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Economics DVDs & Videos
- A-OK?
Examines prospects for Vitamin A distribution programs in Guatemala and Ghana necessary for children's health.
- An Act of Faith
A group of health professionals tours the most deprived regions of South Africa providing care.
- Affluenza
Diagnoses the "disease" of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.
- Aiming High
Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.
- All Different, All Equal
Examines progress in women's rights globally.
- All the Right Stuff
Teaches teenagers about media, malls, money, and consumerism.
- The American Ruling Class
A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question 'Who rules America?'
- Argentina: Hope in Hard Times
The Argentine people, in the face of economic collapse, provide a hopeful example for the rest of us.
- Argentina: Turning Around
An intimate view of new models of work, politics and community development in Argentina.
- Arid Lands
A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford Site in Washington State.
- At the End of a Gun
The devastating effect that the civil war in Sri Lanka is having on women.
- Back In Business?
After 11 years of civil war, can Sierra Leone expect tourism to improve the economy?
- Because They're Worth It
Micro-credit, education, health information, and hope provided to impoverished Chinese.
- Biomimicry
2-part series based on the book Biomimicry - a new science that studies nature 's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
- Biomimicry: Learning from Nature - Part 1
Using natural processes as the model for agriculture and business.
- Biomimicry: Learning from Nature - Part 2
Advances in materials and medicine based on research into natural processes.
- Black Sea
Scientists and religious leaders meet to find the solution to the Black Sea in crisis.
- Blue Danube?
Connecting more than 18 countries in Western Europe, the Danube River is at the heart of a dilemma over shared resources in the growing European Union.
- Bolivian Blues
Explores the success of new initiative to reduce widespread poverty.
- The Bomb Under the World
What are the consequences of consumerism taking hold in developing countries like India?
- The Boxer
A young male looks to escape Mexican poverty by becoming a boxer in the United States.
- Brazil
Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
- Brazil's Land Revolution
In the state of Bahia, a new initiative encourages the landless to band together to buy up land -- with low-interest government loans.
- 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.
- Cheated of Childhood
The International Labor Organization tries to rescue and rehabilitate the street children of St. Petersburg.
- China Blue
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
- China Blue & Store Wars
Two films by Micha X. Peled exposing the way the consumer goods we buy are produced and sold.
- Chávez Ravine
Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.
- City Life
22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.
- City Life
Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.
- The Coffee-Go-Round
Many coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia are facing economic disaster even as the demand for coffee increases worldwide.
- Community
Micro-credit is transforming the lives of women in Bangladesh.
- The Cost of Living
AIDS drugs unaffordable in developing countries.
- Credit Where Credit is Due
Micro-credit organization in Bangladesh provides loans to village poor.
- 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.
- Danger: Children at Work
Guatemalan agencies try to discourage child labor and fireworks production by poor families.
- The Debt Police
Uganda seeks external debt relief and fights internal corruption.
- Democracy à la Maude
A Canadian woman leads the fight against unjust corporate globalization, and for social justice.
- Developing Stories - Series 1
The view on the environment from developing countries
- The Development Road
A road is always the first step to rainforest destruction.
- The Doctor's Story
The US debate over abortion has severe consequences for health care in rural Nepal.
- Doing the Right Thing
Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization.
- The Donor Circus
Zambia tries to change the conditions for international aid.
- Downwind/Downstream
Water quality for major southwest cities is threatened by mining, acid rain, urbanization.
- E. F. Schumacher...
Summary of Schumacher's economic arguments referring to the world energy situation.
- Economics
Economics and its relation to social change and our lifestyles.
- Educating Lucia
The odds are against girls getting an education in Zimbabwe and throughout much of Africa.
- Educating Yaprak
Turkey's ambitious campaign to reduce poverty includes convincing reluctant parents to send their daughters to school.
- The Emperor's New Clothes
An impassioned look at the effects of NAFTA on workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.
- Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Examines the global marine fisheries crisis and the efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices.
- Empty Oceans, Empty Nets (Short Version)
Examines the global marine fisheries crisis and the efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices.
- Escape from Affluenza
Simple living and its rewards.
- Escaping from History
Poverty and consumerism clash in Mexico City. What can we do?
- Fisheries - Beyond The Crisis
Two communities -- one in Canada and one in India -- point the way to sustainable fisheries.
- A Fistful of Rice
Protein deficiency threatens generations of children in Nepal.
- For a Few Pennies More
Iodine deficiency causes health problems in Indonesia.
- For Richer, For Poorer
In Brazil the gulf between the rich and the poor is one of the biggest in the world.
- Forgive Us Our Debts
Tells the story of the international grassroots movement to eliminate Third World debt.
- From Docklands to Dhaka
English MD travels to Bangladesh to improve community health.
- Gaza Under Siege
The Gaza Strip has been a virtual prison for Palestinians for over fifty years.
- Geraldo Off-Line
The globalized economy affects Brazilian factory worker.
- 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 Golf War
Globalization comes to a Philippine seaside community, which has to defend its ancestral lands against golf course development.
- GoodWood
Forest communities can have both jobs and trees.
- The Great Health Service Swindle
Reversing the brain drain in doctors and nurses from developing countries.
- The Health Protestors
Health care advocates demand universal health care for the world's population at international convention in Dhaka.
- Helping Ourselves!
In India, two community projects help people move out of poverty and gain control of their lives.
- How Green Is My Valley?
Documents efforts to revitalize the polluted, impoverished communities in the former coal and steel producing valleys of South Wales.
- The Human Race
Is the western model of global development sustainable in a finite environment?
- India Inhales
Activists combat tobacco companies that target India.
- It Takes a Child
15 year-old child labor activist, Craig Kielburger, works for reform around the world.
