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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:

System Error - imageSystem Error

Examines the fundamentals of capitalism, and the pathological fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 96 minutes
Ta'ang - imageTa'ang

The daily life of Ta'ang refugees, a Burmese ethnic minority who are caught between a civil war and the Chinese border.

dGenerate Films | 2016 | 147 minutes
Take Care - imageTake Care

25 year old Gin is raising her 5 year old daughter in a trailer park as a single mother, while taking care of her dying grandfather and pursuing her dream to become a nurse.

MediaStorm | 2010 | 9 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
Taking Back the Legislature - imageTaking Back the Legislature

This day went down in history as the day Hong Kong pro-democracy fighters stormed the legislative council and in the assembly hall delivered the Hong Kong Protest Manifesto for the first time.

dGenerate Films | 2021 | 46 minutes
Talk to Me: Teens Speak Out About Sexual Violence - imageTalk to Me: Teens Speak Out About Sexual Violence

One in six victims of sexual assault are under the age of twelve. Talk to Me allows five brave young women to speak directly about their painful experiences of sexual abuse. The film will be a catalyst for dialogue between students, parents, teachers and counselors.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 33 minutes | High School/College/Adult/Professional
Tapped - imageTapped

An unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 75 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Tar Creek - imageTar Creek

Tells the incredible story of the Tar Creek Superfund site in NE Oklahoma and the massive and deadly remains left by the lead and zinc mines there.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 54 minutes | 9-12, College, Adults
Ten Commandments of Communicating With People With Disabilities - imageTen Commandments of Communicating With People With Disabilities

This top selling video is used to train staff and community about disability etiquette.

The Fanlight Collection | 1994 | 26 minutes
Thank You for the Rain - imageThank You for the Rain

Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, uses his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 87 minutes
The 3 Cricketeers - imageThe 3 Cricketeers

Like many Americans, Claire and Chad Simons worried about climate change but didn’t know what they could do about it. Then one day in 2015, their son came home from school, excited about having eaten a snickerdoodle made with cricket flour. Crickets as food? Why not? they asked.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 9 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults

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