67 Streaming Videos Added to Films on Demand
Our streaming video database Films on Demand has recently added 50 films to its collection. View the full list or check out the highlights below.
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Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
This program tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A story of courage and perseverance, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans.
Diagnosing Mental Disorders: The DSM-5 and ICD-10 (series)
Illuminating the process of diagnosing and categorizing mental disorders, this series defines and explains the major diagnoses as categorized in the DSM-5 TR and explains how they relate to the categories in the World Health Organization's ICD-10 system. For each of the diagnoses covered, the series explains the diagnostic criteria, specifications, risk, prevalence, and functional consequences of the disorder. It also discusses comorbidity and differential diagnostics and considers some of the intervention and care strategies that are indicated.
This documentary is a syncopated voyage through funk’s history, from its African and jazz roots to James Brown’s early work and the rise of Parliament Funkadelic. Distinctly urban, funk reflected a post-Civil Rights sensibility. The film explores the symbiotic relationship between funk’s explosion and the political and racial dynamics of 1970s inner-city America.