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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:

Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow - imageSeeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow

The darker side of the Green Revolution.

Bullfrog Films | 1994 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Selling Lies - imageSelling Lies

In 2016, an army of teenagers in Macedonia discovered a wildly lucrative game of posting false political clickbait news articles on Facebook for profit. By creating websites leading up to the presidential election that published sensationalized and misleading news stories about American politics, they generated a massive income and influenced the election.

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 31 minutes
Selling Sickness - imageSelling Sickness

Explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as it promotes not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Semicolon: The Adventures of Ostomy Girl - imageSemicolon: The Adventures of Ostomy Girl

Meet Dana, a feisty, funny, and charming 25-year-old at a crossroads... but not the kind you might expect.

The Fanlight Collection | 2014 | 83 minutes
Semper Fi - imageSemper Fi

In this Academy Award Shortlist film, Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger reveals the Marine Corps' cover-up at Camp Lejeune of one of the largest water contamination incidents in US history.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 76 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Seven Songs for Malcolm X - imageSeven Songs for Malcolm X

An homage to the inspirational African-American civil rights leader.

Icarus Films | 1993 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Sex Workers and Proud - imageSex Workers and Proud

Women and men in the sex industry forthrightly and unapologetically discuss the nature of their work and the peculiar intersection of sex and economics.

Scorpion TV | 2014 | 83 minutes
Sex and the Holy City - imageSex and the Holy City

Investigates the impact on poor women and families of the late Pope John Paul's position on sex and reproductive health.

Bullfrog Films | 2004 | 50 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Shadows of Liberty - imageShadows of Liberty

Uses shocking examples of cover-ups and censorship by the US media to show how a few mega corporations exercise control over the content of our news.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 93 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Shattered Sky - imageShattered Sky

The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change?

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 57 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults

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