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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province [*Institutional License]

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China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, the latest documentary from DCTV's Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill, details the aftermath of the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan Province in 2008. The earthquake killed over 70,000 people, 10,000 of which were the province's children. Alpert and O'Neill's documentary uncovers the sorrow, pain and outrage of the bereaved families as they cope with their loss and demand answers of the government.

Release Date: 
2009
Director/Producer/Cinematography/Audio
Jon Alpert
Director/Producer/Cinematography/Audio
Matthew O'Neill
Producer
Peter Kwong
Producer
Michelle Mi
Producer
Ming Xia
Editor
Adam Barton
Editor/Colorist
John Custodio
For HBO: Supervising Producer
Jacqueline Glover
For HBO: Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province .... is a heartbreaking example of what can only be called "Testimonial Television."
Los Angeles Times
Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, whose previous work includes "Baghdad ER," have done a good job of humanizing the disaster in Sichuan. The same cannot be said, by the evidence here, for Chinese officials.
New York Daily News
In these brief 45 minutes of filmmaking by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, there is more vivid testimony to the way the state party apparatus works to prevent any expression of dissent from reaching foreign news sources than any piece of reporting in memory.
Wall Street Journal
Artful but never artsy, as direct and natural as a conversation with a friend, Unnatural Disaster is a uniquely powerful piece of work, typical of what we've come to expect from Sheila Nevins's documentary division of HBO but even more moving than most.
Washington Post
Bottom Line: Thought-provoking, multilayered, and challenging viewing.
The Hollywood Reporter
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To Have and Have Not: The Changing Faces of China [*Institutional License]

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This is no longer Mao's China; not even Red China. It's the new China.

Every year China's economy struggles to absorb 20 million new unemployed, while the newly rich move to gated communities with private schools and tennis courts.

Release Date: 
2007
Producer/Director
Jon Alpert
Cine Golden Eagle Award
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive [*Institutional License]

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Winner of the National Emmy®, this milestone cinema-verité documentary tells the stories of six "ordinary" people who live or work along New York City's Third Avenue, which runs for sixteen miles through Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, cutting through the complex social strata of the city to reveal wildly different economic and ethnic subcultures.

Release Date: 
1980
Producers/Directors
Jon Alpert
Producers/Directors/Editor
Keiko Tsuno
Associate Producers
Victor Sanchez
Associate Producers
Karen Ranucci
Associate Producers
Eddie Pabon
Associate Producers
Maryann DeLeo
Associate Producers
Kathii Chen
Music
Jerry Butler
News and Documentary Emmy® Award
Grand Prize, Tokyo Video Festival
"There is more drama, more life, more love and passion in this short hour than in a week's worth of prime-time pot boiling."
— The Washington Post
"Once in a while there comes a television program so unique, so arresting, that it stops the viewer short. Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive is one such program."
— Detroit News
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The Story of Vinh [*Institutional License]

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There are many news stories about the assimilation of Vietnamese youth into American society as honor students and valedictorians. But one group of Vietnamese immigrants has had trouble - the Amerasian children of U.S. servicemen and Vietnamese mothers.

Release Date: 
1991
Director
Keiko Tsuno
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Silver Cindy Award
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The Russians Are Coming [*Institutional License]

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Some of the chilly old winds of the Cold War are beginning to blow between the United States and Russia.

To create communication and understanding, five of Russia’s most talented TV reporters hopped aboard the CyberCar – a 40-foot long bus with a Times Square video wall on the side.

Release Date: 
2007
Executive Producers
Jon Alpert
Executive Producers
Manana Aslamazyan
Director
Dmitriy Khavin
Producers
Shannon Sonenstein
Producers
Marianthi Bumbaris
Host/Russian Producer
Olga Kravtsova
Russian Reporters
Ksenia Cherepanova
Russian Reporters
Andrey Fedorov
Russian Reporters
Maxim Voronin
Russian Reporters
Tatiana Borisova
Russian Reporters
Yulia Karetskaya
CyberCar Engineer
Chase Pierson
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

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The Last Cowboy [*Institutional License]

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Filmed over 24 years in Porcupine, South Dakota, The Last Cowboy follows Vern Sager, a real American cowboy, the kind that inspired songs and campfire legends. Vern faces an army of adversaries: cattle rustlers, international agribusiness, old age, the weather, and the wanderlust of his own family.

Release Date: 
2005
Producer/Director/Camera
Jon Alpert
Editor
John Custodio
Western Heritage Award
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Hugo Award
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

Strictly Family: Changing the Definition [*Institutional License]

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Three teens with three different definitions for "family" all agree that, no matter what it looks like, family is the most important thing.

Jasmine is part of a big immigrant family. Terrence lives with his single mother in the projects. Michelle grew up with her aunt and her aunt’s four foster children. Although each of the teens comes from a different family environment, none of which might be considered "typical," they all agree that family, by any definition, is important.

Release Date: 
2003
Producer/Reporter/Camera
Jasmine Chauca
Producer/Reporter/Camera
Terrence Fisher
Producer/Reporter/Camera
Michelle Watson
Honorable mention National Sudent Television Award
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

State of Mind: Living in the Projects [*Institutional License]

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Produced through DCTV's ProTV Media Fellowship Program.

Daniel Howard lives with his hard-working, single mother in a Brooklyn housing project, where drug deals and the sound of gunfire are a common occurrence. Every day is a struggle to stay away from trouble.

But Daniel wants to succeed. To achieve this he knows he has to not only work hard in school, but also maintain a strong state of mind and positive outlook: "I'm trying to prove that I can make it even though I live in the projects."

Release Date: 
2002
Director
Daniel Howard
National Student Emmy® Award
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

Siberian Adoption Story [*Institutional License]

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While China tops the list for the number of international adoptions by U.S. parents, Russia is a close second, with more than 4,200 children - mostly infants - adopted by Americans in 2001 alone. The process is lengthy and expensive. Adoption agencies tell prospective parents to expect to spend at least $25,000 for an international adoption, in addition to preparing hundreds of pages of notarized paperwork, undergoing in-house reviews and counseling, and typically making two trips to the birth country.

Release Date: 
2005
Producer/Director
Jon Alpert
Producer/Director
Matthew O'Neill
Editor
Michael Wei
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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

Rape: Cries from the Heartland [* Institutional License]

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Co-produced by DCTV and HBO for HBO's "America Undercover" Series.

Rape is the fastest-growing and most under-reported crime in America. Every five minutes a woman is raped.

Release Date: 
1992
Producer/Director
Maryann DeLeo
Executive Producer
Jon Alpert
Cine Golden Eagle
"One of the few...documentaries I've seen which examines these issues in-depth."
- Frederick Wiseman (director, "Domestic Violence") in Salon Magazine
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After making your purchase, your institution will automatically be issued with an institutional exhibition license for each product (Program) you are purchasing.

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All DCTV Programs are protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Duplication and/or commercial exhibition to fee-paying audiences are strictly prohibited.

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is a not-for-profit media center dedicated to providing access to low-cost or free professional training in all aspects of digital media and production and post-production facilities to independent artists and underserved communities, particularly inner-city youth. The proceeds from all sales go directly towards sustaining DCTV's valuable programs.

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