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	BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is an alternately humorous and horrifying film about the United States. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is a journey through America, and through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence. Sun rating: 4 out of 5
	REFLECTIONS ON VATICAN II presents a vivid account of an ancient institution's efforts to respond to a radically changing world and reflects on Vatican II's continuing influence on Catholic life -- as well as its impact on non-Catholics. The Second Vatican Council produced documents that would forever change the lives of nearly one-sixth of the world's population. Through the eyes of men and women who witnessed and participated in the council's sessions, the program establishes the significance, drama and passionate debate that produced sweeping changes in Catholic teaching, liturgy and practice.
	JESUS TO CHRIST - THE FIRST CHRISTIANS airdate: april 6-7, 1998 On April 6th, explore the epic story of the rise of Christianity and delve deeper into new, exciting discoveries that have fueled an intellectual revolution and challenged familiar assumptions about Christianity's origins. FRONTLINE ONLINE's extensive web site will allow viewers to explore further the research and discoveries concerning Jesus' life and the rise of Christianity.
	Surviving the Bottom Line with Hedrick Smith. This four-hour documentary miniseries focuses on the challenges and choices in the new American economy. The programs explore the pitfalls and potential of a new style of economic success. The program features journalist, author and executive producer Hedrick Smith -- a Pulitzer Prize-winner and former foreign correspondent and Washington bureau chief for "The New York Times."
	SISTER WENDY'S STORY OF PAINTING Sister Wendy Beckett has transformed public appreciation of art through her astonishing knowledge, insight and passion for painting and painters. Join her on this unique tour of art and history that sweeps from cave drawings, through the Renaissance, and all the way to New York's SoHo scene. This lavish, five-volume BBC production is the first series of its kind.
	Affluenza: is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption
	*RUNNING* OUT OF *TIME* is a humorous and provocative look at the serious results of *time* pressure and overwork on Americans today. Host Scott Simon, of National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition," examines possible political and personal solutions to the dilemma. The program also explores the concept of *time*, work and leisure throughout history and compares three societies -- the United States, Japan and Germany. A mixture of documentary, dramatic skits and humorous historical footage, the program has an eclectic feel and varied pace.
	The Ad and the Ego the first comprehensive examination of advertising and our culture of consumption. The film artfully intercuts clips from hundreds of familiar television ads with insights from Stuart Ewen, Jean Kilbourne, Richard Pollay, Sut Jhally, Bernard McGrane and other noted critics, performing a cultural psychoanalysis of late 20th century America and its principal inhabitants, Consumer Man and Woman. The Ad and the Ego depicts how the market economy has metastasized until today commercialism invades the most intimate aspects of our lives. The average American is exposed to 1500 ads a day. But, like the air we breathe, we pay advertising little attention preferring to believe we're impervious to it. Scholars point out that advertising's constant stream of messages forms the neural network of a consumer society integrating individual psychology, mass culture and commodity production. As the film progresses, we begin to perceive how ads for Nike, Calvin Klein, Oil of Olay, and Suzuki are selling more than products. As Jean Kilbourne argues, they sell us values, concepts of love and sexuality, romance and success, a sense of identity, above all, what is "normal." Leading media critics demonstrate how living in an advertisement infused environment creates a psychology of need, massaging our anxieties, doubts, and discontents, creating a boundless hunger for more things. One message you'll never hear in an ad, sociologist Bernard McGrane observes, is "You're OK."
	THE AD AND THE EGO Curriculum guide

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