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Women's Issues
A Mother's Choice examines the root causes of F.A.S. from the perspective of aboriginal mothers. The video focuses on a FAS support group whose members provide strong messages about consuming drugs or alcohol while pregnant.
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Between Two Worlds looks at different programs available to single mothers, including urban support networks, traditional values and Culture as well as friends and family. It presents two half-hour documentaries depicting four young single aboriginal moms
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The story of Gloria Morgan, a Shuswap First Nations woman, and her search for justice. Her struggle for survival, dignity and justice in a country trying to recover from its colonial history is compelling, tragic yet hopeful and optimistic
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Focusing on Native American populations, this program profiles an eight-year-old Apache boy who was born with FAS, showing how alcohol ingested by the mother crosses the placenta and enters the bloodstream of the fetus and describing common birth defects.
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Compared to the national average, some American Indians have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome at rates 2 to 33 times higher. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, NOFAS, is working to end the 100% preventable tragedy of alcohol-related birth defects.
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Presents philosophic view of the Indian Woman, her energy as an extension of the earth's work and her relationship to the male.
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A hard-core real-life documentary of one aboriginal young single mother's struggles to keep her children and keep her life together. Determined, her attempts are most admirable, although life deals her futile flows at times.
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Laurel, a young prostitute, leads here latest John into a seedy hotel room. The stranger begins probing Laurel's past with incessant questions, dredging up painful memories from her childhood.
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An emotionally moving and upbeat program that gives voice to some of our finest Canadian Aboriginal women. Historical segments in the program contrast the traditional equality of power, male to female within native communities...
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Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three American Indian sisters as they attempt to start their own business.
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A half hour documentary on family violence, focusing on aboriginal community. Focusing on the aboriginals communities this program is suitable for women's groups.
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Emphasizes the special importance of good nutrition during pregnancy for the contemporary Native American woman, in the context of her rich cultural heritage.
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...traditions of spirit and memory weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many other lives.
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For a child with FAS or FAE, early intervention is the key to helping them reach their full potential. Viewers learn the importance of developing a routine with the child, communicating feelings, playing with them and paying attention...
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