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1) Call Jane
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
"Exploring the cultural intersection where parenting meets modern medicine and individual rights collide with politics, this character driven documentary weaves together the stories of three families whose lives have been forever changed by vaccination. By reframing the vaccine debate ... [this films offers] the opportunity to have a rational and scientific discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program in America today"--Container....
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Presents three harrowing stories of cosmetic surgery gone wrong. Mona, Tony and Lucille all signed up for what they thought were "routine" procedures. Set against the heroic beginnings of plastic surgery in WWI and insight from doctors, lawyers, and patients, this video tells a disturbing tale of scars that last a lifetime.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Based on the true story of a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to awaken catatonic victims of a rare sleeping sickness. ; A deejay who finds himself penniless is plucked from disaster by a homeless history professor, who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Together they begin a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail.
5) Awakenings
Pub. Date
©1997
Description
Based on a true story of a maverick doctor and the patients whose lives he saves.
6) Awakenings
Pub. Date
1990
Description
A group of patients who contacted sleeping sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I, are treated with a new drug L-DOPA which has an "awakening" effect on the patients and their lives.
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Tells how fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are diagnosed, the primary and secondary disabilities associated with FASD, and it's human cost. Addresses the in-utero effects of alcohol, including the facial, bodily, neurological, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics of FASD.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A look at the lives of three Ethiopian women, rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, who leave home in search of treatment for obstetric fistula. The program follows them as they walk for hours on their journey to find transportation to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years, and stays with them as their lives begin to change.