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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:

Around India with a Movie Camera - imageAround India with a Movie Camera

Sandhya Suri skillfully weaves together archival footage—including hand colored sequences and a new score—to create a story about life across India from 1899 to 1947.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 72 minutes
As a Young Girl of Thirteen... - imageAs a Young Girl of Thirteen...

Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 88 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
August Pace: 1989-2019 - imageAugust Pace: 1989-2019

Thirty years after the world premiere of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham’s "August Pace," the original cast members gather once again in a New York City studio to teach their roles to a younger generation.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 54 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Aware - imageAware

Six brilliant researchers approach the mysteries of consciousness from radically different perspectives, from within and without.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 104 minutes
Baboon Tales - imageBaboon Tales

Dr. Shirley Strum's new interpretation of baboon society.

Bullfrog Films | 1998 | 52 minutes | 5-12, College, Adult
Backfired - imageBackfired

Investigates the largest auto scam in the world, tracing VW's deliberate installation of defeat devices in their diesel cars to circumvent California and US vehicle emissions standards.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 61 minutes | 9 - 12, College, Adults
Bad Coyote - imageBad Coyote

Its new, its fearless, and its very real. A hybrid type of coyote, thought to be part wolf, has migrated to Eastern Canada.

National Film Board of Canada | 2013 | 52 minutes
Banking Nature - imageBanking Nature

By assigning financial value to elements of nature, can markets save the planet?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 90 minutes
Banking on Disaster - imageBanking on Disaster

The grave consequences of building a road through the heart of Amazonia.

Bullfrog Films | 1988 | 78 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Barbershop Punk - imageBarbershop Punk

A David and Goliath tale of one man's fight against restrictions by Internet service providers and governments on consumers' access to the internet.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 77 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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