New Releases!

Since December 2017, over 60 new titles from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, KimStim, Terra Nova and MediaStorm were added to the Docuseek2 Complete and Essential Collections.

From Bullfrog, A Dangerous Idea examines the resurgence of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and classism in the US by addressing the current affinity for, and dangerous misuse of, gene science. From the history of eugenics, to the untold story of forced sterilization, to the rise of Trump, to the very idea that differences at birth are determinant, the film documents how biological nonsense is at the root of cultural, social and economic inequality. Sacred Cod examines the decimation of the once-teeming cod population off the coast of New England due to overfishing and the effects of climate change. How do cultures and economies built around a single resource adapt? Food Coop, a profile of the highly successful Park Slope Coop, offers a vivid illustration of a cooperative economy at work and addresses the urgent need for access to food in urban markets. From the filmmaker of A Fierce Green Fire about the history of the environmental movement, comes Evolution of Organic, the story of organic agriculture, told by those in California who built the movement. Also in California, Tribal Justice looks at restorative justice in tribal communities. Triple Divide [REDACTED] and Cheshire, Ohio look at fracking-related water contamination and coal-ash contamination respectively. And, in A Quest for Meaning, winner of over 15 major film festival awards, two friends invite us to share their quest as they meet with activists, biologists, philosophers, and custodians of ancient traditions to document some of the solutions that are laying the foundations for a sustainable world.

From Icarus Films, new releases include three award-winning films by celebrated French photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon: Journal de France, France (Les Habitants), and his latest film 12 Days. Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. After 12 days, patients are given an opportunity to argue for their freedom before a judge who decides their fate. Los Angeles Weekly calls it "one of the most revealing films about mental health...ever made." Also added was legendary film Le Joli Mai, Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's 1962 portrait of Paris and Parisians at the close of the Algerian war; and In the Intense Now, a spellbinding examination of 1968's revolutionary turbulence in four countries: Czechoslovakia, France, Brazil and China through the prism of what amateur documentarians filmed. dGenerate Film Ta'ang is Wang Bing's observational documentary about Burmese ethnic-minority refugees in Myanmar near the border region of China. Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival is a playful and engaging portrait of the feminist thinker and historian of science, exploring her life, influences, and ideas. Thank You for the Rain is the story of Kenyan farmer Kisilu, who uses his camera to capture the life of his family and community in the face of climate disruption and takes the stage at COP 21 to give voice to those at the mercy of the world's most powerful politicians. And, When Bananas Ruled is the story of United Fruit in Latin America, which touches on economics, international politics, and the history of multinational business and reveals how an array of forces conquered the world through a simple fruit...and a rapacious, imperialist business model.

From MediaStorm, Fight Hate with Love is about prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta'Bon, who fights trauma and addiction to help young people in his community avoid the revolving door of the prison system.

New titles from KimStim include CERN, a stunning film about the largest particle physics laboratory in the world; and Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower, a portrait of the controversial sociologist, professor and best-selling author, and his belief in socialism.

Keep an eye out for our next update in June!

New Flyers!

Docuseek2 has developed 20 new colorful flyers to promote your collections on campus. Existing flyers have been re-designed and revised to include new and recent Docuseek2 releases. Flyers for several new subject areas have been developed as well, including Global Studies; Business, Economics and Labor Studies; East Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; Women's Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Healthcare. Original versions are available as jpegs. Customizable Photoshop versions are also available on the website for download. We are happy to customize them for you upon request, with your logo, unique Docuseek2 URL and/or other relevant links, and related text. The images are hi-res, so they can be printed and posted in the library or around campus, or used in electronic communications to faculty, subject specialists and students. Go to the PROMO section of the Docuseek2 website to see all that is available.

Spring Specials!

