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Crank: Made in America Item# 32483 © 2003  56 Min.	DVD $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-1912-4 The number one drug problem in rural America, methamphetamine, or “crank,” is cheap, easy to make, and has the lowest recovery rate for addicts. By looking at a number of people in Iowa—even whole fam... (more details)
How Do You Spell Murder? Illiteracy and Crime Item# 32762 © 2002  40 Min.	DVD $99.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-8415-9 Nationwide, 70 percent of state and federal prisoners are illiterate. This means that many offenders convicted of murder cannot even spell it. Filmed on location at New Jersey State Prison, this power... (more details)
The Iceman and the Psychiatrist Item# 31443 © 2002  51 Min.	DVD $149.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-6916-3 By his mid-20s, Richard Kuklinski's extreme penchant for murder drew the attention of organized crime and he was hired as a contract killer. Today, he is serving multiple life sentences for nearly 200... (more details)
Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free Item# 31681 © 2002  67 Min.	DVD $149.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-7015-2 Every year, hundreds of thousands of convicts appear before parole and clemency boards to plead for early release. This hard-hitting program draws viewers into the formidable decision-making process a... (more details)
Small-Town Ecstasy: Getting High with Dad Item# 31357 © 2002  85 Min.	DVD $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-6712-1 This cautionary program pulls no punches as it tracks the downward spiral of a successful suburban husband and father who, at 40, becomes addicted to the drug ecstasy and ruins his family and his marr... (more details)
Graduating Peter Item# 31147 © 2001  75 Min.	DVD (Chaptered) $169.95
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-756-0 This inspiring and thought-provoking follow-up to the 1992 Academy Award-winning documentary Educating Peter highlights the experiences of Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down syndrome, in sixth grade... (more details)
The Vagina Monologues Item# 30423 © 2001  77 Min.	DVD $179.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-5435-0 "I realized there was no context in which women ever talk about their vaginas." From this starting point, playwright Eve Ensler began what has become an ongoing odyssey into traditionally forbidden te... (more details)
Broken Child: Case Studies of Child Abuse Item# 11491 © 2000  61 Min.	DVD $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-6508-4 Every year in the U.S., approximately one in 25 children is reported as a victim of prenatal substance abuse, criminal neglect, or physical or emotional violence, and child-protection agencies are bei... (more details)
Drinking Apart: Families Under the Influence Item# 10952 © 2000  71 Min.	DVD $149.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-6509-1 Every day at the renowned Ackerman Institute for the Family, teams of counselors are helping people with drug and alcohol addictions to save their relationships, their futures, and their very lives. P... (more details)
Hate.com: Extremists on the Internet Item# 11204 © 2000  42 Min.	DVD $149.95
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-7984-1 This chilling program, narrated by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Morris Dees, addresses the use of the Internet to spread messages of hate and violence. Don Black, founder of Stormfront; Matt Hale... (more details)
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