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American Studies DVDs & Videos


  • Abandonado
    Exposé of the horrifying results of the 1996 immigration law.

  • Abandoned
    Exposé of the horrifying results of the 1996 immigration law.

  • Abandoned (Short Version)
    Exposé of the horrifying results of the 1996 immigration law.

  • Aboriginal Architecture
    New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.

  • Affluenza
    Diagnoses the "disease" of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.

  • After Silence
    Examines the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WW II, and its relevance to post 9/11 America.

  • America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
    Tells the story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature, the North American tallgrass prairie.

  • The American Ruling Class
    A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question 'Who rules America?'

  • Ancient Sea Turtles Stranded in a Modern World
    The use of TEDs in shrimpers' nets would allow sea turtles to escape.

  • ...and nothing but the truth
    Looks at the failure of the mainstream media to ask important questions and cover opposing points of view.

  • ...and the pursuit of happiness
    The aftermath of 9/11: the war on terror, the Patriot Act, the looming Iraq war and massive peace demonstrations.

  • Arid Lands
    A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford Site in Washington State.

  • Baked Alaska
    Looks at the battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the context of Alaska's accelerated warming.

  • Beyond Organic
    A model of community supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.

  • Black Diamonds
    Examines the escalating drama in Appalachia over mountaintop removal mining.

  • blood and oil
    The stated reasons, and the real reasons, for the Iraq war.

  • Blue Vinyl
    Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.

  • Blue Vinyl (Short Version)
    Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.

  • Borderline Cases
    The environmental impact of the 2,000 factories (maquiladoras) on the US-Mexico border.

  • The Boxer
    A young male looks to escape Mexican poverty by becoming a boxer in the United States.

  • The Boyhood of John Muir
    The early story of John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club.

  • Boys Will Be Men
    Some answers for the hard questions about growing up male in America.

  • Broken Limbs
    Looks at the plight of apple growers in the age of globalization, and points the way to sustainable US agriculture.

  • The Buffalo War
    The battle over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison outside Yellowstone National Park.

  • Busting Out
    An exploration of the history and politics of breast obsession in America, and its connection with breast cancer, breastfeeding and body image.

  • Busto Toxico
    Mediante la combinación de técnicas narrativas y documentales, Busto Tóxico plantea estas preguntas, haciendo la propuesta de que muchos de estos cánceres son prevenibles.

  • Buyer Be Fair
    Looks at the benefits of fair trade goods and product certification for people and the environment.

  • Cash Flow Fever
    One in ten people on the planet either send or receive money from abroad.

  • Children of the Long-Beaked Bird
    Portrait of a modern Native American family that erases old stereotypes.

  • Chávez Ravine
    Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.

  • Cities
    Is "sustainable cities" an oxymoron or can they be made to work?

  • civilization
    Iraq's history -- from the 'cradle of civilization' to the first Gulf War and UN sanctions.

  • Coming to Light
    An in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis, the preeminent photographer of North American Indians.

  • Coming to Light (Short Version)
    An in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis, the preeminent photographer of North American Indians.

  • Community - Planet Neighborhood
    Community regeneration, energy-efficient design, and waste water treatment.

  • Counting on Democracy
    An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.

  • Cowboys, Indians, & Lawyers
    The story of a pork-barrel project: a dam on the free-flowing Animas River in Colorado.

  • Cull of the Wild
    The argument for ending animal trapping for profit, recreation or wildlife management.

  • Cultivating Change
    Garden tour that proves that growing food can be an avenue to social change.

  • Cultivating Opportunity
    Hard-pressed farmers in the southeast US and in Mozambique find co-ops work.

  • David Brower
    An interview with America's foremost environmentalist.

  • the dawn
    A look at what really happened in the presidential elections of 2000.

  • Deadly Mistakes?
    A 2-DVD set designed to help students critically analyze some of our foreign policy interventions since World War II.

  • Designing A Great Neighborhood
    A model co-housing project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood.

  • Devils Tower
    The Lakota struggle to protect their sacred site from climbers and other encroachers.

  • The Dhamma Brothers
    An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.

  • Do You Remember Vietnam?
    Three years after the fall of Saigon, Pilger returns to Vietnam to examine the state of the country.

