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The Cove
Protect Japan’s Dolphins

Petition signatures and a letter writing campaign have helped to stop the dolphin slaughter in Taiji for now and hopefully forever.more
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An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth:

A Global Warning

The average American generates about 15,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year from personal transportation, home energy use and from the energy used to produce all of the products and services we consume.

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Cane Toads: The Conquest

Cane Toads: The Conquest

An unconventionally funny and frightening account of Australia’s present-day plague of cane toads from the mind of maverick filmmaker Mark Lewis. 

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Chicago 10

CASINO JACK and the United States of Money:

Follow the Money

These days, the news out of Washington D.C. is filled with talk of "earmarks," "pork barrel spending" and "goodies," but what do these expressions really mean, who is responsible for them and how do they affect the average citizen?

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Charlie Wilson's War:

Mines to Vines

The effects of the Afghanistan war are not only present in the physical landscape of the country but also in the bodies and minds of the U.S. service men and women deployed there years later.

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Chicago 10

Chicago 10:

Speak Your Peace

In 1968, people took to the streets to tell the country's leaders and the media how they felt about the war in Vietnam, civil rights and other critical issues. Today, the same spirit of activism is channeled.

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Countdown to Zero

Countdown to Zero

The Social Action Campaign for Countdown to Zero will provide the tools and actions for becoming part of the global movement to demand total nuclear disarmament.

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Darfur Now

Darfur Now:

Six Stories. One Hope. End the Genocide in Darfur.

The conflict in Darfur has left approximately 2.5 million civilians displaced and at least 400,000 dead—probably substantially more.
 

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Food, Inc.

Food, Inc.:

Hungry for Change

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.

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Furry Vengeance

Furry Vengeance

In the family comedy Furry Vengeance, a band of animals battle the efforts of a real estate developer trying to build a new housing community in a  wilderness area and end up teaching him a lesson about the environmental consequences of man’s encroachment on nature.

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Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains:

Man of Peace

Former President Jimmy Carter has distinguished himself as a tireless advocate for peace in the Middle East and conflict resolution dialogue across the globe. We illustrate that every man, woman and child can practice peaceful engagement.

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Pressure Cooker

Pressure Cooker:

Recipes for Change

C-CAP works with public schools across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry. A national nonprofit, C-CAP manages the largest independent high school culinary scholarship program in the U.S.

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SOP

Standard Operating Procedure:

The Photographs that Shamed America

The impact of Abu Ghraib photographs extends beyond the actual picture to provide a deeper understanding of the scandal and the use of this medium as a tool to document human rights violations and instigate a national dialogue on a range of post 9/11 related topics.

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Cane Toads

The Cove

More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

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The Crazies

The Crazies

In The Crazies, inspired by George A. Romero’s 1974 cult classic of the same name, the inhabitants of a small Kansas town are beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply.

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Kite Runner

The Kite Runner:

Support Literacy Efforts in Afghanistan

The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever.

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Soloist

The Soloist:

Humanizing Homlessness and Mental Illness

The Social Action Campaign for The Soloist focuses on the film’s themes of homelessness and mental illness, as well as the power of music.

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The Visitor

The Visitor:

Without a Day in Court

In The Visitor, an American college professor and a young immigrant couple grapple with the treatment of immigrants and the legal process post-9/11. Years after the attack on September 11th, authorities arrested and detained over 1,200 people in connection with terrorism.

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Waiting for Superman

Waiting for Superman

The Social Action campaign for Waiting for Superman will work with advocacy organizations, foundations and policy-leaders to offer initiatives for people to explore and be a part of long-term strategies that offer systemic changes. 

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