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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:

Orchestrating Change - imageOrchestrating Change

Tells the inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 85 minutes
Original Minds - imageOriginal Minds

Inspirational film that shows a way to bring out the individual talents of five teenagers normally classified as learning disabled.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Our Daily Bread - imageOur Daily Bread

A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology utilized for mass production.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 92 minutes | 11-12, College, Adult
Our Daily Poison - imageOur Daily Poison

Reveals how everyday chemicals-pesticides, Aspartame and plastics-may be slowly poisoning us.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 112 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Our Friends at the Bank - imageOur Friends at the Bank

Follows World Bank and International Monetary Fund decision-makers in Uganda, showing how top-level decisions are made in the field.

Icarus Films | 1997 | 85 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Our House - imageOur House

A groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents, as Americans struggle to re-define family values.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 56 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Our Mockingbird - imageOur Mockingbird

Harper Lee's novel, and the story of a remarkable high school production of the adapted play, are used as a lens to examine race, class, gender, and justice - then and now.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 65 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
Outcry and Whisper - imageOutcry and Whisper

A political manifesto for the resistance of women, be they workers, intellectuals or militants, in China and Hong Kong.

dGenerate Films | 2020 | 100 minutes
Outside In - imageOutside In

Spanning nine years, Dr. Kasia Clark's story reveals how the human spirit can combine with medicine, complementary therapies, support, athletics, and art to challenge cancer.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 61 minutes
Overload - imageOverload

Before she starts a family, Soozie Eastman wants to discover whether it's possible to reduce her body's — and by extension everybody's — toxic burden.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 71 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults

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