Social Studies: Sociology


New! A Balloon for Allah As a child, Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise Lorentzen sent balloon letters to Allah—messages filled with all manner of questions and concerns. Still looking for answers today, she sets out to examine the status of women within Islam. Traveling to Cairo, Istanbul, and Oslo, Lorentzen speaks with a fundamentalist cleric, feminist Nawal El Saadawi, author Gamal Al-Banna, and other figures. Contains brief nudity. (58 minutes) © 2011 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR44873 • DVD / VOD


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Sisters in Islamic Banking: Female CEOs and Sharia-Compliant Finance Women are still rare at the top rung of the banking industry, both in the West and in the Islamic world. However, a number of Malaysia’s Sharia-compliant financial companies offer excellent examples of the glass ceiling cracking. This program follows women who specialize in Islamic finance while forging careers which, in many ways, resemble those of Western career women. (50 minutes) © 2011 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR45480 • DVD / VOD


The Muslims I Know A far cry from media depictions of extremist mili- tants, America’s small community of Muslims longs to be heard and understood. Focusing on Pakistani- born citizens and their families, this film highlights similarities between Islam and the other Abrahamic faiths, celebrates cultural richness and diversity, and dispels stereotypes by addressing questions from non-Muslim Americans in candid interviews. (55 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online C o $169.95 QGR42274 • DVD / VOD


Borrow a Stereotype: Teaching Tolerance through the Living Library Project This program reports on the launch of North America’s first Living Library event—an opportunity to “check out” a human “book” and talk with that person about prejudices arising from negative stereotyping. Volunteers and participants share their reactions, and peace activist Ronni Abergel explains how he came to found the organization and why it matters—today more than ever. The message? Don’t judge a book by its cover. Original CBC broadcast title: Borrow a Stereotype. (11 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online C ‡ o $49.95 QGR42268 • DVD / VOD


Now Available! The New Ghettos of America Beginning in Los Angeles, this program sheds light on America’s ghettos to reveal a very different side of the United States—a country where gang warfare is on the rise and gun crime is out of control. As more and more people sink into poverty and become victims of the violence that typically goes along with it, the well-to-do continue to retreat into gated communities and the gulf between rich and poor grows steadily wider. (54 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR47873 • DVD / VOD


Sexy Inc.: A Critical Look at the Hypersexualization of Childhood This documentary condemns the hypersexualization of kid culture by the youth-focused business/media complex and exposes the severely damaging effects of hypersexuality on young psyches. Contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. A view- able/printable facilitation guide is available online. Original CBC broadcast title: Sexy Inc.: Our Children under Influence. Portions in French with English subtitles. (26 minutes) © 2007 Preview Clip Online C ‡ o $99.95 QGR43333 • DVD / VOD


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The Devil Plays Hardball: Mentoring the Homeless On the streets of Vancouver, B.C., four successful individuals have accepted the challenge of helping homeless people rebuild their lives through direct, one-on-one relationships. This program records that mentoring process, following each pair over a ten-month period and depicting both setbacks and progress—while demonstrating that homelessness stems from a complex variety of reasons. Contains occasional profanity. (62 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online C ‡ o $169.95 QGR42269 • DVD / VOD


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SuperFreakonomics with Levitt and Dubner In this ABC News program,


SuperFreakonomics authors Steven


D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner give the concept of cause and effect a whack on the head. Original broadcast title: 20 Questions You Never Thought to Ask. (39 minutes) © 2009 Preview Clip Online C o $169.95 QGR41310 • DVD / VOD


Freakonomics with Levitt and Dubner In this ABC News program, Freakonomics coauthors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner reason out points of convergence between dissimilar groupings. (40 minutes) © 2006 Preview Clip Online C o


Recommended by Educational Media Reviews Online. $169.95 QGR37391 • DVD / VOD


Beyond King of the Mountain: Can Democracy Evolve? This film examines challenges that many democratic systems are facing and suggests that the future of democracy lies in a more inclusive, noncompetitive framework. Experts from a variety of political and sociological disciplines share their thoughts on cooperation, planning, diversity, human instinct, and how these relate to the global, egalitarian commu- nity they believe is possible. A viewable/printable study guide is available online. (23 minutes) © 2009 Preview Clip Online C $99.95 QGR42280 • DVD / VOD


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Inside the World of the Homeless Do full-service homeless shelters, legalized heroin dispensaries, and other provisions make for smart urban policy? In search of answers, a young man named Misha Klieder spends close to a month sleeping and scavenging in the crime-infested Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada. The result: a startling journey inside urban North


America’s most intractable social problem. Contains mature themes, profanity, and scenes of drug use. (65 minutes) © 2010 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR43701 • DVD / VOD


Explaining Globalization Everyone talks about globalization, but what does it really mean? And what are its implications for the average American? In this compilation of NewsHour segments, Thomas L. Friedman and other experts from the U.S. and abroad speak their minds on a shrinking world and an expanding global economy. (56 minutes) © 2006 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR37576 • DVD / VOD


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