- It Takes a Village
A cyclone in Bangladesh results in the construction of an experimental community health center.
- The Legacy of Malthus
Argues that overpopulation is not the real cause of poverty in India or elsewhere.
- Life
30-part series that looks at the effect of globalization on individuals and communities around the world.
- Life 4
A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- Life 5
A new 13-part series about globalization and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- Life and Debt
Economics and the murder of street children in Rio de Janeiro.
- Life III
A 12-part series about Globalization and its effect on ordinary people and communities around the world.
- Life III
Any six programs for $595. See note in description below.
- Life: The Story So Far
How the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
- Lines in the Dust
In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated.
- Livable Landscapes
How growth and sprawl affect the quality of life in New England, and some possible solutions.
- Lost Generations
Poor health and poverty condemn people in India to sub-standard lives.
- Lovins on the Soft Path
Hunter and Amory Lovins make the case for energy efficiency and energy conservation.
- McLibel
The new feature-length version and final chapter in the saga of the postman and the gardener who took on McDonald's. And won.
- McLibel:
Two activists take on McDonald's in the longest trial in English history.
- The Millennium Goals
Explores the ambition and scope of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and the obstacles to their achievement.
- The Miller's Tale
Efforts are underway in Egypt and Yemen to fortify flour with iron to wipe out needless malnutrition.
- Missing Out
Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania.
- 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.
- My Hanoi
Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture.
- My Mother Built This House
Large homeless contingent in South Africa has organized to build houses for each other.
- The New Rulers of the World
Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.
- No Spare Parts
Ingenious recycling of used car parts in Ghana.
- Not The Numbers Game
Six films from around the world on women solving the twin problems of population and development.
- The On-going Story
Final episode examines the international community's commitment to linking social and economic development with human rights.
- The Other Side
Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives.
- The Outsiders
Explores the moral and economic dilemmas that adolescents face in the Ukraine today.
- Paradise Domain
Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web.
- Patently Obvious
International patent regulations only protect multinationals.
- Patents and Patients
India battles HIV/AIDS using generic drugs.
- Pavements of Gold
Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians.
- Paying the Price
Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS.
- The Perfect Famine
Examines the causes of, and solutions to, severe famine conditions in Malawi.
- The Philadelphia Story
Globalized economy affects American jobs.
- Poison in the Rockies
Threats to water quality in the Colorado Rockies.
- The Posse
Rap group in Sao Paulo, Brazil, expresses social problems.
- Razing Appalachia
Explores the controversial issue of mountaintop removal mining by following a grassroots fight to stop the process in West Virginia.
- Reaching Out to the Grassroots
Education and community-driven development combat poverty in Bangladesh and Indonesia.
- Redwood Summer
Documents both sides in the summer of struggle between environmentalists vs. loggers and timber companies.
- Reel to Real: Balancing Acts
Explores the international movement for women's rights.
- Regopstaan's Dream
Kalahari Bushmen fight to live on ancestral land in South Africa.
- 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.
- The Right to Choose
Women are denied human rights in Ethiopia and northern Nigeria.
- The Road from Rio
Questions the relevance and success of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
- 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.
- The Seattle Syndrome
Were the WTO protesters right in their effort to protect workers and the environment from exploitation?
- Secrets of Silicon Valley
Shocking exposé of the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution.
- Secrets of the Choco
The Choco rainforest in Colombia faces development. What is the best option?
- Seeing is Believing
Zambia begins a nationwide program to deliver Vitamin A to its population.
- Silent Killer
Highlights promising attempts in Africa, and in South and Central America, to end world hunger.
- The Silver Age
Growing population of elderly worldwide seeks purpose and care.
- Smiles
The struggle for greater democracy and free speech in Thailand.
- Sowing for Need or Sowing for Greed?
The connection between multinational chemical companies and the foods they want us to eat.
- Sowing Seeds of Hunger
The AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has crippled the agricultural community while forcing children to undertake the responsibilities of farming.
- Stop the Traffick
Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia.
- Store Wars
Looks at the impact on a small town when Wal-Mart plans to build a mega-store there.
- The Story of Pintinho
A young Brazilian athlete hopes soccer will be his ticket out of poverty.
- Subdivide and Conquer
Suburban sprawl: causes and remedies.
- Subdivide and Conquer (Short Version)
Suburban sprawl -- causes and remedies.
- The Summit
The UN General Assembly meets to review progress on social justice worldwide.
- Super-Companies
Multinational companies seldom take the needs of people or the environment into account.
- TemeTTeme
Dramatic children's film about urbanization and family values in Ethiopia.
- Together Against Violence
Poor Jamaican community overcomes violence.
- The Trade Trap
Ghanaian farmers struggle to get a foothold in the international market.
- Turbulent Waters
An investigation of international shipping practices and the treatment of seafarers.
- Untouchable?
The caste system and bonded labor are still alive and well in India.
- Up in Smoke
Dependence on tobacco crops and manipulation by the tobacco industry has stunted the economy of Malawi.
- Waiting to Go
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied human rights.
- Warming Up in Mongolia
Unless sustainable alternatives are introduced, Mongolia's dependence on fossil fuels and rapid urbanization threatens the environment.
- We Feed the World
Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us.
- When the Cows Come Home
Despite the success of the "Jamaica Hope" milk cow, Jamaica's dairy industry is facing a crisis, as EU trade undercuts island production.
- Who's Counting?
Marilyn Waring demystifies global economics from a feminist perspective.
- Who's Counting? (Short Version)
Marilyn Waring demystifies global economics from a feminist perspective.
- Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?
To fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, many poor countries are now implementing "Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs".
- Without Rights
Palestinians are denied human rights.
- Yemeni Futures
More than a decade after its unification, Yemen is still struggling to improve the standard of living.
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