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September 2011

NEWS



Free Video Streaming of "When the Bough Breaks"

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California Newsreel is video streaming the episode "When the Bough Breaks" from Unnatural Causes for free during the month of September as part of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month.

Join those around the nation using "When the Bough Breaks" to explore how racial justice can get under the skin and improve African American birth outcomes. Discussion guides, backgrounders and other resources available at www.unnaturalcauses.org.


Follow-up to Unnatural Causes!

Girl in Tire SwingCalifornia Newsreel is embarking on a follow-up documentary and multimedia project to Unnatural Causes!

American Birthright aims to reframe the way we look at early child health and development in the United States.

Visit www.americanbirthrightmedia.org to learn more about the documentary, video learning modules and online learning center.

Read the Needs Ascertainment Report and sign up to become a Public Engagement Partner.

Add your organization to the Early Child Development (ECD) Database of Organizations, Initiatives and Resources. Its multiple search fields puts at your fingertips the research, policy initiatives and advocacy work of the many organizations fighting to ensure that all our children have the opportunity to thrive - physically, cognitively, and socio-emotionally.


New Studies on Inequality

Four recent studies on poverty and inequality which expand and deepen our understanding of the Census Bureau's report last week on growing poverty in America are available from the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. Similarly, two weeks ago, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released a new report,


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UNNATURAL CAUSES was produced by California Newsreel in association with Vital Pictures, Inc. California Newsreel is the oldest non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the country, now celebrating its 41st anniversary.

California Newsreel runs a free online preview series every month. Visit www.newsreel.org to watch the entire award-winning documentary Faubourg Treme: the Untold Story of Black New Orleans for free!

For more information on our extensive collections of acclaimed DVDs, click on the links below or visit us at www.newsreel.org.

Unnatural Causes part of Health and Social Justice Banished part of African American Perspectives Ezra part of the Library of African Cinema A Killer Bargain part of The Globalization catalog

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