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• Endangered Planet: The Environmental Cost of Growth
• Environmental Movement in the United States, The (CD)
• Frontline/NOVA:  Surviving AIDS
• Intellectual Property Basics: A Primer for Educators and Students (DVD)
• Killer Flu
• Our Lives: Stories of the lives of PLWHAs (English & Chinese DVD)
• Pandemic: Facing AIDS (English+Chinese)
• Women's Bank of Bangladesh, The
  

Endangered Planet: The Environmental Cost of Growth
This documentary stands as a primer for understanding the environmental concerns today. In the past century, the natural world has been assaulted by advancing technology. Cheaper fuel, bigger factories, more cars, and pesticides - all promised rewards. Their byproducts were tolerated as the price of that progress. For many however, evidence of industry’s environmental toll
emerged in the late 1950s - in Minamata, Japan where thousands were poisoned over many years by the outflow from a local aluminum factory. This was only one of the many environmental disasters to hit the headlines as the cost of mass industrialization was beginning to have its affect. This documentary offers overview of the compelling history of the environmental movement, from the “awakening” of the environmental movement and the major incidents that caused this awakening - beginning with the Minimata poisoning in Japan, DDT in the U.S., to incidents in England, Switzerland, Bhopal India, Chernobyl, Love Canal, - and others.

Environmental Movement in the United States, The (CD)

Frontline/NOVA:  Surviving AIDS
NOVA SURVIVING AIDS, looks at AIDS research being done in the United States and what scientists are learning about preserving the immune system while also marshalling the body’s natural defenses against HIV in order to keep
infected people from progressing to full blown AIDS.

Intellectual Property Basics: A Primer for Educators and Students (DVD)

Killer Flu
The next global human flu epidemic may begin with a sick duck in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta, now the epicenter of a deadly bird flu outbreak. The World Health Organization estimates that the H5N1 virus -- which already has jumped species from birds to humans -- could kill tens of millions of people worldwide. WIDE ANGLE travels to Vietnam to investigate the threat of a global pandemic, portraying Vietnam's response to outbreaks in its cities, provinces and villages, where doctors, epidemiologists and veterinarians are battling the virus. As the government tries to contain the disease and educate its people, there is growing evidence that the virus is evolving and already may have begun to spread via human-to-human contact for the first time, dramatically increasing the risk of a worldwide catastrophe

Our Lives: Stories of the lives of PLWHAs (English & Chinese DVD)

Pandemic: Facing AIDS (English+Chinese)
PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS is a documentary that takes a unique look at the worldwide AIDS epidemic, melding intimate personal stories with a global perspective. Facing AIDS recounts five stories of people living with AIDS in countries around the world - Russia, Thailand, Uganda, India and Brazil. It reveals the heartaches and triumphs of coping with the stigma and effects of
this devastating disease. Showing how AIDS tests people in unexpected ways, the series chronicles the minor miracles that occur in the face of doom. Treatment, prevention, education, mother-to-child transmission, the stigma of
AIDS, and harm reduction are among the issues explored, as well as the main obstacles and opportunities faced by the individuals in the film. The five countries profiled in Pandemic Facing AIDS represent a cross-section of cultures and
attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS.

The Women's Bank Of Bangladesh

This is the story of the famous Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. Bank founder, economics professor, and Fulbright alumnus Muhammad Yunus defends the bank’s policies, stating that women in the region are more competitive in business than men. This program describes the philosophy, development, and function of the bank, then follows the daily activities of three women who have taken out loans to fund their cottage industries.