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- If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated "Sound and Fury" follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family of deaf and hearing members, across three generations. Together they confront a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture--and their bonds with one another. For Peter and his wife, both of whom are deaf, a surgical ear implant for their 5-year-old daughter Heather means a choice between two worlds: an unfamiliar hearing world; and the deaf world, a robust culture in its own right united by a uniquely visual and artistic language. Heather Artinian--precocious, vivacious, and avidly curious about implant surgery--is caught between her deaf parents and her hearing grandparents as they argue passionately about her future. The debate is sometimes silent, but by no means quiet. "Sound and Fury" speaks volumes about the choices we make and the battles we fight in order to be heard.
- "The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places." Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms BROKEN PLACES explores why some children are permanently damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting some of the abused and neglected children we profiled decades ago, we're able to dramatically illustrate how early trauma shaped their lives as adults. BROKEN PLACES interweaves these longitudinal narratives with commentary from a few internationally renowned experts to help viewers better understand the devastating impact of childhood adversity as well as the inspiring characteristics of resilience.
- Navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood is challenging for even the most mature and privileged youth. For three young people in New York and Los Angeles, making the transition to independent living is considerably more difficult as they "age out" of the foster care system and suddenly discover, for the first time, that they're on their own.
- Money & Medicine examines the reasons behind the rising costs of health care in the United States. It looks at the dangers of over-diagnosis and over-treatment and investigates how waste pervades our medical system. It also looks at how some hospitals are working to create less-expensive and high quality alternatives to the present system.
- The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans - one in four workers - are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide the basics for a decent life. WAGING A LIVING chronicles the battle of four low-wage workers to lift their families out of poverty. Shot over a three-year period in the northeast and California, this observational documentary captures the dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments of a diverse group of workers who struggle to live from paycheck to paycheck. By presenting an unvarnished look at the barriers that these workers must overcome to escape poverty, WAGING A LIVING offers a sobering view of the elusive American Dream.
- Two extraordinary brothers struggle to believe in their mother's love.
- Is the American Dream alive or dead? Political comedian John Fugelsang hits the road to find out in Dream On. This epic road trip retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone, of any background, could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Following in the Frenchman's footsteps, Fugelsang asks whether the optimistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville popularized is alive and well in the twenty-first century, or whether George Carlin was right when he famously quipped, "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." Dream On features stories of hard-working people trapped in poverty; senior citizens who have lost their pensions; blue collar workers whose jobs have disappeared; homeowners fighting foreclosure; once prosperous families struggling with hunger and homelessness; fast food workers fighting for a living wage; non-violent drug offenders in prison for decades; undocumented immigrants fighting deportation; low-income communities struggling with poverty-related disease; rust belt cities coping with deindustrialization; educators trying to reform our failing public schools; and social entrepreneurs designing new ways to reduce poverty. As countless Americans struggle with diminished prospects for the future, our core beliefs about the value of work, the inevitability of progress, the fairness of the system, and America's standing in the world are being shaken. After decades of rising income inequality and declining economic mobility, reviving the American Dream has become the defining issue of our time.
- The expression, "sent up the river," was coined by convicts who were sent up the Hudson River to do their time at the infamous Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY. FIRST DEGREE finds hope in this seemingly hopeless place by investigating an unusual college behind bars that prevents Sing Sing inmates from being sent back up the river after their release. FIRST DEGREE takes viewers inside this notorious maximum security prison and introduces them to a cast of unforgettable inmates. One charismatic prisoner is Jermaine Archer, whose reputation changed from being a feared gang leader to being a role model for students attending college at Sing Sing. Another is Clarence Maclin, who got his college degree shortly before being paroled and now works as a supervisor at a nearby residential treatment program helping young people avoid the costly mistakes he made as a teenager. Perhaps the most remarkable character is Sean Pica, who served 16 years for murder, but unlike most paroled inmates who quickly reoffend and return to prison, Sean came back to run Sing Sing's college program. Nationwide, over half of released inmates return to prison within 5 years, but for the past 14 years, less than 1% of the inmates that received a college degree at Sing Sing returned to prison.
- Sing No Place Like Home in the Style of "Randy Travis". Stingray Karaoke Country, 80'S & 90'S, 1987, English, Key D.
- WITH NO DIRECTION HOME chronicles the struggles of Thomas Hudson as he leaves the foster care system to fend for himself. Despite being physically and sexually abused and spending years shuttling between group homes, shelters, and mental institutions, Thomas was able to enroll in college, work a part-time job, and rent his own apartment. However, once he turned 21 and his foster care case was officially closed, Thomas packed a suitcase and ran away from Chicago. After a brief stint of homelessness in Florida, Thomas returned to Chicago with a renewed determination to make it on his own. Despite the scars that will never fully heal from his troubled childhood, Thomas discovered enough inner strength and resiliency to begin to take control of his life.
- A poignant profile of the struggles of the Nazaretyan family to care for their disabled children without insurance.
- ROSEVELT'S AMERICA is a cinema verite profile of the struggles of a Liberian refugee to build a new life in America. After being tortured and narrowly escaping execution during Liberia's civil war, Rosevelt Henderson makes his way to America with three of his children but is forced to leave his pregnant wife behind. He works as a janitor, airport van driver, and assembly line worker in order to support his family and help his wife flee their war-torn country. After two year of juggling low wage jobs, Rosevelt's perseverance pays off and he is reunited with his wife, Frances, and his baby daughter. By capturing Rosevelt's day-to-day struggles, frustrations, and achievements, viewers come to appreciate the distance he has traveled during his harrowing journey from torture and desperation in his native Liberia to security and stability in his newly adopted homeland. Ultimately ROSEVELT'S AMERICA becomes an inspiring story of quiet determination and dignity under duress.