Psychology & Psychiatry
BIRTH STORIESPsychology & Psychiatry Health Women's Studies Medicine Directed by Women
This series of funny and frank interviews, in which women tell their personal stories of
pregnancy and birth, is intercut with black and white footage of actual births.
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BETWEEN USPsychology & Psychiatry Health Women's Studies Directed by Women
This video, conceived and produced by breast cancer survivors, will serve as an emotional
first-aid kit for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients during the frightening time period
immediately following diagnosis. The women interviewed provide a range of emotional
reactions and ideas for coping with the trauma and treatment from the perspective of
long-term survivors.
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BREAST CANCER: LET'S GET PERSONALPsychology & Psychiatry Health Women's Studies Directed by Women
Examines the risk factors of this widespread and deadly disease, explains breast anatomy
and cancer symptoms, interviews women whose lives have been affected by it and
doctors involved in treating it, and also demonstrates breast self-examination techniques
and their importance in early detection.
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: THE GENERATION AFTER THE HOLOCAUSTJewish Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies Children & Young Adult
Profiles the members of a Second Generation group of children of Holocaust survivors
who openly discuss the impact of the Holocaust on their lives and the need to
communicate with their parents. Interwoven throughout the film, in addition to
emotionally moving family scenes, are interviews with psychologists, authors and
historians.
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KEEP THE PARTY GOING: IRISH WAKESAnthropology Death & Dying Irish Studies Psychology & Psychiatry
This video explores the Irish tradition of 'waking the dead,' when an all-night vigil is
maintained at the home of the deceased the night before burial.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HEARTAcademy Award Winners & Nominees Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry LGBTQ Family Relations Directed by Women
An emotionally moving account of the issues parents face in coming to terms with having a lesbian or gay child, offering a powerful presentation of parents' struggles with society's traditional homophobia and the misinformation and fear about the so-called "Gay Agenda" cultivated by the Radical Right.
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NOT ALL PARENTS ARE STRAIGHTChildren & Young Adult Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry LGBTQ Family Relations
Examines the dynamics of the parent-child relationship within several different
households where children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents.
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IT'S OUR BABYFamily Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies Sociology Directed by Women
Examines nurse-midwifery as a significant and increasingly popular alternative to
traditional hospital childbirth methods.
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EARLY MISGIVINGS: A FILM ON CHILD ABUSEAmerican Studies Children & Young Adult Criminal & Law Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
Examines the problem of child abuse and its root causes and shows methods of treatment
and prevention. The film includes interviews with parents, doctors, counselors and other
professionals, as well as former victims of child abuse, stressing the need for an
interdisciplinary approach to this far-reaching problem.
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SHADOW CHILDRENChildren & Young Adult Criminal & Law Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Urban Studies
Examines the plight of homeless children through interviews with more than a dozen
youngsters living on the streets of California's Bay Area.
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DOLORESFamily Relations Latino Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Women's Studies
This short drama on domestic abuse, based on extensive research with battered Latinas,
focuses on a Hispanic family, showing how the father's machismo has intimidated both
wife and daughter into continual fear of physical abuse and alienated the son who resents
his father's authoritarian attitudes.
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MEMORIES OF TATAFamily Relations Latin-American Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Spanish Language Immigration
An intimate portrait of the filmmaker's immigrant Central American family-in particular
the macho traditions of his grandfather-woven from childhood memories and family
reminiscences, revealing how exaggerated expressions of male identity can cost a man the
love of his entire family.
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