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King corn Balcony Releasing presents a Mosaic Films production, a film by Aaron Wolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney ; a co-production of Mosaic Films Incorporated and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; co-produced by Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis ; produced and directed by Aaron Woolf.

[New York, NY] :Distributed by New Video,[2008]
Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveteÌ, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's modern food system.

Beyond the politics of life and choice a film by Old Dog Documentaries ; produced and directed by John Ankele & Anne Macksoud.

Berkeley, CA :Berkeley Media,c2007.
Politicians continue to exploit the issue of abortion to energize their 'base', and media are drawn to the noise and excess found at the fringes, generating only more heat as battle lines and stereotypes are further reinforced. This documentary defuses the abortion issue and changes the tone as activists on both sides, legal experts, leading religious thinkers, college and seminary students, and women who have personally faced the abortion dilemma, all bring surprising new insights into the issue.

The unforeseen Cinema Guild ; director, Laura Dunn ; producer, Jef Sewell.

[New York. N.Y.] :New Yorker Video,[2008]
The American dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head to head with environmental sustainability in this urgent, beautifully crafted documentary. When an ambitious real estate developer sets out to transform thousands of acres of pristine hill country around Austin, Texas into a suburban development, threatening a nearby natural spring, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see a microcosm of the struggle between development and preservation that's playing out in cities and towns across the country.

Drug abuse Educational Video Network, Inc., Inc. ; written, directed and produced by Devin DeHaven.

Huntsville, Tex. :EVN,c1993, c1990.
Young people need to see that the drug world is anything but glamorous for hard-core abusers who are desperate for their next fix. This tough look at a tough subject will open students' eyes.

Freedom Writers Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; MTV Films ; Jersey Films ; Kernos Filmproduktiosgesellschaft & Company ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; directed by Richard LaGravenese.

Hollywood, Calif. :Paramount Home Entertainment,2007.
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment is something that the class can bite into with relish. This eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. Draws heavily from the published journals of the real students themselves.

The School of Rock Paramount Pictures presents a Scott Rudin production, a Richard Linklater film ; produced by Scott Rudin ; written by Mike White ; directed by Richard Linklater.

Hollywood, Calif. :Paramount,[2004], c2003.
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.

Motivational interviewing with William R. Miller ; an Allyn & Bacon presentaion ; produced by Governors State University.

San Francisco, CA,:Released by Psychotherapy.net2007.
Lewis and Carlson talk to William Miller about motivational interviewing and how it is designed to help people resolve their ambivalence about changing addictive behaviors. The therapist creates an atmosphere that is conducive to change by expressing empathy, helping clients explore the gaps between their current behaviors and the lives they would like to lead, avoiding arguments, rolling with resistance, and using encouragement. Includes footage of an actual counseling session.

Michael Phelps produced by Ten Mayflower Productions ; executive producer, Dick Ebersol.

[S.l.] :[s.n.],c2008.
Along with interviews with his mother and coach, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps provides personal insight into his unparalled achievement.

A force more powerful a production of York Zimmerman Inc. and WETA Washington, D.C. ; written, produced and directed by Steve York.

[United States] :York Zimmerman,c2000.
DVD : This six-part series tells one of the 20th century's most important and least-known stories-- how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied them by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on every continent and in every decade of the 20th century to fight for their rights and freedom.

Bringing down a dictator a production of York Zimmerman, Inc. in association with WETA-TV, Washington D.C. ; produced, written and directed by Steve York ; managing producer, Miriam Zimmerman.

[Washington, D.C.] :York Zimmerman Inc.,c2001.
In 2000, Slobodan MilosÌevicÌ fought to hold power in Yugoslavia. His opponents were led by a student movement called Otpor! (Serbian for "resistance"), who attacked the regime with ridicule, rock music, and a willingness to be arrested. Their courage and audacity inspired others to overcome their fear and join the fight, leading to MilosÌevicÌ's fall from power, arrest, and extradition to the Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity.

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