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Kuruwitu: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2011)

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A traditional fishing community on Kenya's coast declares a no-fishing zone along their stretch of coastline in an effort to halt the total destruction of their marine resources, to bolster fish numbers and to create opportunities for marine tourism.

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Kuruwitu: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Civil Rights (2005)

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Standard Deviants School is an educational and entertaining, lesson-based learning supplement developed from the award-winning Standard Deviants teaching style. Written to meet state educational standards, each module is clearly organized by lesson topic and includes full classroom performance rights.

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Middle
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00:26
Civil Rights

Liberty! The American Revolution (1997)

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LIBERTY! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.

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Middle
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06:00
Liberty! The American Revolution

Time of Fear (2004)

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In World War II more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to military camps dotted across the western United States. TIME OF FEAR tells the story of the 16,000 men, women, and children who were sent to two relocation camps in southeast Arkansas--one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America.

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Time of Fear

God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

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An award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary, narrated by Nicole Kidman, GOD GREW TIRED OF US explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war.

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High
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01:30
God Grew Tired of Us

China From the Inside (2006)

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China is rapidly becoming a world power, but much of the country and its people remain hidden to those outside its borders. CHINA FROM THE INSIDE includes visits to temples in Tibet, border areas of Muslim Xinjiang, Communist Party meetings, a village election, court rooms, newspaper offices, a women's labor camp, and a country wedding.

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China From the Inside

Digital Nation (2010)

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Within a single generation, the Web and digital media have remade nearly every aspect of modern culture, transforming the way we work, learn and socialize in ways that we are only beginning to understand.

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Digital Nation

Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root (2009)

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Inspiring and rich, INGREDIENTS unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the chefs, farmers and activists transforming our broken food system. This upbeat, beautifully photographed film introduces us to the verdant farms and pioneering restaurants where good food is produced and served.

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01:07
Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root

Black Like Me (2012)

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In 1964, just as Washington was passing the Civil Rights Act, some of Hollywood's most passionate activists interpreted John Howard Griffin's brave chronicle Black Like Me for the screen, with James Whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959, medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his

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Black Like Me

Gods and Goddesses (2001)

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Although its existence dates back more than 2,000 years, the mysterious world of Ancient Greece lives on today through its captivating pantheon of mythological tales.

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01:40
Gods and Goddesses

The Greek Gods (1998)

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Their exploits were recorded and passed down through countless generations. Their images inspired some of the most beautiful art ever created. Their names echo throughout history.

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00:50
The Greek Gods

Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (2012)

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Twenty-five years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever aired on PBS.

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05:44
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers

Mythos I: The Shaping of our Mythic Tradition (1996)

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"The material of myth is the material of our life, the material of our body, and the material of our environment. A living, vital mythology deals with these." - Joseph Campbell

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 Mythos I: The Shaping of our Mythic Tradition

Working Cotton

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This child’s view of the long day’s work in the cotton fields, simply expressed in a poet’s resonant language, is a fresh and stirring look at migrant family life. “With its restrained poetic text and impressionist paintings, this is a picture book for older readers, too.”--Booklist

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Mythos II: The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition (1996)

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"Myth comes from the same zone as dream... from the great biological ground, whatever it may be. They are energies and they are matters of consciousness." - Joseph Campbell

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Elementary
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04:42
Mythos II: The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition

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