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New DVDs: March, 2013
BP173.4 .W645 dvd
Women and Islam
DVD release of 1993 British television program
"Leila Ahmed, professor of women's studies at Amherst, argues the case for revision of the widely-held views of the Islamic world about the role of women, using examples from history and the role played by women in the contemporary world. She explains the origin of the veil, and discusses the issue of marriage and women's rights within marriage."--Container
BS1160 .W46 2006 dvd
Who wrote the Bible? [Who authored the Old Testament?]
"Questions about the language and construction of the Jewish Bible, especially its first five books, are among the most fascinating in paleography. Was Moses the sole originator of the Pentateuch? Did other writers have a hand in it? How does archaeology complement textual research? In this program, theologian Robert Beckford travels through the Middle East in search of definitive answers. A wide range of scholarship and deep-seated beliefs--encountered in spiritually charged settings, from a Jewish settlement in Hebron to Jerusalem's Shrine of the Book--enable Beckford to piece together the historical and ideological sources of the Old Testament."--Container.
CB245 W4845 dvd
14 DVD set
The Western tradition
52 half-hour programs scheduled for weekly broadcasts on PBS stations beginning September, 1989. Summary: A television college course which explores the cultural and philosophical movements that have influenced the Western world from ancient times to the present.
DP99 .C58 2004 dvd
Christians, Jews, and Moslems in medieval Spain
Summary: Describes the history of Spain from 711 to 1492, a period of Arab domination and intellectual ferment.
DR435.Y8 T75 2010 dvd
Tribal wives. Turkey
"Twenty-three year old Charlie Brades has agreed to spend a month among the Yoruk--nomadic shepherds who live in the mountains of southern Turkey. This program follows the spirited Londoner as she adapts to life in a polygamous family and a remote, back-to-basics environment. Although Charlie's youth was far from carefree, she is wholly unprepared for the rough work, the communal sleeping arrangements, and especially the subservient female role that her new surroundings require. Her Western notions of independence are continually put to the test as she and her hosts exchange views on clothes, domestic duties, marriage, and other culturally loaded topics."--Container.
E185.61 .F74 2009 dvd
2 copies
American experience. Freedom riders
Based in part on the book Freedom riders: 1961 and the struggle for racial justice, by Raymond Arsenault. Television premiere, May 16, 2011, on the PBS series American Experience.
Summary: This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, it chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.
E185.93.T4 W44 2011 dvd
When I rise
Summary: In 1957, Barbar Smith, a gifted black music student at the University of Texas is cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. This small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, eventually will become an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and she will headline on stages around the world.
E185.97.K5 .M33 2007 dvd
Look here. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally broadcast on October 27, 1957, on the NBC News show Look Here
Summary: Filmed only a year after he had reached national prominence during the Montgomery bus boycott, the 27-year old King offers invaluable insights into his goals, his philosophy, and his unshakable dedication to equality and civil rights.
E404 .U86 2006 dvd
2 DVD set
U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
1998 documentary series aired on PBS. Program in English and Spanish.
Summary: This documentary tells the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory to the United States. Although the war lasted only two years, its outcome not only transformed the boundaries of these neighboring countries, but it also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of each nation. This series explores the events surrounding the conflict between the two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity. The educational package covers the dramatic sweep of the war from the multiple perspectives of Americans, Mexicans, and Native Americans, examining the social, cultural, and economic forces that shaped each country and its peoples during that crucial era. The war's events, personalities and themes are explored in a binational, multicultural context.
F395.M5 L66 2010 dvd
The Longoria affair
Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2010.
Summary: A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead soldier's body 'because the whites wouldn't like it,' and shows how the incident sparked outrage nationwide and contributed to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
F869.S39 G827 2010 dvd
Sin país
"With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) explores one family's experience as they are separated by deportation. Sam and Elida Mejia escaped a violent Civil War in Guatemala and came to California. After raising their family for nearly 20 years in the Bay Area, immigration agents stormed the Mejia's house in 2007. After a passionate fight to stay in the U.S., Sam and Elida are deported back to Guatemala, and leave their two teenage ch[i]ldren in the U.S. This short documentary explores the complexities of the Mejia's new reality: parents living without their children, and children doing their best to succeed without their parents." -- Container.
