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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:

Nefertiti's Daughters - imageNefertiti's Daughters

Female street artists are on the front lines in the fight for freedom in Egypt today.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 40 minutes
Nine Digits - imageNine Digits

Nine Digits tells the story of Cesar, an undocumented teenager fighting for U.S. citizenship. While revealing his status could jeopardize his family, Cesar feels like he has no other choice.

MediaStorm | 2011 | 9 minutes | 4-12, college, adults
No Fear No Favor - imageNo Fear No Favor

African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 66 minutes
No Home Movie - imageNo Home Movie

This final film from groundbreaking auteur Chantal Akerman is a portrait of her relationship with her mother, Natalia, a Holocaust survivor and familiar presence in many of her daughter's films.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 115 minutes
No Man's Land - imageNo Man's Land

Behind the scenes account of the occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed militants (led by Cliven Bundy's sons Ammon and Ryan) and their 41-day standoff with federal authorities.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 82 minutes | 10 -12, College, Adults
No Time To Waste - imageNo Time To Waste

Celebrates legendary 98-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin's inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America's story.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 52 minutes
Nostalgia for the Light - imageNostalgia for the Light

Director Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile's Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 90 minutes | 9-12, college, adult
Not The Numbers Game - imageNot The Numbers Game

The role of women in solving development and population problems worldwide.  (BBC Version)

Bullfrog Films | 1997 | 44 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Nothing is Forgiven - imageNothing is Forgiven

An intimate portrait Moroccan immigrant Zineb who found a home at the famous satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 61 minutes
Now He's Out in Public and Everyone Can See - imageNow He's Out in Public and Everyone Can See

Online videos diaries are stitched together into a dense, polyphonic essay on race and identity.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 24 minutes

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