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Publisher
Life Size Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Arabic
Description
Simone Bitton etches a haunting portrait of one of the most profound geographical markers of our time -- the wall of separation constructed by Isreal that shields it from adjacent, conflicted Palestinian territories. This documentary shows how the Wall is destroying one of the most historically significant landscaspes in the world, while imprisoning one people and enclosing the other.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Today, consumers are continuously exposed to advertising. Therefore, it's imperative that advertisers understand the psychology behind buying motives when creating advertising & buying media. Discussed are the psychological dispositions of different consumer groups and the rationale behind common creative appeals. Shows research-proven psychological insights used in selecting traditional media as well as Internet advertising, permission email, & social...
3) Rabbit hole
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Becca and Howie Corbett, once a happy suburban couple, are learning to reengage with each other in the wake of a devastating loss.
4) Witnesses
Publisher
RB Media [distributor
Pub. Date
2004], c2003
Language
Croatian
Description
The stories of the people in a small town in the Balkans confronting ethnic hatred and deep moral ambiguities, focusing on the various character's viewpoints and the complexities of war and humanity.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For most parents and families, pregnancy is a happy time filled with joyful anticipation and plans for the future. Losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death can cause feelings of shock, sadness and despair, and impact on every aspect of life. This 'Speaking from experience' DVD features seven people who share their experiences of losing a baby. It was produced in partnership with SANDS VIC.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A look at the doctor who devoted her life to death and dying, and her own experiences with it, from her life as a triplet to her career as a famous psychiatrist, her international fame as an author, and her series of strokes and death.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Obsessive compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorder. In this program we explore some of the strange and ritualized behaviors associated with the disorder and the resulting adverse affects, as well as relevant neurological findings unique to OCD. Join us as healthcare professionals and educators share some of the current treatment options and challenges that this disorder presents in the home, vocational...
9) The break-up
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they once shared. Taking the advice of their repsective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises. But they might just realize that they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive.
10) Stories we tell
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
12) Exploratory play
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
These sequences show children from 7 to 30 months playing, uninterrupted by adults. They show the remarkable exploratory powers of the under 3s and the value of this type of play in encouraging concentration and therefore cognitive abilities. There are 6 ten minute sequences, with infants sometimes alone and sometimes in pairs, showing favoured schemas of action emerging at different ages. Each of the six sequences consists of a child/children playing...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system. It affects twice as many women as men, who are usually diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40.This Speaking from experience DVD offers offer first-hand accounts from people living with multiple sclerosis. It was produced in partnership with the MS Society VIC.
14) Osteoporosis
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One in every two women and one in every three men over the age of 60 will suffer a fracture related to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis and fractures are the major causes of injury, long term disability and death in older Australians. This Speaking from experience programoffers offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced osteoporosis. It was produced in partnership with Arthritis VIC.
16) Never Enough
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Michele Gitlin has 700 sweaters. In touch with the pain as well as the pleasure of over-collecting, she calls Ron “Disaster Master” Alford for help. Ron, a de-cluttering expert who believes that “clutter begins in the head, and ends up on the floor,” determines that Michele is a hoarder with a rating of 8 (out of ten) on his “clutter index.” Ron also visits a retired Marine with 7,800 Beanie Babies and a home shopping addict whose purchases...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A stroke is a brain attack, which can affect thinking, movement, speech and/or senses, and is caused by blockage or rupture of a blood vessel within or surrounding the brain. When a brain attack occurs, it kills brain cells in the immediate area. A stroke can occur at any age, even in babies and infants. This Speaking from experience program offers offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced stroke. It was produced in partnership with...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As relevant today as when it was first released, Faces of the enemy follows social psychologist Sam Keen as he unmasks how individuals and nations dehumanize their enemies to justify the inhumanity of war. Using archival news footage, public service announcements, and editorial cartoons, Keen unveils the same frightening pattern in conflict after conflict - World War II, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, Islamic and Christian Fundamentalism - and prefigures...
19) Still Doing It
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Flying in the face of this culture’s extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. Outspoken for their generation these women mark a sea change. Women over 65 are already the fastest growing segment of the population...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A Question of Color is the first documentary to confront a painful and long taboo subject: the disturbing feelings many African Americans harbor about themselves and their appearance. African American filmmaker Kathe Sandler digs into the often subconscious world of "color consciousness," a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. A Question of Color traces "colorism" back to the sexual...
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