F1230 M294 2011 dvd
Mexico: Revolution and Rebirth
"Before Cortes arrived in 1519, the land that would become Mexico had already seen some of the greatest leaders and warriors in human history. This program tells the story of the ancient empires that tamed the high valleys and rugged mountains." -- Container.
F1230.M66 M67 2010 dvd
Montezuma
"As the last great Aztec ruler, Montezuma II inherited a sprawling yet fragile empire. This program studies his governance, its abrupt end at the hands of the conquistadors, and its historical meanings. Paralleling a major exhibition at the British Museum, the film features artifacts, architecture, and images that speak to Montezuma's humanity, his self-proclaimed divinity, and the cultural context in which he ruled. These include depictions from the Florentine Codex, the Templo Mayor disk depicting Coyolxauhqui, and the public works of Malinaco, Teotihuacan, and other locations. Analysis of Montezuma's face-off with Hernán Cortés reveals an agile strategist whose brutality was eclipsed only by that of the invaders."--Container.
F1465.1.C36 L37 2010 dvd
Last days of the Maya
"Sixteen skeletons -- what is left of a 9th-century Mayan royal family -- are discovered in the ancient city of Cancuén. Can their remains tell us anything about the collapse of the Mayan empire? Did disease, starvation, or drought bring about that calamity? A crack team of experts from Guatemala's Forensic Anthropology Foundation uses its experience with wartime atrocities to investigate. While environmental causes can't be ruled out, the film presents another hypothesis: that the Cancuén skeletons are the result of rivalries and other harsh realities inherent in dynastic expansion. To be specific, a need for more palaces, pyramids, and temples could have gradually drained the empire's human and material resources."--Container.
GC21 .B58 2007dvd
5 DVD set
The blue planet seas of life
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2001.
Summary: Explores the world's oceans and is the definitive exploration of the marine world, chronicling the mysteries the deep. Discusses concepts such as evolution, the food chain, survival of the fittest, and the future of that omnipresent non-sea creature known as Man.
GF75 .E44 2008 dvd
The 11th hour
Summary: Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity
GN281 .H85 2005 dvd
Human life
"BBC Learning"--Container.
Summary: Examines human evolution. Discusses the differences and similarities between humans and other primates with which humans share 98% of their DNA.
GN281.4 .D39 2008 dvd
The day we learned to think
BBC documentary
"Was there a 'big bang' in human language and cognitive development, or did speech and abstract thought evolve slowly-perhaps across 200,000 years or so? Surveying prehistoric burial sites and other archaeological finds, including what might be the world's oldest work of art, this program attempts to locate the junction of creativity and communication at which human intelligence was born."--Container.
GN285 .N455 2007 dvd
Neanderthal
Originally presented on the BBC television program Horizon.
"Approximately 30,000 years after the last Neanderthals vanished from Europe, this documentary brings them back to life. Combining computer imaging, knowledge from meticulous sculptural process, the program showcases an astonishing physical reconstruction that embodies almost everything cumulatively known about Neanderthals -- their musculature, the way they moved, even the tone and volume of their voices. Dr. John Shea of Stony Brook University explains Neanderthal hunting techniques; Dr. Ralph Holloway of Columbia University sheds light on their brain capacity; and Dr. Clive Finalyson of the Gibraltar Museum describes climate changes that may have contributed to their extinction. Many other experts are also featured."--Container.
