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Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Was It Illegal to be “Ugly”?

2 children approach water on a beach with their backs facing camera. Caption. Male as narrator. Jack and June are from the same mother and father.

Bearded middle-aged man in a brick-walled room with large steel frame windows. Caption. Acting as a sort of global policeman.

Still image from: Penitentiary Theatre: Freedom From the Shadow (Spanish)

Cartoon of two boys smirking and shaking hands. One holds a piggy bank. Caption. Pepín ha ahorrado junto con su amigo, Billy, para comprar.

Sepia-toned photo of smiling early twentieth century women holding a banner with a headline that reads, "We protest against continued disenfranchisement of women."

Still image from: Petersburg Rising

Circle around a drawing of a soda can appears above a circle around a drawing of a crushed can. Green arrows point from top to bottom on one side and bottom to top on the other side.

Patchwork wall hanging, each square unique and handmade. Caption. A wish flower that's half bloomed.

Wide shot of a white religious building surrounded by a grass lawn and mature trees.

Several privacy booths used for voting in U, S elections are lined up. They have American flags with the word "vote" in blue painted on them. Caption. Our most important right as citizens.

Waves at sunset looking towards an industrial platform held above the water. Caption: Worldwide, it makes up about a third of the energy supply.

Aerial shot of Hillary Clinton speaking on stage in front of a crowd of people, her image projected on 2 jumbotron screens. Caption. As being affected by money in politics.

Green and purple parrot puppet with large eyes and glasses balances on a fence. Spanish caption. Buenos dias.

Teenage girl and boy sit on a bench outside with serious expressions on their faces. They appear to be sitting for an interview. Caption. For me, being bullied, it hurts, it changes you.

Adolescent boy stands in front of camera, looking off to one side. Caption. And then you got to deal with the parents.

Close up of the face of a person who has dark skin, brown eyes, and a wide nose. Caption: or their genes moved from place to place,

Young Ralph Ellison sits by a window, looking out and away from a typewriter positioned in front of him.

Man with his lips pursed and eyes looking up to his right sits in front of black background. Caption. No, I consider myself to be a, serial litigator.

Closeup of a young person wearing glasses and holding a microphone in front of a small crowd. Text reads, "Rap Squad."

Sepia-toned illustration of eighteenth century people working at a printing press. Caption. The invention that arguably began the Information Age.

Teenage boy in a red sweater with longer dark hairs talks next to another teen boy, with eyes closed, short dark hair, glasses, and a green polo shirt. They sit in the shade outside in front of a red wooden wall. Caption. "I sleep, point to him, and get working."

Teenage boy with black hair and a gray hoodie sweatshirt sits and turns to his right while talking. Another teenage boy in a red tee-shirt with dark hair sits behind him. Caption. It's a way they act how they've been treated.

Closeup of a female teenager with long blonde hair wearing a multicolored sweater and gold hoop earrings. She sits on a step in front of a building and appears to be speaking. Caption. Try to get international friends.

Abstract background of green lines intersecting in a grid, with some of the lines turning pink in places. Yellow text on screen reads, "Lies and deception." Caption. But first, let's talk about lying and deception.

Sepia tone image of a police officer in uniform leaning on his squad car near the right rear passenger door as he talks to a small crowd of teenagers. Caption, narrator talking. We'll cover why belonging to a gang.

Closeup of woman with short brown hair, red lipstick, hoop earrings, and a white collared shirt talking in front of several papers hanging from a cork board. Caption. School, or their parents.

Closeup of a younger woman with curled, dark brown hair and a patterned shirt talking in front of a blurred bookshelf. Caption. My dad tried to use them so I would learn.

White text on a light blue background with balance scaled illustrated above reads, "Rights and Responsibilities for Kids."

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: Boycotts

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: How Activists Changed American Healthcare

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: The Longest Student Strike in History

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: The Olmstead Decision

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: Work Week

Woman in black jacket standing outdoors, facing camera. Caption. People are selfish and been raised that way.

Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Say Something! By Peter Hamilton Reynolds."

Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Di Algo! Peter Hamilton Reynolds."

Black man wearing a prison uniform stands in front of a group of teenagers seated and directing their attention towards him.

Teenage girl with a concerned expression talks to a boy in the school hallway next to a row of lockers. Caption. Should I have told someone?

2 teenage boys sit at a table in a computer lab. They hold a container lid top at the edge of a container to form a ramp for a small robotic vehicle to go down.

Young woman wearing headphones speaks into a microphone and faces away from camera in a darkened foreground. A young man and young woman watch her through a window in the background.

Closeup of a computer screen displaying a spreadsheet of labeled rows, some highlighted in green.

Still image from: Seats at the Table

Woman sits at a desk and looks down at a few papers while a girl in glasses sits across from her. Caption. Today we're going to talk about problems.

2 women, 1 standing and 1 sitting, face each other in conversation. Caption. About who we brought in as interpreters.

Girl sits with her elbows on a desk and turns toward a woman who bends down to sit next to her. Caption. To report they've been victims of sexual harassment.

Blurry image of a teenage girl clutching a book to her chest while teenage boys look toward her. Title card over image reads, "Sexual harassment. An unwanted sex-related advance that makes a person feel uncomfortable and unsafe."

Woman seated behind a desk, 1 finger pointing out in front of her. Caption. Their position of power to sexually harass you.

Young woman wearing an orange jumpsuit looks down from behind bars. Caption. You can't explain crime just by looking at the statistics.

Guatemalan family huddles around a table with a cake, smiling and looking towards the man standing in front of the cake. Caption. Man speaking Spanish. One knows that one day, the family will have to separate.

Nicaraguan children lean against a post, standing beneath a line of clothes in a jungle setting. Spanish caption. La mayoría de las personas mayores, no tuvimos ni escuela.

Woman wearing a leather jacket and sitting in front of a lake. Caption. I chose infantry because it was the opposite of a desk job.

Man in beige ranger-style hat, wearing white collared shirt and necktie. Caption. And it's an amazing experience, teaching people about nature.

Young girl wearing a white hoodie raises her hand slightly and looks up. Behind her are a few colorful posters. Caption. Just a little rope across a house to house.

Fresco painting of Roman soldiers pillaging a town. Spanish caption. Los españoles habían absorbido mucho de Roma.

Woman looks down at a colorful picture book, holding a smiling child in her lap. Spanish caption. Cómo hubiera sabido la manera de abrir un libro?

Closeup view of a middle-aged woman with an intense, challenging expression, speaking to a person standing in front of her who is in rear view and blurry. Caption. I am going to take her home.

Black and white closeup of a cracked, white concrete block wall with barren ground next to it. Text overlay reads, "What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is a crime involving the sale, trade or use of humans by coercion, force or fraud."

Woman wearing a black silk collared shirt looks slightly off camera. Caption. When victims of domestic violence come to me.

Banner hanging in an auditorium with text that reads, "A Clinic Just for Teens". Caption. Female. It's a teen clinic for teens only.

Closeup of Black person wearing glasses and looking downward. Caption. Were shocking.

Still image from: Teaching in Room 9: Recycling for Our Planet

Grocery store produce department with stacks of different fruit. Caption: Many fruits are better for us than candy and cookies.

Closeup of a girl's calf stretched out on a grass lawn. The girl's hands massage her shin while another person flexes the girls' foot and supports her knee. Text below reads, "Stretch and massage."

Multiple photos of young men and soldiers. The photos are standing up on a carpeted floor with sides slightly rolled. They are lined up next to, behind and above each other in front of a camouflage fabric backdrop.

Closeup of a barber pole mounted onto and extending out from the entrance of a building. Below the pole is a sign that reads, "Barber Shop."

2 middle aged men stand inside a front door entry. 1 man looks downward and uses a drill on the door's lock area as the other man watches him. Caption. To rebuild their homes which have been destroyed.

