SUGGESTED FILMS & VIDEOS
Children & Youth

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Title: Digital Divide: Technology and Our Future. 2000, USA. 2 x 55 mins. Color.

PBS Status: PBS national service has carried.

Description: This special looks at the gulf between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who do not, and how this 'digital divide' effects children, parents, teachers and competition in the workplace. Each of the programs focuses on a different aspect of the digital divide debate in the U.S. The first episode, COMPUTER CLASSES, looks at the huge variances which exist in the quality and quantity of computer education in schools. The second episode, VIRTUAL DIVERSITY, makes the point that kids without access to computers are kids whose futures are being compromised, one day at a time. A companion book and extensive Web site are also available.

Credits: Produced by David Bolt.

Awards/Festivals/Screenings: Coming soon.

Broadcast Rights Owner: CS Associates. 22 Weston Road Lincoln, MA 01773. Telephone: 781-259-9988. Fax: 781-259-9966 or Email: programs@csassociates.com

Broadcast License Fee: Coming soon.

Video: Coming soon.

Previews: Available. Details coming soon.

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Title: It Takes a Child. 1998, USA. 57 mins. Color.

PBS Status: PBS national service has never carried.

Description: Craig Kielburger was 12 years old when child labor activist Iqbal Massih was killed in Pakistan. That event changed his life forever. He immediately went on a seven-week trip to South Asia to find out everything he could about the lives of child laborers. What he learned has turned him into a passionate, articulate and effective advocate on behalf of child laborers everywhere. With a group of his peers Craig has founded "Free the Children" a children's organization that now has 10,000 members in 20 countries.

Credits: Producer, Director, Writer: Judy Jackson. Editor: Nick Hector. Camera: Mike Grippo. Sound: Peter Sawade. Music: Mark Korven. Narration: Jennifer Dale.

Awards/Festivals/Screenings: UNESCO Gold Award—The New York Festivals, Best Educational Video—Skipping Stones Awards, Silver Apple—National Educational Media Network Competition, Honorable Mention—Columbus International Film & Video Festival Festivals: Taos Talking Picture Festival, Vermont International Film Festival, East Lansing Film Festival, International Working Class Film & Video Festival.

Broadcast Rights Owner: Judy Jackson, Inc. Judy Jackson 6A Fir Avenue, Toronto, ON M4E 1B5, Canada. Telephone/Fax: 416-694-5544 or Email: JudyJ@attcanada.ca

Broadcast License Fee: Negotiable.

Video: Coming soon.

Previews: No charge.

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Title: New School Order. 1996, USA. 60 mins. Color.

PBS Status: PBS national service has carried.

Description: The once-sleepy rural community of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has rapidly expanded recently, prompting unforeseen struggles — old-timers against new-comers, religious leader against religious leader, and conservatives against liberals — in a painful contest for control of the public schools. Opening with a watershed school board election, the program follows the efforts of the new board as it reshapes the school district and impacts the community over a school year.

Credits: Producer/Director: Gini Reticker Co-Producer: Jerry Kupfer.

Awards/Festivals/Screenings: Coming soon.

Broadcast Rights Owner: ITVS 51 Federal Street, Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94107-1447. Telephone: 415-356 8383. Fax: 415-356 8391. Email: itvs@itvs.org

Broadcast License Fee: Coming soon.

Video: Educational Rental fee: $75. Purchase fee: $390. First Run/Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: (718) 488-8900 Fax: (718) 488-8642    E-Mail: info@frif.com

Previews: Available from ITVS.

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