GN803 .F537 2010 dvd
The first Europeans
"From the Bosphorus Strait to the Atlantic Ocean, the ancient drama of human settlement unfolded in ways that are today both startling and mysterious. This two-part series illustrates the peopling of Europe, beginning with the wanderings of prehuman hunter-gatherers and culminating with the appearance of the wheel and written language. Numerous archaeological sites are featured along with expert interviews, animated maps, discussions of archaic climate change, and helpful close-up views of key artifacts"--Films Media
GT4995.A4 D39 2005 dvd
Days of the dead a living tradition
"With the arrival of the conquistadors, many ancient Mesoamerican rituals were absorbed into Christian holidays. This program examines a collection of sacred, social, and artistic traditions the survived European assimilation and now compose one of Mexico's most important annual festivals." -- Container
GV1785 A38 A4 1986 dvd
An evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Notes: Choreography by Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey and Talley Beatty. Contents: Divining -- Revelations -- The stack-up -- Cry.
GV1785.B76 T753 2004 dvd
2 DVD set
Trisha Brown early works 1966-1979
Summary: Trisha Brown, one of the most acclaimed choreographers of contemporary dance, first came to notice in New York in the 1960s. With a group of like-minded artists that included Yvonne Rainer and Simone Forti, she pushed the limits of what was then considered appropriate movement for choreography, and changed modern dance forever. After founding her own company in 1970, Brown developed a unique choreography and style to compliment her ideas of movement. This video collection captures eighteen major performances from 1966 through 1979, as well as an in-depth interview with art historian Klaus Kertess wherein Brown talks about her early years in the New York dance community, various collaborative efforts and colleagues, and offers insights on her own work.
GV1788 .L4 1990 dvd
Lester Horton technique the warm-up
Summary: This video presents the warm-up techniques of the innovative dance training method of Lester Horton. Mr. Horton developed a training method that explores the many ways the body can move. Marjorie B. Perces, former Horton dancer and teacher, and Ana Marie Forsythe, chair of the Horton department at the Ailey School, lead a group of professional dancers through flatbacks, deep forward lunges, hip propulsion, 5/4 swing and more warm-up studies. The warm-up is the first step in learning the Lester Horton Technique and setting students on the path to achieving strength, agility, and flexibility. This is also an excellent way to do a non-aerobic workout and learn beautiful movements that help develop grace and free artistic expression with reduced muscle stress.
HB3722 F874 2010 dvd
Inside job
Documentary. "Inside job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia" -- Container.
HF5382.7 .Y68 2011
Your job search: navigating the roads to employment.
Employers offer insights to reinforce the importance of networking, proper attire (and attitude) for a job fair, and what to expect when applying for a job. Learn how to develop a search plan by using multiple methods to find a job in no time!
HV636 2005.L8 L44 2011 dvd
2 DVD set
If God is willing and da creek don't rise
Summary: This follow-up to director Spike Lee's documentary, When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts, focuses on the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Bookending stories of individual heartache and perseverance are two momentous events: the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
HV675.72 S24 dvd
La Seguridad en casa una guia para proteger a sus hijos
Spanish Translation of: Safety starts at home. Summary: Presents recommended child-proofing techniques and injury prevention strategies.
HV854 .M37 2007 dvd
2 DVD set
Many right ways designing your home child care environment ; and, Muchas maneras correctas : creando su ambiente de cuidado de niños en casa /
Summary: Step-by-step guidance to help child care providers set up their homes for child care. English and Spanish on separate discs.
HV854 M372 2008 dvd
2 DVD set
Muchas maneras correctas creando su ambiente de cuidado de ninos en casa /
HV888.5 W453 1999 dvd
2 DVD set
Welcoming all children creating inclusive child care
Summary: High-quality child care environments include children with special needs. This video discusses how to develop and implement an inclusive early childhood setting and provides strategies and techniques to ensure that your center or home truly welcomes all children.
