Environmental Studies
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IN CANE FOR LIFESpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Environmental Studies Economics
Shot during the seven months of the Brazilian sugar cane harvest, this video portrays what may be the last generation of the nation's 800,000 sugar cane cutters (an environmental law approved by the National Congress has ruled that by 2015 practically all cane harvesting must be mechanized).
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ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAsian Studies Environmental Studies Political Science
Examines UN efforts to encourage governments to develop policies supporting
sustainable development and the improvement of the quality of people's lives without
destroying natural resources.
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AFRICA RECOVERYPolitical Science Environmental Studies African Studies
Africa today is a continent beset by drought, famine, war and debt. In Zambia, a news reporter examines these problems and discusses potential solutions that might be applicable to the entire continent.
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CUBA AMORSpanish Language Latin-American Studies Environmental Studies Cuban Studies
This beautifully photographed video gives a rare (for Americans) view of Cuba. Apart
from its current economic crisis as an embattled socialist government, it is also an
undeniably beautiful Caribbean island which current U.S. laws prevent most American
tourists from visiting.
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STREET VENDORS: THE INFORMAL MAJORITY OF MEXICOSpanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Environmental Studies Economics
This documentary examines the human side of Mexico's informal economy, which is
estimated to comprise some two-thirds of the country's working population. Featuring
interviews with five street vendors and a resident economics scholar, the video will
stimulate discussion on government regulation, economic sustainability, environmental
health, and the NAFTA debate.
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VOICES FROM THE FIELDSSpanish Language Sociology Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Labor Studies Environmental Studies Economics Chicano Studies Directed by Women
This documentary follows farmworkers from California's Salinas Valley back to their
roots in the fields of rural Mexico, where they recount their everyday struggle to cope in
the midst of the globalization of agriculture and the impact of NAFTA.
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VIETNAM: AFTER THE FIREAsian Studies Environmental Studies Health
Examines the extensive damage to the Vietnamese environment and people by the war,
including the bombing which cratered the landscape and left thousands of unexploded
bombs, and the use of defoliants such as Agent Orange which devastated the country's
eco-system and are now resulting in cancer and deformed births among the populace.
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RIVER NIGER, BLACK MOTHERAfrican Studies Anthropology Environmental Studies
This video traces the undulating route of the River Niger throughout West Africa, from its
source in the Republic of Guinea to Nigeria, and discusses how this majestic waterway, as
an essential communications and transport link, has molded the history and culture of the
region.
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RALPH NADER: UP CLOSE (30MIN)Sociology Political Science Environmental Studies American Studies Directed by Women
A biographical profile of America's leading consumer advocate and author who has been
responsible for the passage of dozens of major environmental, consumer and safety re-
forms.
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RALPH NADER: UP CLOSE (49 MIN)Sociology Political Science Environmental Studies American Studies Directed by Women
A biographical profile of America's leading consumer advocate and author who has been
responsible for the passage of dozens of major environmental, consumer and safety re-
forms.
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RALPH NADER: UP CLOSE (72MIN)Sociology Political Science Environmental Studies American Studies Directed by Women
A biographical profile of America's leading consumer advocate and author who has been
responsible for the passage of dozens of major environmental, consumer and safety
reforms.
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THEY LIVE IN GUINEAAmerican Studies Economics Environmental Studies Sociology
This video tells the story of a hardworking, self-sufficient, fiercely independent
community of fishermen and women working the waters of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay.
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BAYMENAmerican Studies Biology Environmental Studies Labor Studies Science
This video portrays the work of men who continue to earn a living by harvesting shellfish
from Long Island Bay, near New York City, and selling them to local markets.
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THE CHARCOAL PEOPLEEnvironmental Studies Health Labor Studies Latin-American Studies Spanish Language
This film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Nigel Noble documents the workaday
lives of Brazilian peasants who cut down trees in the Amazon rain forest and burn the
wood in earthen kilns to make charcoal, an essential ingredient for the manufacture of pig
iron in the U.S
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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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THE COST OF COTTONEnvironmental Studies Latin-American Studies Spanish Language
Examines the use in the Third World of pesticides banned in the U.S., such as DDT, and
the consequences--poisoned workers, contaminated crops and water supplies, decimation
of wildlife, development of pesticide-resistant insects, and the ecological boomerang
effect--when contaminated foreign goods, from coffee to beef and cotton, are imported
into the U.S.
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TOP GUNS AND TOXIC WHALES
Challenging our traditional view of national security as being assured by elaborate
armaments systems, this documentary shows how environmental deterioration has now
become the real threat to national and international security.
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WANDERING THROUGH WINTER
Part of The Four Seasons series, this film's focus is winter. A time of migration and hibernation, winter also sets the blood racing, the nip of the wind quickening our every move.
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AUTUMN ACROSS AMERICA
Part of The Four Seasons series, this film poses some searching and often bewildering questions. It asks why we still offer bounties for certain animals...why we destroy the awe-inspiring redwood forests...why the elk is near extinction...why the trumpeter swan was "too beautiful to live."
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JOURNEY INTO SUMMER
Part of The Four Seasons series, this quietly beautiful film shows natrue at her zenith of color and life. Everything is in full bloom--plants, insects, animals--and all are performing their individual and interdependent roles in nature's great life cycle.
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