Massacre at Murambi Massacre at Murambi
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Video duration: 321 seconds

Does the way we respond to the genocide in Rwanda predict our response to Darfur?
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Related: darfur, international, murambi, politicsgovernment, rwanda, socialawareness, sudan

Laugh at the Fat Kid Laugh at the Fat Kid
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Video duration: 488 seconds

A young boy caught in a cycle of ridicule and overeating ? what's wrong with this picture?
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Related: advocacy, family, food, health, obesity, society, youth

Every Third Bite Every Third Bite
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Video duration: 547 seconds

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Related: activism, advocacy, agriculture, bees, ccd, collapse, colony, disorder, economic, environment, health, justice, sustainability, youth

A Girl Like Me A Girl Like Me
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Video duration: 435 seconds

Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves.
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Related: family, gender, girl, justice, like, me, racial, society, women

I\ I'm Not a Boy
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Video duration: 371 seconds

Julie Joyce is not a boy. As a transgendered youth, she just wants what all young people want -- to have a positive space to live and grow.
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Related: documentary, gender, humanrights, socialissues, socialjustice, transgender

America for Dummies America for Dummies
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Video duration: 511 seconds

Niaz Mosharraf challenges his peers on their knowledge of current-affairs and asks questions like: "Why do we know more about K-Fed than Kofi Annan?"
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Related: activism, currentevents, education, family, government, media, medialiteracy, politics, society, youth

Slip of the Tongue Slip of the Tongue
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Video duration: 254 seconds

"What's your ethnic make up?" A young man makes a pass at a beautiful stranger and gets an eye-opening schooling on race and gender.
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Related: asian, asian-american, ethnicity, family, gender, identity, justice, poetry, race, racism, slam, society, tolerance, women

Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearance Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearance
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Video duration: 293 seconds

Extraordinary torture and disappearances, justified by the U.S. government as acceptable mechanisms in the war on terror, are some of the most extreme violations of basic human rights of our times.
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Related: documentary, humanrights, politicsgovernment, ragingwar, terrorism

Superstar Superstar
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Video duration: 386 seconds

With the support and guidance of his family, nothing will stop Naiquan from becoming a superstar.
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Related: dreams, family&society, reelworks, socialjustice, youth

Ashray Ashray
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Video duration: 381 seconds

Affected or infected, the children of Ashray in Bombay live together as one family, despite their HIV status.
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Related: ashray, family&society, health, hindi, humanrights, international, youth

Fast and Reliable Fast and Reliable
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Video duration: 479 seconds

Nothing can stop Dexter the bike messenger ? not homelessness or even a close encounter with a ten-ton truck.
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Related: fast, news, reliable

Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize
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Video duration: 138 seconds

Copyright abuse or Fair Use? Learn how much is at stake when vital films are pulled from public discourse.
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Related: eyes, fair, literacy, media, prize, use, youth

Tyttonen (The Young Girl) Tyttonen (The Young Girl)
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Video duration: 280 seconds

A woman, trapped by time and age, searches for freedom in her childhood memories.
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Related: alzheimers, disease, family&society, health, healthissues, socialissues

The Luckiest Nut In The World The Luckiest Nut In The World
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Video duration: 491 seconds

A singing peanut and his gang of shelled friends explain that sometimes free trade is just nuts.
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Related: economics, fair, luckiest, nut, trade, world

The Meatrix The Meatrix
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Video duration: 238 seconds

Will Leo the pig take the blue pill and remain in a fantasyland where quaint family farms produce food for our tables?
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Related: advocacy, animation, environment, food, health, meatrix, media, parody, sustainability

The Farm Sanctuary The Farm Sanctuary
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Video duration: 387 seconds

Fifth graders from the Bronx go upstate to meet rescued farm animals and try out veganism, at least for the weekend.
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Related: animalprotection, environment, farm, farmanimals, health, socialissues, youth

World On Fire World On Fire
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Video duration: 275 seconds

$5,000 could cover the cost of hair and make-up for one day on set in LA or pay for one year's schooling for 145 girls in Afghanistan. Sarah McLachlan does the math and encourages you to join her.
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Related: economic, fire, justice, mclachlan, music, sarah, sarahmclachlan, video, world

Battleground Minnesota Battleground Minnesota
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Video duration: 490 seconds

Hip-hop activist Shakademic proves that if Walter Mondale can learn how to scratch, young voters can get schooled in election politics.
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Related: government, hip, hop, minnesota, politicians, politics, rap, rapping, shakademic, vote, voting

A Nomad\ A Nomad's Life
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Video duration: 578 seconds

A young Tibetan family questions whether their nomadic traditions can survive against the challenges of a rapidly modernizing world.
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Related: china, economicjustice, family, globalization, humanrights, nomad, society, tibet

Something\ Something's Moving
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Video duration: 449 seconds

Survivors of a U.S. boarding school for the Lakota are breaking the chain of trauma in order to heal their spirits, their community and the country.
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Related: americans, economicjustice, family, government, humanrights, lakota, native, politics, racialjustice, society, tribe

The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors? The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors?
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Video duration: 503 seconds

Two teens from Chicago ask senators, scientists and science fiction fans: Could space be the new battleground?
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Related: armsrace, explorers, international, politicsgovernment, socialissues, space, warriors, weapons

POPaganda: The Art and Subversion of Ron English POPaganda: The Art and Subversion of Ron English
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Video duration: 512 seconds

Ron English's billboards force the man on the street to look twice...or maybe three times.
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Related: art, english, news, popaganda, ron, subversion

Hammoudi Hammoudi
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Video duration: 332 seconds

A courageous boy rises above violence in Lebanon with wit, humor and the support of his best friend.
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Related: family, government, health, healthadvocacy, human, lebanon, politics, rights, society, youth

Rapping at Fear Rapping at Fear
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Video duration: 412 seconds

In Andres Tabares' barrio in Colombia, "social cleansing" groups wage war. When this thirteen-year-old raps against violence, people listen.
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Related: colombia, environment, family&society, politicsgovernment, racialjustice, rapping, socialjustice, youth

The News Is What We Make It The News Is What We Make It
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Video duration: 511 seconds

When the same company owns all the TV stations in town, where can you turn for an alternative perspective? A high-schooler gets burned and turns insult into action.
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Related: animation, big, media, news, propaganda, puppets