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Health Literacy Initiative 2020

Communicable Diseases | COVID-19

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Films & Videos

 Kanopy Video Streaming

Kanopy video streaming Health collection

Under the subject of Health, Kanopy offers video collections on:

Child Health

Everyday Health

Medicine

Mental Health

Midwifery

Nursing

Sports and Fitness


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Dallas Buyers Club

Synopsis

An HIV-positive man traffics unapproved medical drugs in order to help fellow patients during an era when doctors were still struggling to understand the virus.

Director

Jean-Marc Vallée

Actors

Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn, Jennifer Garner, Denis O'Hare

Food, Inc.

Synopsis

Filmmaker Robert Kenner examines corruption in the American food industry and its long-term effects on consumer health and the environment.

Director

Robert Kenner

Actors

Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirshberg, Joe Salatin, Richard Lobb

Forks Over Knives

Synopsis

Lee Fulkerson directed this film about "diseases of affluence" like diabetes and the role plant-based food might have in potentially limiting their presence.

Director

Lee Fulkerson

Actors

T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., Joey Aucoin, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur

Super Size Me

Synopsis

Acclaimed documentary about filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who ate nothing but fast food for a month. Included: a look at school-lunch programs; and America's obesity problem.

Director

Morgan Spurlock

Actors

Daryl Isaacs, Lisa Ganjhu, Stephen Siegel, Bridget Bennett, Eric Rowley

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 Films on Demand

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The following eVideo search results are available on Films on Demand:

Health

Nutrition

Disease

 

In addition, Films on Demand has eVideo collections organized by subject, including:

Psychology

Health & Medicine

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