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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection

THE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE COLLECTION features over 400 award-winning films on health, healthcare and medicine from the leading distributors of social-issue and documentary film. Films address addiction and substance abuse, aging, death and dying, disabilities, economics of healthcare, environmental health, ethics, healthcare delivery, history of medicine, illness, disease and disorders, maternal and child health, psychology and mental health, public health, nursing, nutrition, sexuality, and more. Docuseek films examine health and healthcare in its social and historical context; essential resources for helping students to respond better to the challenges of today.

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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection includes the following titles:

Jackson - imageJackson

Set against the backdrop of the fight to close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson captures the essential and hard truth of the lives at the center of the debate over reproductive healthcare in America.

Collective Eye Films | 2018 | 93 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Jordan River Anderson Messenger - imageJordan River Anderson Messenger

Alanis Obomsawin's 52rd film tells the story of how the life of Jordan River Anderson initiated a battle for the right of First Nations children to receive the same standard of social, health and educational services as the rest of the Canadian population.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 65 minutes
Kabul Transit - imageKabul Transit

A street-level documentary that explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war.

Bullfrog Films | 2007 | 84 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Karayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute - imageKarayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute

Frank and harrowing testimony of the horrific sexual slavery and wartime experiences of the Karayuki-San, Japanese girls and women were trafficked out of Japan as indentured prostitutes.

Icarus Films | 1975 | 75 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Kenbe La: Until we Win - imageKenbe La: Until we Win

Set in the lush Haitian countryside as well as the icy landscapes of Quebec, Will Prosper’s documentary Kenbe la: Until We Win chronicles the inspiring journey of Alain Philoctète, an artist and activist who dreams of developing a permaculture project in his native country even as he fights an ongoing battle with cancer.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 83 minutes
Koromousso: Big Sister - imageKoromousso: Big Sister

KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister explores the phenomenon of FGM as experienced by African immigrant women in Quebec.

National Film Board of Canada | 2023 | 77 minutes | 10-12, PS
La Supplication (Voices from Chernobyl) - imageLa Supplication (Voices from Chernobyl)

Based on the novel by Svetlana Alexievich, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature, the film examines with the world of Chernobyl, about which we know very little. Eyewitness reports have survived: scientists, teachers, journalists, couples, children. They tell of their old daily lives, then of the catastrophe.

Andana Films | 2017 | 86 minutes
Ladies in Waiting - imageLadies in Waiting

A profile of the Kitambo maternity clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, revealing the pressures of economic forces on health care delivery in poor countries.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 24 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Latching On - imageLatching On

Entertaining and insightful, LATCHING ON is an important analysis of the politics of breastfeeding, illuminating the complexities behind a simple, natural act.

Women Make Movies | 2010 | 36 minutes
Latest News from the Cosmos - imageLatest News from the Cosmos

It wasn't until Helene was 20 years old that her parents discovered that their autistic daughter was able not only communicate, but to write deeply complex, philosophical and poetic work.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 85 minutes

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