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Educational Videos About Media, Culture, and Society For The Classroom
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#ReGENERATIONThe Politics of Apathy & ActivismRyan Gosling narrates this engrossing film about the emergence of bold new forms of social activism and the aspirations of a new generation of young people coming to terms with a rapidly changing world. more... |
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A Burning QuestionPropaganda & the Denial of Climate ChangeA clarifying look at how climate science and debates about global warming have been distorted by politicians, PR specialists, and corporate interests bent on maintaining the status quo. more... |
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AgroFuelsStarving People, Fueling GreedFilmmakers Loren and Matt Feinstein investigate the downside of alternative food-based fuel sources and show how grassroots communities are developing cleaner, safer, more equitable alternatives. more... |
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American AutumnAn OccuDocAn inside look at how a New York-based protest against corporate greed and economic inequality sparked a full-scale movement that continues to send shock waves through the American political system. more... |
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DefaultThe Student Loan DocumentaryThis powerful, accessible examination of the mounting student loan crisis shows how predatory lending practices are plunging students into astronomical debt with virtually no protection under the law. more... |
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Flirting with DangerPower & Choice in Heterosexual RelationshipsPsychologist Lynn Phillips explores how young women navigate heterosexual relationships and hookups in a culture that sends conflicting messages about women's sexuality, consent, and coercion. more... |
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How Racism Harms White AmericansWith John H. Bracey Jr.Distinguished historian John H. Bracey Jr. examines the devastating economic, political, and personal toll racism has taken on white Americans over the course of history. more... |
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Just Do ItA Tale of Modern-Day OutlawsA rollicking inside look at a remarkable group of environmental activists as they wage a series of highly entertaining, non-violent direct-action protest campaigns across Great Britain and Europe. more... |
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Latinos Beyond ReelChallenging a Media StereotypeFilmmakers Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun draw on the insights of Latino actors, journalists, scholars, and children in this moving and ultimately hopeful examination of Latino stereotypes in US media. more... |
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Mic CheckDocumentary Shorts from the Occupy MovementThis spellbinding collection of short films made by Occupy protestors on the ground captures the emergence of the influential global social justice movement in New York's Zuccotti Park. more... |
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New Economics 101, TheTrue Wealth in the New EconomyEconomist and bestselling author Juliet Schor lays out a positive vision for rethinking our relationship to consumer goods in this accessible analysis of the devastating ecological and social costs of mass consumerism. more... |
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Next American Revolution, TheBeyond Corporate Capitalism and State SocialismRenowned historian and economist Gar Alperovitz shows how the US can replace economic inequality, wage stagnation, chronic unemployment, and unchecked corporate and state power with a system more in keeping with American values. more... |
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Race For What's Left, TheThe Global Scramble for the World's Last ResourcesRenowned energy expert Michael T. Klare provides an invaluable account of the new and increasingly dangerous competition for the world's dwindling natural resources. more... |
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Race, Power & American SportsFeaturing Dave ZirinCultural historian Dave Zirin and MEF executive director Sut Jhally look at race and American sports culture, examining how athletes of color have challenged traditional notions of white privilege and cultural ideals of masculinity. more... |
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Sext Up KidsHow Children are Becoming HypersexualizedAward-winning filmmaker Maureen Palmer's stunning look at the sexualization of childhood explores how the intense pressure on kids to be sexy and sexual is changing their behavior and undermining their health. more... |
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Sexual AssaultNaming the Unnamed ConspiratorAnne Munch, a career prosecutor and longtime advocate for victims of gender violence, examines how cultural attitudes about women's sexuality affect the outcomes of rape and sexual assault cases. more... |
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Soul Food JunkiesA Film About Family, Food & TraditionAward-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt's fascinating personal exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite known health concerns. more... |
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Spitting GameThe College Hookup CultureFilmmaker Denice Ann Evans draws heavily on the voices of students in this timely and eye-opening look at the dangers and consequences of hookup culture on college campuses. more... |
Best Sellers
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Beauty MarkBody Image & the Race for Perfection (Educational Edition)This courageous, deeply personal film examines American culture's unhealthy fixation on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. more... |
