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Race the power of an illusion
by Llewellyn M Smith
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6 editions published between 2003 and 2012 in English and held by 1,253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide [This series] challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This ... series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped by our history, social institutions and cultural beliefs. Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M Montgomery
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5 editions published between 1987 and 1995 in English and held by 1,244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla Cuthbert's death
The magic school bus space adventures
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 1,236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Three episodes from the television series. In The Magic school bus Gets Lost in Space the students go on a planetarium field trip and are magically transported out of the earth's atmosphere into space where they visit each of the nine planets. In The Magic School Bus Out of This World they learn about gravity and meteors as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth. In the last episode, The Magic School Bus Taking Flight they learn about the basics of aerodynamics after they enter a model airplane contest
Depression out of the shadows
by McPhee. ; (Production personnel); (Director); (Author)
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4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depression. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease
People like us social class in America
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4 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 1,042 WorldCat member libraries worldwide How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? In travels across the U.S. in interviews with people from diverse socioeconomic groups, this film examines how social class in America has as much influence as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities a person has in life. Discusses how social class plays a role in the lives of all Americans, whether they live in Park Avenue penthouses, Appalachian trailer parks, bayou houseboats, or suburban gated communities, and presents stories of family traditions, class mobility, and different lifestyle choices. The final segment uses Anderson High School in Austin, Texas as a microcosmic example of the social segmentation that extends throughout the macro level
Through deaf eyes
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Exploring nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America, this film presents the shared experiences of American history--family life, education, work, and community connections--from the perspective of deaf citizens. Interviews include community leaders, historians, and deaf Americans with diverse views on language use, technology, and identity. The documentary also takes a straightforward look at life for people who are part of the cultural-linguistic group who use American Sign Language and often define themselves as "Deaf" with a capital and cultural "D" and deaf people who, for a variety of reasons, do not identify with the Deaf cultural community. The history often shows that intersections between deaf and Deaf people are many and that oppression and discrimination are common experiences
If a tree falls a story of the Earth Liberation Front
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5 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat,' told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry weaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of the events that led to his involvement with the ELF
Skinwalkers
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. One clue sends a chill through a young officer: the arrow used in the killing has a tip of human bone, a sign that a Navajo spirit - a "skinwalker"--Is at work
Hip-hop beyond beats and rhymes
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6 editions published between 2006 and 2012 in English and held by 879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics
Becoming human [Unearthing our earliest ancestors]
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2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 866 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today
The blues, a musical journey
by Mark Levin
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 853 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs
Inside the meltdown
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix."--Container
Coyote waits
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2 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In this adaptation of Tony Hillerman's novel, Navajo police detective Joe Leaphorn and officer Jim Chee solve a modern murder and a bank robbery supposedly committed by Butch Cassidy
Art of the Western world
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6 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 713 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture. Studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them
The real Olympics
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 646 WorldCat member libraries worldwide To mark the Olympics' 2004 return to its birthplace of Athens, this two-part documentary tells the 'real' story of the original games. It combines lavish reconstruction of the ancient Greek games with dramatic highlights from the modern Olympics
Chisholm '72 unbought & unbossed
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2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This documentary follows the 1972 campaign waged by Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to run for a major party's nomination for United States President. Chisholm first made her mark on American political history when, in 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, representing New York
Eyes on the prize America's civil rights years, 1954-1965
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8 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide History of the civil rights movement in the United States. Uses archival footage and interviews with participants in the movement
W.E.B. Du Bois a biography in four voices
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2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the sociologist and author W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work. They chronicle Du Bois' role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first Pan-African Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the black cultural renaissance, and author of a series of landmark sociological studies. Anathematized during the McCarthy years, Du Bois immigrated to Ghana, the first independent African state, where he died
Role portrayal and stereotyping on television : an annotated bibliography of studies relating to women, minorities, aging, sexual behavior, health, and handicaps
by Nancy Signorielli
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3 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The natural history of the chicken
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2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A series of unusual stories about chickens. Ranges from a woman who revived a chicken with CPR, a man who raises chickens for his own consumption, a woman who keeps a pet chicken, a group of suburbanites who banded together to stop a neighborhood rooster raiser, a headless rooster, and a man who's life changing experience comes when he sees one of his chickens protect her chicks from a hawk more
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