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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:

The Apology - imageThe Apology

Former 'Comfort Women' who were forced to serve Japanese troops during World War II tell their harrowing stories.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 104 minutes
The Art of Being Human - imageThe Art of Being Human

A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.

Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
The Battle of Chile (Part 1) - imageThe Battle of Chile (Part 1)

The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 'a landmark in the presentation of living history on film.'

Icarus Films | 1975 | 96 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Battle of Chile (Part 2) - imageThe Battle of Chile (Part 2)

The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 'a landmark in the presentation of living history on film.'

Icarus Films | 1976 | 88 minutes
The Battle of Chile (Part 3) - imageThe Battle of Chile (Part 3)

Deals with the creation by ordinary workers and peasants of thousands of local groups of 'popular power.'

Icarus Films | 1978 | 78 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Best of Both Worlds - imageThe Best of Both Worlds

Cohousing offers both privacy and community—the best of both worlds!

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 27 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
The Big Game - imageThe Big Game

The role of competitive sports, in this case basketball, in the community, for the coaches, and, most of all, for the players themselves.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 60 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Body Beautiful - imageThe Body Beautiful

This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond

Women Make Movies | 1992 | 23 minutes
The Boy Inside - imageThe Boy Inside

The distressing story of the filmmaker's son Adam, a 12-year-old with Asperger Syndrome, during a tumultuous year in the life of their family.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 47 minutes | College/Adult/Professional
The Boys Who Said NO! - imageThe Boys Who Said NO!

The first documentary film to profile the young men and women who actively opposed the military draft in order to end the Vietnam War.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 95 minutes

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