HV1568.5 D47 2012 dvd
3 DVD set
Disabilities at work successful job hunting for people with disabilities
This "three-part series helps people with disabilities gain the confidence, awareness, search tools, and interview strategies necessary to take the job-hunting bull by the horns. From online resources that can pinpoint skills and interests...to organizations and Web sites that can clarify legal questions...to concrete advice on preparing a resume, completing an application, and sitting down face-to-face with a potential employer...this is an up-to-date guide to greater prosperity, empowerment, and productivity. Inspiring case studies and expert interviews are featured throughout." --Publisher's website.
HV6432.7 .W427 2011 dvd
What we saw : [the events of September 11, 2001, in words, pictures, and video]
Summary: A historical record of the events of September 11 and what was learned from them is culled from the CBS News archives and includes a full-length DVD of video footage.
HV6439.U7 N847 2007 dvd
2 DVD set
Nuestra familia our family
Summary: Documentary. Goes inside one of California's most powerful Latino prison gangs, Nuestra familia. Through interviews with gang members, law enforcement officials and community members, as well as undercover FBI surveillance footage of the gang in action, reveals the gang's devastating effect on families--and the controversial war to stop its spread. Bonus materials include background on the making of the documentary, interviews with filmmakers, and interviews with former gang members.
HV6626.5 .R43 2007 dvd
Recognizing child abuse
Summary: This program spells out the Four Rs of child abuse--the harsh Reality of its presence in our society, the Results it leads to, the many ways to Recognize it, and the proper channels for Reporting it. Each of these concepts is explained through dramatizations and supported by interviews with education and child welfare experts.
JV6344 .W55 2009 dvd
Which way home
Summary: A feature documentary that follows unaccompanied child migrants on their journey through Mexico as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like Olga and Freddy, 9-year old Hondurans, who are trying to reach their parents in the US. Children like Jose, a 10-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center, and Kevin, a streetwise 14-year-old Honduran, whose mother hopes that he will reach the US.
LB1051 .P5 1989 dvd
Piaget's developmental theory an overview
Summary: Combines archival footage of Dr. Jean Piaget with newly shot footage of Dr. Elkind conducting interviews with children of various ages. The film serves as an introduction to Piaget's work while presenting his current theories on developmental psychology.
LB3012 .V37 2011 dvd
Highly successful strategies to guide young children's behavior = Estrategias exitosas para guiar la conducta de niños pequeños
Publisher's description: See a diverse group of teachers use a variety of proven supportive guidance techniques to foster positive prosocial behavior and self regulation in the early childhood classroom. Classroom management and discipline are among the most challenging issues that teachers report. The program demonstrates specific methods to deal with an assortment of inappropriate behaviors teachers may encounter. This program gives teachers the tools they need to promote prosocial behavior and create a positive classroom environment.
LB3224 .D62 2004 dvd
Room arrangement as a teaching strategy [La organizacion del salon como estrategia educativa]
Presents ideas for arranging preschool classrooms to communicate powerful messages to children purposefully. Messages include: "this is a good place to be", "you belong here", "this is a place you can trust", "there are places where you can be by yourself when you want to", "you can do things on your own here", and "this is a safe place to explore and try out your ideas."
ML82 .I584 2007 dvd
International Sweethearts of Rhythm: America's hottest all girl band
International Sweethearts of Rhythm "tells the story of the swinging, multiracial all-women jazz band of the 1940s"--Container.
ML410.M72 I66 2010 dvd
Meredith Monk inner voice
It's almost impossible to pin her down. Singer, dancer, filmmaker, composer, choreographer, Meredith Monk's talents include about as many artistic fields as you can imagine. Celebrates a multidisciplinary career that draws from a wellspring of Zen Buddhist beliefs and spans a period of 40 years. Based on a wealth of materials including personal archives, film clips of performances, and interviews with her collaborators, as well as conversations with the artist herself.
N5333 .S48 1997 dvd
Seven wonders of the world
Discusses the architectural achievements of the ancient world known as the Seven Wonders of the World, including the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Colossus of Rhodes.