Multiple overlays with black and white photo of the Yankees' pitcher and catcher hugging at home plate next to a sepia tone photo of Don Larsen. The score appears at the top with a text box below that reads, "Game 5. 1956 World Series. Dodgers versus Yankees."

Medium view of a teenage boy in a suit sitting at a desk in a newsroom setting. He looks directly at the camera ready to speak.

Person with short blonde hair wearing a tie-dyed T-shirt smiles while looking down, seated in a living room in front of a fireplace.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2118)

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Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2217)

Closeup of a bearded Black man wearing a New York Yankees ballcap, sunglasses and striped shirt. Caption. That's the reason the kid is looking for a gang anyway.

Installation shows a mannequin wearing a beaded face covering and quilted dress with fabric pieces surrounding the hem in a gallery with a quilt hung in the background.

Man walks a few paces behind a girl pushing a pink and white bicycle. In the foreground is an overlay of a young girl speaking to camera. Caption. Like a dad, but not a dad.

3 boys sit around a table. 2 have their hands raised. They look toward a woman sitting across from them with her back to camera. Caption. All right, who wants to start?

Black and white photo of a group of Armenian people, 4 adults and 8 children, dressed in warm clothing and standing outside with snow in the background.

Instagram post with a photo of a woman taking a picture in a dark space with flecks of colored light. Column with caption and comments are to the right.

Low shot of a baby crawling towards a green bucket. Spanish caption. Los bebés pueden fácilmente.

Woman cradles a newborn baby in her arms next to a crib. Spanish caption. En realidad, vestir a un bebé.

Woman stands before closet with clothes on hangers. Caption. I don't repeat clothes; in the month I don't repeat.

Illustration of a Black woman in front of a fence with patterned clouds and houses in background. Caption. Her skin a creamy caramel.

Man wearing a tan bucket hat with floppy brim looks down at yellow chili peppers on display at a farmers market. Caption. At the Downtown Berkeley Farmers' Market.

Closeup of an index finger pointing at a photograph of 2 Chinese men in suits. Caption. Because of the case, 2 friends died, 3 friends went to jail.

Black and white illustration of girl holding a spoon and smiling at a man who sits across a table from her. Caption. We don't have money to feed all the street people.

Color illustration of 2 men. 1 turns to the side and the other faces the viewer. Spanish caption. La gente de la calle empezó a llegar a la iglesia.

Boy faces camera in a blue baseball cap. Lyrics caption. Honor thy children.

Still image from: The Empty Classroom (Spanish)

Twilight shot looking down a city street with multi-story buildings. Text below reads, "The United Nations ranks Finland #1 in the world in education". Caption. For Finland being on the top in all these rankings.

Tide recedes on a quiet beach beneath a rocky cliff and a cloudy sky. Text reads, "The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors."

Young woman wearing a green t-shirt sitting in front of a building smiles and looks off camera. Caption. Let's move on here, please.

Still image from: The Importance of Upstander Power

Senior man looks down and away with an emotional expression. Spanish caption. Que espera. Yo, yo cuando sembraba, senora.

Indigenous person sitting in the bow of a canoe on the water with the jungle in the background. Caption: And that's when the whole thing started getting bigger and bigger,

Watercolor painting of a child standing with 1 foot up on a fence, houses in the distant background. Caption. Each morning she climbed up on the fence.

Still image from: The Power of Your Story: Using History and Creativity to Help Communities

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Swarms of people move through a plaza in Ethiopia. Caption. Female as narrator. Choosing whether to marry and have children.

Closeup of a teenage girl looking away from camera with a distressed expression as if she is about to cry. Her forehead and eyebrows are furrowed and her eyes appear anxious. Caption. I would feel bad.

Closeup angle view of a teenage girl standing against a white concrete block wall. She looks directly into camera with her mouth closed. Caption. I can be sweet, but I can also be tough.

Askew view of a police officer leaning against a police car bumper with the driver's door open. The car is parked in a parking lot. Caption. Why don't they do something that makes their life better?

Closeup of a teenage boy seated and looking towards camera. A table filled with trophies against a wall is behind him. Caption. Basically anybody can get a gun now.

