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Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick?

Title: Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick?
Publication: [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, ©2008.

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Description

1 videodisc (236 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

A seven-part documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status; people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice. Each of the half-hour program segments, set in different racial/ethnic communities, provides a deeper exploration of the ways in which social conditions affect population health and how some communities are extending their lives be improving them"--Container insert.
In sickness and in wealth: "What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Follow four individuals from different walks of life to see how their position in society, shaped by social policies and public priorities, affects their health"--Container insert.
When the bough breaks: "African American infant mortality rates remain twice as high as for white Americans. African American mothers with college degrees or higher face the same risk of having low birth-weight babies as white women who haven't finished high school. How might the chronic stress of racism over the life course become embedded in our bodies and increase risks?"--Container insert.
Becoming American: "Recent Mexican immigrants tend to be healthier than the average American. But those health advantages erode the longer they've been here. What causes health to worsen as immigrants become American? What can we all learn about improved well-being from new immigrant communities?"--Container insert.
Bad sugar: "O'odham Indians, living on reservations in southern Arizona, have perhaps the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes in the world. Some researchers see this as the literal 'embodiment' of decades of poverty, oppression, and loss. A new approach suggests that communities may regain control over their health if they can regain control over their futures"--Container insert.
Place matters: "Increasingly, recent Southeast Asian immigrants, along with Latinos, are moving into long-neglected African American urban neighborhoods, and now their health is being eroded as a result. What policies and investment decisions create living environments that harm, or enhance, the health of residents? What actions can make a difference?"--Container insert.
Collateral damage: "In the Marshall Islands, local populations have been displaced from their traditional way of life by the American military presence and globalization. Now they must contend with the worst of the 'developing' and industrialized worlds: infectious diseases such as tuberculosis due to crowded living conditions, and extreme poverty and chronic disease, stemming in part from the stress of dislocation and loss"--Container insert.
Not just a paycheck: "Residents of Western Michigan struggle against depression, domestic violence and higher rates of heart disease and diabetes after the largest refrigerator factory in the country shuts down. Ironically, the plant is owned by a company in Sweden, where mass layoffs, far from devastating lives, are relatively benign because of government policies that protect and retrain workers"--Container insert.

Alternative Title

Is inequality making us sick?
In sickness and in wealth.
When the bough breaks.
Becoming American.
Bad sugar.
Place matters.
Collateral damage.
Not just a paycheck.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.

Note

Narrator, Llewellyn M. Smith.
Container insert includes summaries and complete contents of each episode.
Program notes laid in container.
Source used: videodisc container.

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Larry Adelman ; produced by California Newsreel ; in association with Vital Pictures ; Center for Asian American Media ; Latino Public Broadcasting ; Native American Public Telecommunications ; National Black Programming Consortium ; Pacific Islanders in Communications ; presented by National Minority Consortia.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast as a seven part documentary mini-series for PBS in 2008.

System Details (note)

DVD ; NTSC format, all regions ; widescreen aspect ratio ; stereo.

Language (note)

Menus and audio in English or Spanish ; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.

Contents

Introduction (4:35) -- In sickness and in wealth (55:54) -- When the bough breaks (29:20) -- Becoming American (30:34) -- Bad sugar (29:54) -- Place matters (30:35) -- Collateral damage (28:32) -- Not just a paycheck (31:00).
Introduction (5 min.) -- In sickness and in wealth (56 min.) / directed by Llewellyn M. Smith -- When the bough breaks (29 min.) / directed by Tracy Heather Strain -- Becoming American (29 min.) / directed by Patricia Garcia Rios, Maria Teresa Rodriguez -- Bad sugar (29 min.) / directed by James M. Fortier -- Place matters (29 min.) / directed by Ellie Lee -- Collateral damage (29 min.) / directed by Eric Stange -- Not just a paycheck (30 min.) / directed by James Rutenbeck.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-16

OCLC

216930144

Title

Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick?

Imprint

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Event

Originally broadcast as a seven part documentary mini-series for PBS in 2008.

Credits

Executive producer, Larry Adelman ; produced by California Newsreel ; in association with Vital Pictures ; Center for Asian American Media ; Latino Public Broadcasting ; Native American Public Telecommunications ; National Black Programming Consortium ; Pacific Islanders in Communications ; presented by National Minority Consortia.

System Details

DVD ; NTSC format, all regions ; widescreen aspect ratio ; stereo.

Language

Menus and audio in English or Spanish ; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.

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Added Author

Adelman, Larry, producer.

Smith, Llewellyn, film director.

Strain, Tracy Heather, film director.

Stange, Eric, 1953- film director.

Garcia Rios, Patricia, film director.

Rodríguez, María Teresa, film director.

Fortier, James M., film director.

Lee, Ellie, 1970- film director.

Rutenbeck, James, film director.

California Newsreel (Firm)

Vital Pictures (Firm)

Center for Asian American Media.

Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)

Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc.

National Black Programming Consortium.

Pacific Islanders in Communications.

National Minority Consortia (U.S.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Added Title

In sickness and in wealth.

When the bough breaks.

Becoming American.

Bad sugar.

Place matters.

Collateral damage.

Not just a paycheck.

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-16

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