Through July 31, 2018, The Docuseek2 Complete Collection: 2nd Edition and The Docuseek2 Essential Collection (as well as other new 15+ title orders) are available for licensing at a 10% discount. Tokens are a great way for new customers to lock in low prices for 15+ single-title orders. The Complete Collection is comprised of all titles on Docuseek2, currently over 1240 films from Bullfrog, Icarus (including the Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), MediaStorm, Terra Nova, Kartemquin, and Scorpion TV. The Essential Collection features 800 of our newest and most popular titles. This collection is reworked on an annual basis to make way for new films. And, new titles are added to BOTH collections on a quarterly basis. Contact Sales and Marketing Manager Elena Wayne, ewayne@docuseek2.com, for details; and see below for news about additional Spring Special offers on themed collections from Docuseek2!

Blue Light Specials!

At the start of March and April, Docuseek2 announced month-long specials on The Docuseek2 Women's Studies Collection (for Women's History Month) and The Docuseek2 Sustainability Collection (for Earth Day and Earth Month) respectively. Due to popular demand, Docuseek2 is extending these specials, 50% discounts on these collections through the end of July 2018!

The Women's Studies Collection has been updated to include over 160 films, including films on pioneers such as My Love Affair with the Brain (neuroscientist Marian Diamond); Donna Haraway; A Sense of Wonder (Rachel Carson); Clara Lemlich (labor organizer); Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (civil rights); and In the Steps of Trisha Brown (choreographer). Films on history, including I Am Somebody (classic on women's, labor and civil rights); The Apology (comfort women); classics from Kartmequin including The Chicago Maternity Center Story; and The Life And Times of Sara Baartman (one of our most-viewed films). Films on representation and self-image, including the complex social construction of breasts, gender, beauty, and aging in Busting Out; Man For A Day; Vulva 3.0; and Look Us in the Eye respectively. And, films on women around the globe, including from The Life Series; A Woman's Place; Intended Consequences (Rwanda); Housemaids (Brazil); Chain of Love (domestic service); They Would All Be Queens (Cuba); Nefertiti's Daughters (Egypt); Against My Will (Pakistan); and many more!

Docuseek2 features the premier streaming collection of documentaries on sustainability and the environment. The Docuseek2 Sustainability Collection has been updated to contain over 200 titles covering the breadth of the sustainability field, including many of Bullfrog Films best-known titles and new releases including AWAKE, A Dream From Standing Rock; How to Let Go of The World and Denial (climate change); Sacred Cod; Food Coop; Food for Change (history of food coops); A Quest for Meaning; Cheshire, Ohio; Triple Divide [REDACTED]; One Big Home (trophy homes/sustainable community design); Death By Design (electronics); King Corn and Just Eat It (food); The True Cost; DamNation; Tapped; Plastic Paradise; and Anthropocene. The collection includes concentrations on development and trade, architecture and design, agriculture, energy, economies, oceans, and more. And importantly, "big picture sustainability" — cultivating a worldview that will help us preserve our precious planet.

Both collections are available as one-year and three-year subscriptions, for Life of File and Evidenced-Based Acquisition (one- or three-year subscription; Life-of-File title selection after).

Health and Health Care Collection Spring Special!

The Docuseek2 Health and Health Care Collection is also available at a 50% discount through the end of July 2018! The collection has been updated to include over 370 award-winning films on health, health care and medicine. The collection features major award-winning films from Bullfrog, including Code Black, Facing Fear, Semper Fi and The Waiting Room, and from Icarus, including The 3 Rooms of Melancholia, Selling Sickness and new release 12 Days; other new films such as Dr. Feelgood (opioids) and Cracking Cancer from Bullfrog and Cholesterol, The Great Bluff, Latest News from the Cosmos (autism), and Double Life: A Short History of Sex in the USSR and Sacred Water (sexuality) from Icarus; the entire Fanlight Collection, including Oscar-winner Breathing Lessons, Code Grey and Worlds Apart, and the entire Terra Nova Films Collection, including new addition Cyber Seniors; and The Distance Between Us (cerebral palsy), Fight Hate with Love, and Return to the Body from MediaStorm.