NA737.L48 M39 2003 dvd
Maya Lin: a strong clear vision
Reveals the origins of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tells the story of its 21 year old creator, a Yale architecture student. Lin's plan was selected from over 1,000 different designs. And what began as one of the country's most bitterly disputed monuments became one of the world's most inspirational and frequently visited memorials.
NA1328 .A58 2008 dvd
2 DVD set
Antonio Gaudí
"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book."--Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its subject. Almost wordless, this visual rhapsody is accompanied by music from composer Toru Takemitsu, whose free-floating East-meets-West impressionism and organic flow mimics the sprouting curvilinear shapes of Gaudi's buildings.
P118 .C45 2008 dvd
Celebrating language and literacy for infants, toddlers, and twos : Strategies for early language and literacy development
Summary: Includes two video programs developed as part of the StoryQUEST project at Sonoma State University. The videos discuss how to help infants and toddlers develop early literacy skills. The user's guide explains how to use the videos in professional development and family workshops.
P140 .C66 2007 dvd
Constant change
Summary: This program examines factors that contributed to the diversification and spread of languages, including early migration, the introduction of agriculture, and genes. Language transfer from mother to child and from one population to the next is also investigated, along with the concept of dialects and commonalities among the world's more than 6,000 languages.
PN1995.9.W4 M36 2003 dvd
A man called Horse
DVD release of the 1970 motion picture.
An English aristocrat is taken prisoner by a tribe of American Sioux Indians and given to the chief's aging mother as a servant. Gradually, he embraces the tribe's way of life and falls in love with the chief's sister. The constant threat of ambush by a rival tribe and rigors of survival now fill the days of this man called "Horse." He is eventually given a chance to prove his worthiness and be accepted into the tribe. But in order to be accepted with honor as an equal within the tribe, he must endure the Sun Vow.
PN1997 B84 2009 dvd
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Spanish dialogue with optional English or French subtitles.
Summary: When a woman's lover leaves her, she discovers that the police are looking for her because of his criminal activities. After talking to a female lawyer, she discovers that her lawyer is her old lover's new girlfriend.
PN1997 .L672 1999 dvd
Lone star
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Summary: An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
PN1997 .T84 2008 dvd
Twelfth night
Originally broadcast on British television in 1969.
Summary: After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
PQ6323 .A9 2006 dvd
El Quijote Don Quixote
Videodisc release of a television series originally produced in 1990. DVD; DVD9; PAL-- requires DVD player capable of playing European videos; multizona; Dolby digital stereo. Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese. Summary: The adventures of the legendary Don Quixote and his companion Sancho Panza.
QH431 .S48 2007 dvd
Secrets of the sequence video clip collection. Genetics/heredity 2
Summary: This compilation of video segments offers a further look at genetic science and what it reveals about human life and evolution. Case studies and expert interviews take viewers through recent genetic breakthroughs as well as their moral, ethical, and legal implications.
QH501 .L55 2010 dvd
Life
Summary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
QK882 .P4686 2010 dvd
Photosynthesis
"Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of photosynthesis is explored. The various structures involved in photosynthesis, transpiration, and transport are also highlighted. Concepts and terminology include: chloroplast, photosystem, light reactions, light-independent reactions, carbon fixation, pigments, photon, absorption, spectrum, chlorophyll, carotenoids, electron transport, photophosphorylation, Calvin Cycle, and C4 plants."--Publisher website.
QL31.G58 J36 2011 dvd
Jane's journey
Summary: In Jane's Journey, we travel with her across several continents, from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania where she began her groundbreaking research and where she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her famous. An inspiring portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, featuring a wide range of interviews and spectacular footage from her own private collection (including her years in Gombe).
RA638 I458 dvd
Immunization techniques: safe, effective, caring.
Summary: Presents best practices in immunization techniques with infants, children and adults.
RA638 I46 2007 dvd
Immunization works 2007
From the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RA784 .H4343 2011 dvd
Healthy eating: a guide to nutrition : basic nutrition
This program guides viewers through basic concepts of healthy eating and the principal nutrients that keep the body functioning properly. Dietary guidelines are also discussed.
