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Adolescence
Alone Together (160)
Profiles of young people - straight and gay, male and female, from a variety of ethnic and economic backgrounds - who were infected with HIV in their teens. (18 minutes)
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Anemia Falciforme (305-S)
(Sickle Cell Anemia) The children and young people seen in this moving documentary appear healthy, yet they live with the daily threat of excruciating pain and hospitalization. This program examines the devastating impact of sickle cell disease on these young people and their families and caregivers. Dubbed in Spanish. (14 minutes)
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Are the Kids Alright? (428)
Filmed in courtrooms, correctional institutions, treatment centers, and family homes, this searing documentary examines the results of the tragic decline in mental health services for children and adolescents at risk. (57 minutes)
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Between the Lines (263)
A visually lyrical, experimental documentary about women who cut themselves, this film explores the fine line between self-destructive behavior and self-preserving coping mechanisms. (21 minutes)
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Boy In The World (488)
Following four-year-old Ronen, a young boy with Down syndrome, this intimate documentary concretely demonstrates that inclusive preschool classrooms benefit both children with special needs and their typical peers. It examines the nuts and bolts of successful inclusion as well as the challenges of educational practices that help all children to learn — and to find their place in the world. (44 minutes)
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The Chemo Ate My Homework (485)
Kids with cancer are kids first. In between surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, they want and need to continue with their ordinary lives. A brave, dedicated, and skilled corps of teachers help to give young patients a measure of normalcy. But not all the kids make it, and teachers must develop the strength to cope with grief and carry on. (27 minutes)
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Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear (473)
Methamphetamine, or crystal meth, has become the drug of choice for teenagers in small towns across North America. Highly addictive, cheap, and easy to get, it can cause psychosis, permanent brain damage, and even death. This program documents a year in the lives of three families devastated by this powerful, seductive drug. (45 minutes)
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Cut (397)
In this short documentary, six boys discuss their bodies, and the pressures and expectations they feel are placed on them by their peers and by society. (9 minutes)
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A Doula Story (452)
Community-based doulas (birth attendants) provide prenatal, childbirth and parenting support, and are a reassuring presence before, during and after birth. This program documents one woman's fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident, nurturing mothers. (60 minutes)
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Edges of Perception (475)
Eleven-year-old Jessica has Stargardt's, an inherited eye disease. She is legally blind, but with the calm, determined support of her parents and teachers she attends a regular classroom, plays soccer, and is a serious runner. She wants to meet her inspiration, Marla Runyan, a legally blind Olympic runner who also has Stargardt's. (14 minutes)
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Focus (484)
This film dramatizes the feelings of a withdrawn, depressed high school student with untreated, possibly undiagnosed learning disabilities. The teenaged filmmaker embodies each of the voices battling to control his behavior. Are these inner voices or the real voices of the people in his life: parents, teachers, school counselors, peers? Students will bring their own experiences and feelings to the discussion of this provocative trigger film. (7 minutes)
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Givin' It Up (491)
This disturbing documentary explores the lives of three convicted sex offenders between the ages of 15 and 17 (two male, one female), all of whom were themselves sexually abused when they were younger. Their victims were children as young as four. It examines approaches to the treatment of sexual offenders while acknowledging the challenge of balancing rehabilitation with community safety. (29 minutes)
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Good Food/Bad Food (429)
Clear, accessible, and often humorous, this program examines the alarming rise of childhood obesity in the United States, while demonstrating effective ways that educators and parents can prevent and reverse the effects of this tragic epidemic. (31 minutes)
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How I Coped When Mommy Died (312)
This inspiring video was created by 13-year-old Brett after losing his mother to breast cancer when he was ten. Original music, animated video, photographs and artwork illustrate the teenager's experiences, thoughts, and feelings, while he takes the viewer on a journey through several years of his life. (26 minutes)
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Inner Views of Grief (161)
Five young adults eloquently describe their reactions to the sudden, sometimes violent death of a parent, sibling, or friend. (30 minutes)
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Inside Out (366)
Bulimia can affect women and men from all walks of life, and it kills nearly 20 percent of its victims every year. This moving documentary profiles individuals and families affected by this eating disorder. (56 minutes)
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Kiss My Wheels (367)
Through an exhilarating season of training and competition, the members of a junior wheelchair basketball team deal with difficult issues, from gender conflicts to injury, illness, and thoughts of death. (56 minutes)
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Let Them Eat Cake (458)
Against the backdrop of the "Texas Cupcake Controversy," this humorous documentary takes a close look at the processed food industry and at the ways that junk food and beverages are marketed to children — a factor believed to be a major contributor to today's epidemic of obesity. (33 minutes)
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A Mind of Your Own (290)
It's been estimated that every classroom has two or three kids with learning disabilities. This video profiles four courageous kids who don't let learning difficulties hold them back or get them down. (38 minutes)
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No Fears, No Tears (286)
Documents the use of mind-body techniques which enable children with cancer to ease the physical pain associated with medical tests and treatment. (28 minutes)
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No Fears, No Tears - 13 Years Later (277)
