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ITVS Community combines partnerships, strategic planning, events and resource materials to support community and educational activities. Resources such as discussion guides, teacher curricula, action kits, fact sheets and preview tapes are made available to our partners at no cost.
You can find 2007-2008 community engagement materials at the Independent Lens site at PBS.org. Visit Get Involved at Independent Lens on PBS.org.
If you have questions regarding resources, please contact outreach@itvs.org.
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ALMOST HOME
Shot on location in a nursing home, ALMOST HOME tells the real stories of aging: unflinchingly honest stories of elders, children of elders, nursing assistants and one visionary nursing home director.
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BLACK GOLD
Tracing one man's fight for a fair price, BLACK GOLD is an eye-opening expose of the eighty billion dollar coffee industry.
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THE BUFFALO WAR
THE BUFFALO WAR examines the culture clash between Native Americans, ranchers, environmentalists and government agents currently battling over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison.
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CHIEFS
An observational documentary about the on and off-court struggles of Native American basketball players at Wyoming Indian High School.
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THE CITY (LA CIUDAD)
Evoking hope, LA CIUDAD is the narrative stories of Latin American immigrants seeking community in a large, impersonal city.
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CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION
In 1944, 85 Japanese American prisoners in an American concentration camp were prosecuted as criminals when they refused the draft.
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COUNTRY BOYS
COUNTRY BOYS: A David Sutherland film, is a universal coming-of-age story told through the eyes of Chris and Cody, two teenage boys struggling to find meaning and direction as they grow up in one of America's poorest regions.
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DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE
DEMOCRACY ON DEADLINE shadows courageous journalists and champions of independent media as they work to make, and keep, their societies free.
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THE DEVIL'S MINER
Living in poverty with their mother in the mountains of Bolivia, 14-year-old Basilio and his 12-year-old brother, Bernardino, work long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines, braving deadly conditions to earn enough money to attend school.
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THE FARMER'S WIFE
A landmark portrait of three tumultuous years in the life of a Nebraska farm family facing its toughest crisis.
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FROM SWASTIKA TO JIM CROW
The story of Jewish intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany only to find anti-Semitism at major U.S. universities. Many secured positions at black colleges in the South, and ultimately impacted the Civil Rights Movement.
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THE GOOD WAR and Those Who Refused to Fight it
The story of the conscientious objectors who refused to fight in World War II, and prepared a generation of nonviolent activists who later changed American society.
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HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
An in-depth look at the sexism, violence and homophobia in rap music and hip-hop culture through the lens of a former college star athlete.
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HOMECOMING...Sometimes I am haunted by memories of red dirt and clay
An investigation of the history of African American farmers and land loss in the rural South.
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KNOCKING
Following two families who stand firm for their controversial and misunderstood Christian faith, KNOCKING reveals how Jehovah's Witnesses have helped shape history beyond the doorstep.
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A LION IN THE HOUSE
This inspiring, harrowing and intimate series follows five children as they fight against cancer with the help of their families, nurses and doctors over a span of six years.
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LOS TRABAJADORES/THE WORKERS
Focusing on the lives of Juan and Ramon, immigrant day laborers working in Austin, Texas, LOS TRABAJADORES explores the contradictions that haunt America's dependence on and discrimination against immigrant labor.
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NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power
NEGROES WITH GUNS follows Robert Williams's journey from North Carolina community leader to exile in Cuba and China, a journey that brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the Black Power and Civil Rights Movements.
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POETIC LICENSE
POETIC LICENSE enters the lives of teenage poets whose spoken word performances allow them to candidly and poignantly express what it's like growing up in today's America.
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RACE IS THE PLACE
RACE IS THE PLACE presents the creative visions of a group of multicultural actors, poets, visual artists and musicians on America's most pressing social issues.
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RACE TO EXECUTION
Through compelling personal narratives and the often unexpected results of research on race, justice and the media, RACE TO EXECUTION exposes the factors that influence who lives and who dies at the hands of the state.
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THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN
Against all odds, John Peterson abandons conventional chemical farming and fights local hysteria to build a thriving organic farm and a progressive farm community.
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REFRIGERATOR MOTHERS
A look at the fallout from the American medical establishment's incorrect assessment in the 1950s that autism was the result of poor mothering, leaving a generation of women who were branded emotionally frigid or "refrigerator mothers" with permanent scars.
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SENTENCED HOME
Raised as Americans in inner-city projects near Seattle, three young Cambodian men are unwillingly deported back to Cambodia, caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future by a system that doesn't offer any second chances.
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SEOUL TRAIN
SEOUL TRAIN exposes the complex geopolitics and bureaucracy entangling the lives of thousands of North Korean refugees as they risk their lives trying to escape their homeland and China, often aided by activists via an underground railroad.
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SHADYA
Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in northern Israel.
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SWEET OLD SONG
An intimate portrait of the extraordinary relationship between two African American artists who have been collaborating as musicians and visual artists since 1983.
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TAKING THE HEAT: The First Women Fire Fighters of New York City
Profiling the eventful career of Captain Brenda Berkman, TAKING THE HEAT tells the story of the first women firefighters' struggle for fairness in a system that was, and still is, heavily biased against them.
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TEST OF COURAGE: The Making of a Firefighter
The young men and women competing to become firefighters in TEST OF COURAGE not only test their courage, but learn to navigate cultural divides and to trust one another.
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TRAVIS
The complex life of a child born with AIDS struggling to survive and pursue a happy life.
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TRUDELL
Combining images and archival footage with interviews and performances, this biography reveals the philosophy and motivations behind Native American activist and poet John Trudell's work and its relationship to contemporary Indian history.
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TWISTED
TWISTED tells the stories of people who live with dystonia, a neurological disorder that forces muscles to twist into abnormal, often painful, movements or postures.
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TWO TOWNS OF JASPER
Using a white crew and a black crew, TWO TOWNS OF JASPER documents black and white residents of Jasper, Texas after an African-American man was murdered by three white men.
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET explores the drama and complexities behind producing the world's most popular children's television program.
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You can find 2007-2008 community engagement materials at the Independent Lens site at PBS.org. Visit Get Involved at Independent Lens on PBS.org.
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