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Understanding Social Anxiety
This video doesn’t claim to have all the answers concerning social anxiety, but it provides a strong foundation for teaching the subject to young people. A DVD comes with a PDF containing teachers’ resources, student activities, and fact sheets. Read more
Carson-Johnson Productions
Other People's Footage 2.0: Fair Use in Scripted Films
Analyses of copyright law, fair use in nonfiction/fiction films, and intellectual property rights may not seem like the most interesting fanfare. However, filmmakers Diane Carson and Robert Johnson, Jr. do an excellent job. Read more
Human Relations Media
Vaping and Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life
It doesn’t demand that people stop vaping; instead, the film shows you why vaping is a real threat, leaving viewers to decide for themselves whether vaping is worth risking their lives. Read more
Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness
Somewhat surprisingly, teens and adolescents make up the biggest age group experiencing feelings of loneliness and social isolation. This helpful program looks at possible causes, effects, and consequences of these emotions and offers simple... Read more
Other People’s Footage 1.5: Copyright & Fair Use
Documentarians Robert Johnson Jr. and Diane Carson here append their initial Other Peoples' Footage, a classroom-style presentation on how filmmakers——need not go into the poorhouse paying hefty fees to use pre-existing footage. Read more
Jane Fonda's Easy Going Workout
Lightyear has overseen a belated disc release of the genre-mainstay series of workout and fitness videos, sharp transfers of the VHS cassette workouts starring Jane Fonda. Read more
Jane Fonda's Lean Routine
Lightyear has been releasing the how-to series of classic workout and fitness videos starring Jane Fonda made throughout the decade of the 1980s. This one preserves a 1990-ish nostalgic Warner Brothers Home Video logo at the start. Read more
Jane Fonda: Lower Body Solution
Lightyear has been releasing the how-to series of classic workout and fitness videos starring Jane Fonda in the Oscar-winner's career reinvention as a fitness queen. This one has the old Warner Home Video label remembered by a generation of VHS-analo Read more
Learn Global English: The Alphabet, Consonants & Vowels, Capitalization & Punctuation, Personal Pronouns
Well, the title of this brief but intensive, the no-nonsense instructional video says it all. In fact, there might be too much information packed into this lesson for a viewer to retain in one sitting, so multiple visits are likely. That’s okay: whil Read more
Jane Fonda's Low Impact Workout
Lightyear has been releasing the how-to series of classic workout and fitness videos starring Jane Fonda, made throughout the decade of the 1980s. Movie-trivia detectives might hazard a guess that the blonde hair highlights sported by Fonda here migh Read more
Jane Fonda’s Complete Workout
Originally released on videocassette in 1988, Jane Fonda’s Complete Workout contains the original exercise routines Ms. Fonda choreographed as well as a new introduction she added for the DVD. Ms. Fonda states exercise is important for maintaining... Read more
Jane Fonda's New Workout
Lightyear has overseen a belated DVD release of the genre-mainstay series of workout and fitness videos starring Jane Fonda that practically defined 1980s gym-culture-at-home (okay, okay, Richard Simmons fans, him too). This is the 1985 follow-up to Read more
Tai Chi Fit Over 50: Balance Exercises
Falling is one of the most common risks facing seniors; in this video Master Trainer David-Dorian Ross leads an effective tai chi routine that uses the entire body to improve balance and equilibrium. Part of the series of tai chi for individuals ... Read more
Ask Me Anything? Master Fitness Trainer
A fitness entrepreneur with an engaging personality and a social media following, Lyzabeth Lopez has shared her knowledge of exercise and nutrition using platforms such as You Tube, Instagram, and Twitter. Lopez created the Hourglass Workout cent... Read more
Among the Many
Subtitled "Wisdom, Companionship, and Hope for Those Who Have Lost a Loved One to Drug Overdose," Among the Many employs excerpts from moving interviews with survivors—particularly parents—to express the devastating sense of loss result... Read more
Preventing Accidental Drug Overdoses
Host Robbie Jenkins and EMT instructor Shayna Goldberg explain how to prevent accidental drug overdoses in this instructional video that focuses on overdoses due to alcohol consumption and opioid drug use. Citing statistics from the Centers for D... Read more
Water Style for Beginners
Taught by Master Helen Liang, Liu He Ba Fa (or "water style") is a martial arts style that incorporates 66 movements and draws from tai chi, bagua, and xingyi. Also known as water boxing, this form has both martial arts applications and... Read more
Qi Gong: 30 Day Challenge
Master trainer Lee Holden presents a stress-relieving exercise program in which participants can challenge themselves to perform a seven-minute qi gong routine for 30 days. Holden emphasizes flowing and stretching movements designed to energize t... Read more
Qi Gong for Beginners
Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese practice that was only relatively recently introduced to the outside world (the American public was first exposed to qi gong in Bill Moyers’s 1993 PBS series Healing and the Mind). Several types of qi gong exist; her... Read more
Everything You Need to Know About Substance Abuse in 22 Minutes
Young adult narrators speak directly here to teenagers about the facts of substance abuse, presenting current information to counter myths and hearsay. A wide range of substances are covered, including alcohol, e-cigarettes/vaping, marijuana, opi... Read more
