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Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Language
English
Description
YOU CAN’T ASK THAT is a documentary series that confronts prejudices and break down taboos in our society in an authentic and relatable way. Each episode asks a group of Canadians who live with different disabilities the awkward, inappropriate or uncomfortable questions they hear all the time with honesty.
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"The principal mission of this book is to provide a simple and easy guidebook with proven tactics to help women tune into their body's natural "language" and increase their chances of conceiving.The book introduces readers to The Four Fertility Foes ("The Big Four") that may be compromising their efforts to get pregnant. These culprits--inflammation, insulin, stress, and toxicity--are more persistent in the lives of women today than any pre- existing...
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English
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"In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere,...
4) Milk?
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Milk is a basic food in our diet, a food so fundamental that its value for our health often goes unquestioned. Using engaging storytelling through endearing characters and beautiful visuals, this documentary aims to investigate the case for milk as a nutritious food. Is milk good for us or not?
5) Mind Games
Publisher
Romar Spotlight Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This film incorporates interviews with retro gamers and experts in psychology, linguistics and education, to explore the advantages and disadvantages of video gaming. The result is a surprisingly entertaining, touching and informative look at how gaming has impacted lives and can have a revolutionary, positive impact on education...Two of the foremost thinkers in the study of video gaming share their insights in a way which appeals to both the general...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Actress Kate Hudson shares her insights to help every woman become healthy, strong, and beautiful from the inside out. Long dedicated to wellness and living well, Kate offers readers inspiration for setting attainable goals to create balance in their lives. Her philosophy is straightforward: living healthfully is about simplicity, accessibility, positivity and throwing the idea of "perfection" out the window."
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An urgent wake-up call about the national threat posed by Alzheimer's disease. Many know the unique tragedy of this disease, but few know that Alzheimer's is also a major and rapidly growing public health crisis. This documentary powerfully illuminates the social consequences for America unless a medical breakthrough is discovered for this currently incurable disease.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a woman who thought she had it all until she lost her beloved mother to cancer. Trying to process and understand her profound grief, Suzanne embarked on a journey and turned to a deeper practice of yoga.. Suzanne’s journey led her to India, where she studied various disciplines of yoga and met with respected gurus. During her visit, she came face-to-face with a near death experience and discovered that something had shifted...
Publisher
Random Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A poignant, no-holds-barred documentary chronicling the lives of four patients with a dramatic, rare disease. Due to the rarity of their condition, Ava, Noah, Kelsie, and Lora face mis-diagnosis, improper treatment, and preventable tragedy in the emergency room all as they fight to live normal lives. Struggling to be heard by an ignorant healthcare system, they join their voices together to conquer adversity and create change.. SPECIAL BLOOD explores...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This beautiful documentary tells the inspiring story of how love and art can transform tragedy into the brightest affirmation of life.. Director Richard Kane follows Jon Imber as he remains determined to continue his work as an artist despite the debilitating effects of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). Thanks to the support of his partner, Jill Hoy, Imber learns to paint with his left hand, and then with both of his hands as his condition...
11) RAMPED UP
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Americans with Disabilities Act - signed into law in 1990 - was referred to as the Emancipation Proclamation for Americans with disabilities. But because the government mostly lacks the power to ensure the law is followed, people with disabilities bear the primary burden of its enforcement through lawsuits. Defendants of these lawsuits say that the law is far too technical for business owners to keep up with, which leads to abuse. RAMPED UP addresses...
12) Food Matters
Publisher
Food Matters International PTY LTD
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This documentary is a hard hitting, fast paced look at our current state of health. Despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures, we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and maladies. Patching up an over-toxic and over-indulgent population with a host of toxic therapies and nutrient-sparse foods is definitely not helping the situation.. Join the world's leading authorities on nutrition and natural healing...
13) Inside Her Sex
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While we live in a highly sexualized society, the messaging around female sexuality is distorted and rife with shame. What women should look like, who women should want, what women should desire...in fact, who women should be, is dictated to us from screens and pages and people.. INSIDE HER SEX is a thought-provoking, feature-length documentary that explores female sexuality and shame through the eyes and experiences of three women from different...
14) A Cerebral Game
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Baseball was so much more than a game for Reid Davenport when he was growing up. It was about belonging and being a teammate, despite having cerebral palsy. While Reid didn’t play, he relished talking about his beloved New York Yankees with his teammates, eating sunflower seeds and yelling advice to players. This was the closest Reid would ever come to playing the game he loved.. However, as Reid entered his teenage years, he started to feel increasingly...
15) Brainstorm
Publisher
Stacia Kalinoski
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Emmy Award-winning journalist Stacia Kalinoski confronts her epilepsy after losing her career to a seizure. As she seeks treatment including brain surgery, she documents her journey as a way to raise awareness about the brain disorder that affects over 3 million people in the United States alone.. BRAINSTORM aims to reduce the stigma by showing how three people with very different epilepsy types battle seizures to live their lives to the fullest....
16) Blind Faith
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows the stirring personal journey, both intimate and universal, of a man coming to terms with his disability and struggling with the roles of father, husband, and successful entrepreneur, breaking through the myths of blindness and broadening our understanding of the complex hidden realities facing the blind community.. Official Selection at the NYC Independent Film Festival. “I was especially moved by all the emotional themes...
17) E-Motion
Publisher
Play TV
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Imagine a world where the trapped emotions, fears, anxieties and unprocessed life experiences we hold in our bodies are the source of everything that ails us. That’s the world we live in. Now, imagine a world where everyone is manifesting from their heart the perfect creation that’s inside each of us. Imagine a world where abundance, inner peace, longevity and loving relationships abound.. Imagine emotion experts from around the world sharing...
Publisher
Vital Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What will it mean for all of us to grow up, live and age in a society where half the citizens are over the age of 50? That reality is closer than most of us are willing to imagine.. Never in human history have so many lived for so long – and not just in the United States. It is a global phenomenon, ushering a spectacular social transformation. COMING OF AGE IN AGING AMERICA tells the story of its dimensions, challenges and opportunities.
19) Capturing Grace
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning documentary telling the unlikely story of what happens when New York's legendary Mark Morris Dance Group joins forces with people with Parkinson's disease to stage a unique performance.. CAPTURING GRACE is a story about the power of art and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Focusing on the rediscovery of a lighter step and the sweetness of motion, this film is about a remarkable community of dancers -- some professional,...
20) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children...
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