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ackyard. Taking nearly three years, McBride followed the river source to sea on a personal journey to see exactly where the river goes and what becomes of the irrigation water that flows across his family's cattle ranch in central Colorado after it returns to the creek. Recruiting hisfather, John, as his personal pilot McBride chose an aerial vantage to capture a unique and fresh view of the Colorado River Basin. He also partnered with Jon Waterman, an author who stayed stream level to paddle the entire length of the river. This short film takes the viewer on a 1,500 mile adventure downstream, from mountains and cities and through canyons and across shrinking reservoirs. For 6 million years the Colorado River flowed to the sea. Today it runs dry some 90 miles shy of its historic terminus at the Sea of Cortez. This visual journey is both revealing and alarming as it highlights the state of the river and the Southwest's drying future. Featuring the photography of Pete McBride and music by Explosions In The Sky, This Will Destroy You, Jesse Cook, and Ludovico Einaudi. Review � "Stunningly beautiful and hauntingly disturbing...a testament to our unquenchable thirst." - Dr. J. Val Klump, Assoc. Dean for Research, Great Lakes WATER Institute Awards � Best Short Mountain Film, Banff Mountain Film Festival � Most Inspiring Story, 5Point Film Festival � Best Environmental Documentary, Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride � Water for All Award, CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, Delhi � Best Documentary, Clearwater Film Festival � Audience Award, Short Film, EcoFocus Film Festival, Athens, GA � Best Environmental Film, Frozen Film Festival, San Francisco � Best Cinematography & Best of Category, Montana CINE International Film Festival � Best Land to Sea Film, Waimea Ocean Film Festival � Best Environmental Documentary, Mountain Film Awards, Mammoth, CA � Adventure through Activism Award, Adventure Film Festival, Boulder Item no. : BF01110822 Format : DVD Duration : 18 minutes Audience : Grades 7-12, College, Adult Copyright : 2011 StdBkNo : 1937772330 Price : USD 175.00 SHATTERED SHATTERED SKY SKY Directed by Steve Dorst, Dan Evans The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change? Thirty years ago, scientists reported a hole in the ozone layer "the size of North America." The culprits were man-made chemicals called CFCs, which were prevalent in billions of dollars worth of refrigeration, air conditioning and other products that had revolutionized America's way of life. With doctors forecasting skyrocketing cancer rates if changes weren't made, the stakes were literally "life as we know it." Yet companies remained bitterly opposed to changing their products. Politicians were slow to act. Like with today's CO2 emissions, an invisible compound was threatening the Earth's life-support systems, but a solution seemed beyond reach. Eerily reminiscent of today's energy and climate crisis, Shattered Sky tells the story of how America led the world in solving the biggest environmental crisis ever seen. Those interviewed include William Becker, Richard Benedick, Eileen Claussen, David Doniger, Daniel Dudek, Kevin Fay, Ross Gelbspan, Jeff Goodell, Hunter Lovins, Mario Molina, Bruce Niles, Michael Oppenheimer, Shari Road, William Reilly, James Rogers, F. Sherwood Rowland, George Shultz, Susan Solomon, Gus Speth, General Gordon Sullivan (Ret'd), Lee Thomas and Robert Watson. Reviews � "Well worth seeing because it reminds us that, until very recently, the environment was not a partisan issue." - Sustainable Business Forum � "This film reminds us of a time not long ago when we put politics aside and led the world to solve a global environmental challenge. We must do this again." - Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation � "Watch this film. It shows we've been there before, and come out the other side with a clear victory-for both business and the environment." - Lee Thomas, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 1985-1989 Item no. : AB02790824 Format : DVD Duration : 57 minutes Audience : Grades 10 - 12, College, Adults Copyright : 2012 StdBkNo : 1937772373 Price : USD 250.00 SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE, THE: THE: ALBE ALBERT ALBE RT HOFMANN'S HOFMANN'S LSD LSD Directed by Martin Witz In 1943, at the Sandoz chemical-pharmaceutical laboratories in Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hofmann, in search of a respiratory and circulatory stimulant, first synthesized LSD. Martin Witz's THE SUBSTANCE: ALBERT HOFMANN'S LSD is an informative and entertaining investigation into the history of a drug so potent that mere fractions of a milligram can alter a subject's perception of reality. Viewers learn how Hofmann's discovery became the subject of 1950's Cold War experiments by the American military and the CIA, who saw LSD as a potential weapon. Meanwhile, international psychiatrists and consciousness researchers tried to unlock the drug's medicinal possibilities, wondering whether it might be an effective tool for contemporary psychiatry or neuroscience. In the early 1960s, Hofmann's "miracle drug" escaped from the lab. The psychedelic substance appealed to the counterculture, whose members saw LSD as fuel for social and political revolution. Could spiritual peace be achieved at the flick of a chemical switch? The notoriety and sense of possibility surrounding LSD persist to this day. Decades after it first began to appear on international anti-drug blacklists, doctors and researchers have resumed exploring potential medical and therapeutic applications for the drug. Chock-full of rare archival footage of LSD-defining celebrities from Timothy Leary to Jimi Hendrix, as well as interviews with principal historical witnesses-including scientists, psychiatrists, and Hofmann himself, interviewed just before his death - THE SUBSTANCE: ALBERT HOFMANN'S LSD follows the story of LSD on a fascinating historical, scientific and cinematic trip. Review �� "Martin Witz's fascinating film traces the history of the drug, from its early tests, possible military applications and to its eventual fame as drug-of-choice for the hippie generation, and it is a wonderfully mounted montage of archive footage and interviews that makes for compulsive viewing." - Mark Adams, Screen Daily Item no. : ER03210843 Format : DVD (Color, Black and White) Duration : 81 minutes Copyright : 2011 Price : USD 398.00 SUN SUN KISSED KISSED Directed by Maya Stark and Adi Lavy One gene exposes a nation's dark past. A Navajo couple with two children born with an extremely rare genetic disorder investigate the cause of the outbreak. For fifteen years Dorey and Yolanda Nez thought they were the only family on the Navajo Reservation who had children with ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning Rendezvous Limited Email: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk 7
