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The Docuseek Essential Collection

The Docuseek2 Essential Collection includes the most recent and most popular titles made available for streaming on Docuseek2 from our distributors. It is capped at 800 titles. The collection is updated at the beginning of each year to make room for new titles as they are added to Docuseek. For the most comprehensive set of films, see The Docuseek2 Complete Collection.

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The Docuseek Essential Collection includes the following titles:

An Empire of Reason - imageAn Empire of Reason

What it would have been like if television had covered the ratification process of the US Constitution in 1781.

Icarus Films | 1988 | 58 minutes
An Injury To One - imageAn Injury To One

Reconstructs the long-forgotten murder of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana, and draws a connection between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself.

Icarus Films | 2003 | 53 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
And There Was Israel - imageAnd There Was Israel

An accessible, clearly argued essay on how Israel came to be.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 52 minutes
Angry Monk - imageAngry Monk

Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 97 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Animals - imageAnimals

Soon after Jason and Julia Young bought an abandoned farm property, Jason began a year-long experiment that would change his life forever - and that would…

National Film Board of Canada | 2003 | 74 minutes
Anonymous Artists of America - imageAnonymous Artists of America

The psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America holds a performance at the University of Chicago.

Kartemquin Films | 1970 | 9 minutes
Another World is Possible - imageAnother World is Possible

A rousing account of the 2002 World Social Forum that will inspire activists everywhere.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 24 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Anthropocene - imageAnthropocene

Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 97 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Antisemitism - imageAntisemitism

Director Ilan Ziv traces the origins of antisemitism in France from the Middle Ages to the Dreyfus Affair.

Icarus Films | 2022 | 120 minutes
Are the Kids Alright? - imageAre the Kids Alright?

Filmed in courtrooms, correctional institutions, treatment centers, and family homes, this searing documentary examines the results of the tragic decline in mental health services for children and adolescents at risk.

The Fanlight Collection | 2004 | 57 minutes | College/Adult/Professional

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