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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:

Chez Jolie Coiffure - imageChez Jolie Coiffure

Filmmaker Rosine Mbakam is invited to step inside a Brussels salon, Jolie Coiffure, with the charimsatic owner, Sabine.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 70 minutes
Chicago Boys - imageChicago Boys

After the coup in 1973, Chile was turned into a laboratory for the world's most radical neo-liberal experiment. 

Icarus Films | 2015 | 85 minutes
China 2000 BC - The Rise and Fall of Dynasties in Ancient China - imageChina 2000 BC - The Rise and Fall of Dynasties in Ancient China

Remarkable new archaeological discoveries provide clues about the rise of Chinese culture.

National Film Board of Canada | 2013 | 47 minutes
China 2000 BC - Unearthing the Truth Behind a Myth: The Xia Dynasty - imageChina 2000 BC - Unearthing the Truth Behind a Myth: The Xia Dynasty

The nation of China is more than 4000 years old, and recent discoveries are shedding new light on its origins. In our common knowledge Chinaᄊs earliest…

National Film Board of Canada | 2013 | 46 minutes
China Blue - imageChina Blue

A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 88 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adult
Cholesterol, the Great Bluff - imageCholesterol, the Great Bluff

A rigorous investigation on the cholesterol case, dealing with social, political, scientific and economical issues.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 82 minutes
Cinema Novo - imageCinema Novo

An intricately edited documentary composed of film clips from the major works of the Brazilian 'Cinema Novo' movement and period interviews with its leading filmmakers.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 90 minutes
City Life - imageCity Life

Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 27 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
City Life - Stop the Traffick - imageCity Life - Stop the Traffick

Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 27 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Clara Lemlich - imageClara Lemlich

The story of Clara Lemlich, a fledgling union organizer who launched the groundbreaking garment workers strike in 1909 in New York City.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 51 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult

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