Psychology & Psychiatry
FOR THE LOVE OF BEN: A FATHER'S VIEWChildren & Young Adult Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology
Filmed over a period of four years, this documentary examines the emotional agony
experienced by father and son when separated by divorce, distance and a protracted legal
battle for custody. Interviews with a child psychologist, family friends, and babysitter, as
well as the child himself (in periodic interviews at the ages of three, five, and six) reveal
the psychological impact of this separation on the youngster.
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FAST TRACKChildren & Young Adult Environmental Studies Family Relations Native American Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Urban Studies
Examines the hectic lifestyles of "fast track" couples, members of the Baby Boom
generation whose desire to succeed--at the office, in social circles and through their
children's accomplishments--leads to living in a state of chronic stress.
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MOTHER'S JOURNEY, AAsian Studies Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies
Chronicles the experience of 46-year-old Suzanne, an unmarried American woman who,
desiring to create a single-parent family of her own, adopts a baby abandoned on the
streets of China in the wake of that country's notorious population laws. Her emotional
ordeal illuminates both the joys and problems involved in adopting foreign children and in
being a single parent.
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HARDWOOD DREAMSAfrican-American Studies Education Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Urban Studies Children & Young Adult
Chronicles one season in the life of the Morningside High School basketball team, the
defending California state champs, whose school is situated in a crime-ridden L.A.
neighborhood.
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BREEDING OF IMPOTENCE, THEChildren & Young Adult Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Education
Examines the culture of failure that is endemic among children of poverty and children of
color in our society, its causes, its consequences, and the prognosis for overcoming it.
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RAPE/CRISISCriminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies
A compelling investigation of the trauma of rape, portraying the aftermath of a rape and
the work of the Rape Crisis Center in Austin, Texas.
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DOIN' LIFECriminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
Examines the moral and philosophical issues of crime and punishment by focusing on five
men serving life sentences as well as the victims of their crimes.
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DOING JUSTICECriminal & Law Dance Psychology & Psychiatry Children & Young Adult
Examines America's juvenile justice system, focusing on three young people in trouble
with the law throughout their adolescence.
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VOICES FROM WITHINCriminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry Pacific Street Films
Dramatizes the loneliness and desperation of long-term prisoners who are denied many of
the benefits provided to short-term prisoners, and reveals the emotional damage done to
them and their families by extended incarceration.
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THROUGH THE WIREAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry Women's Studies Directed by Women
Reveals the shocking conditions at the Female High Security Unit at the federal prison in
Lexington, Kentucky, where three women political prisoners, currently serving sentences
ranging from thirty-five to fifty-eight years in solitary confinement, have been subjected
to psychological experimentation (including sensory deprivation and constant video
surveillance) and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment.
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COPS: BEHIND THE BADGEAmerican Studies Criminal & Law New York City Psychology & Psychiatry
This behind-the-scenes documentary follows police officers in Houston and New York
City on their daily patrols, showing the demanding and often dangerous situations they
confront regularly.
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THE JAILAmerican Studies Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
This documentary offers a revealing, inside look at the structure of prison
society in America, particularly its class, racial and sexual aspects, by focusing on the San
Francisco County Jail.
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