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FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
(Criminal Justice & Sociology Programs) FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS is about a man convicted of murdering a wealthy elderly interior decorator with an injection of cleaning fluid. But did he do it? How do we know if any defendant has gotten a fair trial? Through this specific case, the legal system is examined to illustrate how it doesn't always work correctly. The documentary introduces the key players and their relationships, and then works through the police investigation, pre-trial issues, the trial, and the appeals process. Specific issues are raised about the respective roles and responsibilities of police as well as defense and prosecuting attorneys, about the rules of evidence, and about the decision-making process of judges at various stages in the appeals process. This is a case where many things appear to have gone wrong for the defendant. Through this exploration, questions are raised about the kinds of issues that need to be addressed in order to help insure that every defendant receives the fundamental fairness guaranteed by the Constitution.
Price: $189.95
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HOPE
(Asian Studies, Religious Studies & History Programs) Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual practice based on the universal principles of truth, compassion, and forbearance. In 1999, the Chinese government banned this practice. Many of millions of practitioners were jailed and beaten. Even some were persecuted to death. HOPE is the story of one man from Canada who was destined to go to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Gong with other practitioners from more than a dozen countries. He knew the dangers of traveling to Beijing. However, his determination to help spread the truth surpassed even his fear for his safety and the safety of his fellow Falun Gong practitioners.
Price: $179.95
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(NEW) THANATOS Rx:
THANATOS Rx: The Death Penalty Debate in America Produced in 2001 and revised in 2005 by producer and forensic psychologist, Dr. Maryanne Galvin, THANATOS Rx presents an even-handed, nonpartisan examination of the many facets of the death penalty debate in America today. The 59 minute documentary journeys goes beyond myopic sound bites and static polls to a deeply personal exploration of the debate. Interspersed with powerful and rare archival footage and original photographs are exclusive interviews with those most touched by Capital Punishment. Innocence, deterrence, retribution and closure for families of homicide victims are some the topics examined through the eyes of a "volunteer" on Federal Death Row and a murderer who narrowly escaped the electric chair in Massachusetts. Interviews with families of murder victims, District Attorneys and legal scholars at prestigious law schools, The Innocence Project and Amnesty International serve to illustrate the emotional complexities of the issue.(Price $195.00 S&H $8.95) Click to sample film
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LITTLE CRIMINALS (2002)
Produced and directed by David Graham Scott, a heroin addict himself for 20 years, LITTLE CRIMINALS follow the fortunes and misfortunes of a group of addicts in Glascow, Scotland throughout 2001. The documentary, which has been used extensively by addiction agencies and psychiatrists throughout the U.K. offers viewers a gritty, uncompromising look at the small, dark world of heroin addicts. Scott, an award-winning documentary director with numerous broadcast credits has a reputation for taking on the most uncompromising and hard-edged documentary projects anywhere in U.K. or abroad.
(64 min. DVD only Price $195.00 S&H $8.95)
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ABE OSHEROFF: One Foot In the Grave
ABE OSHEROFF: One Foot In the Grave, The Other Still Dancing (2008)
(For History, Sociology & Social Justice Programs)
From the front lines of the Spanish Civil War to the picket lines of the U.S. labor movement to the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi to work for human rights in Nicaragua, people know Abe Osheropeopff as an activist who threw himself into the fray with rare energy and enthusiasm throu gh his 92 years. In this riveting documentary, Osheroff reflects on the meaning of that activism and the ideas that animated his actions in movements for social justice. A truly organic intellectual, Osheroff shares the wisdom built up over a lifetime of commitment to the "radical humanism" that defined his politics and philosophy.
(72 min. DVD only Price $239.95 S&H $8.95)
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INTERROGATE THIS: Psychologists...
INTERROGATE THIS: Psychologists Take On Terror (2008)
(For Behavioral Studies, Criminal Justice & Ethics Programs)
Should psychologists help the military interrogate national security detainees? Interrogate This presents a troubling and deeply human story illustrating the complexities encountered when national security, psychology, politics, ethics and morality collide . Most are unaware that mental health professionals and others have been involved in the so-called war-on-terror. These professionals have been at odds with each other a nd policies limiting their participation in interrogations in national security settings have evolved over the past few years. Weaving intimate interviews, archival footage, animation, innovative visuals and original music, Interrogate This presents an even-handed representation of perspectives from both sides of this thin line in the sand.
(90 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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SURVIVING HISTORY (2009)
(For Justice Studies & History Programs)
SURVIVING HISTORY presents the life stories of seven individuals who survived the Holocaust in Lithuania, where ninety-five percent of the 240,000-strong pre-war Jewish population was annihilated, many at the hands of Lithuanian shooters. The narrators represent a rapidly diminishing community. Today, approximately 2,800 Jews live in what was once known as the "Jerusalem of the North." Of this number, there are only one hundred and six ghetto and camp survivors and less than one hundred former partisans and soldie rs. In most cases, they are the lone survivors among extended families of over one hundred people to have come through alive. Even today, more than sixty years on from the atrocities, as Vilnius takes on the role of European capitol of culture, these individuals face horrific echoes of the past: a recent Neo-Nazi march through the city, the Jewish community center defaced, last August, by images of Swastikas, smokestacks and gallows, a palpable surge in Anti-Semitic rhetoricThe film explores their stories, taking us into the heart of their memories, but it also looks at the specific time and place in which we encounter them and discovers that which is meaningful to them today. Juxtaposing the historical and the contemporary, the private and the personal, it offers a lyrical, poetic, and, at once, harrowing journey through the core of Lithuanian Jewish life.
(28 min. DVD only Price $219.95 S&H $8.95)
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BACK FROM THE BRINK (2010)
(History and Holocaust Studies) With the Nazis fast at their heels, three Jews ran for their lives. BACK FROM THE BRINK follows the harrowing escapes of these three survivors, now in their 80's, who managed to cheat death through the compassion and bravery of ordinary people. The film employs stark re-enactments of the most critical moments in these individual’s personal sagas. The documentary, and these three harrowing stories, is a tribute to both the courage of the human spirit and to the thousands of unmentioned individuals during the Second World war who unselfishly stepped forward to save a life.
(28 min. DVD only Price $229.95 S&H $8.95)
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