This challenging three-volume series, specifically designed for classroom use, is based on the popular feature film WHO’S COUNTING? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies & Global Economics. Elected to the New Zealand Parliament at the age of 22, Waring discovered that national accounting systems do not count many things--notably the work of women and the cost of environmental damage. This world-renowned political economist, feminist and author demystifies the language of economics with vigor and humor. Each volume is approximately 30 minutes in length. Volume 1. Marilyn Waring on Politics: Local & Global: By approaching politics from the viewpoint of an average citizen, Waring challenges the assumption that the systems that currently determine how the world does business are adequately meeting the needs of both local and global communities (30 min. 17 sec.). Volume 2. Marilyn Waring on Women and Economics: Women remain more than 50 percent of the world’s population, yet hold no more than 10 percent of the seats in national legislatures. This video takes a hard look at the disparity between what women contribute to communities and how their work is valued (30 min.). Volume 3. Marilyn Waring on the Environment: As an MP, Waring fought to preserve the priceless natural resources of her riding, drawing on the pragmatic vision of her neighbors. Waring makes a convincing argument for changing a system that does not value clean air, water, and the unspoiled ecosystems that sustain and enrich life on earth (26 min. 51 sec.).

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Don Messer: His Land and His Music celebrates the king of Maritime fiddling. It's 1969, and Messer's band is on a poignant, cross-Canada farewell tour. Poignant, because CBC-TV has just announced the cancellation of the long-running Don Messer's Jubilee. But if Messer's upset, he isn't showing it. Instead, he's in top form, packing them in from Halifax to Whitehorse: one curling rink, hockey arena and small-town theatre after another. More than a musician, Don Messer was a genuine folk icon, idolized by millions of fans who felt as though they knew him personally. Although he died in 1973, Messer has remained a vital presence in Canadian music. Fiddlers continue to be inspired by his old-time style. Don Messer: His Land and His Music marries cinematic innovation with irresistible, toe-tapping music - taking us on the road, into the studio and backstage with a one-of-a-kind, fun-loving band.

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Through the eyes of children and of women of different generations, this documentary reveals the soul of a small village in the Upper North Shore.

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This film is an essay on a crucial issue that pertains to the current state of the world: the notion of belonging to a country, a feeling that becomes rooted in a person’s heart. Old-fashioned sentimentality or a profound psychological reality? The action takes place within the context of a nation seeking its identity: French Canadians and other peoples who have no country to call their own: Natives in Québec, Bretons in France. An attempt is made to address this delicate notion; what happens to a man when he has no country and no patriotism? The film’s focus shifts to a genuine cultural refugee, a French Canadian who has moved from Western Canada to Paris. A fundamental question is raised: what types of people have the ‘‘maturity’’ to feel free wherever they live? And conversely, what does it take for an area to be referred to as ‘‘homeland’’?

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A rather astonishing film showing how one man shed nearly half his body weight--63.5 kg of it (140 pounds)--by complete starvation under hospital observation. What brought him to so desperate a course, and how he managed to cope with it, is told with candor and humor by the fat man himself. Lorne Greene narrates the rest. Between times, the film leaves Gilles Lorrain and his lonely struggle to examine what other overweight people are doing, singly or in groups, to reduce to more normal proportions. Medical authorities comment on some misconceptions and malpractices of the slimming industry.

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