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REMOTE CONTROL: Children, Media Consumption and the Changing
American Family
The average American child spends over 40 hours per week consuming media, the
equivalent of a full-time job. This means that by the time children born today turn 30,
they will have spent an entire decade of their lives in front of some type of screen.
Remote Control, based on the findings of the Kaiser Family Foundation's landmark study
"Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8 to 18-year-olds", examines the implications of
this unprecedented level of exposure. Putting a human face on the report's statistical
findings, filmmaker Bob McKinnon explores the media habits of two families,
supplementing their powerful personal insights with testimony from media experts,
educators, and policymakers. Remote Control offers a fascinating look at the centrality
of media in our lives, revealing far-reaching effects that we are only beginning to
understand, and suggesting ways we might begin to help our children live a life instead
of watching one. #13020 38 minutes 2007 $129.95 (Colleges & Universities $249.95)
CONSUMING KIDS: The Commercialization of Childhood
With virtually no government or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing
industry has been able to use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and
neuroscience to transform North American children into one of the most powerful and
profitable consumer demographics in the world. Kids now influence an estimated $700
billion in annual spending, targeted virtually from birth with a relentless bombardment
of sophisticated commercial appeals designed to sell everything from Hollywood
merchandise and junk foods to iPods, cell phones, the family car and vacations. The result is that childhood itself has been
commercialized. Drawing on the insights of experts, industry insiders, and children themselves, this program traces the
evolution and impact of this disturbing and unprecedented phenomenon, exposing the youth marketing industry's
controversial tactics and exploring the effect of hyper-consumerism on the actual lived experience of children.
#11884/0685 72 minutes 2008 *Includes Guide $159.95 (Colleges & Universities $319.95)
DREAMWORLDS III: Desire, Sex and Power in Music
This groundbreaking program examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages
viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality. Illustrated with hundreds of
up-to-date images, offers a unique and powerful tool for understanding both the continuing influence of music videos and
how pop culture more generally filters the identities of young men and women through a dangerously narrow set of myths
about sexuality and gender. In doing so, it inspires viewers to reflect critically on images that they might otherwise take for
granted. *Also available in a 35 minute abridged version DVD #11389 (edited for nudity, profanity, and length). Both full and
abridged versions contain violence and sexual imagery. Viewer discretion advised.
#9991/0685 55 minutes 2007 $189.95 (Colleges & Universities $319.95)
THE PRICE OF PLEASURE: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships
* IMPORTANT! This DVD contains two versions of this program. Viewer discretion is strongly advised on both - one is edited
for some of the violence, nudity, and sexual imagery and the other full version contains blatant sex and violence unedited.
Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has become one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the
cultural industries in the United States. It is estimated that the pornography industry's annual revenue has reached $13
billion. At the same time, the content of pornography has become more aggressive, also more overtly sexist and racist.
This film features the voices of consumers, critics, and pornography producers and performers. It is particularly revealing
when male pornographers openly discuss their views about women and how men should relate to them, and when male and
female porn users candidly discuss the role pornography has played in shaping their sexual imaginations and relationships.
Honest and nonjudgmental, the film paints both a nuanced and complex portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and
power, and liberty and responsibility are intertwined in the most intimate aspects of human relations. At the same time, the
film examines the unprecedented role that commercial pornography now occupies in U.S. popular culture. Going beyond the
debate of liberal versus conservative so common in the culture, this program provides a holistic understanding of
pornography as it debunks common myths about the genre.
#12231/0685 55 minutes 2008$189.95 (Colleges/Universities $319.95)
OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW SET
This set consists of two programs:
OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW: Lesbian, Gays, Bisexuals and Television, 1967 to 1998 - provides a political and
cultural analysis of television's representation of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. For detailed description see #6831
FURTHER OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW: New Gay Visibility on Television, 1998 to 2006 - Picking up where critically
acclaimed Off the Straight & Narrow (1998) left off, this film examines the increasing presence of GLBT characters on
sitcoms, reality shows, and premium cable programming. It takes account of the variety and complexity of GLBT
representations, while exploring how these representations continue to be shaped by the demands of the commercial media
system. For detailed description see #10397
#12400/0685 124 minutes $259.95 (Colleges/Universities $479.95) *Each program may also be purchased separately.
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