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social issues
A er Newtown: Guns in America
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
Guns in America is an unprecedented explora on of America’s enduring
rela onship with fi rearms. It will trace the evolu on of guns in America, their
inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that refl ect compe ng
visions of our na onal iden ty.
#041643DV-A14 $62.99
The Sandy Hook Promise: Moyers & Company
Grades 11-Adult 2013 57 min Films Media Group
The grief of Francine and David Wheeler, whose son Ben was killed in the a ack
at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has led them to the Sandy Hook Promise, a
na onwide group founded by Newtown, Connec cut, friends and neighbors to
heal the hurt and fi nd new ways to talk about and campaign against the scourge
of gun violence.
#394444DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
The Throwaway Children: W5 Frontline: Syria Behind the Lines
Grades 11-Adult 2012 48 min CTV Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
Victor Malarek inves gates horrifi c stories of abuse and terror In the rural heartland of Syria’s countryside, the bloody
at a residen al home, the Nova Sco a Home for Coloured uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a
Children that was supposed to protect vulnerable children. terrifying turn. In this highly charged documentary, award-
Exclusive interviews with vic ms, plus documents obtained by winning fi lmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria’s
W5, reveal that both the home and government knew about sectarian frontline, witnessing the devasta ng eff ect of a
the serious mistreatment of the children. religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the war, is
#CTV565DV-A14 $99.95: DVD shaping Syria’s future.
#041629DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Air Rage: W5
Grades 9-Adult 2012 20 min CTV The Black Kungfu Experience
The purchase of F-35 fi ghter jets may be Canada’s most costly
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
defence purchase ever, but will the cost soar even higher? W5’s
This fi lm focuses on how a group of African American pioneers
Victor Malarek reports.
became respected masters in a subculture dominated by
#CTV562DV-A14 $99.95: DVD
Chinese and white men. Their stories illustrate how kungfu was
Twisted Travellers: W5 - and s ll is - a unique crucible of the black experience, which
is less about fl ash and style, kicks and punches, than it is about
Grades 9-Adult 2013 25 min CTV
community, iden ty, and cross-cultural bridges.
Children in Cuba are being pimped out to Canadian sex
#041658DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
tourists. W5’s Victor Malarek inves gates a sinister trade
catering to pedophiles, and takes a look at the gaps in the
system that allow sex off enders to travel abroad to commit More Than A Month: Independent Lens
crimes. Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
#CTV595DV-A14 $99.95: DVD Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a young African-American
fi lmmaker, sets out on a cross-country campaign to end Black
Steubenville: A er the Party’s Over History Month. Through this though ul and humorous journey,
Grades 10-Adult 2013 40 min Films Media Group he explores what the treatment of history tells us about race
This ABC News report on the Steubenville rape case follows and equality in a “post-racial” America.
the party-hopping trail of digital evidence that tells a story #041608DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
of extreme humilia on and repeated sexual viola on while
underscoring a na onwide problem: crime being recorded
instead of reported as young bystanders with li le real-world
sense of consequences fail to intervene. Drawing upon texts,
tweets, pictures, and videos, the case for the prosecu on was
almost en rely pieced together through social media. Contains
mature themes and explicit language and images.
#394434DV-A14 $109.95: DVD
McIntyre Media Inc. tel: 1-800-565-3036 fax: 519-942-8489 email: info@mcintyre.ca www.mcintyre.ca 49
social issues
A er Newtown: Guns in America
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
Guns in America is an unprecedented explora on of America’s enduring
rela onship with fi rearms. It will trace the evolu on of guns in America, their
inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that refl ect compe ng
visions of our na onal iden ty.
#041643DV-A14 $62.99
The Sandy Hook Promise: Moyers & Company
Grades 11-Adult 2013 57 min Films Media Group
The grief of Francine and David Wheeler, whose son Ben was killed in the a ack
at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has led them to the Sandy Hook Promise, a
na onwide group founded by Newtown, Connec cut, friends and neighbors to
heal the hurt and fi nd new ways to talk about and campaign against the scourge
of gun violence.
#394444DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
The Throwaway Children: W5 Frontline: Syria Behind the Lines
Grades 11-Adult 2012 48 min CTV Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
Victor Malarek inves gates horrifi c stories of abuse and terror In the rural heartland of Syria’s countryside, the bloody
at a residen al home, the Nova Sco a Home for Coloured uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a
Children that was supposed to protect vulnerable children. terrifying turn. In this highly charged documentary, award-
Exclusive interviews with vic ms, plus documents obtained by winning fi lmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria’s
W5, reveal that both the home and government knew about sectarian frontline, witnessing the devasta ng eff ect of a
the serious mistreatment of the children. religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the war, is
#CTV565DV-A14 $99.95: DVD shaping Syria’s future.
#041629DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Air Rage: W5
Grades 9-Adult 2012 20 min CTV The Black Kungfu Experience
The purchase of F-35 fi ghter jets may be Canada’s most costly
Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
defence purchase ever, but will the cost soar even higher? W5’s
This fi lm focuses on how a group of African American pioneers
Victor Malarek reports.
became respected masters in a subculture dominated by
#CTV562DV-A14 $99.95: DVD
Chinese and white men. Their stories illustrate how kungfu was
Twisted Travellers: W5 - and s ll is - a unique crucible of the black experience, which
is less about fl ash and style, kicks and punches, than it is about
Grades 9-Adult 2013 25 min CTV
community, iden ty, and cross-cultural bridges.
Children in Cuba are being pimped out to Canadian sex
#041658DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
tourists. W5’s Victor Malarek inves gates a sinister trade
catering to pedophiles, and takes a look at the gaps in the
system that allow sex off enders to travel abroad to commit More Than A Month: Independent Lens
crimes. Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
#CTV595DV-A14 $99.95: DVD Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a young African-American
fi lmmaker, sets out on a cross-country campaign to end Black
Steubenville: A er the Party’s Over History Month. Through this though ul and humorous journey,
Grades 10-Adult 2013 40 min Films Media Group he explores what the treatment of history tells us about race
This ABC News report on the Steubenville rape case follows and equality in a “post-racial” America.
the party-hopping trail of digital evidence that tells a story #041608DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
of extreme humilia on and repeated sexual viola on while
underscoring a na onwide problem: crime being recorded
instead of reported as young bystanders with li le real-world
sense of consequences fail to intervene. Drawing upon texts,
tweets, pictures, and videos, the case for the prosecu on was
almost en rely pieced together through social media. Contains
mature themes and explicit language and images.
#394434DV-A14 $109.95: DVD
McIntyre Media Inc. tel: 1-800-565-3036 fax: 519-942-8489 email: info@mcintyre.ca www.mcintyre.ca 49