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Bro Code, TheHow Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist MenThis gripping look at "bro culture" and contemporary media targeted at young men deconstructs the larger forces in male culture that glamorize bullying, sexism, violence, and misogyny. more... |
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Codes of Gender, TheIdentity and Performance in Pop CultureCommunication scholar Sut Jhally applies the late sociologist Erving Goffman's groundbreaking analysis of gendered themes in fashion advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape. more... |
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Consuming KidsThe Commercialization of ChildhoodThis gripping look at the commercialization of childhood explores how the multibillion-dollar youth marketing industry has turned American children into one of the most profitable consumer demographics in the world. more... |
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Dreamworlds 3 (Unabridged)Desire, Sex & Power in Music VideoThis newest edition of Sut Jhally's influential Dreamworlds series examines how music videos reflect, shape, and reinforce the wider culture's dominant ideas and attitudes about gender, sexuality, and race. more... |
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Generation MMisogyny in Media & CultureTom Keith's bracing look at the destructive, hateful, and reactionary attitudes toward women and femininity that are being perpetuated and glamorized at the very heart of American popular culture. more... |
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Hip-Hop (Unabridged)Beyond Beats & RhymesAs seen on PBS and at Sundance. Filmmaker Byron Hurt's critically acclaimed documentary explores how hip-hop culture and the rap music industry too often glorify sexist, homophobic, and violent ideals of manhood at the expense of what makes hip-hop great. more... |
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How To Start a RevolutionThe Blueprint for Change that is Rocking the WorldThe fascinating story of how an obscure list of non-violent actions written by a soft-spoken 83-year-old American professor has served as the blueprint for anti-authoritarian revolts around the world. more... |
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Killing Us Softly 4Advertising's Image of WomenThis powerful new edition of Jean Kilbourne's influential and award-winning Killing Us Softly series uncovers a consistent pattern of sexism and misogyny across a range of print and television advertisements. more... |
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Mean World Syndrome, TheMedia Violence & the Cultivation of FearA timely introduction to famed media researcher George Gerbner's breakthrough finding that heavy exposure to media violence cultivates irrational fears and a reactionary mindset. more... |
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Mickey Mouse MonopolyDisney, Childhood & Corporate PowerThis innocence-shattering look at America's most beloved entertainment conglomerate shows how Disney films have long traded in regressive gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes. more... |
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Not Just a GamePower, Politics & American SportsThis riveting look at the politics of sports examines how American sports culture has not only glamorized militarism, sexism, racism, and homophobia, but has also served as a key site of progressive activism. more... |
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Returning FireInterventions in Video Game CultureA documentary about video game violence that forces all of us -- gamers and non-gamers alike -- to think critically about what it means when the tools of war become forms of consumer play. more... |
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Spin the BottleSex, Lies & AlcoholMedia scholars Jean Kilbourne and Jackson Katz examine binge drinking on college campuses through the lens of culture, encouraging students to think critically about alcohol's glamorous commercial image. more... |
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The LineFilmmaker Nancy Schwartzman chronicles her decision to confront the man who raped her in this uncompromising and illuminating examination of the line between consent and coercion. more... |
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The Purity MythThe Virginity Movement's War Against WomenBestselling author Jessica Valenti places recent debates about Planned Parenthood, contraception, and the meaning of rape within the context of a larger political effort to roll back women's rights. more... |
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Tim Wise on White PrivilegeRacism, White Denial & the Costs of InequalityA riveting introduction to the social construction of racial identities, and a critical new tool for exploring the often invoked - but seldom explained - concept of white privilege. more... |
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Tough Guise (Unabridged)Violence, Media & the Crisis in MasculinityAcclaimed anti-violence educator Jackson Katz examines the epidemic of male violence that plagues American society as part of a much larger, media-inflected cultural crisis in American masculinity. more... |
Specials
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Killing ScreensMedia & the Culture of ViolenceOnly $15! George Gerbner explores the psychological, political, social, and developmental consequences of a violent cultural environment. more... |
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Material Witness (VHS)Race, Identity and the Politics of Gangsta RapVHS Sale $10! Michael Eric Dyson combines critical theory with an appreciation of popular culture, rap lyrics with classical poetry, and anecdotes of personal history with a sweeping geo-political analysis. more... |
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Media & Health SeriesDiscounted pricing for institutional customers. Buy these seven videos as a series & save 25%! more... |
Media Education Resources
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