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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:

Confounding Father  - Episode 1 - imageConfounding Father - Episode 1

Episode one introduces the series, then covers the Articles of Confederation, the beginning of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the introduction of the Virginia Plan, & the New Jersey Plan counterproposal.

Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 27 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 2 - imageConfounding Father - Episode 2

Episode two examines Maryland delegate and gadfly Luther Martin's objections, the ideas of opponents of the constitution, and concludes with an in-depth look at slavery and the founders.

Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 33 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 3 - imageConfounding Father - Episode 3

This episode examines congress and taxing power, then demystifies “domestic tranquility.” The episode concludes with a look at the Presidency, “standing armies”, and the end of the Convention.

Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 30 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 4 - imageConfounding Father - Episode 4

The final episode details the 1787-1788 ratification battle, reasons for the Bill of Rights, and the constitution in the 21st Century. An epilogue tells the story of Luther Martin's post-convention career.

Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 28 minutes
Congo in Four Acts - imageCongo in Four Acts

A quartet of short films that lay bare the reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 69 minutes | 9-12, college, adult
Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women - imageCongo: The Doctor Who Saves Women

Tens of thousands of women have been raped during 20 years of war in eastern Congo.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 52 minutes
Connectivity Project - imageConnectivity Project

Examines the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 45 minutes | 5 - 12, College, Adults
Cooked - imageCooked

From award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, COOKED reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 82 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Cracking Cancer - imageCracking Cancer

A clinical research trial at the Personalized OncoGenomics Program is changing the way scientists think about the future of cancer care.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 44 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Crimes of Honour - imageCrimes of Honour
Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, investigates the terrible reality of femicide - the killing of sisters or daughters suspected of losing their virginity, for having refused an arranged marriage or having left a husband.
Icarus Films | 1998 | 44 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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