Teenage boy seated in a bedroom. He faces camera and wears a spiked mohawk hairstyle. Behind him are wall posters, a drum set, and a chest of drawers with a blue ribbon hanging from a knob. Caption. Me and a couple of friends decided to have a party.

Closeup angle view of a teenage girl standing against a white backdrop. She looks to the side of camera with her eyebrows arched and her mouth slightly closed. Caption. You lied and you hurt me.

Closeup of an Indian woman wearing a gold head scarf and gold jewelry. She is smiling and looking off to her left. Caption. I might have rice for 1 meal, but not another.

Color illustration. Black woman on hands and knees, eyes closed. A spiral behind her. Caption. I can make the wind play hide and seek.

Closeup of a crowd of youth wearing white shirts with red neckerchiefs and blue hats. They lift their hands in salute in front of a red Soviet flag. Text reads, "The Young Pioneers, 1922 to 1991. The Soviet Union."

Cropped image of women in headscarves entering a building labeled, "Baltimore Resettlement Center."

Man seated on a stool speaks directly to camera against an orange stage backdrop like he is giving a lesson as a subject expert. Caption. Cooler climates, less land, and the flourishing.

Fisheye lens shot of the Pointe à Callière Museum of Archeology and History showing a tall cylindrical building with a decorative glass fan sticking out midway. A narrow rectangular building with vertical windows hugs the other building on 1 side.

Woman smiles and speaks directly to camera against a white backdrop like she is giving a lesson as a subject expert. Caption. This unequal relationship.

Teenage girl looks at camera, speaking. Caption. From government power.

Trace holds reusable bottles and coffee mugs in his hands. Caption: I think reusable bottles might be bad for the environment,

Trace is standing in front of a book shelf. Caption: Genetic engineering is complex, and it's wide reaching.

Split screen interview. One man wearing eyeglasses appears in a black ski mask in a dark room. On the right side is a man reacting, holding up a hand and squinting his eyes.

Digital illustration of a prickly green ball with an angry face standing in front of 3 large white balls with angry faces. Title card reads, "Alert! Flu Virus."

Tires, plastic bags, and other trash float or land at the bottom of an underwater habitat while fish swim through. Text reads, "Water Pollution."

Closeup of a yearbook page with side-by-side images. 1 is a picture of 3 young men by a school bus and the other is a young man in a household setting. Text above reads, "Junior Class." Caption. Boy as narrator. I want to see Americans, New York.

Still image from: What & Why? Self-Regulation Skills: Why They Are Fundamental (Spanish)

Frigid water with ice floating in it buts against a sheet of ice. Spanish captions.

Slide shows white text on a black background that reads, "What Are You?"

Multiple levels of freeway on and off ramps with vehicles. Spanish captions.

Deep cracks in dried out mud. Spanish captions.

Spots of greenery in between a wide, muddy channel. Spanish captions.

Woman with short brown hair sits in a chair. Title card reads, "Lisa Reid's mom." Caption. And I know the warmth of the family.

Man seated in a classroom desk chair speaks to camera. Caption. Cause you know, what teacher's like, "I want the troubled kid?"

3 teenagers sit around a table, leaning in to talk to each other with focused expressions. Caption. To fit in with a certain crowd?

Crowd of Sudanese people wearing bright clothing and carrying full large white bags on their heads while they walk outside. Caption. Narrator. Separated from their families, many orphaned.

A computer-generated map of the western side of Africa denoting the Sahel Region superimposed over an image of several men in turbans and cloaks riding horses. Caption. The Sahel is a band of semi-arid grassland.

Black and white photo of a man and 4 small children smiling for camera. Caption. Who was a psychologist and an inventor.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Food

At a recycling center, two people stand in front of a conveyor belt that transports plastic waste.

Diagram displays numbers connected to icons that represent social networks beneath, conveying the complexity of data from these sources.

Still image from: Xploration Life 2.0: Drones Away

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Plugged In.’”