• 2008
  • 3:00
  • USA

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Scared

By John Biewen

A guy muses on the fears associated with a loved one's body. (more)

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  • 2001
  • 22:56
  • USA

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Jay's Kids

By Alix Spiegel

Blues musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins had 57 children, some of whom were happier than others to learn of their father's prolific paternity. (more)

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  • 2003
  • 33:36
  • Australia

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The Dribble-Down Effect

By Eurydice Aroney

Blending satire, drama, and interviews, this Australian documentary portrays a not-so-distant future where robots care for children and parents agree to live apart from their families during the work week. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 58:30
  • USA

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Re:sound #101: The Rock Show

By Various

This hour: an all-woman Led Zeppelin cover band and metal-loving children. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 4:02
  • USA

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Shattered School

By Melissa Block & Andrea Hsu

Among the victims of the powerful earthquake near Chengdu, China, are hundreds of young students who are feared dead after being trapped in the rubble of their middle school. (more)

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  • 2010
  • 10:25
  • USA

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This Can Go On Forever

By Shea Shackelford & Virginia Millington

Eighteen years after Carol gave up her son for adoption, she still believed they would meet again. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • Canada

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Mother Love

By Shannon Quinn

A woman decides to sober up for her daughter. (more)

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  • 2010
  • 6:14
  • USA

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Capturing the Brief Life and Death of an Infant

By Mary Beth Kirchner

Barch Levi Blum was born in late 2009 at Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital. He lived for ten minutes. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 59:30
  • USA

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Re:sound #84: The Girls vs. Boys Show

By Various producers

This hour: girls, boys, and sleepover reconnaissance. (more)

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  • 2011
  • 13:02
  • Canada

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Planet Kaleigh

By Jody Porter & Neil Sandell

Cindy Harasen is not the first the first mother to think that her daughter might be from another planet. (more)

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  • 2009
  • 17:31
  • USA

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Tom Girls

By Mary Beth Kirchner & Rebecca Weiker

Tom Girls is the story of two eight year-old girls who meet at a conference for families with transgender children. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 11:38
  • USA

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Growing Up in the System

By Shirley "Star" Diaz & Melissa Allison

At age 21, Shirley Diaz is on the brink of aging out of the foster care system. Her life isn’t easy now, and soon she’ll be on her own, facing a new set of daunting issues. (more)

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  • 2007
  • 3:00
  • USA

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Stood There Ringing

By Megan Stielstra & Shiow-Jiau Yung

A pregnant woman lets a bell say everything she can't. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 2:59
  • USA

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Family Tree

By Kyle Sweet-Chavez & Sergio Chavez

Two families share very different reasons for planting a tree when their baby is born. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 2:59
  • USA

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Are You Sure?

By Carrie Shepherd

A look at the age old dilemma -- the unexpected pregnancy, and a peek into how today's busy, independent woman approaches the unexpected news. (more)

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  • 2007
  • 2:59
  • USA

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Invasion

By Robert McGinley Myers

One mother's attempt to fight off an invasion of mice just after her two-year-old son has been diagnosed with leukemia. (more)

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  • 2010
  • 2:56
  • USA

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I Didn't Know That (I'd Have a Child)

By Michael De Bonis

For most of her life, Caitlin didn't want to have children, but after thirteen years with Devin and a change of heart, she is expecting a son. (more)

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  • 2011
  • 52:58
  • USA

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Lucia's Letter

By Amy Tardif

Slavery in America still exists. In southwest Florida, for example, women and girls from Central America arrive everyday looking for a better life. (more)

Lucia
  • 2008
  • 3:00
  • USA

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Labor Pains

By Rich Halten

Whether it's societal progress or a squiggly 11-pound miracle, getting there isn't always pretty. (more)

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  • 2007
  • 14:00
  • Canada

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A Fragile Son

By Carma Jolly & Surjit Sachdev

Surjit Sachdev grew up in a conservative family in India. Surjit’s father was an engineer, and he’s an engineer, but the family tradition ended when Surjit's son was born with a severe mental disability. (more)

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