  • Documentaries That Changed The World
    Four classic documentaries by John Pilger that changed world opinion and broadened our understanding of history forever.

  • Downwind/Downstream
    Water quality for major southwest cities is threatened by mining, acid rain, urbanization.

  • Drumbeat for Mother Earth
    Toxic chemicals are the greatest threat to the survival of indigenous peoples.

  • Economics
    Economics and its relation to social change and our lifestyles.

  • Edens Lost and Found
    4-part series that highlights models for urban transformation in the effort to make Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle into sustainable cities.

  • Edens Lost and Found - Chicago
    City Hall and grass roots groups in Chicago are working on open space, green buildings and an educated citizenry to create a sustainable city.

  • Edens Lost and Found - Los Angeles
    Is it possible that the City of the Angels can tell a story to the world about environmental rebirth?

  • Edens Lost and Found - Philadelphia
    Faced with severe budget limitations, Philadelphia's rebirth is being brought about by a network of community-based volunteer organizations.

  • Edens Lost and Found - Seattle
    Recognizing that the human community is growing faster than the aging infrastructure, the city of Seattle created an Office of Sustainability and Environment.

  • El Caballo
    The history, ecology, and current plight of the wild horse in North America.

  • El Caballo (Short Version)
    The history, ecology, and current plight of the wild horse in North America.

  • Energy and Morality
    The complex relationship of energy use to different value systems.

  • Escape from Affluenza
    Simple living and its rewards.

  • Everything's Cool
    Examines the media strategies, on both sides, that have resulted in the US government's failure to take decisive action on global warming.

  • Exotic Terrane
    Geological discoveries in the Pacific Northwest.

  • Fat City
    Sorts fact from fiction in the struggle for weight loss.

  • Fighting Fire With Fire
    Raises questions about conventional methods of fighting fire, and whether decades of suppressing fire have simply made matters worse.

  • Food for Thought
    Presents the environmental effects of eating meat.

  • For Earth's Sake
    Portrait of David Brower, America's leading environmentalist.

  • The Forest For The Trees
    The amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist.

  • The Four Corners
    The "hidden" cost of energy development in the homeland of the Hopi, Navajo, and Mormons.

  • The Friendship Village
    An international group of veterans builds a village in Vietnam for children with Agent Orange-related deformities.

  • Gene Blues
    Examines the ethical issues associated with DNA testing.

  • Geraldo's Brazil
    Five years later, Life rejoins a Brazilian factory worker affected by the globalized economy.

  • God Among the Children
    Community organization works with at-risk youth in Boston.

  • The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
    The story of conscientious objectors in World War II.

  • Granny D Goes to Washington
    An 89-year-old idealist walks across the country to demand that Washington lawmakers clean up their act.

  • Grasslands
    The ecology of North America's grasslands.

  • A Great Wonder
    Documents the difficult transition of three of the "Lost Boys and Girls" of Sudan to life as immigrants in Seattle, WA.

  • The Greening of Southie
    The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.

  • The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced
    Two scientific expeditions to Alaska, 100 years apart, give us an unparalleled view of environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes.

  • Helen Nearing
    A moving portrait of the lives and deaths of homesteading authors, Helen and Scott Nearing.

  • Hidden Fury
    The danger posed by the New Madrid earthquake zone along the Mississippi River.

  • Home
    Green technology and innovative design save energy.

  • Home of the Brave
    Examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement.

  • Homeland
    Tells the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.

  • Homeland (Short Version)
    A shorter version of the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.

  • Hopi Land
    The Hopi fight to preserve their land and water from strip mining.

  • In Our Own Backyard
    First brush the U.S. had with toxic waste at Love Canal.

  • In Our Own Backyards
    How does uranium mining impact the land and the health of people?

  • In the Light of Reverence
    A stunning portrait of land-use conflicts over Native American sacred sites on public and private land around the West.

  • In the Light of Reverence (Classroom Version)
    Three separate stories of land-use conflicts over Native American sacred sites on public and private land around the West.

  • Independent Intervention
    Focuses on the human cost of the Iraq War to contrast corporate-controlled media coverage with independent media.

  • Islas Hermanas
    Ometepe, Nicaragua, and Bainbridge Island near Seattle work together for a better life for both communities.

