The Docuseek Essential Collection

The Docuseek2 Essential Collection includes the most recent and most popular titles made available for streaming on Docuseek2 from our distributors. It is capped at 800 titles. The collection is updated at the beginning of each year to make room for new titles as they are added to Docuseek. For the most comprehensive set of films, see The Docuseek2 Complete Collection.

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The Docuseek Essential Collection includes the following titles:

Putin's Witnesses

Examines the early life of Vladimir Putin and the political machine that brought him to power.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 102 minutes

Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack

A profile of Audrey Flack, who holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America: Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor and teacher, provocateur...

Film Movement LLC | 2019 | 75 minutes

Queer China, 'Comrade' China

A comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China

dGenerate Films | 2008 | 60 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

Rabbit a la Berlin

The story of the thousands of wild rabbits that lived in the no-man's land between East and West Germany, and what happened when the wall came down.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 39 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

Racing To Zero

Follows San Francisco's innovative efforts towards achieving zero waste, thereby dramatically reducing the city's carbon footprint.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 55 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults

Rain in a Dry Land

Two Somali Bantu families leave behind a legacy of slavery in Africa and find new homes in urban America.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 82 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adult

Rape of a Nation

The Democratic Republic of Congo sits atop one of the world's most vast deposits of diamonds and gold; yet it is also home to the world's most deadly war. Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale explores the connection.

MediaStorm | 2008 | 12 minutes | 7-12, college, adults

Ravel

Brilliant portrait of the composer's elusive life.

Bullfrog Films | 1989 | 103 minutes | Grades 9-12, College, Adult

Reason (Part 1)

A chilling account of how murder and mind control are being applied to systematically dismantle secular democracy in India today (part 1).

Anand Patwardhan | 2018 | 95 minutes

Reason (Part 2)

A chilling account of how murder and mind control are being applied to systematically dismantle secular democracy in India today (part 2).

Anand Patwardhan | 2018 | 123 minutes

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