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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:

The Marquis of Wavrin - imageThe Marquis of Wavrin

Follows the extraordinary path of the Marquis of Wavrin, a Belgium explorer who lived with and documented Amazonian tribes in the early 1900s.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 85 minutes
The Medicine in Marijuana - imageThe Medicine in Marijuana

What we know, and what we don't know, about the most popular new medicine in the U.S.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 35 minutes | 6 - 12, College, Adults
The Motherhood Manifesto - imageThe Motherhood Manifesto

Looks at the obstacles facing working mothers and families and the employer and public policy changes needed to restore work-life balance.

Bullfrog Films | 2007 | 58 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon - imageThe Mystery of Chaco Canyon

Unveiling the ancient astronomy of southwestern Pueblo Indians.

Bullfrog Films | 1999 | 56 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
The Negotiators - How To Make Peace - imageThe Negotiators - How To Make Peace

An inquisitive look at the identity and evolution of those who seek solutions to armed crises in the 21st century. In the background of some of the most intrenched conflicts on the planet, we see the conflicts through the eyes of the negotiators and learn of their challenges and their personal sacrifices as they try to resolve conflicts in the most difficult of circumstances.

First Hand Films | 2022 | 58 minutes
The New Greatness Case - imageThe New Greatness Case

Anya (17) was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of making life in Russia better. In March 2018, she was arrested and incarcerated on fabricated charges of extremism. Three years later, her mother continues her desperate fight to prove her daughter’s innocence.

Autlook | 2022 | 92 minutes | College, Adults
The New Rulers of the World - imageThe New Rulers of the World

Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 53 minutes | Grades 10-12, College, Adult
The Next Big Thing - imageThe Next Big Thing

The contemporary art world is changing dramatically. How are collectors, museum directors, dealers and artists responding to transformations in the market?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 57 minutes
The Next Industrial Revolution - imageThe Next Industrial Revolution

Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.

Bullfrog Films | 2001 | 55 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
The Nine Muses - imageThe Nine Muses

John Akomfrah's remarkable meditation about chance, fate and redemption.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 94 minutes | 11-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

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