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A documentary about the inspiring youth-led movement against the growth of the prison industry in the U.S. After two years of collaborative campaigning with the Ella Baker Center and other groups the "Super-Jail for Kids" proposal in Alameda County, California, which was on the verge of becoming one of the biggest per capita youth jails in the country, was derailed in part by the efforts of the BOOKS NOT BARS campaign.
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Explore is a philanthropic multimedia organization that makes documentary films and photographs to showcase extraordinary nonprofit efforts and leaders around the world.
Through fact-finding missions to identify potential grant recipients, members of the Explore team see first hand where and how possible financial support might be used. Explore opens the door to a world most people never get to see - one that has been neglected by the mainstream media. Viewers meet the people affected by positive change catalyzed by philanthropy, and just as importantly, the leaders creating it.
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A short film that explores the opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world's first major opinion poll
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On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked. America would strike back, assembling an unprecedented Allied retaliation
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Join Lisa Ling as she explores the complex and emotional issues surrounding China's onechild policy
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