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181) Educating Peter
Summary
Follows Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down's Syndrome who has always attended special schools, through his first year in a regular classroom.
183) The selling game
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Explores a new wave of advertising that relies increasingly on consumer-generated content and rejects the ad forms of conventional television. Includes the Diet Coke and Mentos online phenomenon.
185) Children of Syria
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Presents the story of four children surviving in war-torn Aleppo, Syria, and their escape to a new life in Germany. The film follows the family over three years, from the siege of their city, to the kidnapping of their father and the struggle to become refugees.
186) A path appears
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"A unique and essential 4.5-hour documentary series addressing the roots of gender inequality, the devastating impact of poverty and the ripple effects that follow, including: sex trafficking, teen-pregnancy, gender-based violence, child slavery and the effective solutions being forged to combat them. An edge-of-your-seat dramatic encounter which travels across the United States and to Haiti, Colombia and Kenya."--Container.
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We once considered ourselves to be at the center of the universe--now we know that we are just a small spec in a giant cosmos. This season venture outside of our solar system in an exploration of the universe and its mysteries. With realistic computer re-creations, you'll travel to the edge of the unknown, visit strange and unfamiliar worlds, prepare for the worst, and uncover the secrets of our own galaxy. Learn what "dark matter" is and how it takes...
188) Cadillac desert
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Cadillac desert relates the story of the epic quest for water and the role it has played in the vast transformation of the American West and many parts of the world.
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This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose oratory is etched into the minds of millions of Americans,...
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Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall's triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate America's public schools completed the final leg of a journey of over 20 years laying the groundwork to end legal segregation. He won more Supreme Court cases than any lawyer in American history, making the work of civil rights pioneers like the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks possible.
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Renowned journalist Bill Moyers interviews dozens of terminally ill patients and caregivers in an emotional and pragmatic look at the way Americans face death. The series offers illuminating perspectives on the sometimes controversial ethical, medical, and economic forces that can drive a person's choices about death.
[1] Living with Dying : Describes the search for new ways of thinking and talking about dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that...
194) Monkey trial
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In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the 20th century, a debate over free speech that spiraled into an all-out duel between science and religion. Featuring two of the century's greatest orators, attorneys Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, the Scopes trial was America's first major media event, with hundreds of reporters and live...
196) Tunnels
Series
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"How do tunnels stay dry under water? Who dug the first tunnels? Go underground with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay... and get an amazing look at tunnels through spectacular film footage, little-known facts and dramatic recreations. From ancient Rome to the remarkable Channel Tunnel that connects France and England, Tunnels introduces courageous engineers, relives deadly disasters, and reveals little-known...
197) Class of '27
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"On native lands of the Upper Midwest, in the hollows of Appalachia and in West Coast migrant camps, parents contemplate a compromised future for their children, facing depressed local economies and soaring dropout rates. But a growing body of research on quality child development offers hope for breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Three diverse filmmaking teams set out across rural America, exploring the lives of our youngest citizens...
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