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The Global Studies Collection

We live in a deeply interconnected world. With advances in technology have come cheaper transportation and faster communication, allowing for a tightly integrated world economy and a blending of the world's cultures. THE GLOBAL STUDIES COLLECTION brings together over 40 films that look at the process of globalization from many perspectives, including finance and the economy, labor and migration, the environment, and even tourism and human relationships.

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The Global Studies Collection includes the following titles:

The Seattle Syndrome - imageThe Seattle Syndrome
Were the WTO protesters right in their effort to protect workers and the environment from exploitation?
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 25 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
The Spectre of Hope - imageThe Spectre of Hope

Critic and writer John Berger and photographer Sebastião Salgado. A searing examination of imagery and images, the abyss, hope, and globalization.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Thirst - imageThirst

A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water — from bottles to tap.

Bullfrog Films | 2004 | 62 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Trinkets and Beads - imageTrinkets and Beads

The oil company MAXUS and Huaroni Indians of the Amazon.

Icarus Films | 1996 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Xmas Without China - imageXmas Without China

Explores the intersection of consumerism and immigration in American culture.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 63 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos - imageBrother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos

An uplifting story about Jupiter, Florida's humane response to an influx of day laborers from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.

Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Nothing Like Chocolate - imageNothing Like Chocolate

The story of Mott Green and the solar-powered Grenada Chocolate Company, a farmers' and chocolate-makers' co-op, which makes organic chocolate from tree-to-bar.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 68 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Just Eat It - imageJust Eat It

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 73 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
The Hand That Feeds - imageThe Hand That Feeds

Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 84 minutes | 10 -12, College, Adults
The Secret Life of Your Clothes - imageThe Secret Life of Your Clothes

The revealing story of what happens to the mountain of clothes--castoffs in today's world of fast fashion--that are donated to charity. Few make it to your local charity thrift store.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 59 minutes | 9 - 12, College, Adults

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