RA784 .N8 dvd
Nutrition and weight management
This program guides students through basic concepts on maintaining a healthy weight through commitment, discipline and attention to dietary details along with exercises. They will also learn about the body mass index and the risk of being overweight. The USDA's dietary guidelines are also discussed.
RA784 .N87 2011 dvd
Healthy eating a guide to nutrition : nutrition for sports and exercise
"This video shows young people how to make healthy eating a priority as they pursue sports and fitness. Viewers encounter the four main categories of physiological health--cardiovascular and respiratory fitness, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition--while learning how glucose, glycogen, ATP, and other compounds play a role in the body's energy production."--Container.
RC86.7 .F57 2011 dvd
First aid basics knowing what to do in an emergency.
Summary: Viewers learn how to respond to common medical emergencies while waiting for professional help to arrive. With demonstrations and commentary from an experienced paramedic throughout, each section describes trauma situations or symptoms of distress and the best way to address them. Sections include: First Steps of First Aid; Heart Attacks; Strokes; Broken Bones and Cuts; Burns; Diabetic Emergencies; Seizures; Asthma Attacks and Anaphylactic Reaction; Choking; Drowning; and Head Injuries.
RC382.2 .S433 2007 dvd
Secrets of the mind
Summary: Follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious cases in which brain injury has resulted in diverse perceptual disorders involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking.
RC552.E18 N87 2011dvd
Nutrition and eating disorders
"Pinpoints the dangers of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and other eating disorders. Showing how food consumption (or avoidance of it) is often the one thing that eating-disorder sufferers feel they can control, the program features dramatized case studies, expert commentary, and practical information about identifying and acting on signs of eating disorders in others". --from publisher description.
S591 .D57 2010 dvd
Dirt! the movie
Summary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
TN881.A1 G373 2010 dvd
Gasland: Can you light your water on fire?
In 2009, Delaware River Basin native Josh Fox was presented with an interesting proposal: lease his family lands to a natural gas company for a new method of drilling called hydraulic fracturing, and get a check for $100,000. He wouldn't have to do anything but sit back and collect the money. Curious about the process, Fox embarks on an exploration of other areas where natural gas drilling was already in progress, to observe firsthand any potential downsides. In Dimock, Pennsylvania, a town surrounded by fracking activity, he hears stories of wells exploding, black water, flammable drinking water, headaches, pains, long-term sickness. Fox goes on to tour 25 states, cataloging an endless string of frustrated and sick Americans whose land has become toxic and explaining the legislation pushed through by former vice president Dick Cheney, exempting energy companies from key environmental acts--exemptions that make fracking invisible to any regulation or monitoring. Fox becomes an advocate for the cause of the people whose complaints are ignored by the natural gas corporations and the American government. The film documents the pitfalls and perils--borne of avarice of the most bloodless, ruthless kind--of the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in American history, with the potential to poison millions.
TX531 .H43 2011 dvd
Healthy eating a guide to nutrition. Food safety and disease prevention
Summary: Despite the efforts of experts and agencies, food-borne illness outbreaks still occur. This programme examines the risks facing consumers while highlighting food-handling methods for addressing those risks.
Z246 .H45 2007 dvd
Helvetica
A documentary about a typeface? When said typeface is a ubiquitous piece of graphic design, yes. Helvetica--a sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 at the Haas Foundry in Munchenstein, Switzerland--has partisans and detractors, a great number of them graphic designers and theorists, who express their opinions on the famous font. It is seen as neutral and efficient, concise yet inexpressive, purposeful yet not caustic, utilitarian and unembellished, or as frustratingly familiar, perfectly subliminal, or as the typeface of socialism. From storefronts, street signs, product packaging, government forms, and advertisements, it is almost guaranteed that after viewing, you will be scanning the world examining Helvetica's continuing impact.
