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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection

THE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE COLLECTION features over 600 award-winning films on health, healthcare and medicine from the leading distributors of social-issue and documentary film. Films address addiction and substance abuse, aging, death and dying, disabilities, economics of healthcare, environmental health, ethics, healthcare delivery, history of medicine, illness, disease and disorders, maternal and child health, psychology and mental health, public health, nursing, nutrition, sexuality, and more. Docuseek films examine health and healthcare in its social and historical context; essential resources for helping students to respond better to the challenges of today.

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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection collection includes the following titles:

The Patterson - imageThe Patterson

The people who lived it tell the story of what has happened in one NYC housing project over seven decades, mirroring the stories in all 341 NYCHA housing projects throughout the city.

Bullfrog Films | 90 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Agatha's Almanac - imageAgatha's Almanac

Defying modernity, 90-year-old Agatha forges a solitary existence on her family's farm, growing vegetables and preserving heirloom seeds. Without a driver's license, cell phone, running water, or even a functioning landline Agatha’s daily rituals form a vivid counterpoint to modern life.

Icarus Films | 2025 | 86 minutes
The Right to Exist - imageThe Right to Exist

Explores the homelessness crisis in Sacramento through the story of Camp Resolution, a self-governed, woman-run homeless encampment.

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 85 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Keys Bags Names Words - imageKeys Bags Names Words

Keys Bags Names Words is a quirky and inspiring lens portraying stories of the personal and global impacts of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Collective Eye Films | 2023 | 84 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Impossible Town - imageImpossible Town

When her father dies unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid Minden, a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals.

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 93 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
The Dyslexic Advantage - imageThe Dyslexic Advantage

In The Dyslexic Advantage, leading scientists, educators, and innovators invite viewers to see dyslexia in a new light.

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 43 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Music Vets - imageMusic Vets

Music Vets tells the story of three proud U.S. military veterans in different stages of recovery from PTSD and/or Traumatic Brain Injuries.

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 77 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Autism in America - imageAutism in America

AUTISM IN AMERICA is a powerful and emotional documentary that chronicles families living with autism, from moderate cases to extreme.

Green Planet Films | 2015 | 87 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Forest for the Trees - imageForest for the Trees

This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters.

Green Planet Films | 2021 | 91 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Hunger in America - imageHunger in America

50 million Americans go to bed hungry every night. Hunger in America breaks down the clichéd ideas of who the hungry are today. Narrated by James Denton.

Green Planet Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

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