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SECRET HEBRON: THE SCHOOL RUNEducation Islamic Studies Middle Eastern Studies Sociology Children & Young Adult Directed by Women
This video reveals the plight of young Palestinian children in the West Bank city of Hebron who regularly risk being attacked by Israeli soldiers as they try to go to school each morning.
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THE BRUTAL TRUTH: A VIOLENCE DOCUMENTARYAlcohol & Drug Abuse Children & Young Adult Criminal & Law Psychology & Psychiatry
This documentary offers insights into the pandemic violence among teen-aged youth in America today. Juvenile offenders, both men and women, who have fallen prey to alcohol and drugs, domestic abuse, or committed gang violence or sexual abuse, tell their emotionally moving stories of what it is like to be the victim, or in some cases the predator.
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PROM NIGHT IN KANSAS CITYAmerican Studies LGBTQ Human Sexuality Psychology & Psychiatry Family Relations Children & Young Adult Dance Sociology Directed by Women
Filmmaker Hali Lee grew up in suburban Kansas City, where she remembers her own high school prom as a drag. In later years, however, she became obsessed with trying to understand the appeal of this quintessentially American tradition—was it the pageantry, the poignant pretensions of teenagers dressing up as ‘adults,’ the myth of prom as a pagan coming-of-age ritual, or the ersatz memories?
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RULES OF THE GAMELGBTQ New York City Human Sexuality Performing Arts Children & Young Adult Sociology
Profiles four young people at the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York, which supports lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual youth.
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ON THE BORDERChildren & Young Adult Sociology African Studies Directed by Women
The human tragedy caused by the widespread use of land mines in warfare is a growing problem throughout the world today. Children are especially susceptible to being maimed or killed by stepping on anti-personnel weapons buried during military conflicts many years ago. This documentary is a case study of the problem.
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JUDGEMENT DAYChildren & Young Adult Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry Peace & Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Jewish Studies Islamic Studies African Studies
This video, by comparing the current Israeli/Palestinian conflict with the previous struggle for liberation and democracy in South Africa, makes a universal statement about war and the effects of war on young people on both sides of the conflicts.
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HIGH ACHIEVERSChildren & Young Adult Sociology Health Education African-American Studies
Examines the training of young African Americans at the Health Professions Department at Morehouse College, the only all-black male college in America.
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GROWING UP ON THE STREETS: 12 YEARS LATERChildren & Young Adult Sociology Spanish Language Psychology & Psychiatry Latin-American Studies Family Relations
In 1988, filmmakers Luc Cote and Robbie Hart went to Cusco, Peru, to make a documentary about the life of the city's street kids, runaway children from dysfunctional families or youngsters abandoned by their parents, who struggle to survive on their own.
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CLOSING THE OPEN DOOR: THE FIGHT FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATIONChildren & Young Adult Sociology New York City Education American Studies Directed by Women
Tells the story of the Open Admissions policy at the City University of New York, the third largest university system in the U.S., with the largest minority population.
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BRAVE MAN, THEChildren & Young Adult World History New York City American History
The Brave Man tells the story of the Battle of Brooklyn, one of the bloodiest but least-known conflicts of the War for Independence.
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MEMORIES DO NOT BURNEastern Europe Peace & Conflict Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Children & Young Adult Directed by Women
Portrays a summer camp on a tiny island in the Adriatic Sea for Bosnian and Croatian
children traumatized by the war in the former Yugoslavia.
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RIGHTS OF THE CHILDChildren & Young Adult Political Science Education
Discusses the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, which
established the standards that help to guarantee children a right to life, liberty, a name, a
nationality, an education and good health. The video shows the plight of many children
throughout the world and what UN agencies are doing to improve their lives.
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GROWING UP IN THE SOUTHChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Performing Arts Sociology Latin-American Studies
This documentary chronicles one week in the life of street kids living in Cusco, Peru.
Working in collaboration with a shelter for some of Cusco's 3,000 street kids, the
filmmakers enlist several of the youngsters to form a street theatre company.
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MISSING CHILDRENChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Directed by Women
Portrays the courageous efforts of Argentine mothers and grandmothers to locate their
children and grandchildren who were among the innocent victims of the military junta's
"dirty war" against the opposition in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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CHILDREN IN DEBTChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Economics Directed by Women
Examines the controversial issue of Latin America's `external debt' to the U.S., focusing
on the ways it affects children, including malnourishment, lack of medical care,
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THE CHILDREN'S WAR (guerra dos meninos)Children & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Political Science Latin-American Studies Criminal & Law Directed by Women
This prize-winning
documentary examines both the causes and consequences of the brutal war of
extermination Brazilian society is waging against its own children.
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CUBA VA!: THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEXT GENERATIONChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Directed by Women Cuban Studies
This controversial documentary looks at Cuba's future from the outspoken
and dynamic perspective of Cuban youth. Interviews and spontaneous, street corner debates are interwoven
with rarely seen views of Cuban youth culture. The result is an unprecedented view of a
critical moment in Cuban history and Cuban/U.S. relations.
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PROFESSION: CHILDChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Directed by Women
This shocking documentary, produced by the International Labour Organization, reveals
the exploitation of child labor in Brazil today, focusing on the daily lives of four children
in and around Rio de Janeiro.
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LAFANMI SELAVIChildren & Young Adult Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Family Relations Directed by Women
Filmed at a center for street children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, founded by former President
Aristide in 1986, this video interviews five young children.
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ESCAPE FROM CHINAChildren & Young Adult World History Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China under clandestine conditions, this
documentary re-creates the remarkable experience of student leader Zhang Boli after his
flight from Beijing in the repressive aftermath of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy
demonstrations in June 1989.
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