Instructional DVDs

In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.

There are more than 2000 Kayapo Indians living in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil. Gold was found in the area and their land was invaded by miners. However, they manage to protect their mine and profits, and preserve their traditional way of life with these profits.

Examines the emotional and legal aftermath of divorce, seeking to find out: What's best for the kids? Explores the pros and cons of joint physical custody, looks at efforts to reform how custody is decided in the current judicial system, and examines how divorce education programs are helping both parents and kids.

Examines the "kids for cash" scandal, in which two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judges had set up a system by which they would end up receiving $2.6 million from privately-owned juvenile detention centers for convicting more than 3,000 youths for mostly minor offenses.

Frontline takes a measure of the new national dilemma of kids killing other kids in school through a detailed, intimate journey into the life of one high school shooter, Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents, and then opened fire killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon.

About every two minutes a police officer uses a Taser. Sold as an effective way to subdue violent suspects without injuring them, Tasers have revolutionized the way officers do their jobs. One company is responsible for this revolution: Taser International.

Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes--images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality.

Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.

A high-tech exploration of the most celebrated mummy ever, the boy-king Tutankhamun, to reveal the truths about the famed curse and a series of puzzling deaths that crosses the centuries.

Tells the story of the Israelites and the creation of the world's first monotheistic religion.

In a remote corner of southwestern China, the Mosuo live in a matrilineal society where husbands do not exist. Anthropologist Chou Wah-Shan is one of the few outsiders that has lived and worked extensively with them. Commerce, belief systems, rituals and festivals, and the responsibilities of women and men are described.

Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.