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In partnership with the BBC, the Open University creates high quality documentaries that inspire students to take a deeper interest in the world around them. Covering science and technology, the arts, history, education, and more, these programs combine the expertise of BBC filmmakers with the academic excellence of one of the best-known universities. Films Media Group has been the exclusive distributor of the Open University's programs to the North American educational market for many years.

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New! Ever Wondered About Food? 2 Item# 42258 © 2010	DVD $499.75 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $749.63 3-Year Streaming $499.75
Over the course of this five-part series, master chef Paul Merrett introduces viewers to a shopping basket of ordinary foods enjoyed in exotic ways by people throughout the world. Tasty food facts, de... (more details)
New! Changing Schools: Damascus's Educational Melting Pot Item# 42025 © 2009  59 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-987-9 Zaki al-Arsuzi School is a girls-only secondary school. Jaramana School is a boys-only middle school. Focusing on two new students-Du'aa, a teenage Muslim girl who has transferred to secular Zaki al-A... (more details)
New! Rap Refugees: Conservative Palestinian Education in Flux Item# 42026 © 2009  60 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-988-6 Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, is a stronghold of conservative values where the people hold tightly to their Palestinian identity and the right of return. This program enters... (more details)
New! Syrian School: Mirror of a Changing Society Item# 42079 © 2009	DVD $339.90 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $509.85 3-Year Streaming $339.90
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61733-033-9 With unprecedented access to three Damascus schools, this two-part series signals a growing openness within the Arab world as it examines an educational system in the throes of modernization. Stories... (more details)
Eyewitness: Memory in Criminal Investigation Item# 41335 © 2009	DVD $509.85 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $764.78 3-Year Streaming $509.85
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-631-1 In the aftermath of a crime, especially a violent one, how reliable is human memory? Why can't police rely on eyewitness accounts to determine exactly what happened? Using hidden cameras, simulated cr... (more details)
Eyewitness: What Actually Happened? Item# 41336 © 2009  59 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-700-4 Ten people are asked to re-create, from memory, an abstract painting they viewed two months earlier. A fascinating psychological exercise, to be sure-but the experiment will soon become much more than... (more details)
Eyewitness: Who Did It? Item# 41337 © 2009  59 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-632-8 Relieved that a recent stabbing was, in fact, an event staged to test their memories, ten volunteers agree to undergo a second nightmare-an armed robbery during which one of them is abducted. This pro... (more details)
Eyewitness: When the Only Witness Is Also the Victim Item# 41338 © 2009  52 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-633-5 On January 22, 1992, a real estate agent named Stephanie Slater was subdued, gagged at knifepoint, and held captive for eight days. This program explores her ordeal as a case study in memory-aided inv... (more details)
The American Pipe Dream: Eliminating Oil Dependence Item# 41340 © 2009  27 Min.	DVD $129.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $194.93 3-Year Streaming $129.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-635-9 Rocky Mountain Institute founder Amory Lovins, ranked as one of the 2009 Time 100, believes in the plausibility of a U.S. that harnesses automotive and architectural efficiencies to free itself from t... (more details)
Ditching the Dollar: Is It Time for a Global Currency? Item# 41339 © 2009  26 Min.	DVD $129.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $194.93 3-Year Streaming $129.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-634-2 Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Mundell helped create the euro. But why stop at Europe, he wondered. In the aftermath of 2008's global financial crisis, why not create a legal tender for the enti... (more details)
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