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2 Million Minutes (2008)

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Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, they have just TWO MILLION MINUTES to prepare for college and ultimately a career.

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2 Million Minutes

2 Million Minutes in India (2008)

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In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, China and the U.S., the film raised awareness and rattled cages from Harvard to the halls of power.

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01:10
2 Million Minutes in India

2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution (2009)

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Executive Producer Robert A. Compton has searched the world for the best high schools in the hopes of discovering a solution to America's education crisis. Then, in one of the poorest areas of America, Compton discovered a school that teaches ordinary U.S. children at an extraordinarily high academic level.

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00:50
2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution

Deconstructing Supper (2002)

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Documentary film that looks at the way modern food is produced through genetic modification and through organic farming in Canada, Europe, India, and United States. A gourmet chef, John Bishop, leads us on an investigation of various genetically modified food products and the leader in genetic engineering, Monsanto

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High
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00:48
Deconstructing Supper

The Long Walk to Freedom (2004)

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Twelve civil rights activists share their experiences with San Francisco students. Includes brief video autobiographies of the activists and a section where students respond with questions, poetry, songs and essays.

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High
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00:30
The Long Walk to Freedom

Sound and Fury (2000)

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SOUND AND FURY documents one family's struggle over whether or not to provide two deaf children with cochlear implants, devices that can stimulate hearing. As the Artinians of Long Island, New York debate what is the right choice for the two deaf cousins, Heather, 6, and Peter, 1 1/2, viewers are introduced to one of the most controversial issues affecting the deaf community today.

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01:20
Sound and Fury

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA is a six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan.

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12:30
The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The New Age of Walmart: Go Back Inside the Controversial Powerhouse (2009)

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CNBC's David Faber takes you back inside the biggest company in the world for an all-new, unprecedented look at the retailer. ...Since CNBC first took viewers inside the controversial powerhouse, Walmart has encountered an onslaught of lawsuits, intense criticism and a plummeting stock price, resulting in a time of tumultuous change and re-invention for the company.

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01:05
The New Age of Walmart: Go Back Inside the Controversial Powerhouse

The Founding of America (2008)

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The inspiring early days of America – the personalities, the battles, the bravery, the losses, and even the romance – spring to life in spellbinding detail in this sweeping 14-DVD set from A&E Home Video.

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27:14
The Founding of America

Life (From the makers of Planet Earth) (2010)

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In Planet Earth, we brought you the world as you've never seen it before. Now, get closer with Life.

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09:46
Life (From the makers of Planet Earth)

Never Cry Wolf: The Incredible True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

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Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways. Contact with his quarry comes quickly and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young.

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Never Cry Wolf: The Incredible True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

Roger & Me (1989)

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In 1989, Michael Moore, winner of 2002’s Best Documentary Feature Academy Award* and Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Bowling for Columbine, triumphantly burst upon the American moviemaking scene with Roger & Me, a hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement.

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High
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01:30
Roger & Me