  • John James Audubon
    The life story of one of America's singular pioneers, artist and naturalist John James Audubon.

  • Keepers of the Coast
    Surfers organize to save the ocean and the coastline.

  • King Corn
    By growing an acre of corn in Iowa two friends uncover the devastating impact that corn is having on the environment, public health and family farms.

  • Life
    30-part series that looks at the effect of globalization on individuals and communities around the world.

  • Life Running Out of Control
    Thorough examination of the issues surrounding the genetic manipulation of plants, animals and human beings.

  • Life Running Out of Control (Short Version)
    Thorough examination of the issues surrounding the genetic manipulation of plants and animals.

  • Living the Good Life
    A portrait of the daily life of America's most famous back-to-the-landers.

  • Llamado Para La Madre Tierra
    Toxic chemicals are the greatest threat to the survival of indigenous peoples.

  • The Long Walk To Freedom
    A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement.

  • A Lot in Common (Short Version)
    A community garden grows community as well as food, flowers and consciousness.

  • A Lot in Common
    A community garden grows community as well as food, flowers and consciousness.

  • Monumental
    A stirring portrait of America's greatest environmentalist.

  • The Motherhood Manifesto
    Looks at the obstacles facing working mothers and families and the employer and public policy changes needed to restore work-life balance.

  • Motor
    The controversy surrounding off-road motor vehicles using public lands.

  • Mount Shasta
    The Wintu aim to keep their sacred spring on Mount Shasta from harm.

  • My Father's Garden
    Explores sustainable agriculture and the contrast between chemical and organic farming.

  • The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
    Unveiling the ancient astronomy of southwestern Pueblo Indians.

  • The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
    Advanced seafaring culture lived in New England 7000 years ago.

  • Natural Connections
    Makes a compelling scientific and ethical case for maintaining biodiversity.

  • Natural Connections (Classroom Version)
    5-part series that makes a compelling scientific and ethical case for maintaining biodiversity.

  • No Bigger Than A Minute
    Director Steven Delano explores dwarfism through images from movies, paintings, and popular culture and through his own experience as a "little person".

  • No Umbrella
    An unblinking look at the 2004 US Election Day failures in one of Ohio's poorest neighborhoods.

  • Norse America
    Evidence that the Icelandic sagas were fact not fiction.

  • Nuclear Dynamite
    Investigates American and Soviet plans to use nuclear explosives for "geographical engineering."

  • Nuclear Dynamite (Short Version)
    Investigates American and Soviet plans to use nuclear explosives for "geographical engineering."

  • On Nature's Terms
    Coexisting with predators and protecting their habitats.

  • On the Road
    RV owners leave their home towns and build their own communities.

  • The Other Side
    Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives.

  • Our Vanishing Forests
    The history and policies of the U.S. Forest Service.

  • Our Vanishing Forests (Short Version)
    The history and policies of the U.S. Forest Service

  • pax americana
    Spreading human rights and democracy...or empire?

  • Paying the Price
    John Pilger exposes the devastating effect that UN sanctions had on the children of Iraq during the 1990s.

  • Paying the Price (Short Version)
    John Pilger exposes the devastating effect that UN sanctions have had on the children of Iraq.

  • Peacock's War
    Moving portrait of legendary environmentalist, Doug Peacock.

  • The Philadelphia Story
    Globalized economy affects American jobs.

  • Planet Neighborhood
    The latest in energy saving technology and good design.

  • Poet
    Absorb the poetry and wisdom of an 83-year old Iowa farmer and poet.

  • Pointless Pollution
    We all contribute to nonpoint source pollution of our water!

  • Poison in the Rockies
    Threats to water quality in the Colorado Rockies.

  • The Quiet Mutiny
    John Pilger reveals the shifting morale and open rebellion of Western troops serving in Vietnam.

  • RADICALLY simple
    Author Jim Merkel leads by example on the path to simple and sustainable living.

  • Rain in a Dry Land
    Two Somali Bantu families leave behind a legacy of slavery in Africa and find new homes in urban America.

  • Rain in a Dry Land (Short Version)
    Two Somali families find new homes in urban America.

  • Razing Appalachia
    Explores the controversial issue of mountaintop removal mining by following a grassroots fight to stop the process in West Virginia.