Seven adults vividly recollect their childhood experiences with the pain of cancer and its treatment, but they also describe how learning to master the pain has affected their lives today. (47 minutes)
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Not A Game (474)
A stark, graphic warning about crystal meth aimed especially at pre-teens and younger children who might be influenced by older kids to "experiment." Classroom scenes show students practicing "refusal skills," and a plain-talking physician asks "What part of your brain would you like to do without?" (11 minutes)
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Not Just a Cancer Patient (086)
Focusing on several articulate teens undergoing treatment, this video helps nurses, physicians, social workers and psychologists understand the needs and feelings of this special population. (23 minutes)
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One in 2000 (459)
Each year an estimated one in two thousand babies are born with anatomy that doesn't clearly mark them as either male or female. This provocative documentary demystifies the issue through intimate and sympathetic profiles of people born with intersex conditions who are living "ordinary" and productive lives. (26 minutes)
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The Other Side of Blue (300)
Eight to ten percent of teens may suffer from clinical depression, and many of these young people may attempt suicide. This provocative video focuses on its nature, causes, symptoms, and consequences, and on how the social stigma associated with depression blocks some teens from seeking help. (31 minutes)
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Period Piece (179)
A humorous but penetrating celebration of menarche, the first menstrual period, featuring comments and recollections from women 8 to 84, from various backgrounds. (30 minutes)
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PicturePerfect (470)
We are barraged by media images that unrealistically glamorize and sexualize women and girls. This lively and engaging film explores the impact these messages have on young women's physical, psychological and emotional health, and offers tools to begin dissecting the media that influence our behaviors, attitudes, and values. (40 minutes)
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Pictures from Camp (113)
At a very special summer camp, a group of child cancer patients, ages 6 to 16, discover that there can still be room in their lives for normal adolescent experiences. (24 minutes)
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Raymond's Portrait (267)
This video introduces viewers to a remarkable young man born with Down syndrome and it is a powerful example of what can happen when a child is encouraged to develop to his full potential, regardless of others perceptions about his abilities. DVD version has both closed-captions and audio description. (30 minutes)
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Recovering Krystal (378)
The dramatic story of one teenage drug addict and runaway highlights a unique, 12-month alcohol and drug therapy program which treats both the abuser and his or her parents. (45 minutes)
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Remembering Tom (320)
This powerful film explores the tragic aftermath of a young man’s suicide, and its devastating impact on his entire family. (24 minutes)
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Shadows and Lies (309)
This powerful and honest documentary profiles four women who are working themselves free from the deadly grip of eating disorders, and from the overwhelming physical and psychological complications associated with these deadly diseases. (24 minutes)
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Shattered Dishes (074)
Three young women and men confront the intense emotions surrounding their parents' divorces, and the breakup of their families. (28 minutes)
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Shredded (436)
This provocative documentary explores the damaging lengths to which teenage boys may go to achieve the muscular, "shredded," look of action-movie stars and comic book superheroes. "If this screws me up, it screws me up," says one. "I want to get big quick." (21 minutes)
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Sickle Cell Disease (305)
The children and young people seen in this moving documentary appear healthy, yet they live with the daily threat of excruciating pain and hospitalization. This program examines the devastating impact of sickle cell disease on these young people and their families and caregivers. (14 minutes)
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Sickle Cell Disease - English and Spanish Versions (906)
The children and young people seen in this moving documentary appear healthy, yet they live with the daily threat of excruciating pain and hospitalization. This program examines the devastating impact of sickle cell disease on these young people and their families and caregivers. Purchase both the English and the Spanish-dubbed versions of this video. (30 minutes)
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Soft Smoke (301)
Many people in rural communities still cling to the belief that AIDS is a big city disease, that it only affects gays and drug users, that "it can't happen here." As a result, while AIDS is declining a bit in major cities, it is actually on the rise in smaller towns and less populated areas. (28 minutes)
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Song of Our Children (482)
The stories of four memorable children — from preschool age to high school — demonstrate the challenges, strategies, and benefits of educational inclusion for all. Meet teachers, administrators, parents, and students whose daily struggles and triumphs exemplify what inclusion really means and what it takes to make it work. (58 minutes)
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Standing Tall (393)
A teacher enlists a drama therapist and youth theater group to help her 4th and 5th grade students cope with the impact of viewing the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. (24 minutes)
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Stolen Lives (278)
Takes a hard look at the issue of children in the sex trade through the eyes of the teenaged boys and girls who are being exploited in the fast-growing business of selling children for sex in North America. (47 minutes)
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Stories No One Wants to Hear (264)
An experimental documentary combining interviews and poetic video art to explore the process of remembering childhood trauma: incest by mothers and siblings. (27 minutes)
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The Weight of Obesity (432)
Obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. This documentary takes an accessible, non-clinical approach that communicates the serious consequences of obesity, while also offering strategies for change. (57 minutes)
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