an extremely rare genetic disorder that only shows up at a rate of one in a million in the general population. Behind the closed curtains of their trailer, parked in the stark desert of New Mexico, they care for their 16-year-old daughter Leanndra. Just like her brother who passed away at age 11, Leanndra was born with Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), a rare genetic disorder that makes any exposure to sunlight fatal. Filmed over three years, with unprecedented access to the Navajo community, Sun Kissed follows Dorey and Yolanda as they bravely confront long-held tribal taboos and question the rebellious choices of their youth. Ultimately their journey leads them to the shocking truth: Their children and other Navajo children are still paying the price for the American conquest of the tribe in the 1860s, a brutal campaign culminating in an almost-forgotten chapter in American history -- the Navajo "Long Walk" of 1864. Despite its importance as the defining moment in modern Navajo history and the beginning of their assimilation into American society, discussing the tragedy of the Long Walk remains a taboo topic within the Navajo community. What Dorey and Yolanda find challenges the core of their identity and everything they believe in, and exposes a fresh perspective on the complex, cross-cultural identity of modern day Navajos. Focusing on the continuing implications of American colonialism and the genetic imprints it has left on this community, Sun Kissed presents a rare and realistic window into the issues confronting Native Americans today. Reviews � "A rare filmmaking accomplishment...an amazing work that will touch your soul." - Bruce Johansen, Professor, Native American Studies, University of Nebraska � "Sun Kissed is a quiet, insistent look at some of the lasting effects of the Long Walk. It examines both the unknown and the unknowable along with the well known and the ignored. This is a film that should be examined along the wide arc of Native issues in contemporary America." - Theodore Van Alst, Assistant Dean of Yale College, Director of the Native American Cultural Center, Yale University Item no. : PR02560826 Format : DVD Duration : 85 minutes Audience : Grades 10-12, College, Adults Copyright : 2012 StdBkNo : 1937772438 Price : USD 295.00 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AND AND INHERITANCE INHERITANCE This DVD is about growth, which is an increase in size, and development, a process by which an individual changes from one life phase to another. This DVD explains the major events of prenatal life: the period of cleavage, the origin of primary germ layers, the formation and function of the placenta, and the events of the fetal stage. The physiological shifts necessary for a newborn while adjusting to postnatal life are discussed. Item no. : EU27340095 Format : DVD Price : USD 156.00 ANIMAL STUDIES CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS INTERACTIONS IN IN REARING REARING FOUR FOUR BREEDS BREEDS OF OF OF DOGS DOGS Illustrates procedures and findings of an experiment in which inbred strains of basenjis, Shetland sheepdogs, beagles, and wire-haired terriers are raised in either "indulged" or "disciplined" fashion following weaning at three weeks of age. The results demonstrate the interaction of constitutional type (breed) and mode of rearing Item no. : YK07860100 Format : DVD Duration : 19 minutes Price : USD 175.00 REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIO BEHAVIOR BEHAVIO R OF OF OF THE THE BROOK BROOK TROUT TROUT (SALVELINUS (SALVELINUS (SALVELINUS FONTINAL FONTINALIS) FONTINAL IS) Demonstrates all behavioral activity leading up to, including, and following the spawning of brook trout in their natural environment. Opening with phenologic environmental changes related to the spawning period and color intensification in the male, the program then depicts initiatory cutting and probing of the female and her preparation of the redd, agonistic competitive behavior of males, the spawning act, and the postnuptial dance. Frequent use of slow-motion photography and a telephoto lens adds to the clarity of detail. Item no. : ZN07860347 Format : DVD Duration : 24 minutes Price : USD 230.00 SOCIAL SOCIAL REACTION REACTION REACTION OF OF OF IMPRINTED IMPRINTED DUCKLINGS DUCKLINGS Shows that newly hatched ducklings imprint to various moving stimuli in place of the mother and can be conditioned to perform specific actions using these stimuli as reinforcement. Covers the learning process, extinction, and the ducklings' own behavior as affected by learned responses. Item no. : WN07860371 Format : DVD Duration : 21 minutes Price : USD 170.00 TROUT TROUT STREAM STREAM IN IN WINT WINTER, WINT WINT ER, A By Dr. Vernon Hawthorne, Dr. Robert L. Butler A study of the behavior of trout and their winter environment conducted at a field station in the Sierra Nevadas. Includes reproductive behavior of brook trout, spawning of rainbow trout, and the dangers posed to stream ecology by low snowfall in a high snowpack area and by the formation of frazil and anchor ice. Item no. : NW07860429 Format : DVD Duration : 18 minutes Price : USD 190.00 ANIMALS YOUNG YOUNG BIRD BIRD SEASON SEASON SEASON By Nellie Kluz Competitive pigeon racing in New England is featured in this short film that reveals the camaraderie and competition of the niche sport and its participants. As their treasured birds race hundreds of miles night and day, the men of the Braintree Racing Pigeon Club pass the time with chitchat, obsessive stat-keeping, and affable trash-talk adorned with a Boston brogue. Director Nellie Kluz's verite portrait briefly immerses the viewer into a menagerie of crowded coops and clubhouses, punctuated with flourishes both artistic and avian. Award � Honorable Mention, Chicago Underground Film Festival, 2011 Item no. : WC03790839 Format : DVD (Color) Duration : 19 minutes Copyright : 2011 Price : USD 190.00 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning Rendezvous Limited Email: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk 8
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