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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:

My Imaginary Country - imageMy Imaginary Country

An explosive social revolution brought 1.5 million Chileans to their feet. It was the event Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for.

Icarus Films | 2022 | 83 minutes
My Love Affair with the Brain - imageMy Love Affair with the Brain

Meet Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience, and an inspirational teacher to thousands at UC Berkeley and to millions around the world.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 57 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
Myanmar Diaries - imageMyanmar Diaries

A hybrid film about life in Myanmar in the aftermath of its military coup.

Icarus Films | 2023 | 70 minutes
Mysteries of the Deep - imageMysteries of the Deep

Explores the beguiling depths of the seas, as technology allows us to venture further and further into the planet's last frontier.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 44 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Nanjing - imageNanjing

Till today the history of the 1937 'Rape of Nanking' is a point of contention between China and Japan. How is it seen in each country, and can a shared memory ever be constructed?

Icarus Films | 2006 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
National Diploma - imageNational Diploma

A group of Congo's high school students desperately tries to pass their final exam in order to graduate.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 92 minutes
Native Table - imageNative Table

Chef Sean Sherman worked for years in Italian, Spanish, Japanese and modern American restaurants. Then one day he realized his own heritage – Lakota Sioux – had a lot to teach him about foods that would nourish himself, his customers, and the Earth. Today, Sherman and his business partner Dana Thomson (Dakota) are exploring their Native cultural heritages by re-creating pre-colonial menus – meals that use no dairy, no wheat, no sugar.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 12 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Natural Connections - imageNatural Connections

Makes a compelling scientific and ethical case for maintaining biodiversity.

Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 46 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Nature's Cleanup Crew - imageNature's Cleanup Crew

Examines the lives of the busy scavengers who live among us in our cities, recycling the mountains of waste our consumer society leaves behind.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 54 minutes
Near or Far? - imageNear or Far?

The Nigerian Minister for Agriculture wants to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 29 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults

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