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Guess Who?: The Professor, The Geneticist & The Dog Breeder
Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children?s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.
Air date: 03/15/2013
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Guess Who?: The Race Car Driver and The Pilot
Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children?s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.
Air date: 03/15/2013
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Guess Who?: The Soldier
Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children?s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.
Air date: 03/15/2013
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The Revisionaries
Once every decade, the highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the teaching and textbook standards for its nearly five million schoolchildren. When an unabashed creationist seeks re-election as chairman, the theory of evolution and U.S. history are caught in the crosshairs, which...
Air date: 01/29/2013
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The Powerbroker
Whitney M. Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated-and controversial-leaders of the civil rights era. The Powerbroker follows his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League. Unique among black leaders, he took the fight directly to the powerful white elite, gaining...
Air date: 02/19/2013
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