  • The Real Patch Adams
    He's a doctor, a clown, and a social activist, who wants to change the health care system.

  • Redwood Summer
    Documents both sides in the summer of struggle between environmentalists vs. loggers and timber companies.

  • ReInventing The World
    Three 50-minute programs on creating sustainable cities, food systems, and lifestyles.

  • ReInventing the World II
    Two 50-minute videos that offer practical solutions to the big problems affecting all of us.

  • The Return of the Cuyahoga
    The story of the death and rebirth of one of America's most emblematic waterways.

  • Risky Business
    A discussion-starter on genetically engineered plants and animals.

  • River Town
    Flooded out Soldiers' Grove rises again as a model "solar town."

  • The Same River Twice
    The evolution of a group of river guides from the late 70s to today.

  • Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
    Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.

  • Save Our Land, Save Our Towns (Classroom Version)
    Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.

  • Secrets of Silicon Valley
    Shocking exposé of the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution.

  • The Shoreline Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
    Coastal erosion and our mostly futile efforts to hold the ocean at bay.

  • A Sidewalk Astronomer (Short Version)
    John Dobson has revolutionized astronomy and helped thousands to look in wonder at their own universe.

  • A Sidewalk Astronomer
    John Dobson and his simple telescope mount have revolutionized astronomy.

  • Sir! No Sir!
    The untold story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam.

  • Solidarity Song
    The great, but little known, 20th century composer, persecuted for his communism.

  • Southbound
    Examines logging in the southeastern US and the controversy over chip mills.

  • Store Wars
    Looks at the impact on a small town when Wal-Mart plans to build a mega-store there.

  • Street Fight
    Tells the gripping story of the race for mayor of Newark, N.J., where elections are won and lost in the streets.

  • Subdivide and Conquer
    Suburban sprawl: causes and remedies.

  • Subdivide and Conquer (Short Version)
    Suburban sprawl -- causes and remedies.

  • The Sun Dagger (Short Version)
    The astonishing discovery of an ancient celestial calendar in Chaco Canyon, NM.

  • The Sun Dagger
    The astonishing discovery of an ancient celestial calendar in Chaco Canyon, NM.

  • Swim for the River
    The story of the Hudson, and the battle to save it, are told as Chris Swain swims the entire length of the river.

  • Thirst
    A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap.

  • 30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle
    Photojournalist's personal odyssey through the streets of Seattle during the WTO meeting.

  • this black soil:
    Chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, VA, to pursue a new vision of prosperity.

  • Thomas Berry
    Portrays the life and work of the famous eco-theologian.

  • Tools for Research
    A classic animal rights film that raises important questions about the use of animals in laboratories.

  • Toxic Bust
    Explores the relationship between breast cancer and exposure to toxic chemicals.

  • Unconquering the Last Frontier
    Chronicles Native Americans' struggle to survive in the midst of hydroelectric development.

  • Valley at the Crossroads
    The battle over sprawl in California's Central Valley, where 50% of America's fruits, nuts, and vegetables are grown.

  • Varmints
    The controversy surrounding the decline of the prairie dog.

  • Varmints (Short Version)
    The controversy surrounding the decline of the prairie dog.

  • Victor "Gotti" Cherry in New York
    A former gang leader now works with troubled youth.

  • Voices of the Land
    Our spiritual connection to the land, and how wilderness can heal the soul.

  • The War on Democracy
    John Pilger reports that, in spite of a history of repeated US-backed suppression, popular democratic movements are gaining ground in Latin America.

  • war, peace and patriotism
    Patriotism, the 'chicken-hawks' and weapons of mass destruction.

  • The Wasting of a Wetland
    The destruction of the Florida Everglades.

  • When Abortion was Illegal
    Devastating stories from the era of illegal abortion.

  • Whose Home on the Range?
    The peace process between environmentalists, ranchers, and the U.S. Forest Service in the toughest county in the West.

  • Wind River
    The battle over water rights on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.

  • Work
    Energy-efficient skyscrapers, controlling waste, and innovative automobile design and recycling.

  • Work and Time
    A program about stress. How we can overcome being over-worked and out of time?

  • XXI CENTURY
    A seven-part series that gives context and perspective to events since the 2000 presidential elections and 9/11.



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