would have us
believe.
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WHEN YOUR HEAD'S NOT A HEAD, IT'S A NUTFamily Relations Health Psychology & Psychiatry
Filmmaker Garth Stein documents his 28-year-old sister's decision to undergo brain
surgery to control her epilepsy.
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SUDDEN CHANGES: POST HYSTERECTOMY SYNDROMEHealth Human Sexuality Sociology Women's Studies Directed by Women
Examines the reasons for the high number of hysterectomies performed on women every
year, the alternatives available, the side effects and after-effects. Includes interviews with
doctors, other professionals, and women who have undergone the operation.
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THE ULTIMATE TEST ANIMALWomen's Studies Sociology Human Sexuality Health
Examines the birth control injection Depo Provera and the international controversy over
its use, raising disturbing questions about racism and sexism in health care, population
control vs. birth control, and how drugs are tested and marketed.
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HEALING STEPSDance Death & Dying Health Performing Arts Psychology & Psychiatry Religion & Spirituality
Profiling four artists who have had to cope with adversity, while persevering in their
respective performing arts careers, this documentary celebrates the healing and restorative
powers of music, dance and friendship.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING IN THE 21ST CENTURYNative American Studies Health Medicine
This video traces ancient healing methods of American Indians, discusses the invaluable
contributions they made to our early frontier medical heritage, and shows how many of
these same healing plants and herbs are an important source of today's modern medicine.
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CONTRACEPTION: THE STALLED REVOLUTIONAIDS American Studies Health Human Sexuality Women's Studies
Journalist Linda Ellerbee examines the state of contraception in the U.S. today, including
women's dissatisfaction with the methods currently available.
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TEENAGE MOTHERS: A GLOBAL CRISISCultural Studies Education Family Relations Health Human Sexuality Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Women's Studies Children & Young Adult Cuban Studies
Examines the worldwide crisis in teenage pregnancies through four case studies of teenage
mothers in Ghana, England, Cuba, and the U.S., thereby providing a cross-cultural survey
of the underlying reasons for the increasing rate of adolescent pregnancies and also
discussing the hazards to the health and well-being of such young mothers.
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CAN'T HEAR YOU KNOCKINGDisabilities Health Music Directed by Women
Examines the dangers of hearing loss from listening to or performing loud music, featuring
interviews with American and European rock musicians as well as rock music fans, sound
engineers and audiologists.
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CHOOSING SUICIDEAmerican Studies Death & Dying Health Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
An emotionally compelling examination of NY artist and psychotherapist Jo Roman's
pioneering work in developing a philosophy of "rational suicide" as a basic human right.
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AIDS IN THE BARRIOShort Films American Studies Aging / Gerontology AIDS Health Latino Studies Sociology Directed by Women
Examines the impact of AIDS within Hispanic-American communities, focusing on the
specific economic, social and cultural factors which influence perception of the AIDS
crisis, including macho attitudes about sexuality, traditional relations between men and
women, prejudices against homosexuality, and the prevalence of drug abuse.
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GOSPEL OF AIDSAfrican Studies Aging / Gerontology AIDS Health Sociology
Examines the rapid spread of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, focusing on the small nation of
Rwanda.
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