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The Fanlight Collection

The Fanlight Collection has a special focus on healthcare, mental health, professional ethics, aging and gerontology, disabilities, the workplace, and gender and family issues.

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The Fanlight Collection includes the following titles:

Packrat - imagePackrat

Examines hoarding behavior, including its links to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

The Fanlight Collection | 2004 | 28 minutes | College/Adult/Professional
Phoenix Dance - imagePhoenix Dance

Dancer Homer Avila lost his right leg and most of his hip to cancer and thought he'd never dance again until choreographer Alonzo King challenged expectations of what it means to be 'disabled.'

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 22 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
PicturePerfect - imagePicturePerfect

This lively and engaging video explores the impact media has on young women's physical, psychological and emotional health, and offers tools to begin dissecting the media that influence our behaviors, attitudes, and values.

The Fanlight Collection | 2002 | 40 minutes
Plan F - imagePlan F

A demonstration of the power of recovery and reinvention when life forces a change of plans -- in this case the loss of eyesight at age 20.

The Fanlight Collection | 2007 | 25 minutes
Precious Lives, Meaningful Choices - imagePrecious Lives, Meaningful Choices

Parents describe the enormous challenges they face with children with severe disabilities.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 41 minutes
Pushin' Forward - imagePushin' Forward

A victim of gang violence himself, James Lilly works to help inner city school kids stay on the right track by sharing his story, and by talking about one thing that helped him move on: wheelchair racing

The Fanlight Collection | 2007 | 39 minutes
Rare - imageRare

RARE follows an extraordinary mother in a race against time to find a treatment for her daughter's rare genetic disease.

The Fanlight Collection | 2012 | 56 minutes | 8-12, college, adult
Refrigerator Mothers - imageRefrigerator Mothers

From the 1950's through the 1970's, autism was widely blamed on cold and rejecting mothers. This film explores the devastating impact of this misdiagnosis through the stories of seven mothers and their children.

The Fanlight Collection | 2002 | 53 minutes | College/Adult/Professional
Ruth - imageRuth

A vivid look at the benefits of Deep Brain Stimulation for a Parkinson's disease patient.

The Fanlight Collection | 2007 | 31 minutes
Secret Fear - imageSecret Fear

Explores the full spectrum of anxiety-related disorders, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder.

The Fanlight Collection | 1997 | 52 minutes

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